33 results on '"Hong Xu"'
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2. Multi-Component Synthesis of a Buta-1,3-diene-Linked Covalent Organic Framework
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Yan Su, Bo Li, Hong Xu, Chuangye Lu, Shengdong Wang, Bin Chen, Zaoming Wang, Weitao Wang, Ken-ichi Otake, Susumu Kitagawa, Liangbin Huang, and Cheng Gu
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Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,General Chemistry ,Biochemistry ,Catalysis - Abstract
We report a multi-component synthetic strategy on a two-dimensional crystalline covalent organic framework (COF) by connecting acetonitrile with aromatic aldehyde and acetaldehyde moieties to form an unprecedented cyano-substituted buta-1,3-diene linkage. Different from most of the COFs that were crystallized from the condensations from two components, the presented COF is generated from two competitive and reversible reactions among three moieties. The buta-1,3-diene COF exhibits remarkable photoactivity with a low exciton binding energy of 44.4 ± 1.5 meV for promoted charge separation, which enables the buta-1,3-diene-linked COF as an efficient photocatalyst for various aerobic oxidation reactions under visible light. Our multi-component synthesis strategy may provide new sights for synthesizing COFs with structural diversity and functional variability that are hard to achieve by traditional COF synthesis.
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- 2022
3. Three-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework with ceq Topology
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Hao Cui, Zonglong Li, Haitian Zhang, Xiaolin Wang, Mingyang Li, Li Sheng, Hangchao Wang, Xu Yulong, Hong Xu, Xiangming He, and Hongmei Liang
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Chemistry ,General Chemistry ,010402 general chemistry ,Topology ,Network topology ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Catalysis ,0104 chemical sciences ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,Planar ,Covalent bond ,Triangular prism ,Porous medium ,Linker ,Topology (chemistry) ,Covalent organic framework - Abstract
Three-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (3D-COFs) are emerging as designable porous materials because of their unique structural characteristics and porous features. However, because of the lack of 3D organic building units and the less reversible covalent bonds, the topologies of 3D-COFs to date have been limited to dia, ctn, ffc, bor, rra, srs, pts, lon, stp, acs, tbo, bcu, and fjh. Here we report a 3D-COF with the ceq topology utilizing a D3h-symmetric triangular prism vertex with a planar triangular linker. The as-synthesized COF displays a twofold-interpenetrated structure with a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area of 1148.6 m2 g-1. Gas sorption measurements revealed that 3D-ceq-COF could efficiently absorb CO2, CH4, and H2 under a moderate surface area. This work provides new building units and approaches for structural and application exploration of 3D-COFs.
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- 2020
4. Hydroxide Anion Transport in Covalent Organic Frameworks
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Donglin Jiang, Shanshan Tao, Hong Xu, Qing Xu, Stephan Irle, Yuh Hijikata, and Qiuhong Jiang
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Diffusion ,Supramolecular chemistry ,Cationic polymerization ,General Chemistry ,Conductivity ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Catalysis ,0104 chemical sciences ,Dielectric spectroscopy ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,Covalent bond ,Hydroxide ,Porosity - Abstract
Hydroxide anion transport is essential for alkaline fuel cells, but hydroxide anion has an inherently low conductivity owing to its small diffusion coefficient and high mass. Ordered open channels found in covalent organic frameworks are promising as pathways to enable hydroxide anion transport, but this remains to be explored. Here we report designed synthesis of anionic covalent organic frameworks that promote hydroxide anion transport across the one-dimensional channels. Engineering cationic chains with imidazolium termini onto the pore walls self-assembles a supramolecular interface of single-file hydroxide anion chains in the channels. The frameworks facilitate hydroxide anion transport to achieve an exceptional conductivity of 1.53 × 10-2 S cm-1 at 80 °C, which is 2-6 orders of magnitude higher than those of linear polymers and other porous frameworks. Impedance spectroscopy at different temperatures and studies on deuterated samples reveal that hydroxide anions transport via a proton-exchange hopping mechanism. These results open a way to design framework materials for energy conversions via engineering an anionic interface.
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- 2021
5. Three-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework with
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Zonglong, Li, Li, Sheng, Hangchao, Wang, Xiaolin, Wang, Mingyang, Li, Yulong, Xu, Hao, Cui, Haitian, Zhang, Hongmei, Liang, Hong, Xu, and Xiangming, He
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Three-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (3D-COFs) are emerging as designable porous materials because of their unique structural characteristics and porous features. However, because of the lack of 3D organic building units and the less reversible covalent bonds, the topologies of 3D-COFs to date have been limited to
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- 2020
6. Fused five-membered rings determine the stability of [C.sub.60][F.sub.60]
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Jianfeng Jia, Hai-Shun Wu, Xiao-Hong Xu, Xian-Ming Zhang, and Haijun Jiao
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Density functionals -- Usage ,Fluorides -- Chemical properties ,Fluorides -- Structure ,Fluorides -- Thermal properties ,Chemistry - Abstract
Density functional theory is used for studying the structure and stability of a set of [(CF).sub.60] isomers. The relative energy per CF unit of the most stable isomer to graphite fluoride [(CF).sub.n] is 3.7 kcal/mol, which is smaller than that of [C.sub.60] fullerene per carbon to graphite.
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- 2008
7. Crystalline and Stable Benzofuran-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks from Irreversible Cascade Reactions
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Cheng Gu, Yan Su, Hong Xu, Liangbin Huang, Ken-ichi Otake, Xiaohui Tang, Yuejuan Wan, and Susumu Kitagawa
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Cyanide ,General Chemistry ,010402 general chemistry ,Condensation reaction ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Redox ,Catalysis ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,chemistry ,Covalent bond ,Polymer chemistry ,Chemical stability ,Acid–base reaction ,Benzofuran ,Acetonitrile - Abstract
We report the synthesis of crystalline two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (COFs) by connecting hydroxybenzene-aldehyde and acetonitrile building blocks to form cyano-substituted benzofuran linkages. Unlike the majority of COFs that were synthesized based on condensation reactions, the COFs in this report are crystallized from irreversible cascade reactions involving consecutive cyanide migration, ring-closure, and oxidation reactions. The irreversible property endows the COFs with high chemical stability in both acid and base and allows them to be postsynthetically modified to install predesigned functionality under harsh conditions. We highlight that the functionalized COFs serve as exceptional vehicles for superprotonic conductions.
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- 2020
8. Stable Covalent Organic Frameworks for Exceptional Mercury Removal from Aqueous Solutions
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Hong Xu, Lipeng Zhai, Ning Huang, and Donglin Jiang
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Aqueous solution ,Sulfide ,Chemistry ,Metal ions in aqueous solution ,Rational design ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Catalysis ,0104 chemical sciences ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,Covalent bond ,0210 nano-technology ,Porosity ,Mesoporous material ,Reusability - Abstract
The pre-designable porous structures found in covalent organic frameworks (COFs) render them attractive as a molecular platform for addressing environmental issues such as removal of toxic heavy metal ions from water. However, a rational structural design of COFs in this aspect has not been explored. Here we report the rational design of stable COFs for Hg(II) removal through elaborate structural design and control over skeleton, pore size, and pore walls. The resulting framework is stable under strong acid and base conditions, possesses high surface area, has large mesopores, and contains dense sulfide functional termini on the pore walls. These structural features work together in removing Hg(II) from water and achieve a benchmark system that combines capacity, efficiency, effectivity, applicability, selectivity, and reusability. These results suggest that COFs offer a powerful platform for tailor-made structural design to cope with various types of pollution.
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- 2017
9. Locking Covalent Organic Frameworks with Hydrogen Bonds: General and Remarkable Effects on Crystalline Structure, Physical Properties, and Photochemical Activity
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Xiong Chen, Lipeng Zhai, Enquan Jin, Ning Huang, Hong Xu, Stephan Irle, Donglin Jiang, Matthew Addicoat, Lili Liu, and Zhaoqi Guo
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Hydrogen bond ,Chemistry ,Band gap ,Singlet oxygen ,Stacking ,Nanotechnology ,General Chemistry ,Crystal structure ,Biochemistry ,Catalysis ,Tetragonal crystal system ,Crystallography ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Delocalized electron ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,Covalent bond - Abstract
A series of two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (2D COFs) locked with intralayer hydrogen-bonding (H-bonding) interactions were synthesized. The H-bonding interaction sites were located on the edge units of the imine-linked tetragonal porphyrin COFs, and the contents of the H-bonding sites in the COFs were synthetically tuned using a three-component condensation system. The intralayer H-bonding interactions suppress the torsion of the edge units and lock the tetragonal sheets in a planar conformation. This planarization enhances the interlayer interactions and triggers extended π-cloud delocalization over the 2D sheets. Upon AA stacking, the resulting COFs with layered 2D sheets amplify these effects and strongly affect the physical properties of the material, including improving their crystallinity, enhancing their porosity, increasing their light-harvesting capability, reducing their band gap, and enhancing their photocatalytic activity toward the generation of singlet oxygen. These remarkable effects on the structure and properties of the material were observed for both freebase and metalloporphyin COFs. These results imply that exploration of supramolecular ensembles would open a new approach to the structural and functional design of COFs.
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- 2015
10. Crystalline and Stable Benzofuran-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks from Irreversible Cascade Reactions.
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Yan Su, Yuejuan Wan, Hong Xu, Ken-ichi Otake, Xiaohui Tang, Liangbin Huang, Susumu Kitagawa, and Cheng Gu
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- 2020
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11. Surface-Induced Diastereomeric Complex Formation of a Nucleoside at the Liquid/Solid Interface: Stereoselective Recognition and Preferential Adsorption
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Hong Xu, Bernard Van Averbeke, Zeljko Tomovic, Albertus P. H. J. Schenning, Freek J. M. Hoeben, Guojie Wang, David Beljonne, Inge De Cat, Elke Ghijsens, E. W. Meijer, Roberto Lazzaroni, Steven De Feyter, Zongxia Guo, Jianbin Lin, Stimuli-responsive Funct. Materials & Dev., Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, and Macro-Organic Chemistry
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Models, Molecular ,Surface Properties ,Stereochemistry ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Catalysis ,Stereocenter ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,Molecular Structure ,Chemistry ,Enantioselective synthesis ,Diastereomer ,Stereoisomerism ,General Chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Chiral resolution ,0104 chemical sciences ,Crystallography ,Polyvinyls ,Adsorption ,Enantiomer ,Homochirality ,0210 nano-technology ,Thymidine ,Nucleoside - Abstract
With the aim of achieving surface-mediated enantioselective adsorption, the self-assembly of chiral oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) (OPV3T) with nucleosides is investigated at the liquid/solid interface by means of scanning tunneling microscopy and molecular modeling. OPV3T enantiomers form mirror related hexameric rosette patterns. The DNA nucleoside, thymidine, does not self-assemble into stable adlayers but coadsorbs with OPV3T on the surface, leading to a pattern transformation of OPV3T from rosettes to dimers, and a change in chiral expression as well. Diastereoselective recognition between OPV3T and thymidine enantiomers can be used to resolve thymidine enantiomers at an achiral surface with an OPV3T enantiomer as the resolving agent. The impact of molar ratio and concentration on the self-assembly and chiral resolution is systematically investigated. Because there is no interaction between OPV3T and thymidine in solution, the liquid/solid interface acts as the platform for the chiral resolution of thymidine enantiomers.
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- 2013
12. Tuning the supramolecular chirality of one- and two-dimensional aggregates with the number of stereogenic centers in the component porphyrins
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Iavicoli, Patrizia, Hong Xu, Feldborg, Lise N., Linares, Mathieu, Paradinas, Markos, Stafstrom, Sven, Ocal, Carmen, Nieto-Ortega, Belen, Casado, Juan, Lopez Navarrete, Juan T., Lazzaroni, Roberto, Feyter, Steven De, and Amabilino, David B.
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Suprachiasmatic nucleus -- Analysis ,Chirality -- Analysis ,Porphyrins -- Chemical properties ,Porphyrins -- Electric properties ,Chemical synthesis -- Analysis ,Chemistry - Abstract
A synthetic strategy was developed to perform synthesis of porphyrins containing between one and four stereogenic centers, such that their molecular weights vary only as a result of methyl groups which give the chiral forms. The self-assembly and chiral structure of the aggregates of porphyrin molecules are observed to be significantly influenced by the number of stereogenic centers.
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- 2010
13. Locking of helicity and shape complementarity in diarylethene dimers on graphite
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Katsonis, Nathalie, Minoia, Andrea, Kudernac, Tibor, Mutai, Toshiki, Hong Xu, Uji-i, Hiroshi, Lazzaroni, Roberto, De Feyter, Steven, and Feringa, Ben L.
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Ethylene -- Atomic properties ,Ethylene -- Chemical properties ,Graphite -- Chemical properties ,Molecular dynamics -- Analysis ,Scanning tunneling microscopy -- Technology application ,Technology application ,Chemistry - Abstract
Chiral domains are formed at liquid/solid interface by achiral diarylethenes due to surface-induced atropoisomerism. Molecular dynamics have shown that these dimers of diarylethenes are chiral dimers, rather than prochiral dimers.
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- 2008
14. Tuning the Supramolecular Chirality of One- and Two-Dimensional Aggregates with the Number of Stereogenic Centers in the Component Porphyrins
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Roberto Lazzaroni, David B. Amabilino, Juan Casado, Belén Nieto-Ortega, Juan T. López Navarrete, Patrizia Iavicoli, Lise N. Feldborg, Carmen Ocal, Sven Stafström, Mathieu Linares, Markos Paradinas, Steven De Feyter, and Hong Xu
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Supramolecular chirality ,Circular dichroism ,Chemistry ,Supramolecular chemistry ,General Chemistry ,Biochemistry ,Porphyrin ,Catalysis ,Stereocenter ,Crystallography ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,Liquid crystal ,Axial chirality ,Chirality (chemistry) - Abstract
A synthetic strategy was developed for the preparation of porphyrins containing between one and four stereogenic centers, such that their molecular weights vary only as a result of methyl groups which give the chiral forms. The low-dimensional nanoscale aggregates of these compounds reveal the profound effects of this varying molecular chirality on their supramolecular structure and optical activity. The number of stereogenic centers influences significantly the self-assembly and chiral structure of the aggregates of porphyrin molecules described here. A scanning tunneling microscopy study of monolayers on graphite shows that the degree of structural chirality with respect to the surface increases almost linearly with the number of stereogenic centers, and only one handedness is formed in the monolayers, whereas the achiral compound forms a mixture of mirror-image domains at the surface. In solution, four hydrogen bonds induce the formation of an H-aggregate, and circular dichroism measurements and theoretical studies indicate that the compounds self-assemble into helical structures. Both the chirality and stability of the aggregates depend critically on the number of stereocenters. The chiral porphyrin derivatives gelate methylcyclohexane at concentrations dependent on the number and position of chiral groups at the periphery of the aromatic core, reflecting the different aggregation forces of the molecules in solution. Increasing the number of stereogenic centers requires more material to immobilize the solvent, in all likelihood because of the greater solubility of the porphyrins. The vibrational circular dichroism spectra of the gels show that all compounds have a chiral environment around the amide bonds, confirming the helical model proposed by calculations. The morphologies of the xerogels (studied by scanning electron microscopy and scanning force microscopy) are similar, although more fibrous features are present in the molecules with fewer stereogenic centers. Importantly, the presence of only one stereogenic center, bearing a methyl group as the desymmetrizing ligand, in a molecule of considerable molecular weight is enough to induce single-handed chirality in both the one- and two-dimensional supramolecular self-assembled structures.
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- 2010
15. Development of high magnetization [Fe.sub.3][O.sub.4]/polystyrene/silica nanospheres via combined miniemulsion/emulsion polymerization
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Hong Xu, Longlan Cui, Hongchen Gu, and Naihu Tong
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Magnetization -- Analysis ,Chemical synthesis -- Analysis ,Chemistry - Abstract
A new process combining double-miniemulsion/emulsion polymerization with Sol-gel technology to synthesize monodispersed hydrophilic magnetic nanospheres that exhibit a much higher saturation magnetization due to a large fraction of magnetite is developed. The superparamagnetic properties of nanospheres would allow them to serve as ideal candidates for biomedical applications such as nucleic acid extraction, cancer diagnosis and treatment, biosensors, and drug delivery.
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- 2006
16. Structures and energies of isolobal (BCO)n and (CH)n cages
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Hai-Shun Wu, Xiao-Fang Qin, Xiao-Hong Xu, Haijun Jiao, and Schleyer, Paul V. R.
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Carbonyl compounds -- Structure ,Hydrocarbons -- Research ,Chemistry - Abstract
The structures and energies of isolobal (CH)n and (BCO)n polyhedral species are computed at the B3LYP density functional theory level. Unlike the (CH)n cages, the most stable (BCO)n polyhedra (n greater than equal to 10) prefer structures with the largest numbers of three-membered rings.
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- 2005
17. Structures and Energies of Isolobal (BCO)n and (CH)n Cages
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Xiao-Fang Qin, Paul von Ragué Schleyer, Xiao-Hong Xu, Hai-Shun Wu, and Haijun Jiao
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Crystallography ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,Planar ,Stereochemistry ,Chemistry ,Isolobal principle ,Density functional theory ,General Chemistry ,Ring (chemistry) ,Biochemistry ,Catalysis - Abstract
The structures and energies of isolobal (CH)n and (BCO)n polyhedral species, computed at the B3LYP density functional theory level, reveal contrasts in behavior. The strain energies of the (BCO)n cages are much smaller. Also unlike the (CH)n cages, the most stable (BCO)n polyhedra (n > or = 10) prefer structures with the largest number of three-membered rings. The planar (or nearly planar) faces of the cage systems were modeled by computations on planar, isoelectronic (CH2)n (Dnh) and (HBCO)n (Cnv) rings. While the strain energies of all the planar carbon rings, relative to the most stable D5h (CH2)5, were large, the strain energies of all the planar (HBCO)n (Cnv) rings were small. Remarkably, the three-membered (HBCO)3 (C3v) ring was the most stable. Finally, large (BCO)n systems prefer tubelike rather than cage structures.
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- 2005
18. Generation by Electron Transfer of an Emitting State Not Observed by Photoexcitation in a Linked Ru(bpy)32+−Methyl Viologen
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Brent L. Iverson, Xiao-Hong Xu, Kevin Shreder, and Allen J. Bard
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Aqueous solution ,Quenching (fluorescence) ,General Chemistry ,Photochemistry ,Biochemistry ,Catalysis ,Photoexcitation ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Electron transfer ,Bipyridine ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,chemistry ,Excited state ,Moiety ,Acetonitrile - Abstract
The molecule in which a methyl viologen (MV2+) moiety is coupled through a three-carbon chain to one bipyridine in Ru(bpy)32+ (bpy = 2,2‘bipyrine), [Ru(bpy)2(4-(2-(1‘-methyl-4−4‘-bipyridinediium-1-yl)propyl)-4‘-methyl-2,2‘-bipyridine), abbreviated RuII(bpy)2(MV2+-bpy)4+], does not emit upon photoexcitation because of rapid quenching of the MLCT state by the MV2+. The integrated steady-state photoemission intensity is
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- 1996
19. Immobilization and Hybridization of DNA on an Aluminum(III) Alkanebisphosphonate Thin Film with Electrogenerated Chemiluminescent Detection
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Allen J. Bard and Xiao-Hong Xu
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Chemistry ,Analytical chemistry ,General Chemistry ,Quartz crystal microbalance ,Biochemistry ,Reference electrode ,Catalysis ,law.invention ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,law ,A-DNA ,Cyclic voltammetry ,Luminescence ,Biosensor ,DNA ,Chemiluminescence - Abstract
Immobilization of single-stranded (ss) DNA on an electrode covered with an aluminum alkanebisphosphonate film by immersion in an ss-DNA solution was demonstrated with ss-DNA labeled with R~(bpy)3~+. This was detected by observing the electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) produced upon oxidation in a solutior containing trin-propylamine. Surface hybridization was shown by immobilization of unlabeled ss-DNA, followed by exposure to a complementary labeled strand of DNA to produce R~(bpy)3~+-labeled double-stranded (ds) DNA on the surface. The extent of DNA hybridization was determined by ECL. Hybridization of unlabeled DNA, e.g., poly(dA) and poly(dT), could be detected by treatment with R~(phen)3~+ and ECL of this species associated with the ds-DNA. In a similar way, an eight-base single strand of DNA was determined by immobilizing it on the film followed by hybridization of the eight-base complementary strand. The surface-immobilized eight-base pair ds-DNA was also detected by observing the ECL of intercalated Ru(phen)3*+. The immobilization and hybridization of DNA on a selfassembled thin film is of interest both in studies of molecular recognition of DNA and in various application^.'-^ Apart from providing a predictable surface that binds a complementary strand of DNA on substrates for studying DNA double-helix formation and its interactions with proteins and other molecules: a film with single-stranded (ss) DNA can form the basis of a DNA biosensor, e.g., by serving as a designed surface modified electrode. DNA diagnostics has become an important area in molecular biology and biotechnology studies, with applications to the determination of disease-causing and food-contaminating organisms and in forensic and environmental investigations. However, traditional methods for DNA sequencing have several disadvantages, e.g., they are labor intensive, expensive, time consuming, and difficult to a u t ~ m a t e . ~ . ~ The development of new DNA biosensors has involved the application of optical methods (e.g., luminescence, ellipsometry, and pseudo-Brewster angle reflectometry), piezoelectric devices (e.g., surface acoustic wave, quartz crystal microbalance), and electrochemical techniques (e.g., cyclic voltammetry and square wave voltammeElectrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) has also been applied to DNA analysis, e.g., of DNA produced by the polymerase chain reaction by capturing R~(bpy)3~+-labeled DNA on magnetic beads, transporting the beads to an electrochemical cell, and detecting emission under electrochemical exc i t a t i~n .~ ,~ 'Abstract published in Advance ACS Abstracts, February 15, 1995. (1) Furuta, H.; Magda, D.; Sessler, J. L. J. Am. Chem. SOC. 1991, 113, 978. In a previous study, we demonstrated that an aluminum(1II) alkanebisphosphonate film can be used to immobilize calf thymus double-stranded (ds) DNA based on the interaction of the film metal center (A13+) with the phosphate group of DNA and that the immobilized DNA could be determined by ECL detection upon oxidation of a solution of R~(phen)3~+ intercalated with DNA and tri-n-propylamine.10 The technique for the fabrication of the aluminum alkanebisphosphonate, AL2(CdBP), film by sequential adsorptionheaction steps has been described previously.lo,'l We report here that the film can also be used to immobilize ss-DNA (e.g., poly(dA), poly(dT), poly(dC), and eight-base and 30-base synthesized DNA chains). After the immobilization, the film can be employed to recognize a complementary strand of DNA in a solution followed by ECL detection. The strategy employed is shown in Figure 1. Experimental Section Apparatus. The Plexiglas cell designed for ECL and electrochemical studies of the film immobilized on the gold surface supported on the silicon wafer was described previously. A saturated calomel reference electrode (SCE) and a platinum wire counterelectrode were used for all measurements. The electrochemical measurements coupled with ECL experiments were camed out with a Model 175 universal programmer, a Model 173 potentiostat (Princeton Applied Research, PAR, Princeton, NJ), and an Omnigraphic 2000 x-y recorder (Houston Instruments, Houston, TX). The ECL emission was detected with a Model C1230 single-photon-counting system (Hamamatsu Corp., Bridgewater, NJ) utilizing a Hamamatsu R928P PMT, cooled to -20
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- 1995
20. Nucleoside-assisted self-assembly of oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)s at liquid/solid interface: chirality and nanostructures
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Bernard Van Averbeke, Zongxia Guo, Guojie Wang, David Beljonne, Inge De Cat, Roberto Lazzaroni, E. W. Meijer, Steven De Feyter, Jianbin Lin, Albertus P. H. J. Schenning, Hong Xu, Stimuli-responsive Funct. Materials & Dev., Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, and Macro-Organic Chemistry
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inorganic chemicals ,Models, Molecular ,Nanostructure ,Molecular model ,Stereochemistry ,Surface Properties ,Supramolecular chemistry ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Catalysis ,law.invention ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,law ,Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling ,Monolayer ,Molecule ,Particle Size ,Molecular Structure ,Chemistry ,organic chemicals ,technology, industry, and agriculture ,Nucleosides ,General Chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0104 chemical sciences ,Nanostructures ,Crystallography ,Polyvinyls ,Self-assembly ,Scanning tunneling microscope ,0210 nano-technology ,Chirality (chemistry) - Abstract
The formation of DNA nucleoside-assisted p-conjugated nanostructures was studied by means of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and force field simulations. Upon adsorption of the achiral oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) (OPV) derivative at the liquid/solid interface, racemic conglomerates with mirror related rosettes are formed. Addition of the DNA nucleosides d- and l-thymidine, which act as "chiral handles", has a major effect on the supramolecular structure and the expression of chirality of the achiral OPV molecules. The influence of these "chiral handles" on the expression of chirality is probed at two levels: monolayer symmetry and monolayer orientation with respect to the substrate. This was further explored by tuning the molar ratio of the building blocks. Molecular modeling simulations give an atomistic insight into the monolayer construction, as well as the energetics governing the assembly. Thymidine is able to direct the chirality and the pattern of OPV molecules on the surface, creating chiral lamellae of p-conjugated dimers.
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- 2011
21. Synergetic effect of surface and subsurface Ni species at Pt-Ni bimetallic catalysts for CO oxidation
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Shuo Zhang, Qiang Fu, Xinhe Bao, Rentao Mu, Dali Tan, Zheng Jiang, Yuying Huang, Hong Xu, and Hui Zhang
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Chemistry ,Inorganic chemistry ,Nanoparticle ,General Chemistry ,Biochemistry ,Catalysis ,law.invention ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,Adsorption ,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy ,law ,Reactivity (chemistry) ,Inductively coupled plasma ,Scanning tunneling microscope ,Bimetallic strip - Abstract
Various well-defined Ni-Pt(111) model catalysts are constructed at atomic-level precision under ultra-high-vacuum conditions and characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy. Subsequent studies of CO oxidation over the surfaces show that a sandwich surface (NiO(1-x)/Pt/Ni/Pt(111)) consisting of both surface Ni oxide nanoislands and subsurface Ni atoms at a Pt(111) surface presents the highest reactivity. A similar sandwich structure has been obtained in supported Pt-Ni nanoparticles via activation in H(2) at an intermediate temperature and established by techniques including acid leaching, inductively coupled plasma, and X-ray adsorption near-edge structure. Among the supported Pt-Ni catalysts studied, the sandwich bimetallic catalysts demonstrate the highest activity to CO oxidation, where 100% CO conversion occurs near room temperature. Both surface science studies of model catalysts and catalytic reaction experiments on supported catalysts illustrate the synergetic effect of the surface and subsurface Ni species on the CO oxidation, in which the surface Ni oxide nanoislands activate O(2), producing atomic O species, while the subsurface Ni atoms further enhance the elementary reaction of CO oxidation with O.
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- 2011
22. Locking of helicity and shape complementarity in diarylethene dimers on graphite
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Andrea Minoia, Nathalie Katsonis, Roberto Lazzaroni, Toshiki Mutai, Tibor Kudernac, Hong Xu, Hiroshi Uji-i, Steven De Feyter, Bernard Feringa, Stratingh Institute of Chemistry, Molecular Inorganic Chemistry, and Synthetic Organic Chemistry
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Supramolecular chirality ,CRYSTAL ,SURFACE ,Chemistry ,ASSEMBLIES ,MONOLAYERS ,AMPLIFICATION ,General Chemistry ,Biochemistry ,Helicity ,Catalysis ,law.invention ,Crystal ,Crystallography ,Molecular dynamics ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,MOLECULES ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,Diarylethene ,law ,Monolayer ,Molecule ,SUPRAMOLECULAR CHIRALITY ,Scanning tunneling microscope - Abstract
Upon deposition of an achiral solution of diarylethene 1 on the achiral surface of graphite, a highly ordered monolayer with large homachiral domains is formed by self-assembly. Scanning tunneling micro ropy and molecolar dynamics show that the building blocks forming this monolayer are chiral dinners. We suggest that the mechanism of formation of these chiral dinners is first, surface-Induced atropoisomerism, which provides diarylethene 1 with a fixed helicity, and second, shape recognition between atropoisomers having similar helicites.
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- 2008
23. Development of high magnetization Fe3O4/polystyrene/silica nanospheres via combined miniemulsion/emulsion polymerization
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Longlan Cui, Hongchen Gu, Hong Xu, and Naihu Tong
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Polymers ,Emulsion polymerization ,General Chemistry ,Silicon Dioxide ,Biochemistry ,Ferric Compounds ,Catalysis ,Nanostructures ,Miniemulsion ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Magnetization ,Magnetics ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,Transmission electron microscopy ,Polymer chemistry ,Polystyrenes ,Emulsions ,Particle size ,Polystyrene ,Particle Size ,Magnetite ,Superparamagnetism ,Biotechnology - Abstract
Monodispersed, hydrophilic, superparamagnetic magnetic nanospheres with a high fraction of magnetite were synthesized by combining modified miniemulsion/emulsion polymerization and sol-gel technique for the first time. The surface of the nanospheres was coated by a silica layer with controlled thickness. Transmission electron microscopy experimental results showed well-proportioned, equal-sized, magnetite/polystyrene (Fe3O4/PS) nanospheres with a thin silica shell. Based on the TGA data, the fraction of magnetite in the Fe3O4/PS nanospheres core was estimated to be 80 wt %. Magnetization measurements indicated that the superparamagnetic nature of the nanospheres had high saturation magnetization of 40 emu/g at 300 K. The procedures of the novel synthesis are described in detail. Also discussed are the mechanisms of the novel combined miniemulsion/emulsion polymerization processes.
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- 2006
24. Stable Covalent Organic Frameworks for Exceptional Mercury Removal from Aqueous Solutions.
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Ning Huang, Lipeng Zhai, Hong Xu, and Donglin Jiang
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- 2017
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25. Immobilization of DNA on an Aluminum(III) Alkanebisphosphonate Thin Film with Electrogenerated Chemiluminescent Detection
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Allen J. Bard, Xiao-Hong Xu, Thomas E. Mallouk, and Huey C. Yang
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chemistry.chemical_element ,General Chemistry ,Photochemistry ,Biochemistry ,Catalysis ,law.invention ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,chemistry ,Aluminium ,law ,Thin film ,DNA ,Chemiluminescence - Published
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26. Surface-Induced Diastereomeric Complex Formation of a Nucleoside at the Liquid/Solid Interface: Stereoselective Recognition and Preferential Adsorption.
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Zongxia Guo, De Cat, Inge, Van Averbeke, Bernard, Ghijsens, Elke, Jianbin Lin, Hong Xu, Guojie Wang, Hoeben, Freek J. M., Tomovic, Željko, Lazzaroni, Roberto, Beljonne, David, Meijer, E. W., Schenning, Albertus P. H. J., and De Feyter, Steven
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27. Generation by Electron Transfer of an Emitting State Not Observed by Photoexcitation in a Linked Ru(bpy)32+−Methyl Viologen J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 3656−3660
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Kevin Shreder, and Brent L. Iverson, Allen J. Bard, and Xiao-Hong Xu
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Photoexcitation ,Electron transfer ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,Chemistry ,General Chemistry ,Methyl Viologen ,Photochemistry ,Biochemistry ,Catalysis - Published
- 1996
28. Nucleoside-Assisted Self-Assembly of Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)s at Liquid/Solid Interface: Chirality and Nanostructures.
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Zongxia Guo, De Cat, Inge, Van Averbeke, Bernard, Jianbin Lin, Guojie Wang, Hong Xu, Lazzaroni, Roberto, Beljonne, David, Meijer, E. W., Schenning, Albertus P. H. J., and De Feyter, Steven
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29. Synergetic Effect of Surface and Subsurface Ni Species at Pt-Ni Bimetallic Catalysts for CO Oxidation.
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Rentao Mu, Qiang Fu, Hong Xu, Hui Zhang, Yuying Huang, Zheng Jiang, Shuo Zhang, Dali Tan, and Xinhe Bao
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30. Tuning the Supramolecular Chirality of One- and Two-Dimensional Aggregates with the Number of Stereogenic Centers in the Component Porphyrins.
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lavicoli, Patrizia, Hong Xu, Feldborg, Lice N., Linares, Mathieu, Paradinas, Markos, Stafström, Sven, Ocal, Carmen, Nieto-Ortega, Belen, Casado, Juan, López Navarrete, Juan T., Lazzaroni, Roberto, De Feyter, Steven, and Amabilino, David B.
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PORPHYRINS , *CHIRALITY , *MOLECULAR structure , *SUPRAMOLECULAR chemistry , *METHYL groups , *SCANNING tunneling microscopy - Abstract
A synthetic strategy was developed for the preparation of porphyrins containing between one and four stereogenic centers, such that their molecular weights vary only as a result of methyl groups which give the chiral forms. The low-dimensional nanoscale aggregates of these compounds reveal the profound effects of this varying molecular chirality on their supramolecular structure and optical activity. The number of stereogenic centers influences significantly the self-assembly and chiral structure of the aggregates of porphyrin molecules described here. A scanning tunneling microscopy study of monolayers on graphite shows that the degree of structural chirality with respect to the surface increases almost linearly with the number of stereogenic centers, and only one handedness is formed in the monolayers, whereas the achiral compound forms a mixture of mirror-image domains at the surface. In solution, four hydrogen bonds induce the formation of an H-aggregate, and circular dichroism measurements and theoretical studies indicate that the compounds self-assemble into helical structures. Both the chirality and stability of the aggregates depend critically on the number of stereocenters. The chiral porphyrin derivatives gelate methylcyclohexane at concentrations dependent on the number and position of chiral groups at the periphery of the aromatic core, reflecting the different aggregation forces of the molecules in solution. Increasing the number of stereogenic centers requires more material to immobilize the solvent, in all likelihood because of the greater solubility of the porphyrins. The vibrational circular dichroism spectra of the gels show that all compounds have a chiral environment around the amide bonds, confirming the helical model proposed by calculations. The morphologies of the xerogels (studied by scanning electron microscopy and scanning force microscopy) are similar, although more fibrous features are present in the molecules with fewer stereogenic centers. Importantly, the presence of only one stereogenic center, bearing a methyl group as the desymmetrizing ligand, in a molecule of considerable molecular weight is enough to induce singlehanded chirality in both the one and two-dimensional supramolecular self-assembled structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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31. Development of High Magnetization Fe3O4Polystyrene/SiIica Nanospheres via Combined Miniemulsion/Emulsion Polymerization.
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Hong Xu, Longlan Cui, Naihu Tong, and Hongchen Gu
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MAGNETITE , *IRON ores , *POLYSTYRENE , *SILICA , *NANOCHEMISTRY , *ANALYTICAL chemistry - Abstract
The article presents a process to obtain monodispersed, nanoscale and superparamagnetic magnetite or polystyrene spheres. By uniquely combining modified miniemulsion/emulsion polymerization and the sol-gel technique, the surfaces of monodispersed nanospheres functionalized to be hydrophilic through silica coating. Aside from also serving as a buffer, the silica coating protected the magnetite nanoparticles from dissolving in the application environments.
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32. Fused Five-Membered Rings Determine the Stability of C60F60.
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Jianfeng Jia, Hal-Shun Wu, Xiao-Hong Xu, Xian-Ming Zhang, and Haijun Jiao
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CHEMICAL bonds , *CARBON , *FLUORINE , *RING formation (Chemistry) , *CHEMICAL reactions , *MOLECULAR structure - Abstract
The structure and stability of a set of (CF)60 isomers have been computed at the B3LYP/6-31G-(d) density functional theory level. The most stable isomer (6, F4@C60F56) has tube-like structure with four endo C-F bonds and fused five-membered rings at the end of the tube, while the reported most stable cage structure (2, F8@C60F52) with eight endo C-F bonds is higher in energy by 22.6 kcal/mol. This is in contrast to the isolated pentagon rule for the stability of fullerenes. The mean bond dissociation energy of 6 is larger than those of the experimental known C60F36, C60F48, and graphite fluoride. The relative energy per CF unit of 6 to graphite fluoride (CF)n is 3.7 kcal/mol, which is smaller than that of C60 fullerene per carbon to graphite (about 9-10 kcal/mol). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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33. Star-Shaped Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) Substituted Hexaarylbenzene: Purity, Stability, and Chiral SeIf-assembIy.
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Tomović, Źeljko, van Dongen, Joost, George, Subi J., Hong Xu, Pisula, Wojciech, LecIère, Philippe, SmuIders, Maarten M. J., De Feyter, Steven, Meijer, E. W., and Schenning, Albertus P. H. J.
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MOLECULES , *MOLECULAR self-assembly , *STABILITY (Mechanics) , *GEL permeation chromatography , *X-rays , *MICROSCOPY - Abstract
An oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) (OPV)-substituted hexaarylbenzene has been synthesized and fully characterized. Recycling gel permeation chromatography appeared to be a powerful technique to obtain the OPV molecules in a very pure form. X-ray analysis and polarization optical microscopy revealed that the OPV molecule is plastic crystalline at room temperature with an ordered columnar superstructure. In apolar solvents, the molecules self-assemble via a highly cooperative fashion into right-handed chiral superstructures, which are stable even at high temperatures and low concentration. Atomic force microscopy revealed right-handed fibers with a diameter of 6 nm, indicating π-stacked aggregates; on a silicon oxide substrate, supercoiled chiral structures were observed. STM studies on a liquid-solid interface showed that the star-shaped OPV molecule forms an organized monolayer having a chiral hexagonal lattice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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