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A convenient method for the preparation of meso,β-dual-functionalized porphyrin was developed. The bromination of zincatedβ-silylporphyrin with NBS selectively yielded meso-bromo-β-silylporphyrin, whereas, the bromination of free-baseβ-silylporphyrin selectively yielded β-bromoporphyrin via an ipso-substitution of the silyl group. These meso,β-dual-functionalized porphyrins could be used as multipurpose synthons for fabricating various porphyrin derivatives.With the rapid development of hydrogels, hydrogel adhesion has attracted increasing attention in the last decade, but strong adhesion remains a challenge due to the large amount of water in hydrogels. The factors that affect hydrogel adhesion mainly include chemistries of bonds, topologies of connection, and mechanisms of energy dissipation. Strategies such as surface modification, surface initiation, bulk modification, bridging polymers, topological adhesion, and the use of nanocomposites have been developed to achieve strong hydrogel adhesion. In nanocomposite hydrogels, nanoparticles interlink with polymer chains to form strong bonds, which lower adhesion energy and offer energy dissipation, thus enhancing the adhesion. This review emphatically outlines nanocomposite adhesive hydrogels from design to application and provides useful understanding for the design and further development of nanocomposite adhesive hydrogels.The Class F G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) include Smoothened and the ten Frizzled receptors, which are major cell membrane receptors in the Hedgehog and Wnt signalling pathways respectively and of enormous interest in embryonic development and as therapeutic targets in cancer. Recent crystal structures of Smoothened provide the opportunity to investigate the structural biology of Class F GPCRs in more detail, in turn, informing the development of therapeutics. A key question in this area is how one receptor may trigger distinct pathways - particularly relevant for Wnt signalling, in which signals may be transduced from a Frizzled via Dishevelled or G proteins, depending on the context. In this study, we employ adiabatic biased molecular dynamics and umbrella sampling to investigate the activation of Smoothened and Frizzled-7 in both the native state and bound to endogenous ligands, as well as how the clinically used Smoothened antagonist vismodegib alters this signalling. The results highlight key energetic barriers in the activation of these receptors, and the molecular features of the receptors mediating these barriers, demonstrating our approach as a robust means of investigating signalling through these receptors.Dipicolylamine (dpa) based cis-dichlorido zinc(ii) complexes [Zn(L1-3)Cl2] (1-3), where L2 and L3 are non-iodo and di-iodo BODIPY-appended dpa in 2 and 3, and L1 is dpa in control complex 1, were prepared and characterized and their photocytotoxicity was studied. Complexes 2 and 3 were developed as potential substitutes for zinc(ii)-porphyrins/phthalocyanines that are photodynamic therapeutic agents with moderate activity owing to their inherent hydrophobicity and aggregation-induced deactivation mechanism. In our approach, we strategically designed hybrid inorganic-organic zinc-BODIPY conjugates as theranostic photosensitizers. The structurally characterized diamagnetic Zn(ii) cis-dichlorido complexes mimic cisplatin and serve as new-generation photosensitizers with enhanced aqueous solubility and mito-DNA targeting propensity while imparting significant physiological stability to the heavy atom tethered BODIPY ligand, L3. The BODIPY complexes showed a visible band near 500 nm (ε∼ 34 000-44 000 dm3 mol-1 cm-1) and an emission band at 507 nm for 2 in 1% DMSO-Dulbecco's phosphate buffered saline. The labile chlorido ligands (ΛM∼ 200 S m2 mol-1 in 9  1 H2O-DMSO) generated positively charged complexes inside the cellular medium enabling them to cross the mitochondrial membrane for this organelle-selective localization and singlet oxygen-mediated apoptotic photocytotoxicity at nanomolar concentrations for 3 in HeLa and MCF-7 cells in light (400-700 nm), while being less active in the dark.Ultra-thin metal layers on polymer thin films attract tremendous research interest for advanced flexible optoelectronic applications, including organic photovoltaics, light emitting diodes and sensors. To realize the large-scale production of such metal-polymer hybrid materials, high rate sputter deposition is of particular interest. Here, we witness the birth of a metal-polymer hybrid material by quantifying in situ with unprecedented time-resolution of 0.5 ms the temporal evolution of interfacial morphology during the rapid formation of ultra-thin gold layers on thin polystyrene films. KRIBB11 We monitor average non-equilibrium cluster geometries, transient interface morphologies and the effective near-surface gold diffusion. At 1 s sputter deposition, the polymer matrix has already been enriched with 1% gold and an intermixing layer has formed with a depth of over 3.5 nm. Furthermore, we experimentally observe unexpected changes in aspect ratios of ultra-small gold clusters growing in the vicinity of polymer chains. For the first time, this approach enables four-dimensional insights at atomic scales during the gold growth under non-equilibrium conditions.Correction for 'A critical comparison of neural network potentials for molecular reaction dynamics with exact permutation symmetry' by Jun Li et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 9672-9682, DOI .The square-planar [PtX4]2- complexes (X = Cl, Br) were successfully incorporated into preprogrammed hybrid organic-inorganic systems, exploiting their expected strong anion-π interactions with π-acidic hexaazaphenylenehexacarbonitrile, HAT(CN)6. The formation and properties of [PtCl4]2-; HAT(CN)6 aggregates in MeCN solution were evaluated based on their UV-Vis spectra to reveal the approximate binding constant KCT = 7.9(2) × 102 dm3 mol-1, molar absorption coefficient εCT = 1.47(2) × 103 dm3 mol-1 cm-1, extent of electronic coupling HCT = 2.18 × 103 cm-1, and electron delocalization α2 = 1.75 × 10-2 (α = 0.13). Strong [PtCl4]2-HAT(CN)6 interactions in such adducts were also confirmed by the distinct shifts |Δδiso| = 0.4 ppm of 13C NMR peaks, when compared to the π-acid alone. The crystal structures of the resulting (PPh4)2[PtX4][HAT(CN)6]·3MeCN (1-Cl- and 1-Br-) solids are isomorphous with (PPh4)2[Pt(CN)4][HAT(CN)6]·3MeCN (1-CN-) reported by us previously. The halogenoplatinates occupy exactly the same nodes in the supramolecular network as cyanoplatinate, forming stacked [PtX4]2-;HAT(CN)6∞ columns that are stabilized by [PPh4]+ cations.
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