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One-pot synthesis of indole-fused bicyclo[2.2.2]octanones from DiMeOIN and 2-cyclohexen-1-one is accomplished under an iodine catalyst. The simple and metal-free conditions provide a practical tool to construct Csp3-rich complex molecules via coupling cyclization.As one of the promising orthopedic materials, polyetheretherketone (PEEK) has high chemical durability and similar mechanical properties to the cortical bone; nevertheless, the inherent bioinert nature of PEEK dramatically impedes its broader clinical applications in the management of bone infection. To address this challenge, herein, we developed a multifunctional two-dimensional (2D) nanocoating to assemble graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets, a polydopamine (pDA) nanofilm, and an oligopeptide onto the surface of porous sulfonated PEEK (SPEEK). Foretinib The resulting multifunctional PEEK implants exhibited enhanced cytocompatibility, alkaline phosphatase activity, and calcium matrix deposition as well as osteogenesis-associated gene expression. Moreover, the animal experiments based on a rabbit femur defect model confirmed that the 2D nanocoating prominently boosted the in vivo osseointegration and bone remodeling. Besides, the GO/pDA hybrid complex anchoring on the SPEEK surface through π-π stacking can generate robust antibacterial phototherapy resulting from the synergetic photothermal/photodynamic therapeutic effects. Accordingly, this work provides a paradigm to empower inert PEEK implants with bi-/multi-modal therapeutic applications, such as against bone infection treatment.Here, we report novel dual-emissive gold nanoclusters (d-Au NCs) that have two distinctive emissions (420 and 630 nm) under a single wavelength excitation. The two-stage formation mechanism evidences their sensitive response to valine and trivalent chromium ions (Cr3+) in completely different spectral ratiometric modes in living cells with high contrast to successfully avoid signal fluctuations.The Cu(ii) heptanuclear complex (Cu7atac) was synthesised using the hydrated amino acid ligand 2-(5-amino-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)acetic acid (Hatac·H2O). Single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis revealed a μ3-hydroxo bridged Cu(ii) heptanuclear complex, consisting of two triangular subunits and one Cu(ii) ion as a bridge with the formula [Cu7(atac)6(μ3-OH)2(NO3)2(H2O)10](NO3)4. The magnetic behaviour of this discrete 0D complex shows strong antiferromagnetic couplings between Cu(ii) mediated by N,N bonding and an anti-anti modes of the carboxylate anion of the ligand atac-. The magnetic data were fitted considering a 3J model. To support the model used to fit the magnetic data of the Cu7atac complex, theoretical calculation methods (complete active space self-consistent field, CASSCF, density functional theory (DFT) using the UKS TPSS/Def2-TZVP//Def2-SVP level and periodic boundary conditions (PBC) using PBE/DZVP-MOLOPT-GTH) were performed to obtain the spin states, spin density map and J couplings. The theoretical results suggest that Cu7atac is a spin-frustrated complex in the ground state, in which the doublet spin state co-exists with the quartet spin state.Single chain in mean field (SCMF) simulation is a theoretical framework performing Monte Carlo moves of explicit polymer chains under quasi-instantaneously updated external fields which were originally imported from the self-consistent field theory (SCFT). Even though functional-based hybrid simulations are often used to compare the results of SCFT and MC simulation, the adoption of a finite number of coarse-grained segments makes direct comparison rather difficult. In this study, we perform SCMF simulation of block copolymers using various chain models and quantitatively compare it with discrete chain SCFT (DCSCFT) which finds the mean field solution of polymers with a finite number of segments. By comparing free energy and natural period of the symmetric block copolymer lamellar phase, we systematically show that DCSCFT serves as an intermediate step between SCMF simulation and SCFT. In addition, by adopting angle dependent bond potential, we perform SCMF simulation of semiflexible polymers using bead-spring and freely jointed chain models. As the chain stiffness increases, the lamellar phase tends to align perpendicular to the surfaces when confined between two neutral walls. We also investigate the effects of fluctuation and chain stiffness on the distribution of chain ends. The tendency of chain end segregation towards the surfaces turns out to increase as the chain stiffness increases for both homopolymer and block copolymer systems.Resource economy constitutes one of the key challenges for researchers and practitioners in academia and industries, in terms of rising demand for sustainable and green synthetic methodology. To achieve ideal levels of resource economy in molecular syntheses, novel avenues are required, which include, but are not limited to the use of naturally abundant, renewable feedstocks, solvents, metal catalysts, energy, and redox reagents. In this context, electrosyntheses create the unique possibility to replace stoichiometric amounts of oxidizing or reducing reagents as well as electron transfer events by electric current. Particularly, the merger of Earth-abundant 3d metal catalysis and electrooxidation has recently been recognized as an increasingly viable strategy to forge challenging C-C and C-heteroatom bonds for complex organic molecules in a sustainable fashion under mild reaction conditions. In this review, we highlight the key developments in 3d metallaelectrocatalysis in the context of resource economy in molecular syntheses until February 2020.The Min system for determining the cell division position at the center in bacteria has a unique character that uses a protein wave (Min wave) that emerges from its components (MinD and MinE). The Min wave emerges under the coupling of chemical reactions and molecular diffusions of MinDE and appears when the concentrations of MinD and MinE are similar. However, the nanoscale mechanism to determine their concentration ranges has remained elusive. In this study, by using artificial cells as a mimic of cells, we showed that the dominant MinE conformations determined the allowable concentration ranges for the emergence of the Min wave. Furthermore, the deletion of the membrane-binding region of MinE indicated that the region was essential for limiting the concentration ranges to be narrower. These findings illustrate a parameter tuning mechanism underlying complex molecular systems at the nanoscale for spatiotemporal regulation in living cells and show a possibility that the regulation of the equilibrium among molecular conformations can work as a switch for cell division.
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