NAT. CHEM.-STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF POROUS COORDINATION POLYMERS

Highly responsive nature of porous coordination polymer surfaces imaged by in situ atomic force microscopy

Nobuhiko Hosono, Aya Terashima, Shinpei Kusaka, Ryotaro Matsuda & Susumu Kitagawa
1.Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
2.Nobuhiko Hosono, Aya Terashima, Shinpei Kusaka, Ryotaro Matsuda & Susumu Kitagawa
Nature Chemistry volume 11, pages109–116 (2019)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-018-0170-0
© 2019 Springer Nature Publishing AG. All rights reserved.

Using liquid-phase atomic force microscopy, it was made possible to directly observe structural transformations at the crystal-solvent interface of a porous coordination polymers.

Image: Images are produced by Nobuhiko Hosono (Kyoto University) and Demin Liu (MolGraphics). Cover Design: Tulsi Voralia.

Nat. Catal.-Cu catalysts for Selective C–C coupling

Metal ion cycling of Cu foil for selective C–C coupling in electrochemical CO2 reduction

Kun Jiang, Robert B. Sandberg, Austin J. Akey, Xinyan Liu, David C. Bell, Jens K. Nørskov, Karen Chan & Haotian Wang
1.Rowland Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
2.SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
3.SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
Nature Catalysis volume 1, pages 111–119 (2018)
doi:10.1038/s41929-017-0009-x
© 2018 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved.

By tuning the facet exposure on Cu foil through the metal ion battery cycling, selective C-C coupling was achieved with a highest C2+ Faradaic efficiency of over 60%, H2 below 20%, and a corresponding C2+ partial current density of more than 40 mA/cm2.

Image: Demin Liu (MolGraphics), Kun Jiang (Harvard University) and Haotian Wang (Harvard University). Cover Design: Karen Moore.

Chem- Artificial Photosynthesis

Transition-Metal Single Atoms in a Graphene Shell as Active Centers for Highly Efficient Artificial Photosynthesis

Kun Jiang, Samira Siahrostami, Austin J. Akey, Yanbin Li, Zhiyi Lu, Judith Lattimer, Yongfeng Hu, Chris Stokes, Mahesh Gangishetty, Guangxu Chen, Yawei Zhou, Winfield Hill, Wen-Bin Cai, David Bell, Karen Chan, Jens K. Nørskov, Yi Cui, Haotian Wang
1.Rowland Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2017.09.014
Received: August 1, 2017; Received in revised form: September 15, 2017; Accepted: September 26, 2017; Published: October 19, 2017 © 2017 Elsevier Inc.

Single Ni atoms coordinated in graphene served as active centers for aqueous CO2 reduction to CO with high faradic effciencies over 90% under significant currents up to ~60 mA/mg.

JACS-Cellulosomal Scaffoldin Mechanics

Combining in Vitro and in Silico Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy to Characterize and Tune Cellulosomal Scaffoldin Mechanics

Tobias Verdorfer†, Rafael C. Bernardi‡, Aylin Meinhold†, Wolfgang Ott†, Zaida Luthey-Schulten‡§, Michael A. Nash*∥⊥, and Hermann E. Gaub† 
† Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Physik and Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 80799 Munich, Germany
‡ Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), 4058 Basel, Switzerland
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139 (49), pp 17841–17852
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b07574
Publication Date (Web): October 23, 2017
Copyright © 2017 American Chemical Society

The force induced unfolding behavior of all cohesins from the scaffoldin ScaA was successfully characterized by combining in vitro and in silico single-molecule force spectroscopy.

Adv. Funct. Mater-Micromotors

Bioinspired Spiky Micromotors Based on Sporopollenin Exine Capsules

Hong Wang1, Michael G. Potroz2, Joshua A. Jackman2, Bahareh Khezri1, Tijana Marić1, Nam-Joon Cho2,3 and Martin Pumera1,*
1. Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
2. School of Materials Science and Engineering and Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
3. School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201702338
© 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

A bioinspired spiky micromotor was designed based on sporopollenin exine capsules where bubble generated on the surface propels the capsules to transport cargo or decontaminate heavy metals.

ANGEWANDTE-NIR ABSORBING J-AGGREGATE

Near-IR Absorbing J-Aggregate of an Amphiphilic BF2-Azadipyrromethene Dye by Kinetic Cooperative Self-Assembly

Prof. Zhijian Chen1,*, Yong Liu1, Wolfgang Wagner2, Dr. Vladimir Stepanenko2, Dr. Xiangkui Ren1, Dr. Soichiro Ogi2 and Prof. Frank Würthner2*
1.School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Chemical Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
2.Institut für Organische Chemie, Center for Nanosystems Chemistry and Bavarian Polymer Institute (BPI), Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201701788
© 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

A new amphiphilic BF2-azadipyrromethene (aza-BODIPY) dye was synthesized and the formation of the J-aggregates with distinct near-infrared optical properties was investigated.

NATURE ENERGY-SOLID OXYGEN BATTERY

ANION-REDOX NANOLITHIA CATHODES FOR LI-ION BATTERIES

Zhi Zhu, Akihiro Kushima, Zongyou Yin, Lu Qi, Khalil Amine, Jun Lu & Ju Li
1.Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
Zhi Zhu, Akihiro Kushima, Zongyou Yin & Ju Li
2.Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
Zhi Zhu, Akihiro Kushima, Zongyou Yin & Ju Li
3.College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Lu Qi
4.Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
Khalil Amine & Jun Lu
DOI:10.1038/nenergy.2016.111
© 2016 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved.

A cobalt oxide confined nanolithia cathode allows charge and discharge without generating any gas molecules. This new material is also self-protected from overcharging by the cycling reaction of self-generated radical species.

Chem. Mater.-DNA Nanofabrication

Bottom-up Nanofabrication Using DNA Nanostructures

Zhenbo Peng‡§ and Haitao Liu*§
‡ Chemical Engineering College, Ningbo Polytechnic, 1069 Xinda Road, Economical & Technical Development Zone, Ningbo 315800, P. R. China
§ Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 219 Parkman Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
Chem. Mater., 2016, 28 (4), pp 1012–1021
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04218
Publication Date (Web): January 06, 2016
Copyright © 2016 American Chemical Society
In this Perspective,  the authors highlighted the most recent progresses in DNA nanotechnology, including the fabrication of DNA nanostructures, DNA-based assembly of molecules and nanomaterials, and DNA-based nanofabrication and nanolithography.

Nano Letters-Mapping Mechanical Force Propagation through Biomolecular Complexes

Mapping Mechanical Force Propagation through Biomolecular Complexes

Constantin Schoeler†, Rafael C. Bernardi‡, Klara H. Malinowska†, Ellis Durner†, Wolfgang Ott†§, Edward A. Bayer∥, Klaus Schulten‡⊥, Michael A. Nash*†, and Hermann E. Gaub†
† Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Physik and Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 80799 Munich, Germany
‡ Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
§ Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM), University of Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany
∥ Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
⊥ Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
Nano Lett., 2015, 15 (11), pp 7370–7376
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02727
Publication Date (Web): August 11, 2015
Copyright © 2015 American Chemical Society
Single-molecule force spectroscopy with an atomic force microscope (AFM) and steered molecular dynamics (SMD) simulations revealed force propagation pathways through a mechanically ultrastable multidomain cellulosome protein complex.

Nanomedicine Applications of NMOFs and NCPs

Nanomedicine Applications of Hybrid Nanomaterials Built from Metal–Ligand Coordination Bonds: Nanoscale Metal–Organic Frameworks and Nanoscale Coordination Polymers

Chunbai He, Demin Liu, and Wenbin Lin
Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
Chem. Rev., 2015, 115 (19), pp 11079–11108
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00125
Publication Date (Web): August 27, 2015
Copyright © 2015 American Chemical Society
In this review article, the authors summarized the development of NMOFs/NCPs for biomedical applicatons, including the synthetic techniques, surface modifications, and their applications in drug delivery and therapy, imaging, and sensing.