In the realm of supramolecular chemistry, a small number of intricately interwoven structures that bridge the boundaries between art and science have been reported. These motifs, which typically form on the nanometre scale, display both considerable beauty and complexity. However, the generation of new topologies of this type has remained a very significant synthetic challenge. Here, we describe the synthesis of a discrete highly intertwined metal losupramolecular assembly based on a universal 3 ravel motif-a topology as yet unprecedented in supramolecular chemistry. The exotic, 20 component, [Fe 8 L 12 ] ravel entanglement may be considered as a 'branched knot', with individual molecules displaying either left or right handed chirality. The formation of this cluster was demonstrated by single crystal and powder X ray diffraction. The arrangement is stabilized by a favourable combination of π-π interactions and Nature's tendency to minimize voids in molecular architectures.
Common
homogeneous electrochemical (HEC) sensors usually suffer
from the drawbacks of high background signal, low signal-to-noise
ratio, and even false positive results due to the preaddition of electroactive
substances. Thus, it is necessary to develop novel HEC sensors based
on in situ generation of electroactive substances to overcome these
shortcomings, which, however, is underexplored. In this work, two-dimensional
(2D) nanozymes, i.e., cobalt-doped 2D Ti3C2 MXene
nanosheets (CMNSs), with excellent peroxidase-like properties were
utilized to develop HEC sensors based on the in situ generation of
electroactive substances for organophosphate pesticides (OPs) detection.
The 2D CMNSs were synthesized via a template-directed wet chemical
approach and displayed outstanding features of hydrophilia and water
dispersibility, which could catalyze the oxidation of o-phenylenediamine (OPD) to generate significantly increased reduction
current. Interestingly, the 2D CMNSs with peroxidase-like properties
exhibited a unique response to thiol compounds and were thus employed
as highly efficient catalysts to develop HEC sensors for OPs based
on the hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine (ATCh) to form thiocholine
catalyzed by acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and the inhibition of AChE
activity by OPs. The recovery for OPs analysis of pakchoi extract
solutions ranged from 97.4% to 103.3%. The as-proposed HEC sensor
based on in situ generation of electroactive substances will provide
a new way for the development of high-performance electrochemical
sensors and demonstrate potential applicability for the determination
of pesticide residues in real samples.
We demonstrate an efficient D-A-π-A sensitizer with a benzothiadiazole-cyclopentadithiophene [corrected] moiety as the spacer in a triphenylamine organic dye for dye-sensitized solar cells. The dye has a broad visible light absorption range up to 800 nm. A power conversion efficiency >9% has been achieved using a [Co(bpy)3](2+/3+)-based electrolyte.
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