We report on the creation of films of end-grafted hyaluronan, based on solid-supported lipid membranes. We characterize the layer thickness, the grafting density, the mechanical properties and the permeability of these highly hydrated and up to several hundred nanometer-thick monomolecular layers by quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring, by colloidal probe triple-wavelength reflection interference contrast microscopy, and by reflectometry. The two-dimensional assemblies thus created are expected to serve as versatile platforms to study, in a well-controlled and quantitative manner, the effect of hyaluronan-binding proteins on the structure, properties, and biological function of this type of films.

We demonstrate all-perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) with white emission on the basis of simultaneously solving a couple of issues including the ion exchanges between different perovskites, solvent incompatibility in the solution process of stacking different perovskites and carrier transport layers, as well as the energy level matching between each layer in the whole device. The PeLEDs are built with a two-dimensional (CHCHCHNH)CsPbI perovskite that emits red light, CsPb(Br,Cl) quantum dots that emit a cyan color, and an interlayer composed of bis(1-phenyl-1H-benzo[ d]imidazole)phenylphosphine oxide (BIPO) and poly(4-butylphenyl-diphenyl-amine) (Poly-TPD). The interlayer is designed to realize desirable white electroluminescence by tuning the electron and hole transportation and distribution in-between multilayers. With this PeLED configuration, we achieve the typical white light with chromaticity coordinates of (0.32, 0.32) in Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage (CIE) 1931 color space diagram and steady CIE coordinates in a wide range of driving current densities (from 2.94 to 59.29 mA/cm). Consequently, our work, as the starting point for future research of all-perovskite white PeLEDs, will contribute to the future applications of PeLEDs in lighting and display. In addition, we believe that the proposed material and all-perovskite concept will leverage the design and development of more perovskite-based devices.

Mitochondria targeting biotinylated AIE nanoparticles are used as multiphoton imaging probes to identify cancer cells.