Organic molecules with tunable fluorescence quantum yield are attractive for opto-electronic applications. A fluorophore with tunable fluorescence quantum yield should be a better choice for a variety of applications that...
Multiple molecular logic gates were harvested on a single synthesized material, (E)-2-(2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylideneamino)phenol (MBAP), by combining excitation wavelength dependent multi-channel fluorescence outputs and the same chemical inputs. Interestingly, the effortless switching of logic behavior was achieved by simply tweaking the excitation wavelength and sometimes the emission wavelengths with no alteration of chemical inputs and the main device molecule, MBAP. Additionally, new generation purely optically driven memory units were designed on the same system supporting an almost infinite number of write–erase cycles since inter-conversion of memory states was completely free from chemical interferences and impurity issues. Two-way memory functions (“erase–read–write–read” and “write–read–erase–read”) worked simultaneously on the same system and could be accessed by simple optical switching between two excitation and emission wavelengths. Our optically switchable device might outperform traditional multifunctional logic gates and memory devices that generally employ chemical triggers to switch functionality and memory states. These optically switchable multifunctional molecular logic gates and memory systems might drive smart devices in the near future with high energy efficiency, extended life span, structural and functional simplicity, exclusive reversibility and enhanced data storage density.
Unusual self-sorting of an ion-pair under highly crowded conditions driven by a synthesized intelligent molecule 2-((E)-(3-((E)-2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylideneamino)-2-hydroxypropyl imino)methyl)-6-methoxyphenol, hereafter HBP, is described. When a mixture of various metal salts was allowed to react with HBP, only a specific ion-pair Zn/AcO in the solution simultaneously reacted, resulting in high-fidelity ion-pair recognition of HBP. This phenomenon was evidenced by significant changes in the absorption spectra and huge enhancement in emission intensity of HBP. The property that one molecule preferring one particular cation-anion pair over others is a rare but interesting phenomenon. Thus, the potential to interact selectively with the targeted ion-pair resulting in the formation of a specific complex recognized HBP as a new class of molecule that might find future applications in real time and on-site monitoring and separation of new molecules.
In this article, pharmacological
management of circumstantial overdose
of an anticancer drug, Harmine (HM), under in vitro and in vivo conditions
is described and further validated by employing in silico methods.
HM, an efficient cancer cell photosensitizer, interacts extensively
with nontoxic β-cyclodextrin (β-CD). Steady-state fluorescence
studies and molecular docking analysis established differential nature
of molecular inclusion depending on the relative concentrations of
β-CD. Presently, β-CD is commonly used as a standard drug-delivery
vehicle but its application for controlled drug withdrawal is rarely
explored. Flow cytometric results and in vivo investigations on a
zebrafish model showed that conditional overdose of preadministered
drug molecules can be efficiently removed by encapsulating successfully
within nontoxic β-CDs, albeit by controlled application of the
same. This is an approach to manage the cytotoxicity of a drug in
a safe way that is already administered. We believe that this β-CD-mediated
withdrawal of drugs may find possible applications in controlled capturing
of excess or unused drug inside living systems and reducing the unwanted
toxicity associated with chemotherapeutics.
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