Multicolor, fluorescent self-healing
gels were constructed through
reacting carbon dots produced from different aldehyde precursors with
branched polyethylenimine. The self-healing gels were formed through
Schiff base reaction between the aldehyde units displayed upon the
carbon dots’ surface and primary amine residues within the
polyethylenimine network, generating imine bonds. The dynamic covalent
imine bonds between the carbon dots and polymeric matrix endowed the
gels with both excellent self-healing properties as well as high mechanical
strength. Moreover, the viscoelastic properties of the gels could
be intimately modulated by controlling the ratio between the carbon
dots and polymer. The distinct fluorescence emissions of the gels,
originating from the specific carbon dot constituents, were employed
for fabrication of light emitters at different colors, particularly
generating white light.
Of the many ways to make synthetic hosts, one of the most appealing involves molecular imprinting. In the commonest approach monomer units assemble around or are attached to a template (imprint) molecule and then linked together using a cross-linking agent. Template removal ideally leaves cavities within the molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) that possess a shape and functional group complementarity to the imprint molecule allowing its tight and selective uptake. This review highlights some recent advances in the synthesis of MIPs (often called "synthetic antibodies") and enumerates a "wish list" of properties for the perfect MIP that may guide future studies.
UV irradiation of latent sulfur-chelated ruthenium olefin metathesis precatalysts produced a cis-dichloro-transdichloro photoisomerization. The enhanced activity of the trans isomer, when aromatic substituents were attached to the sulfur chelating atom, induced several metathesis reactions, including ROMP, at room temperature.
Gradient-corrected (BP86) and hybrid (M06-L) density functional calculations were used to study the relative stability of cis and trans-dichloro X-chelated benzylidene ruthenium complexes (X = O, S, Se, N, P). Calculations in the gas phase differed from experimental results, predicting the trans-dichloro configuration as being more stable in every case. The addition of Poisson-Boltzmann (PBF) continuum approximation (dichloromethane) corrected the disagreement and afforded energies consistent with experimental results. Novel N, Se, and P chelated ruthenium olefin metathesis complexes were synthesized to evaluate calculation predictions. These findings reinforce the importance of including solvent corrections in DFT calculations of ruthenium metathesis catalysts and predict that stronger sigma donors as chelating atoms tend to electronically promote the unusual and less active cis-dichloro configuration.
Dendrimers with molecular weights ranging from ca. 2700 to 11 000 and from 16 to 64 homoallyl ether end groups were cross-linked using the Grubbs ring-closing metathesis reaction. A combination of SEC, MALDI-TOF-MS, and AFM were used to characterize the cross-linked nanoparticles. The data suggest a significant decrease in volume with cross-linking and a concomitant increase in rigidity, both of which can be controlled independently with a fair degree of precision.
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