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Balamut B, Hughes RP, Aprahamian I. Tuning the Properties of Hydrazone/Isosorbide-Based Switchable Chiral Dopants. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:24561-24569. [PMID: 39163573 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c07848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/22/2024]
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The long-range supramolecular interactions in liquid crystals (LCs) can be used to amplify and subsequently propagate microscopic structural changes into macroscopic events. Here, we report on a systematic structure-property analysis using 16 chiral photoswitchable dopants composed of bistable hydrazones and chiral isosorbide moieties. Our findings showcase the relationship between the dopant's structure and its helical twisting power (β), and hence, the photophysical properties of the host LC. We show that an increase in the hydrazone CNNH dihedral angle results in an increase in the β value, while alkoxy chains do not lead to such an increase. These results contradict established rules of thumb, stating that structural rigidity and long alky chains are needed for high β values. We also found that the position of the substitution, whether at the 2' or 5' positions of the isosorbide unit, or the attachment of the chiral unit to the rotor or stator phenyl units can have negative or positive additive effects that can either increase or decrease the β values. These results made us hypothesize that unsymmetrically functionalized dopants should result in large Δβ values, which we corroborated experimentally. Moreover, a fluorine-functionalized dopant resulted in higher overall β values, most likely because of π-π interactions. Finally, the dopants were used in modulating and locking in the reflective properties of LC films, yielding multicolor LC canvases that can reflect light from the ultraviolet to the infrared range (i.e., a manipulation of up to ca. 1500 nm of reflected light).
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- Brandon Balamut
- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, 6128 Burke Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, 6128 Burke Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, 6128 Burke Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States
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Jia S, Tao T, Xie Y, Yu L, Kang X, Zhang Y, Tang W, Gong J. Chirality Supramolecular Systems: Helical Assemblies, Structure Designs, and Functions. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2307874. [PMID: 37890278 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202307874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 10/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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Chirality, as one of the most striking characteristics, exists at various scales in nature. Originating from the interactions of host and guest molecules, supramolecular chirality possesses huge potential in the design of functional materials. Here, an overview of the recent progress in structure designs and functions of chiral supramolecular materials is present. First, three design routes of the chiral supramolecular structure are summarized. Compared with the template-induced and chemical synthesis strategies that depend on accurate molecular identification, the twisted-assembly technique creates chiral materials through the ordered stacking of the nanowire or films. Next, chirality inversion and amplification are reviewed to explain the chirality transfer from the molecular level to the macroscopic scale, where the available external stimuli on the chirality inversion are also given. Lastly, owing to the optical activity and the characteristics of the layer-by-layer stacking structure, the supramolecular chirality materials display various excellent performances, including smart response, shape-memorization, superior mechanical performance, and applications in biomedical fields. To sum up, this work provides a systematic review of the helical assemblies, structure design, and applications of supramolecular chirality systems.
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- Shengzhe Jia
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry Science and Engineering, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry Science and Engineering, Tianjin, 300072, China
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Klawa SJ, Lee M, Riker KD, Jian T, Wang Q, Gao Y, Daly ML, Bhonge S, Childers WS, Omosun TO, Mehta AK, Lynn DG, Freeman R. Uncovering supramolecular chirality codes for the design of tunable biomaterials. Nat Commun 2024; 15:788. [PMID: 38278785 PMCID: PMC10817930 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45019-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024] Open
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In neurodegenerative diseases, polymorphism and supramolecular assembly of β-sheet amyloids are implicated in many different etiologies and may adopt either a left- or right-handed supramolecular chirality. Yet, the underlying principles of how sequence regulates supramolecular chirality remains unknown. Here, we characterize the sequence specificity of the central core of amyloid-β 42 and design derivatives which enable chirality inversion at biologically relevant temperatures. We further find that C-terminal modifications can tune the energy barrier of a left-to-right chiral inversion. Leveraging this design principle, we demonstrate how temperature-triggered chiral inversion of peptides hosting therapeutic payloads modulates the dosed release of an anticancer drug. These results suggest a generalizable approach for fine-tuning supramolecular chirality that can be applied in developing treatments to regulate amyloid morphology in neurodegeneration as well as in other disease states.
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- Stephen J Klawa
- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
- Broad Pharm, San Diego, California, 92121, USA
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- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
- U.S. Department of Justice, Chicago, IL, 60603, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
- The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
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- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
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Malotke F, Thiele T, Gutmann JS, Giese M. Direct Digital Photonic Patterning of Hydrogen-Bonded Cholesteric Liquid-Crystalline Films. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023. [PMID: 37917042 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c10684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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A modular tool box for photoresponsive cholesteric liquid crystals based on hydrogen-bonded assemblies is reported. By employing 3-azopyridines as photoswitch in cholesteric liquid-crystalline thin films, a fast and reversible blue shift is observed upon irradiation, allowing tuning of the structural color over the whole visible electromagnetic spectrum. Investigations of the materials via X-ray diffraction studies indicate that the blue shift is attributed to the photoinduced destruction of smectic clusters in the cholesteric phase, resulting in a contraction of the helical structure. Unprecedently, the use of a stereolithography 3D printer (SLA) allowed direct transfer of digital information into a multicolor photonic pattern, an important step toward photonic imaging and data storage.
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- Florian Malotke
- University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 7, 45141 Essen, Germany
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- University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 7, 45141 Essen, Germany
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- University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 7, 45141 Essen, Germany
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- University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 7, 45141 Essen, Germany
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Zhong J, Zheng X, Wen Y, Li Y, Zhang J, Kankala RK, Wang S, Chen A. NIR-switchable local hydrogen generation by tandem bimetallic MOFs nanocomposites for enhanced chemodynamic therapy. Regen Biomater 2023; 11:rbad097. [PMID: 38173769 PMCID: PMC10761206 DOI: 10.1093/rb/rbad097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 10/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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The inadequate quantity of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in cancer cells promptly results in the constrained success of chemodynamic therapy (CDT). Significant efforts made throughout the years; nevertheless, researchers are still facing the great challenge of designing a CDT agent and securing H2O2 supply within the tumor cell. In this study, taking advantage of H2O2 level maintenance mechanism in cancer cells, a nanozyme-based bimetallic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) tandem reactor is fabricated to elevate intracellular H2O2 levels, thereby enhancing CDT. In addition, under near-infrared excitation, the upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) loaded into the MOFs can perform photocatalysis and generate hydrogen, which increases cellular susceptibility to radicals induced from H2O2, inhibits cancer cell energy, causes DNA damages and induces tumor cell apoptosis, thus improving CDT therapeutic efficacy synergistically. The proposed nanozyme-based bimetallic MOFs-mediated CDT and UCNPs-mediated hydrogen therapy act as combined therapy with high efficacy and low toxicity.
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- Jun Zhong
- Institute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Technology, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Technology, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Technology, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Technology, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Technology, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Technology, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Technology, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Technology, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomass Low-Carbon Conversion, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
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Zhao J, Yu R, Wu L, Li Y, Liu W, Yang Y. A PSCLC Pattern Prepared Based on Handedness Inversion for Anti-counterfeiting. Chem Asian J 2023; 18:e202300636. [PMID: 37606182 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202300636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
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Handedness inversion has been widely studied in supramolecular chemistry and material sciences. Herein, a photoisomerizable chiral dopant was synthesized, which could induce the formation of a cholesteric phase with right-handedness. The Bragg reflection band of the cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) mixture shifted to the long wavelength with extending 365 nm UV light irradiation time. Based on this photochromic property, a colourful polymer-stabilized CLC (PSCLC) film was prepared using a grayscale mask. A handedness reversible CLC mixture was prepared using a mixture of this chiral dopant and S5011. With extending the UV light irradiation time, the handedness of the CLC mixture changed from right- to left-handedness. A patterned PSCLC film was prepared using this CLC mixture. Complementary images were observed under right- and left-handedness circularly polarized lights. The results shown here not only give us a better understanding the competition between photopolymerization and photoisomerization, but also lay the foundations for decoration and anti-counterfeiting.
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- Jinghua Zhao
- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, P. R. China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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Luo Y, Liu Q, He P, Li L, Zhang Z, Li X, Bao G, Wong K, Tanner PA, Jiang L. Responsive Regulation of Energy Transfer in Lanthanide-Doped Nanomaterials Dispersed in Chiral Nematic Structure. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2303235. [PMID: 37505484 PMCID: PMC10520692 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202303235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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The responsive control of energy transfer (ET) plays a key role in the broad applications of lanthanide-doped nanomaterials. Photonic crystals (PCs) are excellent materials for ET regulation. Among the numerous materials that can be used to fabricate PCs, chiral nematic liquid crystals are highly attractive due to their good photoelectric responsiveness and biocompatibility. Here, the mechanisms of ET and the photonic effect of chiral nematic structures on ET are introduced; the regulation methods of chiral nematic structures and the resulting changes in ET of lanthanide-doped nanomaterials are highlighted; and the challenges and promising opportunities for ET in chiral nematic structures are discussed.
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- Yuxia Luo
- College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials EngineeringShaanxi University of Science and TechnologyXi'anShaanxi710021China
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- College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials EngineeringShaanxi University of Science and TechnologyXi'anShaanxi710021China
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- College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials EngineeringShaanxi University of Science and TechnologyXi'anShaanxi710021China
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- School of Life SciencesCentral China Normal UniversityWuhan430079China
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- College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials EngineeringShaanxi University of Science and TechnologyXi'anShaanxi710021China
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- College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials EngineeringShaanxi University of Science and TechnologyXi'anShaanxi710021China
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- Institute for Biomedical Materials and Devices (IBMD)Faculty of ScienceUniversity of Technology SydneySydneyNSW2007Australia
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- Department of ChemistryHong Kong Baptist University224 Waterloo RoadKowloonHong Kong SAR999077China
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- Department of ChemistryHong Kong Baptist University224 Waterloo RoadKowloonHong Kong SAR999077China
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- School of Life SciencesCentral China Normal UniversityWuhan430079China
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Zharkov DK, Leontyev AV, Shmelev AG, Nurtdinova LA, Chuklanov AP, Nurgazizov NI, Nikiforov VG. Upconversion Luminescence Response of a Single YVO 4:Yb, Er Particle. MICROMACHINES 2023; 14:mi14051075. [PMID: 37241698 DOI: 10.3390/mi14051075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We present the results of the luminescence response studies of a single YVO4:Yb, Er particle of 1-µm size. Yttrium vanadate nanoparticles are well-known for their low sensitivity to surface quenchers in water solutions which makes them of special interest for biological applications. First, YVO4:Yb, Er nanoparticles (in the size range from 0.05 µm up to 2 µm), using the hydrothermal method, were synthesized. Nanoparticles deposited and dried on a glass surface exhibited bright green upconversion luminescence. By means of an atomic-force microscope, a 60 × 60 µm2 square of a glass surface was cleaned from any noticeable contaminants (more than 10 nm in size) and a single particle of 1-µm size was selected and placed in the middle. Confocal microscopy revealed a significant difference between the collective luminescent response of an ensemble of synthesized nanoparticles (in the form of a dry powder) and that of a single particle. In particular, a pronounced polarization of the upconversion luminescence from a single particle was observed. Luminescence dependences on the laser power are quite different for the single particle and the large ensemble of nanoparticles as well. These facts attest to the notion that upconversion properties of single particles are highly individual. This implies that to use an upconversion particle as a single sensor of the local parameters of a medium, the additional studying and calibration of its individual photophysical properties are essential.
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- Dmitry K Zharkov
- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Sibirsky Tract, 10/7, 420029 Kazan, Russia
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- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Sibirsky Tract, 10/7, 420029 Kazan, Russia
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- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Sibirsky Tract, 10/7, 420029 Kazan, Russia
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- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Sibirsky Tract, 10/7, 420029 Kazan, Russia
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- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Sibirsky Tract, 10/7, 420029 Kazan, Russia
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- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Sibirsky Tract, 10/7, 420029 Kazan, Russia
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- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Sibirsky Tract, 10/7, 420029 Kazan, Russia
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Malhotra K, Hrovat D, Kumar B, Qu G, Houten JV, Ahmed R, Piunno PAE, Gunning PT, Krull UJ. Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles: Exploring A Treasure Trove of NIR-Mediated Emerging Applications. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:2499-2528. [PMID: 36602515 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c12370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) possess the remarkable ability to convert multiple near-infrared (NIR) photons into higher energy ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) photons, making them a prime candidate for several advanced applications within the realm of nanotechnology. Compared to traditional organic fluorophores and quantum dots (QDs), UCNPs possess narrower emission bands (fwhm of 10-50 nm), large anti-Stokes shifts, low toxicity, high chemical stability, and resistance to photobleaching and blinking. In addition, unlike UV-vis excitation, NIR excitation is nondestructive at lower power intensities and has high tissue penetration depths (up to 2 mm) with low autofluorescence and scattering. Together, these properties make UCNPs exceedingly favored for advanced bioanalytical and theranostic applications, where these systems have been well-explored. UCNPs are also well-suited for bioimaging, optically modulating chemistries, forensic science, and other state-of-the-art research applications. In this review, an up-to-date account of emerging applications in UCNP research, beyond bioanalytical and theranostics, are presented including optogenetics, super-resolution imaging, encoded barcodes, fingerprinting, NIR vision, UCNP-assisted photochemical manipulations, optical tweezers, 3D printing, lasing, NIR-II imaging, UCNP-molecule nanohybrids, and UCNP-based persistent luminescent nanocrystals.
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- Karan Malhotra
- Chemical Sensors Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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- Chemical Sensors Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
- Gunning Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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- Chemical Sensors Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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- Chemical Sensors Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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- Chemical Sensors Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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- Chemical Sensors Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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- Chemical Sensors Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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- Gunning Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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- Chemical Sensors Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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Wang Z, Valenzuela C, Wu J, Chen Y, Wang L, Feng W. Bioinspired Freeze-Tolerant Soft Materials: Design, Properties, and Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2201597. [PMID: 35971186 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202201597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In nature, many biological organisms have developed the exceptional antifreezing ability to survive in extremely cold environments. Inspired by the freeze resistance of these organisms, researchers have devoted extensive efforts to develop advanced freeze-tolerant soft materials and explore their potential applications in diverse areas such as electronic skin, soft robotics, flexible energy, and biological science. Herein, a comprehensive overview on the recent advancement of freeze-tolerant soft materials and their emerging applications from the perspective of bioinspiration and advanced material engineering is provided. First, the mechanisms underlying the freeze tolerance of cold-enduring biological organisms are introduced. Then, engineering strategies for developing antifreezing soft materials are summarized. Thereafter, recent advances in freeze-tolerant soft materials for different technological applications such as smart sensors and actuators, energy harvesting and storage, and cryogenic medical applications are presented. Finally, future challenges and opportunities for the rapid development of bioinspired freeze-tolerant soft materials are discussed.
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- Zhiyong Wang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore, 117583, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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Ansari AA, Muthumareeswaran M, Lv R. Coordination chemistry of the host matrices with dopant luminescent Ln3+ ion and their impact on luminescent properties. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Zhang X, Xu Y, Valenzuela C, Zhang X, Wang L, Feng W, Li Q. Liquid crystal-templated chiral nanomaterials: from chiral plasmonics to circularly polarized luminescence. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2022; 11:223. [PMID: 35835737 PMCID: PMC9283403 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-022-00913-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Chiral nanomaterials with intrinsic chirality or spatial asymmetry at the nanoscale are currently in the limelight of both fundamental research and diverse important technological applications due to their unprecedented physicochemical characteristics such as intense light-matter interactions, enhanced circular dichroism, and strong circularly polarized luminescence. Herein, we provide a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art advances in liquid crystal-templated chiral nanomaterials. The chiroptical properties of chiral nanomaterials are touched, and their fundamental design principles and bottom-up synthesis strategies are discussed. Different chiral functional nanomaterials based on liquid-crystalline soft templates, including chiral plasmonic nanomaterials and chiral luminescent nanomaterials, are systematically introduced, and their underlying mechanisms, properties, and potential applications are emphasized. This review concludes with a perspective on the emerging applications, challenges, and future opportunities of such fascinating chiral nanomaterials. This review can not only deepen our understanding of the fundamentals of soft-matter chirality, but also shine light on the development of advanced chiral functional nanomaterials toward their versatile applications in optics, biology, catalysis, electronics, and beyond.
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- Xuan Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 300350, Tianjin, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, 211189, Nanjing, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 300350, Tianjin, China
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 300350, Tianjin, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 300350, Tianjin, China.
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- Institute of Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, 211189, Nanjing, China.
- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA.
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Guan Z, Wang L, Bae J. Advances in 4D printing of liquid crystalline elastomers: materials, techniques, and applications. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2022; 9:1825-1849. [PMID: 35504034 DOI: 10.1039/d2mh00232a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are polymer networks exhibiting anisotropic liquid crystallinity while maintaining elastomeric properties. Owing to diverse polymeric forms and self-alignment molecular behaviors, LCEs have fascinated state-of-the-art efforts in various disciplines other than the traditional low-molar-mass display market. By patterning order to structures, LCEs demonstrate reversible high-speed and large-scale actuations in response to external stimuli, allowing for close integration with 4D printing and architectures of digital devices, which is scarcely observed in homogeneous soft polymer networks. In this review, we collect recent advances in 4D printing of LCEs, with emphases on synthesis and processing methods that enable microscopic changes in the molecular orientation and hence macroscopic changes in the properties of end-use objects. Promising potentials of printed complexes include fields of soft robotics, optics, and biomedical devices. Within this scope, we elucidate the relationships among external stimuli, tailorable morphologies in mesophases of liquid crystals, and programmable topological configurations of printed parts. Lastly, perspectives and potential challenges facing 4D printing of LCEs are discussed.
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- Zhecun Guan
- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
- Chemical Engineering Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Tisovský P, Donovalová J, Kožíšek J, Horváth M, Gáplovský A. Reversible ON/OFF and OFF/ON, light-stimulated binding, or release processes of metal cations from isatin diarylhydrazone complexes in solution. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.113827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Zhang Z, Chen Y, Zhang Y. Self-Assembly of Upconversion Nanoparticles Based Materials and Their Emerging Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2103241. [PMID: 34850560 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202103241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In the past few decades, significant progress of the conventional upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) based nanoplatform has been achieved in many fields, and with the development of nanoscience and nanotechnology, more and more complex situations need a UCNPs based nanoplatform having multifunctions for specific multimodal or multiplexed applications. Through self-assembly, different UCNPs or UCNPs with other materials could be combined together within an entity. It is more like an ideal UCNPs nanoplatform, a unique system with the properties defined by its individual components as well as by the morphology of the composite. Various designs can show their different desired properties depending on the application situation. This review provides a complete summary on the optimization of the synthesis method for the recently designed UCNPs assemblies and summarizes various applications, including dual-modality cell imaging, molecular delivery, detection, and programmed control therapy. The challenges and limitations the UCNPs assembly faces and the potential solutions in this field are also presented.
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- Zhen Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117583, Singapore
- NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117456, Singapore
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Liu S, Yan L, Huang J, Zhang Q, Zhou B. Controlling upconversion in emerging multilayer core-shell nanostructures: from fundamentals to frontier applications. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:1729-1765. [PMID: 35188156 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00753j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Lanthanide-based upconversion nanomaterials have recently attracted considerable attention in both fundamental research and various frontier applications owing to their excellent photon upconversion performance and favourable physicochemical properties. In particular, the emergence of multi-layer core-shell (MLCS) nanostructures offers a versatile and powerful tool to realize well-defined matrix compositions and spatial distributions of the dopant on the nanometer length scale. In contrast to the conventional nanomaterials and commonly investigated core-shell nanoparticles, the rational design of MLCS nanostructures allows us to deliberately introduce more functional properties into an upconversion system, thus providing unprecedented opportunities for the precise manipulation of energy transfer channels, the dynamic control of upconversion processes, the fine tuning of switchable emission colours and new functional integration at a single-particle level. In this review, we present a summary and discussion on the key aspects of the recent progress in lanthanide-based MLCS nanoparticles, including the manipulation of emission and lifetime, the switchable multicolour output and the lanthanide ionic interactions on the nanoscale. Benefitting from the multifunctional and versatile luminescence properties, the MLCS nanostructures exhibit great potential in diversities of frontier applications such as three-dimensional display, upconversion laser, optical memory, anti-counterfeiting, thermometry, bioimaging, and therapy. The outlook and challenges as well as perspectives for the research in MLCS nanostructure materials are also provided. This review would be greatly helpful in exploring new structural designs of lanthanide-based materials to further manipulate the upconversion phenomenon and expand their application boundaries.
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- Songbin Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, and Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, and Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, and Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, and Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, and Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China.
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Chen X, Zhang S, Chen X, Li Q. Tunable Circularly Polarized Luminescent Supramolecular Systems: Approaches and Applications. CHEMPHOTOCHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202100256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Xu‐Man Chen
- Institute of Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Southeast University Nanjing 211189 China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Southeast University Nanjing 211189 China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Southeast University Nanjing 211189 China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Southeast University Nanjing 211189 China
- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent OH 44242 USA
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Ma J, Yang Y, Valenzuela C, Zhang X, Wang L, Feng W. Mechanochromic, Shape‐Programmable and Self‐Healable Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Elastomers Enabled by Dynamic Covalent Boronic Ester Bonds. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202116219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Jiazhe Ma
- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials Tianjin 300350 P. R. China
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Wang H, Bisoyi H, Zhang X, Hassan F, Li Q. Visible Light-Driven Molecular Switches and Motors: Recent Developments and Applications. Chemistry 2021; 28:e202103906. [PMID: 34964995 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Inspired by human vision, a diverse range of light-driven molecular switches and motors has been developed for fundamental understanding and application in material science and biology. Recently, the design and synthesis of visible light-driven molecular switches and motors have been actively pursued. This emerging trend is partly motivated to avoid the harmful effects of ultraviolet light, which was necessary to drive the classical molecular switches and motors at least in one direction, impeding their employment in biomedical and photopharmacology applications. Moreover, visible light-driven molecular switches and motors are demonstrated to enable benign optical materials for advanced photonic devices. Therefore, during the past several years, visible light-driven molecular switches based on azobenzene derivatives, diarylethenes, 1,2-dicyanodithienylethenes, hemithioindigo derivatives, iminothioindoxyls, donor-acceptor Stenhouse adducts, and overcrowded alkene based molecular motors have been judiciously designed, synthesized, and used in the development of functional materials and systems for a wide range of applications. In this Review, we present the recent developments toward the design of visible light-driven molecular switches and motors, with their applications in the fabrication of functional materials and systems in material science, bioscience, pharmacology, etc . The visible light-driven molecular switches and motors realized so far undoubtedly widen the scope of these interesting compounds for technological and biological applications. We hope this Review article could provide additional impetus and inspire further research interests for future exploration of visible light-driven advanced materials, systems, and devices.
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- Hao Wang
- Kent State University, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, UNITED STATES
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- Kent State University, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, UNITED STATES
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- Kent State University, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institue, UNITED STATES
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- Kent State University, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, UNITED STATES
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- Kent State University, Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdiscinplary Program, 3273 Crown Pointe Drive, 44224, Stow, UNITED STATES
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An S, Gao L, Hao A, Xing P. Ultraviolet Light Detectable Circularly Polarized Room Temperature Phosphorescence in Chiral Naphthalimide Self-Assemblies. ACS NANO 2021; 15:20192-20202. [PMID: 34855363 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c08182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The combination of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) and pure-organic room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) potentially facilitates the construction of organic chiroptical optoelectronics and display materials, which however are challenging to use in realizing smart control of luminescent colors and switchable chiroptical properties. Here, we show a host-guest strategy to fabricate color-tunable RTP-based circularly polarized phosphorescence. Napthalimides were conjugated directly to chiral segments, of which supramolecular chirality and CPL activities in solid-states could be triggered by substituting bromine atoms on amines. Introducing tetracyanobenzene as an achiral host matrix via simple grinding would allow for the intersystem crossing to trigger red RTP and corresponding CPL by excitation lower than 320 nm, with a large Stokes shift more than 300 nm. The critical excitation wavelength of the RTP switch is determined by the absorbance of tetracyanobenzene. When the excitation wavelength was larger than 320 nm, blue fluorescence dominated with turned off RTP and CPL. The excitation wavelength-dependent RTP and CPL switch allows for detecting ultraviolet (UV) light, showing distinguishable red-blue luminescent color transition, accompanied by on/off RTP. Changing the host matrix from tetracyanobenzene to tricyanobenzene or dicyanobenzene could adjust the critical detecting wavelength limit from 320 to 300 nm. This work establishes a strategy to realize color-tunable, UV light detectable RTP and CPL under smart control.
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- Shuguo An
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, 400054, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China
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Ma J, Yang Y, Valenzuela C, Zhang X, Wang L, Feng W. Mechanochromic, Shape-Programmable and Self-Healable Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Elastomers Enabled by Dynamic Covalent Boronic Ester Bonds. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202116219. [PMID: 34962037 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202116219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Endowing a cholesteric liquid crystal elastomer (CLCE) exhibiting helicoidal nanostructure with dynamically tailorable functionalities is of paramount significance for its emerging applications in diverse fields such as adaptive optics and soft robotics. Here, a mechanochromic, shape-programmable and self-healable CLCE is judiciously designed and synthesized through integrating dynamic covalent boronic ester bonds into the main-chain CLCE polymer network. The circularly polarized reflection of CLCEs can be reversibly and dynamically tuned across the entire visible spectrum by mechanical stretching. Thanks to the introduction of dynamic boronic ester bonds, the CLCEs were found to show robust reprogrammable and self-healing capabilities. The research disclosed herein can provide new insights into the development of 4D (color and 3D shape) programmable photonic actuators towards bioinspired camouflage, adaptive optical systems, and next-generation intelligent machines.
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- Jiazhe Ma
- Tianjin University, Materials Science & Engineering, CHINA
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- Tianjin University, Materials Science & Engineering, CHINA
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- Tianjin University, Materials Science & Engineering, CHINA
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- Tianjin University, Materials Science & Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 300072, Tianjin, CHINA
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- Tianjin University, Materials Science & Engineering, CHINA
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Smart soft materials are envisioned to be the building blocks of the next generation of advanced devices and digitally augmented technologies. In this context, liquid crystals (LCs) owing to their responsive and adaptive attributes could serve as promising smart soft materials. LCs played a critical role in revolutionizing the information display industry in the 20th century. However, in the turn of the 21st century, numerous beyond-display applications of LCs have been demonstrated, which elegantly exploit their controllable stimuli-responsive and adaptive characteristics. For these applications, new LC materials have been rationally designed and developed. In this Review, we present the recent developments in light driven chiral LCs, i.e., cholesteric and blue phases, LC based smart windows that control the entrance of heat and light from outdoor to the interior of buildings and built environments depending on the weather conditions, LC elastomers for bioinspired, biological, and actuator applications, LC based biosensors for detection of proteins, nucleic acids, and viruses, LC based porous membranes for the separation of ions, molecules, and microbes, living LCs, and LCs under macro- and nanoscopic confinement. The Review concludes with a summary and perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for LCs as smart soft materials. This Review is anticipated to stimulate eclectic ideas toward the implementation of the nature's delicate phase of matter in future generations of smart and augmented devices and beyond.
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- Hari Krishna Bisoyi
- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, United States
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, United States.,Institute of Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Jiangsu Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Biomedical Research, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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Zhang Z, Liu Y, Chen Y. Recent Progress in Utilizing Upconversion Nanoparticles with Switchable Emission for Programmed Therapy. ADVANCED THERAPEUTICS 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/adtp.202100172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Zhen Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering Sun Yat‐sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Sun Yat‐sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Sun Yat‐sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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Song Y, Lu M, Mandl GA, Xie Y, Sun G, Chen J, Liu X, Capobianco JA, Sun L. Energy Migration Control of Multimodal Emissions in an Er 3+ -Doped Nanostructure for Information Encryption and Deep-Learning Decoding. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:23790-23796. [PMID: 34476872 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202109532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Modulating the emission wavelengths of materials has always been a primary focus of fluorescence technology. Nanocrystals (NCs) doped with lanthanide ions with rich energy levels can produce a variety of emissions at different excitation wavelengths. However, the control of multimodal emissions of these ions has remained a challenge. Herein, we present a new composition of Er3+ -based lanthanide NCs with color-switchable output under irradiation with 980, 808, or 1535 nm light for information security. The variation of excitation wavelengths changes the intensity ratio of visible (Vis)/near-infrared (NIR-II) emissions. Taking advantage of the Vis/NIR-II multimodal emissions of NCs and deep learning, we successfully demonstrated the storage and decoding of visible light information in pork tissue.
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- Yapai Song
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China.,Research Center of Nano Science and Technology, College of Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Centre for NanoScience Research, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada
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- Research Center of Nano Science and Technology, College of Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China.,Research Center of Nano Science and Technology, College of Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- Research Center of Nano Science and Technology, College of Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- Academy for Engineering and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.,State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Centre for NanoScience Research, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China.,Research Center of Nano Science and Technology, College of Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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He Y, Zhang S, Bisoyi HK, Qiao J, Chen H, Gao J, Guo J, Li Q. Irradiation‐Wavelength Directing Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Self‐Organized Helical Superstructures Enabled by Hydrogen‐Bonded Chiral Fluorescent Molecular Switches. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202111344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Yanrong He
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers Ministry of Education College of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Biomedical Research Southeast University Nanjing 211189 China
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent Ohio 44242 USA
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers Ministry of Education College of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers Ministry of Education College of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers Ministry of Education College of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers Ministry of Education College of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Biomedical Research Southeast University Nanjing 211189 China
- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent Ohio 44242 USA
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Song Y, Lu M, Mandl GA, Xie Y, Sun G, Chen J, Liu X, Capobianco JA, Sun L. Energy Migration Control of Multimodal Emissions in an Er
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‐Doped Nanostructure for Information Encryption and Deep‐Learning Decoding. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202109532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Yapai Song
- School of Materials Science and Engineering Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 China
- Research Center of Nano Science and Technology College of Science Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 China
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- School of Communication and Information Engineering Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Centre for NanoScience Research Concordia University Montreal QC H4B 1R6 Canada
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- Research Center of Nano Science and Technology College of Science Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 China
- Research Center of Nano Science and Technology College of Science Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 China
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- Research Center of Nano Science and Technology College of Science Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 China
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- Academy for Engineering and Technology Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology Institutes of Brain Science Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Centre for NanoScience Research Concordia University Montreal QC H4B 1R6 Canada
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 China
- Research Center of Nano Science and Technology College of Science Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 China
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He Y, Zhang S, Bisoyi HK, Qiao J, Chen H, Gao J, Guo J, Li Q. Irradiation-Wavelength Directing Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Self-Organized Helical Superstructures Enabled by Hydrogen-Bonded Chiral Fluorescent Molecular Switches. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:27158-27163. [PMID: 34549501 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202111344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Two light-driven chiral fluorescent molecular switches, (R,S,R)-switch 1 and (R,S,R)-switch 2, are prepared by means of hydrogen-bonded (H-bonded) assembly of a photoresponsive (S) chiral fluorescent molecule, respectively with a cyano substitution at different positions as an H-bond acceptor and an opposite (R) chiral molecule as an H-bond donor. The resulting two switches exhibit tunable and reversible Z/E photoisomerization irradiated with 450 nm blue and 365 nm UV light. When doped into an achiral liquid crystal, both switches are found to be able to form a CPL tunable luminescent helical superstructure. In contrast to the tunable CPL characteristics of the system incorporating switch 2, exposure of the system incorporating switch 1 to 365 nm and 450 nm radiation can lead to controllable different photostationary CPL behavior, including switching-off and polarization inversion. In addition, optical information coding is demonstrated using the system containing switch 1.
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- Yanrong He
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Biomedical Research, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 44242, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Biomedical Research, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China.,Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 44242, USA
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Yang Y, Zhang X, Chen Y, Yang X, Ma J, Wang J, Wang L, Feng W. Bioinspired Color-Changing Photonic Polymer Coatings Based on Three-Dimensional Blue Phase Liquid Crystal Networks. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:41102-41111. [PMID: 34387073 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c11711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Photonic polymer coatings that can adaptively respond to the constant changes of surrounding environments are of profound significance for diverse applications such as optical sensors, information encryption, and adaptive camouflage. Here, we report the fabrication of humidity-driven color-changing photonic polymer coatings on the basis of judiciously designed hydrogen-bonded three-dimensional (3D) blue phase liquid crystal networks. Thanks to the inherent self-assembled 3D photonic nanostructures and tough covalent bonding between the polymers and substrate surfaces, the resulting polymer coatings are found to exhibit vivid structural colors, and humidity-driven reversible color changes across the visible spectrum of light can be achieved upon breaking the hydrogen bonds and subsequent conversion into a hygroscopic polymer coating. As the proof-of-concept applications, we demonstrate the information encryption, inkjet-printable photonic patterns, bioinspired adaptive camouflage, and colorimetric humidity sensor with such promising humidity-driven color-changing photonic polymer coatings. The results disclosed herein are expected to provide new insights into the development of stimuli-responsive advanced functional materials with tailorable 3D photonic nanostructures toward technological applications ranging from sensing, display, anticounterfeiting, and biomimetic camouflage.
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- Yanzhao Yang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Materials and Interfaces Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300350 China
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Lv P, Yang X, Bisoyi HK, Zeng H, Zhang X, Chen Y, Xue P, Shi S, Priimagi A, Wang L, Feng W, Li Q. Stimulus-driven liquid metal and liquid crystal network actuators for programmable soft robotics. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2021; 8:2475-2484. [PMID: 34870302 DOI: 10.1039/d1mh00623a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Sophisticated soft matter engineering has been endorsed as an emerging paradigm for developing untethered soft robots with built-in electronic functions and biomimetic adaptation capacities. However, the integration of flexible electronic components into soft robotic actuators is challenging due to strain mismatch and material incompatibilities. Herein, we report a general strategy to integrate electrically conductive liquid metals (LMs) and shape-morphing liquid crystal networks (LCNs) towards multifunctional and programmable soft robotics. A unique colloidal LM ink with superior adhesion and photothermal conversion efficiency was judiciously designed and fabricated by ultrasonicating LMs and miniature carboxylated gold nanorods (MiniGNR-COOH) in an aqueous suspension of biological bacterial cellulose. The designed nanocellulose-based colloidal LM ink is used for shape-deformable and electrically conductive LM-LCN soft robots that can be electro- and photo-thermally actuated. As proof-of-concept demonstrations, we present a light-fueled soft oscillator, an inchworm-inspired soft crawler and programmable robotic Shadow Play exhibiting multifunctional controllability. The strategy disclosed here could open up a new technological arena for advanced multifunctional soft materials with potential utility in bioinspired soft machines, integrated soft electronics, human-computer interaction and beyond.
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- Pengfei Lv
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
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- Smart Photonic Materials, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, P.O. Box 541, Tampere, FI-33101, Finland
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
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- Smart Photonic Materials, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, P.O. Box 541, Tampere, FI-33101, Finland
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Mold, Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
- Institute of Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Biomedical Research, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China.
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Zhao T, Han J, Shi Y, Zhou J, Duan P. Multi-Light-Responsive Upconversion-and-Downshifting-Based Circularly Polarized Luminescent Switches in Chiral Metal-Organic Frameworks. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2101797. [PMID: 34245189 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202101797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted tremendous attention for several novel applications. However, functional MOFs with light-responsive circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) are not examined in detail. Therefore, a dual CPL switch exhibiting both upconversion (UC) and downshifting (DS) CPL in the solid state is constructed by loading a luminescent diarylethene derivative (DAEC) and UC nanoparticles (UCNPs) into chiral MOFs. The chiral MOF⊃DAEC composites exhibit both photoswitchable luminescence and DS-CPL properties under alternating UV and visible light irradiation. Additionally, a reversible UC-CPL switch is realized using near-infrared (NIR) and visible light irradiation by introducing energy-level-matched UCNPs and DAEC into the chiral MOFs. The dissymmetry factor (glum ) of UC-CPL is noted to be significantly amplified through energy transfer compared to that of DS-CPL, which indicates that the information on circular polarization can be manipulated by altering the incident light. A chiroptical logic circuit with a 2D information output is designed with UV, visible, and NIR light as inputs by setting a rational threshold.
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- Tonghan Zhao
- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 ZhongGuanCun BeiYiTiao, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- School of Nano Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 ZhongGuanCun BeiYiTiao, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 ZhongGuanCun BeiYiTiao, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- School of Nano Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 ZhongGuanCun BeiYiTiao, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 ZhongGuanCun BeiYiTiao, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- School of Nano Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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Zhao DX, Jiang Q, Wang J, Qiu Y, Liao YG, Xie XL. Visible Light and Temperature Regulated Reflection Colors in Self-supporting Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Physical Gels. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-021-2618-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Yang Y, Wang L, Yang H, Li Q. 3D Chiral Photonic Nanostructures Based on Blue‐Phase Liquid Crystals. SMALL SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202100007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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- Yanzhao Yang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering College of Engineering Peking University Beijing 100871 China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Southeast University Nanjing 211189 China
- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent OH 44242 USA
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Yang J, Zhang X, Zhang X, Wang L, Feng W, Li Q. Beyond the Visible: Bioinspired Infrared Adaptive Materials. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2004754. [PMID: 33624900 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202004754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Revised: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Infrared (IR) adaptation phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and biological systems. Taking inspiration from natural creatures, researchers have devoted extensive efforts for developing advanced IR adaptive materials and exploring their applications in areas of smart camouflage, thermal energy management, biomedical science, and many other IR-related technological fields. Herein, an up-to-date review is provided on the recent advancements of bioinspired IR adaptive materials and their promising applications. First an overview of IR adaptation in nature and advanced artificial IR technologies is presented. Recent endeavors are then introduced toward developing bioinspired adaptive materials for IR camouflage and IR radiative cooling. According to the Stefan-Boltzmann law, IR camouflage can be realized by either emissivity engineering or thermal cloaks. IR radiative cooling can maximize the thermal radiation of an object through an IR atmospheric transparency window, and thus holds great potential for use in energy-efficient green buildings and smart personal thermal management systems. Recent advances in bioinspired adaptive materials for emerging near-IR (NIR) applications are also discussed, including NIR-triggered biological technologies, NIR light-fueled soft robotics, and NIR light-driven supramolecular nanosystems. This review concludes with a perspective on the challenges and opportunities for the future development of bioinspired IR adaptive materials.
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- Jiajia Yang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA
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Zhang Z, Zhang Y. Orthogonal Emissive Upconversion Nanoparticles: Material Design and Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2004552. [PMID: 33543556 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202004552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Revised: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have gone beyond traditional fluorophores in a lot of fields due to the outstanding features such as sharp excitation and emission bands, chemical and photo stability of high quality, low auto fluorescence, and high tissue permeation depth of the near-infrared irradiation light used for excitation. Conventional UCNPs carrying single/multiple emissions under a single excitation wavelength can be only employed in concurrent activation, orthogonal emissive upconversion nanoparticles (OUCNPs) with the emissions, a kind of luminescence reliant on excitation, in which by switching the external excitation different lanthanide activators can adopt independent way to control the emission, is more like an ideal UCNPs nanoplatform which can switch their activated emissions depending upon the different application for which it is used at the right time when necessary. This review summaries what has been achieved on the synthesis optimization of designed OUCNPs in recent years and sums up various applications including bioimaging, photo-switching, and programmable control process. And also, the limitations OUCNPs face, and the efforts that have been made to overcome these limitations are discussed.
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- Zhen Zhang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117583, Singapore
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117583, Singapore
- NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117456, Singapore
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Chen Y, Yang J, Zhang X, Feng Y, Zeng H, Wang L, Feng W. Light-driven bimorph soft actuators: design, fabrication, and properties. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2021; 8:728-757. [PMID: 34821314 DOI: 10.1039/d0mh01406k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Soft robots that can move like living organisms and adapt to their surroundings are currently in the limelight from fundamental studies to technological applications, due to their advances in material flexibility, human-friendly interaction, and biological adaptation that surpass conventional rigid machines. Light-fueled smart actuators based on responsive soft materials are considered to be one of the most promising candidates to promote the field of untethered soft robotics, thereby attracting considerable attention amongst materials scientists and microroboticists to investigate photomechanics, photoswitch, bioinspired design, and actuation realization. In this review, we discuss the recent state-of-the-art advances in light-driven bimorph soft actuators, with the focus on bilayer strategy, i.e., integration between photoactive and passive layers within a single material system. Bilayer structures can endow soft actuators with unprecedented features such as ultrasensitivity, programmability, superior compatibility, robustness, and sophistication in controllability. We begin with an explanation about the working principle of bimorph soft actuators and introduction of a synthesis pathway toward light-responsive materials for soft robotics. Then, photothermal and photochemical bimorph soft actuators are sequentially introduced, with an emphasis on the design strategy, actuation performance, underlying mechanism, and emerging applications. Finally, this review is concluded with a perspective on the existing challenges and future opportunities in this nascent research Frontier.
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- Yuanhao Chen
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
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Juan A, Lin S, He Y, Fan Q, Guo J. Near-infrared light-induced photoisomerization and photodissociation of a chiral fluorescent photoswitch in cholesteric liquid crystals assisted by upconversion nanoparticles. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:1404-1408. [PMID: 33325967 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm02109a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Upconversion-luminescence-induced reflective color switching and fluorescence tuning of a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) cells were investigated. The CLC system was constructed by co-doping a chiral fluorescence photoswitch, switch 5, and upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) into nematic LC media. Under irradiation with 980 nm NIR light, the UCNPs emit both 450 nm blue light and 365 nm UV light to induce the simultaneous Z-to-E and E-to-Z photoisomerization of switch 5. This continuous rotation-inversion movement further leads to an irreversible photoisomerization and photodissociation of dicyanodistyrylthiophene moieties in switch 5. As a result, the reflective color of the CLC cell changed from blue to red and the fluorescence intensity decreased as well when exposed to 980 nm NIR light. Finally, optically written reflective-photoluminescent dual mode CLC cells were further demonstrated.
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- Ao Juan
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
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Chuang EY, Lin PY, Wang PF, Kuo TR, Chen CH, Manga YB, Hsiao YC. Label-Free, Smartphone-Based, and Sensitive Nano-Structural Liquid Crystal Aligned by Ceramic Silicon Compound-Constructed DMOAP-Based Biosensor for the Detection of Urine Albumin. Int J Nanomedicine 2021; 16:763-773. [PMID: 33574664 PMCID: PMC7871221 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s285125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The sensitive interfacial interaction of liquid crystals (LC) holds potential for precision biosensors. In the past, the developments of LC biosensors were limited by the complicated manufacturing process, which hinders commercialization and wider applications of such devices. In this report, we demonstrate the first nano-structural polymeric stabilized-cholesteric LC (PSCLC) thin films to be a new label-free biosensing technology. METHODS The transmission spectra of PSCLC devices were measured by the fiber-optic spectrometer with high-resolution. In addition, a smartphone was set on the stage, and the camera of smartphone was placed and aligned with a set of lenses embedded in the designed stage. To decrease the chromatic and spherical aberrations, an achromatic lens set composition, consisting of both dual-convex lens and concave-plane lens, was applied for measuring and imaging the PSCLC texture. The average and the estimated standard deviation (SD) were used to present quantitative experimental results. The test BSA was immobilized and fulfilled by the ceramic silicon-constructed DMOAP-coated glass in aqueous BSA solutions at 1 mg/mL, 1 µg/mL, and 1 ng/mL. RESULTS The fabrication process of PSCLC is much simplified compared to previous LC biosensors. The color of PSCLC biosensor altered with the BSA concentration, making detection result easy to read. The detection limit of 1 ng/mL is achieved for label-free PSCLC biosensor. The PSCLC biosensor was able to successfully detect due to the albumin concentration's alteration, with a linear range of 1 ng/mL-2 mg/mL. Thus, the label-free-proposed design-integrated nanoscale PSCLCs smartphone-based biosensor could successfully detect BSA in a preclinical urine sample. CONCLUSION Finally, we propose a design to integrate the PSCLC biosensor with a smartphone. The PSCLC owns potential for high performance, low cost for detecting various disease biomarkers in home use. Owing to its great potential for high performance and low cost, the PSCLC biosensors can be used as a label-free point-of-care for detecting various disease biomarkers for patients in care homes.
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- Er-Yuan Chuang
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Optomechatronics; Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering; International PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering; Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering; School of Biomedical Engineering; College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Optomechatronics; Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering; International PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering; Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering; School of Biomedical Engineering; College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Optomechatronics; Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering; International PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering; Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering; School of Biomedical Engineering; College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Optomechatronics; Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering; International PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering; Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering; School of Biomedical Engineering; College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Optomechatronics; Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering; International PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering; Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering; School of Biomedical Engineering; College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Orthopedics, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Research Center of Biomedical Device, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Optomechatronics; Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering; International PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering; Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering; School of Biomedical Engineering; College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Optomechatronics; Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering; International PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering; Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering; School of Biomedical Engineering; College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Cell Physiology and Molecular Image Research Center, Taipei Medical University–Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Xue P, Bisoyi HK, Chen Y, Zeng H, Yang J, Yang X, Lv P, Zhang X, Priimagi A, Wang L, Xu X, Li Q. Near‐Infrared Light‐Driven Shape‐Morphing of Programmable Anisotropic Hydrogels Enabled by MXene Nanosheets. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202014533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Pan Xue
- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent OH 44242 USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Smart Photonic Materials Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Tampere University P.O. Box 541 33101 Tampere Finland
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Smart Photonic Materials Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Tampere University P.O. Box 541 33101 Tampere Finland
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent OH 44242 USA
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Xue P, Bisoyi HK, Chen Y, Zeng H, Yang J, Yang X, Lv P, Zhang X, Priimagi A, Wang L, Xu X, Li Q. Near‐Infrared Light‐Driven Shape‐Morphing of Programmable Anisotropic Hydrogels Enabled by MXene Nanosheets. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:3390-3396. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Pan Xue
- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent OH 44242 USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Smart Photonic Materials Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Tampere University P.O. Box 541 33101 Tampere Finland
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Smart Photonic Materials Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Tampere University P.O. Box 541 33101 Tampere Finland
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent OH 44242 USA
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Pan E, Bai G, Cai M, Hua Y, Chen L, Xu S. Reversible modification of ultra-broadband luminescence in transparent photonic materials through field-induced nanoscale structural transformation. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:22002-22008. [PMID: 33125014 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr06220k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The development of integrated multifunctional materials with transparent characteristics meets the requirements of optoelectronics and communication. The coupling of stimuli-responsive materials has become a frequently considered strategy. Experimentalists not only search for photonic materials with excellent physical and chemical properties, but also pursue precise and reversible spectral modification. In this study, the luminescent center Ni2+ is artificially introduced into the transparent LiNbO3 nanoferroelectric photonic materials. The Ni2+ ion-based transparent photonic materials exhibit novel complete ultra-broadband emission in the whole near-infrared region. Until now, the ultra-broadband emission was realized by codoping of several active doping ions. In addition, the emission intensity and wavelength of the luminescent center are modified accurately and reversibly by field-induced nanoscale structural transformation. The Ni2+ ion-based transparent nanoferroelectric photonic materials provide an easy way to develop tunable lasers and ultra-broadband optical amplifiers.
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- Er Pan
- Institute of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China.
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Yang G, Wang J, Yan Y, Hai Z, Hua Z, Chen G. Multi-Stimuli-Triggered Shape Transformation of Polymeric Filaments Derived from Dynamic Covalent Block Copolymers. Biomacromolecules 2020; 21:4159-4168. [PMID: 32897696 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Using dynamic polymers to achieve the morphology transformation of polymeric assemblies under different conditions is challenging. Herein, we reported diversiform shape transformation of multi-responsive polymer filaments, which were self-assembled by a new kind of amphiphilic block copolymer (PVEG-PVEA) possessing dynamic and reversible acylhydrazone bonds through reacting benzaldehyde-containing block copolymers poly(vinylbenzaldehyde)-b-poly(N-(4-vinylbenzyl)-N,N-diethylamine) (PVBA-PVEA) with acylhydrazine-modified oligoethylene glycol. It was found that the resulting amphiphilic and dynamic PVEG-PVEA was capable of hierarchically self-assembling into intriguing core-branched filaments in aqueous solution. Notably, the features of acylhydrazone bonds and PVEA block endow the filaments with multi-responsiveness including acid, base, and temperature, leading to the multiple morphological transformations under such stimuli. Moreover, the core-branched filaments would further transform into polymeric braided bundles driven by hydrogen-bonding interactions of amide bonds. It is noteworthy that both core-branched filaments and braided bundles made from polymers are quite rare. These diversiform polymeric assemblies and their morphological evolution were characterized by TEM, Cryo-TEM, SEM, and DLS. Finally, we used PVBA-PVEA as a platform to facilely prepare functional polymers, such as glycopolymers via the reaction of amino-containing sugars and aldehyde groups. The obtained glycopolymers self-assembled into glycofibers for the biomimicry of glycans via binding with lectins. These findings not only are conducive to understanding of the stimulated shape change process of dynamic polymeric assemblies in water but also provide a new method for the facile fabrication of smart and functional polymeric assemblies for different potential applications, such as biomimicry and targeted drug nanocarriers or delivery vehicles.
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- Guang Yang
- Biomass Molecular Engineering Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, China.,The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- Biomass Molecular Engineering Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, China
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- Biomass Molecular Engineering Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
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- Biomass Molecular Engineering Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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Wang L, Urbas AM, Li Q. Nature-Inspired Emerging Chiral Liquid Crystal Nanostructures: From Molecular Self-Assembly to DNA Mesophase and Nanocolloids. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e1801335. [PMID: 30160812 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201801335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Revised: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Liquid crystals (LCs) are omnipresent in living matter, whose chirality is an elegant and distinct feature in certain plant tissues, the cuticles of crabs, beetles, arthropods, and beyond. Taking inspiration from nature, researchers have recently devoted extensive efforts toward developing chiral liquid crystalline materials with self-organized nanostructures and exploring their potential applications in diverse fields ranging from dynamic photonics to energy and safety issues. In this review, an account on the state of the art of emerging chiral liquid crystalline nanostructured materials and their technological applications is provided. First, an overview on the significance of chiral liquid crystalline architectures in various living systems is given. Then, the recent significant progress in different chiral liquid crystalline systems including thermotropic LCs (cholesteric LCs, cubic blue phases, achiral bent-core LCs, etc.) and lyotropic LCs (DNA LCs, nanocellulose LCs, and graphene oxide LCs) is showcased. The review concludes with a perspective on the future scope, opportunities, and challenges in these truly advanced functional soft materials and their promising applications.
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- Ling Wang
- Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, USA
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- Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA
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Zheng ZG, Lu YQ, Li Q. Photoprogrammable Mesogenic Soft Helical Architectures: A Promising Avenue toward Future Chiro-Optics. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e1905318. [PMID: 32483915 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201905318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Revised: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Mesogenic soft materials, having single or multiple mesogen moieties per molecule, commonly exhibit typical self-organization characteristics, which promotes the formation of elegant helical superstructures or supramolecular assemblies in chiral environments. Such helical superstructures play key roles in the propagation of circularly polarized light and display optical properties with prominent handedness, that is, chiro-optical properties. The leveraging of light to program the chiro-optical properties of such mesogenic helical soft materials by homogeneously dispersing photosensitive chiral material into an achiral soft system or covalently connecting photochromic moieties to the molecules has attracted considerable attention in terms of materials, properties, and potential applications and has been a thriving topic in both fundamental science and application engineering. State-of-the-art technologies are described in terms of the material design, synthesis, properties, and modulation of photoprogrammable chiro-optical mesogenic soft helical architectures. Additionally, the scientific issues and technical problems that hinder further development of these materials for use in various fields are outlined and discussed. Such photoprogrammable mesogenic soft helical materials are competitive candidates for use in stimulus-controllable chiro-optical devices with high optical efficiency, stable optical properties, and easy miniaturization, facilitating the future integration and systemization of chiro-optical chips in photonics, photochemistry, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, and beyond.
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- Zhi-Gang Zheng
- Department of Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures and College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA
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Miyagi K, Teramoto Y. Elucidation of the Mechanism of Stress-Induced Circular Dichroic Inversion of Cellulosic/Polymer Liquid Crystalline Composites. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kazuma Miyagi
- Department of Applied Life Science, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Division of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Zhang Z, Jayakumar MKG, Shikha S, Zhang Y, Zheng X, Zhang Y. Modularly Assembled Upconversion Nanoparticles for Orthogonally Controlled Cell Imaging and Drug Delivery. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:12549-12556. [PMID: 32100992 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c00672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have been used effectively as light transducers to convert near-infrared irradiation to short-wavelength emissions for photoactivation in deep tissues. UCNPs with single/multiple emissions under excitation at a single wavelength can be used for simultaneous activation of single or multiple photosensitive molecules only; an ideal multifunctional UCNP nanoplatform should not only have the ability to load multiple molecules but also should activate them at the right time with the right dose when necessary, depending upon the application for which it is used. The control of many biological processes requires complex (simultaneous or subsequent) photoactivation at different time points. Subsequent photoactivation requires UCNPs with orthogonal fluorescence emissions, which can be controlled independently. So far, there are only a few reports about UCNPs with orthogonal emissions. Synthesis of these orthogonal emission nanoparticles is complicated and tedious because nanoparticles with multiple shells need to be synthesized, and different lanthanide ions need to be doped into different shells. Also, there is no flexibility for changing the doped ions and emission profile after the nanoparticles are produced. Here, we have demonstrated a versatile method to modularly assemble individual UCNPs into UCNP clusters (UCNPs-C) with adjustable emissions. The synthesis is much easier, and there is a lot of flexibility in changing the particle size, shape, doped ions, and emission profile. We have demonstrated the use of such UCNPs-C for color encoding at the nanoscale. We further designed orthogonal photoactivatable UCNPs-C (OP-UCNPs-C), which can be independently activated under 980 nm excitation for red emission and 808 nm excitation for UV/blue emission. These OP-UCNPs-C were used for independent activation of processes for cell imaging (980 nm) and drug delivery (808 nm). In comparison to the traditional nonprogrammed activation, a programmed controlled imaging and drug delivery process could guarantee highly targeted and enhanced cell death of cancerous cells.
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- Zhen Zhang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117583
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117583
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117583
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117583
- NUS, Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117456
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117583
- NUS, Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117456
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Akagi K, Yamashita T, Horie K, Goh M, Yamamoto M. Chiral Reaction Field with Thermally Invertible Helical Sense that Controls the Helicities of Conjugated Polymers. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e1906665. [PMID: 32027067 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201906665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Revised: 12/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A chiral reaction field with thermally invertible helical sense enables control of the helicity of the reaction product, which is a central challenge in asymmetric synthesis that has yet to be overcome. A novel chiral compound comprising two types of chiral moieties with opposite helicities and temperature dependences is synthesized; this compound is added as a chiral dopant to a mixture of nematic liquid crystals to prepare a chiral nematic liquid crystal (N*-LC). The N*-LC containing the chiral dopant exhibits thermally invertible helicity to yield left- and right-handed helical senses at low and high temperatures, respectively. Interfacial polymerization of acetylene is achieved in the N*-LC by modulating the temperature. Helical polyacetylenes (H-PAs) that are synthesized at low (-12 °C) and high (28 °C) temperature show right- and left-handedness, respectively, in terms of the fibrils, fibril bundles, and spiral morphology. In addition, the helical sense of H-PA is opposite that of the N*-LC because of the peculiar polymerization mechanism for acetylene in the N*-LC. The current N*-LC is the first chiral reaction field that has not only the thermally invertible helical sense but also the chemical functions and stability needed to serve as the medium for polymer reactions.
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- Kazuo Akagi
- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
- Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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Wang H, Bisoyi HK, Li BX, McConney ME, Bunning TJ, Li Q. Visible-Light-Driven Halogen Bond Donor Based Molecular Switches: From Reversible Unwinding to Handedness Inversion in Self-Organized Soft Helical Superstructures. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:2684-2687. [PMID: 31802595 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201913977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Visible-light-driven molecular switches endowing reversible modulation of the functionalities of self-organized soft materials are currently highly sought after for fundamental scientific studies and technological applications. Reported herein are the design and synthesis of two novel halogen bond donor based chiral molecular switches that exhibit reversible photoisomerization upon exposure to visible light of different wavelengths. These chiral molecular switches induce photoresponsive helical superstructures, that is, cholesteric liquid crystals, when doped into the commercially available room-temperature achiral liquid crystal host 5CB, which also acts as a halogen-bond acceptor. The induced helical superstructure containing the molecular switch with terminal iodo atoms exhibits visible-light-driven reversible unwinding, that is, a cholesteric-nematic phase transition. Interestingly, the molecular switch with terminal bromo atoms confers reversible handedness inversion to the helical superstructure upon irradiation with visible light of different wavelengths. This visible-light-driven, reversible handedness inversion, enabled by a halogen bond donor molecular switch, is unprecedented.
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- Hao Wang
- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, USA
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA
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Wang H, Bisoyi HK, Li B, McConney ME, Bunning TJ, Li Q. Visible‐Light‐Driven Halogen Bond Donor Based Molecular Switches: From Reversible Unwinding to Handedness Inversion in Self‐Organized Soft Helical Superstructures. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201913977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Hao Wang
- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent OH 44242 USA
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent OH 44242 USA
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent OH 44242 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Air Force Research Laboratory Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Air Force Research Laboratory Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433 USA
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent OH 44242 USA
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Juan A, Sun H, Qiao J, Guo J. Near-infrared light-controlled circularly polarized luminescence of self-organized emissive helical superstructures assisted by upconversion nanoparticles. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:13649-13652. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cc05910b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The reversible switching of circularly polarized luminescence in a self-organized emissive helical superstructure using 980 nm NIR excitation light with different power intensities is reported for the first time.
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- Ao Juan
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers
- Ministry of Education, and College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers
- Ministry of Education, and College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers
- Ministry of Education, and College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers
- Ministry of Education, and College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- China
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Ren J, Wang Y, Yao Y, Wang Y, Fei X, Qi P, Lin S, Kaplan DL, Buehler MJ, Ling S. Biological Material Interfaces as Inspiration for Mechanical and Optical Material Designs. Chem Rev 2019; 119:12279-12336. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Jing Ren
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Shanghai 201210, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Advanced Fiber and Low-Dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Shanghai 201210, China
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