Polymer semiconductors: synthesis, processing, and applications

L Ding, ZD Yu, XY Wang, ZF Yao, Y Lu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymer semiconductors composed of a carbon-based π conjugated backbone have been
studied for several decades as active layers of multifarious organic electronic devices. They …

Destruction of metal–organic frameworks: positive and negative aspects of stability and lability

L Feng, KY Wang, GS Day, MR Ryder… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), constructed from organic linkers and inorganic building
blocks, are well-known for their high crystallinity, high surface areas, and high component …

Atomic insights into the Cu species supported on zeolite for direct oxidation of methane to methanol via low‐damage HAADF‐STEM

X Tang, J Ye, L Guo, T Pu, L Cheng, XM Cao… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Precise determination of the structure‐property relationship of zeolite‐based metal catalysts
is critical for the development toward practical applications. However, the scarcity of real …

Covalent organic frameworks with record pore apertures

Z Mu, Y Zhu, B Li, A Dong, B Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The pore apertures dictate the guest accessibilities of the pores, imparting diverse functions
to porous materials. It is highly desired to construct crystalline porous polymers with …

Atomic insight into the local structure and microenvironment of isolated Co-motifs in MFI zeolite frameworks for propane dehydrogenation

ZP Hu, G Qin, J Han, W Zhang, N Wang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Embedding metal species into zeolite frameworks can create framework-bond metal sites in
a confined microenvironment. The metals sitting in the specific T sites of zeolites and their …

Coordination engineering in single-site catalysts: General principles, characterizations, and recent advances

H Wang, T Yang, J Wang, Z Zhou, Z Pei, S Zhao - Chem, 2024 - cell.com
Single-site catalysts (SSCs) have long been considered to be promising candidates for
heterogeneous catalysis due to the maximum exposure of metal sites at the catalytic …

Electron microscopy studies of soft nanomaterials

Z Lyu, L Yao, W Chen, FC Kalutantirige… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This review highlights recent efforts on applying electron microscopy (EM) to soft (including
biological) nanomaterials. We will show how developments of both the hardware and …

Atomically dispersed metals on well-defined supports including zeolites and metal–organic frameworks: Structure, bonding, reactivity, and catalysis

M Babucci, A Guntida, BC Gates - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
When metals in supported catalysts are atomically dispersed, they are usually cationic and
bonded chemically to supports. Investigations of noble metals in this class are growing …

Defined metal atom aggregates precisely incorporated into metal–organic frameworks

KL Kollmannsberger, L Kronthaler… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanosized metal aggregates (MAs), including metal nanoparticles (NPs) and nanoclusters
(NCs), are often the active species in numerous applications. In order to maintain the active …

Characterizing photocatalysts for water splitting: from atoms to bulk and from slow to ultrafast processes

C Kranz, M Wächtler - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Research on light-driven catalysis has gained tremendous importance due to the ever-
increasing power consumption and the threatening situation of global warming related to …