SnTe, a Pb-free analogue of PbTe, was earlier assumed to be a poor thermoelectric material due to excess p-type carrier concentration and large energy separation between light and heavy hole valence bands. Here, we report ...

Flexible and dynamic porous coordination polymers (PCPs) with well-defined nanospaces composed of chromophoric organic linkers provide a scaffold for encapsulation of versatile guest molecules through noncovalent interactions. ...

Development of synthetic strategies to combat Staphylococcal infections, especially those caused by methicillin resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA), needs immediate attention. In this manuscript we report the ability of ...

We report an amphiphilic perylene diimide (1), a bimolecular analog of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA), as a reversible fluorescence switching probe for the detection and sensing of cationic surfactants and Fe3+/Cu2+ ...

Bacterial colonization and subsequent formation of biofilms onto surfaces of medical devices and implants is a major source of nosocomial infections. Most antibacterial coatings to combat infections are either metal-based ...

A simple solution-processing and self-assembly approach that exploits the synergistic interactions between multiple hydrogen bonded networks and aromatic interactions was utilized to synthesize molecular crystals of cyclic ...

A supramolecular crystallization-based approach has been developed for the shape-dependent separation of geometrical isomers under near-ambient conditions. Difficulties to separate such isomers arise because of their very ...

Naphthalene diimides (NDIs) form emissive ground-state charge-transfer (CT) complexes with various electron rich aromatic solvents like benzene, o-xylene and mesitylene. TD-DFT calculation of the complexes suggests CT ...

Templated cooperative binding induced assembly of chromophores is achieved via interactions between Zn-complexes and the DNA phosphodiester backbone. The chromophores are organized in left-handed (M)-helices via double-zipper ...

The reaction of beta-Co(OH)(2) hexagonal platelets with graphite oxide in an aqueous colloidal dispersion results in the formation of beta-Co(OH)(2) hexagonal rings anchored to graphene oxide layers. The interaction between ...