A series of novel 2,7-naphthyridine derivatives were designed with potential applications in optical switching. The electronic properties and nonlinear optical properties of the designed compounds were extensively studied using DFT.
Radical ring-opening copolymerization of isoprene and dibenzo[c,e]oxepane-5-thione via free-radical and controlled radical polymerizations led to degradable polyisoprene under basic, oxidative and physiological conditions with application to prodrug nanoparticles.
Host–guest interactions between a cyclic hexa-naphthalene and fullerenes were investigated in solution and in the solid state. The complexes in the crystals showed a 1D-array of fullerenes and semiconducting properties.
A novel activity-based sensor afforded 63 times fluorescence enhancement in the presence of Cu2+ ions. The sensor functioned only in the presence of glutathione and ambient oxygen via a plausible CuII hydroperoxo species.
Molecular engineering of the macrocycles’ donor atoms (LN6vsLN3O3) has led to a mononuclear DyIII complex with hexagonal bipyramidal geometry and single-molecule magnet behavior with an effective energy barrier of 1300 K.