Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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Synergistic Effects of Interfacial Chemistry and Ion‐Solvent Interactions to Enable Reversible Magnesium Metal Anode in Chloride‐Free Mg(TFSI)<sub>2</sub> Electrolytes
AbstractPassivation of magnesium (Mg) anode in the chloride‐free magnesium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (Mg(TFSI)2) electrolyte is a key challenge for Mg metal batteries. Tailoring solvation str...
Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Rare Earth Halide Glasses for Tunable Multicolor X‐ray Scintillation
AbstractRare earth–based all‐inorganic glass‐ceramics have played an important role in the field of optoelectronics. However, the research of organo–inorganic hybrid rare earth halide glass that can b...
Iridium‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Allenylic Substitution via Kinetic Resolution Enabled by New Monodentate Ligands
AbstractIridium‐catalyzed asymmetric allenylic substitution represents a useful method for the construction of allenes bearing an allenylic central chirality, but current success has uniformly relied...
Fast and Autonomous Mannosylated Nanomotors for Dynamic Cancer Cell Targeting
AbstractAn attractive strategy in cancer cell therapy is to employ motile nanoparticles that can actively search for their target. Herein, we introduce mannosylated compartmentalized cross‐linked enzy...
Fullerene‐Buffered Electron Shuttle of Ru/RuO<sub>2</sub> with Switchable Active Sites Enables Robust and Efficient Bifunctional Alkaline Water Electrolysis
AbstractDeveloping highly‐efficient and robust bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting (OWS) is desirable, but it confronts long‐term challenge in the local structural reconstruction...
Oxygen‐Substituted Porous C<sub>2</sub>N Frameworks as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction
AbstractThe electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) provides a green avenue for decarbonizing the conventional chemical industries. Here, a structure–selectivity relationship of cata...
Halogen‐Atom Transfer Enabled <i>Z</i>‐Selective Styrene Synthesis via Dual Cobalt and Photocatalysis Through Coupling of Unactivated Alkyl Iodides With Terminal Arylalkynes
AbstractAn efficient Z‐selective cobalt‐catalyzed reductive hydroalkylation of terminal aryl alkynes with unactivated alkyl iodides has been achieved, providing a straightforward and modular route to...
Cold‐Optimized Zinc‐Ion Batteries: Enhanced Stability at −5 °C
AbstractAqueous zinc‐ion batteries (AZIBs) have been extensively studied under room and ultralow temperature conditions. However, mechanism studies at intermediate temperature ranges remain limited. I...
Geminiarene‐Based Charge‐Transfer Cocrystals with Dichromatic Variants and Stimuli‐Responsive Structural Interconversion
AbstractThe construction of stimuli‐responsive charge‐transfer (CT) cocrystals is a challenging frontier in organic crystal engineering. Here, we introduce a gemini CT cocrystal system with dichromati...
Antifreeze Protein Mimics Realizing Stable Low‐Temperature‐Resistant Aqueous Zn‐Ion Batteries with High Water Content
AbstractRechargeable aqueous metal batteries offer inherent safety and low cost due to the predominance of water in their aqueous electrolytes, yet their practical applications are severely limited by...
Nonclassical Hydrogen Bond‐Based Efficient Solid‐State Organic Emitters Enabled by a Synergistic Anion and Mechanical Bond Effect
AbstractTraditional fluorophores often face aggregation‐caused quenching (ACQ), limiting their efficacy in high‐concentration applications. We demonstrate that a combined effect of anion and mechanica...
Total Synthesis of Euphane Triterpenoids Using Metal‐Catalyzed Hydrogen Atom Transfer
AbstractEuphane triterpenoids are widely distributed in nature and show various intriguing bioactivities, but relatively few synthetic routes to them have been described. Here, we report asymmetric co...
Isolable Three‐Coordinate Base‐Stabilized Alumylene: A Precursor of Persistent Acceptor‐Free Monomeric Aluminum Oxide
AbstractAn isolable monomeric alumylene 2 stabilized by two donating ligands (phosphine and NHC) has been synthesized. Experimental and theoretical analysis confirm that the NHC ligand in 2 is labile...
Oxygen Atom Migration Dominates Anomalous Reversible Oxidation of Ru Nanosheets
AbstractOxidation is a ubiquitous reaction in nature. For most metals (especially metal nanoparticles [NPs]), they will be completely oxidized under suitable conditions, except ruthenium (Ru). In this...
Aqueous Self‐Assembly of Cylindrical and Tapered Bottlebrush Block Copolymers
Abstract The self‐assembly of amphiphilic bottlebrush block copolymers (BCPs), featuring backbones densely grafted with two types of side chains, is less well understood compared to...
Preparation of Thermally and Photochemically Immobilized N‐type Conjugated Polymer Films via Quantitative Backbone Editing
AbstractWe report a series of n‐type conjugated polymers based on PNDI‐TfBTT and PNDIV‐TfBTT backbones constructed from electron‐deficient naphthalene diimide (NDI) and fluorinated benzothiadiazole (f...
Harnessing Biofilm Scaffold for Structurally Adaptative Slippery Surfaces with Integrated Antifouling and Anticorrosion Properties
AbstractArtificial liquid‐repellent surfaces are highly desirable to combat pervasive biofouling and corrosion in biological environments. However, existing strategies often suffer from slow binding k...
Stimuli‐Responsive Equilibrium in N‐Heterocyclic Carbene‐Supported Transition Metal Complexes: Selective Isolation of Multinuclear Species
AbstractThe AgI–N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes (3a,b) derived from bis(NHC) ligand 1, which exhibit a temperature‐ and concentration‐dependent equilibrium between the trinuclear and tetranucle...
Exceptionally High Two‐Photon Absorption Cross Sections in Quinoidal Diazaacene‐Bithiophene Derivatives
AbstractThis study addresses the two‐photon absorption (2PA) properties of (azaacene‐annulated) heterophenoquinones through a synergistic approach combining detailed experimental and theoretical analy...
Interfacial Mesochannels as Cation Pump for Enhanced Osmotic Energy Harvesting
AbstractMembranes integrating 1D materials are rapidly emerging as highly promising platforms for osmotic energy harvesting. However, their power output is often constrained by insufficient ion select...
Chiral Zinc Sulfide Nanoparticles Scavenging Reactive Oxygen Species for Remodeling Intestinal Homeostasis
AbstractElevated levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and gut microbiota dysbiosis are crucial factors that exacerbate inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). To address this, we successfully synthesized...
Aminomethyl Phosphonic Acid as Highly Effective Multifunctional Additive for Modification of Electron Transport Layer and Perovskite in Photovoltaic Solar Cells
AbstractThe passivation of detrimental perovskite‐based defects is critically acknowledged for fabricating highly effective perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The presence of a high‐quality electron trans...
Antisolvent‐Regulated Anionic Coordination Enabling Stable Li Metal Anode in Urea‐Based Electrolyte
AbstractThe fabrication of NO3− anion‐participating solvation sheaths to derive inorganic‐rich solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layers is critical for enhancing the stabilization of lithium metal ba...
Removing α‐H in Carboxylate‐Based Electrolytes for Stable Lithium Metal Batteries
AbstractAlthough carboxylate esters greatly improve the cold weather performance of graphite‐based lithium‐ion batteries utilized in arctic expeditions, the underlying cause of the incompatibility bet...
Cation‐Anion‐Engineering Modified Oxychloride Zr‐Based Lithium Superionic Conductors for All‐Solid‐State Lithium Batteries
AbstractWithin the family of halide solid electrolytes (SEs), Li2ZrCl6 demonstrates high oxidative stability, cost‐effectiveness, and mechanical deformability, positioning it as a promising candidate...