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Charge density modulation on asymmetric fused-ring acceptors for high-efficiency photovoltaic solar cells

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00123F, Research Article
Zhuohan Zhang, Linqiang Yang, Zhenghao Hu, Jiangsheng Yu, Xin Liu, Hongtao Wang, Jinru Cao, Fujun Zhang, Weihua Tang
Charge density modulation on thieno[2'',3'':5',6']-s-indaceno[2',1':4,5]dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyrrole core has been conducted for a systematic study of its impact on the electronic structure, molecular packing and photovoltaic performance of asymmetric fused-ring acceptors.
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Multi-stimuli responsive cyanostilbene derivatives: pH, amine vapor sensing and mechanoluminescence

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00113A, Research Article
Guangxi Huang, Xiaoyong Chang, Yuqing Jiang, Bei Lin, Bing Shi Li, Ben Zhong Tang
Two carboxyl substituted cyanostilbene derivatives can serve as novel mechanoluminescence materials and fluorescent sensors towards pH change and also amine vapors.
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3D-Nanosponge enabled segregation: a versatile approach for highly dispersed and high content functionalization of metal oxide species

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00115E, Research Article
Min Zhang, Yannan Yang, Yang Liu, Jianye Fu, Jingyi Lu, Yang Yang, Jinqing Jiao, Chengzhong Yu
A general 3D nanosponge enabled strategy is developed to achieve simultaneously highly dispersed and high content functionalization of metal oxide species, ebabling a liabrary of functional nanostructures with great application potential.
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Highly efficient exciplex-based OLEDs incorporating a novel electron donor

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00116C, Research Article
Qi-Sheng Tian, Xiang-Dong Zhu, Liang-Sheng Liao
A high performance green exciplex OLED comprising a novel electron donor DEX with an acceptor PO-T2T can reach an EQEmax of 11.2%, and a red phosphorescent OLED incorporating the green exciplex forming co-host achieves an EQEmax of 24.5%.
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Near-infrared electron acceptors with fused nonacyclic molecular backbones for nonfullerene organic solar cells

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00754G, Research Article
Jianquan Zhang, Yunke Li, Zhengxing Peng, Fujin Bai, Lik-Kuen Ma, Harald Ade, Zhengke Li, He Yan
Two strong electron-donating moieties were fused into the molecular backbone of small molecular acceptors showing dramatically extended absorption beyond 900 nm.
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Efficient near-infrared photosensitizer with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for mitochondria-targeted and image-guided photodynamic cancer therapy

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00170H, Research Article
Hanxiao Yang, Jiabao Zhuang, Nan Li, Yue Li, Shiyu Zhu, Jiaxin Hao, Jiayao Xin, Na Zhao
A highly efficient near-infrared photosensitizer with aggregation-induced emission characteristics was developed for mitochondria-targeted and image-guided photodynamic cancer therapy.
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Electrical stability study of polymer-based organic transistors in ambient air using an active semiconducting/insulating polyblend-based pseudo-bilayer

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00048E, Research Article
Bo-Ren Lin, Horng-Long Cheng, Hung-Han Lin, Fu-Chiao Wu, Jia-Hui Lin, Wei-Yang Chou, Jrjeng Ruan, Yu-Wu Wang
Polymeric transistors with unexpected nondecaying features even in ambient air are fabricated based on a P3HT/PMMA pseudo-bilayer with microphase separation morphology.
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Aromatic imide/amide-based organic small-molecule emitters for organic light-emitting diodes

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00084A, Review Article
Yuanyuan Qin, Guoping Li, Ting Qi, Hui Huang
Aromatic imide/amide-based organic small molecules as emitters in organic light-emitting diodes have caught increasing attention. This study summarized their advances in terms of device performance and molecular design rules over the past 20 years.
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Intentional modification of the optical spectral response and relative sensitivity of luminescent thermometers based on Fe3+,Cr3+,Nd3+ co-doped garnet nanocrystals by crystal field strength optimization

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00097C, Research Article
K. Kniec, K. Ledwa, K. Maciejewska, L. Marciniak
The relative sensitivity and usable temperature range of Fe3+,Cr3+-based luminescent thermometers can be tuned by modification of the crystal field strength.
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AIEgen based polymorphs with solvent regulated crystal-to-crystal switch properties

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00154F, Research Article
Liming Lai, Bing Fang, Wenyu Cheng, Pengyu Li, Yantu Zhang, Meizhen Yin
An AIEgen with tunable polymorphism-dependent emission and solvent regulated crystal-to-crystal switch properties is reported. Our study has provided insight into the relationship between molecular stacking and emission properties.
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Fluoro-alkyl substituted isothianaphthene bisimides as stable n-type semiconductors

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00137F, Research Article
Xiaolong Chen, Dongwei Zhang, Yaowu He, Muhammad Umair Ali, Yuting Wu, Changbin Zhao, Peiheng Wu, Chaoyi Yan, Fred Wudl, Hong Meng
Two fluoro-alkyl substituted isothianaphthene bisimide materials with high solubility and their applications in stable n-type OTFTs are demonstrated.
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Novel cathode buffer layer of Al(acac)3 enables efficient, large area and stable semi-transparent organic solar cells

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00198H, Research Article
Yiming Bai, Chunyan Zhao, Rongkang Shi, Jun Wang, Fuzhi Wang, Tasawar Hayat, Ahmed Alsaedi, Zhan'ao Tan
Electrode buffer layer plays a more crucial in semi-transparent organic solar cells (ST-OSCs) than that of the opaque devices due to the additional requirements of the average visible transmittance (AVT)...
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Chemically modified nucleic acid biopolymers used in biosensing

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1315-1327
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00026D, Review Article
Lei Zhang, Yanbing Yang, Jie Tan, Quan Yuan
This review describes the applications of chemically modified nucleic acid biopolymers in biosensing, and mainly introduces different assembly methods of chemically modified nucleic acid biopolymers.
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Blue quantum dot-based electroluminescent light-emitting diodes

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1340-1365
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00029A, Review Article
Fei Chen, Qingli Lin, Huaibin Shen, Aiwei Tang
This review about the development of blue QD-LEDs will provide the reference to demonstrate the excellent blue devices.
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The power of dissociation: development of displacement assays for chemosensing and latent catalytic systems

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1328-1339
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00639G, Review Article
Cheuk-Fai Chow, Anxun Zheng, Min Huang, Chang Shen
Disassembly is an essential process in supramolecular chemistry. In this review, different bimetallic donor–acceptor-based chemosensors, chemodosimeters, catalysts and latent catalysts founded on various displacement assays will be discussed.
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A zinc non-halide dopant strategy enables efficient perovskite CsPbI3 quantum dot-based light-emitting diodes

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1444-1453
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00734B, Research Article
Jinhang Li, Jiawei Chen, Leimeng Xu, Sinan Liu, Si Lan, Xiansheng Li, Jizhong Song
A zinc non-halide dopant strategy is employed to clarify the internal mechanism of Zn2+ doping without the introduction of halide ions and enhance the emission properties evidenced by the EQE of the QLEDs from 7.5% to 14.6% after Zn2+ doping.
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Modulation of ligand conjugation for efficient FAPbBr3 based green light-emitting diodes

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1383-1389
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00768G, Research Article
Feng Zhang, Mengna Sun, Xiyu Luo, Dongdong Zhang, Lian Duan
We put forward a new strategy for efficient PeLEDs by understanding the effect of ligand conjugation on device performance.
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AIE-active Schiff base compounds as fluorescent probes for the highly sensitive and selective detection of Fe3+ ions

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1471-1482
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00792J, Research Article
Jonnagaddala Harathi, Kathavarayan Thenmozhi
AIE-active Schiff base compounds were synthesized and photophysical properties were investigated. The compounds exhibited prominent sensing behaviour towards Fe3+ ion with enhanced selectivity, high association constants and low detection limits.
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Fused-ring phenazine building blocks for efficient copolymer donors

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1454-1458
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00080A, Research Article
Wenting Li, Qishi Liu, Ke Jin, Ming Cheng, Feng Hao, Wu-Qiang Wu, Shengjian Liu, Zuo Xiao, Shangfeng Yang, Shengwei Shi, Liming Ding
Phenazine copolymer donors demonstrate an efficiency of 15.14% in nonfullerene organic solar cells.
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Sandwich structured dielectrics for air-stable and flexible low-voltage organic transistors in ultrasensitive pressure sensing

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1459-1470
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00062K, Research Article
Yue Jiang, Ziyang Liu, Zhigang Yin, Qingdong Zheng
A novel type of polymer sandwich dielectric is developed for air-stable, hysteresis-free and flexible OTFTs which can be used for low-power pressure sensors with ultrahigh sensitivity, wide detection range and fast response.
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A turn-off fluorescent probe for the detection of Cu2+ based on a tetraphenylethylene-functionalized salicylaldehyde Schiff-base

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1500-1506
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00759H, Research Article
Hai-Fang Xie, Chang-Jin Yu, Ya-Li Huang, Hong Xu, Qi-Long Zhang, Xiao-Hong Sun, Xing Feng, Carl Redshaw
A tetraphenylethylene-functionalized salicylaldehyde Schiff-base fluorescent probe (TPE-An-Py) with aggregation-induced enhanced emission (AIEE) characteristics exhibited high sensitivity towards copper(II) ions in aqueous media with a “turn-off” fluorescence mechanism; limit of detection is 2.36 × 10−7 mol L−1.
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The role of dipole moment in two fused-ring electron acceptor and one polymer donor based ternary organic solar cells

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1507-1518
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00016G, Research Article
Xunfan Liao, Yongjie Cui, Xueliang Shi, Zhaoyang Yao, Heng Zhao, Yongkang An, Peipei Zhu, Yaxiao Guo, Xiang Fei, Lijian Zuo, Ke Gao, Francis Lin, Qian Xie, Lie Chen, Wei Ma, Yiwang Chen, Alex K.-Y. Jen
The dipole moment of FREAs’ terminals has been unveiled as an important factor and its working mechanism has been thoroughly investigated. Our results demonstrate that the dipole moment should also be taken into account in designing ternary OSCs.
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Highly-selective synthesis of trimetallic PtRuCu nanoframes as robust catalysts for the methanol oxidation reaction

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00033G, Research Article
Hai-Jing Yin, Zhi-Ping Zhang, Yu Guo, Kun Yuan, Ya-Wen Zhang
PtRuCu NFs/C exhibited much higher mass activity and specific activity than commercial Pt/C and PtRuCu NPs/C towards the MOR due to the frame nanostructures and the synergistic effect of the trimetallics.
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Opportunities and critical factors of porous metal-organic frameworks for the industrial separation of light olefins

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00186D, Review Article
Tianhao Lan, Libo Li, Yang Chen, Xiaoqing Wang, Jiangfeng Yang, Jinping Li
Light olefins (ethylene, propylene, and 1,3-butadiene) are widely used as building blocks in the petrochemical industry and for the fabrication of everyday products. Developing energy cost-efficient porous materials for the...
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[ASAP] Superhydrophobic Surface Fabrication for Strengthened Selective Water Shut-off Technology

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00498




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[ASAP] Effects of Graphene Oxide on the Mechanical and Microscopic Characteristics of Cement-Based Plugging Material for Preventing Spontaneous Combustion of Coal

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00493




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[ASAP] Oxygen Uncoupling Property and Kinetics of a Copper Manganese Composite Oxygen Carrier in a Packed-Bed Reactor

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00574




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[ASAP] Pore Network Changes Due to Polymer Flooding: Hebron Field Case

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00487




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[ASAP] Depolymerization of Wheat Straw to Produce Glucose by Self-Catalyzed Hydrolysis

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00525




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[ASAP] Interplay between Viscous Pressure and Capillary Pressure on Polymer Gel Dehydration and Water Shutoff in Hydraulically Fractured Reservoirs

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00368




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[ASAP] Designing Novel High-Performance Shale Inhibitors by Optimizing the Spacer Length of Imidazolium-Based Bola-Form Ionic Liquids

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00788




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[ASAP] Proanthocyanidin-Based Polyether Demulsifiers for the Treatment of Aging Oil Emulsions

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00550




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[ASAP] A Simple and Direct Route to High-Performance Acrylamido-Based Kinetic Gas Hydrate Inhibitors from Poly(acrylic acid)

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00726




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[ASAP] Experimental Determinations of Minimum Miscibility Pressures Using Hydrocarbon Gases and CO<sub>2</sub> for Crude Oils from the Bakken and Cut Bank Oil Reservoirs

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00570




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[ASAP] Preface to the PetroPhase 2019 Special Issue

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c01275




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[ASAP] Desulfurization of Spent Tire Pyrolysis Oil and Its Distillate via Combined Catalytic Oxidation using H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> with Formic Acid and Selective Adsorption over Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub&

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b03968




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[ASAP] Characterization and Distillation of Pyrolysis Liquids Coming from Polyolefins Segregated of MSW for Their Use as Automotive Diesel Fuel

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00403




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[ASAP] Chemical Looping Conversion of Gaseous and Liquid Fuels for Chemical Production: A Review

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c01006




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[ASAP] Low-Salinity-Assisted Cationic Polyacrylamide Water Shutoff in Low-Permeability Sandstone Gas Reservoirs

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00022




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[ASAP] Inhibited Phase Segregation to Enhance the Redox Performance of NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> via CeO<sub>2</sub> Modification in the Chemical Looping Process

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00686




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[ASAP] Improving the LIBS Quantitative Analysis of Unburned Carbon in Fly Ash Based on the Optimization of Reference Value

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00298




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[ASAP] Molecular Structure Control in Mesophase Pitch via Co-Carbonization of Coal Tar Pitch and Petroleum Pitch for Production of Carbon Fibers with Both High Mechanical Properties and Thermal Conductivity

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00196




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[ASAP] Delineation and Prevention of the Spontaneous Combustion Dangerous Area of Coal in a Regenerated Roof: A Case Study in the Zhoujing Coal Mine, China

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00884




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[ASAP] Evaluation of Two Potassium-Based Activation Agents for the Production of Oxygen- and Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbons

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00427




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[ASAP] Combined Light Extinction and Scattering Measurement for Measuring a Low-Particulate-Mass Concentration with a White Cell-Based Optical System

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00179




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Expats set to return, Kerala on war footing again




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Only 30 active coronavirus cases in Kerala




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3 lakh small merchants severely hit in Kerala

At least three lakh small-scale retail merchants in the state are facing serious threat to their businesses, including imminent closure of their establishments, according to an analysis by Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi (KVVES). The Samithi also demanded immediate intervention of the state and central governments and announce adequate financial packages.




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Marginalised students set to get e-learning support

Among those hit by the Covid-related uncertainties of the present times are the students in the state who are clueless about the next academic year.




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System for transfer of vehicle ownership eased

The motor vehicles department (MVD) has introduced a new simplified system for transfer of ownership of vehicles.