Sci. China Chem. | 【Reviews】in 2018 (II)
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Coronarenes: recent advances and perspectives on macrocyclic and supramolecular chemistry
Mei-Xiang Wang
Sci. China Chem., 2018, 61(8): 993–1003
In this concise review, macrocyclic and supramolecular chemistry of coronarenes are summarized in the order of their syntheses, structural features, molecular recognition and self-assembly properties. Personal perspectives on the study of macrocyclic and supramolecular chemistry are also given.
Controllable macrocyclic supramolecular assemblies in aqueous solution
Yong Chen, Feihe Huang, Zhan-Ting Li & Yu Liu
Sci. China Chem., 2018, 61(8): 979–992
In this review, some representative contributions in the construction of controllable macrocyclic supramolecular assemblies in aqueous solution are presented with an emphasis on the stimuli-responsive control manner and wide applications of this property.
Topology: a unique dimension in protein engineering
Lianjie Xu & Wen-Bin Zhang
Sci. China Chem., 2018, 61(1): 3–16
The authors review the major categories of protein topologies, including branched/star proteins, circular proteins, lasso proteins, knotted proteins,and protein catenanes. The design, recombinant synthesis of artificial topological proteins and their biophysical studies are also summarized and discussed.
Frank-Kasper and related quasicrystal spherical phases in macromolecules
Mingjun Huang, Kan Yue, Jing Wang, Chih-Hao Hsu, Linge Wang & Stephen Z. D. Cheng
Sci. China Chem., 2018, 61(1): 33–45
In this review, we summarize recent advances on the identification of several unconventional spherical phases in the self-assembly of functional macromolecules, including Frank-Kasper (F-K) phases and quasicrystals originally observed in metalalloys.
Modificaomics: deciphering the functions of biomolecule modifications
Ting Liu, Cheng-Jie Ma, Bi-Feng Yuan & Yu-Qi Feng
Sci. China Chem., 2018, 61(4): 381–392
Modificaomics, proposed from the words of modification and omics, mainly refers to the comprehensive study of the modifications on DNA, RNA and proteins. In this review, we conceive modificaomics by introducing the discovered modifications in DNA, RNA and proteins as well as summarizing their biological functions.
Recent developments in peptide ligation independent of amino acid side-chain functional group
Jinhua Yang & Junfeng Zhao
Sci. China Chem., 2018, 61(1): 97–112
This review summarizes the recent developments in peptide ligations that are independent of side-chain functional group of ligation-junction-site amino acid.
Total chemical and semisynthetic approaches for the preparation of ubiquitinated proteins and their applications
Xiaobao Bi, Kalyan Kumar Pasunooti & Chuan-Fa Liu
Sci. China Chem., 2018, 61(3): 251–265
This review summarizes the recent developments of protein ubiquitination strategies and the use of the synthesized proteins to help garner structural and functional insight into the inner workings of the ubiquitin system.
Applications of CBT-Cys click reaction: past, present, and future
Miaomiao Zhang & Gaolin Liang
Sci. China Chem., 2018, 61(10): 1088–1098
Herein, we review the development, applications and potential prospects of CBT-Cys click reaction, which has been widely applied in the field of protein labeling, molecular imaging, nanomaterial fabrication, cancer therapy.
Ion exchange membranes from poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) and related applications
Jiahui Zhou, Peipei Zuo, Yahua Liu, Zhengjin Yang & Tongwen Xu
Sci. China Chem., 2018, 61(9): 1062–1087
In this review, we present the synthetic strategies towards diverse types of PPO-based IEMs, their applications in fuel cells, and the relation between polymer structures and the resulted features.
Basic ionic liquids promoted chemical transformation of CO2 to organic carbonates
Jiayin Hu, Huizhen Liu & Buxing Han
Sci. China Chem., 2018, 61(12): 1486–1493
This review presents the recent advances on basic ILs promoted chemical transformation of CO2 to cyclic and linear carbonates. The structures of various basic ILs, as well as the basic ILs promoted reactions for the transformation of CO2 to organic carbonates are also discussed.
Precise nanomedicine for intelligent therapy of cancer
Huabing Chen, Zhanjun Gu, Hongwei An, Chunying Chen, Jie Chen, Ran Cui, Siqin Chen, Weihai Chen, Xuesi Chen, Xiaoyuan Chen, Zhuo Chen, Baoquan Ding, Qian Dong, Qin Fan, Ting Fu, Dayong Hou, Qiao Jiang, Hengte Ke, Xiqun Jiang, Gang Liu, Suping Li, Tianyu Li, Zhuang Liu, Guangjun Nie, Muhammad Ovais, Daiwen Pang, Nasha Qiu, Youqing Shen, Huayu Tian, Chao Wang, Hao Wang, Ziqi Wang, Huaping Xu, Jiang-Fei Xu, Xiangliang Yang, Shuang Zhu, Xianchuang Zheng, Xianzheng Zhang, Yanbing Zhao, Weihong Tan, Xi Zhang & Yuliang Zhao
Sci. China Chem., 2018, 61(12): 1503–1552
Here, we demonstrate the recent advances of intelligent cancer nanomedicine, and discuss the comprehensive understanding of their structure-function relationship for smart and efficient cancer nanomedicine including various imaging and therapeutic applications, as well as nanotoxicity.
Biomineralized polymer matrix composites for bone tissue repair: a review
Lin Zhong, Ying Qu, Kun Shi, Bingyang Chu, Minyi Lei, Kangkang Huang, Yingchun Gu & Zhiyong Qian
Sci. China Chem., 2018, 61(12): 1553–1567
In this review, we comprehensively summarize the synthetic procedure/paradigm of nanopore engineering and further broad theranostic applications.
Theranostic nanomedicine by surface nanopore engineering
Zhenli Li, Luodan Yu, Tian Yang & Yu Chen
Sci. China Chem., 2018, 61(10): 1243–1260
In this review, we comprehensively summarize the synthetic procedure/paradigm of nanopore engineering and further broad theranostic applications.
Assemblies of covalent organic framework microcrystals: multiple-dimensional manipulation for enhanced applications
Fuyu Yuan, Jing Tan & Jia Guo
Sci. China Chem., 2018, 61(2): 143–152
This review summarizes the recent development of novel polyfluorene based conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNs) as two-photon excitation microscopy (2PEM) contrast agents for live cell imaging.
Optical colorimetric sensor arrays for chemical and biological analysis
Yufan Ma, Yawen Li, Kun Ma & Zhuo Wang
Sci. China Chem., 2018, 61(6): 643–655
In this review, we introduce the targeting analytes, sensing mechanisms and data processing methods of the optical colorimetric sensor array based on optical probes. The progress in the detection of metal ions, anions, toxic gases, organic compounds, biomolecules and living organisms and actual sample mixtures arealso summarized.