A diblock copolymer is designed to have incompatible blocks, unsymmetrical block lengths, and a reversible linkage. This copolymer self-assembles into nanostructured cylindrical morphology in thin films. Removal of the nanosized cylinders by breaking the reversible linkage then affords nanoporous membranes featuring a chemically reactive functionality in the pores.

Allostery is a fundamental mechanism of biological regulation, in which binding of a molecule at a distant location affects the active site of a protein. Allosteric sites provide targets to fine-tune protein activity, yet we lack computational methodologies to predict them. Here we present an efficient graph-theoretical framework to reveal allosteric interactions (atoms and communication pathwa...

A cheap and bench-stable reagent was synthesized for direct and covalent introduction of alkynes into tyrosine of target proteins, which can be further modified based on click reaction to achieve fluorescence labelling or PEGylation. This reagent should be a generally useful toolbox for chemical biology and biomaterials.

It is stressed that the two-center exchange energy components lead to a significant lowering of the total molecular energy because of exclusion of self-repulsion, and this is inevitable for covalent bond formation. The success of the two-center bond order index relies on the fact that it gives a qualitative estimate of this important phenomenon.

Mixing the dipyrido[24]crown-8 derivatives carrying one or two formyl group(s) on the 4 position(s) of their pyridine ring(s) with a 3-fold symmetrical trisammonium ion template in a 3:1 ratio in CD3NO2 results in the formation of thermodynamically stable [4]pseudorotaxanes which, upon addition of a 1,3,5-trisaminobenzene cap, form mechanically interlocked molecular bundles with one and two cap...

A novel approach to grow a 3D COF-320 membrane on a surface-modified porous α-Al2O3 substrate is developed. A compact and uniform COF-320 membrane with a layer thickness of ∼4 μm is obtained. This is the first reported 3D COF functional membrane fabricated successfully on a common porous α-Al2O3 ceramic support. The gas permeation results indicate that the gas transport behavior is mainly gover...

The enhanced green fluorescence protein (EGFP) is efficiently encapsulated in silica nanoparticle by multiple covalent bonds. The silica encapsulation greatly increases EGFP's fluorescence intensity and stabilities against protease, denaturant and heat, making it a potential fluorescence probe for cellular imaging.