By acting as effective biomimetics of the lipid bilayers, membrane-intercalating conjugated
oligoelectrolytes (MICOEs) can spontaneously insert themselves into both synthetic lipid …

Photoswitchable phospholipids, or “photolipids”, that harbor an azobenzene group in their
lipid tails are versatile tools to manipulate and control lipid bilayer properties with light. So …

Disordered proteins often undergo a stimuli-responsive, disorder-to-order transition which
facilitates dynamic processes that modulate the physiological activities and material …

Antibiotic resistance has become one of the greatest health threats in the world. In this study,
a charge-dispersed dimerization strategy is described for the antimicrobial peptide (AMP) …

In an effort for fighting with dreadful drug resistance, iminotetraberberine was hybridized with
metronidazole to construct a unique type of potential broad-spectrum antibacterial …

Light is recognized as an accurate and noninvasive tool for stimulating excitable cells. Here,
we report on a non-genetic approach based on organic molecular phototransducers that …

Mitochondria-and nucleus-targeted photodynamic therapy (PDT) to locally destruct
organelles that play vital roles in physiologic processes holds great promise. Notably, the …

Conjugated oligoelectrolytes (COEs) are an emerging class of amphiphilic antimicrobial
compounds with a modular molecular framework suitable for simple chemical derivatization …

A new family of well-defined and fully conjugated oligoelectrolyte compounds were
elaborated based on one or two bis-thiophene dialkoxyphenylene units. Di-or tetra …

Lipid bilayers are omnipresent in biological systems as a barrier protecting intracellular
components from the external environment. The semi-permeable behavior of membranes …