Enzymatic catalysis has fueled considerable interest from chemists due to its high efficiency
and selectivity. However, the structural complexity and vulnerability hamper the application …

Photocatalytic organic reactions, harvesting solar energy to produce high value-added
organic chemicals, have attracted increasing attention as a sustainable approach to address …

Cancer is one of the greatest challenges in medical science today as it poses a serious
threat to human life. In view of this, myriad of therapeutic strategies are being developed for …

Interfacial charge transfer on the surface of heterogeneous photocatalysts dictates the
efficiency of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and therefore the efficiency of …

Interfacial electron transfer between cocatalyst and photosensitizer is key in heterogeneous
photocatalysis, yet the underlying mechanism remains subtle and unclear. Surfactant coated …

The coordination connection of organic linkers to the metal clusters leads to the formation of
metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), where the metal clusters and ligands are spatially …

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are an emerging class of molecular crystalline materials
built from metal ions or clusters bridged by organic linkers. By taking advantage of their …

Pyrene is one of the most widely investigated aromatic hydrocarbons given to its unique
optical and electronic properties. Hence, pyrene-based ligands have been attractive for the …

Two atomic layered BiOCl nanosheets with rich oxygen vacancies (NS-OV) were
constructed via surface Pd deposition (0.5 wt%) as a multifunctional photocatalyst (Pd …

The importance of singlet oxygen (1 O 2) in synthesis of fine chemicals, inactivation of
viruses and bacteria, degradation of pollutants, and photodynamic therapy has promoted the …