The Wnt signaling pathway plays a critical role in bone homeostasis,and the related protein therapy strategies have been reported to have great potential in osseointegration;however,they face formidable challenges suc...The Wnt signaling pathway plays a critical role in bone homeostasis,and the related protein therapy strategies have been reported to have great potential in osseointegration;however,they face formidable challenges such as complex external environments and unavoidable protein denaturation.In this work,we report a novel approach combining the synthesis of metal–organic frameworks(MOFs)and protein encapsulation in a one-pot process based on zeolitic imidazolate framework-8(ZIF-8)and Wnt3a protein,with improved biomechanical behavior and enhanced protein biological response.This combination was designed to enhance the Wnt3a protein function through the improved chemical stability provided by the ZIF-8 crystals.Additionally,the zinc ions contained in the ZIF-8 crystals induced bone homeostasis,further favoring the osteogenesis.The results showed that the Wnt3a protein-loaded ZIF-8 crystals served as efficient drug delivery vehicles to promote osteogenesis,preventing protein denaturation.In particular,Wnt3a-loaded ZIF-8 nanoparticles(Wnt3a@ZIF-8 NPs)had higher efficacy on bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(BMSCs)than ZIF-8 NPs or Wnt3a proteins,contributing to the osteogenesis through ZIF-8 crystals and intracellular Wnt3a proteins released from Wnt3a@ZIF-8 NPs.Furthermore,polymerase chain reaction(PCR)analysis showed that the osteogenic pathways were upregulated.Overall,the present one-pot process can open up new avenues to develop signaling protein-delivery systems for applications in protein therapy strategies.展开更多
Oral and maxillofacial diseases are a group of high-incidence disorders that affect people’s life quality to a great extent,while the wet and highly movable environment of the related regions brings challenges to tra...Oral and maxillofacial diseases are a group of high-incidence disorders that affect people’s life quality to a great extent,while the wet and highly movable environment of the related regions brings challenges to traditional therapies.Faced with the obstacles of insufficient adhesive strength and ensuing short drug retention time,conventional oral therapeutic agents often have difficulty in achieving their desired efficacy.Oral and maxillofacial wet-adhesive materials have the advantages of excellent wet environment retention,internal stability,plasticity,and clinical potential,thus have become a significant research direction in the field of oral related disorders healing.In the past decade,the development of oral adhesive materials with good wet adhesion has accelerated based on the chemical molecular interaction,physical interlocking,and biological adhesion mechanisms,including biomimetic-inspired materials,naturally derived polymer–based materials and adhesive electrospun fiber films.These fancy wet-adhesive materials can be used for oral mucosal drug delivery,oral vaccination,wound healing,and bone defects treatments.Despite their numerous novel applications,wet-adhesive materials in stomatology still face unresolved challenges from material and biological aspects.Here,advances in designs of oral and maxillofacial wetadhesive materials are reviewed in terms of design backgrounds,attachment mechanisms,and common classifications.Recent demonstrations of wet-adhesive materials for oral and maxillofacial region medical applications from drug delivery to multifunctional tissue treatments are presented.To conclude,current challenges and prospects on potential applications of oral and maxillofacial wet-adhesive materials are also briefly discussed.展开更多
Organic field-effect transistors(OFETs)refer to field-effect transistors that use organic semiconductors as channel materials.Owing to the advantages of organic materials such as solution processability and intrinsic ...Organic field-effect transistors(OFETs)refer to field-effect transistors that use organic semiconductors as channel materials.Owing to the advantages of organic materials such as solution processability and intrinsic flexibility,OFETs are expected to be applicable in emergent technologies including wearable electronics and sensors,flexible displays,internet-of-things,neuromorphic computing,etc.Improving the electrical performance and developing multifunctionalities of OFETs are two major and closely relevant aspects for OFETs-related research.The former one aims for investigating the device physics and expanding the horizons of OFETs,while the later one is critical for leading OFETs into practical and emergent applications.The development in each of the two aspects would undoubtfully promote the other and bring more confidence for future development of OFETs.Hence,this review is divided into two parts that respectively summarize the recent progress in high-performance OFETs and multifunctional OFETs.展开更多
Polymorphism has been frequently used in tuning the singlet emissions of pure organic dyes. The modulation of triplet-involved emissions, particularly room temperature phosphorescence(RTP),however, is scarcely reporte...Polymorphism has been frequently used in tuning the singlet emissions of pure organic dyes. The modulation of triplet-involved emissions, particularly room temperature phosphorescence(RTP),however, is scarcely reported. Herein, polymorphism is reported to tune the triplet-involved emissions of 2 CZBZL, a newly designed pure organic luminogen consisting of twisted benzil and two planar carbazole moieties. Other than the conventional modulation through changing molecular conformation and packing, vibration can also finely tune the triplet-involved emissions. Besides prompt fluorescence(PF),polymorph B with relatively extended conformation emits thermally activated delayed fluorescence(TADF), whereas the others(A, C–E) with similarly more twisted conformations generate predominant RTP or simultaneous DF and RTP. These results demonstrate the fascinating chance to regulate the tripletinvolved emissions through controlling conformation and vibration.展开更多
Fabrication of efficient solid luminogens with tunable emission is both fundamentally significant and technically important. Herein, based on our previous strategy for the construction of efficient and multifunctional...Fabrication of efficient solid luminogens with tunable emission is both fundamentally significant and technically important. Herein, based on our previous strategy for the construction of efficient and multifunctional solid luminogens through the combination of diverse aggregation-induced emission （ALE） units with other functional moieties, a group of luminophores with electron donor-acceptor （D-A） structure and typical intramolecular charge transfer （ICT） characteristics, namely CZ-DCDPP, DPA-DCDPP and DBPA-DCDPP were synthesized and investigated. The presence of twisting and AlE-active 2,3- dicyano-S,6-diphenylpyrazine （DCDPP） moiety endows them highly emissive in the solid states, whereas the introduction of arylamines with varied electron-donating capacity and different conjugation render them with tunable solid emissions from green to red. While CZ-DCDPP and DPA-DCDPP solids exhibit distinct mechanochromism, both DPA-DCDPP and DBPA-DCDPP solids can generate efficient red emission. Owing to their high efficiency, remarkable thermal and morphological stabilities and moreover red emission, they are promising for diverse optoelectronic and biological applications.展开更多
基金financially supported by National Nature Science Foundations of China(Nos.82271016,82271034,82270961,82071164,8197032972,81901060)Key research program of Sichuan Science and technology Department(No.2021YFS0052)Research and Development Program(West China Hospital of Stomatology,Sichuan University)(Nos.RD-03-202107,RD-03-202310)。
文摘The Wnt signaling pathway plays a critical role in bone homeostasis,and the related protein therapy strategies have been reported to have great potential in osseointegration;however,they face formidable challenges such as complex external environments and unavoidable protein denaturation.In this work,we report a novel approach combining the synthesis of metal–organic frameworks(MOFs)and protein encapsulation in a one-pot process based on zeolitic imidazolate framework-8(ZIF-8)and Wnt3a protein,with improved biomechanical behavior and enhanced protein biological response.This combination was designed to enhance the Wnt3a protein function through the improved chemical stability provided by the ZIF-8 crystals.Additionally,the zinc ions contained in the ZIF-8 crystals induced bone homeostasis,further favoring the osteogenesis.The results showed that the Wnt3a protein-loaded ZIF-8 crystals served as efficient drug delivery vehicles to promote osteogenesis,preventing protein denaturation.In particular,Wnt3a-loaded ZIF-8 nanoparticles(Wnt3a@ZIF-8 NPs)had higher efficacy on bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(BMSCs)than ZIF-8 NPs or Wnt3a proteins,contributing to the osteogenesis through ZIF-8 crystals and intracellular Wnt3a proteins released from Wnt3a@ZIF-8 NPs.Furthermore,polymerase chain reaction(PCR)analysis showed that the osteogenic pathways were upregulated.Overall,the present one-pot process can open up new avenues to develop signaling protein-delivery systems for applications in protein therapy strategies.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.82101076,81771122,81970985)Key Research Program of Sichuan Science and Technology Department(No.2019YJ0147)Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China(No.2020M683334)。
文摘Oral and maxillofacial diseases are a group of high-incidence disorders that affect people’s life quality to a great extent,while the wet and highly movable environment of the related regions brings challenges to traditional therapies.Faced with the obstacles of insufficient adhesive strength and ensuing short drug retention time,conventional oral therapeutic agents often have difficulty in achieving their desired efficacy.Oral and maxillofacial wet-adhesive materials have the advantages of excellent wet environment retention,internal stability,plasticity,and clinical potential,thus have become a significant research direction in the field of oral related disorders healing.In the past decade,the development of oral adhesive materials with good wet adhesion has accelerated based on the chemical molecular interaction,physical interlocking,and biological adhesion mechanisms,including biomimetic-inspired materials,naturally derived polymer–based materials and adhesive electrospun fiber films.These fancy wet-adhesive materials can be used for oral mucosal drug delivery,oral vaccination,wound healing,and bone defects treatments.Despite their numerous novel applications,wet-adhesive materials in stomatology still face unresolved challenges from material and biological aspects.Here,advances in designs of oral and maxillofacial wetadhesive materials are reviewed in terms of design backgrounds,attachment mechanisms,and common classifications.Recent demonstrations of wet-adhesive materials for oral and maxillofacial region medical applications from drug delivery to multifunctional tissue treatments are presented.To conclude,current challenges and prospects on potential applications of oral and maxillofacial wet-adhesive materials are also briefly discussed.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2019YFE0116700 and 2019YFA0705900)Ministry of Science and Technology,National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62075224,22021002,51873182 and 52103231)+3 种基金Zhejiang Province Science and Technology Plan(No.2021C04012)Zhejiang Provincial Department of Science and Technologysupported by the Lu Jiaxi International Teams Project(No.GJTD-2020–02)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.2021QNA4033)。
文摘Organic field-effect transistors(OFETs)refer to field-effect transistors that use organic semiconductors as channel materials.Owing to the advantages of organic materials such as solution processability and intrinsic flexibility,OFETs are expected to be applicable in emergent technologies including wearable electronics and sensors,flexible displays,internet-of-things,neuromorphic computing,etc.Improving the electrical performance and developing multifunctionalities of OFETs are two major and closely relevant aspects for OFETs-related research.The former one aims for investigating the device physics and expanding the horizons of OFETs,while the later one is critical for leading OFETs into practical and emergent applications.The development in each of the two aspects would undoubtfully promote the other and bring more confidence for future development of OFETs.Hence,this review is divided into two parts that respectively summarize the recent progress in high-performance OFETs and multifunctional OFETs.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51822303, 51473092)
文摘Polymorphism has been frequently used in tuning the singlet emissions of pure organic dyes. The modulation of triplet-involved emissions, particularly room temperature phosphorescence(RTP),however, is scarcely reported. Herein, polymorphism is reported to tune the triplet-involved emissions of 2 CZBZL, a newly designed pure organic luminogen consisting of twisted benzil and two planar carbazole moieties. Other than the conventional modulation through changing molecular conformation and packing, vibration can also finely tune the triplet-involved emissions. Besides prompt fluorescence(PF),polymorph B with relatively extended conformation emits thermally activated delayed fluorescence(TADF), whereas the others(A, C–E) with similarly more twisted conformations generate predominant RTP or simultaneous DF and RTP. These results demonstrate the fascinating chance to regulate the tripletinvolved emissions through controlling conformation and vibration.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51473092)the Shanghai Rising-Star Program (No. 15QA1402500)
文摘Fabrication of efficient solid luminogens with tunable emission is both fundamentally significant and technically important. Herein, based on our previous strategy for the construction of efficient and multifunctional solid luminogens through the combination of diverse aggregation-induced emission （ALE） units with other functional moieties, a group of luminophores with electron donor-acceptor （D-A） structure and typical intramolecular charge transfer （ICT） characteristics, namely CZ-DCDPP, DPA-DCDPP and DBPA-DCDPP were synthesized and investigated. The presence of twisting and AlE-active 2,3- dicyano-S,6-diphenylpyrazine （DCDPP） moiety endows them highly emissive in the solid states, whereas the introduction of arylamines with varied electron-donating capacity and different conjugation render them with tunable solid emissions from green to red. While CZ-DCDPP and DPA-DCDPP solids exhibit distinct mechanochromism, both DPA-DCDPP and DBPA-DCDPP solids can generate efficient red emission. Owing to their high efficiency, remarkable thermal and morphological stabilities and moreover red emission, they are promising for diverse optoelectronic and biological applications.
