Lignocellulosic biomass has attracted great interest in recent years for energy production due to its renewability and carbon-neutral nature.There are various ways to convert lignocellulose to gaseous,liquid and solid...Lignocellulosic biomass has attracted great interest in recent years for energy production due to its renewability and carbon-neutral nature.There are various ways to convert lignocellulose to gaseous,liquid and solid fuels via thermochemical,chemical or biological approaches.Typical biomass derived fuels include syngas,bio-gas,bio-oil,bioethanol and biochar,all of which could be used as fuels for furnace,engine,turbine or fuel cells.Direct biomass fuel cells mediated by various electron carriers provide a new direction of lignocellulose conversion.Various metal and non-metal based carriers have been screened for mediating the electron transfer from biomass to oxygen thus generating electricity.The power density of direct biomass fuel cells can be over 100 mW cm^(-2),which shows promise for practical applications.Lignocellulose and its isolated components,primarily cellulose and lignin,have also been paid considerable attention as sustainable carbonaceous materials for preparation of electrodes for supercapacitors,lithium-ion batteries and lithium-sulfur batteries.In this paper,we have provided a state-of-the-art review on the research progress of lignocellulosic biomass as feedstock and materials for power generation and energy storage focusing on the chemistry aspects of the processes.It was recommended that process integration should be performed to reduce the cost for thermochemical and biological conversion of lignocellulose to biofuels,while efforts should be made to increase efficiency and improve the properties for biomass fuelled fuel cells and biomass derived electrodes for energy storage.展开更多
Over the past 20 years,great efforts have been invested in developing site-specific approaches to protein modification to dissect protein functions directly and accurately.Here,we report a proximitytriggered group tra...Over the past 20 years,great efforts have been invested in developing site-specific approaches to protein modification to dissect protein functions directly and accurately.Here,we report a proximitytriggered group transfer strategy from a sulfonium warhead to a Cysteine(Cys)residue of the target protein.With a guiding ligand,cargoes could be transferred selectively from a sulfonium center onto the Cys residue in the vicinity of their binding interface.The successful thalidomide transfer of sulfonium 1-X could be applied intracellularly for epidermal growth factor receptor degradation,highlighting the potential of group transfer strategy as a suite of chemical biology studies,including cell imaging,protein profiling,and protein degradation by simply employing different transferrable groups.展开更多
We report a light waveguide liquid crystal display(LCD) based on the flexoelectric effect. The display consists of two parallel flat substrates with a layer of flexoelectric liquid crystal sandwiched between them. A l...We report a light waveguide liquid crystal display(LCD) based on the flexoelectric effect. The display consists of two parallel flat substrates with a layer of flexoelectric liquid crystal sandwiched between them. A light-emitting diode(LED) is installed on the edge of the display and the produced light is coupled into the display. When no voltage is applied, the liquid crystal is uniformly aligned and is transparent. The incident light propagates through the display by total internal reflection at the interface between the substrate and air, and no light comes out of the viewing side of the display. The display appears transparent. When a voltage is applied, the liquid crystal is switched to a micrometer-sized polydomain state due to flexoelectric interaction and becomes scattering. The incident light is deflected from the waveguide mode and comes out of the viewing side of the display. We achieved thin-film-transistor active matrix compatible driving voltage by doping liquid crystal dimers with large flexoelectric coefficients. The light waveguide LCD does not use polarizers as in conventional LCDs. It has an ultrahigh transmittance near 90% in the voltage-off state. It is very suitable for transparent display, which can be used for head-up display and augmented reality display.展开更多
The modification and functionalization of peptides is of great significance in modern biotechnology and drug development. Here we report a highly reactive Michael-type warhead for the covalently modification of cystei...The modification and functionalization of peptides is of great significance in modern biotechnology and drug development. Here we report a highly reactive Michael-type warhead for the covalently modification of cysteine on peptide and protein. By installing a vinyl group onto a methionine residue of peptide,the produced vinyl sulfonium can be efficiently nucleophilic added by appropriate cysteine residue of this peptide, and thus yield a cyclized peptide. This peptide cyclization strategy was proven to exhibit improved cell penetration and good stability. Moreover, a peptide ligand bearing vinyl sulfonium could covalently bind to the cysteine in the target protein, indicating the potential of vinyl sulfonium as a novel warhead for developing covalent peptide inhibitor.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21878176)National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2018YFA0902200)financially supported by the Imperial College President’s PhD Scholarship Scheme。
文摘Lignocellulosic biomass has attracted great interest in recent years for energy production due to its renewability and carbon-neutral nature.There are various ways to convert lignocellulose to gaseous,liquid and solid fuels via thermochemical,chemical or biological approaches.Typical biomass derived fuels include syngas,bio-gas,bio-oil,bioethanol and biochar,all of which could be used as fuels for furnace,engine,turbine or fuel cells.Direct biomass fuel cells mediated by various electron carriers provide a new direction of lignocellulose conversion.Various metal and non-metal based carriers have been screened for mediating the electron transfer from biomass to oxygen thus generating electricity.The power density of direct biomass fuel cells can be over 100 mW cm^(-2),which shows promise for practical applications.Lignocellulose and its isolated components,primarily cellulose and lignin,have also been paid considerable attention as sustainable carbonaceous materials for preparation of electrodes for supercapacitors,lithium-ion batteries and lithium-sulfur batteries.In this paper,we have provided a state-of-the-art review on the research progress of lignocellulosic biomass as feedstock and materials for power generation and energy storage focusing on the chemistry aspects of the processes.It was recommended that process integration should be performed to reduce the cost for thermochemical and biological conversion of lignocellulose to biofuels,while efforts should be made to increase efficiency and improve the properties for biomass fuelled fuel cells and biomass derived electrodes for energy storage.
基金Weare grateful for the financial support from the Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.21778009,21977010,and 22007033)National Key Research and Development Program“Synthetic Biology”Key Special Project of China(grant no.2018YFA0902504)+3 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(grant no.2021M690220)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(grant nos.2020A1515010522,2020A1515010766,2019A1515110487,and 2019A151-5111184)the Foundation for Basic and Applied Research of Guangdong Province(grant no.2019A1515110489)and the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee(grant nos.JCYJ20180507181527112,JCYJ-201805081522131455,and JCYJ20170817172023838).
文摘Over the past 20 years,great efforts have been invested in developing site-specific approaches to protein modification to dissect protein functions directly and accurately.Here,we report a proximitytriggered group transfer strategy from a sulfonium warhead to a Cysteine(Cys)residue of the target protein.With a guiding ligand,cargoes could be transferred selectively from a sulfonium center onto the Cys residue in the vicinity of their binding interface.The successful thalidomide transfer of sulfonium 1-X could be applied intracellularly for epidermal growth factor receptor degradation,highlighting the potential of group transfer strategy as a suite of chemical biology studies,including cell imaging,protein profiling,and protein degradation by simply employing different transferrable groups.
文摘We report a light waveguide liquid crystal display(LCD) based on the flexoelectric effect. The display consists of two parallel flat substrates with a layer of flexoelectric liquid crystal sandwiched between them. A light-emitting diode(LED) is installed on the edge of the display and the produced light is coupled into the display. When no voltage is applied, the liquid crystal is uniformly aligned and is transparent. The incident light propagates through the display by total internal reflection at the interface between the substrate and air, and no light comes out of the viewing side of the display. The display appears transparent. When a voltage is applied, the liquid crystal is switched to a micrometer-sized polydomain state due to flexoelectric interaction and becomes scattering. The incident light is deflected from the waveguide mode and comes out of the viewing side of the display. We achieved thin-film-transistor active matrix compatible driving voltage by doping liquid crystal dimers with large flexoelectric coefficients. The light waveguide LCD does not use polarizers as in conventional LCDs. It has an ultrahigh transmittance near 90% in the voltage-off state. It is very suitable for transparent display, which can be used for head-up display and augmented reality display.
基金financial support from the National Key Research and Development Program"Synthetic Biology"Key Special Project of China (No. 2018YFA0902504)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2021M690220)+7 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21778009 and21977010)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(Nos. 2019A1515110487, 2020A1515010522 and 2019A1515111184)the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee (Nos. JCYJ20180507181527112, JCYJ20180508152213145, and JCYJ20170817172023838)the Foundation for Basic and Applied Research of Guangdong Province (No. 2019A1515110489)Guangdong Medical Science Foundation (No. A2021413)financial support from Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Science Open Grant (No. BNLMS20160112)Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science-Shenzhen Fundamental Research Institutions (No. 2019SHIBS0004)supported by the high-performance computing platform of Peking University。
文摘The modification and functionalization of peptides is of great significance in modern biotechnology and drug development. Here we report a highly reactive Michael-type warhead for the covalently modification of cysteine on peptide and protein. By installing a vinyl group onto a methionine residue of peptide,the produced vinyl sulfonium can be efficiently nucleophilic added by appropriate cysteine residue of this peptide, and thus yield a cyclized peptide. This peptide cyclization strategy was proven to exhibit improved cell penetration and good stability. Moreover, a peptide ligand bearing vinyl sulfonium could covalently bind to the cysteine in the target protein, indicating the potential of vinyl sulfonium as a novel warhead for developing covalent peptide inhibitor.