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Journal of the American Chemical Society

Researchers Report 3D COF Atomic Level Structural Analysis

Covalent organic frameworks are 2D or 3D porous crystals built by organic molecules through covalent bonds. Due to the framework stability and accurate control at molecular-level, this type of material shows potential applications in gas adsorption/separation, energy storage and conversion, drug delivery and so on. Recently, a collaborative work by SPST Assistant Professors Zhang Yuebiao and Ma Ya...

2019-08-30
Nature Communications

Researchers Reveal Novel TB-drug Resistance Mechanism

On August 29th, 2019, a study led by a collaboration between ShanghaiTech Adjunct Professor Rao Zihe and SLST Adjunct Professor and CAS Institute of Biophysics Hu Junjie’s group was published online in Nature Communications. In the research article, “Mycobacterial dynamin-like protein IniA mediates membrane fission,” they reported the crystal structure of IniA, an isoniazid inducible protein, w...

2019-08-29
Advanced Functional Materials

Researchers Uncover Formation Mechanism of Metal Halide Perovskite

A research team led by SPST assistant Professor Chen Gang recently published a research paper in Advanced Functional Materials, ‘In Situ Observation of Crystallization Dynamics and Grain Orientation in Sequential Deposition of Metal Halide Perovskites,’ which was highlighted as a cover illustration.Thin-film based perovskite solar cells exhibit stunning power conversion efficiency and pose a con...

2019-08-20
Nature Communications

Study Identifies Novel AAV Vector

On August 19th, an article by a research group led by iHuman Institute and SLST Assistant Professor Zhong Guisheng, working with collaborators Southeast University Professor Chai Renjie and Fudan University Professor Li Huawei was published in Nature Communications, entitled ‘AAV-ie enables safe and efﬁcient gene transfer to inner ear cells.’ They have identified a novel adeno-associated virus (...

2019-08-19
Nano Letters

Researchers Develop New Class of 2D Perovskite Solar Cells

Recently, Assistant Professor Chen Gang’s group at SPST published their research in Nano Letters, ‘A New Organic Interlayer Spacer for Stable and Efficient 2D Ruddlesden−Popper Perovskite Solar Cells.’2D perovskite, which blends an organic interlayer spacer within the 3D perovskite matrix, promises great possibilities towards the fabrication of highly efficient and stable solar cell devices. Th...

2019-08-16
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

AI Molecular Representation Method Gives Chemical Insights from Drug Discovery Data

With graph attention mechanism, a ShanghaiTech team created an explainable artificial intelligence (AI) molecular representation method that can help medicinal chemists gain chemical insights from relevant drug discovery data directly.Hunting for chemicals with favorable pharmacological, toxicological, and pharmacokinetic properties remains a formidable challenge for drug discovery. To date, over ...

2019-08-13
Nature Communications

Method to Manipulate Topological Electronic Structures in Weyl Semimetals Discovered

Recently, an SPST team of researchers led by Professor Chen Yulin successfully demonstrated in-situ manipulation of surface Fermi arcs (SFAs) – the signature electronic structures of Weyl semimetal – and realized their topological Lifshitz transition via surface decoration in ultra-high vacuum environment. The study, “Topological Lifshitz transitions and Fermi arc manipulation in Weyl semimetal N...

2019-08-02
Nano Letters

New Class of 2D Perovskite Solar Cells Developed

Recently, Assistant Professor Chen Gang’s group at SPST published their research in Nano Letters, "A New Organic Interlayer Spacer for Stable and Efficient 2D Ruddlesden−Popper Perovskite Solar Cells."2D perovskite, which blends an organic interlayer spacer within the 3D perovskite matrix, promises great possibilities towards the fabrication of highly efficient and stable solar cell dev...

2019-08-01
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

SPST Mi Qixi’s Group Advances in Novel Optoelectronic Materials

SPST Dr. Mi Qixi’s group reported their new progress in lead-free perovskite materials in a paper entitled “Band Alignment Boosts Charge–Carrier Collection in Sn-Based Perovskite over Pb Counterparts,” published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters and was highlighted as a cover illustration.The group previously discovered that CsSnBr3 (cesium tin bromide) has excellent semico...

2019-07-16
Factors Governing Complex MOF Construction Uncovered

Recently, SPST Assistant Professor Li Tao’s research group overcame the key obstacles of constructing core-shell type metal-organic framework (MOF) composite materials. The work, “Uncovering Two Kinetic Factors in the Controlled Growth of Topologically Distinct Core-Shell Metal-Organic Frameworks,” was published in Chemical Science. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a broad class of poro...

2019-06-27
Chemistry of Materials

Progress Made in Understanding of Optoelectronic Properties of Perovskite Materials

Assistant Professor Mi Qixi’s group from the School of Physical Science and Technology (SPST) has recently made new progress in the study of optoelectronic properties of perovskite materials. Their research work, “Stabilizing the CsSnCl3 Perovskite Lattice by B-Site Substitution for Enhanced Light Emission,” has been published in the academic journal Chemistry of Materials, with two ...

2019-06-18
Energy & Environmental Science

Scientists Find A New Layered Material for Removal of ⁹⁰Sr

SPST scientists Professor Osamu Terasaki, Dr. Peter Oleynikov, Dr. Alvaro Mayoral and Dr. Ma Yanhang, have collaborated with Professor Kyung Byung Yoon to report a new layered vanadosilicate for removal of 90Sr from highly Na+-rich liquid nuclear waste. The paper was published in Energy & Environmental Science with the title of “Removal of 90Sr from highly Na+-rich liquid nuclear waste w...

2019-05-20
Trends in Cell Biology

Review Published of Function of a Conserved Cell Cycle Protein in Cell Differentiation

Assistant Professor Yuu Kimata at School of Life Science and Technology published a review article titled ‘APC/C Ubiquitin Ligase: Coupling Cellular Differentiation to G1/G0 Phase in Multicellular Systems’ in Trends in Cell Biology in April 2019. The article reviews the recent progress on the molecular function of a protein complex, the Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C), which is...

2019-04-24
Cell Discovery

Scientists Identify Novel Cytoskeleton Ultrastructures

Recently, a research group led by iHuman Institute and SLST Assistant Professor Zhong Guisheng, working with collaborators SLST Assistant Professor He Shuijin and Southeast University Professor Chai Renjie, used a super-resolution fluorescence microscope to identify novel cytoskeleton ultrastructures in inner ear hair cell. Their two studies, “A cytoskeleton structure revealed by super-resolution...

2019-04-20

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