Inspired by sophisticated biological structures and their physiological processes, supramolecular chemistry has been developed for understanding and mimicking the behaviors of natural species. Through spontaneous self...Inspired by sophisticated biological structures and their physiological processes, supramolecular chemistry has been developed for understanding and mimicking the behaviors of natural species. Through spontaneous self-assembly of functional building blocks, we are able to control the structures and regulate the functions of resulting supramolecular assemblies. Up to now, numerous functional supramolecular assemblies have been constructed and successfully employed as molecular devices, machines and biological diagnostic platforms. This review will focus on molecular structures of functional molecular building blocks and their assembled superstructures for biological detection and delivery.展开更多
Luminescent carbon nanoparticles （CNPs） are newcomers to the world of nanomaterials and have shown great impact in health and environmental applications as well as being promising building blocks for future nanodevi...Luminescent carbon nanoparticles （CNPs） are newcomers to the world of nanomaterials and have shown great impact in health and environmental applications as well as being promising building blocks for future nanodevices because of their fascinating photoluminescence and potential to serve as nontoxic replacements for traditional heavy-metals-based quantum dots. Herein, fluorescent CNPs have been prepared from candle soot by re fluxing with HNO3 and subsequently separated by a single centrifugation. The CNPs can be represented by the empirical formula C1Ho.677Oo.586No.o15Nao.069, and have a size of 20-100 nm, height of 3.0 nm, lifetime of 7.31 ns ＋ 0.06 ns and quantum yield of -1.7%. Further studies demonstrate that： （1）the as-prepared CNPs exhibit excellent stability in biological media and their luminescence intensity does not change with ionic strength or pH in the physiological and pathological range of pH 4.5-8.8; （2） CNPs can act as electron donors and transporters and porphyrin can assemble onto CNPs through electrostatic and ^-stacking interactions to form porphyrin-CNPs supramolecular composites; （3）CNPs have strong intrinsic peroxidase-like activity. Based on this intrinsic peroxidase activity, a simple, cheap, and highly selective and sensitive colorimetric and quantitative assay has been developed for the detection of glucose levels. This assay has been used to analyze real samples, such as diluted blood and fruit juice.展开更多
基金supported by National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,No.2013CB932701 )the 100-Talent program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing Natural Science Foundation(No.2132053)Young Scientists Fund of National Natural Science Foundation(No.51102014)
文摘Inspired by sophisticated biological structures and their physiological processes, supramolecular chemistry has been developed for understanding and mimicking the behaviors of natural species. Through spontaneous self-assembly of functional building blocks, we are able to control the structures and regulate the functions of resulting supramolecular assemblies. Up to now, numerous functional supramolecular assemblies have been constructed and successfully employed as molecular devices, machines and biological diagnostic platforms. This review will focus on molecular structures of functional molecular building blocks and their assembled superstructures for biological detection and delivery.
基金This project was supported by the 973 Project （No. 2011CB936004）, the National Natural Science Foundation of China （NSFC） （Nos. 20831003, 90813001, 20833006, and 90913007） and Funds from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
文摘Luminescent carbon nanoparticles （CNPs） are newcomers to the world of nanomaterials and have shown great impact in health and environmental applications as well as being promising building blocks for future nanodevices because of their fascinating photoluminescence and potential to serve as nontoxic replacements for traditional heavy-metals-based quantum dots. Herein, fluorescent CNPs have been prepared from candle soot by re fluxing with HNO3 and subsequently separated by a single centrifugation. The CNPs can be represented by the empirical formula C1Ho.677Oo.586No.o15Nao.069, and have a size of 20-100 nm, height of 3.0 nm, lifetime of 7.31 ns ＋ 0.06 ns and quantum yield of -1.7%. Further studies demonstrate that： （1）the as-prepared CNPs exhibit excellent stability in biological media and their luminescence intensity does not change with ionic strength or pH in the physiological and pathological range of pH 4.5-8.8; （2） CNPs can act as electron donors and transporters and porphyrin can assemble onto CNPs through electrostatic and ^-stacking interactions to form porphyrin-CNPs supramolecular composites; （3）CNPs have strong intrinsic peroxidase-like activity. Based on this intrinsic peroxidase activity, a simple, cheap, and highly selective and sensitive colorimetric and quantitative assay has been developed for the detection of glucose levels. This assay has been used to analyze real samples, such as diluted blood and fruit juice.
