October 2025Vol. 44, Issue 10

• A breakthrough approach to hydrogen peroxide synthesis: Defect-enhanced catalysis in SnSe nanosheets 2025.100679
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  A breakthrough approach to hydrogen peroxide synthesis: Defect-enhanced catalysis in SnSe nanosheets

  Ziyan Wang, Yihe Gao, Chao Han*

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100679. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100679

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

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• Localized acidic microenvironment by Brønsted acid oxides eliminates ultrapure water requirement in PEM electrolysers 2025.100680
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  Localized acidic microenvironment by Brønsted acid oxides eliminates ultrapure water requirement in PEM electrolysers

  Wentao Xu, Fuqin Zheng, Wei Chen*

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100680. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100680

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

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• Photon-avalanche upconversion with nonlinearities exceeding 500 2025.100682
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  Photon-avalanche upconversion with nonlinearities exceeding 500

  Dengfeng Yang, Chenyin Zheng, Wei Zheng*, Xueyuan Chen*

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100682. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100682

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

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• Atomically dispersed cobalt in MFI zeolite framework for sustainable propane dehydrogenation 2025.100683
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  Atomically dispersed cobalt in MFI zeolite framework for sustainable propane dehydrogenation

  Xiang Fu, Jun Yu*, Weili Dai*

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100683. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100683

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

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• Multi-phase evolution of MOFs involving crystal, liquid and glass: New dynamic chemistry 2025.100710
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  Multi-phase evolution of MOFs involving crystal, liquid and glass: New dynamic chemistry

  Jia-Xin Wu, Zheng Yin*, Ming-Hua Zeng*

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100710. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100710

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

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• Atomic design of SACs directs PMS activation through ETP 2025.100681
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  Atomic design of SACs directs PMS activation through ETP

  Lingyue Liu*, Jie Ding*

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100681. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100681

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

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• Lead-free organic antimony halide with dual-band intrinsic white light emission for warm WLED directly 2025.100678
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  Lead-free organic antimony halide with dual-band intrinsic white light emission for warm WLED directly

  Hua Tong, Haibo Li*, Wei Liu*, Gangfeng Ouyang*

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100678. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100678

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

  Keywords: Organic antimony halides; White light emission; Self-trapped excitons (STEs); WLED

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  By designing different functional units in the same structure, an organic antimony halide compound with dual-band intrinsic white light emission have been synthesized which have two emission centers comes from inorganic units and organic cations, showing potential as new solid-state lighting phosphors.
• Achieving the birefringence-bandgap trade-off: Hydrogen-bond engineered biuret-cyanurate 2025.100695
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  Achieving the birefringence-bandgap trade-off: Hydrogen-bond engineered biuret-cyanurate

  Ziqi Chen, Miriding Mutailipu*

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100695. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100695

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

  Keywords: Birefringence; π-conjugated group; Hydrogen bonding; Optical anisotropy

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  First designation of biuret as a birefringence-active moiety enabled construction of two cyanuric acid assemblies. [H₅C₂N₃O₂][H₃C₃N₃O₃]·xH₂O achieves giant birefringence (0.403) with short UV cutoff edge (208 nm), resolving the inherent trade-off between optical anisotropy and bandgap.

• Diverse roles of indacenodithiophene in push-pull chromophores for enhanced two-photon absorption and efficient nonlinear optical limiting 2025.100704
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  Diverse roles of indacenodithiophene in push-pull chromophores for enhanced two-photon absorption and efficient nonlinear optical limiting

  Yijia Chen, Wendan Luo, Ke Liu*, Taihong Liu*, Liping Ding, Yu Fang

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100704. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100704

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

  Keywords: Indacenodithiophene; Push-pull effect; Two-photon absorption; Structure-property correlation; Excited-state dynamics

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  The intrinsic structure-property correlation, two-photon absorption, and non- linear optical limiting capabilities of multi-polar indacenodithiophene (IDT) derivatives were illustrated experimentally and theoretically.
• Structural optimization of organometallic cages for enhanced photothermal solar water evaporation 2025.100705
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  Structural optimization of organometallic cages for enhanced photothermal solar water evaporation

  Xiao-Qian Wan, Ya-Ning Xu, Jian-Xin Yang, Dan Tian*, Li-Long Dang*, Feng Bai, Lu-Fang Ma

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100705. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100705

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

  Keywords: Organometallic cage; Half-sandwich unit; Coordination-driven self-assembly; Photothermal conversion

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  Organometallic cages 1–4 were synthesized from E1-E4 and L1. Cage 4, with optimal photothermal properties, was used in membrane 1′, achieving a solar evaporation rate of 1.92 kg·m⁻²·h⁻¹.
  
• From centrosymmetric CN3H6C6H5SO3 to non-centrosymmetric CN3H6C6H4SO3(OH): Hydroxyl introduced hydrogen bond reconstruction to realize strong second harmonic generation 2025.100707
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  From centrosymmetric CN₃H₆C₆H₅SO₃ to non-centrosymmetric CN₃H₆C₆H₄SO₃(OH): Hydroxyl introduced hydrogen bond reconstruction to realize strong second harmonic generation

  Xiaodong Zhang, Bohui Xu, Deshuai Xiao, Xinyuan Zhang, Pifu Gong*, Zheshuai Lin*

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100707. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100707

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

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  By hydroxyl introduced hydrogen bond reconstruction, a centrosymmetric to non-centrosymmetric structural transformation has been achieved from CN₃H₆C₆H₅SO₃ to CN₃H₆C₆H₄SO₃(OH), which results in the realization of strong second harmonic generation.

• Ligand conformational adaptability modulated self-assembly of Solomon links (412 ) and trefoil knots (31) 2025.100712
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  Ligand conformational adaptability modulated self-assembly of Solomon links (4₁² ) and trefoil knots (3₁)

  Xing-Cheng Hu, Qiu-Shui Mu, Shu-Jin Bao, Yan Zou, Xin-Yu Wang, Guo-Xin Jin*

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100712. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100712

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

  Keywords: Coordination-driven self-assembly; Half-sandwich units; Solomon links; Trefoil knots; Conformational adaptability

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  Four distinct topological assemblies were constructed via coordination-driven self-assembly of one conformationally adap-tive ligand featuring a tunable torsional angle θ with different half-sandwich building blocks bearing Cp∗Rh^III/Ir^III.
• Regulating the coplanarity of π-conjugated units through hydrogen bonding in FAHC2O4 and FAH2C3N3S3 crystals 2025.100714
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  Regulating the coplanarity of π-conjugated units through hydrogen bonding in FAHC₂O₄ and FAH₂C₃N₃S₃ crystals

  Yi-Chang Yang, Rui-Xi Wang, Li-Ming Wu*, Ling Chen*

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100714. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100714

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

  Keywords: Birefringence; Hydrogen bond; Coplanarity; Formamidinium; π-Conjugated unit

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  Two new crystals FAHC₂O₄ and FAH₂C₃N₃S₃ exhibit large birefringence, originating from π-conjugated units and coplanar structures, with hydrogen bond strength modulating the coplanarity.
• Ionic covalent organic frameworks enable laser-pulse-duration-dependent high third-order nonlinear optical responses 2025.100733
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  Ionic covalent organic frameworks enable laser-pulse-duration-dependent high third-order nonlinear optical responses

  Tianyang Dong#, Xingyuan Wen#, Xingzhi Wu, Ying Jiang, Wang Chong,Ruizhi Liu, Junyi Li, Wenfa Zhou, Yinglin Song, Xiaofeng Shi, Rui Wen, Chunru Wang, Li Jiang*, Chunli Bai*

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100733. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100733

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

  Keywords: Ionic covalent organic framework; Third-order nonlinear optical properties; Pulse-width-dependent nonlinear absorption ; characteristics; Z-scan; Conjugated zwitterionic structures

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  A strong nonlinear refraction and convertible nonlinear absorption were simultaneously achieved in an ionic covalent or-ganic framework, taking the form of an ordered ultrathin film with an enhanced built-in electric field.
• Order-by-order control over the nonlinear optical properties of atomically precise nanoclusters 2025.100735
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  Order-by-order control over the nonlinear optical properties of atomically precise nanoclusters

  Ying Xu+, Yan Pu+, Qiong Zhang*, Xi Kang*, Manzhou Zhu

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100735. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100735

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

  Keywords: Metal nanoclusters; Alloying; Fluorescence; Nonlinear optics; Optical limiting

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  The heteroatom alloying effect was exploited to accomplish the order-by-order control over the nonlinear optics of atomi-cally precise nanoclusters.
• Construction of metal cluster-based materials directed by a bifunctional pyridyl tripodal alcohol ligand according to hard and soft acid-base theory 2025.100702
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  Construction of metal cluster-based materials directed by a bifunctional pyridyl tripodal alcohol ligand according to hard and soft acid-base theory

  Yan-Jia Lin, Qing-Xin Zeng*, Xiao-Min Shen*, Shou-Tian Zheng, Xin-Xiong Li*

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100702. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100702

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

  Keywords: Tripodal alcohol ligand; Metal cluster; Polyoxometalate; Cluster-organic frameworks

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  A systematic summarization of metal cluster-based materials directed by a pyridyl tripodal alcohol ligand has been pre-sented, providing valuable insights for the further development of metal cluster-based functional materials.
• Homochiral metal-organic frameworks bearing privileged ligands for heterogeneous asymmetric catalysis 2025.100719
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  Homochiral metal-organic frameworks bearing privileged ligands for heterogeneous asymmetric catalysis

  Pengfu Gao, Yuan Geng, Wei Gong*

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100719. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100719

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

  Keywords: Heterogeneous asymmetric catalysis; Metal-organic frameworks; Chiral ligands; Chiral pore environment

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  This review highlights the homochiral metal-organic frameworks built of privileged chiral ligands, aiming to facilitate the future development of robust chiral solid catalysts for broad-scope asymmetric organic transformations.
• Frustrated Lewis pairs in CO2 photoreduction: A review on synergistic activation and charge separation 2025.100728
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  Frustrated Lewis pairs in CO₂ photoreduction: A review on synergistic activation and charge separation

  Huarui Han, Yangrui Xu, Yu Cheng, Liguang Tang, Jie Jin, Xinlin Liu, Changchang Ma, Ziyang Lu*

  Cite this article: Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(10), 100728. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100728

  Publication date: October 15, 2025

  Keywords: FLPs; CO₂ reduction; Photocatalysis; Synergistic activation; Charge transfer mechanism

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  This review highlights how FLPs enhance photocatalytic CO₂ reduction through synergistic molecular activation and di-rected electron transfer, offering a strategic pathway toward efficient and selective solar fuel production.