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Li group published article on Journal of Materials Chemistry B about a study of organosilicon modification enhanced the stability of black phosphorus nanosheets at ambient conditions

Thanks to its tunable direct-bandgap, high charge-carrier mobility and unique in-plane anisotropic structure, black phosphorus (BP) has become a rising star of post-graphene two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials. However, BP is unstable in the ambient conditions which largely limits its application....

Li group published article on Chem Sci about a study of stapling of unprotected helical peptides via photo induced intramolecular thiol yne hydrothiolation

Peptide stapling emerged as a versatile strategy to recapitulate the bioactive helical conformation of unstructured short peptides in water to improve their therapeutic properties in targeting intracellular “undruggable” targets. Here, we describe the development of photo-induced intramolecular thiol–yne macrocyclization...

Li group published article on Angew Chem Int Ed about a study of an in tether chiral center modulates the helicity cell permeabilityand target binding affinity of a peptide

The addition of a precisely positioned chiral center in the tether of a constrained peptide is reported, yielding two separable peptide diastereomers with significantly different helicity, as supported by circular dichroism (CD) and NMR spectroscopy. Single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis suggests that the...

Li group published article on Nano Research about a study of A simple and novel method for the quantitative detection of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine using carbon nanotube field- effect transistors.

Li group published article on Nano Research about a study of A simple and novel method for the quantitative detection of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine using carbon nanotube field- effect transistors.   5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5-hmC) is an important epigenetic derivative of cytosine and quantitative...

Li group published article on Chembiochem. about a study of A Thioether-Stabilized d-Proline–l-Proline-Induced β-Hairpin Peptide of Defensin Segment Increases Its Anti-Candida albicans Ability

Li group published article on Chembiochem. about a study of A Thioether-Stabilized d-Proline–l-Proline-Induced β-Hairpin Peptide of Defensin Segment Increases Its Anti-Candida albicans Ability   We report a β-hairpin dual stabilizing strategy: a d-proline-l-proline (d-Pro-l-Pro) dipeptide as the nucleating turn,...

Li group published article on Cell Chemical Biology about a study of Structure-Based Identification of a Potent Inhibitor Targeting Stp1-Mediated Virulence Regulation in Staphylococcus aureus

Li group published article on Cell Chemical Biology about a study of  Structure-Based Identification of a Potent Inhibitor Targeting Stp1-Mediated Virulence Regulation in Staphylococcus aureus  The increasing threats of antibiotic resistance urge the need for developing new strategies against bacterial...