Nucleic-acid-base photofunctional cocrystal for information security and antimicrobial applications

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Cocrystal engineering is an efficient and simple strategy to construct functional materials, especially for the exploitation of novel and multifunctional materials. Herein, we report two kinds of nucleic-acid-base cocrystal systems that imitate the strong hydrogen bond interactions constructed in the form of complementary base pairing. The two cocrystals studied exhibit different colors of phosphorescence from their monomeric counterparts and show the feature of rare high-temperature phosphorescence. Mechanistic studies reveal that the strong hydrogen bond network stabilizes the triplet state and suppresses non-radiative transitions, resulting in phosphorescence even at 425 K. Moreover, the isolation effects of the hydrogen bond network regulate the interactions between the phosphor groups, realizing the manipulation from aggregation to single-molecule phosphorescence. Benefiting from the long-lived triplet state with a high quantum yield, the generation of reactive oxygen species by energy transfer is also available to utilize for some applications such as in photodynamic therapy and broad-spectrum microbicidal effects. In vitro experiments show that the cocrystals efficiently kill bacteria on a tooth surface and significantly help prevent dental caries. This work not only provides deep insight into the relationship of the structure-properties of cocrystal systems, but also facilitates the design of multifunctional cocrystal materials and enriches their potential applications.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 15(2024), 1 vom: 22. März, Seite 2561

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xu, Wenqing [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Guanheng [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Zhan [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Ziqi [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jian-An [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ming-De [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Ben Zhong [VerfasserIn]
Phillips, David Lee [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Infective Agents
Journal Article
Nucleic Acids

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-024-46869-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370090934