In 1984, the 1^st Chinese Chemical Society National Conference on Inorganic Biochemistry was held in Wuhan, announcing the start of researches of inorganic biochemistry in China. As one of the founders for inorganic biochemical researches in China, Professor Kui Wang initiated and made great contributions in the development of inorganic cytochemistry. This paper presents a brief review on the studies of interaction of organic compounds with cells with focusing on the works done by Prof. Wang's group.

Due to quantum confinement effect, band gap of semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) is dependent on the particle size. However, tuning band gap of NCs simply by changing particle size may cause problems technically. Herein, we review new concepts and new routes to tune band gap of NCs including alloyed NCs, inverted Type- I and Type- II core/shell structur and their corresponding advantages.

Mesoporous zeolite materials, which are defined as the crystalline zeolite materials containing a large amount of mesopores, not only inherit excellent acidity and hydrothermal stability of zeolite, but also improve the adsorption and diffusion of large molecules due to the insertion of mesopores. Mesoporous zeolite materials have much effective and promised applications in catalysis, especially catalytic reaction involving large molecules. In this article we summarize several methods for preparation of mesoporous zeolite materials and show their differences. Recent applications of mesoporous zeolite materials in different catalytic reactions are introduced and further research areas of mesoporous zeolite materials are discussed.

Chirality can be observed on various levels in Nature and the research related to supramolecular chirality has been received increasing interest due to the tunability of the non-covalent intermolecular interactions in supramolecular systems. The recent progress in the studies of chiroptical switch is reviewed. Chioptical switch could be fabricated not only by chiral molecules, but also by the combination of chiral and achiral molecules. In some particular cases, chiroptical switch exclusively from achiral molecules has been realized.

ZSM-5 molecular sieve was widely used as catalysts for aromatization, catalytic cracking and isomerization. Recently The ZSM-5 was applied to light alkanes dehydrogenation due to its unique bore configuration and the character of surface acidity. The paper summarized the progress of ZSM-5 in application and theoretical research for light alkanes dehydrogenation, including Zn/ZSM-5, Ga/ZSM-5 for theory of dehydrogenation used computer simulation, and the ZSM-5 catalysts modified with Fe, Cr, Pt and some transition metal else prepared by liquid-ion exchange and impregnation methods. The influencing factors of ZSM-5-based catalysts such as Si/Al, calcination temperature and the preparation methods are discussed. Further prospects of the ZSM-5-based catalysts are provided.

Stimuli-responsive materials exhibit abrupt physical or chemical property changes in response to changes in external stimuli such as the light ,the temperature, the pH, as well as the ion strengths or exposure to an electric field or magnetic field. In this paper, the progress of light-stimuli responsive materials and thermal-stimuli responsive materials are reviewed. The research of light-stimuli responsive materials in the fields of light responsive hydrogels and photochromic materials are described. The progress and applications about thermally sensitive hydrogels, thermal-sensitive shape memory materials and thermochromic materials are introduced. The prospects of the application and research of them in multi- subjects are also recommended.

Light emissions of the organic dyes are, however, often quenched when the luminophors are fabricated into solid thin films, which have greatly limited their scope of practical applications, such as organic light-emitting diodes, chemosensors/biosensors etc. So that, the organic compounds with excellent emission properties at aggregate state or solid state, that are, aggregation-induced emission (AIE), aggregation-induced emission enhancement(AIEE) and crystallization-induced emission enhancement(CIEE) properties, attract more and more attention. They can get tunable intensity and wavelength of emission by adjusting molecular structure, twisted conformation, rigidity of structure and stack morphology etc. The review focuses on the structures and mechanisms about AIE, AIEE and CIEE. The kinds of compounds with AIE, AIEE and CIEE are summarized, mainly including siloles, substituted ethenes (mainly including fulvene and DPDSB style), CN-MBE, pyran, biphenyl compounds and polymers. Herein some theories explaining AIE, AIEE and CIEE are introduced including RIR (Restriction of Intramolecular Rotation), non-activation by avoiding nonradiative decay, preventability of excimers by twisted conformation, J-aggregate state and intermolecular C-H/π interaction .

Inorganic hollow micro/nanostructures have been one of the research frontiers and focuses in nanomaterials field due to their low density, high specific surface area, monodispersity, stability, and novel multifunctional properties arising from combining different materials into the hollow interiors and potential applications in micro/nanoscale chemical reactors, drug-delivery carriers, photonic building blocks, efficient catalysts, energy-storage media and so on. This artical reviews the recent progress in the synthesis, characterization and properties of inorganic hollow micro/nanostructures.

Heteropoly acid photodegradation to organic pollutants is reviewed in this paper, which includs photoinduced catalysis of itself, semiconductor cooperative photocatalysis, Fenton like reaction in the presence of H₂O₂ and catalysis assisted by ultrasonic wave. Reaction mechenism between heteropoly acid and organic matter is generation of electron-hole pair and producing of three radical such as ·OH. Advantages and limitations of heteropoly acid photodegradation are summarized. It is suggested that crystal structure of heteropoly acid should be changed by doping, for narrowing the energy-band width and increasing the photodegradation quantum efficiency. Heteropoly acid combined with other electron acceptor is discussed, especially with matters processing visible light activity, so as to enlarge photoresponse range and achieve visible light catalytic reaction.

The interest in using room temperature ionic liquids(RTILs) as potential replacement solvents for organic synthesis, extraction, electrochemistry, and materials science had increased tremendously in the recent years. Among them, chiral ionic liquids are particularly attractive due to their potential for chiral discrimination, asymmetric synthesis, optical resolution of racemates, stereoselective polymerization, gas chromatography, NMR shift reagents and liquid crystals. Even though the difficult synthesis of chiral ionic liquids and their high cost often precluded their use, the possibility to use chiral ionic liquids as inducers for asymmetric reactions has greatly prompted researchers to continuely synthesize new chiral solvents. The chiral ionic liquids are designed either from the chiral pool (aminoacids, amines, aminoalcohols, and alkaloids) or by asymmetric synthesis; they can bear center, axial or planar chirality. This review deals mainly with recent advances in synthesis of chiral ionic liquids. Based on the species of cation or anion, they are classified into imidazolium-based, pyridinium-based, ammonium-based, and thiazolinium-based etc. In addition, some new synthesis techniques are also introduced.

Recently, the modification of porphyrin by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition has been studied intensively. The cycloaddition product plays an important role in photodynamic therapy (PDT) as potential photosensitizer or in artificial photoreaction center due to its characteristic long-wavelength absorption bands. The progress on modification of porphyrin by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition is reviewed. The synthesis of novel heterocyclic-fused chlorins and bacteriochlorins by the reactions of the peripheral double bonds of the porphyrin macrocycle with the 1, 3-dipoles such as azomethine ylide, nitrones, diazomethane, carbonyl ylide, nitrile oxide is discussed. The synthesis of new β-substituted porphyrin derivatives by the reactions of porphyrin dipoles with dipolarophiles such as C₆₀ etc. is discussed and the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of expanded porphyrin with azomethine ylide is referred.

Calixarenes are highly versatile scaffolds for the design of 3-D cavities, and have been regarded as the third generation of host molecule after crown ethers and cyclodextrins in supermolecular chemistry, which can selectively form complexes with guest molecules or ions. Recently, calixarene containing polymers have attracted much attention. Due to the good stability and machinability of polymer materials, calixarene containing polymers are expected to be developed as novel functional materials, which have been widely studies in ion selective electrodes and membranes, chemical and biochemical sensors and selective extraction of ions and neutral molecules. Based on the chain structures, there are three kinds of calixarenes containing polymers: calixarene in polymer backbone, calixarene as polymer side group and star polymer with a calixarene core. In this paper, the recent progress on the synthesis and application of calixarene containing polymers is reviewed.

Nitric oxide(NO) is a potent inhibitor of platelet adhesion and activation, and an excellent inhibitor of smooth muscle cell proliferation. NO releasing polymers exhibited enhanced thromboresistivity and had the potential to reduce neointimal hyperplasia. In this artical, the recent studies on the preparation, characterization and biomedical applications of novel NO releasing polymeric materials are reviewed. N-diazeniumdiolates and S-nitrosothiols (RSNOs) are two main types of NO donors which used to prepare NO releasing polymers. The approaches taken to prepare NO releasing polymers are classified into three catogories: (1)doping discrete NO nonors within polymer matrix; (2)covalent attachment of NO resealing moieties on the filler particles of the polymer to provide NO releasing properties and then dispersion them into the polymer backbone; (3) covalent linkage of NO donors to polymer molecules. The various NO releasing polymers have potential applications in biomedical devices, such as intravascular sensors, extracorporeal bloodloop circuits, and arteriovenous grafts etc.

Polymer nanoparticles are used as carriers for the delivery of drug and gene. It has been one of the most attractive areas because of its scientific value and full potential of application. In this paper, an overview of polymer nanoparticles for the delivery of drug and gene is presented with a focus on typical examples, such as macromolecular drugs, polymer–drug and polymer–protein conjugates, polymeric micelles containing covalently bound drug, and polymer–DNA delivery. The existing problems and future development are also discussed.

Molecular imprinting is a new approach to prepare predictable selectivity stationary and monolithic collumn is a novel technology for chromatographic stationary phase. The combination of monolith and molecularly imprinted polymers(MIPs) integrates the high efficiency of liquid chromatography and the high selectivity of MIPs, which will accelerates the develpoment of MIPs technique in the field of separation science. Therefore, the research in this field has attracted considerable interests and plays an important role in the area of analytical chemistry. In this review，the progress of molecularly imprinted monolith is summarized in detail from the polymerization conditionsto prepare MIPs' physical monolith, the separation conditions to evaluate the efficiency of MIPs, and the method of characterizingg MIPs' physical and chemical properties concerning the application of liquid chromatography-based MIPs. The limitations and prospective applications of the technique relates with MIPs monolithic column are also discussed．

A powerful tool is presented in the proteome studies by muti-dimensional separation system constructed on the micofluidic chip platform. Approaches to estimate the orthogonality between selected separation modes are presented in this paper. Microfluidic two-dimensional chip electrophoresis system of various coupling modes, such as micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) coupled with capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE), open-channel electro-chromatography (OCEC)-CZE, isoelectric focusing (IEF)-CZE, IEF-SDS-capillary gel electrophoresis (CGE), SDS-CGE-MEKC, etc., designed for protein/peptides separation are summarized. Particularly, types of switching interface for two-dimensional electrophoresis microchip are classified and detecting techniques for two-dimensional microchip electrophoresis are discussed. Application prospects and developing trends of microfluidic two-dimensional electrophoresis chip in the proteome studies are also discussed.

This paper provides a comprehensive review on the recent development of the static headspace gas chromatography with focuses on various types of approaches including volatile species phase equilibration and non-volatile species derivatization methods used in the headspace analysis. These techniques mainly introduced are the conventional, full-evaporation, phase conversion for study of reaction kinetics is also introduced. Several special applications of headspace gas chromatography with these newly developed headspace analysis technologies are provided.

Proton exchange membrane is a key material for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC). Currently wide-used perfluorosulfonic acid membranes have some disadvantages, such as low thermal stability, easy swelling, excessive crossover of methanol and high price etc., other membranes, including sulfonated polymer, radiation grafted membranes, organic-inorganic hybrids and acid-base blends, do not satisfy the criteria for PEMFC, which set a barrier to the development and commercialization of PEMFC. Pore-filling type proton exchange membrane is a new proton exchange membrane, which is formed by filling porous substrate membrane with electrolytes. Compared with traditional perfluorosulfonic acid membranes, pore-filling type proton exchange membranes have many advantages, such as non-swelling, low methanol permeation, high proton conductivity, low cost and a wide range of materials to choose. In this paper, the progress on polymer-based, organic/inorganic compounds-based and inorganic compounds-based pore-filling type proton exchange membranes has been introduced, and the developing trend of proton exchange membrane has been suggested.

Materials with core-shell structure can combine the functions of both core and shell parts. In recent years, the material design concept of core-shell structures have also been introduced to the field of lithium ion batteries. Recent progress is reviewed on the preparation, electrochemical performances, and structural stability of core-shell structured cathode and anode materials in lithium ion batteries, and problems and prospect are also pointed out for this kind of materials. Since the current commercial lithium ion battery materials can't satisfy the requirements such as high-energy density and reliable safety, preparing core-shell materials is hopefully to increase the general performances of Li ion battery materials.

High temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) has received increasingly interest in recent years, which provides a potential way for the large-scale production of hydrogen. A solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) can split H₂O into H₂ and O₂ at high efficiency. The high-temperature heat and the electrical power can be supplied simutaneously by renewable energy sources or advanced nuclear energy. The conversion efficiency of thermal energy to hydrogen in HTSE is as high as 50%. The mechanism, classification, composition and structure of SOEC are summarized. Current situation, key materials and core technologies of SOEC in HTSE are reviewed and the foreground of its future application in advanced energy fields is proposed.