E-commerce has transformed Caoxian into a hub of traditional Chinese attire.STEPPING inside Caoxian’s Youai Cloud Warehouse,a livestreaming base dedicated to hanfu(traditional clothing),it feels less like a clothing ...E-commerce has transformed Caoxian into a hub of traditional Chinese attire.STEPPING inside Caoxian’s Youai Cloud Warehouse,a livestreaming base dedicated to hanfu(traditional clothing),it feels less like a clothing warehouse and more like a time capsule.Thousands of intricately embroidered garments line the racks-from elegant horse-face skirts to modernised editions of traditional Chinese clothing.展开更多
When one steps inside Caoxian’s Youai Cloud Warehouse,a livestreaming base dedicated to hanfu,it feels less like a clothing warehouse and more like a time capsule.Thousands of intricately embroidered garments line th...When one steps inside Caoxian’s Youai Cloud Warehouse,a livestreaming base dedicated to hanfu,it feels less like a clothing warehouse and more like a time capsule.Thousands of intricately embroidered garments line the racks-from elegant horse-face skirts to modernised editions of traditional Chinese clothing.展开更多
Zigzag hydrocarbon belts have been fascinating chemists and materials scientists for decades because of their aesthetically appealing molecular structures,outstanding physical properties and intriguing chemical reacti...Zigzag hydrocarbon belts have been fascinating chemists and materials scientists for decades because of their aesthetically appealing molecular structures,outstanding physical properties and intriguing chemical reactivities predicted by theoretical calculations,and potential applications as unique macrocyclic hosts in supramolecular chemistry.They may also serve as templates or seeds to grow structurally well-defined uniform zigzag carbon nanotubes.While there have been continuous computational studies on the structures and properties of belt[n]arenes or[n]cyclacenes since they were proposed as hypothetical molecules in 1954,the synthesis of(partially)conjugated zigzag hydrocarbon belts remains a great challenge,with no progress being reported in the past 20 years.Very recently,we have been witnessing the renaissance of synthetic interest in zigzag hydrocarbon belts,and the formation of the first fully conjugated one is on the horizon.This minireview focuses on the understanding of belt[n]arenes based on theoretical calculations and the synthesis and structure of zigzag hydrocarbon belts.Perspectives on the strategies to isolate and characterize the fully conjugated belt[n]arenes and on the applications of zigzag hydrocarbon belts are also discussed.展开更多
文摘E-commerce has transformed Caoxian into a hub of traditional Chinese attire.STEPPING inside Caoxian’s Youai Cloud Warehouse,a livestreaming base dedicated to hanfu(traditional clothing),it feels less like a clothing warehouse and more like a time capsule.Thousands of intricately embroidered garments line the racks-from elegant horse-face skirts to modernised editions of traditional Chinese clothing.
文摘When one steps inside Caoxian’s Youai Cloud Warehouse,a livestreaming base dedicated to hanfu,it feels less like a clothing warehouse and more like a time capsule.Thousands of intricately embroidered garments line the racks-from elegant horse-face skirts to modernised editions of traditional Chinese clothing.
基金the National Science Foundation of China(grant nos.21732004,21821001,and 91427301)Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program for financial support.
文摘Zigzag hydrocarbon belts have been fascinating chemists and materials scientists for decades because of their aesthetically appealing molecular structures,outstanding physical properties and intriguing chemical reactivities predicted by theoretical calculations,and potential applications as unique macrocyclic hosts in supramolecular chemistry.They may also serve as templates or seeds to grow structurally well-defined uniform zigzag carbon nanotubes.While there have been continuous computational studies on the structures and properties of belt[n]arenes or[n]cyclacenes since they were proposed as hypothetical molecules in 1954,the synthesis of(partially)conjugated zigzag hydrocarbon belts remains a great challenge,with no progress being reported in the past 20 years.Very recently,we have been witnessing the renaissance of synthetic interest in zigzag hydrocarbon belts,and the formation of the first fully conjugated one is on the horizon.This minireview focuses on the understanding of belt[n]arenes based on theoretical calculations and the synthesis and structure of zigzag hydrocarbon belts.Perspectives on the strategies to isolate and characterize the fully conjugated belt[n]arenes and on the applications of zigzag hydrocarbon belts are also discussed.