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g well-controlled and sequence-regulated polymers. MRTX1719 It provides the first collective structure-metathesis reactivity relationships for CPEs in the context of polymer chemistry and an understanding of the interactions between the catalyst and the substituents of appended ring-opened CPEs. It may become clear from this Account that the exploration of strained cycles in polymer chemistry can be quite fruitful in discovering new chemistry and accessing new types of polymer materials.Although extensive research is being done to combat SARS-CoV-2, we are yet far away from a robust conclusion or strategy. With an increased amount of vaccine research, nanotechnology has found its way into vaccine technology. Researchers have explored the use of various nanostructures for delivering the vaccines for enhanced efficacy. Apart from acting as delivery platforms, multiple studies have shown the application of inorganic nanoparticles in suppressing the growth as well as transmission of the virus. The present review gives a detailed description of various inorganic nanomaterials which are being explored for combating SARS-CoV-2 along with their role in suppressing the transmission of the virus either through air or by contact with inanimate surfaces. The review further discusses the use of nanoparticles for development of an antiviral coating that may decrease adhesion of SARS-CoV-2. A separate section has been included describing the role of nanostructures in biosensing and diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2. The role of nanotechnology in providing an alternative therapeutic platform along with the role of radionuclides in SARS-CoV-2 has been described briefly. Based on ongoing research and commercialization of this nanoplatform for a viral disease, the nanomaterials show the potential in therapy, biosensing, and diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2.During the past few decades, fabrication of multistep fluorescence-resonance energy transfer (FRET) systems has become one of the most attractive topics within supramolecular chemistry, chemical biology, and materials science. However, it is challenging to efficiently prepare multistep FRET systems with precise control of the distances between locations and the numbers of fluorophores. Herein we present the successful fabrication of a two-step FRET system bearing specific numbers of anthracene, coumarin, and BODIPY moieties at precise distances and locations through an efficient and controllable orthogonal self-assembly approach based on metal-ligand coordination and host-guest interactions. Notably, the photosensitization efficiency and photooxidation activity of the two-step FRET system gradually increased with the number of energy transfer steps. For example, the two-step FRET system exhibited 1.5-fold higher 1O2 generation efficiency and 1.2-fold higher photooxidation activity than that of its corresponding one-step FRET system. This research not only provides the first successful example of the efficient preparation of multistep FRET systems through orthogonal self-assembly involving coordination and host-guest interactions but also pushes multistep FRET systems toward the application of photosensitized oxidation of a sulfur mustard simulant.Novel N-substituted polyacrylamides bearing a cycle with two tertiary amines, poly(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-propenone (PMPP) and its block copolymers with polylactide (PMPP-b-PLA), are synthesized and characterized. The homopolymers are water-soluble, whereas the block copolymers self-assemble in aqueous solution into a small size (Rh around 30 nm), are narrowly distributed, and exhibit core-shell micelles with good colloidal stability. Both the homopolymers and copolymer micelles are positively charged (ζ-potentials in the 13.8-17.6 mV range), which are employed for formation of electrostatic complexes with oppositely charged DNA. Complexes (polyplexes, micelleplexes, and spherical nucleic acidlike structures) in a wide range of N/P (amino to phosphate groups) ratios are prepared with short (115 bp) and long (2000 bp) DNA. The behavior and physicochemical properties of the resulting nanocarriers of DNA are strongly dependent on the polymer/polymer micelles’ characteristics and the DNA chain length. All systems exhibit low cytotoxicity and good cellular uptake ability and show promise for gene delivery and regulation.Single-atom nanozymes (SANs) are one of the newest generations of nanozymes, which have been greatly developed in the past few years and exploited widely for many applications, such as biosensing, disease diagnosis and therapy, bioimaging, and so on. SANs, possessing dispersed single-atom structures and a well-defined coordination environment, exhibit remarkable catalytic performance with both high activity and stability. In this paper, the most recent progress in SANs is reviewed in terms of their advanced synthesis, characterization, functional mechanisms, performance validation/optimization, and biomedical applications. Several technical challenges hindering practical applications of SANs are analyzed, and possible research directions are also proposed for overcoming the challenges.Among various fission products generated in nuclear reactors, xenon and krypton are two important fission gases with high flow, diffusivity, and radioactivity. Moreover, xenon isolated from these products is an expensive industrial resource with wide applications in medicine and lighting, which makes the development of efficient methods for separation of xenon/krypton significant. However, it is usually difficult for xenon/krypton to be adsorbed by chemical adsorbents due to their inert gas properties, and sub-nanoporous adsorbents proven to be workable for the separation of xenon/krypton are still hard to prepare and regulate the pore size. Herein, we report two novel sub-nanoporous covalent organic frameworks (COFs), which were applied to the sieving of xenon/krypton for the first time. The sub-nanoporous COFs were synthesized via aldehyde-amine polycondensation reactions and the subsequent pore size regulation and homogenization process by using a facile, operational, and efficient multiple-site alkylation strategy.