Graphene quantum dot (GQD) embedded Amoc (N-anthracenemethyloxycarbonyl) amino acid based hydrogels show self-healing properties and emit blue light.

Inorganic-organic hybrid nanostructures consisting of graphene as the organic part are being explored for various applications. Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have gained popularity among other semiconductor quantum dots due to their distinct and interesting properties. Here, we have studied various properties of the electrodeposited hybrid nanocomposite consisting of ZnO and graphene-QDs (ZnO_GQD) along with the electrodeposited ZnO and GQDs individual films. It is observed that although GQDs do not change the properties of ZnO, but its addition shifts the PL peak of ZnO and also introduces some interesting changes in other electrical and optical characteristics. The values of photosensitivity of ZnO, GQD, and ZnO_GQD nanocomposite were found to be 6.77, 51, and 99.32, respectively at room temperature. The enhancement of photosensitivity of ZnO_GQD nanocomposite was 1.9-fold and 14.67-fold as compared to that of GQDs and ZnO, respectively. Owing to the convenience and cost-effectiveness of the current deposition technique, these nanohybrids can be grown onto different substrates to improve the characteristics of the ZnO_ GQD nanocomposites. The enhanced photosensitivity of the nanohybrids can hold immense potential for the application in UV-Vis optoelectronic devices.[a] Aaryashree , P.

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Self‐assembled structure and functions of peptides could be achieved by the design and synthesis of hybrid peptides. Here, we report structural and morphological studies of designed hybrid tripeptides Boc‐Gpn‐Aib‐Xaa‐OMe (where Xaa=Leu(L) for 1 and Phe(F) for 2), which show different conformations both in solid and solution states. The conformational modulations are achieved by the design and synthesis of reported peptides 1 and 2 by suitable choice of conventional and non‐conventional amino acid building blocks and slight change in side‐chain of third amino acids of tripeptides. The conformational modulations exhibited by peptides 1 and 2 are well probed and confirmed using Single crystal XRD, FT‐IR, CD and 2D NMR studies. The morphological studies of peptides 1 and 2 show different self‐assembled morphological preferences in THF – water (1:1) under similar experimental conditions.