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Since the investigated complexes are activated with light of wavelengths above 300 nm, employing a method with explicit inclusion of spin-orbit coupling may be crucial to rationalize the activation mechanism.Mcl-1 amplification has been observed in breast cancer and demonstrated as a key determinant of breast cancer cell survival. However, the clinical use of available effective Mcl-1-specific inhibitors for breast cancer treatment remains a challenge. An RNA-guided CRISPR/Cas13a system targeting RNAs can be used to specifically knock down mRNA expression in mammalian cells. The goal of this work is to develop a self-degradable nanoplatform based on polylysine (PLL)-functionalized black phosphorus (PBP) for the delivery of Cas13a/crRNA complexes to specifically inhibit Mcl-1 at transcriptional level for breast cancer therapy. The constructed Cas13a/crRNA complex is delivered into the cytoplasm by PBP via endocytosis, followed by endosomal escape based on the biodegradation of PBP, and this efficiently knocks down the specific gene at transcriptional level up to an efficiency of 58.64%. Through designing CRISPR RNA crMcl-1, Mcl-1 can be specifically knocked down at transcriptional level in breast cancer cells, resulting in the down-regulation of the expression of Mcl-1 protein and inhibition of the cell activity. Notably, PBP/Cas13a/crMcl-1 shows an excellent tumor suppression efficacy up to 65.16% after intratumoral injection. Therefore, biodegradable PBP is an ideal nanoplatform for the delivery of CRISPR/Cas13a, which could provide a potential strategy for gene therapy.A reaction of copper(i) halides (X = I, Br, Cl) and silver(i) halides with 9-anthraldehyde thiosemicarbazone (9-Hanttsc, H1L) and triphenylphosphine produced halogen-bridged dinuclear complexes, [M2(μ2-X)2(η1-S-9-Hanttsc)2(Ph3P)2] (M = Cu, X = Cl, 1; Br, 2; I, 3; M = Ag, X = Cl, 4; Br, 5). A similar reaction of 9-anthraldehyde-N1-methyl thiosemicarbazone (9-Hanttsc-N1-Me, H2L) with Ph3P and silver(i) halides yielded sulfur-bridged dimers, [Ag2X2(μ2-S-9-Hanttsc-N1-Me)2(Ph3P)2] (X = Cl, 9; Br, 10), however with copper(i) halides insoluble compounds were formed, which upon the addition of one extra mole of Ph3P gave mononuclear complexes of the formula [CuX(η1-S-9-Hanttsc-N1-Me)(Ph3P)2] (X = Cl, 6; Br, 7; I, 8). All of the complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, NMR (1H, 13C) spectroscopy and single crystal X-ray crystallography (2, 5, 6, and 9). Both the ligands (H1L and H2L) and their complexes (1-10) were tested for their anti-tubercular and anticancer activities. The interactions of the ligands and their complexes (copper and silver) with calf thymus DNA (ct-DNA) and human serum albumin (HSA) were examined through UV-visible and fluorescence spectroscopy. Results showed that copper complex 2 displayed strong interactions with ct-DNA and HSA having binding constant values of 6.66 × 104 M-1 and 3.28 × 104 M-1, respectively, followed by silver complex 10 which gave binding constant values of 4.60 × 104 M-1 and 3.06 × 104 M-1, respectively. All of the complexes also showed good interactions with DNA in docking studies.Herein, we have proposed a colorimetric biosensor for detection of acid phosphatase based on human serum albumin (HSA) templated MnO2 nanosheets (HSA-MnO2 NSs). HSA-MnO2 NSs as an efficient biomimetic oxidase could catalyze the oxidization of 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) to the coloured oxidation product (oxTMB). Acid phosphatase (ACP) could hydrolyze l-ascorbic acid-2-phosphate (AAP) to produce ascorbic acid, and ascorbic acid could lead to the decomposition of MnO2 NSs to Mn2+ ions, inhibiting the production of oxTMB. On the basis of this, we have demonstrated a novel colorimetric approach for the detection of acid phosphatase with the linear range from 50 μU mL-1 to 1500 μU mL-1 and a detection limit of 40 μU mL-1. The MnO2 NS-based colorimetric method has been successfully used to determine the content of acid phosphat