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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Macromolecules, 2010, 43 (11), pp 4937–4942

Synthesis, Thiol−Yne “Click” Photopolymerization, and Physical Properties of Networks Derived from Novel Multifunctional Alkynes

Justin W. Chan†, Jungwhan Shin†, Charles E. Hoyle†, Christopher N. Bowman‡ and Andrew B. Lowe*§
† School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, 118 College Drive No. 10076, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406-10076
‡ Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0424
§ Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD), School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia

Macromolecules, 2010, 43 (9), pp 4113–4119

Reaction Rates and Mechanisms for Radical, Photoinitated Addition of Thiols to Alkynes, and Implications for Thiol−Yne Photopolymerizations and Click Reactions

Benjamin D. Fairbanks†, Evan A. Sims†, Kristi S. Anseth†§ and Christopher N. Bowman*†
† Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
§ Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0424

Macromolecules, 2010, 43 (9), pp 4081–4090

Thiol−Ene Click Functionalization and Subsequent Polymerization of 2-Oxazoline Monomers

Mallory A. Cortez and Scott M. Grayson*
Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118

Macromolecules, 2010, 43 (10), pp 4445–4448

Thiol−Ene Clickable Polypeptides

Jing Sun and Helmut Schlaad*
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Colloid Chemistry, Research Campus Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany

BIOMATERIALS: Volume 31, Issue 22, August 2010, Pages 5886-5893

Virus-mimetic polymeric micelles for targeted siRNA delivery

Xiao-Bing Xionga, Hasan Uludağb and Afsaneh Lavasanifar

Biomaterials: Volume 31, Issue 22, August 2010, Pages 5759-5771

The role of multiple toll-like receptor signalling cascades on interactions between biomedical polymers and dendritic cells

Behnaz Shokouhia, Cevayir Cobanb, Vasif Hasircic, Erkin Aydinc, Anandhan Dhanasinghd, Nian Shia, Shohei Koyamab, Shizuo Akirab, Martin Zenkea and Antonio S. Sechi

BIOMATERIALS: Volume 31, Issue 22, Pages 5719-5910 (August 2010)


Pages 5749-5758

Benjamin F.L. Lai, Yuquan Zou, Donald E. Brooks, Jayachandran N. Kizhakkedathu

ChemBioChem, ASAP

Antimicrobial, Hemolytic, and Cytotoxic Activities of b-Peptoid–Peptide Hybrid Oligomers: Improved Properties Compared to Natural AMPs

Christian A. Olsen,*[a] Hanne L. Ziegler,[a] Hanne M. Nielsen,[b] Niels Frimodt-Møller,[c] Jerzy W. Jaroszewski,[a] and Henrik Franzyk[a]

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3621 –3626

A Tumor-Acidity-Activated Charge-Conversional Nanogel as an Intelligent Vehicle for Promoted Tumoral-Cell Uptake and Drug Delivery
Jin-Zhi Du, Tian-Meng Sun, Wen-Jing Song, Juan Wu, and Jun Wang*

PNAS

Elusive transition state of alcohol dehydrogenase unveiled
Daniel Roston and Amnon Kohen
PNAS 2010 107 (21) 9572-9577

Quantitative determination of ion distributions in bacterial lipopolysaccharide membranes by grazing-incidence X-ray fluorescence

Emanuel Schneck, Thomas Schubert, Oleg V. Konovalov, Bonnie E. Quinn, Thomas Gutsmann, Klaus Brandenburg, Rafael G. Oliveira, David A. Pink, and Motomu Tanaka
PNAS 2010 107 (20) 9147-9151

Actin-like cytoskeleton filaments contribute to cell mechanics in bacteria
Siyuan Wang, Hugo Arellano-Santoyo, Peter A. Combs, and Joshua W. Shaevitz
PNAS 2010 107 (20) 9182-9185

Nature Nanotechnology

Dispensing nano–pico droplets and liquid patterning by pyroelectrodynamic shooting
P. Ferraro, S. Coppola, S. Grilli, M. Paturzo & V. Vespini
Nature Nanotechnology 5, 429 - 435 (2010)

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A

Surface modification of UV-cured epoxy resins by click chemistry
Yasemin Yuksel Durmaz, Marco Sangermano, Yusuf Yagci
Volume 48, Issue 13, Pages 2862-2868

Maleimide-based thiol reactive multiarm star polymers via Diels-Alder/retro Diels-Alder strategy

Ozgul Gok, Hakan Durmaz, Emrah Soner Ozdes, Gurkan Hizal, Umit Tunca, Amitav Sanyal
Volume 48, Issue 12, Pages 2546-2556

Ring-opening metathesis copolymerization of cyclooctene and a carborane-containing oxanorbornene
Yoan C. Simon, E. Bryan Coughlin
Volume 48, Issue 12, Pages 2557-2563

Monday, June 7, 2010

Nature Chemistry Volume 2 No 6 June 2010

Direct detection of CH/π interactions in proteins -pp466 - 471

Michael J. Plevin, David L. Bryce & Jérôme Boisbouvier

Geometry-controlled kinetics -pp472 - 477

O. Bénichou, C. Chevalier, J. Klafter, B. Meyer & R. Voituriez

Electrochemistry through glass -pp498 - 502

Jeyavel Velmurugan, Dongping Zhan & Michael V. Mirkin

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3771 –3776

Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Prepared from Amphiphilic PLGA Zwitterionic Block Copolymers with Sharp Contrast in Polarity between Two Blocks**
Zhiqiang Cao, Qiuming Yu, Hong Xue, Gang Cheng, and Shaoyi Jiang*

Bioconjugate Chemestry: Vol 21, Issue 5

siRNA Delivery to CNS Cells using a Membrane Translocation Peptide

Marytheresa A. Ifediba, Zdravka Medarova, Shu-wing Ng, Junzheng Yang and Anna Moore*;
pp 803–806

The Effect of Charge-Reversal Amphiphile Spacer Composition on DNA and siRNA Delivery

Xiao-Xiang Zhang, Carla A. H. Prata, Thomas J. McIntosh, Philippe Barthlmy and Mark W. Grinstaff*; pp 988–993

Proton Sponge Trick for pH-Sensitive Disassembly of Polyethylenimine-Based siRNA Delivery Systems

Gaelle Creusat, Anne-Sophie Rinaldi, Etienne Weiss, Rkia Elbaghdadi, Jean-Serge Remy, Rita Mulherkar and Guy Zuber*; pp 994–1002

Organic Letters: Vol 12, Issue 10

A New Label-Free Continuous Fluorometric Assay for Trypsin and Inhibitor Screening with Tetraphenylethene Compounds

Wangxin Xue, Guanxin Zhang, Deqing Zhang* and Daoben Zhu; pp 2274–2277

Cell-Trappable Fluorescent Probes for Nitric Oxide Visualization in Living Cells

Michael D. Pluth, Lindsey E. McQuade and Stephen J. Lippard*; pp 2318–2321

Advanced Materials, 2010, 22, issue 21

Quantum Confinement in Self-Assembled Bioinspired Peptide Hydrogels (p 2311-2315)
Nadav Amdursky, Ehud Gazit, Gil Rosenman

The Salvinia Paradox: Superhydrophobic Surfaces with Hydrophilic Pins for Air Retention Under Water (p 2325-2328)
Wilhelm Barthlott, Thomas Schimmel, Sabine Wiersch, Kerstin Koch, Martin Brede, Matthias Barczewski, Stefan Walheim, Aaron Weis, Anke Kaltenmaier, Alfred Leder, Holger F. Bohn

Advanced Materials, 2010, 22, issue 20

Ultrahigh-Energy-Density Microbatteries Enabled by New Electrode Architecture and Micropackaging Design (p E139-E144)
Wei Lai, Can K. Erdonmez, Thomas F. Marinis, Caroline K. Bjune, Nancy J. Dudney, Fan Xu, Ryan Wartena, Yet-Ming Chiang

Nanostructured Fe3O4/SWNT Electrode: Binder-Free and High-Rate Li-Ion Anode (p E145-E149)
Chunmei Ban, Zhuangchun Wu, Dane T. Gillaspie, Le Chen, Yanfa Yan, Jeffrey L. Blackburn, Anne C. Dillon

Advanced Materials, 2010, 22, issue 19

Ultrathin Direct Atomic Layer Deposition on Composite Electrodes for Highly Durable and Safe Li-Ion Batteries (p 2172-2176)
Yoon Seok Jung, Andrew S. Cavanagh, Leah A. Riley, Sun-Ho Kang, Anne C. Dillon, Markus D. Groner, Steven M. George, Se-Hee Lee

Advanced Materials, 2010, 22, issue 18

Highly Ordered Nanoporous Alumina on Conducting Substrates with Adhesion Enhanced by Surface Modification: Universal Templates for Ultrahigh-Density Arrays of Nanorods (p 2028-2032)
Jinseok Byun, Jeong In Lee, Seungchul Kwon, Gumhye Jeon, Jin Kon Kim

Microcrimped Collagen Fiber-Elastin Composites (p 2041-2044)
Jeffrey M. Caves, Vivek A. Kumar, Wenjun Xu, Nisarga Naik, Mark G. Allen, Elliot L. Chaikof

B4C-Nanowires/Carbon-Microfiber Hybrid Structures and Composites from Cotton T-shirts (p 2055-2059)
Xinyong Tao, Lixin Dong, Xinnan Wang, Wenkui Zhang, Bradley J. Nelson, Xiaodong Li

Arrays of Ultracompliant Electrochemical Dry Gel Cells for Stretchable Electronics (p 2065-2067)
Martin Kaltenbrunner, Gerald Kettlgruber, Christian Siket, Reinhard Schwödiauer, Siegfried Bauer

Poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene)-Based Conjugated Polyelectrolyte: Extended pi-Electron Conjugation Induced by Complexation with a Surfactant Zwitterion (p 2073-2077)
Giuseppina Pace, Guoli Tu, Emiliano Fratini, Sylvain Massip, Wilhelm T. S. Huck, Piero Baglioni, Richard H. Friend

Advanced Materials, 2010, 22, issue 17

Tailored Synthesis of Superparamagnetic Gold Nanoshells with Tunable Optical Properties (p 1905-1909)
Qiao Zhang, Jianping Ge, James Goebl, Yongxing Hu, Yugang Sun, Yadong Yin

Advanced Materials, 2010, 22, issue 16

100 mm Long, Semiconducting Triple-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (p 1867-1871)
Qian Wen, Weizhong Qian, Jingqi Nie, Anyuan Cao, Guoqing Ning, Yao Wang, Ling Hu, Qiang Zhang, Jiaqi Huang, Fei Wei

Soft Matter, 2010, issue 11

Hydrogel nanocomposites: a review of applications as remote controlled biomaterials
Nitin S. Satarkar, Dipti Biswal and J. Zach Hilt, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2364

Responsive reversible hydrogels from associative smart macromolecules
Constantinos Tsitsilianis, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2372

High-concentration compact agar gels from hydrothermal synthesis
Omar Ayyad, David Muñoz-Rojas, Núria Agulló, Salvador Borrós and Pedro Gómez-Romero, Soft Matter, 2010,6, 2389

Synthesis and characterization of a biodegradable elastomer featuring a dual crosslinking mechanism
Richard T. Tran, Paul Thevenot, Dipendra Gyawali, Jung-Chih Chiao, Liping Tang and Jian Yang, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2449

Charge-driven and reversible assembly of ultra-dense polymer brushes: formation and antifouling properties of a zipper brush
Wiebe M. de Vos, Geert Meijer, Arie de Keizer, Martien A. Cohen Stuart and J. Mieke Kleijn, Soft Matter, 2010,6, 2499

Interaction of reducible polypeptide gene delivery vectors with supported lipid bilayers: pore formation and structure–function relationships
Mahmoud Soliman, Rujikan Nasanit, Stephanie Allen, Martyn C. Davies, Simon S. Briggs, Leonard W. Seymour, Jon A. Preece and Cameron Alexander, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2517

Lipase-supported synthesis of peptidic hydrogels
Laura Chronopoulou, Silvia Lorenzoni, Giancarlo Masci, Mariella Dentini, Anna Rita Togna, Giuseppina Togna, Federico Bordi and Cleofe Palocci, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2525

Tunable hydrogel morphology via self-assembly of amphiphilic pentablock copolypeptides
Zhibo Li and Timothy J. Deming, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2546

Soft Matter, 2010, issue 10

Thermoresponsive oligo(ethylene glycol)-methacrylate- based polymers and microgels
Zhibing Hu, Tong Cai and Chenglin Chi, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2115

Lipid and hydrophobic modification of cationic carriers on route to superior gene vectors
Vanessa Incani, Afsaneh Lavasanifar and Hasan Uluda, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2124

Tuning hydrogel properties and function using substituent effects
Richie E. Kohman, Chaenyung Cha, Steven C. Zimmerman and Hyunjoon Kong, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2150

Thermoresponsive hybrid microgel particles with intrinsic optical and magnetic anisotropy
Camille Dagallier, Hervé Dietsch, Peter Schurtenberger and Frank Scheffold, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2174


Hydrogel/electrospun fiber composites influence neural stem/progenitor cell fate
Anne Hsieh, Tasneem Zahir, Yakov Lapitsky, Brian Amsden, Wankei Wan and Molly S. Shoichet, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2227

Microfluidic contact printing: a versatile printing platform for patterning biomolecules on hydrogel substrates
Huaibin Zhang, Jennifer N. Hanson Shepherd and Ralph G. Nuzzo, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2238

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 4042 –4046

RAFT Synthesis of Sterically Stabilized Methacrylic Nanolatexes and Vesicles by Aqueous Dispersion Polymerization**
Yuting Li and Steven P. Armes*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 4075 –4078

A Sulfur Sulfur Cross-Linked Polymer Synthesized from a Polymerizable Dithiocarbamate as a Source of Dormant Radicals**
Luis Miguel Garc a-Con, Michael J. Whitcombe,* Elena V. Piletska, and Sergey A. Piletsky

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 4108 –4112

Self-Controlled Monofunctionalization of Quantum Dots for Multiplexed Protein Tracking in Live Cells**
Changjiang You, Stephan Wilmes, Oliver Beutel, Sara L chte, Yulia Podoplelowa, Friedrich Roder, Christian Richter, Thomas Seine, Dirk Schaible, Gilles Uz , Samuel Clarke, Fabien Pinaud, Maxime Dahan, and Jacob Piehler*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 4218 –4222

Supramolecular Hydrogels and High-Aspect-Ratio Nanofibers through Charge-Transfer-Induced Alternate Coassembly
K. Venkata Rao, K. Jayaramulu, Tapas Kumar Maji, and Subi J. George*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 4246 –4249

A Nanogel for Ratiometric Fluorescent Sensing of Intracellular pH Values**
Hong-shang Peng,* Judith A. Stolwijk, Li-Ning Sun, Joachim Wegener, and Otto S. Wolfbeis*

Org. Biomol. Chem.

A new context for palladium mediated B-addition reaction: an open door to consecutive functionalization
Cristina Pubill-Ulldemolins, Amadeu Bonet, Carles Bo, Henrik Gulyás and Elena Fernández, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010, 8, 2667

A nitroenolate approach to the synthesis of 4,5-disubstituted-2-aminoimidazoles. Pilot library assembly and screening for antibiotic and antibiofilm activity
Zhaoming Su, Steven A. Rogers, W. Steve McCall, Alicia C. Smith, Sindhu Ravishankar, Trey Mullikin and Christian Melander, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010, 8, 2814

A new synthesis of amino acid-based enantiomerically pure substituted 2,3,4,4a,5,6-hexahydro-1H-pyrazino[1,2-a]quinoxalines
Krishnananda Samanta and Gautam Panda, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010, 8, 2823

ACS Chem. Bio.

Targeted Delivery of Antigen Processing Inhibitors to Antigen Presenting Cells via Mannose Receptors

pp 461–476

J. Phys. Chem. B 2010, 114, 7461–7468 7461

pH-Sensitive Supramolecular Polypeptide-Based Micelles and Reverse Micelles Mediated by Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions or Host-Guest Chemistry: Characterization and In Vitro
Controlled Drug Release

Yi Chen and Chang-Ming Dong

Biochemistry 2010, 49, 4076–4084

Probing the “Charge Cluster Mechanism” in Amphipathic Helical Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides
Raquel F. Epand, W. Lee Maloy, Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy,
and Richard M. Epand*

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Vol. 54 Issue 6

In Vitro Properties of BAL30072, a Novel Siderophore Sulfactam with Activity against Multiresistant Gram-Negative Bacilli pg-2291
Malcolm G. P. Page, Clothilde Dantier, and Eric Desarbre

Novel Synthetic, Salt-Resistant Analogs of Human Beta-Defensins 1 and 3 Endowed with Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity pg-2312
Olga Scudiero, Stefania Galdiero, Marco Cantisani, Rosa Di Noto, Mariateresa Vitiello, Massimiliano Galdiero, Gino Naclerio, Jean-Jacques Cassiman, Carlo Pedone, Giuseppe Castaldo, and Francesco Salvatore

Experimental Conditions That Enhance Potency of an Antibacterial Oligo-Acyl-Lysyl pg-2590
Yair Goldfeder, Fadia Zaknoon, and Amram Mor

Nature Reviews Microbiology Vol. 8 No.6 (Jun 2010)

How antibiotics kill bacteria: from targets to networks pg-423

Michael A. Kohanski, Daniel J. Dwyer & James J. Collins

Langmuir, Vol 26, Iss 10, May 2010

Vesicle Self-Assembly by Tetrathiafulvalene Derivatives in Both Polar and Nonpolar Solvents and Pseudo-Rotaxane Mediated Vesicle-to-Microtube Transformationpp 6878–6882

Functionalizable and Ultrastable Zwitterionic Nanogelspp 6883–6886

Manipulating the Morphologies of Cylindrical Polyelectrolyte Brushes by Forming Interpolyelectrolyte Complexes with Oppositely Charged Linear Polyelectrolytes: An AFM Studypp 6919–6926

Separation and Purification of Nanoparticles in a Single Steppp 6989–6994

Redox-Sensitive Disassembly of Amphiphilic Copolymer Based Micellespp 7086–7092

Co-Nonsolvency Effects for Surface-Initiated Poly(2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl phosphorylcholine) Brushes in Alcohol/Water Mixtures
pp 7216–7226



Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics,

Volume 211, Issue 9, May 2010

Structure of Adsorption Layers of Amphiphilic Copolymers on Inorganic or Organic Particle Surfaces
Nikolay Bulychev, Bart Dervaux, Klaus Dirnberger, Vitali Zubov, Filip E. Du Prez, Claus D. Eisenbach
p 971-976

Synthesis of Upper Rim Functionalized Calixarene-Based Poly(norbornenes)
Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz, Patrick O. Shipman, Jessica L. Pilfold, Paul R. Shipley
p 996-1002


Volume 211, Issue 10, May 2010

Solvent Manipulation of Liquid Crystal Order and Other Properties in Azo-Containing Surfactomesogen/Poly(styrene sulfonate) Complexes
Qian Zhang, C. Geraldine Bazuin
p 1071-1082

New Amphiphilic Conjugates of Mono- and Bis(carboxy)-PEG2,000 Polymers with Lipoamino Acids as Surface Modifiers of Colloidal Drug Carriers
Rosario Pignatello, Valentina Pantò, Livia Basile, Giuseppe Impallomeni, Alberto Ballistreri, Venerando Pistarà, Emanuela F. Craparo, Giovanni Puglisi
p 1148-1156

Volume 211, Issue 11, June 2010

Smart Hydrogels Based on Modified Gum Arabic as a Potential Device for Magnetic Biomaterial
Alexandre T. Paulino, Marcos R. Guilherme, Luiz H. C. Mattoso, Elias B. Tambourgi
p 1196-1205

Sunday, June 6, 2010

JACS, 2010, 132, 6275-6612

Revealing Noncovalent Interactions

pp 6498–6506

Ethoxycarbonyl-Based Organic Electrode for Li-Batteries

pp 6517–6523

A Thin Film Detection/Response System for Pathogenic Bacteria

pp 6566–6570

JACS, 2010, 132, 6613-6866

Recognition, Neutralization, and Clearance of Target Peptides in the Bloodstream of Living Mice by Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Nanoparticles: A Plastic Antibody

pp 6644–6645

Separating Ion and Electron Transport: The Bilayer Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cell

pp 6646–6647

Altered Binding of a Multimeric Protein by Changing the Self-Assembling Properties of its Substrate

pp 6749–6754

Synthesis of Multivalent Glycoconjugates Containing the Immunoactive LELTE Peptide: Effect of Glycosylation on Cellular Activation and Natural Killing by Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

pp 6800–6808

JACS, 2010, 132, 6867-7230

High-Performance Silicon Nanohole Solar Cells

pp 6872–6873

Local Release of Highly Loaded Antibodies from Functionalized Nanoporous Support for Cancer Immunotherapy

pp 6906–6907

Biomineralization-Assisted Ultrasensitive Detection of DNA

pp 6932–6934

Structural Responses of DNA-DDAB Films to Varying Hydration and Temperature

pp 7025–7037

JACS, 2010, 132, 7231-7558

Rationally Simplified Bistramide Analog Reversibly Targets Actin Polymerization and Inhibits Cancer Progression in Vitro and in Vivo

pp 7288–7290

Oligopyrenotides: Abiotic, Polyanionic Oligomers with Nucleic Acid-like Structural Properties

pp 7466–7471

Metal-Catalyzed Simultaneous Chain- and Step-Growth Radical Polymerization: Marriage of Vinyl Polymers and Polyesters

pp 7498–7507

Friday, June 4, 2010

Journal of Materials Chemistry

2010 Vol. 20 Issue 19, pages 3777-3996

Advances in layered oxide cathodes for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells
Albert Tarancón, Mónica Burriel, José Santiso, Stephen J. Skinner and John A. Kilner, page 3799

Preparation, stability and rheology of polyacrylamide/pristine layered double hydroxide nanocomposites
Pingjun Fu, Kongli Xu, Hongzan Song, Guangming Chen, Jiping Yang and Yanhua Niu, page 3869

UV-triggered encapsulation and release from polyelectrolyte microcapsules decorated with photoacid generators
Hye Young Koo, Ha-Jin Lee, Jun Kyung Kim and Won San Choi, page 3932

Oxidative chemical vapor deposition (oCVD) of patterned and functional grafted conducting polymer nanostructures
Nathan J. Trujillo, Miles C. Barr, Sung Gap Im and Karen K. Gleason, page 3968

2010 Vol. 20 Issue 20, pages 3997-4232

Porous Si anode materials for lithium rechargeable batteries
Jaephil Cho, page 4009

Phase-separation and mixing in thin films of co-deposited rod-like conjugated molecules
Jörn-Oliver Vogel, Ingo Salzmann, Steffen Duhm, Martin Oehzelt, Jürgen P. Rabe and Norbert Koch, page 4055

High efficiency amine functionalization of cycloolefin polymer surfaces for biodiagnostics
Ram P. Gandhiraman*, Cedric Volcke, Vladimir Gubala, Colin Doyle, Lourdes Basabe-Desmonts, Christian Dotzler, Michael F. Toney, Marcello Iacono, Robert I. Nooney, Stephen Daniels, Bryony James and David E. Williams, page 4116

Formation, dynamics, and implication of solid electrolyte interphase in high voltage reversible conversion fluoride nanocomposites
Andrew J. Gmitter, Fadwa Badway, Sylvie Rangan, Robert A. Bartynski, Anna Halajko, Nathalie Pereira and Glenn G. Amatucci, page 4149

Real-time monitoring of the evolution of magnetism during precipitation of superparamagnetic nanoparticles for bioscience applications
Valter Ström, Richard T. Olsson and K. V. Rao, page 4168

Enhanced bulk catalyst dissolution for self-healing materials
Timothy C. Mauldin and Michael R. Kessler, page 4198

Highly ordered mesoporous carbon nanofiber arrays from a crab shell biological template and its application in supercapacitors and fuel cells
Hai-Jing Liu, Xiao-Ming Wang, Wang-Jun Cui, Yu-Qian Dou, Dong-Yuan Zhao and Yong-Yao Xia, page 4223

2010 Vol. 20 Issue 21, pages 4233-4460

Bio-inorganic microcapsules from templating protein- and bionanoparticle-stabilized Pickering emulsions
Günther Jutz and Alexander Böker, page 4299

Tamarind seed xyloglucan – a thermostable high-performance biopolymer from non-food feedstock
Joby Kochumalayil, Houssine Sehaqui, Qi Zhou and Lars A. Berglund, page 4321

Ordered nanoporous membranes based on diblock copolymers with high chemical stability and tunable separation properties
Xianfeng Li, Charles-André Fustin, Nathalie Lefèvre, Jean-François Gohy, Steven De Feyter, Jérémie De Baerdemaeker, Werner Egger and Ivo F. J. Vankelecom, page 4333

Hollow palladium–cobalt bimetallic nanospheres as an efficient and reusable catalyst for Sonogashira-type reactions
Hui Li, Zhonghong Zhu, Jun Liu, Songhai Xie and Hexing Li, page 4366

Preparation and applications of Nafion-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes for proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Ying-Ling Liu, Yu-Huei Su, Chia-Ming Chang, Suryani, Da-Ming Wang and Juin-Yih Lai, page 4409

2010 Vol. 20 Issue 22, pages 4461-4728

Themed issue: Advanced Materials in Water Treatments

Recent developments in reverse osmosis desalination membranes
Dan Li and Huanting Wang, page 4551

Strategies for controlling biofouling in membrane filtration systems: challenges and opportunities
Jaleh Mansouri, Simon Harrisson and Vicki Chen, page 4567

Pore-structure, hydrophilicity, and particle filtration characteristics of polyaniline–polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes
Gregory R. Guillen, Thomas P. Farrell, Richard B. Kaner and Eric M. V. Hoek, page 4621

Polymer surface nano-structuring of reverse osmosis membranes for fouling resistance and improved flux performance
Nancy H. Lin, Myung-man Kim, Gregory T. Lewis and Yoram Cohen, page 4642

Multi-constituent co-assembling ordered mesoporous thiol-functionalized hybrid materials: synthesis and adsorption properties
Xin Zhuang, Qingfei Zhao and Ying Wan, page 4715

2010 Vol. 20 Issue 23, pages 4729-4956

Thiol-yne click chemistry: A powerful and versatile methodology for materials synthesis
Andrew B. Lowe, Charles E. Hoyle and Christopher N. Bowman, page 4745

The swelling behaviour of thermoresponsive hydrogel/silica nanoparticle composites
Coenraad R. van den Brom, Ilke Anac, Robert F. Roskamp, Markus Retsch, Ulrich Jonas, Bernhard Menges and Jon A. Preece, page 4827

Facile synthesis of nanostructured hydroxyapatite–titania bio-implant scaffolds with different morphologies: their bioactivity and corrosion behaviour
Simantini Nayak, Biswarup Satpati, Ritesh K. Shukla, Alok Dhawan, Sarama Bhattacharjee and Yatendra S. Chaudhary, page 4949

Biomacromolecules (Vol 11 Issue 5)

May 10, 2010 (Vol. 11 Issue 5, pages 1139-1416)

Starch Nanoparticles: A Review

Déborah Le Corre, Julien Bras and Alain Dufresne, pp 1139–1153


Bioresponsive Copolymers of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) with Enzyme-Dependent Lower Critical Solution Temperatures

Derek J. Overstreet, Harshil D. Dhruv and Brent L. Vernon, pp 1154–1159


Dendrigraft Poly-l-lysine: A Non-Immunogenic Synthetic Carrier for Antibody Production

Bernard Romestand, Jean-Luc Rolland, Auguste Commeyras, Gaëlle Coussot, Isabelle Desvignes, Robert Pascal and Odile Vandenabeele-Trambouze, pp 1169–1173


Recovery in Viscid Line Fibers

Gustavo V. Guinea, M. Cerdeira, Gustavo R. Plaza, Manuel Elices and José Pérez-Rigueiro, pp 1174–1179


Hybrid Polymer Therapeutics Incorporating Bioresponsive, Coiled Coil Peptide Linkers

Bojana Apostolovic, Samuel P. E. Deacon, Ruth Duncan and Harm-Anton Klok, pp 1187–1195


Readily Controllable Step-Growth Polymerization Method for Poly(lactic acid) Copolymers Having a High Glass Transition Temperature

Saara Inkinen, Mikael Stolt and Anders Södergård, pp 1196–1201


Branched Chitins as Nonnatural Immunomodulatory Biopolymers: Secretions of TNF-α and NO by Direct Stimulation of Macrophages

Manabu Shimojoh, Taku Kojima, Kohji Nakajima, Kiyoshige Hatta, Akira Katoh and Keisuke Kurita, pp 1212–1216


Type I Collagen-Functionalized Supported Lipid Bilayer as a Cell Culture Platform

Chun-Jen Huang, Nam-Joon Cho, Chih-Jung Hsu, Po-Yuan Tseng, Curtis W. Frank and Ying-Chih Chang, pp 1231–1240


Mechanism of Protein Release from Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Microcapsules

Zhen She, Maria N. Antipina, Jun Li and Gleb B. Sukhorukov, pp 1241–1247


In Vitro Assessment of Antibacterial Activity and Cytocompatibility of Silver-Containing PHBV Nanofibrous Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering

Zhi-Cai Xing, Won-Pyo Chae, Jin-Young Baek, Moon-Jeong Choi, Yongsoo Jung and Inn-Kyu Kang, pp 1248–1253


Tailoring Thermoreversible Hyaluronan Hydrogels by “Click” Chemistry and RAFT Polymerization for Cell and Drug Therapy

Derek Mortisen, Marianna Peroglio, Mauro Alini and David Eglin, pp 1261–1272


Structure−Activity Relationships of Antibacterial and Biocompatible Copolymers

Thomas R. Stratton, John A. Howarter, Bradley C. Allison, Bruce M. Applegate and Jeffrey P. Youngblood, pp 1286–1290


Amphiphilic Toothbrushlike Copolymers Based on Poly(ethylene glycol) and Poly(ε-caprolactone) as Drug Carriers with Enhanced Properties

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June 2010, Volume 9 No 6 pp463-526


Filled and glycosylated carbon nanotubes for in vivo radioemitter localization and imaging, pp485 - 490

Sung You Hong, Gerard Tobias, Khuloud T. Al-Jamal, Belén Ballesteros, Hanene Ali-Boucetta, Sergio Lozano-Perez, Peter D. Nellist, Robert B. Sim, Ciara Finucane, Stephen J. Mather, Malcolm L. H. Green, Kostas Kostarelos & Benjamin G. Davis


Organic light-emitting transistors with an efficiency that outperforms the equivalent light-emitting diodes, pp496 - 503

Raffaella Capelli, Stefano Toffanin, Gianluca Generali, Hakan Usta, Antonio Facchetti & Michele Muccini


In situ NMR observation of the formation of metallic lithium microstructures in lithium batteries, pp504 - 510

Rangeet Bhattacharyya, Baris Key, Hailong Chen, Adam S. Best, Anthony F. Hollenkamp & Clare P. Grey


Dissolvable films of silk fibroin for ultrathin conformal bio-integrated electronics, pp511 - 517

Dae-Hyeong Kim, Jonathan Viventi, Jason J. Amsden, Jianliang Xiao, Leif Vigeland, Yun-Soung Kim, Justin A. Blanco, Bruce Panilaitis, Eric S. Frechette, Diego Contreras, David L. Kaplan, Fiorenzo G. Omenetto, Yonggang Huang, Keh-Chih Hwang, Mitchell R. Zakin, Brian Litt & John A. Rogers


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Nathaniel Huebsch, Praveen R. Arany, Angelo S. Mao, Dmitry Shvartsman, Omar A. Ali, Sidi A. Bencherif, José Rivera-Feliciano & David J. Mooney