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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Biochemistry 2012, 51, 653−664

Structure, Dynamics, and Antimicrobial and Immune Modulatory Activities of Human LL-23 and Its Single-Residue Variants Mutated on the Basis of Homologous Primate Cathelicidins

Guangshun Wang, Melissa Elliott, Anna L. Cogen, Edward L. Ezell, Richard L. Gallo,
and Robert E. W. Hancock

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1818 (2012) 877–888

S4(13)-PV cell-penetrating peptide induces physical and morphological changes in
membrane-mimetic lipid systems and cell membranes: Implications for
cell internalization


Ana M.S. Cardoso, Sara Trabulo, Ana L. Cardoso, Annely Lorents, Catarina M. Morais, Paula Gomes, Cláudia Nunes, Marlene Lúcio, Salette Reis, Kärt Padari, Margus Pooga,
Maria C. Pedroso de Lima, Amália S. Jurado

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1818 (2012) 762–775

Structural and biophysical characterization of an antimicrobial peptide chimera
comprised of lactoferricin and lactoferrampin

Evan F. Haney, Kamran Nazmi, Jan G.M. Bolscher, Hans J. Vogel

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1818 (2012) 448–457

Cellular uptake and biophysical properties of galactose and/or tryptophan containing
cell-penetrating peptides

Pascaline Lécorché, Astrid Walrant, Fabienne Burlina, Laurence Dutot, Sandrine Sagan, Jean-Maurice Mallet, Bernard Desbat, Gérard Chassaing, Isabel D. Alves, Solange Lavielle

Monday, February 13, 2012

Journal of Materials Chemistry

2012, Issue 5, Page 1681 to 2316


Anti-biofouling organic-inorganic hybrid membrane for watertreatment - Ajay K. Singh, Priyanka Singh, Sandhya Mishra and Vinod K. Shahi; 1834-1844




2012, Issue 6, Page 2317 to 2792

Silver mineralization on self-assembled peptide nanofibersfor long term antimicrobial effect - Yongguo Wang, Lina Cao, Shuwen Guan, Guannan Shi, Quan Luo, Lu Miao, Ian Thistlethwaite, Zupeng Huang, Jiayun Xu and Junqiu Liu; 2575-2581

2012, Issue 7, Page 2793 to 3256

Materials challenges for the development of solid sorbentsfor post-combustion carbon capture - Trevor C. Drage, Colin E. Snape, Lee A. Stevens, Joseph Wood, Jiawei Wang, Andrew I. Cooper, Robert Dawson, Xiao Guo, Christopher Satterley and Robin Irons; 2815-2823


Aqueous processing of cellulose based paper-anodes forflexible Li-ion batteries - Lara Jabbour, Matteo Destro, Claudio Gerbaldi, Didier Chaussy, Nerino Penazzi and Davide Beneventi; 3227-3233

2012, Issue 8, Page 3257 to 3648


2012, Issue 9, Page 3649 to 4114

Assessing the influence of different cation chemistries onionic conductivity and alkaline stability of anion exchange membranes - Christopher G. Arges, Javier Parrondo, Graham Johnson, Athrey Nadhan and Vijay Ramani; 3733-3744

A novel ionic liquid polymer material with high bindingcapacity for proteins - Shifang Yuan, Qiliang Deng, Guozhen Fang, Mingfei Pan, Xiaorui Zhai and Shuo Wang; 3965-3972

Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 362-368

Cationic polyesters bearing pendent amino groups prepared by thiol–ene chemistry

Vincent Darcos, Sarah Antoniacomi, Cédric Paniagua and Jean Coudane
Max Mousseron Institute of Biomolecules, UMR CNRS 5247, University
of Montpellier 1, University of Montpellier 2, Faculty of Pharmacy, 15
avenue Charles Flahault, BP 14491, 34093 Montpellier, France

Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 325-328

Ring opening metathesis polymerisation of emulsion templated dicyclopentadiene giving open porous materials with excellent mechanical properties

Sebastijan Kovačič, Karel Jeřábek, Peter Krajnc and Christian Slugovc
Graz University of Technology, Institute for Chemistry and Technology of
Materials, Stremayrgasse 16, A 8010 Graz, Austria
University of Maribor, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Smetanova 17, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals,
Rozvojova 135, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic
Centre of Excellence PoliMaT, Tehnoloski park 24, SI-1000 Ljubljana,
Slovenia

Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 275-285

Synthesis of poly(p-phenylene vinylene) materials via the precursor routes

Thomas Junkers, Joke Vandenbergh, Peter Adriaensens, Laurence Lutsen and Dirk Vanderzande
Hasselt University, Institute for Materials Research (IMO), Universitaire
Campus, Building D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
IMEC, IMOMEC Associated Laboratory, Wetenschapspark 1, B-3590
Diepenbeek, Belgium

Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 727-733

Surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerisation from cellulose fibres

Linn Carlsson, Eva Malmstrom and Anna Carlmark
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Chemical Science and
Engineering, Teknikringen 56, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 935–943

Biomineralized N-Doped CNT/TiO2 Core/Shell Nanowires for Visible Light Photocatalysis

Won Jun Lee†, Ju Min Lee†, Saji Thomas Kochuveedu‡, Tae Hee Han†, Hu Young Jeong†, Moonkyu Park†, Je Moon Yun†, Joon Kwon†, Kwangsoo No†, Dong Ha Kim‡*, and Sang Ouk Kim†*
† Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, 305-701, Republic of Korea
‡ Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Division of Molecular and Life Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Republic of Korea

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 865–872

Sun-Believable Solar Paint. A Transformative One-Step Approach for Designing Nanocrystalline Solar Cells

Matthew P. Genovese, Ian V. Lightcap, and Prashant V. Kamat*
Radiation Laboratory and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 802–809

DNA-Directed Assembly of Asymmetric Nanoclusters Using Janus Nanoparticles

Hang Xing†, Zidong Wang‡, Zhida Xu§, Ngo Yin Wong‡, Yu Xiang†, Gang Logan Liu§, and Yi Lu*†‡
†Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Materials Science and Engineering, §Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 771–781

Sheddable Ternary Nanoparticles for Tumor Acidity-Targeted siRNA Delivery

Xian-Zhu Yang†‡, Jin-Zhi Du§, Shuang Dou†, Cheng-Qiong Mao†, Hong-Yan Long§, and Jun Wang†*
† CAS Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Disease, and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, People’s Republic of China
‡ Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, People’s Republic of China
§ Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 747–759

Magnetic Silica Nanoparticle Cellular Uptake and Cytotoxicity Regulated by Electrostatic Polyelectrolytes–DNA Loading at Their Surface

Ana B. Davila-Ibanez†, Veronica Salgueirino†*, Vicenta Martinez-Zorzano‡, Rosalia Mariño-Fernández†, Andres García-Lorenzo‡, Melodie Maceira-Campos†, Monica Muñoz-Ubeda§, Elena Junquera§, Emilio Aicart§, Jose Rivas, F. Javier Rodriguez-Berrocal‡, and Jose L. Legido†
† Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidade de Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Spain
‡ Departamento de Bioquímica, Genética e Inmunología, Universidade de Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Spain
§ Departamento de Química-Física, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
INL, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 736–746

Graphene-Based Nanoplatelets: A New Risk to the Respiratory System as a Consequence of Their Unusual Aerodynamic Properties

Anja Schinwald†, Fiona A. Murphy†, Alan Jones‡, William MacNee†, and Ken Donaldson†*
† Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, MRC/University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ U.K.
‡ Institute of Occupational Medicine, Research Avenue North, Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AP U.K.

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 689–695

DNA-Templated Semiconductor Nanocrystal Growth for Controlled DNA Packing and Gene Delivery

CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, People's Republic of China

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 530–538

Nanostructured Bilayered Vanadium Oxide Electrodes for Rechargeable Sodium-Ion Batteries

Sanja Tepavcevic†, Hui Xiong†, Vojislav R. Stamenkovic‡*, Xiaobing Zuo§, Mahalingam Balasubramanian§, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Christopher S. Johnson*, and Tijana Rajh†*
†Center for Nanoscale Materials, ‡Materials Science Division, and §X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 327–334

Hybrid Nanomembranes for High Power and High Energy Density Supercapacitors and Their Yarn Application

Jae Ah Lee†, Min Kyoon Shin†, Shi Hyeong Kim†, Seon Jeong Kim†*, Geoffrey M. Spinks‡, Gordon G. Wallace‡, Raquel Ovalle-Robles§, Márcio D. Lima§, Mikhail E. Kozlov§, and Ray H. Baughman§*
† Center for Bio-Artificial Muscle and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, South Korea
‡ ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
§ The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 212–219

Controlled Release of Nanoparticles and Macromolecules from Responsive Microgel Capsules

Hassan Masoud and Alexander Alexeev*
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 111–117

One-Pot Synthesis of Polypeptide–Gold Nanoconjugates for in Vitro Gene Transfection

Xuehai Yan†*, Jenifer Blacklock†, Junbai Li‡*, and Helmuth Möhwald†
† Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476, Potsdam/Golm, Germany,
‡ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Lab of Colloid and Interface Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 1–4

Recycling Is Not Always Good: The Dangers of Self-Plagiarism

Dawn A. Bonnell (Associate Editor),
Jillian M. Buriak (Associate Editor),
Jason H. Hafner (Associate Editor),
Paula T. Hammond (Associate Editor),
Mark C. Hersam (Associate Editor),
Ali Javey (Associate Editor),
Nicholas A. Kotov (Associate Editor),
Peter Nordlander (Associate Editor),
Wolfgang J. Parak (Associate Editor),
Andrey L. Rogach (Associate Editor),
Raymond E. Schaak (Associate Editor),
Molly M. Stevens (Associate Editor),
Andrew T. S. Wee (Associate Editor),
C. Grant Willson (Associate Editor),
Paul S. Weiss (Editor-in-Chief)

Biomacromolecules

January 9, 2012 – Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 1-292

Studies on the Formation Mechanism and the Structure of theAnisotropic Collagen Gel Prepared by Dialysis-Induced Anisotropic Gelation - Kazuya Furusawa, Shoichi Sato, Jyun-ichi Masumoto, Yohei Hanazaki, Yasuyuki Maki, Toshiaki Dobashi, Takao Yamamoto, Akimasa Fukui, and Naoki Sasaki; pp 29–39

Ultrathin Hydrogel Films for Rapid Optical Biosensing - Xi Zhang, Ying Guan, and Yongjun Zhang; pp 92–97

Biophysical Properties and Supramolecular Structure ofSelf-Assembled Liposome/ε-Peptide/DNA Nanoparticles: Correlation with GeneDelivery - Jiang Yan, Nikolay Korolev, Khee Dong Eom, James P. Tam, and Lars Nordenskiöld; pp 124–131

Green Polymer Chemistry: Living Dithiol Polymerization viaCyclic Intermediates - Emily Q. Rosenthal, Judit. E. Puskas, and Chrys Wesdemiotis; pp 154–164

Impact of Functional Satellite Groups on the AntimicrobialActivity and Hemocompatibility of Telechelic Poly(2-methyloxazoline)s - Christoph P. Fik, Christian Krumm, Christina Muennig, Theresa I. Baur, Ulrich Salz, Thorsten Bock, and Joerg C. Tiller; pp 165–172

Norbornene Derived Doxorubicin Copolymers as Drug Carrierswith pH Responsive Hydrazone Linker - Vijayakameswara Rao N, ShivshankarR. Mane, Abhinoy Kishore, Jayasri Das Sarma, and Raja Shunmugam; pp 221–230

Phosphonium-Containing Polyelectrolytes for Nonviral GeneDelivery - Sean T. Hemp, Michael H. Allen, Jr., Matthew D. Green, and Timothy E. Long; pp 231–238

Biopolymers from Vegetable Oils via Catalyst- andSolvent-Free “Click” Chemistry: Effects of Cross-Linking Density - Jian Hong, Qiang Luo, Xianmei Wan, Zoran S. Petrović, and Bipin K. Shah; pp 261–266

February 13, 2012 – Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 293-578


C-Terminal Functionalization of Nylon-3 Polymers: Effects ofC-Terminal Groups on Antibacterial and Hemolytic Activities - Jihua Zhang, Matthew J. Markiewicz, Brendan P. Mowery, Bernard Weisblum, Shannon S. Stahl, and Samuel H. Gellman; pp 323–331

Promoting Nerve Cell Functions on Hydrogels Grafted withPoly(l-lysine) - Lei Cai, Jie Lu, Volney Sheen, and Shanfeng Wang; pp 342–349



Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Volume 56 No 2 February 2012

Efficacy of Daptomycin versus Vancomycin in an Experimental Model of Foreign-Body and Systemic Infection Caused by Biofilm Producers and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis

J. Domínguez-Herrera, F. Docobo-Pérez, R. López-Rojas, C. Pichardo, R. Ruiz-Valderas, J. A. Lepe, and J. Pachón

Evaluation of Once-Daily Vancomycin against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Hollow-Fiber Infection Model

Anthony M. Nicasio, Jürgen B. Bulitta, Thomas P. Lodise, Rebecca E. D'Hondt, Robert Kulawy, Arnold Louie, and George L. Drusano

Importance of Confirming Data on the In Vivo Efficacy of Novel Antibacterial Drug Regimens against Various Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mary A. De Groote, Veronica Gruppo, Lisa K. Woolhiser, Ian M. Orme, Janet C. Gilliland, and Anne J. Lenaerts

Aerosolized Gentamicin Reduces the Burden of Tuberculosis in a Murine Model

Chad J. Roy, Satheesh K. Sivasubramani, Noton K. Dutta, Smriti Mehra, Nadia A. Golden, Stephanie Killeen, James D. Talton, Badre E. Hammoud, Peter J. Didier, and Deepak Kaushal

Immobilization of Antibacterial Dihydropyrrol-2-ones on Functional Polymer Supports To Prevent Bacterial Infections In Vivo

Kitty Ka Kit Ho, Nerida Cole, Renxun Chen, Mark D. P. Willcox, Scott A. Rice, and Naresh Kumar

PD 404,182 Is a Virocidal Small Molecule That Disrupts Hepatitis C Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Ana Maria Chamoun, Karuppiah Chockalingam, Michael Bobardt, Rudo Simeon, Jinhong Chang, Philippe Gallay, and Zhilei Chen

Inactivation of the Lipopeptide Antibiotic Daptomycin by Hydrolytic Mechanisms

Vanessa M. D'Costa, Tariq A. Mukhtar, Tejal Patel, Kalinka Koteva, Nicholas Waglechner, Donald W. Hughes, Gerard D. Wright, and Gianfranco De Pascale

Improved Antibiotic-Impregnated Catheters with Extended-Spectrum Activity against Resistant Bacteria and Fungi

Issam Raad, Jamal A. Mohamed, Ruth A. Reitzel, Ying Jiang, Sammy Raad, Munirah Al Shuaibi, Anne-Marie Chaftari, and Ray Y. Hachem

Decoding the Functional Roles of Cationic Side Chains of the Major Antimicrobial Region of Human Cathelicidin LL-37

Guangshun Wang, Raquel F. Epand, Biswajit Mishra, Tamara Lushnikova, Vinai Chittezham Thomas, Kenneth W. Bayles, and Richard M. Epand

Nature Materials

February 2012, Volume 11 No 2 pp91-172

Solar-fuel generation: Towards practical implementation - pp100 – 101; Søren Dahl & Ib Chorkendorff

H-atom relay reactions in real space - pp167 – 172; T. Kumagai, A. Shiotari, H. Okuyama, S. Hatta, T. Aruga, I. Hamada, T. Frederiksen & H. Ueba

Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (2), pp 1018–1021

Nanopatterning on Nonplanar and Fragile Substrates with Ice Resists

Anpan Han†, Aaron Kuan‡, Jene Golovchenko†‡, and Daniel Branton*§
†Department of Physics, ‡School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and §Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (2), pp 839–843

A Desalination Battery

Mauro Pasta†, Colin D. Wessells‡, Yi Cui‡§, and Fabio La Mantia†*
† Analytische Chemie − Zentrum für Elektrochemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
‡ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
§ Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States

Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (2), pp 791–795

Vertically Grown Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Anode and Nickel Silicide Integrated High Performance Microsized (1.25 μL) Microbial Fuel Cell

Justine E. Mink†, Jhonathan P. Rojas†, Bruce E. Logan‡, and Muhammad M. Hussain*†
† Integrated Nanotechnology Lab, Electrical Engineering, Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
‡ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States

Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (2), pp 655–660

Three-Dimensional Ni/TiO2 Nanowire Network for High Areal Capacity Lithium Ion Microbattery Applications

Wei Wang†, Miao Tian†, Aziz Abdulagatov‡, Steven M. George‡§, Yung-Cheng Lee†, and Ronggui Yang*†
†Department of Mechanical Engineering, ‡Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and §Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
DARPA Center for Integrated Micro/Nano-Electromechanical Transducers (iMINT), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States

Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (2), pp 582–589

Synthesis and Characterization of a Lithium-Doped Fullerane (Lix-C60-Hy) for Reversible Hydrogen Storage

Joseph A. Teprovich, Jr.†, Matthew S. Wellons†, Robert Lascola†, Son-Jong Hwang‡, Patrick A. Ward§, Robert N. Compton§, and Ragaiy Zidan*†
† Clean Energy Directorate, Savannah River National Lab, P.O. Box A, Aiken, South Carolina 29808, United States
‡ Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
§ Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States

Nature Chemistry Volume 4 No 2 February 2012

Quantifying the chemical beauty of drugs -pp90 - 98

G. Richard Bickerton, Gaia V. Paolini, Jérémy Besnard, Sorel Muresan & Andrew L. Hopkins

A biomimetic polyketide-inspired approach to small-molecule ligand discovery-pp99 - 104

Claudio Aquino, Mohosin Sarkar, Michael J. Chalmers, Kimberly Mendes, Thomas Kodadek & Glenn C. Micalizio

Hydrolytic catalysis and structural stabilization in a designed metalloprotein -pp118 - 123

Melissa L. Zastrow, Anna F. A. Peacock, Jeanne A. Stuckey & Vincent L. Pecoraro

Biomaterials, 2012, issue 5

Enzyme-catalyzed crosslinkable hydrogels: Emerging strategies for tissue engineering

Review Article

Pages 1281-1290
Liliana S. Moreira Teixeira, Jan Feijen, Clemens A. van Blitterswijk, Pieter J. Dijkstra, Marcel Karperien

Cell adhesion on an artificial extracellular matrix using aptamer-functionalized PEG hydrogels

Original Research Article

Pages 1353-1362
Niancao Chen, Zhaoyang Zhang, Boonchoy Soontornworajit, Jing Zhou, Yong Wang

Arginine-engrafted biodegradable polymer for the systemic delivery of therapeutic siRNA

Original Research Article

Pages 1640-1650
Jagadish Beloor, Chang Seon Choi, Hye Yeong Nam, Minsun Park, Sung Hwa Kim, Andrew Jackson, Kuen Yong Lee, Sung Wan Kim, Priti Kumar, Sang-Kyung Lee

Biomaterials, 2012, issue 4

Sustained local delivery of siRNA from an injectable scaffold

Original Research Article

Pages 1154-1161
Christopher E. Nelson, Mukesh K. Gupta, Elizabeth J. Adolph, Joshua M. Shannon, Scott A. Guelcher, Craig L. Duvall

Biomaterials, 2012, issue 2

Octa-functional PLGA nanoparticles for targeted and efficient siRNA delivery to tumors

Original Research Article

Pages 583-591
Jiangbing Zhou, Toral R. Patel, Michael Fu, James P. Bertram, W. Mark Saltzman

Biomaterials, 2012, issue 1

Active leukocyte detachment and apoptosis/necrosis on PEG hydrogels and the implication in the host inflammatory response

Original Research Article

Pages 29-37
Heather Waldeck, Xintong Wang, Evan Joyce, Weiyuan John Kao

3D cell entrapment in crosslinked thiolated gelatin-poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate hydrogels

Original Research Article

Pages 48-58
Yao Fu, Kedi Xu, Xiaoxiang Zheng, Alan J. Giacomin, Adam W. Mix, Weiyuan J. Kao

Thermosensitive/magnetic poly(organophosphazene) hydrogel as a long-term magnetic resonance contrast platform

Original Research Article

Pages 218-224
Jang Il Kim, ChangJu Chun, Bora Kim, Ji Min Hong, Jung-Kyo Cho, Seung Hoon Lee, Soo-Chang Song

EGFR-specific PEGylated immunoliposomes for active siRNA delivery in hepatocellular carcinoma

Original Research Article

Pages 270-282
Jie Gao, Yongsheng Yu, Yingying Zhang, Jinjing Song, Huaiwen Chen, Wei Li, Weizhu Qian, Li Deng, Geng Kou, Jianming Chen, Yajun Guo

Advanced Materials, 2012, 24, issue 7

Cavitation Engineered 3D Sponge Networks and Their Application in Active Surface Construction (pages 985–989)

Julia Gensel, Tina Borke, Nicolas Pazos Pérez, Andreas Fery, Daria V. Andreeva, Eva Betthausen, Axel H. E. Müller, Helmuth Möhwald and Ekaterina V. Skorb

Advanced Materials, 2012, 24, issue 6

Super-Compressibility of Ultralow-Density Nanoporous Silica (pages 776–780)

S. O. Kucheyev, M. Stadermann, S. J. Shin, J. H. Satcher Jr., S. A. Gammon, S. A. Letts, T. van Buuren and A. V. Hamza

Advanced Materials, 2012, 24, issue 4

Unexpected Strength and Toughness in Chitosan-Fibroin Laminates Inspired by Insect Cuticle (pages 480–484)

Javier G. Fernandez and Donald E. Ingber

Soft Matter, 2012, issue 9

Effect of swelling and deswelling on the elasticity of polymer networks in the dilute to semi-dilute region

Takamasa Sakai, Manami Kurakazu, Yuki Akagi, Mitsuhiro Shibayama and Ung-il Chung

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2730-2736

Soft Matter, 2012, issue 8

Molecular hydrogels of hydrophobic compounds: a novel self-delivery system for anti-cancer drugs

Huaimin Wang and Zhimou Yang

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2344-2347


Antibacterial biomimetic hybrid films

M. Carme Coll Ferrer, Noreen J. Hickok, David M. Eckmann and Russell J. Composto

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2423-2431


Swelling behaviour, charge and mesh size of thermal protein hydrogels as influenced by pH during gelation

Michael Betz, Josef Hörmansperger, Therese Fuchs and Ulrich Kulozik

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2477-2485

Bioconjugate Chemistry, Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 1-146

Pulmonary Gene Delivery Using Polymeric Nonviral Vectors

Olivia M. Merkel, Mengyao Zheng, Heiko Debus, and Thomas Kissel

Bioconjugate Chem., 2012, 23 (1), pp 3–20


Mechanistic Insights into LDL Nanoparticle-Mediated siRNA Delivery

Honglin Jin, Jonathan F. Lovell, Juan Chen, Qiaoya Lin, Lili Ding, Kenneth K. Ng, Rajendra K. Pandey, Muthiah Manoharan, Zhihong Zhang, and Gang Zheng

Bioconjugate Chem., 2012, 23 (1), pp 33–41


Enantiomer-Specific Bioactivities of Peptidomimetic Analogues of Mastoparan and Mitoparan: Characterization of Inverso Mastoparan as a Highly Efficient Cell Penetrating Peptide

Sarah Jones and John Howl

Bioconjugate Chem., 2012, 23 (1), pp 47–56

Mode of Action of Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides Defines the Tethering Position and the Efficacy of Biocidal Surfaces

Mojtaba Bagheri, Michael Beyermann, and Margitta Dathe

Bioconjugate Chem., 2012 , 23 (1), pp 66–74

Degradable Thermoresponsive Nanogels for Protein Encapsulation and Controlled Release

Neha Bhuchar, Rajesh Sunasee, Kazuhiko Ishihara, Thomas Thundat, and Ravin Narain

Bioconjugate Chem., 2012 , 23 (1), pp 75–83

Enhanced Nuclear Import and Transfection Efficiency of TAT Peptide-Based Gene Delivery Systems Modified by Additional Nuclear Localization Signals

Wen-Jie Yi, Juan Yang, Cao Li, Hui-Yuan Wang, Chen-Wei Liu, Li Tao, Si-Xue Cheng, Ren-Xi Zhuo, and Xian-Zheng Zhang

Bioconjugate Chem., 2012 , 23 (1), pp 125–134

ACS Chem Biol

Toward Targeting RNA Structure: Branched Peptides as Cell-Permeable Ligands to TAR RNA
David I. Bryson, Wenyu Zhang, Patrick M. McLendon, Theresa M. Reineke, and Webster L. Santos
pp 210–217

Carbohydrate-Monophosphoryl Lipid A Conjugates Are Fully Synthetic Self-Adjuvanting Cancer Vaccines Eliciting Robust Immune Responses in the Mouse
Qianli Wang, Zhifang Zhou, Shouchu Tang, and Zhongwu Guo
pp 235–240

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Soft Matter, 2012, issue 7

Structure retention in cross-linked poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate hydrogel templated from a hexagonal lyotropic liquid crystal by controlling the surface tension

Juan Zhang, Zongli Xie, Anita J. Hill, Feng Hua She, Aaron W. Thornton, Manh Hoang and Ling Xue Kong

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2087-2094


Effects of component molecular weight on the viscoelastic properties of thermoreversible supramolecular ion gels via hydrogen bonding

Yu Lei and Timothy P. Lodge

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2110-2120

Soft Matter, 2012, issue 6

High-performance ion gel with tetra-PEG network

Kenta Fujii, Hanako Asai, Takeshi Ueki, Takamasa Sakai, Satoru Imaizumi, Ung-il Chung, Masayoshi Watanabe and Mitsuhiro Shibayama

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1756-1759


Remotely triggered release from composite hydrogel sponges

Aleš Zadražil, Viola Tokárová and František Štěpánek

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1811-1816


Mechanical, thermal and swelling properties of poly(acrylic acid)–graphene oxide composite hydrogels

Jianfeng Shen, Bo Yan, Tie Li, Yu Long, Na Li and Mingxin Ye

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1831-1836


Synthesis of sodium alginate based sprayable new soft gel system

Mahesh U. Chhatbar, Kamalesh Prasad, Dharmesh R. Chejara and A. K. Siddhanta

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1837-1844


Photocrosslinkable chitosan based hydrogels for neural tissue engineering

Chandra M. Valmikinathan, Vivek J. Mukhatyar, Anjana Jain, Lohitash Karumbaiah, Madhuri Dasari and Ravi V. Bellamkonda

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1964-1976

Soft Matter, 2012, issue 5

Creasing instability of elastomer films

Shengqiang Cai, Dayong Chen, Zhigang Suo and Ryan C. Hayward

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1301-1304


Controlled hydrogel photopolymerization inside live systems by X-ray irradiation

S.-Ja Tseng, Chia-Chi Chien, Zi-Xian Liao, Hsiang-Hisn Chen, Yi-Da Kang, Cheng-Liang Wang, Y. Hwu and G. Margaritondo

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1420-1427


Spherical indentation testing of poroelastic relaxations in thin hydrogel layers

Edwin P. Chan, Yuhang Hu, Peter M. Johnson, Zhigang Suo and Christopher M. Stafford

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1492-1498


Polysaccharide based covalently linked multi-membrane hydrogels

Anandhan Dhanasingh and Jürgen Groll

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1643-1647



Activation and deactivation of self-healing in supramolecular rubbers

Florine Maes, Damien Montarnal, Sabine Cantournet, François Tournilhac, Laurent Corté and Ludwik Leibler

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1681-1687

Soft Matter, 2012, issue 4

Amphiphilic oligoether-based ionic liquids as functional materials for thermoresponsive ion gels with tunable properties via aqueous gelation

Josep Casamada Ribot, Carlos Guerrero-Sanchez, Tamar L. Greaves, Danielle F. Kennedy, Richard Hoogenboom and Ulrich S. Schubert

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1025-1032


Thermo-responsive adhesion properties of composite hydrogel microcapsules

Viola Tokárová, Anna Pittermannová, Jiří Čech, Pavel Ulbrich and František Štěpánek

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1087-1095

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volume 77, Issue 3

Xueliang Jiang, Lingling Chu, and Feng-Ling Qing, pp.1251–1257

Marco Bonizzoni, S. Reid Long, Chance Rainwater, and Eric V. Anslyn, pp. 1258–1266

Marta Gómez-García, Juan M. Benito*, Anna P. Butera, Carmen Ortiz Mellet, José M. García Fernández, and José L. Jiménez Blanco, pp. 1273–1288

Saturday, February 11, 2012

JACS, 2012, 134, 1893-2448

Polyphosphonium Polymers for siRNA Delivery: An Efficient and Nontoxic Alternative to Polyammonium Carriers
Cátia Ornelas-Megiatto, Peter R. Wich, and Jean M. J. Fréchet
pp 1902–1905

Influence of the Preparation Route on the Supramolecular Organization of Lipids in a Vesicular System
Elisa Elizondo, Jannik Larsen, Nikos S. Hatzakis, Ingrid Cabrera, Thomas Bjørnholm, Jaume Veciana, Dimitrios Stamou, and Nora Ventosa
pp 1918–1921

A Surprise from 1954: Siloxane Equilibration Is a Simple, Robust, and Obvious Polymer Self-Healing Mechanism
Peiwen Zheng and Thomas J. McCarthy
pp 2024–2027

Cis-Selective Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization with Ruthenium Catalysts
Benjamin K. Keitz, Alexey Fedorov, and Robert H. Grubbs
pp 2040–2043

Nanoparticle Size and Surface Chemistry Determine Serum Protein Adsorption and Macrophage Uptake
Carl D. Walkey, Jonathan B. Olsen, Hongbo Guo, Andrew Emili, and Warren C. W. Chan
pp 2139–2147

New Journal of Chemistry; vol. 36, issue 2

The dendrimer space concept
-editorial; pg 197-198

Dendrimers as bactericides
-Annie Castonguay, Elizabeth Ladd, Theo G. M. van de Ven and Ashok Kakkar; pg 199-204

PEG-dendritic block copolymers for biomedical applications
-Ana Sousa-Herves, Ricardo Riguera and Eduardo Fernandez-Megia; pg 205-210

Dendrimers' antiamyloidogenic potential in neurodegenerative diseases
-Nu'ria Benseny-Cases, Oxana Klementieva and Josep Cladera; pg 211-216

Dendrimer–silica hybrid mesoporous materials
-Abdelkrim El Kadib, Nadia Katir, Mosto Bousminaac and Jean Pierre Majoral; pg 241-255

Dendrimers as non-viral vectors for siRNA delivery
-Xiaoxuan Liu, Palma Rocchic and Ling Peng; pg 256-263

The biodistribution of maltotriose modified poly(propylene imine) (PPI) dendrimers conjugated with fluorescein—proofs of crossing blood–brain–barrier
-A. Janaszewska, B. Ziemba, K. Ciepluch, D. Appelhans, B. Voit, B. Klajnert and M. Bryszewskaa; pg 350-353

Janus dendritic phosphines: synthesis and application in Suzuki coupling reactions

-Ji Liu,a Yu Feng, Yanmei He, Nianfa Yang and Qing-Hua Fan; pg 380-385

Effects of dendritic interface on enantioselective catalysis by polymer-bound prolines
-Tzofit Kehat, Kerem Goren and Moshe Portnoy; pg 394-401

Non-charged, water soluble dendronized polymers

-Baozhong Zhang and A. Dieter Schluter; pg 414-418

Tailoring uptake and release of ATP by dendritic glycopolymer/PNIPAAm hydrogel hybrids: first approaches towards multicompartment release systems
-Nikita Polikarpov, Dietmar Appelhans, Petra Welzel, Anika Kaufmann, Pranav Dhanapal, Cornelia Bellmanna and Brigitte Voit; pg 438-451

Self-assembly and liquid-crystalline supramolecular organizations of semifluorinated block co-dendritic supermolecules
-Izabela Bury, Benoıt Heinrich, Cyril Bourgogne, Georg H. Mehl, Daniel Guillona and Bertrand Donnio; pg 452-468

Shape-persistent, ruthenium(II)- and iron(II)-bisterpyridine metallodendrimers: synthesis, traveling-wave ion-mobility mass spectrometry, and photophysical properties
-Jin-Liang Wang, Xiaopeng Li, Carol D. Shreiner, Xiaocun Lu, Charles N. Moorefield, Sreedhar R. Tummalapalli, Douglas A. Medvetz, Matthew J. Panzner, Frank R. Fronczek, Chrys Wesdemiotis and George R. Newkome; pg 484-491

JACS, 2012, 134, 1375-1892

Molecular View of the Role of Fusion Peptides in Promoting Positive Membrane Curvature
Marc Fuhrmans and Siewert J. Marrink
pp 1543–1552

Hierarchically Structured Free-Standing Hydrogels with Liquid Crystalline Domains and Magnetic Nanoparticles as Dual Physical Cross-Linkers
Yuxiang Zhou, Nitin Sharma, Prashant Deshmukh, Rubinder Kaur Lakhman, Menka Jain, and Rajeswari M. Kasi
pp 1630–1641

Hydrophobic Forces, Electrostatic Steering, and Acid–Base Bridging between Atomically Smooth Self-Assembled Monolayers and End-Functionalized PEGolated Lipid Bilayers

Markus Valtiner, Stephen H. Donaldson, Jr., Matthew A. Gebbie, and Jacob N. Israelachvili
pp 1746–1753

Polymeric Dibromomaleimides As Extremely Efficient Disulfide Bridging Bioconjugation and Pegylation Agents
Mathew W. Jones, Rachel A. Strickland, Felix F. Schumacher, Stephen Caddick, James. R. Baker, Matthew I. Gibson, and David M. Haddleton
pp 1847–1852

JAC, 2012, 134, 745-1374

Membrane Assembly Driven by a Biomimetic Coupling Reaction
Itay Budin and Neal K. Devaraj
pp 751–753

Organometallic Cages as Vehicles for Intracellular Release of Photosensitizers
Frédéric Schmitt, Julien Freudenreich, Nicolas P. E. Barry, Lucienne Juillerat-Jeanneret, Georg Süss-Fink, and Bruno Therrien
pp 754–757

Chemically Programmed Cell Adhesion with Membrane-Anchored Oligonucleotides

Nicholas S. Selden, Michael E. Todhunter, Noel Y. Jee, Jennifer S. Liu, Kyle E. Broaders, and Zev J. Gartner
pp 765–768

Tunable Growth Factor Delivery from Injectable Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering
Katarina Vulic and Molly S. Shoichet
pp 882–885

Mechanistic Insights into Polar Monomer Insertion Polymerization from Acrylamides
Tobias Friedberger, Philipp Wucher, and Stefan Mecking
pp 1010–1018

Macromolecular Rapid Communications: vol. 33, issue 3

Photodegradable Polymers for Biotechnological Applications
-George Pasparakis, Theodore Manouras, Panagiotis Argitis, Maria Vamvakaki; pg 183-198

Learning From Nature: Synthesis and Characterization of Longitudinal Polymer Gradient Materials Inspired by Mussel Byssus Threads
-Kai U. Claussen, Reiner Giesa, Thomas Scheibel, Hans-Werner Schmidt; pg 206-211

Optically Active Helical Substituted Polyacetylenes Showing Reversible Helix Inversion in Emulsion and Solution State
-Yingying Huang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Wantai Yang, Jianping Deng; pg 212-217

Zinc Ion Uniquely Induced Triple Shape Memory Effect of Dipole–Dipole Reinforced Ultra-High Strength Hydrogels
-Yanjiao Han, Tao Bai, Yuan Liu, Xinyun Zhai, Wenguang Liu; pg 225-231

Live Monitoring of Cargo Release From Peptide-Based Hybrid Nanocapsules Induced by Enzyme Cleavage
-Julien Andrieu, Niklas Kotman, Matthias Maier, Volker Mailänder, Wolfgang S. L. Strauss, Clemens K. Weiss, Katharina Landfester; pg 248-253

Kinetics of Collapse Transition and Cluster Formation in a Thermoresponsive Micellar Solution of P(S- b -NIPAM- b -S) Induced by a Temperature Jump
-Joseph Adelsberger, Ezzeldin Metwalli, Alexander Diethert, Isabelle Grillo, Achille M. Bivigou-Koumba, André Laschewsky, Peter Müller-Buschbaum, Christine M. Papadakis; pg 254-259

Macromolecular Rapid Communications; vol. 33, issue 2

Three-Dimensionally Ordered Macroporous Nitroxide Polymer Brush Electrodes Prepared by Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Polymerization for Organic Radical Batteries
-Chun-Hao Lin, Wei-Jen Chou, Jyh-Tsung Lee; pg 107-113

“One-step” Preparation of Thiol-Ene Clickable PEG-Based Thermoresponsive Hyperbranched Copolymer for In Situ Crosslinking Hybrid Hydrogel
-Yixiao Dong, Aram Omer Saeed, Waqar Hassan, Catherine Keigher, Yu Zheng, Hongyun Tai, Abhay Pandit, Wenxin Wang; pg 120-126

pH-Responsive Aggregation of Amphiphilic Glyco-Homopolymer
-Krishna Dan, Suhrit Ghosh; pg 127-132

Quadruple-Responsive Nanocomposite Based on Dextran–PMAA–PNIPAM, Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, and Gold Nanorods
-Wenqian Feng, Weipeng Lv, Junjie Qi, Guoliang Zhang, Fengbao Zhang,
Xiaobin Fan; pg 133-139

Novel Functional Conjugative Hyperbranched Polymers with Aggregation-Induced Emission: Synthesis Through One-Pot “A 2 + B 4 ” Polymerization and Application as Explosive Chemsensors and PLEDs
-Wenbo Wu, Shanghui Ye, Gui Yu, Yunqi Liu, Jingui Qin, Zhen Li; pg 164-171

JACS, 2012, 134, 1-744

Amplifying the Macromolecular Crowding Effect Using Nanoparticles
Ahmed Zaki, Neeshma Dave, and Juewen Liu
pp 35–38

Compositional Control of Higher Order Assembly Using Synthetic Collagen Peptides
Fei Xu, Ji Li, Vikas Jain, Raymond S. Tu, Qingrong Huang, and Vikas Nanda
pp 47–50

Parallel β-Sheet Secondary Structure Is Stabilized and Terminated by Interstrand Disulfide Cross-Linking
Aaron M. Almeida, Rebecca Li, and Samuel H. Gellman
pp 75–78

Cyto-mechanoresponsive Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films

Johanna Davila, Armelle Chassepot, Johan Longo, Fouzia Boulmedais, Andreas Reisch, Benoît Frisch, Florent Meyer, Jean-Claude Voegel, Philippe J. Mésini, Bernard Senger, Marie-Hélène Metz-Boutigue, Joseph Hemmerlé, Philippe Lavalle, Pierre Schaaf, and Loïc Jierry
pp 83–86

Biologically Active Polymersomes from Amphiphilic Glycopeptides
Jin Huang, Colin Bonduelle, Julie Thévenot, Sébastien Lecommandoux, and Andreas Heise
pp 119–122

Preparation and Structure of a Tubular Addition Polymer: A True Synthetic Nanotube
Te-Jung Hsu, Frank W. Fowler, and Joseph W. Lauher
pp 142–145

Mercaptocarborane-Capped Gold Nanoparticles: Electron Pools and Ion Traps with Switchable Hydrophilicity
Ana M. Cioran, Ana D. Musteti, Francesc Teixidor, Željka Krpetić, Ian A. Prior, Qian He, Christopher J. Kiely, Mathias Brust, and Clara Viñas
pp 212–221

Non-covalent Monolayer-Piercing Anchoring of Lipophilic Nucleic Acids: Preparation, Characterization, and Sensing Applications
Moria Kwiat, Roey Elnathan, Minseok Kwak, Jan Willem de Vries, Alexander Pevzner, Yoni Engel, Larisa Burstein, Artium Khatchtourints, Amir Lichtenstein, Eli Flaxer, Andreas Herrmann, and Fernando Patolsky
pp 280–292

Understanding Thermodynamic Competitivity between Biopolymer Folding and Misfolding under Large-Scale Intermolecular Interactions
Youdong Mao and Jinzhong Zhang
pp 631–639