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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Science, Vol 337, Issue 6092


Jeffrey A. Hubbell and Ashutosh Chilkoti, 303-305

Monday, July 16, 2012

Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 22, Issue 14

Self-Assembling Nanotubes Consisting of Rigid Cyclic γ-Peptides (pages 3051–3056)
Liangchun Li, Hongmei Zhan, Pengfei Duan, Jian Liao, Junming Quan, Yu Hu, Zhongzhu Chen, Jin Zhu, Minghua Liu, Yun-Dong Wu and Jingen Deng



Temperature-Memory Effect of Copolyesterurethanes and their Application Potential in Minimally Invasive Medical Technologies (pages 3057–3065)
Karl Kratz, Ulrike Voigt and Andreas Lendlein


Biofabricating Multifunctional Soft Matter with Enzymes and Stimuli-Responsive Materials (pages 3004–3012)
Yi Liu, Jessica L. Terrell, Chen-Yu Tsao, Hsuan-Chen Wu, Vishal Javvaji, Eunkyoung Kim, Yi Cheng, Yifeng Wang, Rein V. Ulijn, Srinivasa R. Raghavan, Gary W. Rubloff, William E. Bentley and Gregory F. Payne

Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 22 Issue 13

Fabrication of Gelatin Microgels by a “Cast” Strategy for Controlled Drug Release
Anhe Wang, Yue Cui, Junbai Li and Jan C. M. van Hest, pages 2673–2681

A Single Component Conducting Polymer Hydrogel as a Scaffold for Tissue Engineering

Damia Mawad, Elise Stewart, David L. Officer, Tony Romeo, Pawel Wagner, Klaudia Wagner and Gordon G. Wallace


Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Org Biol Chem


Andreas Krause, Andreas Kirschning and Gerald Dräger
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 5547-5553 
Céline Bienvenu, Álvaro Martínez, José Luis Jiménez Blanco, Christophe Di Giorgio, Pierre Vierling, Carmen Ortiz Mellet, Jacques Defaye and José M. García Fernández
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 5570-5581 
Audrey Hottin, Faustine Dubar, Agata Steenackers, Philippe Delannoy, Christophe Biot and Jean-Bernard Behr
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 5592-5597
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 5606-5612
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 5371-5378 
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 5410-5416
Julián Valero, Michiel Van Gool, Ruth Pérez-Fernández, Pilar Castreño, Jorge Sánchez-Quesada, Pilar Prados and Javier de Mendoza
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 5417-5430 

ACS Chem Bio


pp 988–998

Butenolide Inhibits Marine Fouling by Altering the Primary Metabolism of Three Target Organisms

pp 1049–1058

A Synthetic Peptide Mimic of λ-Cro shows Sequence-Specific Binding in Vitroand in Vivo

pp 1084–1094

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1818 (2012) 2209–2216

siRNA carriers based on carbosilane dendrimers affect zeta potential and size of phospholipid vesicles Maksim Ionov, Zuzana Garaiova, Iveta Waczulikova, Dominika Wróbel, Elżbieta Pędziwiatr-Werbicka, Rafael Gomez-Ramirez, Francisco Javier de la Mata, Barbara Klajnert, Tibor Hianik, Maria Bryszewska

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1818 (2012) 2171–2174

Enhancing membrane disruption by targeting and multivalent presentation of antimicrobial peptides Cristina Chamorro, Marcel A. Boerman, Christopher J. Arnusch, Eefjan Breukink, Roland J. Pieters

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (6), pp 4884–4891

Free-Standing and Single-Crystalline Fe1–xMnxSi Nanowires with Room-Temperature Ferromagnetism and Excellent Magnetic Response Min-Hsiu Hung†, Chiu-Yen Wang†, Jianshi Tang‡, Ching-Chun Lin†, Te-Chien Hou†, Xiaowei Jiang‡, Kang L. Wang‡, and Lih-Juann Chen†* † Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 30013, ROC ‡ Device Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (6), pp 4835–4844

Chitosan/siRNA Nanoparticles Encapsulated in PLGA Nanofibers for siRNA Delivery Menglin Chen†*, Shan Gao†‡, Mingdong Dong†, Jie Song†, Chuanxu Yang†‡, Kenneth Alan Howard†‡, Jørgen Kjems†‡, and Flemming Besenbacher†§ †Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), ‡Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, and §Department of Physics and Astronomy (IFA), Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (6), pp 4731–4739

Adhesive Layer-by-Layer Films of Carboxymethylated Cellulose Nanofibril–Dopamine Covalent Bioconjugates Inspired by Marine Mussel Threads Erdem Karabulut†, Torbjörn Pettersson†, Mikael Ankerfors‡, and Lars Wågberg†§* † Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 56, SE 10044 Stockholm, Sweden ‡ Material Processes, Innventia AB, Box 5604, 11486 Stockholm, Sweden § Wallenberg Wood Science Centre, Teknikringen 56, 10044, Stockholm, Sweden

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (6), pp 4686–4693

Modular Click Assembly of Degradable Capsules Using Polyrotaxanes Henk H. Dam and Frank Caruso* Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (6), pp 4557–4564

“Face-Lifting” and “Make-Up” for Microorganisms: Layer-by-Layer Polyelectrolyte Nanocoating Rawil F. Fakhrullin† and Yuri M. Lvov‡* † Department of Microbiology, Kazan (Idel buye/Volga region) Federal University, Kreml urami 18, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, 420008, Russia ‡ Institute for Micromanufacturing, Louisiana Tech University, 700 Shreveport Highway, Ruston, Louisiana 71270, United States

Monday, July 2, 2012

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (6), pp 5413–5419

Magnetically Driven Floating Foams for the Removal of Oil Contaminants from Water Paola Calcagnile†*, Despina Fragouli†*, Ilker S. Bayer†, George C. Anyfantis†, Luigi Martiradonna†, P. Davide Cozzoli‡§, Roberto Cingolani, and Athanassia Athanassiou† † Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies @UNILE, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), via Barsanti, 73010 Arnesano (LE), Italy ‡ National Nanotechnology Laboratory (NNL), CNR - Istituto Nanoscienze, c/o Distretto Tecnologico, via per Arnesano km 5, 73100 Lecce, Italy § Dipartimento di Matermatica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi”, Università del Salento, via per Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, Italy Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (6), pp 5249–5258

Soft Nanotube Hydrogels Functioning As Artificial Chaperones Naohiro Kameta*, Mitsutoshi Masuda, and Toshimi Shimizu Nanotube Research Center (NTRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (6), pp 5198–5208

Nanosized Multifunctional Polyplexes for Receptor-Mediated SiRNA Delivery Christian Dohmen†, Daniel Edinger†, Thomas Fröhlich†, Laura Schreiner†, Ulrich Lächelt†, Christina Troiber†, Joachim Rädler‡, Philipp Hadwiger§, Hans-Peter Vornlocher§, and Ernst Wagner†* † Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Butenandtstrasse 5-13, 81377 Munich, Germany ‡ Department of Physics, Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Amalienstraße 54, 80799, Munich, Germany § Axolabs GmbH, Fritz-Hornschuh-Straße 9, 95326 Kulmbach, Germany

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (6), pp 5174–5189

Targeted Polymeric Micelles for siRNA Treatment of Experimental Cancer by Intravenous Injection R. James Christie†, Yu Matsumoto†‡§, Kanjiro Miyata†, Takahiro Nomoto, Shigeto Fukushima, Kensuke Osada, Julien Halnaut¶, Frederico Pittella, Hyun Jin Kim, Nobuhiro Nishiyama†, and Kazunori Kataoka†#* †Division of Clinical Biotechnology, Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine and ‡Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan § Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Japan Department of Bioengineering and Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, ¶Center for Medical System Innovation, International Student Exchange Program, and #Center for NanoBio Integration, The University of Tokyo, Japan

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (6), pp 5157–5163

Nanostructured Hybrid Transparent Conductive Films with Antibacterial Properties Iskandar N. Kholmanov†‡, Meryl D. Stoller†, Jonathan Edgeworth†, Wi Hyoung Lee†, Huifeng Li†, Jongho Lee§, Craig Barnhart, Jeffrey R. Potts†, Richard Piner†, Deji Akinwande§, Jeffrey E. Barrick, and Rodney S. Ruoff†* † Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C2200, Austin, Texas 78712, United States ‡ CNR-IDASC Sensor Lab Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of Brescia, Via Valotti, 9, Brescia 25133, Italy § Microelectronic Research Center, Department of Electrical Engineering and The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78758, United States Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (6), pp 4955–4965

Single-Step Assembly of Cationic Lipid–Polymer Hybrid Nanoparticles for Systemic Delivery of siRNA Xian-Zhu Yang†, Shuang Dou†, Yu-Cai Wang†, Hong-Yan Long†, Meng-Hua Xiong†, Cheng-Qiong Mao†, Yan-Dan Yao‡, and Jun Wang†* † School of Life Sciences and Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, People’s Republic of China ‡ Sun-Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun-Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, People’s Republic of China

Nano Lett. 2012, 12, 2685−2689

Remotely Activated Protein-Producing Nanoparticles Avi Schroeder,†,‡,⊥ Michael S. Goldberg,†,⊥ Christian Kastrup,†,‡,§ Yingxia Wang,‡ Shan Jiang,†,‡ Brian J. Joseph,‡ Christopher G. Levins,†,‡ Sneha T. Kannan,† Robert Langer,†,‡,∥ and Daniel G. Anderson*,†,‡,∥ †David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and ‡Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States §Michael Smith Laboratories and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4 Canada ∥Harvard MIT Division of Health Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States

Nano Lett., 2012, 12, 2982–2987

Polyelectrolyte Wrapping Layers Control Rates of Photothermal Molecular Release from Gold Nanorods Jingyu Huang, Kaliah S. Jackson, and Catherine J. Murphy* Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States

Nano Lett. 2012, 12, 2833−2838

Pyroelectric Nanogenerators for Harvesting Thermoelectric Energy Ya Yang,† Wenxi Guo,† Ken C. Pradel,† Guang Zhu,† Yusheng Zhou,† Yan Zhang,† Youfan Hu,† Long Lin,† and Zhong Lin Wang*,†,‡ †School of Material Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0245, United States ‡Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Nano Lett. 2012, 12, 3251−3256

Designing Quantum Rods for Optimized Energy Transfer with Firefly Luciferase Enzymes Rabeka Alam,† Danielle M. Fontaine,§ Bruce R. Branchini,§ and Mathew M. Maye*,†,‡ †Department of Chemistry and ‡Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 13244 United States §Department of Chemistry, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, 06320 United States

Nano Lett. 2012, 12, 3127−3131

Water-Dispersible Ferrimagnetic Iron Oxide Nanocubes with Extremely High r2 Relaxivity for Highly Sensitive in Vivo MRI of Tumors Nohyun Lee,†,§ Yoonseok Choi,‡,§ Youjin Lee,† Mihyun Park,† Woo Kyung Moon,‡ Seung Hong Choi,*,‡ and Taeghwan Hyeon*,† †World Class University Program of Chemical Convergence for Energy and Environment, Institute of Chemical Processes, and School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-744, Korea ‡Diagnostic Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, and the Institute of Radiation Medicine, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, 28, Yeongeon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Korea

Chemical Society Reviews, vol 41, issues 12-14


Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 5802-5808 Refining of Plant Oils to Chemicals by Olefin Metathesis Samir Chikkali and Stefan Mecking*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6112-6116 Autonomous Intestine-Like Motion of Tubular Self-Oscillating Gel** Yusuke Shiraki and Ryo Yoshida*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6416-6420 Protein Expression, Aggregation, and Triggered Release from Polymersomes as Artificial Cell-like Structures** Chiara Martino, Shin-Hyun Kim, Louise Horsfall, Alireza Abbaspourrad, Susan J. Rosser, Jonathan Cooper,* and David A. Weitz*

Chemistry, A European Journal, vol 18, issue 26




Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6398-6401 A Dipeptide-Based Multicolored-Switching Luminescent Solid Material: When Molecular Assemblies Meet Mechanochemical Reaction** Ming-Jun Teng, Xin-Ru Jia,* Xiao-Fang Chen, and Yen Wei
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6389-6393 Degree of Chemical Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes Determines Tissue Distribution and Excretion Profile** Khuloud T. Al-Jamal, Antonio Nunes, Laura Methven, Hanene Ali-Boucetta, Shouping Li, Francesca M. Toma, M. Antonia Herrero, Wafa T. Al-Jamal, Huub M. M. ten Eikelder, Julie Foster, Stephen Mather, Maurizio Prato,* Alberto Bianco,* and Kostas Kostarelos*

Chemistry, A European Journal, vol 18, issue 25





Science, Vol 336, Issue 6087

Holger Braunschweig, Rian D. Dewhurst, Kai Hammond, Jan Mies, Krzysztof Radacki, Alfredo Vargas 1420-1422
Myungeun Seo Marc A. Hillmyer 1422-1425

Accounts of Chemical Research; vol. 45, issue 5

Biomimetic Peptide Nanosensors

YUE CUI, SANG N. KIM, RAJESH R. NAIK, MICHAEL C. MCALPINE; pg. 696-704


The Artificial Leaf
DANIEL G. NOCERA; pg. 767-776




Accounts of Chemical Research; vol. 45, issue 6


Weak Coordination as a Powerful Means for Developing Broadly Useful C

KEARY M. ENGLE, TIAN-SHENG MEI, MASAYUKI WASA, JIN-QUAN YU; pg. 788-802



Overcoming the “Oxidant Problem”: Strategies to Use O2 as the Oxidant in Organometallic C
ALISON N. CAMPBELL AND SHANNON S. STAHL; pg. 851-863




Borylation and Silylation of C H Bonds: A Platform for Diverse C H Bond Functionalizations
JOHN F. HARTWIG; pg. 864-873







Science Vol.336, Iss. 6086

K. Elizabeth Tanner  1237-1238

Langmuir; vol 28, issue 25




In Situ Monitoring of Protein Adsorption on a Nanoparticulated Gold Film by Attenuated Total Reflection Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy
Bo Jin, Wen-Jing Bao, Zeng-Qiang Wu, Xing-Hua Xia; pg. 9460-9465


Influence of the Physical State of Phospholipid Monolayers on Protein Binding

Élodie Boisselier, Philippe Calvez, Éric Demers, Line Cantin, Christian Salesse; pg. 9680-9688



New Antifouling Silica Hydrogel

Ángela A. Beltran-Osuna, Bin Cao, Gang Cheng, Sadhan C. Jana, Matthew P. Espe, Bimala Lama; pg. 9700-9706


Simple and Robust Approach for Passivating and Functionalizing Surfaces for Use in Complex Media

Yuting Li, Andrew J. Keefe, Michelle Giarmarco, Norman D. Brault, Shaoyi Jiang; pg. 9707-9713





Science, Vol 336, Issue 6085

Langmuir; vol. 28, issue 24

Special Issue: Colloidal Nanoplasmonics

Langmuir; vol. 28, issue 23


Fluorescent and Highly Stable Unimodal DMPC Based Unilamellar Vesicles Formed by Spontaneous Curvature

Dong Shi, George Sfintes, Bo W. Laursen, Jens B. Simonsen; pg. 8608-8615



Self-Assembled Vesicles Prepared from Amphiphilic Cyclodextrins as Drug Carriers

Tao Sun, Qie Guo, Cai Zhang, Jingcheng Hao, Pengyao Xing, Jie Su, Shangyang Li, Aiyou Hao, Guangcun Liu; pg. 8625-8636



Poly(acrylic acid)−Poly(ethylene glycol) Layers on Positively Charged Surface Coatings: Molecular Structure, Protein Resistance, and Application to Single Protein Deposition

Andrea Seehuber, Dennis Schmidt, Reiner Dahint; pg. 8700-8710


Vertical Anisotropic Microfibers for a Gecko-Inspired Adhesive
John Tamelier, Sathya Chary, Kimberly L. Turner; pg. 8746-8752









Journal of Materials Chemistry

2012, Issue 24, Page 11863 to 12390

Bicomponent fibre mats with adhesive ultra-hydrophobicity tailored with cellulose derivatives - Laura Taajamaa, Eero Kontturi, Janne Laine and Orlando J. Rojas; 12072-12082

A general method for controlled nanopatterning of oxide dots: a microphase separated block copolymer platform - Tandra Ghoshal, Matthew T. Shaw, Ciara T. Bolger, Justin D. Holmes and Michael A. Morris; 12083-12089

Fabrication, characterisation and performance of hydrophilic and super-hydrophilic silica as cell culture surfaces - Graham J. Hickman, Akhilesh Rai, David J. Boocock, Robert C. Rees and Carole C. Perry; 12141-12148


Issue 25, Page 12391 to 12922


Cellulose-based material with amphiphobicity to inhibit bacterial adhesion by surface modification - Chengfeng Jin, Yufeng Jiang, Tao Niu and Jianguo Huang; 12562-12567





Issue 26, Page 12923 to 13402


Grafting poly(ionic liquid) brushes for anti-bacterial and anti-biofouling applications - Qian Ye, Tingting Gao, Fei Wan, Bo Yu, Xiaowei Pei, Feng Zhou and Qunji Xue; 13123-13131


Cross-linked hydroxide conductive membranes with side chains for direct methanol fuel cell applications - Shuai Xu, Gang Zhang, Yang Zhang, Chengji Zhao, Liyuan Zhang, Mingyu Li, Jing Wang, Na Zhang and Hui Na; 13295-13302

Issue 27, Page 13403 to 13856

Imidazolium sulfonate-containing pentablock copolymer–ionic liquid membranes for electroactive actuators - Renlong Gao, Dong Wang, James R. Heflin and Timothy E. Long; 13473-13476

Highly selective CO2/CH4 gas uptake by a halogen-decorated borazine-linked polymer - Thomas E. Reich, S. Behera, Karl T. Jackson, Puru Jena and Hani M. El-Kaderi; 13524-13528

Reduction-sensitive polypeptides incorporated with nuclear localization signal sequences for enhanced gene delivery - Juan Yang, Qi Lei, Kai Han, Yu-Hui Gong, Si Chen, Han Cheng, Si-Xue Cheng, Ren-Xi Zhuo and Xian-Zheng Zhang; 13591-13599

Controlling the dynamic behavior of heterogeneous self-oscillating gels - Victor V. Yashin, Seiichi Suzuki, Ryo Yoshida and Anna C. Balazs; 13625-13636


Issue 28, Page 13857 to 14290

A highly durable cross-linked hydroxide ion conducting pore-filling membrane - Mi-Soon Lee, Taeyoung Kim, Seok-Hee Park, Chang-Soo Kim and Young-Woo Choi; 13928-13931


Tough and highly stretchable graphene oxide/polyacrylamide nanocomposite hydrogels - Ruiqiong Liu, Songmiao Liang, Xiu-Zhi Tang, Dong Yan, Xiaofeng Li and Zhong-Zhen Yu; 14160-14167