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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Nature Nanotechnology

Normalization of Tumour Blood Vessels Improves the Delivery of Nanomedicines in a Size-dependent Manner.
Chauhan, Vikash P., Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos, John D. Martin, Zoran Popović, Ou Chen, Walid S. Kamoun, Moungi G. Bawendi, Dai Fukumura, and Rakesh K. Jain. 2012. Nature Nanotechnology 7 (6): 383–388. doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.45.

Shear-stress Sensitive Lenticular Vesicles for Targeted Drug Delivery.
Holme, Margaret N., Illya A. Fedotenko, Daniel Abegg, Jasmin Althaus, Lucille Babel, France Favarger, Renate Reiter, et al. 2012. Nature Nanotechnology 7 (8): 536–543. doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.84.

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A

Postfunctionalization of Polyoxanorbornene via Sequential Michael Addition and Radical Thiol-ene Click Reactions.
Durmaz, Hakan, Muge Butun, Gurkan Hizal, and Umit Tunca. 2012. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 50 (15): 3116–3125.

Hollow Nanoparticles Prepared from pH-responsive Template Polymer Micelles.
Inoue, Masamichi, Kyohei Noda, and Shin-ichi Yusa. 2012. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 50 (13): 2596–2603.

Precisely Controlled Copper(0)-catalyzed One-pot Reaction: Concurrent Living Radical Polymerization and Click Chemistry
Zhang, Weidong, Gaojian Chen, Zhijun Hu, Wei Zhang, Zhengbiao Zhang, and Xiulin Zhu. 2012. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 50 (17): 3656–3663.

PNAS

Aeffner, Sebastian, Tobias Reusch, Britta Weinhausen, and Tim Salditt. 2012. “Energetics of Stalk Intermediates in Membrane Fusion Are Controlled by Lipid Composition.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (25) (June 19): E1609–E1618.
 
Bonnet, Jerome, Pakpoom Subsoontorn, and Drew Endy. 2012. “Rewritable Digital Data Storage in Live Cells via Engineered Control of Recombination Directionality.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (23) (June 5): 8884–8889.
 
Ding, Xiaoyun, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Brian Kiraly, Hongjun Yue, Sixing Li, I.-Kao Chiang, Jinjie Shi, Stephen J. Benkovic, and Tony Jun Huang. 2012. “On-chip Manipulation of Single Microparticles, Cells, and Organisms Using Surface Acoustic Waves.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (28) (July 10): 11105–11109.
 
Goda, Keisuke, Ali Ayazi, Daniel R. Gossett, Jagannath Sadasivam, Cejo K. Lonappan, Elodie Sollier, Ali M. Fard, et al. 2012. “High-throughput Single-microparticle Imaging Flow Analyzer.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (29) (July 17): 11630–11635. 
 
Hermsen, Rutger, J. Barrett Deris, and Terence Hwa. 2012. “On the Rapidity of Antibiotic Resistance Evolution Facilitated by a Concentration Gradient.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (27) (July 3): 10775–10780.
 
Jönsson, Peter, James McColl, Richard W. Clarke, Victor P. Ostanin, Bengt Jönsson, and David Klenerman. 2012. “Hydrodynamic Trapping of Molecules in Lipid Bilayers.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (26) (June 26): 10328–10333.
 
Michele, Lorenzo Di, Alessio Zaccone, and Erika Eiser. 2012. “Analytical Theory of Polymer-network-mediated Interaction Between Colloidal Particles.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (26) (June 26): 10187–10192. 
 
Pan, Lijia, Guihua Yu, Dongyuan Zhai, Hye Ryoung Lee, Wenting Zhao, Nian Liu, Huiliang Wang, et al. 2012. “Hierarchical Nanostructured Conducting Polymer Hydrogel with High Electrochemical Activity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (24) (June 12): 9287–9292. 
 
Piwonski, Hubert M., Mila Goomanovsky, David Bensimon, Amnon Horovitz, and Gilad Haran. 2012. “Allosteric Inhibition of Individual Enzyme Molecules Trapped in Lipid Vesicles.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (22) (May 29): E1437–E1443. 
 
Yu, Xiuzhen, Maxim Mostovoy, Yusuke Tokunaga, Weizhu Zhang, Koji Kimoto, Yoshio Matsui, Yoshio Kaneko, Naoto Nagaosa, and Yoshinori Tokura. 2012. “Magnetic Stripes and Skyrmions with Helicity Reversals.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (23) (June 5): 8856–8860.
 
Zheng, Ying, Junmei Chen, Michael Craven, Nak Won Choi, Samuel Totorica, Anthony Diaz-Santana, Pouneh Kermani, et al. 2012. “In Vitro Microvessels for the Study of Angiogenesis and Thrombosis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (24) (June 12): 9342–9347. 
 
Zhu, Shunyi, Bin Gao, Peta J. Harvey, and David J. Craik. 2012. “Dermatophytic Defensin with Antiinfective Potential.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (22) (May 29): 8495–8500.
Glucocorticoid-Loaded Core-Cross-Linked Polymeric Micelles with Tailorable Release Kinetics for Targeted Therapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis** Bart J. Crielaard, Cristianne J. F. Rijcken, Lingdong Quan, Steffen van der Wal, Isil Altintas, Martin van der Pot, John A. W. Kruijtzer, Rob M. J. Liskamp, Raymond M. Schiffelers, Cornelus F. van Nostrum, Wim E. Hennink, Dong Wang, Twan Lammers,* and Gert Storm*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7203 –7207

Tumor-Homing Poly-siRNA/Glycol Chitosan Self-Cross-Linked Nanoparticles for Systemic siRNA Delivery in Cancer Treatment** So Jin Lee, Myung Sook Huh, Seung Young Lee, Solki Min, Seulki Lee, Heebeom Koo, Jun- Uk Chu, Kyung Eun Lee, Hyesung Jeon, Yongseok Choi, Kuiwon Choi, Youngro Byun, Seo Young Jeong, Kinam Park, Kwangmeyung Kim,* and Ick Chan Kwon*

Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 2545-2550

Fabrication of doubly responsive polymer functionalized silica nanoparticles via a simple thiol–ene click chemistry Yohei Kotsuchibashi, Mitsuhiro Ebara, Takao Aoyagi and Ravin Narain aBiomaterials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan bDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering and Alberta Glycomics Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G2G6, Canada. E-mail: narain@ualberta.ca; Fax: +1-780-492-2881; Tel: +1- 780-492-1736 cJapan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 8 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8472, Japan dGraduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1- 1-1 Tenodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8571, Japan

Monday, August 6, 2012

Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 2471-2478

Thiol–yne reaction of alkyne-derivatized fatty acids: biobased polyols and cytocompatibility of derived polyurethanes Rodolfo J. González-Paz, Gerard Lligadas, Juan C. Ronda, Marina Galià and Virginia Cádiz Departament de Qu ımica Anal ıtica i Qu ımica Org anica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/Marcel.l ı Domingo s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.

Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 2436-2443

Basic ionic liquids: a new type of ligand and catalyst for the AGET ATRP of methyl methacrylate Zhijun Deng, Jiangna Guo, Lihua Qiu, Yinxia Zhou, Lin Xia and Feng Yan Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, PR China. E-mail: fyan@suda.edu.cn

Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 2413-2420

Palladium-containing polymers via a combination of RAFT and triazole chemistry Christiane Lang, Claude Kiefer, Elise Lejeune, Anja S. Goldmann, Frank Breher, Peter W. Roesky and Christopher Barner-Kowollik aPreparative Macromolecular Chemistry, Institut f€ur Technische Chemie und Polymerchemie, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstraße 18, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany. E-mail: christopher. barner-kowollik@kit.edu; Fax: +49 721 608 45740 bInstitut f€ur Anorganische Chemie, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstr. 15, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany. E-mail: breher@kit. edu; roesky@kit.edu; Fax: +49 721 608 44854 cSoft Matter Synthesis Laboratory, Institut f€ur Biologische Grenzfl€achen I, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Herrmann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 2383-2392

Polyethylene end functionalization using thia-Michael addition chemistry Jérôme Mazzolini, Olivier Boyron, Vincent Monteil, Franck D’Agosto, Christophe Boisson, Gemma C. Sanders, Johan P. A. Heuts, Rob Duchateau, Didier Gigmes and Denis Bertin aUniversit e de Lyon, Univ. Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, CNRS UMR 5265, Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polym eres et Proc ed es (C2P2), Equipe LCPP Bat 308F, 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69616 Villeurbanne, France. E-mail: boisson@lcpp.cpe.fr; dagosto@lcpp.cpe.fr bLaboratory of Polymer Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands cDutch Polymer Institute (DPI), John F. Kennedylaan 2, 5612 AB Eindhoven, The Netherlands dAix-Marseille Univ., Institut de Chimie Radicalaire, CNRS UMR 7273, Equipe Chimie Radicalaire Organique et Polym eres de Sp ecialit e, Case 542, Av. Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (7), pp 6400–6406

All-Solid-State Flexible Supercapacitors Fabricated with Bacterial Nanocellulose Papers, Carbon Nanotubes, and Triblock-Copolymer Ion Gels Yu Jin Kang†, Sang-Jin Chun§, Sung-Suk Lee§, Bo-Yeong Kim§, Jung Hyeun Kim, Haegeun Chung, Sun-Young Lee§*, and Woong Kim†* † Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea § Department of Forest Resources Utilization, Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul 130-712, Republic of Korea Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 130-743, Republic of Korea Department of Environmental Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (7), pp 6208–6214

Preparation of Polymeric Nanoscale Networks from Cylindrical Molecular Bottlebrushes Dingcai Wu†*, Alper Nese‡, Joanna Pietrasik§, Yeru Liang†, Hongkun He‡, Michal Kruk, Liang Huang, Tomasz Kowalewski‡, and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski‡* † Materials Science Institute, PCFM Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China ‡ Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States § Institute of Polymer and Dye Technology, Technical University of Lodz, Stefanowskiego 12/16, 90 924 Lodz, Poland Center for Engineered Polymeric Materials, Department of Chemistry, College of Staten Island and Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, New York 10314, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (7), pp 6174–6184

Thermal Transitions in Dry and Hydrated Layer-by-Layer Assemblies Exhibiting Linear and Exponential Growth Ajay Vidyasagar†, Choonghyun Sung†, Randall Gamble‡, and Jodie L. Lutkenhaus†* † Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States ‡ Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (7), pp 6083–6090

Clusters and Lattices of Particles Stabilized by Dipolar Coupling Artem Baskin†, Wai-Yip Lo†, and Petr Král†‡* †Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (7), pp 5757–5766

Injectable Polyplex Hydrogel for Localized and Long-Term Delivery of siRNA Young-Min Kim†§, Mi-Ran Park†, and Soo-Chang Song†§* † Center for Biomaterials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, 136-791, Korea § Department of Biomolecular Science, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, 305-350, Korea

Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (7), pp 3417–3423

Tuning Nanoparticle Uptake: Live-Cell Imaging Reveals Two Distinct Endocytosis Mechanisms Mediated by Natural and Artificial EGFR Targeting Ligand Frauke M. Mickler†, Leonhard Möckl†, Nadia Ruthardt†, Manfred Ogris‡, Ernst Wagner‡, and Christoph Bräuchle*† †Department of Chemistry and Center for NanoScience (CeNS) and ‡Department of Pharmacy and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstrasse 5-13, D-81377 München, Germany

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7396 – 7417

Smart Self-Assembled Hybrid Hydrogel Biomaterials Jindrˇich Kopecˇek* and Jiyuan Yang

Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (7), pp 3722–3730

Rapid Flu Diagnosis Using Silicon Nanowire Sensor Fangxia Shen†, Jindong Wang‡§, Zhenqiang Xu†, Yan Wu†, Qi Chen†, Xiaoguang Li, Xu Jie, Lidong Li§, Maosheng Yao*†, Xuefeng Guo*‡, and Tong Zhu*† † State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China ‡ Center for Nanochemistry, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China § School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China Department of Infectious Diseases, Peking University Third Hospital, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China Department of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (7), pp 3634–3639

Electromagnetic Torque Tweezers: A Versatile Approach for Measurement of Single-Molecule Twist and Torque Xander J. A. Janssen, Jan Lipfert, Tessa Jager, Renier Daudey, Jaap Beekman, and Nynke H. Dekker* Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands

Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (7), pp 3587–3591

Mass Production and Size Control of Lipid–Polymer Hybrid Nanoparticles through Controlled Microvortices YongTae Kim†, Bomy Lee Chung†‡, Mingming Ma†, Willem J. M. Mulder, Zahi A. Fayad, Omid C. Farokhzad, and Robert Langer*†‡§ †David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, ‡Department of Chemical Engineering, and §Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1234, New York, 10029, United States Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States

Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (7), pp 3783–3787

Sodium Ion Insertion in Hollow Carbon Nanowires for Battery Applications Yuliang Cao*†‡, Lifen Xiao†§, Maria L. Sushko†, Wei Wang†, Birgit Schwenzer†, Jie Xiao†, Zimin Nie†, Laxmikant V. Saraf†, Zhengguo Yang†, and Jun Liu*† † Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States ‡ Hubei Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry and Molecular Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China § College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7748 –7751

A Membrane-Bound Synthetic Receptor that Promotes Growth of a Polymeric Coating at the Bilayer–Water Interface** Ying Liu, Michael C. Young, Orly Moshe, Quan Cheng,* and Richard J. Hooley*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7739 –7743

Strongly Fluorescent, Switchable Perylene Bis(diimide) Host–Guest Complexes with Cucurbit[8]uril In Water** Frank Biedermann, Einat Elmalem, Indrajit Ghosh, Werner M. Nau, and Oren A. Scherman*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7706 –7710

Using an Electrical Potential to Reversibly Switch Surfaces between Two States for Dynamically Controlling Cell Adhesion** Cheuk Chi Albert Ng, Astrid Magenau, Siti Hawa Ngalim, Simone Ciampi, Muthukumar Chockalingham, Jason Brian Harper, Katharina Gaus, and John Justin Gooding*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7674 –7679

Converting a Solvatochromic Fluorophore into a Protein-Based pH Indicator for Extreme Acidity** Maiyun Yang, Yanqun Song, Meng Zhang, Shixian Lin, Ziyang Hao, Yuan Liang, Dianmu Zhang, and Peng R. Chen*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7938 –7941

Polyspermine Imidazole-4,5-imine, a Chemically Dynamic and Biologically Responsive Carrier System for Intracellular Delivery of siRNA** Shiyue Duan, Weien Yuan, Fei Wu, and Tuo Jin*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7898 – 7921

Functional Block Copolymers: Nanostructured Materials with Emerging Applications Felix H. Schacher, Paul A. Rupar, and Ian Manners*

Accounts of Chemical Research; vol 45, issue 7

Topic: Gene Silencing and Delivery

Nature Chemistry Volume 4 No 8 August 2012


Fengyan Wang, Kopin Liu & T. Peter Rakitzis

Jagotamoy Das, Kristin B. Cederquist, Alexandre A. Zaragoza, Paul E. Lee, Edward H. Sargent & Shana O. Kelley

D. M. Eisele, C. W. Cone, E. A. Bloemsma, S. M. Vlaming, C. G. F. van der Kwaak, R. J. Silbey, M. G. Bawendi, J. Knoester, J. P. Rabe & D. A. Vanden Bout

Macromolecular Rapid Communications; vol 33, issue 15


Naked and Self-Clickable PropargylicDecorated Single-Chain Nanoparticle Precursors via Redox-Initiated RAFT Polymerization
Ana  Sanchez-Sanchez,  Isabel Asenjo-Sanz,  Lorea  Buruaga, José  A.  Pomposo; pg 1262−1267


“Assessing the RAFT Equilibrium Constant via Model Systems: An EPR Study”—Response to a Comment
Wibke   Meiser ,  Michael   Buback; pg 1273−1279


Synthesis and Characterization of PEG-Based Drug-Responsive Biohybrid Hydrogels
 Raphael  J.  Gübeli,  Martin  Ehrbar,  Martin  Fussenegger,  Christian  Friedrich,  Wilfried  Weber; pg 1280−1285


An Efficient Approach for Preparing Giant Polypeptide Triblock Copolymers by Protein Dimerization
Yuzhou Wu, Tanja Weil; pg 1304−1309


From NMP to RAFT and Thiol-Ene Chemistry by In Situ Functionalization of Nitroxide Chain Ends
Lionel  Petton,  Andrés  E.  Ciolino,  Milan  M.  Stamenovic´,  Pieter  Espeel,  Filip  E.  Du  Prez; pg 1310−1315







Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Volume 56 No 8 August 2012


Wendy Balemans, Luc Vranckx, Nacer Lounis, Ovidiu Pop, Jérôme Guillemont, Karen Vergauwen, Selena Mol, Ron Gilissen, Magali Motte, David Lançois, Miguel De Bolle, Kristien Bonroy, Holger Lill, Koen Andries, Dirk Bald, and Anil Koul

Mark Veleba, Paul G. Higgins, Gerardo Gonzalez, Harald Seifert, and Thamarai Schneiders

Louis D. Saravolatz, Joan Pawlak, Leonard Johnson, Hector Bonilla, Louis D. Saravolatz II, Mohamad G. Fakih, Anders Fugelli, and Wenche Marie Olsen

Denis Grandgirard, Melchior Burri, Philipp Agyeman, and Stephen L. Leib

Matthew E. Falagas, Giannoula S. Tansarli, Petros I. Rafailidis, Anastasios Kapaskelis, and Konstantinos Z. Vardakas

Eric D. Roche, Paul J. Renick, Shannon P. Tetens, and Dennis L. Carson

Macromolecular Rapid Communications; vol 33, issue 14


Differentially Degradable Janus Particles for Controlled Release Applications
Sangyeul Hwang, Joerg Lahann; pg 1178−1183


pH-Responsive Supramolecular Polymerization in Aqueous Media Driven by Electrostatic Attraction-Enhanced Crown Ether-Based Molecular Recognition
Xiaofan Ji, Kelong Zhu, Xuzhou Yan, Yingjie Ma, Jinying Li, Bingjie Hu, Yihua Yu, Feihe Huang; pg 1197−1202


Catenated PS–PMMA Block Copolymers via Supramolecularly Templated ATRP Initiator Approach
Ajay Kumar Bunha, Joey Mangadlao, Mary Jane Felipe, Katrina Pangilinan, Rigoberto Advincula; pg 1214−1219




Macromolecular Rapid Communications; vol 33, issue 13


Amino-Acid-Based Block Copolymers by RAFT  Polymerization
Hideharu Mori, Takeshi Endo; pg 1090−1107

A Facile Route to Boronic Acid Functional  Polymeric Microspheres via Epoxide Ring  Opening
Andrew P. Vogt, Vanessa Trouillet, Alexandra M. Greiner, Michael Kaupp, Udo Geckle, Leonie Barner, Thorsten Hofe, Christopher Barner-Kowollik; pg 1108−1113

Preparation of Micron-Sized Monodisperse Poly(ionic liquid) Particles
Masayoshi Tokuda, Hideto Minami, Yusuke Mizuta, Tomoe Yamagami; pg 1130−1134

Impact of Polymer Network Inhomogeneities on the Volume Phase Transition of Thermoresponsive Microgels
Sebastian  Seiffert; pg 1135−1142

Formation of a Polypseudorotaxane via Self-Assembly of  γ -Cyclodextrin with Poly( N -isopropylacrylamide)
Jin Wang, Shuo Li, Lin Ye, Ai-Ying Zhang, Zeng-Guo Feng; pg 1143−1148



Sunday, August 5, 2012

Langmuir; vol 28, issue 30


Compaction and Decompaction of DNA Induced by the Cationic Surfactant CTAB
E. Grueso, C. Cerrillos, J. Hidalgo, and P. Lopez-Cornejo; pg 10968−10979

Enhanced Dewatering of Polyelectrolyte Nanocomposites by Hydrophobic Polyelectrolytes
Joshua D. Kittle, Holger Wondraczek, Chao Wang, Feng Jiang, Maren Roman, Thomas Heinze, and Alan R. Esker; pg 11086−11094

Quantifying Protein Adsorption and Function at Nanostructured Materials: Enzymatic Activity of Glucose Oxidase at GLAD Structured Electrodes
Uffe B. Jensen, Elena E. Ferapontova, and Duncan S. Sutherland; pg 11106−11114

Facile Fabrication of Polymer Nanocapsules with Cross-Linked Organic−Inorganic Hybrid Walls
Tianyou Chen, Binyang Du, and Zhiqiang Fan; pg 11225−11231

Self-Assembly of a Diblock Copolymer with Pendant Disulfide Bonds and Chromophore Groups: A New Platform for Fast Release
Liang Yuan, Jingchuan Liu, Jianguo Wen, and Hanying Zhao; pg 11232−11240

Biofunctional Paper via the Covalent Modification of Cellulose
Arthur Yu, Jing Shang, Fang Cheng, Bradford A. Paik, Justin M. Kaplan, Rodrigo B. Andrade, and Daniel M. Ratner; pg 11265−11273

Langmuir; vol 28, issue 29


Modeling Negative Cooperativity in Streptavidin Adsorption onto Biotinylated Microtubules
Siheng He, Amy T. Lam, Yolaine Jeune-Smith, and Henry Hess; pg 10635−10639

Adsorption of Lipid Liquid Crystalline Nanoparticles: Effects of Particle Composition, Internal Structure, and Phase Behavior
Debby P. Chang, Marija Jankunec, Justas Barauskas, Fredrik Tiberg, and Tommy Nylander; pg 10688−10696

Brownian Dynamics Simulations of Colloidal Suspensions Containing Polymers as Precursors of Composite Electrodes for Lithium Batteries
Manuella Cerbelaud, Bernard Lestriez, Dominique Guyomard, Arnaud Videcoq, and Riccardo Ferrando; pg 10713−10724

Intermixed Terpyridine-Functionalized Monolayers on Gold: Nonlinear Relationship between Terpyridyl Density and Metal Ion Coordination Properties
Christoph H.-H. Traulsen, Erik Darlatt, Sebastian Richter, Johannes Poppenberg, Santina Hoof, Wolfgang E. S. Unger, and Christoph A. Schalley; pg 10755−10763

How Electrolyte and Polyelectrolyte Affect the Adsorption of the Anionic Surfactant SDS onto the Surface of a Cellulose Thin Film and the Structure of the Cellulose Film. 1. Hydrophobic Cellulose
Ian M. Tucker, Jordan T. Petkov, Jeffrey Penfold, and Robert K. Thomas; pg 10773−10780

Importance of Electroosmotic Flow and Multiple Ionic Species on the Electrophoresis of a Rigid Sphere in a Charge-Regulated Zwitterionic Cylindrical Pore
Jyh-Ping Hsu, Chien-Pai Yee, and Li-Hsien Yeh; pg 10942−10947

Langmuir; vol 28 issue 28


Electrochemical Synthesis of Gold and Protein Gradients on Particle Surfaces
Kristofer Eriksson, Pal Palmgren, Leif Nyholm, and Sven Oscarsson; pg 10318−10323

Parameter Identifiability in Application of Soft Particle Electrokinetic Theory To Determine Polymer and Polyelectrolyte Coating Thicknesses on Colloids
Stacey M. Louie, Tanapon Phenrat, Mitchell J. Small, Robert D. Tilton, and Gregory V. Lowry; pg 10334−10347

Thermodynamic Characterization of 3-[(3-Cholamidopropyl)-dimethylammonium]-1-propanesulfonate (CHAPS) Micellization Using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry: Temperature, Salt, and pH Dependence
Ana Kroflic, Bojan Sarac, and Marija Bester-Rogac; pg 10363−10371

Well-Defined Critical Association Concentration and Rapid Adsorption at the Air/Water Interface of a Short Amphiphilic Polymer, Amphipol A8-35: A Study by Förster Resonance Energy Transfer and Dynamic Surface Tension Measurements
Fabrice Giusti, Jean-Luc Popot, and Christophe Tribet; pg 10372−10380

Adsorption of Antimicrobial Indolicidin-Derived Peptides on Hydrophobic Surfaces
Ching-Wei Tsai and Ruoh-Chyu Ruaan; pg 10446−10452

Structural Evolution of Environmentally Responsive Cationic Liposome−DNA Complexes with a Reducible Lipid Linker
Rahau S. Shirazi, Kai K. Ewert, Bruno F. B. Silva, Cecilia Leal, Youli Li, and Cyrus R. Safinya; pg 10495−10503

Liquid Slip on a Nanostructured Surface
Doo Jin Lee, Ki Yeon Cho, Soohwan Jang, Young Seok Song, and Jae Ryoun Youn; pg 10488−10494

Intelligent Reversible Nanoporous Antireflection Film by SolventStimuli-Responsive Phase Transformation of Amphiphilic Block Copolymer
Xiao Li, Xinhong Yu, and Yanchun Han; pg 10584−10591

Langmuir; vol 28, issue 27


Early and Intermediate Stages of Guided Dewetting in Polystyrene Thin Films
Manuel Ghezzi, Stuart C. Thickett, and Chiara Neto; pg 10147−10151

Plasmonic Approach to Enhanced Fluorescence for Applications in Biotechnology and the Life Sciences
Wei Deng and Ewa M. Goldys; pg 10152−10163

Spontaneous Formation of Linearly Arranged Microcraters on Sol−Gel-Derived Silica−Poly(vinylpyrrolidone) Hybrid Films Induced by Bénard−Marangoni Convection
Hiroaki Uchiyama, Yuto Mantani, and Hiromitsu Kozuka; pg 10177−10182

Water harvest via dewing
Anna Lee, Myoung-Woon Moon, Hyuneui Lim, Wan-Doo Kim, and Ho-Young Kim; pg 10183−10191

Interaction of the Anionic Surfactant SDS with a Cellulose Thin Film and the Role of Electrolyte and Poyelectrolyte. 2 Hydrophilic Cellulose
Ian M. Tucker, Jordan T. Petkov, Jeffrey Penfold, and Robert K. Thomas; pg 10223−10229

Solvation Dynamics under a Microscope: Single Giant Lipid Vesicle
Supratik Sen Mojumdar, Shirsendu Ghosh, Tridib Mondal, and Kankan Bhattacharyya; pg 10230−10237

Precise Pattern Replication of Polymer Blends into Nonuniform Geometries via Reducing Interfacial Tension between Two Polymers
Liang Fang, Ming Wei, Yingrui Shang, David Kazmer, Carol Barry, and Joey Mead; pg 10238−10245

Ion-Exchange Properties of Imidazolium-Grafted SBA-15 toward AuCl4−Anions and Their Conversion into Supported Gold Nanoparticles
Natalia Fattori, Camila M. Maroneze, Luiz P. da Costa, Mathias Strauss, Fernando A. Sigoli, Italo O. Mazali, and Yoshitaka Gushikem; pg 10281−10288

Chem Soc Rev, vol 41, issue 16

Note:  This entire issue of Chem Soc Rev is dedicated to "Prebiotic chemistry" reviews.  I only included one that I thought was especially interesting, but all of them are pretty neat.  Here is the link to this issue.

Dworkin et al. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 5459–5472, Understanding prebiotic chemistry through the analysis of extraterrestrial amino acids and nucleobases in meteorites.

Chem Soc Rev, vol 41, issue 15

Leeuwen et al. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 5239–5261, Imaging agents for the chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4)

Chem EJ, vol 18, issue 33

Yagci et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 10254 – 10257, Mono-addition Synthesis of Polystyrene Fullerene (C60) Conjugates by Thiol–Ene Chemistry.

Qiu et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 10250 – 10253, Polymer-Supported and Free-Standing Metal–Organic Framework Membrane.

Matile et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 10436 – 10443,  Synthesis of an Enlarged Library of Dynamic DNA Activators with Oxime, Disulfide and Hydrazone Bridges.

Chem EJ, vol 18, issue 32

Inouye et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 9834 – 9840. Photoswitchable, DNA-Binding Helical Peptides Assembled with Two Independently Designed Sequences for Photoregulation and DNA Recognition.

Avnir et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 10014 – 10020. Symmetry-Enthalpy Correlations in Diels–Alder Reactions.

Chem EJ, vol 18 issue 31

Gellman et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 9485 – 9490, A New Class of Amphiphiles Bearing Rigid Hydrophobic Groups for Solubilization and Stabilization of Membrane Proteins.

Seela et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 9590 – 9600, A Nucleobase-Discriminating Pyrrolo-dC Click Adduct Designed for DNA Fluorescence Mismatch Sensing.


Chem EJ, vol 18 issue 30

Miller et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 9281 – 9288, Structure and Magnetic Ordering of the Anomalous Layered (2D) Ferrimagnet [NEt4]2MnII 3(CN)8 and 3D Bridged-Layered Antiferromagnet [NEt4]MnII 3(CN)7 Prussian Blue Analogues.

Chem EJ, vol 18, issue 29

Georgios C. Vougioukalakis, Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 8868 – 8880, Removing Ruthenium Residues from Olefin Metathesis Reaction Products.

Santos et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 8934 – 8943, Experimental Support for the Role of Dispersion Forces in Aromatic Interactions.

Kraatz et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 9099 – 9105, Hierarchical Organization of Ferrocene–Peptides.

Chem EJ, vol 18, issue 28

Herrmann et al., Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 8568 – 8577, Dynamic Mixtures: Challenges and Opportunities for the Amplification and Sensing of Scents.

Yan et al.  Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 8641 – 8646, Construction of Macroscopic Cytomimetic Vesicle Aggregates Based on Click Chemistry: Controllable Vesicle Fusion and Phase Separation.


Chem EJ, vol 18, issue 27

Eichler et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 8292 – 8295, A Functionally Selective Synthetic Mimic of the HIV-1 Co-receptor CXCR4.

He et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 8296 – 8300, One-Pot Synthesized DNA–CdTe Quantum Dots Applied in a Biosensor for the Detection of Sequence-Specific Oligonucleotides.

Bourissou et al., Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 8474 – 8481, Walking Metals in d8···d8 Hetero-bimetallic Complexes: An Original Dynamic Phenomenon.

Abruna et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 8521 – 8526, Poly(2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole) as a Cathode for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries with Dramatically Improved Performance.


Langmuir; vol. 28, issue 26

Exploiting Micelle-Driven Coordination To Evaluate the Lipophilicity of Molecules
Yuri A. Diaz Fernandez, Luca Pasotti, Piersandro Pallavicini, and Jose M. Fernandez Hechavarria; pg 9930−9943

Water Evaporation on Highly Viscoelastic Polymer Surfaces
Gang Pu and Steven J. Severtson; pg 10007-10014

Ultraviolet-Durable Superhydrophobic Zinc Oxide-Coated Mesh Films for Surface and Underwater−Oil Capture and Transportation
Chih-Feng Wang, Fan-Shiuan Tzeng, Hou-Guang Chen, and Chi-Jung Chang; pg 10015-10019

A Versatile “Multiple Fishhooks” Approach for the Study of Ligand−Receptor Interactions Using Single-Molecule Atomic Force Microscopy
Xiaotian Han, Meng Qin, Hai Pan, Yi Cao, and Wei Wang; pg 10020-10025

Flexible Generation of Gradient Electrospinning Nanofibers Using a Microfluidic Assisted Approach
Xu Zhang, Xinghua Gao, Lei Jiang, and Jianhua Qin; pg 10026-10032

Bifunctional Janus Microparticles with Spatially Segregated Proteins
Jennifer L. Tang, Kipp Schoenwald, Daniel Potter, David White and Todd Sulchek; pg 10033-10039

Magnetic Rotational Spectroscopy with Nanorods to Probe Time-Dependent Rheology of Microdroplets
Alexander Tokarev, Igor Luzinov, Jeffery R. Owens, and Konstantin G. Kornev; pg 10064-10071

Tuning Smart Microgel Swelling and Responsive Behavior through Strong and Weak Polyelectrolyte Pair Assembly
Eunice Costa, Margaret M. Lloyd, Caroline Chopko, Ana Aguiar-Ricardo, and Paula T. Hammond; pg 10082-10090 

Reversible Assembly and Disassembly of Micelles by a Polymer That Switches between Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Wettings
Kingshuk Dutta, Rajashree Y. Mahale, Arulraj Arulkashmir, and Kothandam Krishnamoorthy; pg 10097-10104

Gel-Based Self-Propelling Particles Get Programmed To Dance
Rachita Sharma, Suk Tai Chang, and Orlin D. Velev; pg 10128-10135

Organic Letters, 2012, vol 14 issue 15



Sutton et al. Organic Letters, 2012, 3886-3889. Synthesis of Aryl Ethers via a Sulfonyl TransferReaction.


Macromolecules Vol 45 Issue 14

Complex branched polymers for structure-property correlation studies: the case for temperature gradient interaction chomatography anaylsis
Lian R. Hutchings pg 5621

Stress relaxation via addition-fragmentation chain transfer in high tg, high conversion methacrylate-based systems
Hee Young Park, Christopher J. Kloxin, Ahmed S. Abuelyaman, Joe D. Oxman, and Christoper N. Bowman pg 5646

Struess reduction and tg enhancement in ternary thiol-yne-methacrylate systems via addiation-fragmentation chain transfer
Hee Young Park, Christopher J. Kloxin, Mark F. Fordney and Christopher N. Bowman pg 5647

A new approach of creating polymer hydrogels with regions of distinct chemical, mechanical and optical properties
Stephen J. Banik, Neville J. Fenrandes, Peter C. Thomas and Srinivasa R. Raghavan pg 5712

Macromolecules Vol 45 Issue 13

Solvent-to-polymer chirality transfer in interamolecular stack structure 
Daehoon Lee, Young-Jae Jin, Hyojin Kim, Nozomu Suzuki, Michiya Fujiki, Toshikazu Sakafuchi, Seog K. Kim, Wang-Eun Lee, Giseop Kwak pg 5379

Suzuki polycondensation toward high molecular weight poly(m-phenylene)s: Mechanistic insights and end functionalization
Benjamin Hohl, Lois Bertschi, Xiangyang Zhang, A. Dieter Schuter, Junji Sakamoto pg 5418

Thermodynamics of swollen networks as reflected in segmental orientation correlations 
Walter Chasse, Kay Saalwachter, Jens-Uwe Sommer pg 5513

Tough and elastic thermoplastic organogels and elastomers made of semicrystalline polyolefin-based block copolymers
Fanny Deplace, Arthur K. Scholz, Gelnn H. Fredrikson, Edward J. Kramer, Yong-Woo Shin, Fumihiko Shimizu, Feng Zuo, Lixia Rong, Benjamin S. Hsiao and Geoffrey Coates pg 5604

Journal of Power Sources Vol 211

Effect of anion functional groups on the conductivity and performance of anion exchange polymer membrane fuel cells M. Mamlouk, K. Scott pg 140

Journal of Power Sources Vol 210

High Performance and eco-friendly chitosan hydrogel membrane electrolytes for direct borohydride fuel cells Nurul A. Choudhury, Jia Ma, Yogeshwar Sahi pg 358

Macro Letters Vol 1 Issue 7


High Refractive Index Inorganic–Organic Interpenetrating Polymer Network (IPN) Hydrogel Nanocomposite toward Artificial Cornea Implants

Quanyuan ZhangZheng FangYe CaoHuamaoDuHong WuRoger BeuermanMary B. Chan-ParkHongwei Duan, and Rong Xu pgs 881

Patrick Wilke and Hans G. Börner pgs 871

Meifang ZhouFrancesca CavalieriFrankCaruso, and Muthupandian Ashokkumar pgs 853

Well-Defined Ambipolar Block Copolymers Containing Monophosphorescent Dye  Nam-Goo KangBeom-Goo KangYong-Guen Yu,Mohammad Changez, and Jae-Suk Lee pgs 840


Controlling the Cooperativity in the Supramolecular Polymerization of Ionic Discotic Amphiphiles via Electrostatic Screening C. SchaeferI.K. VoetsA.R.A. PalmansE.W.MeijerP. van der Schoot, and P. Besenius pgs 830 


Nitrogen-Centered Nucleophile Catalyzed Thiol-Vinylsulfone Addition, Another Thiol-ene “Click” Reaction Weixian XiChen WangChristopher J. Kloxin, and Christopher N. Bowman pgs 814


Anisotropic Swelling Behavior Induced by Helix–Coil Transition in Liquid Crystalline Polypeptide Gels Katsuhiro InomataYuya IguchiKeisuke Mizutani,Hideki Sugimoto, and Eiji Nakanishi pgs 810

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Volume 134, Issue 29, Pages 11829-12320


Julian Willibald, Johannes Harder, Konstantin Sparrer, Karl-Klaus Conzelmann, and Thomas Carell
pp 12330–12333
Publication Date (Web): July 19, 2012 (Communication)
Mark R. Battig, Boonchoy Soontornworajit, and Yong Wang
pp 12410–12413
Publication Date (Web): July 23, 2012 (Communication)

Kate L. Thompson, Pierre Chambon, Robert Verber, and Steven P. Armes
pp 12450–12453
Publication Date (Web): July 18, 2012 (Communication)
Marino J. E. Resendiz, Arne Schön, Ernesto Freire, and Marc M. Greenberg
pp 12478–12481
Publication Date (Web): July 24, 2012 (Communication)
Guillaume Gody, Christian Rossner, John Moraes, Philipp Vana, Thomas Maschmeyer, and Sébastien Perrier
pp 12596–12603
Publication Date (Web): June 26, 2012 (Article)
R. Kashif M. Khan, Robert V. O’Brien, Sebastian Torker, Bo Li, and Amir H. Hoveyda
pp 12774–12779

Elena Schmidt and Peter Güntert
pp 12817–12829
Publication Date (Web): July 16, 2012 (Article)  

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Volume 134, Issue 30, Pages 12321-12878

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Selective α,β-Deuteration of Bioactive Amines

pp 12239–12244
Publication Date (Web): June 15, 2012 (Article)

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Volume 134, Issue 28, Pages 11299-11828


DCAP: A Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic That Targets the Cytoplasmic Membrane of Bacteria

Ye-Jin Eun, Marie H. Foss, Daniela Kiekebusch, Daniel A. Pauw, William M. Westler, Martin Thanbichler, and Douglas B. Weibel
pp 11322–11325

Inducible Biosynthetic Nanoscaffolds as Recruitment Platforms for Detecting Molecular Target Interactions inside Living Cells

Sangkyu Lee, Jae-Seok Ha, Seung-Goo Lee, and Tae K. Kim
pp 11346–11349

TAT Peptide-Functionalized Gold Nanostars: Enhanced Intracellular Delivery and Efficient NIR Photothermal Therapy Using Ultralow Irradiance

Hsiangkuo Yuan, Andrew M. Fales, and Tuan Vo-Dinh
pp 11358–11361
Publication Date (Web): June 26, 2012 (Communication)

Gas-Phase Conjugation to Arginine Residues in Polypeptide Ions via N-Hydroxysuccinimide Ester-Based Reagent Ions

William M. McGee, Marija Mentinova, and Scott A. McLuckey
pp 11412–11414
Publication Date (Web): July 6, 2012 (Communication)

Variations in Binding Among Several Agonists at Two Stoichiometries of the Neuronal, α4β2 Nicotinic Receptor

Ximena Da Silva Tavares, Angela P. Blum, Darren T. Nakamura, Nyssa L. Puskar, Jai A. P. Shanata, Henry A. Lester, and Dennis A. Dougherty
pp 11474–11480
Publication Date (Web): June 20, 2012 (Article)

Ultrahigh-Water-Content Supramolecular Hydrogels Exhibiting Multistimuli Responsiveness

Eric A. Appel, Xian Jun Loh, Samuel T. Jones, Frank Biedermann, Cecile A. Dreiss, and Oren A. Scherman
pp 11767–11773
Publication Date (Web): June 14, 2012 (Article)

3-Helix Micelles Stabilized by Polymer Springs

He Dong, Jessica Y. Shu, Nikhil Dube, Yufei Ma, Matthew V. Tirrell, Kenneth H. Downing, and Ting Xu
pp 11807–11814
Publication Date (Web): June 25, 2012 (Article)