Nat Chem vol 6, issues 11, 12

Yeates, Todd, et al.  Structure of a designed protein cage that self-assembles into a highly porous cube.

Schneider, Gisbert et al.  Revealing the macromolecular targets of complex natural products.

Stephens, Alexander et al.  A Star of David catenane.

Heinis, Christian et al.  Dithiol amino acids can structurally shape and enhance the ligand-binding properties of polypeptides.

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Gibb, Bruce.  Faith, chemistry and extraterrestrial life.

Chem EJ, vol 20, issues 47, 48

Otto, Sijbren et al.  An "Ingredients" Approach to Functional Self-Synthesizing Materials: A Metal-Ion-Selective, Multi-Responsive, Self Assembled Hydrogel.

Teixidor, Francesc et al. Towards Multifunctional Materials Incorporating Elastomers and
Reversible Redox-Active Fragments.

Ducho, Christian et al. Lead Structures for New Antibacterials: Stereocontrolled Synthesis of a Bioactive Muraymycin Analogue.

Liu, Minghua et al. A Peptide Dendron-Based Shrinkable Metallo-Hydrogel for Charged Species Separation and Stepwise Release of Drugs.

Chem EJ, vol 20, issues 45, 46

Yamauchi, Yusuke et al.  Mesoporous Silica Particles as Topologically Crosslinking Fillers for Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogels.

Sherburn, Michael et al.  Simple Synthetic Receptors for Aspirin.

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Temperature-responsive polymeric micelles for optimizing drug targeting to solid tumors
 Review Article, Pages 2-8
Jun Akimoto, Masamichi Nakayama, Teruo Okano

Role of non-covalent and covalent interactions in cargo loading capacity and stability of polymeric micelles
Original Research Article, Pages 9-26
Xiyu Ke, Victor Wee Lin Ng, Robert J. Ono, Julian M.W. Chan, Sangeetha Krishnamurthy, Ying Wang, James L. Hedrick, Yi Yan Yang

Low molecular weight protamine (LMWP): A nontoxic protamine substitute and an effective cell-penetrating peptide
Review Article, Pages 63-73
Huining He, Junxiao Ye, Ergang Liu, Qiuling Liang, Quan Liu, Victor C. Yang

Major degradable polycations as carriers for DNA and siRNA
Review Article, Pages 74-89
Mohammad Ariful Islam, Tae‐Eun Park, Bijay Singh, Sushila Maharjan, Jannatul Firdous, Myung-Haing Cho, Sang-Kee Kang, Cheol-Heui Yun, Yun‐Jaie Choi, Chong-Su Cho

The potential and advances in RNAi therapy: Chemical and structural modifications of siRNA molecules and use of biocompatible nanocarriers
Original Research Article, Pages 113-121
Min Kyung Joo, Ji Young Yhee, Sun Hwa Kim, Kwangmeyung Kim

Development of RNAi technology for targeted therapy — A track of siRNA based agents to RNAi therapeutics
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Soft Matter vol. 1 issues 44-47

Influence of polyelectrolyte shape on its sedimentation behavior: effect of relaxation electric field
Pin-Hua Yeh, Jyh-Ping Hsu and Shiojenn Tseng. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 8864-8874.
Controlled gelation of poly(3-alkylthiophene)s in bulk and in thin-films using low volatility solvent/poor-solvent mixtures
Gregory M. Newbloom, Pablo de la Iglesia and Lilo D. Pozzo. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 8945-8954.
Detailed simulation of the role of functionalized polymer chains on the structural, dynamic and mechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites
Jun Liu, Jianxiang Shen, Yangyang Gao, Huanhuan Zhou, Youping Wu and Liqun Zhang. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 8971-8984.
Loading capacity and interaction of DNA binding on catanionic vesicles with different cationic surfactants
Lu Xu, Jingfei Chen, Lei Feng, Shuli Dong and Jingcheng Hao. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 9143-9152.
Self-assembly of nanostructured block copolymer nanoparticles
Zhaoxia Jin and Hailong Fan. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 9212-9219.
Studying the role of surface chemistry on polyelectrolyte adsorption using gold–thiol self-assembled monolayer with optical reflectivity
Plinio Maroni, Francisco Javier Montes Ruiz-Cabello and Alberto Tiraferri. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 9220-9225.
Single-chain nanoparticles vs. star, hyperbranched and dendrimeric polymers: effect of the nanoscopic architecture on the flow properties of diluted solutions
Irma Perez-Baena, Angel J. Moreno, Juan Colmenero and José A. Pomposo. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 9454-9459.
Self-assembly of biaxial discorectangular lead carbonate nanosheets into stacked ribbons studied by SAXS and HAADF-STEM tomographic tilt series
J. Zhang, T. Vad, M. Heidelmann, T. E. Weirich and W. F. C. Sager. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 9511-9522.

Advanced Materials vol 26 issues 40-43

Are Rare-Earth Nanoparticles Suitable for In Vivo Applications? (pages 6922–6932)
Chunyan Liu, Yi Hou and Mingyuan Gao. Adv. Mater., 2014, 26: 6922–6932.
Rational Design and Synthesis of Janus Composites (pages 6944–6949)
Fuxin Liang, Chengliang Zhang and Zhenzhong Yang. Adv. Mater., 2014, 26: 6944–6949.
Conjugated-Polymer-Based Energy-Transfer Systems for Antimicrobial and Anticancer Applications (pages 6978–6982)
Huanxiang Yuan, Bing Wang, Fengting Lv, Libing Liu and Shu Wang. Adv. Mater., 2014, 26: 6978–6982.
Nanomedicine: Break-up of Two-Dimensional MnO2 Nanosheets Promotes Ultrasensitive pH-Triggered Theranostics of Cancer (Adv. Mater. 41/2014) (page 7018)
Yu Chen, Delai Ye, Meiying Wu, Hangrong Chen, Linlin Zhang, Jianlin Shi and Lianzhou Wang. Adv. Mater., 2014, 26: 7018.
Electronic Transport via Proteins (pages 7142–7161)
Nadav Amdursky, Debora Marchak, Lior Sepunaru, Israel Pecht, Mordechai Sheves and David Cahen. Adv. Mater., 2014, 26: 7142–7161.
Aptamer-Functionalized Barcode Particles for the Capture and Detection of Multiple Types of Circulating Tumor Cells (pages 7333–7338)
Fuyin Zheng, Yao Cheng, Jie Wang, Jie Lu, Bin Zhang, Yuanjin Zhao and Zhongze Gu. Adv. Mater., 2014, 26: 7333–7338.
Photo-Chemopropulsion – Light-Stimulated Movement of Microdroplets (pages 7339–7345)
Larisa Florea, Klaudia Wagner, Pawel Wagner, Gordon G. Wallace, Fernando Benito-Lopez, David L. Officer and Dermot Diamond. Adv. Mater., 26: 7339–7345.
Brush-Like Polycarbonates Containing Dopamine, Cations, and PEG Providing a Broad-Spectrum, Antibacterial, and Antifouling Surface via One-Step Coating(pages 7346–7351)
Chuan Yang, Xin Ding, Robert J. Ono, Haeshin Lee, Li Yang Hsu, Yen Wah Tong, James Hedrick and Yi Yan Yang. Adv. Mater., 26: 7346–7351.

Chemical Society Reviews issues 22-23

Issue 22: biomass, water-splitting, eco-technologies, CO2, catalysts, lignin depolymerization, green technology, renewable energy “Catalysis for Production of Renewable Energy”
Metal-catalyzed activation of ethers via C–O bond cleavage: a new strategy for molecular diversity
Josep Cornella, Cayetana Zarate and Ruben Martin. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 8081-8097.
Self-healing gels based on constitutional dynamic chemistry and their potential applications
Zhao Wei, Jian Hai Yang, Jinxiong Zhou, Feng Xu, Miklós Zrínyi, Patrick H. Dussault, Yoshihito Osada and Yong Mei Chen. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 8114-8131.
Design of nanostructures based on aromatic peptide amphiphiles
Scott Fleming and Rein V. Ulijn. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 8150-8177.

Biomacromolecules vol 15 (issue 11)

Triggering Protein Adsorption on Tailored Cationic Cellulose Surfaces
Tamilselvan Mohan, Katrin Niegelhell, Cíntia Salomão Pinto Zarth, Rupert Kargl, Stefan Köstler, Volker Ribitsch, Thomas Heinze, Stefan Spirk, and Karin Stana-Kleinschek. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (11), pp 3931–3941.
“Green” Synthesis of Unnatural Poly(Amino Acid)s with Zwitterionic Character and pH-Responsive Solution Behavior, Mediated by Linear–Dendritic Laccase Complexes
Ivan Gitsov, Lili Wang, Nikolay Vladimirov, Arsen Simonyan, David J. Kiemle, and Andri Schutz. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (11), pp 4082–4095.
Effect of Surface Modification and Macrophage Phenotype on Particle Internalization
Daniel Wang, Ngoc Phan, Christopher Isely, Lucas Bruene, and Kaitlin M. Bratlie. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (11), pp 4102–4110.
Size-Dependent Knockdown Potential of siRNA-Loaded Cationic Nanohydrogel Particles
Lutz Nuhn, Stephanie Tomcin, Kanjiro Miyata, Volker Mailänder, Katharina Landfester, Kazunori Kataoka, and Rudolf Zentel. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (11), pp 4111–4121.
Polyion Complex Micelle Based on Albumin–Polymer Conjugates: Multifunctional Oligonucleotide Transfection Vectors for Anticancer Chemotherapeutics
Yanyan Jiang, Hongxu Lu, Yee Yee Khine, Aydan Dag, and Martina H. Stenzel. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (11), pp 4195–4205
Multivalent Dendrimer Vectors with DNA Intercalation Motifs for Gene Delivery
Pamela T. Wong, Kenny Tang, Alexa Coulter, Shengzhuang Tang, James R. Baker, Jr., and Seok Ki Choi. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (11), pp 4134–4145.

ACS Macro Letters vol 3 (issue 11)

Injectable Electroactive Hydrogels Formed via Host–Guest Interactions
Yaobin Wu, Baolin Guo, and Peter X. Ma. ACS Macro Lett., 2014, 3 (11), pp 1145–1150.
Thermoresponsive Gelatin Nanogels
Sahil Sandesh Gandhi, Huan Yan, and Chanjoong Kim. ACS Macro Lett., 2014, 3 (11), pp 1210–1214.
Facile and Highly Efficient Strategy for Synthesis of Functional Polyesters via Tetramethyl Guanidine Promoted Polyesterification at Room Temperature
Qianbiao Li, Taisheng Wang, Chao Ma, Wei Bai, and Ruke Bai. ACS Macro Lett., 2014, 3 (11), pp 1161–1164.

Accounts of Chemical Research, Volume 47, Issue 11, 2014 N/A

Macromolecules, vol 47, issue 21

Kang, Nam-Goo et al. Synthesis and Characterization of Comb and Centipede Multigraft Copolymers PnBA‑g‑PS with High Molecular Weight Using Miniemulsion Polymerization.

Kyran, Samuel et al.  Copolymerization and Cycloaddition Products Derived from Coupling Reactions of 1,2-Epoxy-4-cyclohexene and Carbon Dioxide. Postpolymerization Functionalization via Thiol−Ene Click Reactions.

Zhang, Wangqing et al. A New Strategy to Synthesize Temperature- and pH- Sensitive Multicompartment Block Copolymer  Nanoparticles by Two Macro-RAFT Agents Comediated Dispersion Polymerization.

Wang, Dujin et al.  Critical Stress for Crystal Transition in Poly(butylene succinate)-Based Crystalline−Amorphous Multiblock Copolymers.

Macromolecules, Vol 47, issue 20

Kimbley, Michael II et al.  Control of Self-Assembled Structure through Architecturally and
Compositionally Complex Block Copolymer Surfactant Mixtures.

Salleo, Albert et al.  Role of Molecular Weight Distribution on Charge Transport in
Semiconducting Polymers.

Okamoto, Shigery et al.  Tunable Photonic Crystals: Control of the Domain Spacings in Lamellar-Forming Diblock Copolymers by Swelling with Immiscible Selective Solvents and a Neutral Solvent.

Bazun, C. Geraldine et al.  A Supramolecular Approach to Photoresponsive Thermo/Solvoplastic Block Copolymer Elastomers.

Satoh, Toshifumi et al.  Stereoblock-like Brush Copolymers Consisting of Poly(L‑lactide) and Poly(D‑lactide) Side Chains along Poly(norbornene) Backbone: Synthesis, Stereocomplex Formation, and Structure−Property Relationship.

Polymer Chemistry, Volume 5, Issue 23-24, 2014 N/A

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Volume 52, Issue 23-24, 2014

Issue 23



Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable amphiphilic ABC Y-shaped miktoarm terpolymer by click chemistry for drug delivery (pages 3346–3355)

Yanfeng Chu, Huan Yu, Yunti Zhang, Guangyan Zhang, Yingying Ma, Renxi Zhuo and Xulin Jiang



Article first published online: 23 SEP 2014 | DOI: 10.1002/pola.27396

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Volume 136, Issues 42-45, 2014

Issue 42

Morphology-Conductivity Relationship in Crystalline and Amorphous Sequence-Defined Peptoid Block Copolymer Electrolytes

Jing Sun, Xunxun Liao, Andrew M. Minor, Nitash P. Balsara, and Ronald N. Zuckermann

pp 14990–14997

Publication Date (Web): September 24, 2014 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ja5080689



Synthetic Aptamer-Polymer Hybrid Constructs for Programmed Drug Delivery into Specific Target Cells

Seung Soo Oh, Bongjae F. Lee, Frank A. Leibfarth, Michael Eisenstein, Maxwell J. Robb, Nathaniel A. Lynd, Craig J. Hawker, and H. Tom Soh

pp 15010–15015

Publication Date (Web): October 7, 2014 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ja5079464



Issue 43

Clickable Protein Nanocapsules for Targeted Delivery of Recombinant p53 Protein

Muxun Zhao, Yarong Liu, Renee S. Hsieh, Nova Wang, Wanyi Tai, Kye-Il Joo, Pin Wang, Zhen Gu, and Yi Tang

pp 15319–15325

Publication Date (Web): October 7, 2014 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ja508083g







Issue 45

Metal-Free Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

Nicolas J. Treat, Hazel Sprafke, John W. Kramer, Paul G. Clark, Bryan E. Barton, Javier Read de Alaniz, Brett P. Fors, and Craig J. Hawker

pp 16096–16101

Publication Date (Web): October 24, 2014 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ja510389m

Chemical Communications, Volume 50, Issues 91-98, 2014

Issue 98



Exceptionally strong hydrogels through self-assembly of an indole-capped dipeptide

Adam D. Martin, Andrew B. Robinson, Alexander F. Mason, Jonathan P. Wojciechowski and Pall Thordarson

Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 15541-15544
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC07941H



Acetal-linked branched poly(dimethyl-aminoethyl methacrylate) as an acid cleavable gene vector with reduced cytotoxicity

H. L. Cao, Y. X. Dong, A. Aied, T. Y. Zhao, X. Chen, W. X. Wang and A. Pandit

Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 15565-15568
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC06728B



Issue 96



Aurophilically cross-linked “dynamic” hydrogels mimicking healthy synovial fluid properties

Pablo Casuso, Adrián Pérez-San Vicente, Haizea Iribar, Araika Gutiérrez-Rivera, Ander Izeta, Iraida Loinaz, Germán Cabañero, Hans-Jürgen Grande, Ibon Odriozola and Damien Dupin

Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 15199-15201
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC05735J



A palladium-catalyzed addition reaction of aroyl/heteroaroyl acid anhydrides to norbornenes

Mieko Arisawa, Saori Tanii and Masahiko Yamaguchi

Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 15267-15270
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC07759H



Issue 95



Ultrastable core–shell structured nanoparticles directly made from zwitterionic polymers

Wei Wang, Yang Lu, Zhanguo Yue, Wenguang Liu and Zhiqiang Cao

Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 15030-15033
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC06558A



Issue 93



Antibacterial polymeric nanostructures for biomedical applications

Jing Chen, Fangyingkai Wang, Qiuming Liu and Jianzhong Du

Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 14482-14493
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC03001J
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Programmable protein–DNA hybrid hydrogels for the immobilization and release of functional proteins

Yuzhou Wu, Chuang Li, Felix Boldt, Yanran Wang, Seah Ling Kuan, Thuy Tam Tran, Viktoria Mikhalevich, Christina Förtsch, Holger Barth, Zhongqiang Yang, Dongsheng Liu and Tanja Weil

Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 14620-14622
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC07144A

NANOMEDICINE November 2014, Vol. 10, Issue 8

Alginate-coated chitosan nanogels differentially modulate class-A and class-B CpG-ODN targeting 

of dendritic cells and intracellular delivery, Thomas Démoulins, Panagiota Milona, Kenneth C. 

McCullough

Targeted delivery of Dicer-substrate siRNAs using a dual targeting peptide decorated dendrimer 

delivery system, Xiaoxuan Liu, Cheng Liu, Chao Chen, Mélanie Bentobji, Francine Azario Cheillan, 

Jeanne Thomassin Piana, Fanqi Qu, Palma Rocchi, Ling Peng

MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS November 3, 2014, Volume 11, Issue 11

Positron Emission Tomography Image-Guided Drug Delivery: Current Status and Future  

Perspectives, Rubel Chakravarty, Hao Hong, and Weibo Cai

pH-Triggered Echogenicity and Contents Release from Liposomes, Rahul Nahire, Rayat Hossain, 

Rupa Patel, Shirshendu Paul, Varsha Meghnani, Avinash H. Ambre, Kara N. Gange, Kalpana S. Katti, 

Estelle Leclerc, D. K. Srivastava, Kausik Sarkar, and Sanku Mallik

Biocompatible and Mucoadhesive Bacterial Cellulose-g-Poly(acrylic acid) Hydrogels for Oral 

Protein Delivery, Naveed Ahmad, Mohd Cairul Iqbal Mohd Amin, Shalela Mohd Mahali, Ismanizan 

Ismail, and Victor Tuan Giam Chuang

Stabilization of Ostwald Ripening in Low Molecular Weight Amino Lipid Nanoparticles for 

Systemic Delivery of siRNA Therapeutics, Marian E. Gindy, Brad Feuston, Angela Glass, Leticia 

Arrington, R. Matthew Haas, Joseph Schariter, and Steven M. Stirdivant

Therapeutic Impact of Erythropoietin-Encapsulated Liposomes Targeted to Bone Marrow on 

Renal Anemia, Yuri Miyazaki, Kazuaki Taguchi, Keitaro Sou, Hiroshi Watanabe, Yu Ishima, Toshikazu 

Miyakawa, Hiroaki Mitsuya, Masafumi Fukagawa, Masaki Otagiri, and Toru Maruyama

THE FASEB JOURNAL November, 2014, Volume 28, Issue 11

A novel platform for engineering blood-brain barrier-crossing bispecific biologics, Graham K. 

Farrington, Nadia Caram-Salas, Arsalan S. Haqqani, Eric Brunette, John Eldredge, Blake Pepinsky, 

Giovanna Antognetti, Ewa Baumann, Wen Ding, Ellen Garber, Susan Jiang, Christie Delaney, Eve 

Boileau, William P. Sisk, and Danica B. Stanimirovic

Nature Chemical Biology

Recent strategies targeting HIV glycans in vaccine design 
Satoru Horiya, Iain S MacPherson & Isaac J Krauss
pp990 - 999
doi:10.1038/nchembio.1685

ChemBioChem

Biofilm-Eradicating Properties of Quaternary Ammonium Amphiphiles: Simple Mimics of Antimicrobial Peptides (pages 2211–2215)
Megan C. Jennings, Laura E. Ator, Thomas J. Paniak, Prof. Dr. Kevin P. C. Minbiole and Prof. Dr. William M. Wuest
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402254

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Cell-Penetrating Helical Peptides Having l-Arginines and Five-Membered Ring α,α-Disubstituted α-Amino Acids
Takuma Kato, Makoto Oba, Koyo Nishida, and Masakazu Tanaka
pp 1761–1768
DOI: 10.1021/bc5003949

Protein–Polymer Conjugation via Ligand Affinity and Photoactivation of Glutathione S-Transferase
En-Wei Lin, Natalie Boehnke, and Heather D. Maynard
pp 1902–1909
DOI: 10.1021/bc500380r

Biomacromolecules Vol. 15 issue 10

Application of Isothermal Titration Calorimetry for Characterizing Thermodynamic Parameters of Biomolecular Interactions: Peptide Self-Assembly and Protein Adsorption Case Studies

Maryam Kabiri and Larry D. Unsworth.  Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (10), pp 3463-3473.

Intracellular Trafficking Pathways for Nuclear Delivery of Plasmid DNA Complexed with Highly Efficient Endosome Escape Polymers

Marianne Gillard, Zhongfan Jia, Jeff Jia Cheng Hou, Michael Song, Peter P. Gray, Trent P. Munro, and Michael J. Monteiro. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (10), pp 3569–3576.

Role of Polymeric Endosomolytic Agents in Gene Transfection: A Comparative Study of Poly(l-lysine) Grafted with Monomeric l-Histidine Analogue and Poly(l-histidine)

Hee Sook Hwang, Jun Hu, Kun Na, and You Han Bae. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (10), pp 3577–3586.

Protein/Lipid Coaggregates are Formed During α-Synuclein-Induced Disruption of Lipid Bilayers

Andreas van Maarschalkerweerd, Valeria Vetri, Annette Eva Langkilde, Vito Foderà, and Bente Vestergaard. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (10), pp 3643–3654.

Cationic Charged Helical Glycopolypeptide Using Ring Opening Polymerization of 6-Deoxy-6-azido-glyco-N-carboxyanhydride

Ashif Y. Shaikh, Soumen Das, Debasis Pati, Vinita Dhaware, Sayam Sen Gupta, and Srinivas Hotha. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (10), pp 3679–3686.

Apoptosis Inducing, Conformationally Constrained, Dimeric Peptide Analogs of KLA with Submicromolar Cell Penetrating Abilities

Soonsil Hyun, Seonju Lee, Seoyeon Kim, Sangmok Jang, Jaehoon Yu, and Yan Lee. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (10), pp 3746–3752.

ACS Macro Letters Vol. 3 issue 10

Zwitterionic Ring Opening Polymerization with Isothioureas

Xiangyi Zhang and Robert M. Waymouth. ACS Macro Lett., 2014, 3 (10), pp 1024–1028.

Fluctuation Effects in Symmetric Diblock Copolymer–Homopolymer Ternary Mixtures near the Lamellar–Disorder Transition

Brian M. Habersberger, Timothy M. Gillard, Robert J. Hickey, Timothy P. Lodge, and Frank S. Bates. ACS Macro Lett., 2014, 3 (10), pp 1041–1045.

Super Stretchy Polymer Multilayer Thin Film with High Gas Barrier

Fangming Xiang, Sarah M. Ward, Tara M. Givens, and Jaime C. Grunlan. ACS Macro Lett., 2014, 3 (10), pp 1055–1058.

Protein Encapsulation via Polypeptide Complex Coacervation

Katie A. Black, Dimitrios Priftis, Sarah L. Perry, Jeremy Yip, William Y. Byun, and Matthew Tirrell. ACS Macro Lett., 2014, 3 (10), pp 1088–1091. 

Soft Matter Vol. 10 issues 40-43

Preparation and characterization of triple shape memory composite foams

Hossein Birjandi Nejad, Richard M. Baker and Patrick T. Mather. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 8066-8074.

Probe diffusion in phase-separated bicontinuous biopolymer gels

Sophia Wassén, Romain Bordes, Tobias Gebäck, Diana Bernin, Erich Schuster, Niklas Lorén and Anne-Marie Hermansson. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 8276-8287.

Thermodynamic and kinetic properties of interpolymer complexes assessed by isothermal titration calorimetry and surface plasmon resonance

Samuel C. Bizley, Adrian C. Williams and Vitaliy V. Khutoryanskiy. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 8254-8260.

Role of block copolymer morphology on particle percolation of polymer nanocomposites

Yancong Feng, Nanying Ning, Qiangli Zhao, Jun Liu, Liqun Zhang, Ming Tian and Jianguo Mi. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 8236-8244.

Hybrid hydrogel sheets that undergo pre-programmed shape transformations

Zengjiang Wei, Zheng Jia, Jasmin Athas, Chaoyang Wang, Srinivasa R. Raghavan, Teng Li and Zhihong Nie. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 8157-8162.

Studying orthogonal self-assembled systems: microstructure of gelled bicontinuous microemulsions

Michaela Laupheimer, Thomas Sottmann, Ralf Schweins and Cosima Stubenrauch. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 8744-8757. 

Advanced Materials Vol. 26 issues 36-39

Photoinduced Diffusion Through Polymer Networks (pages 6497–6502)

Meng, Y., Fenoli, C. R., Aguirre-Soto, A., Bowman, C. N. and Anthamatten, M. (2014), Adv. Mater., 26: 6497–6502.

Hydrogels and Scaffolds for Immunomodulation (pages 6530–6541)

Singh, A. and Peppas, N. A. (2014), Adv. Mater., 26: 6530–6541. 

Chemical Society Reviews Vol. 43 issues 20-21

The physical properties of supramolecular peptide assemblies: from building block association to technological applications

Lihi Adler-Abramovich and Ehud Gazit. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 6881-6893. 

Synthetic microbial consortia: from systematic analysis to construction and applications

Hao Song, Ming-Zhu Ding, Xiao-Qiang Jia, Qian Ma and Ying-Jin Yuan. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 6954-6981 .

Smart chemistry in polymeric nanomedicine

Rong Tong, Li Tang, Liang Ma, Chunlai Tu, Ryan Baumgartner and Jianjun Cheng. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 6982-7012.

“Click” reactions: a versatile toolbox for the synthesis of peptide-conjugates

Wen Tang and Matthew L. Becker. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 7013-7039.

Journal of Materials Chemistry Part B, vol 2 issues 39, 40

Epple, Mathias et al. A pH-sensitive poly(methyl methacrylate) copolymer for efficient drug and gene delivery across the cell membrane.

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, vol 2, issues 37, 38

Chattopadhyay, Arun et al. Polymer coated gold nanoparticle–protein agglomerates as nanocarriers for hydrophobic drug delivery.

Reddy, Boreddy SR et al. Multifunctional star-shaped polylactic acid implants for use in angioplasty.

Chu, Chih-Chang et al. Development of a biocompatible and biodegradable hybrid hydrogel platform for sustained release of ionic drugs.

Stadler, Brigitte et al.  Recent progress of liposomes in nanomedicine.

Pandit, A. et al. Multi-modal delivery of therapeutics using biomaterial scaffolds.

Vlassak, Joost et al. Stiff, strong, and tough hydrogels with good chemical stability.

Zhou, Shaobing et al. Thermally activated reversible shape switch of polymer particles.

Nature Chemistry, vol 6 issue 10

Gale, Philip; Sessler, Jonathan; Shin, Injae et al. Synthetic ion transporters can induce apoptosis by facilitating chloride anion transport into cells.

 Winnik, Mitchell; Manners, Ian et al. Tailored hierarchical micelle architectures using living crystallization-driven self-assembly in two dimensions.

Chemistry EJ, vol 20, issues 43, 44

Skowerski, Krysztof; Grela, Karol et al. Chelating Ruthenium Phenolate Complexes: Synthesis, General Catalytic Activity, and Applications in Olefin Metathesis Polymerization.

Schacher, Felix et al. Controlling Aqueous Self-Assembly Mechanisms by Hydrophobic Interactions.

Fu, Wen-fu et al. Photochemical, Electrochemical, and Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Catalyzed by Water-Soluble Mononuclear Ruthenium Complexes.

Chem EJ, vol 20, issues 40-42

Stenzel, Martina et al. Drug Conjugation to Cyclic Peptide–Polymer Self-Assembling Nanotubes.

Zemb, Thomas et al. Complexation-Induced Supramolecular Assembly Drives Metal-Ion Extraction.


Galan-Marscaros, J.L. et al. Single-Molecule-Magnet Behavior in the Family of [Ln(OETAP)2] Double-Decker Complexes (Ln=Lanthanide, OETAP=Octa(ethyl)tetraazaporphyrin).

Feng, Shengyu et al. Thermoresponsive Copolymer/SiO2 Nanoparticles with Dual Functions of Thermally Controlled Drug Release and Simultaneous Carrier Decomposition.
Feringa, B. et al. Palladium-Catalysed Direct Cross-Coupling of Organolithium Reagents with Aryl and Vinyl Triflates.


Veiros, L.F. CNN Pincer Ruthenium Catalysts for Hydrogenation and Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones: Experimental and Computational Studies.

Polymer Chemistry, Volume 5, Issue 21-22, 2014

Issue 21

Thiol-Michael “click” chemistry: another efficient tool for head functionalization of giant surfactants

Yiwen Li, Hao Su, Xueyan Feng, Zhao Wang, Kai Guo, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Qiang Fu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Wen-Bin Zhang  

Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 6151-6162 
DOI: 10.1039/C4PY01103A

Chemical functionalization of emulsion-templated porous polymers by thiol–ene “click” chemistry

C. R. Langford, D. W. Johnson and N. R. Cameron  

Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 6200-6206 
DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00713A 

Functional α,ω-dienes via thiol-Michael chemistry: synthesis, oxidative protection, acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET) polymerization and radical thiol–ene modification

Johannes A. van Hensbergen, Taylor W. Gaines, Kenneth B. Wagener, Robert P. Burford and Andrew B. Lowe  

Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 6225-6235 
DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00783B

Synthesis and photochemical properties of spiropyran graft and star polymers obtained by ‘click’ chemistry

Claudia Ventura, Paul Thornton, Silvia Giordani and Andreas Heise  

Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 6318-6324 
DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00778F

Issue 22

Well-defined polyethylene molecular brushes by polyhomologation and ring opening metathesis polymerization

Hefeng Zhang, Yves Gnanou and Nikos Hadjichristidis  

Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 6431-6434 
DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00815D 

Facile fabrication of ultrathin antibacterial hydrogel films via layer-by-layer “click” chemistry

Huan Wang, Guangyu Zha, Hong Du, Lilong Gao, Xiaodong Li, Zhiquan Shen and Weipu Zhu  

Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 6489-6494 
DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00900B

Enhanced drug toxicity by conjugation of platinum drugs to polymers with guanidine containing zwitterionic functional groups that mimic cell-penetrating peptides

Khairil Juhanni Abd Karim, Robert H. Utama, Hongxu Lu and Martina H. Stenzel  

Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 6600-6610 
DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00802B

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Volume 52, Issue 21-22, 2014

Issue 21

Synthesis and characterization of a biodegradable ABC triblock terpolymer as co-delivery carrier of doxorubicin and DNA (pages 3005–3016)

Jiao Bian, Ying Hao, Jinlin He, Wenling Zhang, Mingzu Zhang and Peihong Ni

Article first published online: 22 AUG 2014 | DOI: 10.1002/pola.27361

An efficient nonisocyanate route to polyurethanes via thiol-ene self-addition (pages 3017–3025)

Mariola Calle, Gerard Lligadas, Juan C. Ronda, Marina Galià and Virginia Cádiz

Article first published online: 7 AUG 2014 | DOI: 10.1002/pola.27347

Photo-induced thiol-ene polysulfide-crosslinked materials with tunable thermal and mechanical properties (pages 3060–3068)

So Young An, Dong Geun Lee, Ji Won Hwang, Kyung Nam Kim, Joon Hyun Nam, Hyun Wook Jung, Seung Man Noh and Jung Kwon Oh

Article first published online: 22 AUG 2014 | DOI: 10.1002/pola.27353

Issue 22

Orthogonal multiple click reactions in synthetic polymer chemistry (pages 3147–3165)

Umit Tunca

Article first published online: 15 SEP 2014 | DOI: 10.1002/pola.27379

Well-defined PE-b-PDMS diblock copolymers via the combination of thiol-ene click and esterification reactions: Facile synthesis and compatibilization for HDPE/silicone oil blends (pages 3205–3212)

Zhixian Xu, Suyun Jie and Bo-Geng Li

Article first published online: 8 SEP 2014 | DOI: 10.1002/pola.27381

Novel poly(l-lactide)/poly(d-lactide)/poly(tetrahydrofuran) multiblock copolymers with a controlled architecture: Synthesis and characterization (pages 3269–3282)

Lorenza Gardella, Dario Cavallo, Samuele Colonna, Alberto Fina and Orietta Monticelli

Article first published online: 19 SEP 2014 | DOI: 10.1002/pola.27389

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Volume 136, Issues 38-41, 2014

Issue 38

Sequence-Defined Polymers via Orthogonal Allyl Acrylamide Building Blocks

Mintu Porel and Christopher A. Alabi

pp 13162–13165

Publication Date (Web): September 10, 2014 (Communication)

DOI: 10.1021/ja507262t

Molecular Basis for Self-Assembly of a Human Host-Defense Peptide That Entraps Bacterial Pathogens

Phoom Chairatana and Elizabeth M. Nolan

pp 13267–13276

Publication Date (Web): August 26, 2014 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ja5057906

Issue 40

Small-Molecule Labeling of Live Cell Surfaces for Three-Dimensional Super-Resolution Microscopy

Marissa K. Lee, Prabin Rai, Jarrod Williams, Robert J. Twieg, and W. E. Moerner

pp 14003–14006

Publication Date (Web): September 15, 2014 (Communication)

DOI: 10.1021/ja508028h

Nucleic Acid Chemistry in the Organic Phase: From Functionalized Oligonucleotides to DNA Side Chain Polymers

Kai Liu, Lifei Zheng, Qing Liu, Jan Willem de Vries, Jennifer Y. Gerasimov, and Andreas Herrmann

pp 14255–14262

Publication Date (Web): September 29, 2014 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ja5080486

Issue 41     

   

Therapeutic Protein–Polymer Conjugates: Advancing Beyond PEGylation

Emma M. Pelegri-O’Day, En-Wei Lin, and Heather D. Maynard

pp 14323–14332

Publication Date (Web): September 12, 2014 (Perspective)

DOI: 10.1021/ja504390x

Ternary Nylon-3 Copolymers as Host-Defense Peptide Mimics: Beyond Hydrophobic and Cationic Subunits

Saswata Chakraborty, Runhui Liu, Zvi Hayouka, Xinyu Chen, Jeffrey Ehrhardt, Qin Lu, Eileen Burke, Yiqing Yang, Bernard Weisblum, Gerard C. L. Wong, Kristyn S. Masters, and Samuel H. Gellman

pp 14530–14535

Publication Date (Web): October 1, 2014 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ja507576a

Lipid Organization of the Plasma Membrane

Helgi I. Ingólfsson, Manuel N. Melo, Floris J. van Eerden, Clément Arnarez, Cesar A. Lopez, Tsjerk A. Wassenaar, Xavier Periole, Alex H. de Vries, D. Peter Tieleman, and Siewert J. Marrink

pp 14554–14559

Publication Date (Web): September 17, 2014 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ja507832e

Chemical Communications, Volume 50, Issues 84-90, 2014

Issue 84

Bicontinuous mesoporous carbon thin films via an order–order transition

Guodong Deng, Yuanzhong Zhang, Changhuai Ye, Zhe Qiang, Gila E. Stein, Kevin A. Cavicchi and Bryan D. Vogt  

Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 12684-12687
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC02471K

Issue 90

Iodopropyl-branched polysiloxane gel electrolytes with improved ionic conductivity upon cross-linking

G. L. De Gregorio, R. Giannuzzi, M. P. Cipolla, R. Agosta, R. Grisorio, A. Capodilupo, G. P. Suranna, G. Gigli and M. Manca  

Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 13904-13906
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC05152A