Advanced Materials

Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers for Lithography-Free Nanopatterning
Bong Hoon Kim ¹, Dong Ok Shin ¹, Seong-Jun Jeong ¹, Chong Min Koo ², Sang Chul Jeon ³, Wook Jung Hwang ³, Sumi Lee ⁴, Moon Gyu Lee ⁴, Sang Ouk Kim

Advanced Materials

Electron-Conducting Block Copolymers: Morphological, Optical, and Electronic Properties
Michael Sommer, Sven Hüttner, Stefanie Wunder, Mukundan Thelakkat

Advanced Functional Materials

Volume 18 Issue 9, Pages 1459 - 1469
An Engineered Mannoside Presenting Platform: Escherichia coli Adhesion under Static and Dynamic Conditions
Katrin A. Barth ¹, Géraldine Coullerez ^{1 *}, Lina M. Nilsson ², Riccardo Castelli ³, Peter H. Seeberger ³, Viola Vogel ², Marcus Textor

Chem. Eur. J.

Mutual Responsive Hydrazide-Based Low Molecular-Mass Organic Gelators: Probing Gelation on the Molecular Level (p NA)
Yong Yang, Ting Chen, Jun-Feng Xiang, Hui-Juan Yan, Chuan-Feng Chen, Li-Jun Wan

Chem Comm

Isolation of calcium phosphate crystals from complex biological fluids using bisphosphonate-modified superparamagnetic beads
Aaron Hernandez-Santana, Alexander Yavorskyy, Adedayo Olinyole, Geraldine M. McCarthy and Gillian P. McMahon, Chem. Commun., 2008, 2686

organic letters, 2008, 10, 2055

Alkenol-Alkyne Cross Metathesis

Daniel A. Clark, Joseph R. Clark, and Steven T. Diver*

ORGANIC letters, 2008, 10, 2007

Unexpected Photooxidation of H-Bonded Tetracene


Zhixiong Liang,† Wei Zhao,† Shenglong Wang,‡ Qin Tang,† Sheung-Chuen Lam,†
and Qian Miao*,†

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2008, Vol. 52, No. 6, p. 2120-2129

Inhibition of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infection by Cationic β-Peptides

Radeekorn Akkarawongsa, Terra B. Potocky, Emily P. English, Samuel H. Gellman, and Curtis R. Brandt

New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 790 - 793

Synthesis and structures of luminescent ladder-like lanthanide coordination polymers of 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate

Xiaoping Yang, Joseph H. Rivers, W. Jeffrey McCarty, Michael Wiester and Richard A. Jones

Reaction of sodium 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate dihydrate (NaL·2H2O) with LnCl3·6H2O (3 1) in refluxing methanol gives the novel isomorphous 1-D framework compounds {[LnL3(H2O)2]·2H2O} (Ln = Tb, Er and Yb) in 46–60% yields; the structures of the compounds have been determined by X-ray crystallography and their luminescence properties determined.

Nature Reviews Microbiology, June 2008, Vol. 6, 6, p. 415

Immune Evasions: Overcoming Defensins

Asher Mullard

Acc. Chem. Res., 41 (5), 629–639, 2008

Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis and Transformations using Benign Reaction Media

Vivek Polshettiwar and Rajender S. Varma

A nonclassical heating technique using microwaves, termed “Bunsen burner of the 21st century”, is rapidly becoming popular and is dramatically reducing reaction times. The significant outcomes of microwave (MW)-assisted green chemistry endeavors, which have resulted in the development of synthetic protocols for drugs and fine chemicals synthesis that are relatively more sustainable, are summarized. The use of emerging microwave-assisted chemistry techniques in conjunction with greener reaction media is dramatically reducing chemical waste and reaction times in several organic syntheses and chemical transformations. A brief historic account of our own experiences in developing MW-assisted organic transformations, which involve various benign alternatives, such as solid-supported reagents, and greener reaction media, namely, aqueous, ionic liquid, and solvent-free, for the synthesis of various heterocycles, coupling reactions, oxidation–reduction reactions, and some name reactions are described.

PNAS | May 13, 2008 | vol. 105 | no. 19 | 6813-6818

Platinum-based inhibitors of amyloid-β as therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's disease

Kevin J. Barnham, Vijaya B. Kenche, Giuseppe D. Ciccotosto, David P. Smith, Deborah J. Tew, Xiang Liu, Keyla Perez, Greg A. Cranston, Timothy J. Johanssen, Irene Volitakis, Ashley I. Bush, Colin L. Masters, Anthony R. White, Jeffrey P. Smith, Robert A. Cherny, and Roberto Cappai

PNAS 2008 105: 7353-7358

Synthesis of linked carbon monolayers: Films, balloons, tubes, and pleated sheets

Mitchell J. Schultz, Xiaoyu Zhang, Sakulsuk Unarunotai, Dahl-Young Khang, Qing Cao, Congjun Wang, Changhui Lei, Scott MacLaren, Julio A. N. T. Soares, Ivan Petrov, Jeffrey S. Moore, and John A. Rogers

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol 46, Iss 12 (June 08)

A facile route to hollow superparamagnetic magnetite/polystyrene nanocomposite microspheres via inverse miniemulsion polymerization
Song Yang, Huarong Liu, Zhicheng Zhang
p 3900-3910

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol 46, Iss 11 (June 08)

ROMP based photoinitiator-coinitiator systems with improved migration stability
Martina Sandholzer, Monika Schuster, Franz Varga, Robert Liska, Christian Slugovc
p 3648-3661

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Vol 209, Iss 11 (June 08)

A Facile Approach for Transferring Hydrophobic Magnetic Nanoparticles into Water-Soluble Particles
Ziyong Cheng, Shuhua Liu, Haitao Gao, Wolfgang Tremel, Ning Ding, Ruili Liu, Patrick W. Beines, Wolfgang Knoll
p 1145-1151

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)

Binding and interactions of L-BABP to lipid membranes studied
by molecular dynamic simulations
Marcos Ariel Villarreal, Massimiliano Perduca, Hugo L. Monaco, Guillermo G. Montich
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1778 (2008) 1382–1389

pH and monovalent cations regulate cytosolic free Ca2+ in E. coli
Riffat Naseem, I. Barry Holland, Annick Jacq, Kenneth T. Wann and Anthony K. Campbell
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1778 (2008) 1415–1422

Cholesterol, lanosterol, and ergosterol attenuate the membrane association of
LL-37(W27F) and temporin L
Rohit Sood, Paavo K.J. Kinnunen
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1778 (2008) 1460–1466

Controlled release mechanisms of spontaneously forming unilamellar vesicles
Mu-Ping Nieh, John Katsaras, Xiaoyang Qi
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1778 (2008) 1467–1471

Nanoletters, Vol. 8, Issue 5.

Three-Dimensionally-Patterned Submicrometer-Scale Hydrogel/Air Networks That Offer a New Platform for Biomedical Applications

Ji-Hyun Jang, Shalin J. Jhaveri, Boris Rasin, ChoengYang Koh, Christopher K. Ober, and Edwin L. Thomas, pp 1456 – 1460.

Nature, Vol. 453, Number 7192.

Materials science: Supramolecular polymers

Tom F. A. de Greef & E. W. Meijer, p171.

Macromol. Rapid Commun 10/08

Enzyme-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Unsubstituted -Lactam (p 794-797)
Leendert W. Schwab, Renee Kroon, Arend Jan Schouten, Katja Loos

Enzymatic polymerization

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 22/08-25/08

Converting Sequences of Aromatic Amino Acid Monomers into Functional Three-Dimensional Structures: Second-Generation Helical Capsules (p 4153-4156)
Chunyan Bao, Brice Kauffmann, Quan Gan, Kolupula Srinivas, Hua Jiang, Ivan Huc

Foldamers are not quite dead yet...

Nanoribbons Self-Assembled from Triblock Peptide Polymers and Coordination Polymers (p 4192-4195)
Yun Yan, Aernout A. Martens, Nicolaas A. M. Besseling, Frits A. de Wolf, Arie de Keizer, Markus Drechsler, Martien A. Cohen Stuart

Polypeptide structures


A Metallacryptand-Based Manganese(II)-Cobalt(II) Ferrimagnet with a Three-Dimensional Honeycomb Open-Framework Architecture (p 4211-4216)
Emilio Pardo, Danielle Cangussu, Marie-Claire Dul, Rodrigue Lescouëzec, Patrick Herson, Yves Journaux, Emerson F. Pedroso, Cynthia L. M. Pereira, M. Carmen Muñoz, Rafael Ruiz-García, Joan Cano, Pedro Amorós, Miguel Julve, Francesc Lloret

Magnets!!!

Photochemical Surface Patterning by the Thiol-Ene Reaction (p 4421-4424)
Pascal Jonkheijm, Dirk Weinrich, Maja Köhn, Hans Engelkamp, Peter C. M. Christianen, Jürgen Kuhlmann, Jan C. Maan, Dirk Nüsse, Hendrik Schroeder, Ron Wacker, Rolf Breinbauer, Christof M. Niemeyer, Herbert Waldm


Host-Guest Driven Self-Assembly of Linear and Star Supramolecular Polymers (p 4504-4508)
Roger M. Yebeutchou, Francesca Tancini, Nicola Demitri, Silvano Geremia, Raniero Mendichi, Enrico Dalcanale

Filamentous Artificial Virus from a Self-Assembled Discrete Nanoribbon (p 4525-4528)
Yong-beom Lim, Eunji Lee, You-Rim Yoon, Myeong Sup Lee, Myongsoo Lee

Pincer Click Ligands (p 4555-4558)
Elaine M. Schuster, Mark Botoshansky, Mark Gandelman

It seems there's nothing that you can't do with a 1,3 bipolar cycloaddition

Supramolecular Capsules with Gated Pores from an Amphiphilic Rod Assembly (p 4662-4666)
Jung-Keun Kim, Eunji Lee, Yong-beom Lim, Myongsoo Lee


Toroidal Nanoobjects from Rosette Assemblies of Melamine-Linked Oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene)s and Cyanurates (p 4691-4694)
Shiki Yagai, Sankarapillai Mahesh, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Kanako Unoike, Takashi Karatsu, Akihide Kitamura, Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh

Have a donut....

Biomaterials Volume 29, Issue 22, August 2008, Pages 3185-3194

Synthesis and water-swelling of thermo-responsive poly(ester urethane)s containing poly(ε-caprolactone), poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(propylene glycol)


Xian Jun Loh^{a, b, c}, Kian Boon Colin Sng^c and Jun Li

Biomaterials Volume 29, Issue 22, August 2008, Pages 3175-3184

Thermoresponsive nanocomposite hydrogels with cell-releasing behavior


Yaping Hou^a, Andrew R. Matthews^a, Ashley M. Smitherman^a, Allen S. Bulick^b, Mariah S. Hahn^b, Huijie Hou^c, Arum Han^c and Melissa A. Grunlan
Fig. 2. SEM micrographs of (A) pure PNIPAAm hydrogel a; (B) nanocomposite hydrogel b (containing 0.5 wt% nanoparticles); (C) nanocomposite hydrogel e (containing 2.0 wt% nanoparticles); and (D) nanocomposite hydrogel b.

Science, VOL 320, ISSUE 5880, 30 MAY 2008

Books
SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION: Sharing Data, Constructing Science
K. L. Hahn
pg. 1162-1163

Education Forum
DIVERSITY: Culture, Gender, and Math
L. Guiso, F. Monte, P. Sapienza, and L. Zingales
pg. 1164-1165

Organic Letters, 2008, 10(10), 1967

Alternating Iodonium-Mediated Reaction Cascades Giving Indole- And Quinoline-Containing Polycycles