Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Simultaneous Conduction of Electronic Charge and Lithium Ions in Block Copolymers

Shrayesh N. Patel†‡§, Anna E. Javier†§, Greg M. Stone‡§, Scott A. Mullin†§, and Nitash P. Balsara†‡§*
† Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
‡ Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
§ Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (2), pp 1565–1577

Monosaccharides versus PEG-Functionalized NPs: Influence in the Cellular Uptake

María Moros†, Bruno Hernáez‡, Elina Garet§, Jorge T. Dias†, Berta Sáez†, Valeria Grazú†*, África González-Fernández¶, Covadonga Alonso‡, and Jesús M. de la Fuente†*
† Biofunctionalization of Nanoparticles and Surfaces (BioNanoSurf), Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza, Mariano Esquillor, s/n, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain
‡ Departamento de Biotecnología, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, INIA, Autovía A6 km 7,5, 28040, Madrid, Spain
§ NanoImmunoTech SL, Pza. Fernando Conde, Montero Ríos 9, 36201, Vigo, Spain
Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud, Avda. Gomez Laguna 25, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
¶ Inmunology, Biomedical Research Center (CINBIO), University of Vigo, Campus Lagoas Marcosende s/n, 36310, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (2), pp 1532–1540

Biomimetic Monolayer and Bilayer Membranes Made From Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Micelles

Matthew P. Goertz*, Lauryn E. Marks, and Gabriel A. Montaño*
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratories, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (2), pp 1503–1512

Noradrenaline-Functionalized Hyperbranched Fluoropolymer–Poly(ethylene glycol) Cross-Linked Networks As Dual-Mode, Anti-Biofouling Coatings

Philip M. Imbesi†‡, Neeraj V. Gohad§, Michael J. Eller†, Beatriz Orihuela, Dan Rittschof, Emile A. Schweikert†*, Andrew S. Mount§*, and Karen L Wooley†‡*
† Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842, United States
‡ Department Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842, United States
§ Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
Zoology Department and School of the Environment, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, North Carolina 28516, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (2), pp 1463–1472

Macromolecule Functionalization of Disulfide-Bonded Polymer Hydrogel Capsules and Cancer Cell Targeting

Olga Shimoni†, Almar Postma†‡, Yan Yan†, Andrew M. Scott§, Joan K. Heath, Edouard C. Nice, Alexander N. Zelikin¶, and Frank Caruso†*
† Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
‡ CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
§ Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne, Austin Branch, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne, Parkville Branch, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
¶ Department of Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNano), Aarhus University, Aarhus C 8000, Denmark

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (2), pp 1251–1259

Cellular Uptake of Nanoparticles by Membrane Penetration: A Study Combining Confocal Microscopy with FTIR Spectroelectrochemistry

Tiantian Wang†‡, Jing Bai†, Xiue Jiang†*, and G. Ulrich Nienhaus§
† State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
‡ Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
§ Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Wolfgang-Gaede-Strasse 1, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (2), pp 1176–1187

Sodium Sensing in Neurons with a Dendrimer-Based Nanoprobe

Christophe M. Lamy†*, Olivier Sallin†‡, Céline Loussert§, and Jean-Yves Chatton†‡
†Department of Cell Biology and Morphology, ‡Cellular Imaging Facility, and §Electron Microscopy Facility, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 9, CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland

Monday, March 19, 2012

J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 633–638

Responsive Small Molecular Hydrogels Based on Adamantane Peptides for Cell Culture

Cuihong Yang,Dongxia Li,Zheng Liu, Ge Hong, Jun Zhang, Deling Kong,and Zhimou Yang

J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 240–243

Self-Assembly Process of Peptide Amphiphile Worm-Like Micelles

Tomoko Shimada,Naoki Sakamoto,Ryuhei Motokawa,Satoshi Koizumi,and Matthew Tirrel

J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 2464−2471

Manipulating Energy Transfer in Copolymer-Based Nanocomposites by Their Controlled Nanocaging and Release of an Ionic Styryl Dye: A Case of an Ultrasensitive pH Sensor

Anamika Manna, Dibakar Sahoo, and Sankar Chakravorti

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Solution-Phase Synthesis of Branched DNA Hybrids Based on Dimer Phosphoramidites and Phenolic or Nucleosidic Cores

Helmut Griesser, Mariyan Tolev, Arunoday Singh, Thomas Sabirov, Claudia Gerlach, and Clemens Richert;

J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 2703-2717

Solution-Phase Synthesis of Branched DNA Hybrids via H-Phosphonate Dimers

Arunoday Singh, Mariyan Tolev, Christine I. Schilling, Stefan Bra.se, Helmut Griesser, and Clemens Richert;

J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 2718-2728

A Guide to Sonogashira Cross-Coupling Reactions: The Influence of Substituents in Aryl Bromides, Acetylenes, and Phosphines

Marc Schilz and Herbert Plenio; J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 2798-2807

Chan-Lam-Type S-Arylation of Thiols with Boronic Acids at Room Temperature

Hua-Jian Xu, Yong-Qiang Zhao, Teng Feng, and Yi-Si Feng; J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 2878-2884

Biomaterials, 2012, issue 8

Supramolecular assemblies in functional siRNA delivery: Where do we stand?

Review Article
Pages 2546-2569
Hamidreza M. Aliabadi, Breanne Landry, Chongbo Sun, Tian Tang, Hasan Uludağ

Targeting human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 by a cell-penetrating peptide–affibody bioconjugate

Original Research Article
Pages 2570-2582
Srinath Govindarajan, Jeyarajan Sivakumar, Prathyusha Garimidi, Nandini Rangaraj, Jerald M. Kumar, Nalam M. Rao, Vijaya Gopal

Biomaterials, 2012, issue 7

Divalent cation-mediated polysaccharide interactions with zwitterionic surfaces

Original Research Article
Pages 2001-2006
Luo Mi, Michelle M. Giarmarco, Qing Shao, Shaoyi Jiang

njectable shear-thinning hydrogels engineered with a self-assembling Dock-and-Lock mechanism

Original Research Article
Pages 2145-2153
Hoang D. Lu, Manoj B. Charati, Iris L. Kim, Jason A. Burdick

Amphiphilic micelles of poly(2-methyl-2-carboxytrimethylene carbonate-co-d,l-lactide)-graft-poly(ethylene glycol) for anti-cancer drug delivery to solid tumours

Original Research Article
Pages 2223-2229
Karyn S. Ho, Ahmed M. Aman, Rima S. Al-awar, Molly S. Shoichet

Temperature sensitive contact lenses for triggered ophthalmic drug delivery

Original Research Article
Pages 2289-2300
Hyun Jung Jung, Anuj Chauhan

Synergistic effects of conjugating cell penetrating peptides and thiomers on non-viral transfection efficiency

Original Research Article
Pages 2321-2326
Deni Rahmat, Mohammad I. Khan, Gul Shahnaz, Duangkamon Sakloetsakun, Glen Perera, Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch