Journal of Materials Chemistry B; vol. 1

Issue 15:

Fluorescence imaging of cancer tissue based on metal-free polymeric nanoparticles – a review

Antje Vollrath, Stephanie Schubert and Ulrich S. Schubert

Design of simultaneous antimicrobial and anticoagulant surfaces based on nanoparticles and polysaccharides

Doris Breitwieser, Stefan Spirk, Hubert Fasl, Heike M. A. Ehmann, Angela Chemelli, Victoria E. Reichel, Christian Gspan, Karin Stana-Kleinschek and Volker Ribitsch

Preventing viral infections with polymeric virus catchers: a novel nanotechnological approach to anti-viral therapy

Niranjani Sankarakumar and Yen Wah Tong

Novel hybrid anti-biofouling coatings with a self-peeling and self-generated micro-structured soft and dynamic surface

Fei Hong, Laiyong Xie, Chuanxin He, Jianhong Liu, Guangzhao Zhang and Chi Wu

Issue 16:

Photostability and photobactericidal properties of porphyrin-layered double hydroxide–polyurethane composite films

Martha Merchán, Tan Sothea Ouk, Pavel Kubát, Kamil Lang, Christian Coelho, Vincent Verney, Sophie Commereuc, Fabrice Leroux, Vincent Sol and Christine Taviot-Guého 

Peptide-based vectors mediated by avidin–biotin interaction for tumor targeted gene delivery

Wei Qu, Si-Yong Qin, Ying Kuang, Ren-Xi Zhuo and Xian-Zheng Zhang

β-Cyclodextrin-crosslinked alginate gel for patient-controlled drug delivery systems: regulation of host–guest interactions with mechanical stimuli

Hironori Izawa, Kohsaku Kawakami, Masato Sumita, Yoshitaka Tateyama, Jonathan P. Hill and Katsuhiko Ariga

Optical switching of protein interactions on photosensitive–electroactive polymers measured by atomic force microscopy

Amy Gelmi, Michele Zanoni, Michael J. Higgins, Sanjeev Gambhir, David L. Officer, Dermot Diamond and Gordon G. Wallace

Issue 17:

Functionalization of dendritic polyethylene with cationic poly(p-phenylene ethynylene) enables efficient siRNA delivery for gene silencing

Ling Zhang, Qi-He Yin, Jin-Ming Li, Hong-Ying Huang, Qing Wu and Zong-Wan Mao

Lipid layer engineering of poly(lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles to control their uptake and intracellular co-localisation

Gabriela Romero, David J. Sanz, Yuan Qiu, Dahai Yu, Zhengwei Mao, Changyou Gao and Sergio E. Moya

Synthesis and drug delivery of novel amphiphilic block copolymers containing hydrophobic dehydroabietic moiety

Jing Wang, Kejian Yao, Chongzhi Wang, Chuanbing Tang and Xiqun Jiang

Issue 18:

Adhesive nanostructured multilayer films using a bacterial exopolysaccharide for biomedical applicationsRui R. Costa, Ana I. Neto, Ilker Calgeris, Clara R. Correia, António C. M. Pinho, Jaime Fonseca, Ebru T. Öner and João F. Mano 

Issue 19:

Graphene oxide-based homogenous biosensing platform for ultrasensitive DNA detection based on chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer and exonuclease III-assisted target recycling amplification

Chun Chen and Baoxin Li 

A novel zwitterionic copolymer with a short poly(methyl acrylic acid) block for improving both conjugation and separation efficiency of a protein without losing its bioactivity

Weifeng Lin, Hui Zhang, Jiang Wu, Zhen Wang, Haotian Sun, Jiang Yuan and Shengfu Chen

Hydrophobic and membrane permeable polyethylenimine nanoparticles efficiently deliver nucleic acids in vitro and in vivo

S. K. Tripathi, V. P. Singh, K. C. Gupta and P. Kumar