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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Bioconjugate Chem. 2009, 20, 1711–1715

A Fine Line Between Molecular Umbrella Transport and Ionophoric Activity


Wen-Hua Chen,† Vaclav Janout,† Masaharu Kondo,† Arevik Mosoian,‡ Goar Mosoyan,‡ Ravil R. Petrov,† Mary E. Klotman,‡ and Steven L. Regen*,†

Monday, October 19, 2009

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 2009, p. 4283-4291, Vol. 53, No. 10

Novel Broad-Spectrum Bis-(Imidazolinylindole) Derivatives with Potent Antibacterial Activities against Antibiotic-Resistant Strains

Rekha G. Panchal,1* Ricky L. Ulrich,1 Douglas Lane,2 Michelle M. Butler,3 Chad Houseweart,3 Timothy Opperman,3 John D. Williams,3 Norton P. Peet,3 Donald T. Moir,3 Tam Nguyen,2 Rick Gussio,4 Terry Bowlin,3 and Sina Bavari1*

United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter Street, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland 21702-5011,1 Target Structure Based Drug Discovery Group, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201,2 Microbiotix Inc., One Innovation Dr., Worcester, Massachusetts 01605,3Target Structure Based Drug Discovery Group, Information Technology Branch, Developmental Therapeutic Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702-12014

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 2009, p. 4231-4239, Vol. 53, No. 10

In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Acyl-Lysyl Oligomers against Helicobacter pylori

Morris O. Makobongo,1 Tchelet Kovachi,2 Hanan Gancz,1 Amram Mor,2 and D. Scott Merrell1*

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd., Bethesda, Maryland 20814,1 Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel2

Saturday, October 17, 2009

ACS Chemical Biology,volume 4, issue 10

Flow Cytometry Reveals that Multivalent Chemoattractants Effect Swarmer Cell Dedifferentiation
Allison C. Lamanna and Laura L. Kiessling
pp 828–833

JACS, 131, 11272-11636, 2009

Hexacationic Dendriphos Ligands in the Pd-Catalyzed Suzuki−Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction: Scope and Mechanistic Studies
Dennis J. M. Snelders, Gerard van Koten and Robertus J. M. Klein Gebbink
pp 11407–11416

Structures of Protonated Dipeptides: The Role of Arginine in Stabilizing Salt Bridges
James S. Prell, Jeremy T. O’Brien, Jeffrey D. Steill, Jos Oomens and Evan R. Williams
pp 11442–11449

JACS, 131, 12864-13182, 2009

A Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Route to Alkaline Anion Exchange Membranes: Development of Hydroxide-Conducting Thin Films from an Ammonium-Functionalized Monomer
Timothy J. Clark, Nicholas J. Robertson, Henry A. Kostalik IV, Emil B. Lobkovsky, Paul F. Mutolo, Hctor D. Abrua and Geoffrey W. Coates
pp 12888–12889

JACS, 131, 13566-13884, 2009

One-Pot Synthesis of Brush-Like Polymers via Integrated Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization and Polymerization of Amino Acid N-Carboxyanhydrides
Hua Lu, Jing Wang, Yao Lin and Jianjun Cheng
pp 13582–13583

JACS, 131, 14128-14598, 2009

Intramolecular Amide Stacking and Its Competition with Hydrogen Bonding in a Small Foldamer
William H. James III, Christian W. Mller, Evan G. Buchanan, Michael G. D. Nix, Li Guo, Luke Roskop, Mark S. Gordon, Lyudmila V. Slipchenko, Samuel H. Gellman and Timothy S. Zwier
pp 14243–14245

JACS, 131, 14600-15074, 2009

Redox Switch-Off of the Ferromagnetic Coupling in a Mixed-Spin Tricobalt(II) Triple Mesocate
Marie-Claire Dul, Emilio Pardo, Rodrigue Lescouzec, Lise-Marie Chamoreau, Franoise Villain, Yves Journaux, Rafael Ruiz-Garca, Joan Cano, Miguel Julve, Francesc Lloret, Jorge Pasn and Catalina Ruiz-Prez
pp 14614–14615

“Clicking” Polymer Brushes with Thiol-yne Chemistry: Indoors and Out
Ryan M. Hensarling, Vanessa A. Doughty, Justin W. Chan and Derek L. Patton
pp 14673–14675

Molecularly Imprinted Microgels as Enzyme Inhibitors
Arnaud Cutivet, Carol Schembri, Jose Kovensky and Karsten Haupt
pp 14699–14702

Small and Stable Peptidic PEGylated Quantum Dots to Target Polyhistidine-Tagged Proteins with Controlled Stoichiometry
Aurlien Dif, Fouzia Boulmedais, Mathieu Pinot, Victor Roullier, Michle Baudy-Floc’h, Frdric M. Coquelle, Samuel Clarke, Pierre Neveu, Franoise Vignaux, Roland Le Borgne, Maxime Dahan, Zoher Gueroui and Valrie Marchi-Artzner
pp 14738–14746

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Langmuir, Vol 25, Iss 20

The Effect of Fluid Flow on Selective Protein Adsorption on Polystyrene-block-Poly(methyl methacrylate) Copolymers
Qin Li, K. H. Aaron Lau, Eva-Kathrin Sinner, Dong Ha Kim and Wolfgang Knoll
pp 12144–12150

ABC Triblock Surface Active Block Copolymer with Grafted Ethoxylated Fluoroalkyl Amphiphilic Side Chains for Marine Antifouling/Fouling-Release Applications
Craig J. Weinman, John A. Finlay, Daewon Park, Marvin Y. Paik, Sitaraman Krishnan, Harihara S. Sundaram, Michael Dimitriou, Karen E. Sohn, Maureen E. Callow, James A. Callow, Dale L. Handlin, Carl L. Willis, Edward J. Kramer and Christopher K. Ober
pp 12266–12274

Langmuir, Vol 25, Iss 19

Facile Method for Selective Immobilization of Biomolecules on Plastic Surfaces
Daekyung Sung, Sangjin Park and Sangyong Jon
pp 11289–11294

Ternary Protein Adsorption onto Brushes: Strong versus Weak
A. Halperin and M. Krger
pp 11621–11634

Postdiffusion of Oligo-Peptide within Exponential Growth Multilayer Films for Localized Peptide Delivery
Xuefei Wang and Jian Ji
pp 11664–11671

Pursuing “Zero” Protein Adsorption of Poly(carboxybetaine) from Undiluted Blood Serum and Plasma
Wei Yang, Hong Xue, Wei Li, Jinli Zhang and Shaoyi Jiang
pp 11911–11916

Osmosis Based Method Drives the Self-Assembly of Polymeric Chains into Micro- and Nanostructures
Laura Chronopoulou, Ilaria Fratoddi, Cleofe Palocci, Iole Venditti and Maria V. Russo
pp 11940–11946

Sunday, October 11, 2009

PNAS

Engineering anatomically shaped human bone grafts

Warren L. Graysona, Mirjam Fro ¨ hlicha,b, Keith Yeagera, Sarindr Bhumiratanaa, M. Ete Chanc
, Christopher Cannizzarod, Leo Q. Wana, X. Sherry Liuc, X. Edward Guoc, and Gordana Vunjak-Novakovica,1


Hopefully, one day, I will get to work with Novakovica...

Biomaterials [0142-9612] Jungebluth yr:2009 vol:30 iss:29 pg:5260 -5269

A double-chamber rotating bioreactor for the development of tissue-engineered hollow organs: From concept to clinical trial

M. Adelaide Asnaghia, Corresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author, Philipp Jungebluthb, Manuela T. Raimondic, d, Sally C. Dickinsone, Louisa E.N. Reesf, Tetsuhiko Gob, Tristan A. Coganf, Amanda Dodsonf, Pier Paolo Parnigottog, Anthony P. Hollandere, Martin A. Birchallh, Maria Teresa Conconig, Paolo Macchiarinib and Sara Manteroa

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Biomaterials 30 (2009) 4318–4324

Cell-responsive hydrogel for encapsulation of vascular cells


Thomas P. Kraehenbuehl a,b, Lino S. Ferreira c,d, Prisca Zammaretti b, Jeffrey A. Hubbell b,*,
Robert Langer

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

PNAS

A strong correlation between fusogenicity and membrane insertion depth of the HIV fusion peptide


Engineering of bio-hybrid materials by electrospinning polymer-microbe fibers

Nature Nanaotechnology

A quantitative fluorescence study of protein monolayer formation on colloidal nanoparticles

Journal of Polymer Science A

Controlled vinyl-type polymerization of norbornene with a Nickel(II) diphosphinoamine/methylaluminoxane catalytic system

Ionic IPNs as novel candidates for highly conductive solid polymer electrolytes

Nano Lett., 2009, 9 (9), pp 3359–3364

Domains in Ferroelectric Nanodots

A. Schilling,† D. Byrne,† G. Catalan,‡ K. G. Webber,§ Y. A. Genenko,§ G. S. Wu,‡ J. F. Scott,‡ and J. M. Gregg*,†
Centre for Nanostructured Media, School of Maths and Physics, Queen’s UniVersity Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, U.K., Department of Earth Sciences, UniVersity of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, U.K., and Institute of Materials Science, Darmstadt UniVersity of Technology, Petersenstrasse 23, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany

Macromolecules 2009, 42, 6202–6208

Array of Magnetic Nanoparticles via Particle Co-operated Self-Assembly in Block Copolymer Thin Film

Mottakin M. Abul Kashem,†,‡ Jan Perlich,†,‡ Alexander Diethert,† Weinan Wang,†
Mine Memesa,§ Jochen S. Gutmann,§ Eva Majkova,^ Ignac Capek, Stephan V. Roth,‡ Winfried Petry,†,# and Peter M€uller-Buschbaum*,†
†Physik-Department LS E13, Technische Universit€atM€unchen, James-Franck-Strasse 1, Garching, Germany, ‡HASYLAB at DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany, §Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany, ^Institute of Physics SAS, Dubravska 9, SK 84511 Bratislava, Slovakia, Polymer Institute, SAS, Dubravska 9, SK 84236 Bratislava, Slovakia, and #Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, Technische Universit€at M€unchen, Lichtenbergstrasse 1, 85747 Garching, Germany

Macromolecules 2009, 42, 5433–5436

Two Distinct, Reactive Polymers Derived from a Single Norbornenyl-Methacryloyl Bifunctional Monomer by Selective ATRP or ROMP

Ang Li,† Jun Ma,† and Karen L. Wooley*,†,‡
†Department of Chemistry and Department of Radiology, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri 63130, and ‡Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 300012, College Station, Texas 77842

Macromolecules 2009, 42, 5416–5418

Electroactive Block Copolymer Brushes on Multiwalled
Carbon Nanotubes

Daisuke Izuhara and Timothy M. Swager*
Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2009, 113, 11787

Tetrapeptide-Based Hydrogels: for Encapsulation and Slow Release of an Anticancer Drug
at Physiological pH

Jishu Naskar, Goutam Palui, and Arindam Banerjee

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 2009, p. 4025-4027, Vol. 53, No. 9

Evaluation of Target Specificity of Antibacterial Agents UsingStaphylococcus aureus ddlA Mutants and D-Cycloserine in a Silkworm Infection Model

Kenji Kurokawa,1,2* Hiroshi Hamamoto,1 Miki Matsuo,1,{dagger} Satoshi Nishida,1,{ddagger}Noriko Yamane,3 Bok Luel Lee,2 Kazuhisa Murakami,3,§ Hideki Maki,3 and Kazuhisa Sekimizu1

Nature Reviews Microbiology 7, 666-675 (September 2009)

Cryo-electron tomography of bacteria: progress, challenges and future prospects


Jacqueline L.S. Milne1 & Sriram Subramaniam1

Biomaterials Volume 30, Issue 31, Pages 6151-6402 (October 2009)

Human microvasculature fabrication using thermal inkjet printing technology

Xiaofeng Cui1, a and Thomas Boland


Biomaterials Volume 30, Issue 31, Pages 6151-6402 (October 2009)

Chemically crosslinkable thermosensitive polyphosphazene gels as injectable materials for biomedical applications

Thrimoorthy Pottaa, b, ChangJu Chuna and Soo-Chang Song

Chem. Commun., 2009, 5272–5274

Phosphine-mediated one-pot thiol–ene ‘‘click’’ approachto polymer–protein conjugates
Mathew W. Jones, Giuseppe Mantovani, Sinead M. Ryan, Xuexuan Wang, David J. Brayden and David M. Haddleton

Chem. Commun., 2009, 5418–5420

Enhanced antibacterial performance of cationic polymer modifiedsilica nanoparticles
Jooyoung Song, Hyeyoung Kong and Jyongsik Jang

Chem. Commun., 2009, 5582–5584

Self-assembly of double hydrophobic block copolymers in water–ethanolmixtures: from micelles to thermoresponsive micellar gels
Richard Hoogenboom,* Sarah Rogers,d Aydin Can, C. Remzi Becer,Carlos Guerrero-Sanchez, Daan Wouters, Stephanie Hoeppeneraand Ulrich S. Schubert*

Monday, September 14, 2009

J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 5953–5960

Amphipathic β-Strand Mimics as Potential Membrane Disruptive Antibiotics

Jessica L. Watson† and Elizabeth R. Gillies*,†,‡

J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 11831–11840

Rapid Deswelling and Reswelling Response of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogels via
Formation of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks with Polyhedral Oligomeric
Silsesquioxane-Capped Poly(ethylene oxide) Amphiphilic Telechelics.

Ke Zeng, Lei Wang, and Sixun Zheng

organic letters, 11, 3374

Carbon-Carbon Formation via Ni-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling
through C-CN Bond Cleavage of Aryl Nitrile


Da-Gang Yu, Miao Yu, Bing-Tao Guan, Bi-Jie Li, Yang Zheng, Zhen-Hua Wu, and
Zhang-Jie Shi*

organic letters. 2009, 11, 3586-3589

Microwave-Accelerated Iridium-CatalyzedBorylation of Aromatic C-H Bonds

Peter Harrisson,† James Morris,‡ Todd B. Marder,*,† and Patrick G. Steel*,†

Journal of Materials Chemistry

2009 Vol 19 Issue 34
Zhiguo Xie, Aiying Zhang, Lin Ye, Xiang Wang and Zeng-guo Feng

C. Piccirillo, S. Perni, J. Gil-Thomas, P. Prokopovich, M. Wilson, J. Pratten and I. P. Parkin

Water-compatible imprinted polymers for selective depletion of riboflavine from beverages (6185 - 6193)

Panagiotis Manesiotis, Cristiana Borrelli, Carla S. A. Aureliano, Christian Svensson and Börje Sellergren


2009 Vol 19 Issue 35

Relaxation times of colloidal iron platinum in polymer matrixes (6381 - 6386)

Maria Puerto Morales, Matthieu F. Bédard, Alejandro G. Roca, Patricia de la Presa, Antonio Hernando, Feng Zhang, Marco Zanella, Abbasi Azhar Zahoor, Gleb B. Sukhorukov, Loretta L. del Mercato and Wolfgang J. Parak

A screening paradigm for the design of improved polymer-coated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (6387 - 6392)

Suelin Chen, Fred Reynolds, Lingtau Yu, Ralph Weissleder and Lee Josephson

Antibiofouling amphiphilic polymer-coated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization, and use in cancer imaging in vivo (6412 - 6417)

Jinho Park, Mi Kyung Yu, Yong Yeon Jeong, Jin Woong Kim, Kwangyeol Lee, Vu Ngoc Phan and Sangyong Jon


2009 Vol 19 Issue 36

Preparation of nearly monodisperse microcapsules with controlled morphology by in situ polymerization of a shell layer (6605 - 6609)

Guoming Liu, Baoquan Xie, Dongsheng Fu, Yang Wang, Qiang Fu and Dujin Wang


Nature Materials

September 2009, Volume 8 No 9 pp 691-770

Mechanotransductive surfaces for reversible biocatalysis activation pp731 - 735

Damien Mertz, Cédric Vogt, Joseph Hemmerlé, Jérôme Mutterer, Vincent Ball, Jean-Claude Voegel, Pierre Schaaf & Philippe Lavalle

Many proteins have buried active sites in their folded states, which are only exposed when the protein is stretched. On mimicking this process with a combination of enzymes buried in polyelectrolyte layers on a silicone sheet, it is shown that enzymatic catalysis is possible only when the substrate is stretched to expose the enzymes, which enables reversible control of reaction progression.


Nanolitre liquid patterning in aqueous environments for spatially defined reagent delivery to mammalian cell
s pp736 - 741

H. Tavana, A. Jovic, B. Mosadegh, Q. Y. Lee, X. Liu, K. E. Luker, G. D. Luker, S. J. Weiss & S. Takayama

Biopatterning, which enables regulation of cell–material interaction, is usually achieved by techniques that rely on physical contact, which can seriously damage cells. A simple and efficient non-contact technique is now demonstrated using an aqueous two-phase polymer system.


Organic electronics for precise delivery of neurotransmitters to modulate mammalian sensory function

pp742 - 746

Daniel T. Simon, Sindhulakshmi Kurup, Karin C. Larsson, Ryusuke Hori, Klas Tybrandt, Michel Goiny, Edwin W. H. Jager, Magnus Berggren, Barbara Canlon & Agneta Richter-Dahlfors

An organic electronic device capable of precisely delivering neurotransmitters in vitroand in vivo is demonstrated. The device mimics the nerve synapse by converting electronic addressing in the delivery of neurotransmitters, thereby enabling exact dosage determination through electrochemical relationships. The system also ensures minimally disruptive delivery by avoiding fluid flow, and provides simple on–off switching.

Comparative materials differences revealed in engineered bone as a function of cell-specific differentiation pp763 - 770

Eileen Gentleman, Robin J. Swain, Nicholas D. Evans, Suwimon Boonrungsiman, Gavin Jell, Michael D. Ball, Tamaryn A. V. Shean, Michelle L. Oyen, Alexandra Porter & Molly M. Stevens

Creating laboratory-grown bone for implantation into injury sites is an aim of regenerative medicine. However, newly grown bone may not have the same structural and compositional properties as native bone. Materials characterization shows that the source of cells for the new bone growth has a significant effect on its properties.

Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 9451 – 9457

Alternating Ring-Opening Metathesis Copolymerization by Grubbs-Type
Initiators with Unsymmetrical N-Heterocyclic Carbenes



Martin Lichtenheldt,[a] Dongren Wang,[b] Kati Vehlow,[a] Ingrid Reinhardt,[b]
Christa Khnel,[b] Ulrich Decker,[b] Siegfried Blechert,*[a] and
Michael R. Buchmeiser

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2009, 38, 2532–2542

Magnetic nanoparticles: synthesis, functionalization, and applications
in bioimaging and magnetic energy storage



Natalie A. Frey, Sheng Peng, Kai Cheng and Shouheng Sun*

Bioconjugate Chem. 2009, 20, 1307–1314

Synthesis and Studies on Cell-Penetrating Peptides


Jean-Remi Bertrand, Claude Malvy, Tiphanie Auguste, Ga´bor K. To´th, Orsolya Kiss-Iva´nkovits, Eszter Illye´s, Miklo´s Hollo´si, Sa´ndor Bottka, and Ilona Laczko

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009,19, 2560–2568

Adhesive, Flexible, and Robust Polysaccharide Nanosheets Integrated for Tissue-Defect Repair
Toshinori Fujie, Noriyuki Matsutani, Manabu Kinoshita, Yosuke Okamura,
Akihiro Saito, and Shinji Takeoka

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009,19, 2584–2591

Spontaneous Lamellar Alignment in Thickness-Modulated Block Copolymer Films
Hoon Kim, Hyung Min Lee, Joo-Hyung Lee, Seung-Woo Son,Seong-Jun Jeong, Sumi Lee, Dong Il Lee, Sin Ung Kwak, Hawoong Jeong,Hyunjung Shin, Jun-Bo Yoon, Oleg D. Lavrentovich, and Sang Ouk Kim

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009,19, 2805–2811

Arrays of Inorganic Nanodots and Nanowires Using Nanotemplates Based on Switchable Block Copolymer Supramolecular Assemblies
Bhanu Nandan, E. Bhoje Gowd,Nadja C. Bigall, Alexander Eychmuller, Petr Formanek, Paul Simon, and Manfred Stamm

Langmuir, Volume 25, Issue 18 (Sep 09)

On the Release of Hydrogen from the S−H groups in the Formation of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Thiols
Laxman Kankate, Andrey Turchanin and Armin Glzhuser
pp 10435–10438

Population Analysis of Structural Properties of Giant Liposomes by Flow Cytometry
Kazuya Nishimura, Tomohiro Hosoi, Takeshi Sunami, Taro Toyota, Masanori Fujinami, Koichi Oguma, Tomoaki Matsuura, Hiroaki Suzuki and Tetsuya Yomo
pp 10439–10443

Langmuir, Volume 25, Issue 17 (Sep 09)

Adsorption and Diffusion of Plasma Proteins on Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Surfaces: Effect of Trifluoroethanol on Protein Structure
Euridice P. Vieira, Sandra Rocha, M. Carmo Pereira, Helmuth Mhwald and Manuel A. N. Coelho pp 9879–9886

Physicochemical Properties of (Ethylene Glycol)-Containing Self-Assembled Monolayers Relevant for Protein and Algal Cell Resistance
Soeren Schilp, Axel Rosenhahn, Michala E. Pettitt, James Bowen, Maureen E. Callow, James A. Callow and Michael Grunze
pp 10077–10082

Controlled Release from Modified Amino Acid Hydrogels Governed by Molecular Size or Network Dynamics
Sam Sutton, Neil L. Campbell, Andrew I. Cooper, Mark Kirkland, William J. Frith and Dave J. Adams
pp 10285–10291

Antimicrobial Behavior of Polyelectrolyte−Surfactant Thin Film Assemblies
Charlene M. Dvoracek, Galina Sukhonosova, Michael J. Benedik and Jaime C. Grunlan
pp 10322–10328

Langmuir, Volume 25, Issue 16 (Aug 09)

End Terminal, Poly(ethylene oxide) Graft Layers: Surface Forces and Protein Adsorption
Paul Hamilton-Brown, Thomas Gengenbach, Hans J. Griesser and Laurence Meagher
pp 9149–9156

Anti-biofouling Properties of a Telomer Brush with Pendent Glucosylurea Groups
Hiromi Kitano, Atsushi Hayashi, Hajime Takakura, Hisatomo Suzuki, Naoki Kanayama and Yoshiyuki Saruwatari
pp 9361–9368

Interactions of Zoospores of Ulva linza with Arginine-Rich Oligopeptide Monolayers
T. Ederth, M. E. Pettitt, P. Nygren, C.-X. Du, T. Ekblad, Y. Zhou, M. Falk, M. E. Callow, J. A. Callow and B. Liedberg
pp 9375–9383

Effect of Microphase Separation on the Protein Resistance of a Polymeric Surface
Chunfeng Ma, Yi Hou, Shi Liu and Guangzhao Zhang
pp 9467–9472

Amphiphilic Cross-Linked Networks Produced from the Vulcanization of Nanodomains within Thin Films of Poly(N-vinylpyrrolidinone)-b-Poly(isoprene)
Jeremy W. Bartels, Peter L. Billings, Biswajit Ghosh, Marek W. Urban, C. Michael Greenlief and Karen L. Wooley
pp 9535–9544

Langmuir, Volume 25, Issue 15 (Aug 09)

Special Issue - Gels

The collage on the cover of this Molecular and Polymer Gels: Materials with Self-Assembled Fibrillar Networks Special Issue includes images by Xia Tong from manuscript, "Self-Assembled Liquid-Crystal Gels in an Emulsion"; Santanu Bhattacharya from manuscript, "Choice of the End Functional Groups in Tri(p-phenylenevinylene) Derivatives Controls Its Physical Gelation Abilities"; Pierre Terech from manuscript, "Metallo-Supramolecular Gels Based on a Multitopic Cyclam Bis-Terpyridine Platform"; Emiliano Carretti from manuscript, "Gels for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage"; Braja Gopal Bag from manuscript, "Self-Assembly of Esters of Arjunolic Acid into Fibrous Networks and the Properties of their Organogels"; Stuart Rowan and Lauren Buerkle from manuscript, "Tailoring the Properties of Guanosine-Based Supramolecular Hydrogels".

Langmuir, Volume 25, Issue 14

Opposite Responses of Cells and Bacteria to Micro/Nanopatterned Surfaces Prepared by Pulsed Plasma Polymerization and UV-Irradiation
L. Ploux, K. Anselme, A. Dirani, A. Ponche, O. Soppera and V. Roucoules
pp 8161–8169

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

Volume 210, Issue 15, (Aug 09)

Water-Soluble Conjugated Polyelectrolyte-Based Fluorescence Enzyme Coupling Protocol for Continuous and Sensitive -Galactosidase Detection
Fude Feng, Libing Liu, Shu Wang
p 1188-1193

Miscibility of Polynorbornene/Poly(styrene-co-hydroxystyrene) Binary Blend Based on Hydrogen-Bonding Interaction
Shimon Tanaka, Haruo Nishida, Takeshi Endo
p 1235-1240

Volume 210, Issue 16, (Aug 09)

Size-Dependent Isotropic/Nematic Phase Transition Behavior of Liquid Crystalline Peptide Nanowires
Ji Sun Park, Tae Hee Han, Jun Kyun Oh, Sang Ouk Kim
p 1283-1290