Soft Matter, 2010, issue 15

Nanostructured interfaces with RGD arrays to control cell–matrix interaction

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Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 3395-3401

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Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 3455-3458

Inter-penetrating hydrogels (IPHs) as a new class of injectable polysaccharide hydrogels with thixotropic nature and interesting mechanical and biological properties

Rolando Barbucci, Roberto Giardino, Milena De Cagna, Lucia Golini and Daniela Pasqui

Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 3524-3532

Development of minimal models of the elastic properties of flexible and stiff polymer networks with permanent and thermoreversible cross-links

David C. Lin, Jack F. Douglas and Ferenc Horkay

Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 3548-3561

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Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 3619-3631

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Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 3662-3668

Langmuir, Vol 26, Iss 17

Building Robust and Reliable Molecular Constructs: Patterning, Metallic Contacts, and Layer-by-Layer Assembly

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pp 13831–13838

Cobalt Nanoparticle Langmuir−Schaefer Films on Ethylene Glycol Subphase

Elina Pohjalainen, Maija Pohjakallio, Christoffer Johans, Kysti Kontturi, Jaakko V. I. Timonen, Olli Ikkala, Robin H. A. Ras, Tapani Viitala, Markku T. Heino and Eira T. Seppl

pp 13937–13943

Producing High-Density High-Molecular-Weight Polymer Brushes by a “Grafting to” Method from a Concentrated Homopolymer Solution

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Protein Adsorption onto Polyelectrolyte Layers: Effects of Protein Hydrophobicity and Charge Anisotropy

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Permeabilization of Lipid Membranes and Cells by a Light-Responsive Copolymer

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Surface Functional Polymers by Post-Polymerization Modification using Diarylcarbenes: Introduction, Release and Regeneration of Hydrogen Peroxide and Bactericidal Activity

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Langmuir, Vol 26, Iss 16

Simple Synthesis of a Library of Zwitterionic Surfactants via Michael-Type Addition of Methacrylate and Alkane Thiol Compounds

Ryosuke Matsuno, Kimiaki Takami and Kazuhiko Ishihara

pp 13028–13032

Carbon Nanotubes Noncovalently Functionalized by an Organic−Inorganic Hybrid: New Building Blocks for Constructing Superhydrophobic Conductive Coatings

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Langmuir, Vol 26, Iss 15

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pp 12488–12492

Membrane Perturbation Activity of Cationic Phenylene Ethynylene Oligomers and Polymers: Selectivity against Model Bacterial and Mammalian Membranes

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pp 12509–12514

Combining Host−Guest Systems with Nonfouling Material for the Fabrication of a Biosurface: Toward Nearly Complete and Reversible Resistance of Cytochrome c

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pp 12515–12517

Oppositely Charged Model Ceramic Colloids: Numerical Predictions and Experimental Observations by Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy

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Langmuir, Vol 26, Iss 14

Novel Carboxyl-Amine Bonding Methods for Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-Based Devices
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From a Bouncing Compound Drop to a Double Emulsion

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Electrografted Aryl Diazonium Initiators for Surface-Confined Photopolymerization: A New Approach to Designing Functional Polymer Coatings

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Kinetics of Fibrinogen Adsorption on Hydrophilic Substrates

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Exploring the Surface Charge on Peptide−Gold Nanoparticle Conjugates by Force Spectroscopy

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Designed Synthesis of Au/Ag/Pd Trimetallic Nanoparticle-Based Catalysts for Sonogashira Coupling Reactions>

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Switching Water Droplet Adhesion Using Responsive Polymer Brushes

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ACS Chem. Bio. Volume 5

Potent Delivery of Functional Proteins into Mammalian Cells in Vitro and in Vivo Using a Supercharged Protein
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Photocontrolled Compound Release System Using Caged Antimicrobial Peptide
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Designing Green Oxidation Catalysts for Purifying Environmental Waters
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JACS, 2010,132, 10209-10616

Topology-Directed Control on Thermal Stability: Micelles Formed from Linear and Cyclized Amphiphilic Block Copolymers
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Scope of the Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) Reaction of 1-Substituted Cyclobutenes
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JACS, 2010,132, 10617-10954

Noninvasive Remote-Controlled Release of Drug Molecules in Vitro Using Magnetic Actuation of Mechanized Nanoparticles
Courtney R. Thomas, Daniel P. Ferris, Jae-Hyun Lee, Eunjoo Choi, Mi Hyeon Cho, Eun Sook Kim, J. Fraser Stoddart, Jeon-Soo Shin, Jinwoo Cheon and Jeffrey I. Zink
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Synthesis of a pH-Sensitive Nitrilotriacetic Linker to Peptide Transduction Domains To Enable Intracellular Delivery of Histidine Imidazole Ring-Containing Macromolecules
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Noncovalent Encapsulation Stabilities in Supramolecular Nanoassemblies
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JACS, 2010,132, 11389-11824

Thermal Stabilization of DMPC/DHPC Bicelles by Addition of Cholesterol Sulfate
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Synthesis of Multivalent Tuberculosis and Leishmania-Associated Capping Carbohydrates Reveals Structure-Dependent Responses Allowing Immune Evasion
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JACS, 2010,132, 11825-12156

An Opportunity for Mg-Catalyzed Grignard-Type Reactions: Direct Coupling of Benzylic Halides with Pinacolborane with 10 mol % of Magnesium
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Layer-by-Layer Synthesis of Metal-Containing Conducting Polymers: Caged Metal Centers for Interlayer Charge Transport
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Size Differentiation and Absolute Quantification of Gold Nanoparticles via Single Particle Detection with a Laboratory-Built High-Sensitivity Flow CytometerShaobin Zhu, Lingling Yang, Yao Long, Min Gao, Tianxun Huang, Wei Hang and Xiaomei Yan
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High-Fidelity Hydrophilic Probe for Two-Photon Fluorescence Lysosomal Imaging
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Small Molecule-Capped Gold Nanoparticles as Potent Antibacterial Agents That Target Gram-Negative Bacteria
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JACS, 2010,132, 12519-12766

Polymersome Stomatocytes: Controlled Shape Transformation in Polymer Vesicles
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Self-Propagating Molecular Assemblies as Interlayers for Efficient Inverted Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells
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Flexible Particle Array Structures by Controlling Polymer Graft Architecture
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Enhanced Electrochemical Lithium Storage by Graphene Nanoribbons
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Volume 211, Issue 14

Vinyl-Type Polymerization of Alkylester-Substituted Norbornenes Without Endo/Exo Separation
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Volume 211, Issue 15

A Simple Water-Based Synthesis of Au Nanoparticle/PDMS Composites for Water Purification and Targeted Drug Release
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Thermal Sensitivity of tert-Butyloxycarbonylmethyl-Modified Polyquats in Condensed Phase and Solubility Properties of Copolymers with N-Isopropylacrylamide
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Volume 211, Issue 17

Synthesis of Photocleavable Amphiphilic Block Copolymers: Toward the Design of Photosensitive Nanocarriers
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A Novel Polymyxin Derivative That Lacks the Fatty Acid Tail and Carries Only Three Positive Charges Has Strong Synergism with Agents Excluded by the Intact Outer Membrane pg-3341

Martti Vaara, Osmo Siikanen, Juha Apajalahti, John Fox, Niels Frimodt-Møller, Hui He, Anima Poudyal, Jian Li, Roger L. Nation, and Timo Vaara

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Macromolecules 2010, 43, 5188–5194

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Synthesis of Well-Defined ω-Oxanorbornenyl Poly(ethylene oxide) Macromonomers via Click Chemistry and Their Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization

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Macromolecules 2010, 43, 5756–5761

Polymer Electrolyte Membranes Based on Cross-Linked Highly Sulfonated Multiblock Copoly(ether sulfone)s

Kazuhiro Nakabayashi, Tomoya Higashihara, and Mitsuru Ueda*
Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-H120, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan

Macromolecules 2010, 43, 5306–5314

On the Origin of Slow Changes in Ionic Conductivity of Model Block Copolymer Electrolyte Membranes in Contact with Humid Air

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Macromolecules 2010, 43, 5269–5276

New Fluorinated Polymers Bearing Pendant Phosphonic Acid Groups. Proton Conducting Membranes for Fuel Cell

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Macromolecules 2010, 43, 5396–5404

Hydrogels from ABA and ABC Triblock Polymers

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Macromolecules 2010, 43, 5771–5778

In Situ Forming Hydrogels by Tandem Thermal Gelling and Michael Addition Reaction between Thermosensitive Triblock Copolymers and Thiolated Hyaluronan

Roberta Censi,†,‡ Peter J. Fieten,† Piera di Martino,‡ Wim E. Hennink,† and
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Macromolecules 2010, 43, 5554–5560

Surface-Initiated Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Pentadecafluorooctyl-5-norbornene-2-carboxylate from Variable Substrates Modified with Sticky Biomimic Initiator

Qian Ye,†,‡ Xiaolong Wang,† Shaobai Li,‡ and Feng Zhou*,†
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Dynamic Visualization of the Electric Potential in an All-Solid-State Rechargeable Lithium Battery**

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Antimicrobial Activity of a Halocidin-Derived Peptide Resistant to Attacks by Proteases

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A Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test for Bacillus anthracis

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Nature Chemistry Volume 2 No 7 July 2010

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Biomacromolecules (Vol. 11 Issue 6)

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Well-Defined Poly(2-hydroxyl-3-(2-hydroxyethylamino)propyl methacrylate) Vectors with Low Toxicity and High Gene Transfection Efficiency

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Coupled Enzyme Reactions in Multicompartment Microparticles

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Peptide-Modified “Smart” Hydrogels and Genetically Engineered Stem Cells for Skeletal Tissue Engineering

Shai Garty, Nadav Kimelman-Bleich, Zvi Hayouka, Daniel Cohn, Assaf Friedler, Gadi Pelled and Dan Gazit, pp 1516–1526

Polysaccharide Gels Based on Chitosan and Modified Starch: Structural Characterization and Linear Viscoelastic Behavior

Aurélie Serrero, Stéphane Trombotto, Philippe Cassagnau, Yves Bayon, Philippe Gravagna, Suzelei Montanari and Laurent David, pp 1534–1543

Amino Acid-Functionalized Dendrimers with Heterobifunctional Chemoselective Peripheral Groups for Drug Delivery Applications

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Cooperative Effect of Stress and Ion Displacement on the Dynamics of Cross-Link Unzipping and Rupture of Alginate Gels

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General Route toward Side-Chain-Functionalized α-Helical Polypeptides

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Synthesis and Characterization of Enzymatically Biodegradable PEG and Peptide-Based Hydrogels Prepared by Click Chemistry

Maarten van Dijk, Cornelus F. van Nostrum, Wim E. Hennink, Dirk T. S. Rijkers and Rob M. J. Liskamp, pp 1608–1614

Rapid Approach to Biobased Telechelics through Two One-Pot Thiol−Ene Click Reactions

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Characterization and molecular engineering of surface-grafted polymer brushes across the length scales by atomic force microscopy
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Wafer-scale colloidal lithography based on self-assembly of polystyrene nanospheres and atomic layer deposition
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2010 Vol. 20 Issue 25, Pages 5153 – 5356

Assemblies of thiol-capped nanocrystals as building blocks for use in nanotechnology
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Dual purpose Prussian blue nanoparticles for cellular imaging and drug delivery: a new generation of T₁-weighted MRI contrast and small molecule delivery agents
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Electrical field assisted growth of poly(3-hexylthiophene) layers employing ionic liquids: microstructure elucidated by scanning force and electron microscopy
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2010 Vol. 20 Issue 26, Pages 5357 – 5552

Injectable enzymatically crosslinked hydrogel system with independent tuning of mechanical strength and gelation rate for drug delivery and tissue engineering
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2010 Vol. 20 Issue 27, Pages 5553 – 5764

Manipulating and tailoring the properties of 0-D and 1-D nanomaterials
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2010 Vol. 20 Issue 28, Pages 5765 – 5968

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Nature Materials (Vol 9 No 7)

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Sangita Bose, Antonio M. García-García, Miguel M. Ugeda, Juan D. Urbina, Christian H. Michaelis, Ivan Brihuega & Klaus Kern

Surface nano-architecture of a metal–organic framework, pp 565 - 571

Rie Makiura, Soichiro Motoyama, Yasushi Umemura, Hiroaki Yamanaka, Osami Sakata & Hiroshi Kitagawa

Nanogel antigenic protein-delivery system for adjuvant-free intranasal vaccines, pp 572 - 578

Tomonori Nochi, Yoshikazu Yuki, Haruko Takahashi, Shin-ichi Sawada, Mio Mejima, Tomoko Kohda, Norihiro Harada, Il Gyu Kong, Ayuko Sato, Nobuhiro Kataoka, Daisuke Tokuhara, Shiho Kurokawa, Yuko Takahashi, Hideo Tsukada, Shunji Kozaki, Kazunari Akiyoshi & Hiroshi Kiyono

Robust isothermal electric control of exchange bias at room temperature, pp 579 - 585

Xi He, Yi Wang, Ning Wu, Anthony N. Caruso, Elio Vescovo, Kirill D. Belashchenko, Peter A. Dowben & Christian Binek

A self-assembly pathway to aligned monodomain gels, pp 594 - 601

Shuming Zhang, Megan A. Greenfield, Alvaro Mata, Liam C. Palmer, Ronit Bitton, Jason R. Mantei, Conrado Aparicio, Monica Olvera de la Cruz & Samuel I. Stupp

Bioconjugate Chemestry: Vol 21, Issue 6

Hybrids of Nonviral Vectors for Gene Delivery
Shubiao Zhang,* Yinan Zhao, Budiao Zhao, and Bing Wang pp. 1003–1009

Simple PEG Conjugation of SPIO via an Au-S Bond Improves Its Tumor Targeting Potency as a Novel MR Tumor Imaging Agent
Hiroki Kojima, Yohei Mukai,* Mai Yoshikawa, Kazumasa Kamei, Tomoaki Yoshikawa, Masahito Morita, Toshiro Inubushi, Takao A Yamamoto, Yasuo Yoshioka, Naoki Okada, Satoshi Seino, and
Shinsaku Nakagawa* pp. 1026–1031

Organic Letters: Vol 12, Issue 13

Oligoamide Duplexes as Organogelators
Ruikai Cao, Jingjing Zhou, Wei Wang, Wen Feng, Xianghui Li, Penghui Zhang, Pengchi Deng, Lihua Yuan,* and Bing Gong*. pp. 2958-2961

Advanced Materials, 2010, 22, issue 25

Synthesis, Functionalization, and Biomedical Applications of Multifunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles (p 2729 2742)

Rui Hao, Ruijun Xing, Zhichuan Xu, Yanglong Hou, Song Gao, Shouheng Sun

Nanoelectronic Biosensing of Dynamic Cellular Activities Based on Nanostructured Materials (p 2818-2823)

Yinxi Huang, Peng Chen

Advanced Materials, 2010, 22, issue 24

Polymeric Aqueous Biphasic Systems for Non-Contact Cell Printing on Cells: Engineering Heterocellular Embryonic Stem Cell Niches (p 2628-2631)
Hossein Tavana, Bobale Mosadegh, Shuichi Takayama

High-Strength Hydrogels with Integrated Functions of H-bonding and Thermoresponsive Surface-Mediated Reverse Transfection and Cell Detachment (p 2652-2656)
Lei Tang, Wenguang Liu, Guipei Liu

Elastomeric Conductive Composites Based on Carbon Nanotube Forests (p 2663-2667)
Min Kyoon Shin, Jiyoung Oh, Marcio Lima, Mikhail E. Kozlov, Seon Jeong Kim, Ray H. Baughman

Soft Matter, 2010, issue 14

Polyphosphazene polymers for tissue engineering: an analysis of material synthesis, characterization and applications
Meng Deng, Sangamesh G. Kumbar, Yuqing Wan, Udaya S. Toti, Harry R. Allcock and Cato T. Laurencin, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 3119

DNA gel particles
M. Carmen Morán, M. Graça Miguel and Björn Lindman, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 3143

Controlled fabrication of polymer microgels by polymer-analogous gelation in droplet microfluidics
Sebastian Seiffert and David A. Weitz, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 3184

Protein adsorption resistance of anti-biofouling block copolymers containing amphiphilic side chains
Craig J. Weinman, Nikhil Gunari, Sitaraman Krishnan, Rong Dong, Marvin Y. Paik, Karen E. Sohn, Gilbert C. Walker, Edward J. Kramer, Daniel A. Fischer and Christopher K. Ober, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 3237

Universal scaling description of the strain-softening behavior in the semidilute uncross-linked polyacrylamide-water solution
Y. Z. Wang, B. H. Li, X. M. Xiong, B. Wang and J. X. Zhang, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 3318

Dually responsive aqueous gels from thermo- and light-sensitive hydrophilic ABA triblock copolymers
Jeremiah W. Woodcock, Roger A. E. Wright, Xueguang Jiang, Thomas G. O'Lenick and Bin Zhao, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 3325

Time sensitive, temperature and pH responsive photoluminescence behaviour of a melamine containing bicomponent hydrogel
Bappaditya Roy, Abhijit Saha, Aluri Esterrani and Arun K. Nandi, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 3337

Solvent induced shape recovery of shape memory polymer based on chemically cross-linked poly(vinyl alcohol)
Haiyan Du and Junhua Zhang, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 3370

Soft Matter, 2010, issue 13

The whole issue is about jammed and granular materials!

New J. Chem., 2010, 34, 1044 - 1054

Supramolecular gels as active media for organic reactions and catalysis
Beatriu Escuder,* Francisco Rodrı´ guez-Llansola and Juan F. Miravet*

Journal of organic chemistry, ASAP

Synthesis of both Enantiomers of Hemiesters by Enantioselective Methanolysis of Meso Cyclic
Anhydrides Catalyzed by r-Amino Acid-Derived Chiral Thioureas†

Rub en Manzano, Jos e M. Andr es, Marı´ a-Dolores Muruz abal, and Rafael Pedrosa*

Soft Matter, 2010, issue 12

Synthesis and application of pH-responsive branched copolymer nanoparticles (PRBNs): a comparison with pH-responsive shell cross-linked micelles
Jonathan V. M. Weaver and Dave J. Adams, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2575

Why are double network hydrogels so tough?
Jian Ping Gong, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2583

A surface decorated with diblock copolymer for biomolecular conjugation
Yanxia Zhang, Qian Yu, He Huang, Feng Zhou, Zhaoqiang Wu, Lin Yuan, Dan Li and Hong Chen, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2616

Temperature controlled encapsulation and release using partially biodegradable thermo-magneto-sensitive self-rolling tubes
Svetlana Zakharchenko, Nikolay Puretskiy, Georgi Stoychev, Manfred Stamm and Leonid Ionov, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2633

Development of anomalous diffusion among crowding proteins
Margaret R. Horton, Felix Höfling, Joachim O. Rädler and Thomas Franosch, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2648

Colloid probe AFM study of thermal collapse and protein interactions of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) coatings
Martin A. Cole, Nicolas H. Voelcker, Helmut Thissen, Roger G. Horn and Hans J. Griesser, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2657

Transition from brittle to ductile rheological behavior by tuning the morphology of self-assembled networks
T. Tixier, H. Tabuteau, A. Carrière, L. Ramos and C. Ligoure, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2699

Thermal-responsive hydrogel surface: tunable wettability and adhesion to oil at the water/solid interface
Li Chen, Mingjie Liu, Ling Lin, Tong Zhang, Jie Ma, Yanlin Song and Lei Jiang, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2708

Magneto-responsive hydrogels based on maghemite/triblock terpolymer hybrid micelles
Stefan Reinicke, Stefan Döhler, Sandrine Tea, Marina Krekhova, Renate Messing, Annette M. Schmidt and Holger Schmalz, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2760

Dynamics and rheology of colloidal star polymers
Brian M. Erwin, Michel Cloitre, Mario Gauthier and Dimitris Vlassopoulos, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2825

Mechanically tunable multiphoton fabricated protein hydrogels investigated using atomic force microscopy
Constantine Y. Khripin, C. Jeffrey Brinker and Bryan Kaehr, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2842

J. Phys. Chem. B 2010, 114, 7996–8001

Specific Ion Effects on Adsorption of Lysozyme on Functionalized SBA-15 Mesoporous
Silica
Andrea Salis,Mani S. Bhattacharyya, and Maura Monduzzi

Biochemistry 2010, 49, 5753–5759

From Gene Delivery to Gene Silencing: Plasmid DNA-Transfecting Cationic Lipid
1,3-Dimyristoylamidopropane-2-[bis(2-dimethylaminoethane)] Carbamate Efficiently
Promotes Small Interfering RNA-Induced RNA Interference
Michael Spelios, Molinda Kearns, and Michalakis Savva

Langmuir, Vol. 26, Iss. 13 (July 2010)

Integrated Antimicrobial and Nonfouling Hydrogels to Inhibit the Growth of Planktonic Bacterial Cells and Keep the Surface Clean

Gang Cheng, Hong Xue, Guozhu Li and Shaoyi Jiang

pp 10425–10428

Effect of Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺ Ions on Surfactant Solutions Investigated by Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Hui Yan, Shi-Ling Yuan, Gui-Ying Xu and Cheng-Bu Liu

pp 10448–10459

Self-Assembled Micelles from an Amphiphilic Hyperbranched Copolymer with Polyphosphate Arms for Drug Delivery

Jinyao Liu, Wei Huang, Yan Pang, Xinyuan Zhu, Yongfeng Zhou and Deyue Yan

pp 10585–10592

Conformational Transitions of Adsorbed Proteins on Surfaces of Varying Polarity

Gaurav Anand, Sumit Sharma, Amit K. Dutta, Sanat K. Kumar and Georges Belfort

pp 10803–10811

Mechanical Properties of Bare and Protein-Coated Giant Unilamellar Phospholipid Vesicles. A Comparative Study of Micropipet Aspiration and Atomic Force Microscopy

Sabine Dieluweit, Agnes Csiszr, Wolfgang Rubner, Johannes Fleischhauer, Sebastian Houben and Rudolf Merkel

pp 11041–11049

Revealing the Lytic Mechanism of the Antimicrobial Peptide Gomesin by Observing Giant Unilamellar Vesicles

Tatiana M. Domingues, Karin A. Riske and Antonio Miranda

pp 11077–11084

Surface Structures of an Amphiphilic Tri-Block Copolymer in Air and in Water Probed Using Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy

Cornelius B. Kristalyn, Xiaolin Lu, Craig J. Weinman, Christopher K. Ober, Edward J. Kramer and Zhan Chen

pp 11337–11343

Langmuir, Vol. 26, Iss. 12 (June 2010)

Influence of Hydrophobic Structures on the Plasma Membrane Permeability of Lipidlike Molecules

Kenichi Niikura, Katsuyuki Nambara, Takaharu Okajima, Yasutaka Matsuo and Kuniharu Ijiro

pp 9170–9175

Multilayer Buildup and Biofouling Characteristics of PSS-b-PEG Containing Films

Christina Cortez, John F. Quinn, Xiaojuan Hao, Chakravarthy S. Gudipati, Martina H. Stenzel, Thomas P. Davis and Frank Caruso

pp 9720–9727

Amphiphilic Surface Active Triblock Copolymers with Mixed Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Side Chains for Tuned Marine Fouling-Release Properties

Daewon Park, Craig J. Weinman, John A. Finlay, Benjamin R. Fletcher, Marvin Y. Paik, Harihara S. Sundaram, Michael D. Dimitriou, Karen E. Sohn, Maureen E. Callow, James A. Callow, Dale L. Handlin, Carl L. Willis, Daniel A. Fischer, Edward J. Kramer and Christopher K. Ober

pp 9772–9781

Structural Characterization of Photopolymerizable Binary Liposomes Containing Diacetylenic and Saturated Phospholipids

C. Facundo Temprana, Evandro L. Duarte, M. Cristina Taira, M. Teresa Lamy and Silvia del Valle Alonso

pp 10084–10092

Effect of the Hofmeister Anions upon the Swelling of a Self-Assembled pH-Responsive Hydrogel

Joshua M. G. Swann, Wim Bras, Paul D. Topham, Jonathan R. Howse and Anthony J. Ryan

pp 10191–10197

Macromol. Chem. Phys.

Volume 211, Issue 11 , (June 1, 2010)

Special Issue: Metal-Containing and Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers and Materials

Volume 211, Issue 12 , (June 15, 2010)

Velocity Sedimentation and Intrinsic Viscosity Analysis of Polystyrene Standards with a Wide Range of Molar Masses
Georges M. Pavlov, Igor Perevyazko, Ulrich S. Schubert
(p 1298-1310)

Volume 211, Issue 13 , (July 1, 2010)

Young Talents in Polymer Science

Diels-Alder Cycloaddition-Cycloreversion: A Powerful Combo in Materials Design
Amitav Sanyal
(p 1417-1425)