TEW GROUP LITERATURE

Florent Carn, François Boué, Madeleine Djabourov, Nathalie Steunou, Thibaud Coradin, Jacques Livage, Sébastien Floquet, Emmanuel Cadot and Eric Buhler

Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2930-2944

New Journal of Chemistry; vol. 36, issue 3

Mesoporous materials in the field of nuclear industry: applications and perspectives
-Philippe Makowski, Xavier Deschanels, Agnes Grandjean, Daniel Meyer, Guillaume Toquer and Frederic Goettmann; pg 531-541

Macrocyclic ionic liquid crystals
-Lucıa Casal-Dujat, Oriol Penon, Carlos Rodrıguez-Abreu, Conxita Solansc and Lluısa Perez-Garcıa; pg 558-561

Bis-porphyrin copolymers covalently linked by pyridinium spacers obtained by electropolymerization from b-octaethylporphyrins and pyridyl-substituted porphyrins
-Yun Xia, Delphine Schaming, Rana Farha, Michel Goldmann and Laurent Ruhlmann; pg 588-596

Engineering N-(2-pyridyl)aminoethyl alcohols as potential precursors of thermolabile protecting groups
-Marcin K. Chmielewski, Ewa Tykarska, Wojciech T. Markiewicz and Wojciech Rypniewski; pg 603-612

Enantioselective addition of oxazolones to maleimides. An easy entry to quaternary aminoacids
-Andrea-Nekane R. Alba, Guillem Valero, Teresa Calbet, Merce´ Font-Bardıa, Albert Moyano and Ramon Rios; pg 613-618

DNA cleavage behavior of a new p-xylyl spaced bisCu(BPA)Cl2 complex: the steric effect of a bulky p-xylyl-derived spacer
-Zhijun Xie, Zhen Yu, Yuncong Chen, Guoyuan Lu, Zijian Guo and Weijiang He; pg 644-649

Construction of photo-responsive micelles from azobenzene-modified hyperbranched polyphosphates and study of their reversible self-assembly and disassembly behaviours
-Chao-Jian Chen, Gong-Yan Liu, Xiang-Sheng Liu, Dan-Dan Li and Jian Ji; pg 694-701

Synthesis and characterization of thermally stable dyes with improved optical properties for dye-based LCD color filters
-Jun Choi, Se Hun Kim, Woosung Lee, Chun Yoonb and Jae Pil Kim; pg 812-818

Nature Chemistry Volume 4 No 3 March 2012

Selection of supramolecular chirality by application of rotational and magnetic forces - pp201 - 207

N. Micali, H. Engelkamp, P. G. van Rhee, P. C. M. Christianen, L. Monsù Scolaro & J. C. Maan

Controlling on-surface polymerization by hierarchical and substrate-directed growth - pp215 - 220

L. Lafferentz, V. Eberhardt, C. Dri, C. Africh, G. Comelli, F. Esch, S. Hecht & L. Grill

Macromolecular Rapid Communications; vol. 33, issue 5

Polymer Nanostructures Made by Scanning Probe Lithography: Recent Progress in Material Applications
-Zhuang Xie, Xuechang Zhou, Xiaoming Tao, Zijian Zheng; pg 359-373

Anisotropic Ionic Mobility of Lithium Salts in Lamellar Liquid Crystalline Polymer Networks
-Laura Ramón-Gimenez, Rebekka Storz, Johannes Haberl, Heino Finkelmann, Anke Hoffmann; pg 386-391

Morphology Tailoring of Thin Film Block Copolymers on Patterned Substrates
-Xianggui Ye, Brian J. Edwards, Bamin Khomami; pg 392-395

A Simple and Effective Approach to Vesicles and Large Compound Vesicles via Complexation of Amphiphilic Block Copolymer With Polyelectrolyte in Water
-Nisa V. Salim, Tracey L. Hanley, Lynne Waddington, Patrick G. Hartley, Qipeng Guo; pg 401-406

Preparation of Responsive Micrometer-Sized Microgel Particles with a Highly Functionalized Shell
-Zifu Li, Man-Hin Kwok, To Ngai; pg 419-425

Biological Glucose Metabolism Regulated Peptide Self-Assembly as a Simple Visual Biosensor for Glucose Detection
-Xiao-Ding Xu, Bing-Bing Lin, Jun Feng, Ya Wang, Si-Xue Cheng, Xian-Zheng Zhang, Ren-Xi Zhuo; pg 426-431

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Volume 56 No 3 March 2012

Battacin (Octapeptin B5), a New Cyclic Lipopeptide Antibiotic from Paenibacillus tianmuensis Active against Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria

Chao-Dong Qian, Xue-Chang Wu, Yi Teng, Wen-Peng Zhao, Ou Li, Sheng-Guo Fang, Zhao-Hui Huang, and Hai-Chun Gao

Novel Potent Metallocenes against Liver Stage Malaria

Joana Matos, Filipa P. da Cruz, Élia Cabrita, Jiri Gut, Fátima Nogueira, Virgílio E. do Rosário, Rui Moreira, Philip J. Rosenthal, Miguel Prudêncio, and Paula Gomes

In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of the Ceftazidime-Avibactam (NXL104) Combination against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Isolates

Premavathy Levasseur, Anne-Marie Girard, Monique Claudon, Herman Goossens, Michael T. Black, Kenneth Coleman, and Christine Miossec

In Vitro Evaluation of Novel Compounds against Selected Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates

Seth T. Housman, Christina Sutherland, and David P. Nicolau

Identification of Novel N-(Morpholine-4-Carbonyloxy) Amidine Compounds as Potent Inhibitors against Hepatitis C Virus Replication

Akiko Kusano-Kitazume, Naoya Sakamoto, Yukiko Okuno, Yuko Sekine-Osajima, Mina Nakagawa, Sei Kakinuma, Kei Kiyohashi, Sayuri Nitta, Miyako Murakawa, Seishin Azuma, Yuki Nishimura-Sakurai, Masatoshi Hagiwara, and Mamoru Watanabe

Antibacterial Activity of Sphingoid Bases and Fatty Acids against Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria

Carol L. Fischer, David R. Drake, Deborah V. Dawson, Derek R. Blanchette, Kim A. Brogden, and Philip W. Wertz

Macromolecular Rapid Communications; vol. 33, issue 4

Molecular Bottlebrushes with Polypeptide Backbone Prepared via Ring-Opening Polymerization of NCA and ATRP
-Yu Liu, Ping Chen, Zhibo Li; pg 287-295

Modifying the Pores of an Inverse Opal Scaffold With Chitosan Microstructures for Truly Three-Dimensional Cell Culture
-Yu Zhang, Sung-Wook Choi, Younan Xia; pg 269-301

Facile Synthesis of Supramolecular Ionic Polymers That Combine Unique Rheological, Ionic Conductivity, and Self-Healing Properties
-M. Ali Aboudzadeh, M. Eugenia Muñoz, Antxon Santamaría, Rebeca Marcilla, David Mecerreyes; pg 314-318

Microwave-Assisted Hydrogel Synthesis: A New Method for Crosslinking Polymers in Aqueous Solutions
-Joseph P. Cook, Glenn W. Goodall, Olga V. Khutoryanskaya, Vitaliy V. Khutoryanskiy; pg 332-336

Journal of Materials Chemistry

2012, Issue 10, Page 4115 to 4536

Themed issue on “organic optoelectronic materials” - guest editors Wenping Hu, Zhenan Bao and Klaus Muellen

2012, Issue 11, Page 4537 to 5210

Mussel adhesive protein inspired coatings: a versatile method to fabricate silica films on various surfaces - Akhilesh Rai and Carole C. Perry; 4790-4796

Preparation of antibacterial surfaces by hyperthermal hydrogen induced cross-linking of polymer thin films - Solmaz Karamdoust, Binyu Yu, Colin V. Bonduelle, Yu Liu, Greg Davidson, Goran Stojcevic, Jun Yang, Woon M. Lau and Elizabeth R. Gillies; 4881-4889

Block copolymer supramolecular assemblies hierarchically structured by three-beam interference laser ablation - Si Wu, Jintang Huang, Stefan Beckemper, Arnold Gillner, Keyi Wang and Christoph Bubeck; 4989-4995

2012, Issue 12, Page 5211 to 5866

Biomimetic composites and stem cells interaction for bone and cartilage tissue regeneration - N. Naveena, J. Venugopal, R. Rajeswari, S. Sundarrajan, R. Sridhar, M. Shayanti, S. Narayanan and S. Ramakrishna; 5239-5253

Thermal curing of PBI membranes for high temperature PEM fuel cells - David Aili, Lars N. Cleemann, Qingfeng Li, Jens Oluf Jensen, Erik Christensen and Niels J. Bjerrum; 5444-5453

Thermo- and pH-sensitive polyethylene-based diblock and triblock copolymers: synthesis and self-assembly in aqueous solution - Ye Zhao, Xinbo Shi, Haiyang Gao, Ling Zhang, Fangming Zhu and Qing Wu; 5737-5745

Environmentally friendly patterning of thin films in linear methyl siloxanes - Christine Y. Ouyang, Jin-Kyun Lee, Marie E. Krysak, Jing Sha and Christopher K. Ober; 5746-5750

Nafion membranes with ordered mesoporous structure and high water retention properties for fuel cell applications - Jinlin Lu, Haolin Tang, Changwei Xu and San Ping Jiang; 5810-5819

2012, Issue 13, Page 5867 to 6492

Green aqueous modification of fluoropolymers for energy storage applications - Vijay Kumar Thakur, Meng-Fang Lin, Eu Jin Tan and Pooi See Lee; 5951-5959

S-Nitrosated biodegradable polymers for biomedical applications: synthesis, characterization and impact of thiol structure on the physicochemical properties - Vinod B. Damodaran, Jessica M. Joslin, Kathryn A. Wold, Sarah M. Lantvit and Melissa M. Reynolds; 5990-6001

High efficiency and low toxicity of polyethyleneimine modified Pluronics (PEI–Pluronic) as gene delivery carriers in cell culture and dystrophic mdx mice - Mingxing Wang, Peijuan Lu, Bo Wu, Jay D. Tucker, Caryn Cloer and Qilong Lu; 6038-6046

2012, Issue 14, Page 6493 to 7058

The influence of composition on the physical properties of PLA-PEG-PLA-co-Boltorn based polyester hydrogels and their biological performance - David K. Wang, Srinivas Varanasi, David J. T. Hill, Firas Rasoul, Anne L. Symons and Andrew K. Whittaker; 6994-7004

Biomacromolecules

March 12, 2012 - Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages 579-946

Dry Film Refractive Index as an Important Parameter for Ultra-Low Fouling Surface Coatings - Norman D. Brault, Harihara S. Sundaram, Yuting Li, Chun-Jen Huang, Qiuming Yu, and Shaoyi Jiang; pp 589–593

Synthesis and Characterization of Amphiphilic Monodisperse Compounds and Poly(ethylene imine)s: Influence of Their Microstructures on the Antimicrobial Properties - Yingchun He, Elisabeth Heine, Nina Keusgen, Helmut Keul, and Martin Möller; pp 612–623

Effective Targeted Gene Delivery to Dendritic Cells via Synergetic Interaction of Mannosylated Lipid with DOPE and BCAT - Hee-Kwon Kim, Huiling Wei, Aditya Kulkarni, Roman M. Pogranichniy, and David H. Thompson; pp 636–644

Sterically Polymer-Based Liposomal Complexes with Dual-Shell Structure for Enhancing the siRNA Delivery - Shuian-Yin Lin, Wei-Yu Zhao, Hsieh-Chih Tsai, Wei-Hsin Hsu, Chun-Liang Lo, and Ging-Ho Hsiue; pp 664–675

Drastically Lowered Protein Adsorption on Microbicidal Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Polyelectrolyte Multilayers - Sze Yinn Wong, Lin Han, Ksenia Timachova, Jovana Veselinovic, Md Nasim Hyder, Christine Ortiz, Alexander M. Klibanov, and Paula T. Hammond; pp 719–726

Development of a Biostable Replacement for PEGDA Hydrogels - Mary Beth Browning and Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez; pp 779–786

Modulating Antimicrobial Activity by Synthesis: Dendritic Copolymers Based on Nonquaternized 2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl Methacrylate by Cu-Mediated ATRP - Giovanni Vigliotta, Massimo Mella, Damiano Rega, and Lorella Izzo; pp 833–841

Poly(ethylene oxide) Grafted with Short Polyethylenimine Gives DNA Polyplexes with Superior Colloidal Stability, Low Cytotoxicity, and Potent In Vitro Gene Transfection under Serum Conditions - Meng Zheng, Zhihong Zhong, Lei Zhou, Fenghua Meng, Rui Peng, and Zhiyuan Zhong; pp 881–888

One-Step “Click” Method for Generating Vinyl Sulfone Groups on Hydroxyl-Containing Water-Soluble Polymers - Yu Yu and Ying Chau; pp 937–942

Nature Materials

March 2012, Volume 11 No 3 pp173-257

Thermal conductivity of isotopically modified graphene - pp203 – 207, Shanshan Chen, Qingzhi Wu, Columbia Mishra, Junyong Kang, Hengji Zhang, Kyeongjae Cho, Weiwei Cai, Alexander A. Balandin & Rodney S. Ruoff

In situ evidence for chirality-dependent growth rates of individual carbon nanotubes - pp213 – 216, Rahul Rao, David Liptak, Tonya Cherukuri, Boris I. Yakobson & Benji Maruyama

Synthetic mast-cell granules as adjuvants to promote and polarize immunity in lymph nodes - pp250 – 257, Ashley L. St. John, Cheryl Y. Chan, Herman F. Staats, Kam W. Leong & Soman N. Abraham

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Biochemistry 2012, 51, 653−664

Structure, Dynamics, and Antimicrobial and Immune Modulatory Activities of Human LL-23 and Its Single-Residue Variants Mutated on the Basis of Homologous Primate Cathelicidins

Guangshun Wang, Melissa Elliott, Anna L. Cogen, Edward L. Ezell, Richard L. Gallo,
and Robert E. W. Hancock

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1818 (2012) 877–888

S4(13)-PV cell-penetrating peptide induces physical and morphological changes in
membrane-mimetic lipid systems and cell membranes: Implications for
cell internalization

Ana M.S. Cardoso, Sara Trabulo, Ana L. Cardoso, Annely Lorents, Catarina M. Morais, Paula Gomes, Cláudia Nunes, Marlene Lúcio, Salette Reis, Kärt Padari, Margus Pooga,
Maria C. Pedroso de Lima, Amália S. Jurado

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1818 (2012) 762–775

Structural and biophysical characterization of an antimicrobial peptide chimera
comprised of lactoferricin and lactoferrampin
Evan F. Haney, Kamran Nazmi, Jan G.M. Bolscher, Hans J. Vogel

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1818 (2012) 448–457

Cellular uptake and biophysical properties of galactose and/or tryptophan containing
cell-penetrating peptides

Pascaline Lécorché, Astrid Walrant, Fabienne Burlina, Laurence Dutot, Sandrine Sagan, Jean-Maurice Mallet, Bernard Desbat, Gérard Chassaing, Isabel D. Alves, Solange Lavielle

Monday, February 13, 2012

Journal of Materials Chemistry

2012, Issue 5, Page 1681 to 2316

Synthesis, characterization and ocular biocompatibility ofpotential keratoprosthetic hydrogels based on photopolymerizedpoly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)-co-poly(acrylic acid) - Jui-Yang Lai, Tsu-Pin Wang, Ya-Ting Li and I-Hao Tu; 1812-1823

Anti-biofouling organic-inorganic hybrid membrane for watertreatment - Ajay K. Singh, Priyanka Singh, Sandhya Mishra and Vinod K. Shahi; 1834-1844

Minimizing nonspecific phagocytic uptake of biocompatiblegold nanoparticles with mixed charged zwitterionic surface modification - Xiangsheng Liu, Qiao Jin, Ying Ji and Jian Ji; 1916-1927

Non-leaching antimicrobial surfaces through polydopaminebio-inspired coating of quaternary ammonium salts or an ultrashortantimicrobial lipopeptide - Tal Shalev, Anna Gopin, Michael Bauer, Robert W. Stark and Shai Rahimipour; 2026-2032

Biofilm detachment by self-collapsing air microbubbles: apotential chemical-free cleaning technology for membrane biofouling - Ashutosh Agarwal, Huijuan Xu, Wun Jern Ng and Yu Liu; 2203-2207

2012, Issue 6, Page 2317 to 2792

Silver mineralization on self-assembled peptide nanofibersfor long term antimicrobial effect - Yongguo Wang, Lina Cao, Shuwen Guan, Guannan Shi, Quan Luo, Lu Miao, Ian Thistlethwaite, Zupeng Huang, Jiayun Xu and Junqiu Liu; 2575-2581

2012, Issue 7, Page 2793 to 3256

Materials challenges for the development of solid sorbentsfor post-combustion carbon capture - Trevor C. Drage, Colin E. Snape, Lee A. Stevens, Joseph Wood, Jiawei Wang, Andrew I. Cooper, Robert Dawson, Xiao Guo, Christopher Satterley and Robin Irons; 2815-2823

Novel hydrogel pore-filled composite membranes with tunableand temperature-responsive size-selectivity - Nadia Adrus and Mathias Ulbricht; 3088-3098

Aqueous processing of cellulose based paper-anodes forflexible Li-ion batteries - Lara Jabbour, Matteo Destro, Claudio Gerbaldi, Didier Chaussy, Nerino Penazzi and Davide Beneventi; 3227-3233

2012, Issue 8, Page 3257 to 3648

The copolymerization reactivity of diols with2,5-furandicarboxylic acid for furan-based copolyester materials - Jiping Ma, Yi Pang, Min Wang, Jie Xu, Hong Ma and Xin Nie; 3457-3461

2012, Issue 9, Page 3649 to 4114

Assessing the influence of different cation chemistries onionic conductivity and alkaline stability of anion exchange membranes - Christopher G. Arges, Javier Parrondo, Graham Johnson, Athrey Nadhan and Vijay Ramani; 3733-3744

A novel ionic liquid polymer material with high bindingcapacity for proteins - Shifang Yuan, Qiliang Deng, Guozhen Fang, Mingfei Pan, Xiaorui Zhai and Shuo Wang; 3965-3972

Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 362-368

Cationic polyesters bearing pendent amino groups prepared by thiol–ene chemistry

Vincent Darcos, Sarah Antoniacomi, Cédric Paniagua and Jean Coudane
Max Mousseron Institute of Biomolecules, UMR CNRS 5247, University
of Montpellier 1, University of Montpellier 2, Faculty of Pharmacy, 15
avenue Charles Flahault, BP 14491, 34093 Montpellier, France

Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 325-328

Ring opening metathesis polymerisation of emulsion templated dicyclopentadiene giving open porous materials with excellent mechanical properties

Sebastijan Kovačič, Karel Jeřábek, Peter Krajnc and Christian Slugovc
Graz University of Technology, Institute for Chemistry and Technology of
Materials, Stremayrgasse 16, A 8010 Graz, Austria
University of Maribor, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Smetanova 17, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals,
Rozvojova 135, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic
Centre of Excellence PoliMaT, Tehnoloski park 24, SI-1000 Ljubljana,
Slovenia

Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 275-285

Synthesis of poly(p-phenylene vinylene) materials via the precursor routes

Thomas Junkers, Joke Vandenbergh, Peter Adriaensens, Laurence Lutsen and Dirk Vanderzande
Hasselt University, Institute for Materials Research (IMO), Universitaire
Campus, Building D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
IMEC, IMOMEC Associated Laboratory, Wetenschapspark 1, B-3590
Diepenbeek, Belgium

Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 727-733

Surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerisation from cellulose ﬁbres

Linn Carlsson, Eva Malmstrom and Anna Carlmark
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Chemical Science and
Engineering, Teknikringen 56, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 935–943

Biomineralized N-Doped CNT/TiO2 Core/Shell Nanowires for Visible Light Photocatalysis

Won Jun Lee†, Ju Min Lee†, Saji Thomas Kochuveedu‡, Tae Hee Han†, Hu Young Jeong†, Moonkyu Park†, Je Moon Yun†, Joon Kwon†, Kwangsoo No†, Dong Ha Kim‡*, and Sang Ouk Kim†*
† Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, 305-701, Republic of Korea
‡ Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Division of Molecular and Life Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Republic of Korea

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 865–872

Sun-Believable Solar Paint. A Transformative One-Step Approach for Designing Nanocrystalline Solar Cells

Matthew P. Genovese, Ian V. Lightcap, and Prashant V. Kamat*
Radiation Laboratory and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 802–809

DNA-Directed Assembly of Asymmetric Nanoclusters Using Janus Nanoparticles

Hang Xing†, Zidong Wang‡, Zhida Xu§, Ngo Yin Wong‡, Yu Xiang†, Gang Logan Liu§, and Yi Lu*†‡
†Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Materials Science and Engineering, §Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 771–781

Sheddable Ternary Nanoparticles for Tumor Acidity-Targeted siRNA Delivery

Xian-Zhu Yang†‡, Jin-Zhi Du§, Shuang Dou†, Cheng-Qiong Mao†, Hong-Yan Long§, and Jun Wang†*
† CAS Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Disease, and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, People’s Republic of China
‡ Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, People’s Republic of China
§ Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 747–759

Magnetic Silica Nanoparticle Cellular Uptake and Cytotoxicity Regulated by Electrostatic Polyelectrolytes–DNA Loading at Their Surface

Ana B. Davila-Ibanez†, Veronica Salgueirino†*, Vicenta Martinez-Zorzano‡, Rosalia Mariño-Fernández†, Andres García-Lorenzo‡, Melodie Maceira-Campos†, Monica Muñoz-Ubeda§, Elena Junquera§, Emilio Aicart§, Jose Rivas, F. Javier Rodriguez-Berrocal‡, and Jose L. Legido†
† Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidade de Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Spain
‡ Departamento de Bioquímica, Genética e Inmunología, Universidade de Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Spain
§ Departamento de Química-Física, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
INL, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 736–746

Graphene-Based Nanoplatelets: A New Risk to the Respiratory System as a Consequence of Their Unusual Aerodynamic Properties

Anja Schinwald†, Fiona A. Murphy†, Alan Jones‡, William MacNee†, and Ken Donaldson†*
† Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, MRC/University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ U.K.
‡ Institute of Occupational Medicine, Research Avenue North, Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AP U.K.

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 689–695

DNA-Templated Semiconductor Nanocrystal Growth for Controlled DNA Packing and Gene Delivery

CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, People's Republic of China

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 530–538

Nanostructured Bilayered Vanadium Oxide Electrodes for Rechargeable Sodium-Ion Batteries

Sanja Tepavcevic†, Hui Xiong†, Vojislav R. Stamenkovic‡*, Xiaobing Zuo§, Mahalingam Balasubramanian§, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Christopher S. Johnson*, and Tijana Rajh†*
†Center for Nanoscale Materials, ‡Materials Science Division, and §X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 327–334

Hybrid Nanomembranes for High Power and High Energy Density Supercapacitors and Their Yarn Application

Jae Ah Lee†, Min Kyoon Shin†, Shi Hyeong Kim†, Seon Jeong Kim†*, Geoffrey M. Spinks‡, Gordon G. Wallace‡, Raquel Ovalle-Robles§, Márcio D. Lima§, Mikhail E. Kozlov§, and Ray H. Baughman§*
† Center for Bio-Artificial Muscle and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, South Korea
‡ ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
§ The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 212–219

Controlled Release of Nanoparticles and Macromolecules from Responsive Microgel Capsules

Hassan Masoud and Alexander Alexeev*
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 111–117

One-Pot Synthesis of Polypeptide–Gold Nanoconjugates for in Vitro Gene Transfection

Xuehai Yan†*, Jenifer Blacklock†, Junbai Li‡*, and Helmuth Möhwald†
† Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476, Potsdam/Golm, Germany,
‡ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Lab of Colloid and Interface Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China

ACS Nano, 2012, 6 (1), pp 1–4

Recycling Is Not Always Good: The Dangers of Self-Plagiarism

Dawn A. Bonnell (Associate Editor),
Jillian M. Buriak (Associate Editor),
Jason H. Hafner (Associate Editor),
Paula T. Hammond (Associate Editor),
Mark C. Hersam (Associate Editor),
Ali Javey (Associate Editor),
Nicholas A. Kotov (Associate Editor),
Peter Nordlander (Associate Editor),
Wolfgang J. Parak (Associate Editor),
Andrey L. Rogach (Associate Editor),
Raymond E. Schaak (Associate Editor),
Molly M. Stevens (Associate Editor),
Andrew T. S. Wee (Associate Editor),
C. Grant Willson (Associate Editor),
Paul S. Weiss (Editor-in-Chief)

Biomacromolecules

January 9, 2012 – Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 1-292

Studies on the Formation Mechanism and the Structure of theAnisotropic Collagen Gel Prepared by Dialysis-Induced Anisotropic Gelation - Kazuya Furusawa, Shoichi Sato, Jyun-ichi Masumoto, Yohei Hanazaki, Yasuyuki Maki, Toshiaki Dobashi, Takao Yamamoto, Akimasa Fukui, and Naoki Sasaki; pp 29–39

Ultrathin Hydrogel Films for Rapid Optical Biosensing - Xi Zhang, Ying Guan, and Yongjun Zhang; pp 92–97

Biophysical Properties and Supramolecular Structure ofSelf-Assembled Liposome/ε-Peptide/DNA Nanoparticles: Correlation with GeneDelivery - Jiang Yan, Nikolay Korolev, Khee Dong Eom, James P. Tam, and Lars Nordenskiöld; pp 124–131

Green Polymer Chemistry: Living Dithiol Polymerization viaCyclic Intermediates - Emily Q. Rosenthal, Judit. E. Puskas, and Chrys Wesdemiotis; pp 154–164

Impact of Functional Satellite Groups on the AntimicrobialActivity and Hemocompatibility of Telechelic Poly(2-methyloxazoline)s - Christoph P. Fik, Christian Krumm, Christina Muennig, Theresa I. Baur, Ulrich Salz, Thorsten Bock, and Joerg C. Tiller; pp 165–172

Norbornene Derived Doxorubicin Copolymers as Drug Carrierswith pH Responsive Hydrazone Linker - Vijayakameswara Rao N, ShivshankarR. Mane, Abhinoy Kishore, Jayasri Das Sarma, and Raja Shunmugam; pp 221–230

Phosphonium-Containing Polyelectrolytes for Nonviral GeneDelivery - Sean T. Hemp, Michael H. Allen, Jr., Matthew D. Green, and Timothy E. Long; pp 231–238

Biopolymers from Vegetable Oils via Catalyst- andSolvent-Free “Click” Chemistry: Effects of Cross-Linking Density - Jian Hong, Qiang Luo, Xianmei Wan, Zoran S. Petrović, and Bipin K. Shah; pp 261–266

February 13, 2012 – Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 293-578

Design and Biophysical Characterization of BioresponsiveDegradable Poly(dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) Based Polymers for In VitroDNA Transfection - Yi Zhang, Mengyao Zheng, Thomas Kissel, and Seema Agarwal; pp 313–322

C-Terminal Functionalization of Nylon-3 Polymers: Effects ofC-Terminal Groups on Antibacterial and Hemolytic Activities - Jihua Zhang, Matthew J. Markiewicz, Brendan P. Mowery, Bernard Weisblum, Shannon S. Stahl, and Samuel H. Gellman; pp 323–331

Promoting Nerve Cell Functions on Hydrogels Grafted withPoly(l-lysine) - Lei Cai, Jie Lu, Volney Sheen, and Shanfeng Wang; pp 342–349

Injectable, Mixed Natural-Synthetic Polymer Hydrogels withModular Properties - Mathew Patenaude and Todd Hoare; pp 369–378

Block Copolymer Micelles Target Auger Electron Radiotherapyto the Nucleus of HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Cells - Bryan Hoang, Raymond M. Reilly, and Christine Allen; pp 455–465

Characterization of Degradable Polyelectrolyte MultilayersFabricated Using DNA and a Fluorescently-Labeled Poly(β-amino ester): SheddingLight on the Role of the Cationic Polymer in Promoting Surface-Mediated GeneDelivery - Shane L. Bechler and David M. Lynn; pp 542–552

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Volume 56 No 2 February 2012

Efficacy of Daptomycin versus Vancomycin in an Experimental Model of Foreign-Body and Systemic Infection Caused by Biofilm Producers and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis

J. Domínguez-Herrera, F. Docobo-Pérez, R. López-Rojas, C. Pichardo, R. Ruiz-Valderas, J. A. Lepe, and J. Pachón

Evaluation of Once-Daily Vancomycin against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Hollow-Fiber Infection Model

Anthony M. Nicasio, Jürgen B. Bulitta, Thomas P. Lodise, Rebecca E. D'Hondt, Robert Kulawy, Arnold Louie, and George L. Drusano

Importance of Confirming Data on the In Vivo Efficacy of Novel Antibacterial Drug Regimens against Various Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mary A. De Groote, Veronica Gruppo, Lisa K. Woolhiser, Ian M. Orme, Janet C. Gilliland, and Anne J. Lenaerts

Aerosolized Gentamicin Reduces the Burden of Tuberculosis in a Murine Model

Chad J. Roy, Satheesh K. Sivasubramani, Noton K. Dutta, Smriti Mehra, Nadia A. Golden, Stephanie Killeen, James D. Talton, Badre E. Hammoud, Peter J. Didier, and Deepak Kaushal

Immobilization of Antibacterial Dihydropyrrol-2-ones on Functional Polymer Supports To Prevent Bacterial Infections In Vivo

Kitty Ka Kit Ho, Nerida Cole, Renxun Chen, Mark D. P. Willcox, Scott A. Rice, and Naresh Kumar

PD 404,182 Is a Virocidal Small Molecule That Disrupts Hepatitis C Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Ana Maria Chamoun, Karuppiah Chockalingam, Michael Bobardt, Rudo Simeon, Jinhong Chang, Philippe Gallay, and Zhilei Chen

Inactivation of the Lipopeptide Antibiotic Daptomycin by Hydrolytic Mechanisms

Vanessa M. D'Costa, Tariq A. Mukhtar, Tejal Patel, Kalinka Koteva, Nicholas Waglechner, Donald W. Hughes, Gerard D. Wright, and Gianfranco De Pascale

Improved Antibiotic-Impregnated Catheters with Extended-Spectrum Activity against Resistant Bacteria and Fungi

Issam Raad, Jamal A. Mohamed, Ruth A. Reitzel, Ying Jiang, Sammy Raad, Munirah Al Shuaibi, Anne-Marie Chaftari, and Ray Y. Hachem

Decoding the Functional Roles of Cationic Side Chains of the Major Antimicrobial Region of Human Cathelicidin LL-37

Guangshun Wang, Raquel F. Epand, Biswajit Mishra, Tamara Lushnikova, Vinai Chittezham Thomas, Kenneth W. Bayles, and Richard M. Epand

Nature Materials

February 2012, Volume 11 No 2 pp91-172

Solar-fuel generation: Towards practical implementation - pp100 – 101; Søren Dahl & Ib Chorkendorff

H-atom relay reactions in real space - pp167 – 172; T. Kumagai, A. Shiotari, H. Okuyama, S. Hatta, T. Aruga, I. Hamada, T. Frederiksen & H. Ueba

Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (2), pp 1018–1021

Nanopatterning on Nonplanar and Fragile Substrates with Ice Resists

Anpan Han†, Aaron Kuan‡, Jene Golovchenko†‡, and Daniel Branton*§
†Department of Physics, ‡School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and §Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (2), pp 839–843

A Desalination Battery

Mauro Pasta†, Colin D. Wessells‡, Yi Cui‡§, and Fabio La Mantia†*
† Analytische Chemie − Zentrum für Elektrochemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
‡ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
§ Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States

Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (2), pp 791–795

Vertically Grown Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Anode and Nickel Silicide Integrated High Performance Microsized (1.25 μL) Microbial Fuel Cell

Justine E. Mink†, Jhonathan P. Rojas†, Bruce E. Logan‡, and Muhammad M. Hussain*†
† Integrated Nanotechnology Lab, Electrical Engineering, Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
‡ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States

Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (2), pp 655–660

Three-Dimensional Ni/TiO2 Nanowire Network for High Areal Capacity Lithium Ion Microbattery Applications

Wei Wang†, Miao Tian†, Aziz Abdulagatov‡, Steven M. George‡§, Yung-Cheng Lee†, and Ronggui Yang*†
†Department of Mechanical Engineering, ‡Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and §Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
DARPA Center for Integrated Micro/Nano-Electromechanical Transducers (iMINT), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States

Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (2), pp 582–589

Synthesis and Characterization of a Lithium-Doped Fullerane (Lix-C60-Hy) for Reversible Hydrogen Storage

Joseph A. Teprovich, Jr.†, Matthew S. Wellons†, Robert Lascola†, Son-Jong Hwang‡, Patrick A. Ward§, Robert N. Compton§, and Ragaiy Zidan*†
† Clean Energy Directorate, Savannah River National Lab, P.O. Box A, Aiken, South Carolina 29808, United States
‡ Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
§ Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States

Nature Chemistry Volume 4 No 2 February 2012

Quantifying the chemical beauty of drugs -pp90 - 98

G. Richard Bickerton, Gaia V. Paolini, Jérémy Besnard, Sorel Muresan & Andrew L. Hopkins

A biomimetic polyketide-inspired approach to small-molecule ligand discovery-pp99 - 104

Claudio Aquino, Mohosin Sarkar, Michael J. Chalmers, Kimberly Mendes, Thomas Kodadek & Glenn C. Micalizio

Hydrolytic catalysis and structural stabilization in a designed metalloprotein -pp118 - 123

Melissa L. Zastrow, Anna F. A. Peacock, Jeanne A. Stuckey & Vincent L. Pecoraro

Biomaterials, 2012, issue 5

Enzyme-catalyzed crosslinkable hydrogels: Emerging strategies for tissue engineering

Review Article
Pages 1281-1290
Liliana S. Moreira Teixeira, Jan Feijen, Clemens A. van Blitterswijk, Pieter J. Dijkstra, Marcel Karperien

Cell adhesion on an artificial extracellular matrix using aptamer-functionalized PEG hydrogels

Original Research Article
Pages 1353-1362
Niancao Chen, Zhaoyang Zhang, Boonchoy Soontornworajit, Jing Zhou, Yong Wang

Arginine-engrafted biodegradable polymer for the systemic delivery of therapeutic siRNA

Original Research Article
Pages 1640-1650
Jagadish Beloor, Chang Seon Choi, Hye Yeong Nam, Minsun Park, Sung Hwa Kim, Andrew Jackson, Kuen Yong Lee, Sung Wan Kim, Priti Kumar, Sang-Kyung Lee

Biomaterials, 2012, issue 4

Sustained local delivery of siRNA from an injectable scaffold

Original Research Article
Pages 1154-1161
Christopher E. Nelson, Mukesh K. Gupta, Elizabeth J. Adolph, Joshua M. Shannon, Scott A. Guelcher, Craig L. Duvall

Biomaterials, 2012, issue 2

Octa-functional PLGA nanoparticles for targeted and efficient siRNA delivery to tumors

Original Research Article
Pages 583-591
Jiangbing Zhou, Toral R. Patel, Michael Fu, James P. Bertram, W. Mark Saltzman

Biomaterials, 2012, issue 1

Active leukocyte detachment and apoptosis/necrosis on PEG hydrogels and the implication in the host inflammatory response

Original Research Article
Pages 29-37
Heather Waldeck, Xintong Wang, Evan Joyce, Weiyuan John Kao

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Enzyme-catalyzed crosslinkable hydrogels: Emerging strategies for tissue engineering

Cell adhesion on an artificial extracellular matrix using aptamer-functionalized PEG hydrogels

Arginine-engrafted biodegradable polymer for the systemic delivery of therapeutic siRNA

Sustained local delivery of siRNA from an injectable scaffold

Octa-functional PLGA nanoparticles for targeted and efficient siRNA delivery to tumors

Active leukocyte detachment and apoptosis/necrosis on PEG hydrogels and the implication in the host inflammatory response

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