Langmuir; vol. 30, issue 34

Labeled Protein Recognition at a Membrane Bilayer Interface by Embedded Synthetic Receptors

Yoo-Jin Ghang, Jonathan J. Lloyd, Melissa P. Moehlig, Jessica K. Arguelles, Magi Mettry, Xing Zhang, Ryan R. Julian, Quan Cheng, and Richard J. Hooley

pp 10161–10166

The Nature of Fatty Acid Interaction with a Polyelectrolyte–Surfactant Pair Revealed by NMR Spectroscopy

Jose Martinez-Santiago, Christian Totland, Kavssery P. Ananthapadmanabhan, Liang Tsaur, and Ponisseril Somasundaran

pp 10197–10205

Attachment of a Diruthenium Compound to Au and SiO2/Si Surfaces by “Click” Chemistry

Sujitra Pookpanratana, Iulia Savchenko, Sean N. Natoli, Steven P. Cummings, Lee J. Richter, Joseph W. F. Robertson, Curt A. Richter, Tong Ren, and Christina A. Hacker

pp 10280–10289

Effect of Surface Potential on Extracellular Matrix Protein Adsorption

Jiun-Hao Lin, Hsun-Yun Chang, Wei-Lun Kao, Kang-Yi Lin, Hua-Yang Liao, Yun-Wen You, Yu-Ting Kuo, Ding-Yuan Kuo, Kuo-Jui Chu, Yi-Hsuan Chu, and Jing-Jong Shyue

pp 10328–10335

Stiffness of Cross-Linked Poly(Dimethylsiloxane) Affects Bacterial Adhesion and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Attached Cells

Fangchao Song and Dacheng Ren

pp 10354–10362

Synthesis and Characterization of Antifouling Poly(N-acryloylaminoethoxyethanol) with Ultralow Protein Adsorption and Cell Attachment

Hong Chen, Mingzhen Zhang, Jintao Yang, Chao Zhao, Rundong Hu, Qiang Chen, Yung Chang, and Jie Zheng

pp 10398–10409

Langmuir; vol. 30, issue 33

Phase Coexistence in Single-Lipid Membranes Induced by Buffering Agents

Merrell A. Johnson, Soenke Seifert, Horia I. Petrache, and Ann C. Kimble-Hill

pp 9880–9885

Micellization Behavior of Morpholinium-Based Amide-Functionalized Ionic Liquids in Aqueous Media

Raman Kamboj, Pankaj Bharmoria, Vinay Chauhan, Sukhprit Singh, Arvind Kumar, Venus Singh Mithu, and Tejwant Singh Kang

pp 9920–9930

Cationic versus Anionic Surfactant in Tuning the Structure and Interaction of Nanoparticle, Protein, and Surfactant Complexes

Sumit Mehan, Vinod K. Aswal, and Joachim Kohlbrecher

pp 9941–9950

Real-Time Analysis of Porphyrin J-Aggregation on a Plant-Esterase-Functionalized Surface Using Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring

Limin Yang, Lei Jiang, Weijing Yao, Junling Liu, and Juan Han

pp 9962–9971

High-Fidelity Self-Assembly of Crystalline and Parallel-Oriented Organic Thin Films by π–π Stacking from a Metal Surface

Daniel Skomski, Junyong Jo, Christopher D. Tempas, Seyong Kim, Dongwhan Lee, and Steven L. Tait

pp 10050–10056

Layers over Layer-by-Layer Assemblies: Silanization of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers

Ali Dirani, Antony E. Fernandes, Diana Ramirez Wong, Pascale Lipnik, Claude Poleunis, Bernard Nysten, Karine Glinel, and Alain M. Jonas

pp 10057–10065

Photopatterned Antibodies for Selective Cell Attachment

C. A. Custódio, V. San Miguel-Arranz, R. A. Gropeanu, M. Gropeanu, M. Wirkner, R. L. Reis, J. F. Mano, and A. del Campo

pp 10066–10071

Determining the Structure of Interfacial Peptide Films: Comparing Neutron Reflectometry and Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Ying Xue, Lizhong He, Anton P. J. Middelberg, Alan E. Mark, and David Poger

pp 10080–10089

ACS Macro Letters (Vol. 3, 8-9)

Thermodynamics of Salt-Doped Block Copolymers. Issei Nakamura and Zhen-Gang Wang. ACS Macro Lett., 2014, 3 (8), pp 708–711.

Synthesis of Pendant Radical- and Ion-Containing Block Copolymers via Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization for Organic Resistive Memory. Takeo Suga, Miki Sakata, Kohei Aoki, and Hiroyuki Nishide. ACS Macro Lett., 2014, 3 (8), pp 703–707.

Photoinduced Sequence-Controlled Copper-Mediated Polymerization: Synthesis of Decablock Copolymers. Ya-Mi Chuang, Anitha Ethirajan, and Thomas Junkers. ACS Macro Lett., 2014, 3 (8), pp 732–737.

Nitrosocarbonyl Hetero-Diels–Alder Cycloaddition: A New Tool for Conjugation. Andrey V. Samoshin, Craig J. Hawker, and Javier Read de Alaniz. ACS Macro Lett., 2014, 3 (8), pp 753–757.

Preparation of a Library of Poly(N-sulfonylimidates) by Cu-Catalyzed Multicomponent Polymerization. Hyunseok Kim and Tae-Lim Choi. ACS Macro Lett., 2014, 3 (8), pp 791–794.

Controlled Divinyl Monomer Polymerization Mediated by Lewis Pairs: A Powerful Synthetic Strategy for Functional Polymers. Yin-Bao Jia, Wei-Min Ren, Si-Jie Liu, Tieqi Xu, Yan-Bo Wang, and Xiao-Bing Lu. ACS Macro Lett., 2014, 3 (9), pp 896–899.

**Determination of Molecular Weights in Polyelectrolyte Mixtures Using Polymer Translocation through a Protein Nanopore. Byoung-jin Jeon and Murugappan Muthukumar. ACS Macro Lett., 2014, 3 (9), pp 911–915.

Biomacromolecules (Vol. 15, issue 9) and Chemistry Society Reviews (Vol. 43, 16-19)

Biomacromolecules:

Multivalent Polymers for Drug Delivery and Imaging: The Challenges of Conjugation. Mallory A. van Dongen, Casey A. Dougherty, and Mark M. Banaszak Holl. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (9), pp 3215-3234.

Inhibition of Protein and Cell Attachment on Materials Generated from N-(2-Hydroxypropyl) Acrylamide. Benjamin D. Fairbanks, Helmut Thissen, George Maurdev, Paul Pasic, Jacinta F. White, and Laurence Meagher. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (9), pp 3259-3266.

Long Hydrophilic-and-Cationic Polymers: A Different Pathway toward Preferential Activity against Bacterial over Mammalian Membranes. Xin Yang, Kan Hu, Guantai Hu, Danyao Shi, Yunjiang Jiang, Liwei Hui, Rui Zhu, Yuntao Xie, and Lihua Yang. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (9), pp 3267-3277.

Impact of Hydrophobic Chain Composition on Amphiphilic Macromolecule Antiatherogenic Bioactivity. Allison Faig, Latrisha K. Petersen, Prabhas V. Moghe, and Kathryn E. Uhrich. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (9), pp 3328–3337.

Characterization and Activity of an Immobilized Antimicrobial Peptide Containing Bactericidal PEG-Hydrogel. Rik T. C. Cleophas, Jelmer Sjollema, Henk J. Busscher, John A. W. Kruijtzer, and Rob M. J. Liskamp. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (9), pp 3390–3395.

Ultrashort Cationic Naphthalene-Derived Self-Assembled Peptides as Antimicrobial Nanomaterials. Garry Laverty, Alice P. McCloskey, Brendan F. Gilmore, David S. Jones, Jie Zhou, and Bing Xu. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (9), pp 3429–3439.

Chemistry Society Reviews: 
issue 16 about metal-organic frameworks
issue 19 revolved around the application to neurodegenerative diseases

Natural and engineered biosynthesis of fluorinated natural products. Mark C. Walker and Michelle C. Y. Chang. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 6527-6536.

Addition of CF₃ across unsaturated moieties: a powerful functionalization tool. Estíbaliz Merino and Cristina Nevado. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 6598-6608. 

Advanced Materials (Vol. 26, 33-35) and Soft Matter (Vol. 10, 36-39)

Advanced Materials:

Novel Nanocomposite Hydrogels Consisting of Layered Double Hydroxide with Ultrahigh Tensibility and Hierarchical Porous Structure at Low Inorganic Content(pages 5950–5956). Ziqiao Hu and Guangming Chen. Adv. Mater., (2014) 26: 5950–5956.

Increasing the Maximum Achievable Strain of a Covalent Polymer Gel Through the Addition of Mechanically Invisible Cross-Links (pages 6013–6018). Zachary S. Kean, Jennifer L. Hawk, Shaoting Lin, Xuanhe Zhao, Rint P. Sijbesma and Stephen L. Craig. Adv. Mater., (2014) 26: 6013–6018. 

Soft Matter:

Hydrogels by supramolecular crosslinking of terpyridine end group functionalized 8-arm poly(ethylene glycol). Rong Wang, Mike Geven, Pieter J. Dijkstra, Penny Martens and Marcel Karperien.  Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 7328-7336.

Molecular understanding of a potential functional link between antimicrobial and amyloid peptides. Mingzhen Zhang, Jun Zhao and Jie Zheng. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 7425-7451.

Design of stiff, tough and stretchy hydrogel composites via nanoscale hybrid crosslinking and macroscale fiber reinforcement. Shaoting Lin, Changyong Cao, Qiming Wang, Mark Gonzalez, John E. Dolbow and Xuanhe Zhao. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 7519-7527.

Electrostatic modification of the lipopolysaccharide layer: competing effects of divalent cations and polycationic or polyanionic molecules. Norman H. Lam, Zheng Ma and Bae-Yeun Ha. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 7528-7544. 

Polymer Chemistry, Issues 17-19, Volume 5, 2014

Issue 17

Thiol–ene “click” reactions and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis: a first update

Andrew B. Lowe  

Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 4820-4870 
DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00339J 

Structure related transport properties and cellular uptake of hyperbranched polyglycerol sulfates with hydrophobic cores

Florian Paulus, Dirk Steinhilber, Pia Welker, Dorothea Mangoldt, Kai Licha, Harald Depner, Stephan Sigrist and Rainer Haag  

Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 5020-5028 
DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00430B 

Issue 18

Reverse micelles based on β-cyclodextrin-incorporated amphiphilic polyurethane copolymers for protein delivery

Xiaoxu Du, Nan Song, Ying-Wei Yang, Guolin Wu, Jianbiao Ma and Hui Gao  

Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 5300-5309 
DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00278D 

Issue 19

Catch and release: photocleavable cationic diblock copolymers as a potential platform for nucleic acid delivery

Matthew D. Green, Abbygail A. Foster, Chad T. Greco, Raghunath Roy, Rachel M. Lehr, Thomas H. Epps, III and Millicent O. Sullivan  

Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 5535-5541 
DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00638K 

Fast conversion of terminal thiocarbonylthio groups of RAFT polymers to “clickable” thiol groups via versatile sodium azide

Yang Wu, Yanyan Zhou, Jian Zhu, Wei Zhang, Xiangqiang Pan, Zhengbiao Zhang and Xiulin Zhu  

Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 5546-5550 
DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00732H 

Zwitterionic poly(2-oxazoline)s as promising candidates for blood contacting applications

Lutz Tauhardt, David Pretzel, Kristian Kempe, Michael Gottschaldt, Dirk Pohlers and Ulrich S. Schubert  

Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 5751-5764 
DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00434E 

RAFT-derived antimicrobial polymethacrylates: elucidating the impact of end-groups on activity and cytotoxicity

Thomas D. Michl, Katherine E. S. Locock, Natalie Emilia Stevens, John D. Hayball, Krasimir Vasilev, Almar Postma, Yue Qu, Ana Traven, Matthias Haeussler, Laurence Meagher and Hans J. Griesser  

Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 5813-5822 
DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00652F 

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Issue 19

Advances in the frontal ring opening metathesis polymerization of dicyclopentadiene (pages 2776–2780)

Andrea Ruiu, Davide Sanna, Valeria Alzari, Daniele Nuvoli and Alberto Mariani

Article first published online: 15 JUL 2014 | DOI: 10.1002/pola.27301

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issues 30-33, Volume 136, 2014

Issue 31

Equivalent Circuits of a Self-Assembled Monolayer-Based Tunnel Junction Determined by Impedance Spectroscopy

C. S. Suchand Sangeeth, Albert Wan, and Christian A. Nijhuis

pp 11134–11144

Publication Date (Web): July 18, 2014 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ja505420c

Issue 32

Poly(oligonucleotide)

Carrie R. James, Anthony M. Rush, Thomas Insley, Lela Vuković, Lisa Adamiak, Petr Král, and Nathan C. Gianneschi

pp 11216–11219

Publication Date (Web): July 31, 2014 (Communication)

DOI: 10.1021/ja503142s

Issue 33

Striking Effect of Intra- versus Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding on Zwitterions: Physical and Electronic Properties

Yonghao Zheng, Mao-sheng Miao, Yuan Zhang, Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, and Fred Wudl

pp 11614–11617

Publication Date (Web): August 7, 2014 (Communication)

DOI: 10.1021/ja506803y

Chemical Communications, Issues 68-76, Volume 50, 2014

Issue 76

Anion–π interactions and positive electrostatic potentials of N-heterocycles arise from the positions of the nuclei, not changes in the π-electron distribution

Steven E. Wheeler and Jacob W. G. Bloom  

Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 11118-11121 
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC05304D 

Self-assembly of a tripeptide into a functional coating that resists fouling

Sibaprasad Maity, Sivan Nir, Tal Zada and Meital Reches  

Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 11154-11157 
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC03578J 

Supramolecular polymerization at the interface: layer-by-layer assembly driven by host-enhanced π–π interaction

Hui Yang, Zhan Ma, Bin Yuan, Zhiqiang Wang and Xi Zhang  

Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 11173-11176 
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC05201C 

Issue 74

Supramolecular pyridyl urea gels as soft matter with antibacterial properties against MRSA and/or E. coli

Komala Pandurangan, Jonathan A. Kitchen, Salvador Blasco, Francesca Paradisi and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson  

Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 10819-10822 
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC04028G 

Issue 72

Key processes in ruthenium-catalysed olefin metathesis

David J. Nelson, Simone Manzini, César A. Urbina-Blanco and Steven P. Nolan  

Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 10355-10375 
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC02515F 

Transforming polyethylenimine into a pH-switchable hydrogel by additional supramolecular interactions

M. Fleischer and C. Schmuck  

Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 10464-10467 
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC03281K 
From themed collection Polymer Self-Assembly

Biomacromolecules vol 11 issue 8, PNAS vol 111 issues 30-33

Biomacromolecules

Arginine-Based Biodegradable Ether–Ester Polymers with Low Cytotoxicity as Potential Gene Carriers

Tamar Memanishvili, Nino Zavradashvili, Nino Kupatadze, David Tugushi, Marekh Gverdtsiteli, Vladimir P. Torchilin, Christine Wandrey, Lucia Baldi, Sagar S. Manoli, and Ramaz Katsarava

pp 2839–2848

Probing the Structural Dependence of Carbon Space Lengths of Poly(N-hydroxyalkyl acrylamide)-Based Brushes on Antifouling Performance

Jintao Yang, Mingzhen Zhang, Hong Chen, Yung Chang, Zhan Chen, and Jie Zheng

pp 2982–2991

Facile Synthesis of Block Copolymers by Tandem ROMP and eROP from Esters Precursors

Shidong Xiang, Qiuping Zhang, Gang Zhang, Wei Jiang, Yan Wang, Hang Zhou, Quanshun Li, and Jun Tang

pp 3112–3118

Postpolymerization Modification Using Less Cytotoxic Activated Ester Polymers for the Synthesis of Biological Active Polymers

Lirong He, Kristina Szameit, Hui Zhao, Ulrich Hahn, and Patrick Theato

pp 3197–3205

PNAS: None

Advanced Materials vol 26 issues 29-32, Soft Matter vol 10 issues 33-35, Nature Nanotechnology vol 9 issue 8

Advanced Materials
Assembly of Viral Hydrogels for Three-Dimensional Conducting Nanocomposites(pages 5101–5107)

Po-Yen Chen, Md Nasim Hyder, David Mackanic, Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne, Jifa Qi, Matthew T. Klug, Angela M. Belcher and Paula T. Hammond

Nanotechnology: Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology for Drug Delivery (Adv. Mater. 31/2014) (page 5576)

Li Yan, Yang Yang, Wenjun Zhang and Xianfeng Chen

Soft Matter: None

Nature Nanotechnology

Batteries: A stable lithium metal interface -pp572 - 573

Renaud Bouchet

Interconnected hollow carbon nanospheres for stable lithium metal anodes -pp618 - 623

Guangyuan Zheng, Seok Woo Lee, Zheng Liang, Hyun-Wook Lee, Kai Yan, Hongbin Yao, Haotian Wang, Weiyang Li, Steven Chu & Yi Cui

In vivo endothelial siRNA delivery using polymeric nanoparticles with low molecular weight -pp648 - 655

James E. Dahlman, Carmen Barnes, Omar F. Khan, Aude Thiriot, Siddharth Jhunjunwala, Taylor E. Shaw, Yiping Xing, Hendrik B. Sager, Gaurav Sahay, Lauren Speciner, Andrew Bader, Roman L. Bogorad, Hao Yin, Tim Racie, Yizhou Dong, Shan Jiang, Danielle Seedorf, Apeksha Dave, Kamaljeet Singh Sandhu, Matthew J. Webber, Tatiana Novobrantseva, Vera M. Ruda, Abigail K. R. Lytton-Jean, Christopher G. Levins, Brian Kalish, Dayna K. Mudge, Mario Perez, Ludmila Abezgauz, Partha Dutta, Lynelle Smith, Klaus Charisse, Mark W. Kieran, Kevin Fitzgerald, Matthias Nahrendorf, Dganit Danino, Rubin M. Tuder, Ulrich H. von Andrian, Akin Akinc, Dipak Panigrahy, Avi Schroeder, Victor Koteliansky, Robert Langer & Daniel G. Anderson

Angewandte Chemie, Volume 53, Issue 35, Pages 9097–9388

Advancing the Drug Discovery and Development Process (pages 9128–9140)Prof. K. C. Nicolaou
Article first published online: 13 JUL 2014 | DOI: 10.1002/anie.201404761

Molecularly Designed Nanoparticles by Dispersion of Self-Assembled Organosiloxane-Based Mesophases (pages 9173–9177)Shigeru Sakamoto, Yasuhiro Tamura, Dr. Hideo Hata, Dr. Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Prof. Atsushi Shimojima and Prof. Kazuyuki Kuroda

Three-Dimensional Scaffolds of Carbonized Polyacrylonitrile for Bone Tissue Regeneration (pages 9213–9217)Seungmi Ryu, Choonghyeon Lee, Jooyeon Park, Jun Seop Lee, Seokyung Kang, Young Deok Seo, Prof. Jyongsik Jang and Prof. Byung-Soo Kim

Precision PEGylated Polymers Obtained by Sequence-Controlled Copolymerization and Postpolymerization Modification (pages 9231–9235)Sansanee Srichan, Dr. Hatice Mutlu, Dr. Nezha Badi and Dr. Jean-François Lutz
Article first published online: 2 JUL 2014 | DOI: 10.1002/anie.201403799

Polymer Nanoparticle Hydrogels with Autonomous Affinity Switching for the Protection of Proteins from Thermal Stress (pages 9275–9279)Dr. John M. Beierle, Dr. Keiichi Yoshimatsu, Beverly Chou, Dr. Michael A. A. Mathews, Benjamin K. Lesel and Prof. Kenneth J. Shea

Enzymetically Regulating the Self-Healing of Protein Hydrogels with High Healing Efficiency (pages 9343–9346)Dr. Yuzhou Gao, Prof. Quan Luo, Shanpeng Qiao, Liang Wang, Prof. Zeyuan Dong, Jiayun Xu and Prof. Junqiu Liu