Title: Additive-Free Clicking for Polymer Functionalization and Coupling by Tetrazine–Norbornene Chemistry Authors: Claire F. Hansell†, Pieter Espeel‡, Milan M. Stamenovi‡, Ian A. Barker†, Andrew P. Dove†, Filip E. Du Prez‡, and Rachel K. O’Reilly† Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society Affiliation: †Department of Chemistry, University of…
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New Hydrogels from Peptide Sequences Found in Nature
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Putting the Heat on Hydrogels
Title: Controllable heterogeneity in a supramolecular hydrogel Authors: Atsuomi Shundo*a, Keiko Mizuguchib, Misao Miyamotocd, Masahiro Gotoae and Keiji Tanaka*abe Journal: Chemical Communications Affiliation: aDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Kyushu University; bDepartment of Automotive Science, Kyushu University; cNissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.; dArt, Science and Technology Center for Cooperative Research, Kyushu University; eCenter for…
Ethane to Ethylene
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Drug Delivery via Hydrogels
Title: Self-assembling peptide–polysaccharide hybrid hydrogel as a potential carrier for drug delivery Authors: Renliang Huang, Wei Qi, Libin Feng, Rongxin Su and Zhimin He Journal: Soft Matter Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University Hydrogels are big networks…
Stretchable Magnetoelectronics
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Gold Nanorods for Therapeutics
Title: Light Interactions with Gold Nanorods and Cells: Implications for Photothermal Nanotherapeutics Journal: Nano Letters Authors: Constantin Ungureanu†, Rene Kroes†, Wilma Petersen†, Tom A. M. Groothuis‡, Felicia Ungureanu‡, Hans Janssen§, Fijs W. B. van Leeuwen, Rob P. H. Kooyman‡, Srirang Manohar†, and Ton G. van Leeuwen†…
Women and Named Reactions
Title: Critical Perspective: Named Reactions Discovered and Developed by Women Journal: Accounts of Chemical Research Authors: Julie A. Olson and Kevin M. Shea Affiliation: Smith College This post is a bit different than our other posts in that it is not a direct summary of a…
Changing Color with the Application of Charge
Title: Layer-by-Layer Assembled Solid Polymer Electrolyte for Electrochromic Devices Journal: Chemistry of Materials Authors: Chien A. Nguyan,† Avni A. Argun, Paula T. Hammond, Xuehong Lu,†‡ and Poo See Lee†‡§ Affiliation: †Temasek Laboratories, Nanyang Technological University; ‡School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University; §Department of Chemical…
New Organic Dye for Solar Cells
Title: An Organic D-π-A Dye for Record Efficiency Solid-State Sensitized Heterojunction Solar Cells Authors: Ning Cai§, Soo-Jin Moon‡, Le Cevey-Ha‡, Thomas Moehl‡, Robin Humphry-Baker‡, Peng Wang†, Shaik M. Zakeeruddin‡, and Michael Gratzel‡ Affiliation: †State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese…
Graphite nanofibers as support for fuel cell catalyst
Title: Surface-reconstructed graphite nanofibers as a support for cathode catalysts of fuel cells Journal: Chemical Communications, 2011, ASAP Authors: Lin Gana,b, Hongda Dua, Baohua Lia, and Feiyu Kanga,b Affiliation: aInstitute of Advanced Materials, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University; bLaboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Materials…
MRI agent for imaging myelin
Title: A Myelin-Specific Contrast Agent for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Myelination Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society Authors: Luca Frullano*, Changning Wang*, Robert H. Miller**, and Yanming Wang* Affiliation: *Division of Radiopharmaceutical Science, Case Center for Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, and **Department of Neuroscience,…
DNA film with light switching capabilities
Title: Preparation of [Ru(bpy)2(dppz)]2+-Intercalated DNA Cast Films Using a Self-Standing Method and Its Luminescence Tuning by Cu2+ Ions and EDTA Journal: Inorganic Chemistry Authors: Miojing Chen,* Hong Li,* Jiangyan Shao,* Yan Huang,* and Zheng Xu** Affiliation: *Key Lab of Technology on Electrochemical Energy Storage and Power…
Anti-cancer nanomaterials
Title: Photothermally Enhanced Drug Delivery by Ultrasmall Multifunctional FeCo Journal: ACS Nano Authors: Sarah P. Sherlock, Scott M. Tabakman, Liming Xie, and Hongjie Dai Affiliation: Stanford University, Department of Chemistry Nanomaterials have a wide variety of uses and we have just begun to discover their capabilities. They…