Title: Synthetic manganese–calcium oxides mimic the water-oxidizing complex of photosynthesis functionally and structurally Authors: Ivelina Zaharieva, M. Mahdi Najafpour, Mathias Wiechen, Michael Haumann, Philipp Kurz and Holger Dau Journal: Energy and Environmental Science, 2011, 4, 2400-2408 Published: March 3, 2011 Main Affiliations: Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität…
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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…
The Crystal Structure of Photosystem II
Title: Crystal Structure of oxygen-evolving photosystem II at a resolution of 1.9 angstroms Authors: *Yasufumi Umena, +Keisuke Kawakami, +Jian-Ren Shen, and *Nobou Kamiya Journal: Nature Affiliation: *Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University. + Division of Bioscience, Graduate School of Natural Science and…
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†…
DNA charge transport over 34 nm
Title: DNA charge transport over 34 nm Authors: Jason D. Slinker, Natalie B. Muren, Sara E. Renfrew and Jacqueline K. Barton* Affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California Journal: Nature Chemistry, 3, 230-235 (2011) | doi: 10. 1038/nchem.982 In the…
Aptamer probes for in vivo cancer imaging
Title: Activatable aptamer probe for contrast-enhanced in vivo cancer imaging based on cell membrane protein-triggered conformation alteration Authors: Hui Shi, Xiaoxiao He, Kemin Wang, Xu Wu, Xiaosheng Ye, Qiuping Guo, Weihong Tan, Zhihe Qing, Xiaohai Yang, Bing Zhou Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics,…
Attaching small molecules to the Staphylococcus aureus cell wall
A Biosynthetic Strategy for Re-engineering the Staphylococcus aureus Cell Wall with Non-native Small Molecules James W. Nelson, Alexander G. Chamessian, Patrick J. McEnaney, Ryan P. Murelli, Barbara I. Kazmiercak, David A. Spiegel* Departments of Chemistry and Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT ACS Chem. Bio. 2010,…
Cu(II) coordination in Proteins
Coordination Features and Affinity of the Cu2+ site in the alpha-Synuclein Protein of Parkinson’s Disease Dudzik, C.G.; Walter, E.D. and Millhauser, G.L. Biochemistry ASAP Alpha-synuclein proteins, concentrated in neurons in the human body, are composed of mostly hydrophobic residues. The hydrophobicity of the protein results in…
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…