How do cells “decide” whether they proliferate or enter quiescence? Recent trials on cells’ reproductive behavior may answer this question.
Category: General Interest
Drawing a map with chemicals!
Buildings and natural preserves create geographical maps. And now, molecules could build a molecular map! By investigating the presence of molecules in the environment, researchers have built some 3D molecular maps, which are the story tellers of our interactions with our living places!
Buckle Up: The Nanobelt has Arrived
What’s so special about a nanobelt? Let’s find out.
What do solar eclipses teach us about Chemistry!
Solar Eclipses are not a subject in Astronomy only! Let’s explore what they teach us in Chemistry!
Next generation of carbon dioxide sorbents
Let’s explore the next generation of CO2 sorbents!
Build a motor, with molecules!
Finding blades and a shaft to build a motor? How about trying out with fluorene and alkene? Yes, it’s the molecular motor! Let’s see how it works!
Beyond paper and furniture: Modern chemical applications of wood
How can chemists use wood to make blue jeans blue and parachutes strong? Check it out!
How to unmask the disguised cooking oil from natural oil?!
In recent years, some traders were found to have recycled cooked oil and added to lard in order to reduce production costs. This oil mixture undoubtedly raised food hygiene and safety issues in the food industry. The big question is, how can we distinguish the disguised animal oil from their natural counterparts?
Smart Bandages for Wound Monitoring
“Smart” bandages – or bandages that provide real-time monitoring of the health and progress of wound healing are here!
Ultrathin Graphene Nanofiltration Membrane for Water Purification
Authors: Yi Han, Zhen Xu , and Chao Gao DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201202601 By: Ehsan Moaseri, Behzad Changalvaie It is predicted that in near future, clean water may become a scarce resource due to rapid population growth, climate change, and growing demands. Therefore, many investigators have focused their…
Revealing the inside story behind the break-up of water
In this article, let’s hear the inside story of how water has broken up by means of computation!
Nanosizing: a formulation approach for poorly-water-soluble compounds
Authors: Elaine Merisko-Liversidge , Gary G. Liversidge, Eugene R. Cooper European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 18 (2003) 113–120 By: Ehsan Moaseri – Behzad Changalvaie There is a very high percentage of active substances, which are poorly water soluble and therefore, efficient delivery of the drug…
Simple Measurement of Alcohol Content with an Infrared Camera
Title:Â One-Shot, reagent-free determination of the alcoholic content of distilled beverages by thermal infrared enthalpimetry Authors: Juliano Barin et. al. Publication Info:Â https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2017.05.011 During the manufacture of chemical products, the ability to rapidly and accurately monitoring the concentrations of various components is critical. Â For the alcoholic beverage industry,…
Less is more – learning chemistry with machine learningÂ
What does machine learning have to do with chemistry? Let’s have a look at computation x chemistry today!
Duality of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Cancer Therapy
Title: Duality of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Cancer Therapy: Amplification of Heating Efficiency by Magnetic Hyperthermia and Photothermal Bimodal Treatment Authors: Ana Espinosa, Riccardo Di Corato, Jelena Kolosnjaj-Tabi, Patrice Flaud, Teresa Pellegrino, and Claire Wilhelm DOI 10.1021/acsnano.5b07249 By: Ehsan Moaseri – Behzad Changalvaie In our previous…
Rechargeable Battery Breakthrough!
Title: Rechargeable Sodium All-Solid-State Battery Authors: Weidong Zhou, Yutao Li*, Sen Xin , and John B. Goodenough* Publication Info: ACS Cent. Sci., 2017, 3 (1), pp 52–57; DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00321 Publication Date : January 3, 2017 Electricity generated by photovoltaic solar panels has reached the pivotal point where it is…
Patterning World Flags and More with DNA
Using similar principles to those that guide embryos in early development to form different organs and tissues, this research could lead to artificial objects that are capable of patterning themselves into many different complex structures.
How a method is recognised as a method? – an example by a honey story
You are what you eat and we want to be safe with what we eat. We rely on testing methods as our guards, but how do we know if they are qualified?
Plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT) using gold nanoparticles
Title: Plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT) using gold nanoparticles Authors: Xiaohua Huang, Prashant K. Jain, Ivan H. El-Sayed, Mostafa A. El-Sayed By: Ehsan Moaseri – Behzad Changalvaie Cancer therapeutics have been a principal part of biomedical research in the past two decades. A significant portion of this…
Health Assessment in Your Home via Disposable Breath Analysis Sensors
Title: Diagnosis and Classification of 17 Diseases from 1404 Subjects via Pattern Analysis of Exhaled Molecules Authors: Hossam Haick et al. Publication Info: ACS Nano, 2017, 11 (1), pp 112–125 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b04930 This work reports on the development of a portable, inexpensive, and non-invasive breath analyzer that couples the use…
Get to know about molecules without chemicals!
If you want to know about a molecule without chemicals, now you can without entering a lab. In this article, let us explore how computational power can benefit our understanding of molecules!
Listen and Grow! – The Story Behind Growing Polymers with Sound
Our bones have the ability to heal themselves when exposed to mechanical stresses by forming new polymeric material, so what’s stopping scientists from doing the same synthetically?
Imaging Oil Reservoirs Using Ultra-stable Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as Contrasting Agents
Title: Adsorption of iron oxide nanoclusters stabilized with sulfonated copolymers on silica in concentrated NaCl and CaCl2 brine Authors: Hitesh G. Bagaria , Bethany M. Neilson , Andrew J. Worthen , Zheng Xue , Ki Youl Yoon, Victoria Cheng, Jae Ho Lee, Sindhuja Velagala, Chun Huh,…
Electrochemical Capture and Release of Carbon Dioxide
Title: Electrochemical Capture and Release of Carbon Dioxide Authors: Joseph H. Rheinhardt, Poonam Singh, Pilarisetty Tarakeshwar, and Daniel A. Buttry* Publication Info: ACS Energy Lett., 2017, 2 (2), pp 454–461,  DOI:10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00608 This article is a perspective from recognized experts in the field of CO2 capture and release.…
Future of Cancer Therapy: Advanced Functional Nanomaterials to Image and Deliver Drugs into Tumors
Title: Controlled Assembly of Biodegradable Plasmonic Nanoclusters for Near-Infrared Imaging and Therapeutic Applications Authors: Jasmine M. Tam, Justina O. Tam, Avinash Murthy, Davis R. Ingram, Li Leo Ma, Kort Travis, Keith P. Johnston, and Konstantin V. Sokolov Journal: ACS Nano Gold has been historically a great…