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Poly (diglycerol adipate) variants as enhanced nanocarrier replacements in drug delivery applications (2023)
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Jacob, P. L., Brugnoli, B., Del Giudice, A., Phan, H., Chauhan, V. M., Beckett, L., …Taresco, V. (2023). Poly (diglycerol adipate) variants as enhanced nanocarrier replacements in drug delivery applications. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 641, 1043-1057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2023.03.124

Sustainably derived poly(glycerol adipate) (PGA) has been deemed to deliver all the desirable features expected in a polymeric scaffold for drug-delivery, including biodegradability, biocompatibility, self-assembly into nanoparticles (NPs) and a func... Read More about Poly (diglycerol adipate) variants as enhanced nanocarrier replacements in drug delivery applications.

Modification of Linear Polyethylenimine with Supercritical CO2: From Fluorescent Materials to Covalent Cross-Links (2023)
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Mees, M. A., McAllister, T. D., Curia, S., Howdle, S. M., & Hoogenboom, R. (2023). Modification of Linear Polyethylenimine with Supercritical CO2: From Fluorescent Materials to Covalent Cross-Links. Macromolecules, 56(7), 2841-2851. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02443

Along with their DNA binding ability, the secondary amines in linear polyethylenimine (L-PEI) units can also act as a reaction platform to introduce new functionalities. This renders the possibility to make a plethora of copolymers without the burden... Read More about Modification of Linear Polyethylenimine with Supercritical CO2: From Fluorescent Materials to Covalent Cross-Links.

Synthesis of Fluorinated Hydrazinylthiazole Derivatives: A Virtual and Experimental Approach to Diabetes Management (2023)
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Mehmood, H., Akhtar, T., Haroon, M., Khalid, M., Woodward, S., Asghar, M. A., …Perveen, S. (2023). Synthesis of Fluorinated Hydrazinylthiazole Derivatives: A Virtual and Experimental Approach to Diabetes Management. ACS Omega, 8(12), 11433-11446. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c00265

A novel series of fluorophenyl-based thiazoles was synthesized following the Hanztsch method. All of the compounds were initially verified with physical parameters (color, melting point, retardation factor (Rf)), which were further confirmed by sever... Read More about Synthesis of Fluorinated Hydrazinylthiazole Derivatives: A Virtual and Experimental Approach to Diabetes Management.

The Small Molecule Antagonist KCI807 Disrupts Association of the Amino-Terminal Domain of the Androgen Receptor with ELK1 by Modulating the Adjacent DNA Binding Domain (2023)
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Soave, C., Ducker, C., Islam, N., Kim, S., Yurgelevic, S., Nicely, N. I., …Ratnam, M. (2023). The Small Molecule Antagonist KCI807 Disrupts Association of the Amino-Terminal Domain of the Androgen Receptor with ELK1 by Modulating the Adjacent DNA Binding Domain. Molecular Pharmacology, 103(4), 211-220. https://doi.org/10.1124/molpharm.122.000589

The androgen receptor (AR) is a crucial coactivator of ELK1 for prostate cancer (PCa) growth, associating with ELK1 through two peptide segments (358-457 and 514-557) within the amino-terminal domain (NTD) of AR. The small-molecule antagonist 5-hydro... Read More about The Small Molecule Antagonist KCI807 Disrupts Association of the Amino-Terminal Domain of the Androgen Receptor with ELK1 by Modulating the Adjacent DNA Binding Domain.

Subnanometer-Wide Indium Selenide Nanoribbons (2023)
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Cull, W. J., Skowron, S. T., Hayter, R., Stoppiello, C. T., Rance, G. A., Biskupek, J., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2023). Subnanometer-Wide Indium Selenide Nanoribbons. ACS Nano, 17(6), 6062-6072. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c00670

Indium selenides (InxSey) have been shown to retain several desirable properties, such as ferroelectricity, tunable photoluminescence through temperature-controlled phase changes, and high electron mobility when confined to two dimensions (2D). In th... Read More about Subnanometer-Wide Indium Selenide Nanoribbons.

Dynamic Disorder Drives Exciton Dynamics in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Thiophene-Containing Molecular Crystals (2023)
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Jiang, L., Hirst, J. D., & Do, H. (2023). Dynamic Disorder Drives Exciton Dynamics in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Thiophene-Containing Molecular Crystals. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(11), 5519-5532. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c07984

There is a growing interest in controllable molecular materials for potential nanophotonic and quantum information applications where excitons move beyond the incoherent transport regime. Thus, the ability to identify the key parameters that correlat... Read More about Dynamic Disorder Drives Exciton Dynamics in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Thiophene-Containing Molecular Crystals.

Ferric Quinate (QPLEX) inhibits the interaction of Major Outer Membrane Protein (MOMP) with the Lewis b (Leb) antigen and Limits Campylobacter colonisation in broilers (2023)
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Okoye, J. C., Holland, A., Pitoulias, M., Paschalis, V., Piddubnyi, A., Dufailu, O. A., …Soultanos, P. (2023). Ferric Quinate (QPLEX) inhibits the interaction of Major Outer Membrane Protein (MOMP) with the Lewis b (Leb) antigen and Limits Campylobacter colonisation in broilers. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14, Article 1146418. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1146418

Campylobacter jejuni colonizes hosts by interacting with Blood Group Antigens (BgAgs) on the surface of gastrointestinal epithelia. Genetic variations in BgAg expression affects host susceptibility to C. jejuni. Here, we show that the essential major... Read More about Ferric Quinate (QPLEX) inhibits the interaction of Major Outer Membrane Protein (MOMP) with the Lewis b (Leb) antigen and Limits Campylobacter colonisation in broilers.

Ferric quinate (QPLEX) inhibits the interaction of major outer membrane protein (MOMP) with the Lewis b (Leb) antigen and limits Campylobacter colonization in broilers (2023)
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Okoye, J. C., Holland, A., Pitoulias, M., Paschalis, V., Piddubnyi, A., Dufailu, O. A., …Soultanas, P. (2023). Ferric quinate (QPLEX) inhibits the interaction of major outer membrane protein (MOMP) with the Lewis b (Leb) antigen and limits Campylobacter colonization in broilers. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14, Article 1146418. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1146418

Campylobacter jejuni colonizes hosts by interacting with Blood Group Antigens (BgAgs) on the surface of gastrointestinal epithelia. Genetic variations in BgAg expression affects host susceptibility to C. jejuni. Here, we show that the essential major... Read More about Ferric quinate (QPLEX) inhibits the interaction of major outer membrane protein (MOMP) with the Lewis b (Leb) antigen and limits Campylobacter colonization in broilers.

Evaluation of cannabidiol nanoparticles and nanoemulsion biodistribution in the central nervous system after intrathecal administration for the treatment of pain (2023)
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Muresan, P., Woodhams, S., Smith, F., Taresco, V., Shah, J., Wong, M., …Marlow, M. (2023). Evaluation of cannabidiol nanoparticles and nanoemulsion biodistribution in the central nervous system after intrathecal administration for the treatment of pain. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 49, Article 102664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nano.2023.102664

We investigated how the biodistribution of cannabidiol (CBD) within the central nervous system (CNS) is influenced by two different formulations, an oil-in-water (O/W) nanoemulsion and polymer-coated nanoparticles (PCNPs). We observed that both CBD f... Read More about Evaluation of cannabidiol nanoparticles and nanoemulsion biodistribution in the central nervous system after intrathecal administration for the treatment of pain.

Modulated self-assembly of hcp topology MOFs of Zr/Hf and the extended 4,4′-(ethyne-1,2-diyl)dibenzoate linker (2023)
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Boyadjieva, S. S., Firth, F. C., Alizadeh Kiapi, M. R., Fairen-Jimenez, D., Ling, S., Cliffe, M. J., & Forgan, R. S. (2023). Modulated self-assembly of hcp topology MOFs of Zr/Hf and the extended 4,4′-(ethyne-1,2-diyl)dibenzoate linker. CrystEngComm, 25(14), 2119-2124. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ce01529c

Careful control of synthetic conditions can enhance the structural diversity of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) within individual metal-linker combinations. Herein, we show that hcp topology MOFs of both Zr(iv) and Hf(iv), linked by the extended (eth... Read More about Modulated self-assembly of hcp topology MOFs of Zr/Hf and the extended 4,4′-(ethyne-1,2-diyl)dibenzoate linker.