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A cheaper substitute for HRP: ultra-small Cu–Au bimetallic enzyme mimics with infinitesimal steric hindrance to promote catalytic lateral flow immunodetection of clenbuterol

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,2272-2279
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC01079A, Paper
Huilan Hu, Jiaqi Tian, Rui Shu, Huihui Liu, Shaochi Wang, Xuechi Yin, Jianlong Wang, Daohong Zhang
A lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) is developed for enzyme-catalyzed double-reading determination of clenbuterol (CLE) through the direct electrostatic adsorption of ultra-small copper–gold bimetallic enzyme mimics (USCGs) and monoclonal antibodies.
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Opto-combinatorial indexing enables high-content transcriptomics by linking cell images and transcriptomes

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,2287-2297
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00866E, Paper
Arata Tsuchida, Taikopaul Kaneko, Kaori Nishikawa, Mayu Kawasaki, Ryuji Yokokawa, Hirofumi Shintaku
We introduce a simple integrated analysis method that links cellular phenotypic behaviour with single-cell RNA sequencing by utilizing a combination of optical indices from cells and hydrogel beads.
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Investigation of air bubble behaviour after gas embolism events induced in a microfluidic network mimicking microvasculature

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00087K, Paper
Mohammad Mahdi Mardanpour, Ayyappasamy Sudalaiyadum Perumal, Zahra Mahmoodi, Karine Baassiri, Gala Montiel-Rubies, Kenneth M. LeDez, Dan V. Nicolau
This study conducted in vitro experimentation using microvascular tissue-like structures to examine the dynamics of interfacial forces leading to gas bubble cessation, with the objective of providing a medical guideline for preventing gas embolism.
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Motion of microswimmers in cylindrical microchannels

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3007-3020
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01480K, Paper
Open Access
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Florian A. Overberg, Gerhard Gompper, Dmitry A. Fedosov
Microswimmers in confinement slow down, and can exert pulling or pushing forces in particular at the end of a closed channel. Simulations and approximate theoretical calculation for the squirmer model are employed to predict this behavior.
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Hydrodynamically induced aggregation of two dimensional oriented active particles

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01670F, Paper
Open Access
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Roee Bashan, Naomi Oppenheimer
We show that in many cases aligned active particles in a two-dimensional fluid attract and form fractal-like clusters.
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Surfactant-induced alterations in optoelectronic properties of perylene diimide dyes: modulating sensing responses in the aqueous environment

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3044-3052
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01694C, Paper
Animesh Pal, Nilanjan Dey
The compartmentalization effect of microheterogeneous systems, like surfactant aggregates, showcases altered optoelectronic properties of a perylene diimide-based chromogenic dye (PDI-Ala) compared to bulk water.
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Divergent self-assembly propensity of enantiomeric phenylalanine amphiphiles that undergo pH-induced nanofiber-to-nanoglobule conversion

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00117F, Paper
Manas Kumar Pradhan, Nayanika Misra, Fathima Sahala, Nyaya Prakash Pradhan, Aasheesh Srivastava
Enantiomeric single phenylalanine derivatives demonstrate very different self-assembling propensity and thermodynamic parameters associated with self-assembly.
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Improved ionic current rectification utilizing cylindrical nanochannels coated with polyelectrolyte layers of non-uniform thickness

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00123K, Paper
Nader Nekoubin, Steffen Hardt, Arman Sadeghi
We show that a cylindrical nanochannel coated with a polyelectrolyte layer of non-uniform thickness can be a good alternative to the widely-used conical nanochannels in creating ionic current rectification.
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A mean-field theory for predicting single polymer collapse induced by neutral crowders

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3271-3282
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01522J, Paper
Quentin Chaboche, Gerardo Campos-Villalobos, Giuliana Giunta, Marjolein Dijkstra, Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino, Vittore F. Scolari
Depletion forces arising from molecular crowding compact single polymers. Simulations lead to a unified description. Collapse is governed by the packing fraction of crowders and the ratio of crowder to monomer size, and can be hindered by jamming.
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Effects of shear-induced crystallization on the complex viscosity of lamellar-structured concentrated surfactant solutions

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3299-3312
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01198D, Paper
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Parth U. Kelkar, Matthew Kaboolian, Ria D. Corder, Marco Caggioni, Seth Lindberg, Kendra A. Erk
Material relationships at low temperatures were determined for concentrated surfactant solutions using a combination of rheological experiments, cross-polarized microscopy, calorimetry, and small angle X-ray scattering.
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DNA liquid crystals with AIE effect toward humidity-indicating biomaterials

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3243-3247
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01531A, Communication
Guoqiang Zhang, Jing Zhao, Qikai Liang, Zhongtao Wu, Lei Zhang, Xiliang Luo
A DNA-containing material displaying a trackable humidity-induced change in fluorescence could accurately indicate in real time the environmental relative humidity at room temperature in 4 minutes.
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Surface charge density and induced currents by self-charging sliding drops

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00205A, Paper
Open Access
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Pravash Bista, Aaron D. Ratschow, Amy Z. Stetten, Hans-Jürgen Butt, Stefan A.L. Weber
Sliding drops induce a bipolar current in subsurface electrodes beneath a hydrophobic substrate. We show how it depends on substrate properties and how it can be optimized for energy harvesting.
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Tunable thermal diffusivity of silk protein assemblies based on their structural control and photo-induced chemical cross-linking

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12449-12453
DOI: 10.1039/D3RA06473E, Paper
Open Access
Michihiro Tanaka, Toshiki Sawada, Keiji Numata, Takeshi Serizawa
The tunable thermal diffusivity of silk fibroin-based assemblies (films) is demonstrated here. The control of secondary structures and subsequent photo-induced chemical cross-linking are essential for heat conduction in the films.
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Confined microemulsions: pore diameter induced change of the phase behavior

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12735-12741
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01283F, Paper
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René Haverkamp, Margarethe Dahl, Tim Julian Stank, Jessica Hübner, Peter Strasser, Stefan Wellert, Thomas Hellweg
Possible temperature-dependent structure of the microemulsion within the pores of controlled pore glasses. Small pore sizes seem to affect the temperature-dependent phase behavior of the microemulsion.
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Engineering gold nanoworms with tunable longitudinal plasmon peak in the near infrared and their refractive index sensing properties

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12772-12780
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00994K, Paper
Open Access
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Misbah ul Ain, Asma, Rizwan Ullah, Zanjbeel Fatima, Ahsan Illahi, Waqqar Ahmed
Gold nanoworms (NWs), synthesized in a one-step reaction with size controlled by pH, show tunable plasmon peaks in the near-infrared. Finite element analysis validates their optical properties, and they exhibit sensitive refractive index sensing.
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A surface-independent bioglue using photo-crosslinkable benzophenone moiety

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12966-12976
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01866D, Paper
Open Access
Yue Shi, Xuelian Tao, Ping Du, Paul Pasic, Lars Esser, Hsien-Yeh Chen, Helmut Thissen, Peng-Yuan Wang
The UV-crosslinkable benzophenone (BP) “bio-glue” efficiently crosslinks with various surfaces and biomolecules. The beauty of this bio-glue lies in its simplicity and broad applicability, requiring no sophisticated equipment or reaction conditions.
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Grind, shine and detect: mechanochemical synthesis of AIE-active polyaromatic amide and its application as molecular receptor of monovalent anions or nucleotides

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13227-13236
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA02129K, Paper
Open Access
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Jakub S. Cyniak, Artur Kasprzak
The mechanochemical synthesis of AIE-active amide, as well as the application of the title compound as molecular receptor of monovalent anions and nucleotides, are described.
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Tight-binding model describes frontier orbitals of non-fullerene acceptors

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,382-398
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00195D, Paper
Vishal Jindal, Michael J. Janik, Scott T. Milner
HOMO and LUMO of conjugated molecules as superposition of HOMO and LUMO of individual moieties.
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Augmentation of inductive effects through short range intramolecular hydrogen bonds for the improvement of cooperativity of trimeric rosettes

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,345-351
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00008K, Paper
Andre Nicolai Petelski, Tamara Bundrea, Nélida María Peruchena
Three key design elements improve the binding strength of trimeric rosettes: the direction of hydrogen bonds, the addition of groups with inductive effects, and the presence of ambifunctional intramolecular hydrogen bonds between the substituents.
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Infy rallies behind Padukone Academy




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Opening a vital window of communication

A new app, Good Vibes, introduces the deaf-blind to a tactile language that could transform their lives




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Meet the men behind India’s own Jurassic Park

Their passion as geologists helped them discover the remains of a very distant past




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Functionalization of nano-objects in living anionic polymerization-induced self-assembly and their use for improving thermal properties of epoxy resins

Polym. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY01008F, Paper
Guicun Guo, Jiali Wu, Jingwei Zhang, Peng Zhou, Ding Shen, Penghan Li, Guowei Wang
Using LAPISA or LAPICA, stabilized PDVB@(PI-b-PS) and PDVB@(PI-b-PS/PS) nano-objects were prepared, functionalized and used as additives for epoxy resin, providing improved Tgs, integrated interfaces, uniform distributions, and scalable applications.
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A highly active zinc-based catalyst system for lactide homo- and copolymerization under industrially relevant conditions

Polym. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY01034E, Paper
Zisheng Zhang, Yi Zhou, Shuang Liu, Baixue Li, Rui Qu, Yanan Gu, Hongyi Suo, Yusheng Qin
A guanidine-based zinc catalyst with a rigid backbone exhibited excellent activity in the ring-opening polymerization and copolymerization of lactide.
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ROS/pH dual-responsive quercetin-loaded guanosine borate supramolecular hydrogel enema in dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis in mice

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,10861-10876
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01659A, Paper
Luqing Zhao, Dan Dou, Di Zhang, Xin Deng, Ning Ding, Yun Ma, Xingyu Ji, Shengsheng Zhang, Chao Li
GBQ hydrogel enema for treating DSS-induced colitis in mice.
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Development of substrate-independent heparin coating to mitigate surface-induced thrombogenesis: efficacy and mechanism

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,10994-11011
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01779J, Paper
Shengjun Cheng, Haifeng Ji, Tao Xu, Xianda Liu, Lin Xu, Weifeng Zhao, Changsheng Zhao
A facile and substrate independent heparin-based coating was developed in this study. And the associated anticoagulant mechanism of this coating was clarified.
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Surface Modified Laser-Induced Graphene based Flexible Biosensor for Multiplexed Sweat Analysis

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01936A, Paper
Sudipta Choudhury, Saad Zafar, Deepak Deepak, Abhishek Panghal, Bimlesh Lochab, Susanta Sinha Roy
The growing popularity of electrochemical sensors featuring non-invasive biosensing technologies has generated significant enthusiasm for continuous monitoring of bodily fluid biomarkers, potentially aiding in the early detection of health issues...
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A near-infrared superoxide generator based on a biocompatible indene-bearing heptamethine cyanine dye

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,11202-11209
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01663G, Paper
Nikita Bel’ko, Anna Mal’tanova, Anastasiya Bahdanava, Anatol Lugovski, Sviatlana Fatykhava, Polina Shabunya, Adam Smaliakou, Sergey Poznyak, Tatsiana Kulahava, Michael Samtsov
A heptamethine cyanine dye with an indene moiety and 4-meso-chloride generates superoxide inside cells upon near-infrared photoactivation, inducing cell death.
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Acellular dermal matrix hydrogels promote healing of radiation-induced skin injury in a rat model

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,11218-11229
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB00941J, Paper
Xin Liu, Tian Guo, Zhifeng Huang, Sen Chen, Li Chen, Chenyang Li, Tian Tian, Yerong Qian, Lifei Yang, Junxi Xiang, Qiufang Liu, Peng Liu
Using a novel rat model of RISI, the research demonstrates that ADM hydrogel effectively reduces wound area and severity, increases epithelial thickness, and accelerates healing compared to controls.
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Enhanced Luminescence and Stability of TFMDSA Nanoparticles via Polymer-Induced aggregation for Bioimaging

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01825G, Paper
Xiang Li, Xue Ren, Yuchao Luo, Haotian Shi, Zhigang Xie, Bin Xu, Wenjing Tian
In recent years, fluorescence imaging occupies a very important position in the life science and biomedical fields. However, achieving nanomaterials for bioimaging with both high fluorescence quantum efficiency and high...
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Mitochondrial membrane potential-independent near-infrared fluorescent probes for viscosity-exclusive imaging

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01785D, Paper
Xiu Pan, Yu Zhao, Jia-Li Wang, Shun Feng, Xiao-Qi Yu, Ming-Yu Wu
A novel mitochondrial targeting mitochondrial membrane potential-independent near-infrared fluorescent probe, ACR-DMA, was developed which can be firmly immobilized in mitochondria for tracking of mitochondrial viscosity changes in vitro and in vivo.
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Illuminating cisplatin-induced ferroptosis in non-small-cell lung cancer with biothiol-activatable fluorescent/photoacoustic bimodal probes

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01656D, Paper
Li Xu, Hongwen Liu, Yi Kong, Lingyun Li, Jia Li, Kang Li, Shuzhi Liang, Bolin Chen
Using activatable NIR fluorescent/PA bimodal probes, we successfully monitored real-time biothiol changes during ferroptosis in NSCLC cells and tumors, revealing enhanced ferroptosis with the combined use of erastin and cisplatin.
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If not TV, what is young India watching?

According to industry experts, television has lost the young urban viewer for English or Hindi shows. Urvi Malvania finds out what is making more and more of them turn to digital platforms like Voot and Hotstar.




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'It's a dream come true to win Indian idol'

'When I started my journey in Indian Idol, a lot of people laughed at me for not knowing Hindi well. I did feel bad but I did not let anything negative affect me and took it as a challenge.' Meet Indian Idol 9 winner V Revanth.






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Taking Made-in-India TV shows to the world

Can you imagine a show made in India beating both The Voice and The X-Factor on ratings?Vanita Kohli-Khandekar profiles Greymatter, the Indian content firm that made it possible.







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Shilpa Shinde wins Bigg Boss 11

After surviving numerous challenges and stiff competition for 105 days in the Bigg Boss 11 house, Shilpa Shinde has emerged the winner.




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'I don't know how I won Indian Idol!'

'Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be standing next to renowned personalities and singing songs in front of them!'





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Will India's Akshat Singh win Simon Cowell's heart?

'I want to tell everyone that whether you are fat, slim, tall, short, black or white, it does not matter. What you are doing from the bottom of your heart is what matters.'




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Is Shiv The MASTERMIND Of Bigg Boss 16?

As soon as Shiv announced Nimrit as the captain, Tina lost her cool and started fighting with both of them.




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Which Is India's Largest TV Channel?

DD Freedish is the 'largest TV platform in India', going to 58 million homes, featuring 70-odd private channels.DD Freedish reaches about 278 million people, and is easily among the top five TV platforms in the world.




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'Bigg Boss plays with your mind'

'Pooja Bhatt is definitely going to lift that trophy.'




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Find meaning in work

Can all kinds of occupations be rewarding? How does our approach to what we do matter?




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