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Acrylate–methacrylate radical copolymerization kinetics of sparingly water-soluble monomers in polar and nonpolar solvents

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4542-4553
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY01015A, Paper
Noushin Rajabalinia, Fatemeh Salarhosseini, Robin A. Hutchinson
The influence of solvent on radical copolymerization kinetics is studied to provide insight to emulsion polymerization systems.
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Synthesis of degradable polyester with high molecular weight and excellent mechanical properties through copolymerization modification of poly(butylene succinate)

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4570-4579
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY01050G, Paper
Hongji Wang, Xiaojun Ma, Hanyu Yao, Haohao Chang, Yin Lv, Zhong Wei
The degradable copolymer of polybutylene succinate (PBS) modified with tricyclodecane dimethanol (TCD) presented significantly enhanced tensile strength and elongation at break.
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Interpretable machining learning assisted insights into bifunctional squaramide catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of lactide

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4562-4569
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00866A, Paper
Shaoju Cao, Mengting Hong, Junyuan Hu, Zhenjiang Li, Jin Huang, Kai Guo
A bifunctional squaramide catalyst with tunable activity enables the controlled ring-opening polymerization of lactide. Combining bench experiments and interpretable machine learning offer insights into catalyst structures, promoting catalyst design.
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Composition-dependent emission colors for biomass-based main-chain luminescent liquid crystalline copolyesters with excellent tensile properties

Polym. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00946K, Paper
Wei Wang, Jing Wang, Wenting Li, Guangjian Liao, Yuan Qiu, Guochuan Yin, Yonggui Liao, Xiaolin Xie
The emission colors of high-performance MCLCPs with biomass-based bifuran and AIE-active cyanostilbene units can be tuned by the composition from blue to cyan, and then to green. Upon UV exposure, the thin film can undergo an emission color change.
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Eugenol-based polyester and its bamboo fiber composite with enhanced mechanical and anti-ultraviolet properties

Polym. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00998C, Paper
Meiran Xie, Qiubo Wang, Xinyu Hu, Shuyao Wang, Ruyi Sun, Xiaojuan Liao
Eugenol (UG) is a sustainable allyl-substituted guaiacol that easily becomes the monomers for acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET) polymerization. Nevertheless, the ADMET polymers usually have a moderate molecular weight and poor...
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Combined and rapid detection of anti-Brucella IgG/IgM in clinical samples based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering-lateral flow immunochromatography

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,11012-11024
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01367K, Paper
Yongwei Zhang, Ziyue Li, Aolin Zhu, Qian Zhang, Hao Zhou, Xuelei Zhou, Tingwei Liu, Chunyan Liu, Hefei Zha, Xin Zhang, Hui Zhao, Jiutong Li, Guodong Lü, Xinxia Li
Brucellosis is a bacterial infectious disease caused mainly by Brucella. Transmission is mainly by contact with infected domestic or wild animals or their excreta.
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Crystallization ripening and erosion of calcium oxalate under the effect of bacteria and a polymer materials surface

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,10893-10901
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01780C, Paper
Xiran Shen, Wentao Chen, Li Guo, Huayu Li, Hong Chen, Fan Liu
New insights into the role of bacteria in pathological biomineralization inspire novel anti-encrustation polymer material design for biomedical use.
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Decellularization of caprine forestomach rumen tissue modified with silver nanowires as an antibacterial skin substitute scaffold in wound care therapeutics

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01560F, Paper
Athmana P. A., Asna Jaleel K. I., Sinduja Malarkodi Elangovan, Riza Paul, Naveen Subbaiyan, Parthiban Shanmugam, Gopal Shankar Krishnakumar
Caprine forestomach native collagen (CFNC) modified with silver nanowires (AgNWs) as a new class of biomimetic xenograft for skin regeneration with strong antimicrobial properties.
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Cell-specific spatial profiling of targeted protein expression to characterize the impact of intracortical microelectrode implantation on neuronal health

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01628A, Paper
Open Access
Lindsey N. Druschel, Niveda M. Kasthuri, Sydney S. Song, Jaime J. Wang, Allison Hess-Dunning, E. Ricky Chan, Jeffrey R. Capadona
Multiplex immunochemistry for proteins examining neuronal structure or function in NeuN+ regions adjacent intracortical microelectrodes (MEA) more closely matched historic intracortical MEA recording performance than traditional IHC quantification.
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Recent Advances of Two-Dimensional Materials for biomedical Application

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01787K, Review Article
Ranran Zhang, Zichao Yan, Ming Gao, Bingxin Zheng, Bin Yue, Meng Qiu
Two-dimensional (2D) materials exhibit significant potential in biomedical applications, particularly as drug carriers. 2D materials, including graphene, black phosphorus, transition metal dichalcogenides, transition metal carbides/nitrides, and hexagonal boron nitride, have...
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Long-term leaching kinetics and solution chemistry of aqueous BaTiO3 powder suspensions: a numerical model supported experiment

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01708K, Paper
Marcus Bentzen, Vojtěch Lindauer, Pavel Mokrý, Ragnhild Elizabeth Aune, Julia Glaum
The advent of lead-free perovskite materials with favorable toxicity profiles has made them candidates for in vivo and environmental applications.
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Intercellular lipid-cored, hectorite nanoplatelet-armored pickering emulsions with enhanced transdermal delivery and epidermal hydration

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01610F, Paper
Boryeong Lee, Lakshmishri Prabakaran, Minkyoung Jang, Song Hua Xuan, Kyounghee Shin, Sung Ho Lee, Jin Woong Kim
An intercellular lipid-cored, hectorite nanoplatelet-armored Pickering emulsion system is proposed to enhance dermal penetration and moisture retention.
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Evaluation of Alkyl Chain Length and Photocatalytic Antibacterial Performance of Cation g-C3N4

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01118J, Paper
Junling Leng, Xuanwei Liu, Yin Xu, shien zhu, Yuefei Zhang, Zhongbing Tan, Xiaofei Yang, Jia-En Jin, YuFeng Shi, Fan Hongying, Yi Yang, Hang Yao, Yu Zhang, Hui Chong, Chengyin Wang
Several cation graphite carbon nitrides (g-C3N4-(CH2)n-ImI+) were synthesized by chemically attaching imidazolium appended alkane chains with different lengths (n = 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16) to g-C3N4. Introduction of...
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One-pot rapid preparation of long-term antioxidant and antibacterial biomedical gels based on lipoic acid and eugenol for accelerating cutaneous wound healing

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01844C, Paper
Yungang Feng, Fangrui Xie, Rui Ding, Qingrong Zhang, Youzhi Zeng, Li Li, Lianbin Wu, Yunlong Yu, Linxuan Fang
A medical antibacterial gel with long term and high antioxidant activity prepared from eugenol and lipoic acid showed good tissue repair and regeneration for burns and trauma.
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Piezoelectric materials for anti-infective bioapplications

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,11063-11075
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01589D, Review Article
Chen Chen, Xin Yang, Yi Liu, Jia Jia, Yiping Li, Xiaohan Dai, Ousheng Liu
This review summarizes recent advances in piezoelectric materials for anti-infective and regenerative therapies. It highlights antibacterial mechanisms and discusses their anti-infective bioapplications.
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Drug-delivery and biological activity in colorectal cancer of a supramolecular porous material assembled from heptameric chromium-copper-adenine entities

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,11156-11164
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01521E, Paper
Sandra Mena-Gutiérrez, Ekain Maiza-Razkin, Jon Pascual-Colino, Marcos J. Araúzo-Bravo, Garikoitz Beobide, Oscar Castillo, Ainara Castellanos-Rubio, Daniela Gerovska, Antonio Luque, Sonia Pérez-Yáñez
Supramolecular metal-organic porous materials as drug delivery systems, modulation of the release kinetics using cholesterol as pore blocking agent and its impact on colorectal cancer cell cultures: cytotoxicity and RNA-seq transcriptomics studies.
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Advances in osteoimmunomodulation of biomaterials after intrabone implantation: focus on surface hydrophilicity

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,11089-11104
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01907E, Review Article
Xinpeng Wei, Linshan Lei, Ling Luo, Ying Zhou, Zheng Zheng, Wenchuan Chen
Hydrophilicity of implantable biomaterials can facilitate osteoimmunomodulation through influencing proteins adsorption, blood clotting, neutrophils activation, macrophages polarization, angiogenesis and osteogenesis to enhance osseointegration.
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A guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole functionalized cucurbit[7]uril derivative as a cytomembrane disruptor for synergistic antibacterial therapy

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,11105-11109
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01840K, Communication
Ruixue Han, Kehan Du, Shengke Li, Minzan Zuo, Ponmani Jeyakkumar, Hao Jiang, Leyong Wang, Xiao-Yu Hu
A guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole functionalized cucurbit[7]uril derivative as a cytomembrane disruptor has been successfully constructed for synergistic antibacterial therapy.
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Correction: Blood-clotting model and simulation analysis of polyvinyl alcohol–chitosan composite hemostatic materials

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,11265-11266
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB90174F, Correction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Yifan Zhao, Junhong Hao, Zexin Chen, Mengmeng Li, Jianxun Ren, Xiaobing Fu
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Nanomaterial-mediated photothermal therapy modulates tumor-associated macrophages: applications in cancer therapy

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01928H, Review Article
Yan Li, Yuhao Si, Heng Yin
Nanomaterials for modulating tumor-associated macrophages in photothermal therapy.
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Controlled therapeutic cholesterol delivery to cells for the proliferation and differentiation of keratinocytes

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,11110-11122
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01015A, Paper
Open Access
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Krzysztof Berniak, Ahmadreza Moradi, Agata Lichawska-Cieslar, Weronika Szukala, Jolanta Jura, Urszula Stachewicz
The research concept involves investigating how cholesterol endocytosis impacts cells using electrospun fibers as a carrier. We studied keratinocyte proliferation and evaluated gene expression levels for markers of early and late differentiation.
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Machine Learning-Assisted Pattern Recognition and Imaging of Multiplexed Cancer Cells via Porphyrin-Embedded Dendrimer Array

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01861C, Paper
Jiabao Hu, Weiwei Ni, Mengting Han, Yunzhen Zhan, Fei Li, Hui Huang, Jinsong Han
Early cancer detection plays a vital role in improving the survival rate of cancer patients, underscoring the importance of developing cancer detecting methods. However, it is of great challenge to...
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Nanomaterials and methods for cancer therapy: 2D materials, biomolecules, and molecular dynamics simulations

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01667J, Review Article
Welela M. Kedir, Lunna Li, Yaw Sing Tan, Natasa Bajalovic, Desmond K. Loke
Nanomaterials made from 2D semiconductors and biomolecules are reviewed. Cell-nanoparticle interactions are examined in recent simulations. These nanomaterials and MD simulations reveal novel mechanisms and enable cancer drug delivery and targeting.
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Biomaterials Enhancing Localized Cancer Therapy Activated Anti-Tumor Immunity: A Review

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01995D, Review Article
Jipeng Yao, Zhencun Cui, Feifei Zhang, Haidong Li, Longlong Tian
Localized cancer therapy such as radiotherapy, phototherapy, and chemotherapy are precise cancer treatment strategy, aiming to minimize systemic side effect. However, cancer metastasis remains the primary cause of cancer patients’...
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Nano-Bio Interactions of Gum Arabic-Stabilized Lanthanide-based Upconverting Nanoparticles: In Vitro and In Vivo Study

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01579G, Paper
Hana Mirmajidi, Hyojin Lee, Niepukolie Nipu, Jith Thomas, Zuzana Gajdosechova, David Kennedy, Jan A. Mennigen, Eva Hemmer
Lanthanide-based nanoparticles (Ln-NPs) are highly valued for their unique optical and magnetic properties, making them useful in various scientific fields, including materials science and biomedicine. This study investigated the use...
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A water playground for peptide re-assembly from fibrils to plates

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01727G, Paper
Open Access
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Simone Adorinni, Marina Kurbasic, Ana M. Garcia, Slavko Kralj, Ottavia Bellotto, Erica Scarel, Paolo Pengo, Rita De Zorzi, Michele Melchionna, Attilivio V. Vargiu, Silvia Marchesan
Water plays a key role in the irreversible transition from peptide fibrils to plates.
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Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering for HSP 70A mRNA Detection in the Live Cells Using Silica Nanoparticles and DNA-Modified Gold Nanoparticles

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01514B, Paper
Ju Eun Cho, Dong-Kwon Lim
Real-time monitoring of mRNA in living cells is crucial for understanding dynamic biological processes. Traditional methods such as northern blotting, PCR, and sequencing require cell lysis and do not allow...
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Dual-functional PCN-242 (Fe2Co) MOF for sensitive bacterial endotoxin detection

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01944J, Paper
Sivasankar Kulandaivel, Yung-Kang Lu, Chia-Her Lin, Yi-Chun Yeh
This work introduces a novel bimetallic MOF with superior endotoxin detection and enhanced catalytic activity for broader diagnostic applications.
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Teriya Magar wins Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa; says 'hard work paid off'

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