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Bacterial nanocellulose as a corneal bandage material: a comparison with amniotic membrane

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00083C, Paper
Open Access
Irene Anton-Sales, Justin Christopher D'Antin, Jorge Fernández-Engroba, Victor Charoenrook, Anna Laromaine, Anna Roig, Ralph Michael
Bacterial nanocellulose exhibits valuable properties to act as a corneal bandage material in terms of conformability, suturability, durability and ease of manipulation in ophthalmological environments.
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Polydopamine-assisted one-step modification of nanofiber surfaces with adenosine to tune the osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells and the maturation of osteoclasts

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01990A, Paper
Taufiq Ahmad, Hayeon Byun, Hyeok Jun Shin, Jinkyu Lee, Sajeesh Kumar Madhurakkat Perikamana, Eun Mi Kim, Young Min Shin, Heungsoo Shin
Adenosine and its receptors have emerged as alternative targets to control cellular functions for bone healing.
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A Fe3+-crosslinked pyrogallol-tethered gelatin adhesive hydrogel with antibacterial activity for wound healing

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00188K, Paper
Ning Han, Ziyang Xu, Chunyan Cui, Yuan Li, Dongfei Zhang, Meng Xiao, Chuanchuan Fan, Tengling Wu, Jianhai Yang, Wenguang Liu
A tunicate-inspired gelatin-based hydrogel prepared by a simple mixing method, exhibits strong adhesion and antibacterial capacity, and facilitates wound healing.
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In situ conversion of rose bengal microbubbles into nanoparticles for ultrasound imaging guided sonodynamic therapy with enhanced antitumor efficacy

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2526-2536
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM02046B, Paper
Rui Hou, Xiaolong Liang, Xiaoda Li, Xu Zhang, Xiaotu Ma, Fan Wang
Sonosensitizer microbubbles enhance drug accumulation and the antitumor efficacy of sonodynamic therapy by ultrasound mediated micro to nano conversion.
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Tumor localization of oncolytic adenovirus assisted by pH-degradable microgels with JQ1-mediated boosting replication and PD-L1 suppression for enhanced cancer therapy

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2472-2480
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00172D, Paper
Haishi Qiao, Xingmei Chen, Qiming Wang, Junmei Zhang, Dechun Huang, Enping Chen, Hongliang Qian, Yinan Zhong, Qi Tang, Wei Chen
Illustration of pH-degradable microgels (MGs) for the simultaneous encapsulation of OA and JQ1 for an enhanced oncolytic viral treatment with JQ1-meidated boosting viral replication and PD-L1 suppression.
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Super-assembled core/shell fibrous frameworks with dual growth factors for in situ cementum–ligament–bone complex regeneration

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2459-2471
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00102C, Paper
Tian Ding, Jianhua Li, Xingshuang Zhang, Lingqian Du, Yang Li, Dengwang Li, Biao Kong, Shaohua Ge
In this work, a super-assembled framework (SAF) was fabricated to achieve sequential delivery of bFGF and BMP-2 for in situ cementum–ligament–bone complex regeneration.
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A nanosystem loaded with perfluorohexane and rose bengal coupled upconversion nanoparticles for multimodal imaging and synergetic chemo-photodynamic therapy of cancer

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2488-2506
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM02081K, Paper
Hai-yan Wang, Li Hou, Hai-liang Li, Xu Wang, Yang Cao, Bo-yu Zhang, Jing-tao Wang, Shi-jie Wei, Hong-wan Dang, Hai-tao Ran
A novel nanosystem (FURH-PFH-NPs) combined with LIFU and laser irradiation realized multimodal imaging, targeted release of HCPT, UCNPs-RB and synergetic chemo-photodynamic therapy of cancer.
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Assembly of FN-silk with laminin-521 to integrate hPSCs into a three-dimensional culture for neural differentiation

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2514-2525
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01624D, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Carolina Åstrand, Veronique Chotteau, Anna Falk, My Hedhammar
The functionalized recombinant spider silk protein FN-silk can self-assemble into a 3D microfiber network. When combined with recombinant laminin521 it provides a 3D culture system suitable for expansion of hPSCs and following neural differentiation.
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Injectable hydrogel systems with multiple biophysical and biochemical cues for bone regeneration

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2537-2548
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00104J, Paper
Weinan Cheng, Zhaozhao Ding, Xin Zheng, Qiang Lu, Xiangdong Kong, Xiaozhong Zhou, Guozhong Lu, David L. Kaplan
Tunable multiple angiogenic and osteogenic cues were introduced into hydrogel systems simultaneously to optimize the niches for bone regeneration.
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The electrospinning of a thermo-responsive polymer with peptide conjugates for phenotype support and extracellular matrix production of therapeutically relevant mammalian cells

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2611-2626
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01965K, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
F. A. A. Ruiter, L. E. Sidney, K. L. Kiick, J. I. Segal, C. Alexander, F. R. A. J. Rose
The fabrication and application of a biocompatible peptide conjugated thermo-responsive fibrous scaffolds for cellular phenotype support and enzymatic-free passaging of mammalian cells.
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Interfacing human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons with designed nanowire arrays as a future platform for medical applications

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2434-2446
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00182A, Paper
Jann Harberts, Undine Haferkamp, Stefanie Haugg, Cornelius Fendler, Dennis Lam, Robert Zierold, Ole Pless, Robert H. Blick
Nanostructured substrates such as nanowire arrays form a powerful tool for building next-generation medical devices.
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A multifunctional metal-biopolymer coordinated double network hydrogel combined with multi-stimulus responsiveness, self-healing, shape memory and antibacterial properties

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00425A, Paper
Kun Yan, Feiyang Xu, Chunyu Wang, Yingying Li, Yuanli Chen, Xiufang Li, Zhentan Lu, Dong Wang
A universal, straightforward macroscale assembly technology has been presented for fabrication of polysaccharide-based multifunctional DN gels based on metal coordination chemistry.
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Coupling PEG-LZM Polymer Network with Polyphenol Yields Suturable Biohydrogel for Tissue Patching

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00429D, Paper
Haoqi Tan, Junjie Sun, Dawei Jin, Jialin Song, Miao Lei, Artem Antoshin, Xin Chen, Meng Yin, Xue Qu, Changsheng Liu
Poor mechanical performances severely limit the application of hydrogel in vivo, for example, it is difficult to perform a very common suturing operation on hydrogel during surgery. There is a...
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Surface engineering of titanium alloy using metal-polyphenol network coating with magnesium ions for improved osseointegration

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00566E, Paper
Sangmin Lee, Yun-Young Chang, Jinkyu Lee, Sajeesh Kumar Madhurakkat Perikamana, Eun Mi Kim, Yang-Hun Jung, Jeong-Ho Yun, Heungsoo Shin
Although titanium-based implants are widely used in orthopedic and dental clinics, improved osseointegration at the bone–implant interface is still required.
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Characteristic synergistic cytotoxic effects toward cells in graphene oxide dressing with cadmium and copper ions

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,908-917
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00146H, Paper
Yiyang Dong, Yulin Chang, Haidi Gao, Victoria Arantza León Anchustegui, Qiang Yu, Haifang Wang, Jia-Hui Liu, Shihui Wang
Cadmium ions exerted synergistic toxic effects with graphene oxide on Hela cells.
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Ex vivo toxicological evaluation of experimental anticancer gold(I) complexes with lansoprazole-type ligands

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,885-895
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00149B, Paper
Natalia Estrada-Ortiz, Elena Lopez-Gonzales, Ben Woods, Stefan Stürup, Inge A. M. de Graaf, Geny M. M. Groothuis, Angela Casini
Novel experimental anticancer gold-based compounds were studied for their mechanisms of toxicity in healthy rat kidney and liver tissues, using the Precision Cut Tissue Slices (PCTS) technique.
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Mice with a Sertoli cell-specific knockout of the Ctr1 gene exhibit a reduced sensitivity to cisplatin-induced testicular germ cell apoptosis

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,972-978
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00142E, Paper
Open Access
Rashin Ghaffari, John H. Richburg
Exposure to the chemotherapeutic agent cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) (cDDP) is well known to instigate acute and prolonged testicular injury in male patients.
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AIIB extends $500 mn loan to India to deal with coronavirus crisis

The bank's board of directors has approved a loan to India to strengthen the preparedness of the country's national health system




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SC's struggles with 'unruly horse' of public policy in foreign awards

The Nafed-Alimenta judgment shows it might perhaps be time for Parliament to intervene and clarify the notion of public policy in the context of foreign arbitral awards




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Working closely with states on labour reforms to help industry: Centre

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) suggested to the Labour Ministry to "direct workers to join back to their workplace" by issuing a circular




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FM to discuss credit flow to NBFCs, businesses with banks on Monday

The FM will take stock of the credit sanction and disbursement by the banks since March 1, 2020, and the Covid-19-related emergency credit lines opened by the lenders




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Probing permanent dipoles in CdSe nanoplatelets with transient electric birefringence

Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00884B, Paper
Ivan Dozov, Claire Goldmann, Patrick Davidson, Benjamin Abécassis
Transient electric birefringence experiments with colloidal suspensions of zinc-blende CdSe semiconducting nanoplatelets prove that these particles bear a large ground-state electric dipole despite the cubic structure of bulk zinc-blende CdSe.
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Dy2@C79N: A New Member of Dimetalloazafullerenes with Strong Single Molecular Magnetism

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02519D, Paper
Yuanyuan Wang, Jin Xiong, Jie Su, Zi-Qi Hu, Fang Ma, Rong Sun, Xue-You Tan, Hao-Ling Sun, Bingwu Wang, Zujin Shi, Song Gao
Enhancing the exchange interaction between magnetic ions is a long-term target in molecular magnetism. Endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) provide a possibility for achieving such a goal by imprisoning multiple magnetic centers...
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Hybrid Phase 1T/2H-MoS2 with Controllable 1T Concentration and Its Promoted Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02525A, Paper
Yuxiao Zhang, Yasutaka Kuwahara, Kohsuke Mori, Catherine Louis, Hiromi Yamashita
MoS2 has been investigated as a low-cost alternative to Pt in electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction. One of the promising method to further activate MoS2 is phase engineering. MoS2 generally exhibit...
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A super stable assembled P nanowire with variant structural and magnetic/electronic properties via transition metal adsorption

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02176H, Paper
Sukai Wang, Jinxing Gu, Yinan Dong, Linwei Sai, Fengyu Li
By means of first-principles calculations, we systematically investigated the structure, stability, magnetic and electronic properties of one-dimensional P nanowire (1D-P10 NW) assembled by Pn subunits (n = 2, 8) and...
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Proton exchange membrane with plasmon-active surface for enhancement of fuel cell effectivity

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00295J, Paper
Roman Elashnikov, Kristina Zahorjanova, Elena Miliutina, Zdenka Kolska, Miroslav Cieslar, Václav Švorčík, Oleksiy Lyutakov
The action of fuel cells with proton-exchanged membrane (PEM) requires the implementation of hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on the opposite sides of PEM. Recently, based...
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Spin-coated fluorinated PbS QD superlattice thin film with high hole mobility

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02299C, Paper
Pan Xia, Daniel Davies, Bijal Patel, Maotong Qin, Zhiming Liang, Kenneth R Graham, Ying Diao, Ming Lee Tang
Motivated by the oleophobic and electron-withdrawing nature of perfluorocarbons, we explore the effect of a trifluoromethyl coating on lead sulfide quantum dots (PbS QDs) in thin film transistor (TFT) geometry....
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Ionic liquid assisted preparation and modulation of the photoluminescence kinetics for highly efficient CsPbX3 nanocrystals with improved stability

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9569-9580
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00579G, Paper
Ting Chen, Yanqiao Xu, Zhixiang Xie, Weihui Jiang, Lianjun Wang, Wan Jiang
A facile approach was performed to synthesize CsPbBr3 NCs with the assistance of ionic liquid [Bmim]Br, which could modulate the surface property and enhace the stability of NCs effectively.
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N- & S-co-doped carbon nanofiber network embedded with ultrafine NiCo nanoalloy for efficient oxygen electrocatalysis and Zn–air batteries

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9581-9589
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01516D, Paper
Chaojun Liu, Zhuang Wang, Xin Zong, Yingmin Jin, Dong Li, Yueping Xiong, Gang Wu
A 3D carbon nanofiber network embedded with ultrafine nanoparticles is prepared by electrospinning. Thioacetamide is used to prevent the aggregation of active sites.
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Ternary PtFeCo alloys on graphene with high electrocatalytic activities for methanol oxidation

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9824-9832
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00757A, Paper
Hongfei Wang, Kefu Zhang, Jun Qiu, Juan Wu, Jingwen Shao, Huijuan Wang, Yujuan Zhang, Jie Han, Yong Zhang, Lifeng Yan
Ternary PtFeCo alloys as alternatives to conventional Pt electrocatalysts are highly important in the field of the methanol oxidation reaction.
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Effective atherosclerotic plaque inflammation inhibition with targeted drug delivery by hyaluronan conjugated atorvastatin nanoparticles

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9541-9556
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00308E, Paper
Seyedmehdi Hossaini Nasr, Zahra Rashidijahanabad, Sherif Ramadan, Nate Kauffman, Narayanan Parameswaran, Kurt R. Zinn, Chunqi Qian, Ripla Arora, Dalen Agnew, Xuefei Huang
Atherosclerosis is associated with inflammation in the arteries. Hyaluronan atorvastatin nanoparticle conjugate could target CD44 overexpressed in atherosclerotic plaques and significantly reduce plaque associated inflammation.
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Flexible pressure sensors with a highly pressure- and strain-sensitive layer based on nitroxyl radical-grafted hollow carbon spheres

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9375-9384
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01192D, Communication
Jie Chu, Jueping Cai
The flexible sensor based on free radical-modified hollow carbon spheres is highly sensitive to both compression and tension.
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2D molybdenum disulphide nanosheets incorporated with single heteroatoms for the electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction

Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01295E, Minireview
Thomas H. M. Lau, John S. Foord, S. C. Edman Tsang
2D nanosheets give enhanced surface area to volume ratios in particle morphology and they can also provide defined surface sites to disperse foreign atoms.
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A ferromagnetic skyrmion-based diode with a voltage-controlled potential barrier

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9507-9516
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10528J, Paper
Li Zhao, Xue Liang, Jing Xia, Guoping Zhao, Yan Zhou
We propose a feasible skyrmion-based diode model using VCMA, and study the dynamic behavior of the skyrmion.
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High brightness blue light-emitting diodes based on CsPb(Cl/Br)3 perovskite QDs with phenethylammonium chloridesynonym passivation.

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02597F, Paper
He Shao, Yue Zhai, Xiufeng Wu, Wen Xu, Lin Xu, Biao Dong, Xue Bai, Haining Cui, Hongwei Song
All inorganic perovskite quantum dots (QDs) (CsPbX3, X=Cl, Br, I) have been applied on the light-emitting devices (LEDs) in recent years due to their excellent optical and optoelectronic properties. However,...
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Formation and manipulation of domain walls with 2-nm domain periodicity in BaTiO3 without contact electrodes

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01747G, Paper
Maya Barzilay, Yachin Ivry
Interfaces at the two-dimensional limit in oxide materials exhibit a rich span of functionality that differs significantly from the bulk behavior. Among such interfaces, domain walls in ferroelectrics draw special...
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Exploring the Limits of Sensitivity for Strain Gauges of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Decorated with Metallic Nanoislands

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02270E, Paper
Julian Ramirez, Armando Urbina, Andrew T Kleinschmidt, Mickey Finn, Samuel J. Edmunds, Guillermo L. Esparza, Darren J Lipomi
The purpose of this work is to clarify the mechanism of piezoresistance in a class of ultra-sensitive strain gauges based on metallic films on 2D substrates (“2D/M” films). The metals...
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How I’ve connected with other scientists online during the COVID-19 pandemic

This postdoc no longer feels alone even though he’s working from home




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How early-career scientists are coping with COVID-19 challenges and fears

“It’s OK to feel scared and sad. And it’s OK to say so,” one Ph.D. student advises




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Hindu temple with Christian cross is meditation spot




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Cable-drawn ferry collides with 'progress'




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'Mother of Miami' lured Flagler with orange blossoms




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"Remember the 'Maine,' to hell with Spain!"




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Owners of The Knotty Pine, Lil & Gus Duduse, enjoy a drink with their patrons, 1952




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Sidebar with honorable Susan C. Bucklew , United States district judge middle district of Florida




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Hydrological impacts of converting tropical montane cloud forest to pasture, with initial reference to Northern Costa Rica




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The marriage record of Beckwith, William H. and Reynolds, Lentie F




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View from port with ships and railroad cars




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Two women stand with their bicycles




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Church built with Albemarle County river rocks