Relocation of Cobalt Ions in Electrochemically Delithiated LiCoPO4 Cathode Materials

Chemistry of Materials

DOI: 10.1021/cm501452p

Quang Duc Truong, Murukanahally Kempaiah Devaraju, Yoshikazu Sasaki, Hiroshi Hyodo, Takaaki Tomai and Itaru Honma

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Solid-State Phase Transformation as a Route for the Simultaneous Synthesis and Welding of Single-Crystalline Mg2Si Nanowires

Chemistry of Materials

DOI: 10.1021/cm500153h

Yongmin Kang and Sreeram Vaddiraju

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Over 40 cd/A Efficient Green Quantum Dot Electroluminescent Device Comprising Uniquely Large-Sized Quantum Dots

ACS Nano

DOI: 10.1021/nn500852g

Ki-Heon Lee, Jeong-Hoon Lee, Hee-Don Kang, Byoungnam Park, Yongwoo Kwon, Heejoo Ko, Changho Lee, Jonghyuk Lee and Heesun Yang

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Au Nanodisk-Core Multishell Nanoparticles: Synthetic Method for Controlling Number of Shells and Intershell Distance

Chemistry of Materials

DOI: 10.1021/cm500846w

Soonchang Hong, Jesus A. I. Acapulco, Ho Young Jang and Sungho Park

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Plasmonic DNA-Origami Nanoantennas for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Nano Letters

DOI: 10.1021/nl5009635

Paul Kühler, Eva-Maria Roller, Robert Schreiber, Tim Liedl, Theobald Lohmüller and Jochen Feldmann

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Singlet Oxygen Generation from Polymer Nanoparticles–Photosensitizer Conjugates Using FRET Cascade

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp4127094

Santanu Bhattacharyya, Monoj Kumar Barman, Avijit Baidya and Amitava Patra

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Bipolaron Formation Induced by Oxygen Vacancy at Rutile TiO2(110) Surfaces

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp410596d

Taizo Shibuya, Kenji Yasuoka, Susanne Mirbt and Biplab Sanyal

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How to Optimize the Electrostatic Interaction between a Solid Adsorbent and CO2

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp500209v

Edder J. García, Javier Pérez-Pellitero, Christian Jallut and Gerhard D. Pirngruber

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Improved Cyclic Performance of Lithium-Ion Batteries: An Investigation of Cathode/Electrolyte Interface via In Situ Total-Reflection Fluorescence X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp5011132

Kentaro Yamamoto, Taketoshi Minato, Shinichiro Mori, Daiko Takamatsu, Yuki Orikasa, Hajime Tanida, Koji Nakanishi, Haruno Murayama, Titus Masese, Takuya Mori, Hajime Arai, Yukinori Koyama, Zempachi Ogumi and Yoshiharu Uchimoto

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Dynamics of a Covalently Conjoined FRET Dye Ensemble for Electron Injection into ZnO Nanorods

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp501062e

Robert Schütz, Shashwat Malhotra, Inara Thomas, Christian Strothkämper, Andreas Bartelt, Klaus Schwarzburg, Thomas Hannappel, Carlo Fasting and Rainer Eichberger

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A nanoliposome delivery system to synergistically trigger TLR4 AND TLR7

Background: Recent reports that TLR4 and TLR7 ligands can synergistically trigger Th1 biased immune responses suggest that an adjuvant that contains both ligands would be an excellent candidate for co-administration with vaccine antigens for which heavily Th1 biased responses are desired. Ligands of each of these TLRs generally have disparate biochemical properties, however, and straightforward co-formulation may represent an obstacle. Results: We show here that the TLR7 ligand, imiquimod, and the TLR4 ligand, GLA, synergistically trigger responses in human whole blood. We combined these ligands in an anionic liposomal formulation where the TLR7 ligand is in the interior of the liposome and the TLR4 ligand intercalates into the lipid bilayer. The new liposomal formulations are stable for at least a year and have an attractive average particle size of around 140 nm allowing sterile filtration. The synergistic adjuvant biases away from Th2 responses, as seen by significantly reduced IL-5 and enhanced interferon gamma production upon antigen-specific stimulation of cells from immunized mice, than any of the liposomal formulations with only one TLR agonist. Qualitative alterations in antibody responses in mice demonstrate that the adjuvant enhances Th1 adaptive immune responses above any adjuvant containing only a single TLR ligand as well. Conclusion: We now have a manufacturable, synergistic TLR4/TLR7 adjuvant that is made with excipients and agonists that are pharmaceutically acceptable and will have a straightforward path into human clinical trials.

Christopher Fox

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Interpreting the Conductance Blockades of DNA Translocations through Solid-State Nanopores

ACS Nano

DOI: 10.1021/nn501694n

Autumn T. Carlsen, Osama K. Zahid, Jan Ruzicka, Ethan W. Taylor and Adam R. Hall

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Biologically Derived Soft Conducting Hydrogels Using Heparin-Doped Polymer Networks

ACS Nano

DOI: 10.1021/nn406019m

Hangjun Ding, Mingjiang Zhong, Young Jo Kim, Pitirat Pholpabu, Aditya Balasubramanian, Chin Ming Hui, Hongkun He, Huai Yang, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Christopher John Bettinger

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Volume Expansion during Lithiation of Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Electrodes Studied by In-Operando Neutron Reflectometry

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp502261t

B. Jerliu, E. Hüger, L. Dörrer, B.-K. Seidlhofer, R. Steitz, V. Oberst, U. Geckle, M. Bruns and H. Schmidt

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Radioluminescence Sensitization in Scintillators and Phosphors: Trap Engineering and Modeling

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp501717z

Federico Moretti, Gael Patton, Andrei Belsky, Mauro Fasoli, Anna Vedda, Mattia Trevisani, Marco Bettinelli and Christophe Dujardin

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Preparation, Crystal Structure, and Magnetotransport Properties of the New CdCu3Mn4O12 Perovskite: A Comparison with Density Functional Theory Calculations

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

DOI: 10.1021/jp500562e

Javier Sánchez-Benítez, Paula Kayser, Ángel Morales-García, María Jesús Martínez-Lope, Federico J. Mompeán, Jianmei Xu, Zhenmin Jin and José Antonio Alonso

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Cross-Linking with Diamine Monomers To Prepare Composite Graphene Oxide-Framework Membranes with Varying d-Spacing

Chemistry of Materials

DOI: 10.1021/cm5007873

Wei-Song Hung, Chi-Hui Tsou, Manuel De Guzman, Quan-Fu An, Ying-Ling Liu, Ya-Ming Zhang, Chien-Chieh Hu, Kueir-Rarn Lee and Juin-Yih Lai

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Energy Transfer from a Cationic Conjugated Polyelectrolyte to a DNA Photonic Wire: Toward Label-Free, Sequence-Specific DNA Sensing

Chemistry of Materials

DOI: 10.1021/cm500592j

Zhongwei Liu, Hsing-Lin Wang and Mircea Cotlet

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