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Sugar additive with a halogen group enabling a highly reversible and dendrite-free Zn anode

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00366G, Paper
Weihao Xu, Xipo Ma, Pengbo Lyu, Zhenren Gao, Chunshuang Yan, Chade Lv
Sucralose, a weakly polar sugar electrolyte additive containing halogen elements, enables a highly reversible and dendrite-free Zn anode.
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Correction: Fabricating multi-scale controllable PEDOT:PSS arrays via templated freezing assembly

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3021-3021
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM90038C, Correction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Yang Lin, Junqiang Mao, Qingrui Fan, Jianjun Wang
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Dilute gel networks vs. clumpy gels in colloidal systems with a competition between repulsive and attractive interactions

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3143-3153
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01717F, Paper
Open Access
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M. Gimperlein, Jasper N. Immink, M. Schmiedeberg
Dilute and dense systems differ in the way structural properties emerge. Two regimes of percolation might be responsible for differences. Global and local structural properties give insights into these differences.
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Steering droplets on substrates with plane-wave wettability patterns and deformations

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3161-3174
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00213J, Paper
Open Access
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Josua Grawitter, Holger Stark
Motivated by strategies for targeted microfluidic transport of droplets, we investigate how sessile droplets can be steered toward a preferred direction using travelling waves in substrate wettability or deformations of the substrate.
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Pinning–depinning transition of droplets on inclined substrates with a three-dimensional topographical defect

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00081A, Paper
Ninad V. Mhatre, Satish Kumar
The influence of defect geometry on the critical inclination angle required for droplet depinning on inclined substrates is studied.
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The effect of structural changes on the self-assembly of novel green pyridinium-carboxylate gemini surfactants in Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett films

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01671D, Paper
Ala’a F. Eftaiha, Abdussalam K. Qaroush, Dina M. Foudeh, Ahmad S. Abo-shunnar, Suhad B. Hammad, Khaleel I. Assaf, Matthew F. Paige
The synthesis and interfacial characterization of a series of gemini surfactants based on pyridine-n-carboxylic acids, including picolinic, nicotinic, and isonicotinic acids, in Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett films have been reported.
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Bending creep behaviour of various polymer films analysed by surface strain measurement

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3248-3255
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01566A, Paper
Jiayi Yu, Masayuki Kishino, Kyohei Hisano, Atsushi Shishido
Polymer films subjected to a static bending state exhibit temporal strain increase due to their viscoelastic nature. We quantitatively measured the surface strain change in various polymer films in real time and gained insights into the occurrence of this phenomenon.
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Interaction between stabilized droplets of different phases in the same continuous phase of an aqueous three-phase system

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3359-3366
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01688A, Paper
Do-Nhu-Trang Nguyen, Léa Waldmann, Valérie Ravaine, Taco Nicolai, Lazhar Benyahia
Janus-like droplets, covered with microgel, formed after the fusion of gelatin and dextran droplets in a common poly(ethylene oxide) phase.
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The sweetest polymer nanoparticles: opportunities ahead for glycogen in nanomedicine

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00261J, Perspective
Open Access
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Quinn A. Besford
Glycogen is a biomaterial nanoparticle composed of sugar. In this perspective, the opportunities of glycogen in nanomedicine going forward is discussed.
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Ligand-dependent folding and unfolding dynamics and free energy landscapes of acylphosphatase

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00131A, Paper
Li Yuan, Hao Sun, Xuening Ma, Yang Wang, Zilong Guo, Xingyu Qi, Shimin Le, Hu Chen
The free energy landscapes of AcP in the absence and presence of Pi are constructed by using stable magnetic tweezers.
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Freezing-enhanced chlorination of organic pollutants for water treatment

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12218-12224
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00081A, Paper
Open Access
Duanyang Wu, Junxue Li, Jing Xu, Wei Cheng
Freezing-accelerated chlorination was observed for different organic pollutants and the chlorine/freezing system shows potential feasibility for water treatment in cold environments.
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Synthesis and study of antibiofilm and antivirulence properties of flavonol analogues generated by palladium catalyzed ligand free Suzuki–Miyaura coupling against Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12278-12293
DOI: 10.1039/D3RA08617H, Paper
Open Access
Anjitha Theres Benny, Masthan Thamim, Prakhar Srivastava, Sindoora Suresh, Krishnan Thirumoorthy, Loganathan Rangasamy, Karthikeyan S., Nalini Easwaran, Ethiraj Kannatt Radhakrishnan
An overview on the mechanism of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 biofilm inhibition by Suzuki–Miyaura coupled flavonols.
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Solid state engineering of Bi2S3/rGO nanostrips: an excellent electrode material for energy storage applications

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12313-12322
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01304B, Paper
Open Access
Vijay B. Autade, Kaustav Bhattacharjee, Ranjit S. Kate, Sudhir S. Arbuj, Ramchandra S. Kalubarme, Sanjay K. Apte, Bharat B. Kale, Sandeep A. Arote
Herein, the study reported unique one-pot and scalable solid-state methodology to prepare bismuth sulphide (Bi2S3)-reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanocomposites using bismuth oxide (Bi2O3), thiourea and graphene oxide (GO) for energy storage applications.
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Progress of research on the bonding-strength improvement of two-layer adhesive-free flexible copper-clad laminates

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12372-12385
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01408A, Review Article
Open Access
Wanqi Tang, Yuxi Liu, Xianghai Jing, Jinsong Hou, Qianfeng Zhang, Chongguang Jian
Bond strength of two-layer adhesive-free flexible copper-clad laminate is an important factor that directly affects the stability and reliability of electronic devices.
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Harnessing the power of natural deep eutectic solvents (choline chloride/sucrose) and polypropylene glycol in the formation of aqueous biphasic systems and the application of these systems in drug extraction

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12349-12359
DOI: 10.1039/D3RA07066B, Paper
Open Access
Fariba Ghaffari, Mohammed Taghi Zafarani-Moattar, Hemayat Shekaari
In recent times, there has been considerable interest in utilizing aqueous biphasic systems (ABSs) containing natural deep eutectic solvents (NADESs) for the extraction of various substances.
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Innovative surfactant-free synthesis of core–shell SiO2/ZnO particles: rapid ultrasonication and photocatalytic inhibition

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12665-12675
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01309C, Paper
Open Access
Lailatul Qomariyah, Tomoyuki Hirano, Nicky Rahmana Putra, Suprapto Suprapto, Hendrix Abdul Ajiz, Mar'atul Fauziyah
This study demonstrates the preparation of SiO2/ZnO core–shell nanoparticles with controllable shell size and their optical properties.
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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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The influence of hydrogen bonding on the structure of organic–inorganic hybrid catalysts and its application in the solvent-free epoxidation of α-olefins

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12853-12863
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01399A, Paper
Open Access
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Hong-Bin Ju, Li-Zhi Zhang, De-Bao Li, Tao Geng, Ya-Jie Jiang, Ya-Kui Wang
Different reaction routes with the influence of hydrogen bonding and without hydrogen bonding.
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Mechanics of biomimetic free-standing lipid membranes: insights into the elasticity of complex lipid compositions

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13044-13052
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00738G, Paper
Open Access
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Alessandra Griffo, Carola Sparn, Fabio Lolicato, Friederike Nolle, Navid Khangholi, Ralf Seemann, Jean-Baptiste Fleury, Martin Brinkmann, Walter Nickel, Hendrik Hähl
In this study, we prepare pore-spanning membranes that mimic the composition of plasma membranes and perform force spectroscopy indentation measurements to unravel mechanistic insights depending on lipid composition.
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1D hollow tubular/2D nanosheet hybrid dimensional porous carbon prepared by one-step carbonization using natural minerals as templates for supercapacitors

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13190-13199
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01873G, Paper
Open Access
Fangfang Liu, Chao Zhang, Weiwei Huang, Lei Chen, Yuanshuang Wang, Jinan Niu, Xiuyun Chuan
1D hollow tubular/2D nanosheet hybrid dimensional porous carbon was synthesized through one-step carbonization using 1D fibrous brucite and 2D layered magnesium carbonate hydroxide as templates.
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Bishydrazone ligand and its Zn-complex: synthesis, characterization and estimation of scalability inhibition mitigation effectiveness for API 5L X70 carbon steel in 3.5% NaCl solutions

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13258-13276
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00404C, Paper
Open Access
Ola. A. El-Gammal, Dina A. Saad, Marwa N. El-Nahass, Kamal Shalabi, Yasser M. Abdallah
Zn-complex: characterization and estimation of scalability inhibition mitigation effectiveness for API 5L X70 carbon steel in 3.5% NaCl solutions.
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Engineering the interaction of short antimicrobial peptides with bacterial barriers

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00021H, Minireview
Open Access
Costanza Montis, Elisa Marelli, Francesco Valle, Francesca Baldelli Bombelli, Claudia Pigliacelli
Designing short antimicrobial peptides and tuning their interaction with bacterial barriers.
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Design and engineering of an artificial disulfide bond in human cytochrome c to regulate the protein structure and function

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00196B, Paper
Yan-Yan Li, Yu Feng, Lu Yu, Shuang-Shuang Long, Shu-Qin Gao, Ying-Wu Lin
An artificial disulfide bond was rationally constructed in human cytochrome c (hCyt c) via double mutations (A51C/G77C), which weakened the coordination of Met80 to the heme iron and enhanced the peroxidase activity of hCyt c.
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Freed from an inhuman practice

No more carrying night soil on the head. Nai Disha uplifts women through training in livelihood skills




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Three cheers for the ‘cheer pheasant’ project

The village of Seri in Himachal Pradesh is going all out to protect the endangered bird species




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The ‘golden fleece’ of Kutch lends sheen to the lives of tribal women

Dheberia embroidery with sheep wool empowers the Rabari pastoral community




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Where apron strings secure freedom from society’s curbs

An NGO makes aprons innovative tools to educate the young on reproductive health




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Women at the wheel: Azad Foundation’s ‘by women, for women’ cab service is driving change




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When children can be seen and heard

An intervention in Agra district gets children back to school




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Meet Oinam, Imphal’s only woman commercial driver

Her life is a drive off the beaten track, and it has not been easy




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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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From fields of green to the markets

Women in Manipur are plugging the gaps in food supply during the current coronavirus crisis




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Let the village be the forest keeper

A project in Himachal Pradesh aims to promote community involvement and sustainability at the grassroots level




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Four-Day Work Week

At Bocoup we shifted to a four-day work week at the start of 2023, and so far we’re loving it. We wanted to share the history of the labor movement that got us here, and how we’ve adjusted as a company to our new 32-hour weeks. The roots of the modern 40-hour work week can […]




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Free Prototype Program

Bocoup is trying something new! We’re launching an opportunity to build a free prototype for you or your organization. We want to ensure that funding is not a barrier to entry to get new ideas out into the world, and we believe prototypes can open doors. Application Information Application link: https://freeprototype.bocoup.com Application deadline: Rolling until […]




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Vinylene-linked fully conjugated porous organic polymers based on difluoroboron β-diketonate complexes for green and efficient photocatalysis

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4281-4287
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00947A, Paper
Wenshuo Xu, Zehao Zhao, Yiqiong Liu, Dongxin Yang, Weitao Gong
Two distinct vinylene-linked fully conjugated POPs were achieved by reacting difluoroboron β-diketonate complexes with reactive methyl groups and a carbazole-bearing aldehyde.
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Green perspective drives the renaissance of anionic diene polymerization

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4297-4311
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00805G, Review Article
Open Access
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Moritz Rauschenbach, Moritz Meier-Merziger, Holger Frey
Polymers based on 1,3-diene monomers play a pivotal role in many commercial elastomers and thermoplastic elastomers. This review summarizes the state of the art and recent developments in the living anionic polymerization of dienes.
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A novel amine-first strategy suitable for preparing both functional and engineering bio-polyamides: furfurylamine as the sole furan source for bisfuranic diamine/diacid monomers

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4433-4446
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00567H, Paper
Hong-Hui Shu, Yun Liu, Sheng-Li Han, Xiu-Qin Fang, Chang Wang, Cheng-Mei Liu
Biomass-based polyamides (bioPAs) are renewable materials that are viable alternatives to petroleum-based polyamides in the engineering field.
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Bisbenzothieno[b]-fused BODIPYs in panchromatic photoinitiating for the free radical and cationic photopolymerization and application in 3D printing

Polym. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00926F, Paper
Yangyang Xu, Wenlong Tang, Hui Deng, Jianjun Zhang, Zhongquan Zhu, Changjiang Yu, Haiguang Zhu, Ke Sun, Jiazhu Li, Jacques Lalevée
Abstract: Polymerization reactions induced by lights occupy an increasing share in the area of polymer synthesis; however, the effective photopolymerization under visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) rather than UV still...
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Engineering disease analyte response in peptide self-assembly

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,10757-10769
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01860E, Review Article
Open Access
Sihan Yu, Matthew J. Webber
The need to enhance the precision and specificity of therapeutic nanocarriers has led to the development of nanoscale peptide assemblies capable of sensing and responding to disease-related analytes.
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Mitigating intubation stress, mucosa injury, and inflammatory response in nasogastric tube intubation via suppression of the NF-κB signaling pathway by engineering a hydration lubrication coating

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01171F, Paper
Xi Liao, Meng-Han Bai, Yu-Wei Liu, Yu-Qing Wei, Jun-Yang Wang, Zhi-Guo Wang, Rui Hong, Ju-Xiang Gou, Jia-Zhuang Xu, Zhong-Ming Li, Ka Li
The hydrated micelle coating, composed of hyaluronic acid and Pluronic, demonstrated superior hydrophilicity and aqueous lubricity to effectively alleviate mucosal lesions and inflammation caused by NGT insertion.
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Expression of concern: Surface modification engineering of two-dimensional titanium carbide for efficient synergistic multitherapy of breast cancer

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB90175D, Expression of Concern
Open Access
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Lei Bai, Wenhui Yi, Taiyang Sun, Yilong Tian, Ping Zhang, Jinhai Si, Xun Hou, Jin Hou
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Chemically engineered exogenous organic reactions in living cells for in situ fluorescence imaging and biomedical applications

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01925C, Review Article
Gang Song, Zhiwen Yang, Yiming Huang, Haotian Bai, Fengting Lv, Shu Wang
Key intracellular in situ synthesis processes, including the synthesis of near-infrared fluorescent dyes, intracellular oxidative cross-linking, polymerization, and bioorthogonal reactions, as well as their biomedical applications were summarized.
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Structural isomerism engineering regulates molecular AIE behavior and application in visualizing endogenous hydrogen sulfide

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,11134-11141
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01617C, Paper
Yaxi Li, Yong-Xiang Wang, Dujuan Liu, Chen-Chieh Ni, Jianming Ni, Jen-Shyang Ni
The isomerization effect on coumarin-based AIEgens was systematically analyzed and further applied to H2S detection.
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Development of enzymatically crosslinked natural deep eutectogels: versatile gels for enhanced drug delivery

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01672F, Paper
Liane Meneses, Dimitra Antonia Bagaki, Ana Roda, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte
We propose a new injectable eutectogel prepared by enzymatic crosslinking, using NADES, betaine : glycerol (2 : 1), as solvent. The potential of using this material with improved rheological properties as drug delivery system, has also been evaluated.
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Exchange of free and capsule conjugated cyanine dyes between cells

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01874E, Paper
Zhanna V. Kozyreva, Polina A. Demina, Olga I. Gusliakova, Gleb B. Sukhorukov, Olga A. Sindeeva
Cells readily exchange free cyanine dyes when their membranes are in close contact. Photoconvertible capsules based on cyanine dyes are internalized into the cytoplasm with a low degree of exchange, allowing individual cell labeling and tracking.
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Nanoparticles based image-guided thermal therapy and temperature feedback

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01416B, Review Article
Carlos Jacinto, Wagner Ferreira Silva, Joel Garcia, Gelo P. Zaragosa, Carlo Nonato De Jesus Ilem, Tasso O. Sales, Harrison D. A. Santos, Blessed Isaac C. Conde, Helliomar Pereira Barbosa, Sonia Malik, Surender Kumar Sharma
Nanoparticles have emerged as versatile tools in the realm of thermal therapy, offering precise control and feedback mechanisms for targeted treatments. This review explores the intersection of nanotechnology and thermal...
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