Functionalized arrays of silica nanochannels (ASNCs) were prepared by post-condensation of amino-functional alkoxysilanes (NH-silanes). The method of post-condensation combines postsynthetic grafting and co-condensation - the classical pathways for the functionalization of mesoporous silica - to afford a convenient one-pot reaction in aqueous medium. The structure of the NH-silanes determines t...

Nowadays, RNA synthesis has become an essential tool not only in the field of molecular biology and medicine, but also in areas like molecular diagnostics and material sciences. Beyond synthetic RNAs for antisense, aptamer, ribozyme, and siRNA technologies, oligoribonucleotides carrying site-specific modifications for structure and function studies are needed. This often requires labeling of th...

The production of graphene by micromechanical cleavage 1 has triggered an enormous experimental activity. Since then, many studies have demonstrated that graphene monolayers possess novel structural, 2 electrical 3 and mechanical 4 properties. However many important issues need to be addressed before this material can be used in an ideal way. Much workhas been produced that proposes chemical fu...

in this study, functionalized β-cyclodextrin (β-cd) by aldehyde group was investigated as an oxidase enzyme mimic for the amino phenol oxidation. all calculations were performed by gaussian 09 package using two layers oniom method at the oniom (mpw1pw91/6-311++g(d,p)/uff) level. in the first step, h2o2 is encapsulated in the hydrophobic cavity. in the second step, h2o2 molecule oxidized the ald...

introduction: carbon nanotubes (cnts) have shown enormous potential in neuroscience. nerve growth factor (ngf)-cnts complex promotes the neuronal growth, however, the underlying mechanism(s) have remained elusive. based on the interplay between ngf and the endocannabinoid system, involvement of the neuroprotective endocannabinoid, 2-arachidonoyl glycerol (2-ag), was investigated in the mechanis...

The synthesis of 3-morpholino-7-[N-methyl-N-(4′-carboxyphenyl)amino]phenothiazinium chloride is reported here. Interestingly, non-symmetric phenothiazinium salt functionalized with a carboxylic acid group that allows the easy and stable anchoring on metal oxides. In addition, morpholine unit reduces dye aggregation tendency; thus, improving its potential applications in biomedical photo-electro...

Magnolol (MG) is a small-molecule neolignan polyphenolic compound isolated from the genus Magnolia. The anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, anti-diabetic, anti-tumorgenic, anti-neurodegenerative, anti-depressant and anti-microbial properties of MG are well documented in recent literature. These fascinating multiple biological activities of MG encourage research about the development of new deliv...

Two dysprosium complexes, [(C5H4Me)2Dy(L(1))] (3) and [(L(1))Dy(μ-Cl)3{Li(tmeda)}]2 (4), with amino-functionalized pentadienyl ligands L(1) are described. Crystallographic studies of 3 and 4 show that the pendant amino group influences the pentadienyl conformation and the ligand hapticity. Electronic structure calculations reveal that L(1) has a strong influence on the orientation of the main m...

A simple amino-functionalization method for carbon nanotubes and its application in an electrochemical immunosensor for detection of the human cardiac troponin T are described. Amino-functionalized carbon nanotubes allow oriented antibodies immobilization via their Fc regions, improving the performance of an immunosensor. Herein multiwalled carbon nanotubes were amino-functionalized by using th...