CD44v6 peptide functionalized nanoparticles are fabricated in a facile and controllable way to selectively bind to CD44v6 positive tumor cells with highly efficient anticancer and antimetastatic properties. The reported modular synthesis and facile preparation makes this system highly potent for developing novel multifunctional nanocarriers for therapeutic and/or diagnostic anticancer applicati...

Light as an external trigger is a valuable and easily controllable tool for directing chemical reactions with high spatial and temporal accuracy. Two o-nitrobenzyl derivatives, benzoyl- and thiophenyl-NPPOC, undergo photo-deprotection with significantly improved efficiency over that of the commonly used NPPOC group. The two- and twelvefold increase in photo-deprotection efficiency was proven us...

in this investigation, hydroxyapatite (hap) nanostructure with uniform morphologies, controllable size, nano-dispersion and narrow-size distribution in diameter has been synthesized successfully by low-temperature hydrothermal process, and the as-synthesized powders were characterized by energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron mi...

Three homochiral cadmium camphorates have been prepared through temperature-dependent synthesis; they form 3D homochiral networks without the crosslinking or pillaring functions of auxiliary neutral bipyridines and exhibit various degrees of charge separation associated with the degree of hydration and controllable by temperature.

We report herein the synthesis of two different silver clusters of aryl- and alkyl-thiolates. These two cluster complexes exhibited biased C-S bond cleavage reaction rates upon removing protective hexamethylazacalix[6]pyridine (Py[6]) ligands, which was applied in the fabrication of silver sulfide nanoclusters with variable and controllable sizes.

Nanoscale cerium dioxides with shape of nanoparticles, nanorods, and nanotubes were electrochemically synthesized. The morphology of CeO2 was modulated by changing electrode potential and potential direction. CeO2 nanorods and CeO2 nanotubes were synthesized via the potentiostatic and cyclic voltammeteric methods, respectively. The morphology and structure of the obtained CeO2 were characterize...

Porous alumina templates (AAO) has attracted significant interest due to the fact that they are readily fabricated through a simple procedure and are extremely popular templates in nanoscience studies. In this paper, the effects of different pore-widening treatments on the pore quality of the AAO templates were investigated. Results show that, through a highly controllable chemical pore-widenin...

This work exposes some observations on "shaking vowels". These vowels containing a tremolo-like sound are present in amused speech. Some of the temporal and spectral patterns are exposed and observations are given concerning them. This work is a preliminary step towards being able to use these "shaking vowels" along with speech-smiles, speechlaughs and laughter to control the degree of amusemen...

The last few decades have seen considerable research into the synthesis of optimal heat exchanger networks (HENs). Process integration has paved the way for designs that are optimal from the point of view of energy recovery. Subsequent optimization of net exchanger area in such designs results in a network that is optimal from the point of view of utility consumption and exchanger area. Of late...

Rod-like and spheric mercury sulfide (HgS) microcrystallites with hexagonal and cubic structure have been synthesized at room temperature by treating HgO with sulfur in ethylenediamine (en). Real time monitoring of both the UV–vis absorption spectrum and Raman spectrum during the dissolution process of sulfur in en solvent have been exploited for the first time to explore the underlying reactio...