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Unlocking the Power of Exosomes for Crossing Biological Barriers in Drug Delivery
(MDPI, 2021-01-19)Since the 2013 Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of vesicle trafficking, a subgroup of nanovesicles called exosomes has been driving the research field to a new regime for understanding cellular communication. This ... -
Enhanced Mechanical Properties by Ionomeric Complexation in Interpenetrating Network Hydrogels of Hydrolyzed Poly (N-vinyl Formamide) and Polyacrylamide
(MDPI, 2021-06-29)Tough hydrogels were made by hydrolysis of a neutral interpenetrating network (IPN) of poly (N-vinyl formamide) PNVF and polyacrylamide (PAAm) networks to form an IPN of polyvinylamine (PVAm) and poly (acrylic acid) (PAAc) ... -
Glycan Masking Focuses Immune Responses to the HIV-1 CD4-Binding Site and Enhances Elicitation of VRC01-Class Precursor Antibodies
(Elsevier, 2018-08-21)An important class of HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibodies, termed the VRC01 class, targets the conserved CD4-binding site (CD4bs) of the envelope glycoprotein (Env). An engineered Env outer domain (OD) eOD-GT8 60-mer ... -
Rh-Catalyzed Hydroformylation of 1,3-Butadiene and Pent-4-enal to Adipaldehyde in CO2-Expanded Media
(American Chemical Society, 2019-10-25)The homogeneous hydroformylation of pent-4-enal, the preferred aldehyde intermediate from 1,3-butadiene hydroformylation, was systematically investigated with Rh catalyst complexes in neat and CO2-expanded toluene media ... -
Mitigation of Iron and Aluminum Powder Deflagrations via Active Explosion Suppression in a 1 m3 Sphere Vessel
(American Chemical Society, 2019-08-27)Combustible metal dust explosions continue to present a significant threat to metal handling and refining industries. Addition of noncombustible inert material to combustible dust mixtures, through either premixing or ... -
110th Anniversary: Near-Total Epoxidation Selectivity and Hydrogen Peroxide Utilization with Nb-EISA Catalysts for Propylene Epoxidation
(American Chemical Society, 2019-09-02)The Nb-EISA catalyst with relatively low Nb loadings (∼2 wt %) shows exceptional propylene epoxidation performance with H2O2 as oxidant at 30–40 °C, 5–9 bar propylene pressure with nearly total propylene oxide (PO) selectivity ... -
Liquid-Phase Oxidation of Ethylene Glycol on Pt and Pt–Fe Catalysts for the Production of Glycolic Acid: Remarkable Bimetallic Effect and Reaction Mechanism
(American Chemical Society, 2019-09-11)A highly active and selective Pt–Fe alloy catalyst on CeO2 support is reported in this work for aqueous phase oxidation of ethylene glycol (EG) to glycolic acid. The Pt–Fe nanoparticles are highly alloyed with a face-centered ... -
Metal Recovery Using Oxalate Chemistry: A Technical Review
(American Chemical Society, 2019-07-31)Energy-efficient metal recovery and separation processes from a mixture of valuable metals are vital to the metallurgy and recycling industries. Oxalate has been identified as a sustainable reagent that can provide both ... -
Solubility and Diffusivity of Chlorodifluoromethane in Imidazolium Ionic Liquids: [emim][Tf2N], [bmim][BF4], [bmim][PF6], and [emim][TFES]
(American Chemical Society, 2019-05-31)Solubility and diffusivity measurements of chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) in four ionic liquids (ILs)—[emim][Tf2N], [bmim][BF4], [bmim][PF6], and [emim][TFES]—were conducted using an IGA gravimetric microbalance at ... -
Experimental and Mechanistic Study of Stabilized Dry CO2 Foam Using Polyelectrolyte Complex Nanoparticles Compatible with Produced Water To Improve Hydraulic Fracturing Performance
(American Chemical Society, 2019-05-08)The amount of fresh water used in hydraulic fracturing can be significantly reduced by employing produced water-compatible supercritical CO2 (scCO2) foams. Foams generated using surfactants only have suffered from long-term ... -
Quantification of Viscosity for Solvents−Heavy Oil/Bitumen Systems in the Presence of Water at High Pressures and Elevated Temperatures
(American Chemical Society, 2018-12-18)In this study, a new and pragmatic methodology has been developed to accurately predict the viscosity for light solvents (i.e., methane, ethane, propane, n-butane, n-pentane, N2, and CO2)–heavy oil/bitumen/water systems ... -
110th Anniversary: The First Thermodynamic and Kinetic Analysis of Ammonia in Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids Using a Gravimetric Microbalance
(American Chemical Society, 2019-02-25)The first vapor liquid equilibrium (VLE) measurements for the binary systems of ammonia (NH3) and three imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) have been successfully measured using a gravimetric microbalance. ILs ... -
Characterization of Thermal Stability and Heat Absorption for Suppressant Agent/Combustible Dust Mixtures via Thermogravimetric Analysis/Differential Scanning Calorimetry
(American Chemical Society, 2019-02-19)Combustible dusts continue to present a critical threat toward personnel and process equipment in a wide variety of bulk solids processing industries. The addition of noncombustible inert material to combustible dust ... -
Water Sorption and Diffusivity in [C2C1im][BF4], [C4C1im][OAc], and [C4C1im][Cl]
(American Chemical Society, 2019-01-07)Measurements of in situ atmospheric water absorption and desorption in ionic liquids (ILs) (1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [C2C1im][BF4], 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate [C4C1im][OAc], and 1-butyl-3-me ... -
Estimate of Saturation Pressures of Crude Oil by Using Ensemble-Smoother-Assisted Equation of State
(American Chemical Society, 2018-11-20)The equation of state (EOS) has been extensively used to evaluate the saturation pressures of petroleum fluids. However, the accurate determination of empirical parameters in the EOS is challenging and time-consuming, ... -
A Review of Brittleness Index Correlations for Unconventional Tight and Ultra-Tight Reservoirs
(MDPI, 2019-07-19)Brittleness is a key parameter in the development of the unconventional shale and tight carbonate reservoirs as it plays a role in the design of the hydraulic fractures as well as the selection of the sweet-spot locations ... -
Impact of Heterogeneity on the Transient Gas Flow Process in Tight Rock
(MDPI, 2019-09-17)There exits a great challenge to evaluate the flow properties of tight porous media even at the core scale. A pulse-decay experiment is routinely used to measure the petrophysical properties of tight cores including ... -
Role of ALDH1A1 and HTRA2 expression in CCL2/CCR2-mediated breast cancer cell growth and invasion
(The Company of Biologists, 2019-06-28)Chemokines mediate immune cell trafficking during tissue development, wound healing and infection. The chemokine CCL2 is best known to regulate macrophage recruitment during wound healing, infection and inflammatory diseases. ... -
Recyclable Au/SiO2-Shell/Fe3O4-Core Catalyst for the Reduction of Nitro Aromatic Compounds in Aqueous Solution
(American Chemical Society, 2019-02-22)Highly stable gold nanoparticles immobilized on the surface of amine-functionalized nanocomposite microspheres possessing a magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticle core and a silica (SiO2) shell (Au/SiO2-shell/Fe3O4-core) were ...
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