Journal of colloid and interface science, 531, 160-167 (2018-07-22)
The photocontrolled self-assembly of coumarin-functionalized silica nanoparticles is fabricated and investigated. When these nanoparticles are uniformly dispersed in CHCl3 solution under 365 nm light illumination, four novel kinds of patterns are self-assembled on the bottom of glass beakers: circle patterns, square
Maintenance of cellular proteostasis relies on efficient clearance of defective gene products. For misfolded secretory proteins, this involves dislocation from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) into the cytosol followed by proteasomal degradation. However, polypeptide aggregation prevents cytosolic dislocation and instead activates
The use of self-assembled nanostructures consisting of red-light-responsive Ru(II)-containing block copolymers (BCPs) for anticancer phototherapy is demonstrated. Three Ru-containing BCPs with different molecular weights are synthesized. Each BCP contains a hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) block and an Ru-containing block. In the
Hypoxia is an important pathological phenomenon due to uncontrolled cancer cell proliferation and insufficient blood flow, which can be used to design hypoxia-responsive nanocarriers for the intelligent treatment of tumor. However, it is difficult to obtain the response of hypoxia-responsive
A series of one-armed cholesterol-linked azobenzene molecules named CholXAzo with different spacers were synthesized, in which Chol6Azo was found to have induced blue phases (BPs) with a concentration of 4.0 wt%. Under irradiation of 385 nm UV light with a
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