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J Mater Chem B 2021 Mar 2. Epub 2021 Mar 2.

Mary & Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Nebraska, Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA. and Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska, Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA and Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA and Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.

Due to their intrinsic injectable and self-healing characteristics, dynamic hydrogels, based on dynamic covalent bonds, have gained a great attention. In this study, a novel dynamic hydrogel based on the boronic ester dynamic covalent bond is facilely developed using phenylboronic acid-modified hyaluronic acid (HA-PBA) and plant-derived polyphenol-tannic acid (TA). The dynamic hydrogel gelated quickly under mild conditions and had favorable viscoelastic properties with good self-healing and shear-thinning capabilities. Read More

Opt Lett 2021 Mar;46(5):1101-1104

In this Letter, we propose a microstructured in-fiber optofluidic surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) sensor for the initial inspection of uremia through the detection of unlabeled urea and creatinine. As a natural microfluidic device, microstructured hollow fiber has a special structure inside. Through chemical bonds, the SERS substrate can be modified and grown on the surface of the suspended core. Read More

Biomaterials 2021 Feb 20;271:120734. Epub 2021 Feb 20.

Eye Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, China; Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310009, China; State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentations, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China. Electronic address:

Silver-based hybrid nanoprobes for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) imaging show their tremendous potential for precise biological detection and mediated phototherapy. However, the severe toxicity induced by Ag to normal mammalian cells hinders its further application. Herein, we presented a versatile bioinspired protein corona strategy through assembling bovine serum albumin (BSA) protected Raman tag DTTC-conjugated Ag-hybrid hollow Au nanoshells (hollow AgAu-DTTC-BSA), which their silver ion release and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation are significantly suppressed, enabling no damage to normal cells and tissues, but can be reactivated on-demand under laser-irradiation at the tumor site. Read More

Nanoscale 2021 Mar 1. Epub 2021 Mar 1.

Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis group, Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry, Utrecht University, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Nanoparticle modified electrodes constitute an attractive way to tailor-make efficient carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction catalysts. However, the restructuring and sintering processes of nanoparticles under electrochemical reaction conditions not only impedes the widespread application of nanoparticle catalysts, but also misleads the interpretation of the selectivity of the nanocatalysts. Here, we colloidally synthesized metallic copper (Cu) and silver (Ag) nanoparticles with a narrow size distribution (<10%) and utilized them in electrochemical CO2 reduction reactions. Read More

J Phys Chem B 2021 Mar 1. Epub 2021 Mar 1.

Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland.

This paper describes an application of attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and surface-enhanced infrared spectroscopy (SEIRA) to characterize the selective adsorption of four peptides present in body fluids such as neuromedin B (NMB), bombesin (BN), neurotensin (NT), and bradykinin (BK), which are known as markers for various human carcinomas. To perform a reliable analysis of the SERIA spectra of these peptides, curve fitting of these spectra in the spectral region above 1500 cm and SEIRA measurements of sulfur-containing and aromatic amino acids were performed. On the basis of the analyses of the spectral profiles, specific conclusions were drawn regarding specific molecule-metal interactions and changes in the interaction during the substrate change from the surface of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) to gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). Read More