Manipulation of superparamagnetic bead through motion of domain wall by Chen, Jun Xiang

“…This limitation was observed in drug discovery where effectiveness of chemotherapeutic drug is impeded by insufficient understanding of their means of action.2 Obtaining precise spatial manipulation over a large areas and control at single molecule level are also important for observing the dynamical interaction of single cells. …”
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Preliminary study on the preparation and characterization of novel organophilic membranes used for organic extraction by Xia, Yuan

“…When the feed wastewater was of pH higher than 8, it was suggested to adjust the pH of feed stream to below 5 to ensure the majority of phenol is present in the form of phenol molecule. Lastly, the test proved that increase in Re at two sides of the membrane indeed decreased liquid boundary layer resistance. …”
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Studies of interactions of STIM1 and GPCRs with their binding partners by How, Jonathan Guan Zhong

“…In this thesis, focus is on two transmembrane proteins: Adenosine A2A receptor (A2aR) as a model for G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) and stromal interacting molecule 1 (STIM1). GPCRs interact with extracellular compounds that activate cellular signalling pathways, leading to the generation of a large variety of cellular responses. …”
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Photochrome aptamer switch assay by Zhou, Yubin

“…The fluorescence decay of this aptasensor was also sensitive to ligand tetramethylrosamine (TMR) but presented no response to another non-binding triphenyl molecule rhodamine B (RhB), displaying good selectivity. …”
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The cellular thermal shift assay : a novel strategy to study drug target engagement and resistance development in cancer therapy by Usha Sreekumar Lekshmy Kunjamma

“…The drug binding to its target molecule determines the efficacy of therapeutics. Therefore, it is important to study drug target engagement in cells. …”
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What are the intensities and line-shapes of the twenty four polarization terms in coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy? by Niu, Kai, Lee, Soo-Ying

“…In theory, however, any third-order nonlinear spectroscopy with three different electric fields interacting with a molecule can be described by forty eight diagrams/terms. …”
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Single photon triggered dianion formation in TCNQ and F4TCNQ crystals by Ma, Lin, Hu, Peng, Jiang, Hui, Kloc, Christian, Sun, Handong, Soci, Cesare, Voityuk, Alexander A., Michel-Beyerle, Maria E., Gurzadyan, Gagik G.

“…Our measurements show the phenomenon that in this quinoid acceptor crystals in the absence of additional donor molecule, it is possible to resolve the two step formation of a doubly charged anion upon absorption of a single low energy photon (2.6 eV).…”
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Multi-photon absorption in metal-organic frameworks by Medishetty, Raghavender, Nemec, Lydia, Nalla, Venkatram, Henke, Sebastian, Samoć, Marek, Reuter, Karsten, Fischer, Roland A.

“…MOFs consisting of zirconium‐ and hafnium‐oxo‐clusters and featuring a chromophore linker based on the tetraphenylethene (TPE) molecule exhibit record high two‐photon absorption (2PA) cross‐section values, up to 3600 GM. …”
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Large-scale fabrication of nanostructure on bio-metallic substrate for surface enhanced raman and fluorescence scattering by Lu, Libin, Zhang, Jiaru, Jiao, Lishi, Guan, Yingchun

“…The crystal violet was selected as reporter molecule and both the intensity of Raman and fluorescence signals were enhanced because of the dual-mode SERS−SEF phenomena with enhancement factors (EFs) of 7.85 × 105 and 14.32, respectively. …”
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Revisiting metal electrodeposition in porous anodic alumina: toward tailored preparation of metal nanotube arrays by Zhang, Aiqin, Zhou, Jiajing, Das, Paramita, Xiao, Yuanhua, Gong, Feilong, Li, Feng, Wang, Lizhen, Zhang, Linsen, Wang, Lixia, Cao, Yang, Duan, Hongwei

“…The resultant metal nanotube arrays give rise to improved electro-catalytic activity to small molecule oxidation (such as ethanol and urea) due to the larger surface areas. …”
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Macrotheranostic Probe with Disease-activated Near-infrared Fluorescence, Photoacoustic and Photothermal Signals for Imaging-guided Therapy by Zhen, Xu, Zhang, Jianjian, Huang, Jiaguo, Xie, Chen, Miao, Qingqing, Pu, Kanyi

“…Supervisor to the small‐molecule counterpart probe, the macrotheranostic probe has an ideal biodistribution and renal clearance, permitting passive targeting of tumor, in‐situ enzymatic activation of multimodal signals, and effective photothermal therapy. …”
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First principle investigation of electronic transport properties of the edge shaped graphene-porphine molecular junction device by Kole, Abhisek, Ang, Diing Shenp

“…Excellent coupling between the porphine molecule and graphene electrode is obtained by carbon-carbon covalent bonding and has been analyzed by the electron difference density. …”
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Effect of intermolecular dipole−dipole interactions on interfacial supramolecular structures of C3-symmetric hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene derivatives by Mu, Zhongcheng, Shao, Qi, Ye, Jun, Zeng, Zebing, Zhao, Yang, Hng, Huey Hoon, Boey, Freddy Yin Chiang, Wu, Jishan, Chen, Xiaodong

“…This work provides an example of how intermolecular dipole−dipole interactions could enable fine control over the self-assembly of disklike π-conjugated molecules.…”
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Noncovalent functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes by Zhao, Yanli, Stoddart, J. Fraser

“…Cognizant of the structural properties of the functional molecules on the SWNTs, we present some of the recent work carried out by ourselves and others under the umbrella of the following three subtopics: (i) aromatic small-molecule-based noncovalent functionalization, (ii) biomacromolecule-based noncovalent functionalization, and (iii) polymer-based noncovalent functionalization. …”
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Artificial neural network-based drug design for diabetes mellitus using flavonoids by Chua, Boon H., Patra, Jagdish Chandra

“…Three computer experiments were conducted to study the influence of hydrogen (H), hydroxyl (OH), and methoxyl (CH3) functional groups on eight substitution sites of the lead flavone molecule and to predict potential ARIs. Of 6561 possible flavones and flavonols, in experiment 1, we predicted 69 potent ARIs, and in experiment 2, we predicted 346 compounds with strong RS activity. …”
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Mildly reduced graphene oxide-Ag nanoparticle hybrid films for surface-enhanced Raman scattering by Li, Xiaocheng, Tay, Beng Kang, Li, Junshuai, Tan, Dunlin, Tan, Chong Wei, Liang, Kun

“…This will further enrich the application of surface-enhanced Raman scattering in molecule detection.…”
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The flexible loop of Bcl-2 is required for molecular interaction with immunosuppressant FK-506 binding protein 38 (FKBP38) by Kang, Cong Bao, Tai, Jeff, Chia, Joel, Yoon, Ho Sup

“…FK-506 binding protein 38 (FKBP38) has been reported to interact with Bcl-2, suggesting that FKBP38 could act as a docking molecule to localize Bcl-2 at the mitochondrial membrane [Shirane, M. and Nakayama, K.I. (2003) Inherent calcineurin inhibitor FKBP38 targets Bcl-2 to mitochondria and inhibits apoptosis. …”
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Phenomenological model of heat transfer in hard-disk air bearing based on nonlocal behavior in air molecular gas by Poletkin, Kirill V., Kulish, Vladimir.

“…In this paper, a new phenomenological model of heat transfer in hard-disk air bearing based on nonlocal behavior in air molecule is developed. Analysis of the model shows that it is a more accurate to simulate the behavior of heat transfer due to heat conduction and the viscous dissipation for Couette flow case. …”
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RNA biology in a test tube-an overview of in vitro systems/assays by Roca, Xavier, Karginov, Fedor V.

“…Finally, new techniques, such as single-molecule studies, are continuously being established, providing new and important insights into the field. …”
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Layer-by-layer assembled solid polymer electrolyte for electrochromic devices by Nguyen, Chien A., Argun, Avni A., Hammond, Paula T., Lu, Xuehong, Lee, Pooi See

“…Characterization of film structure and growth shows good incorporation of electrostatic and hydrogen bonding, because of the versatile control of the ionization of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA), which serves as a bridging molecule. Ionic conductivity values, as described by the Vogel−Fulcher−Tammann equation, are found to be above 10−5 S/cm for the dried electrolyte at room temperature and moderate humidity (52%RH). …”
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