Author(s): Younes GR; Heli B; Ajji A;

This work blends polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with poly-(lactic acid) (PLA) using polyhydroxyurethane (PHU) structures. The PHU is synthesized from mannitol biscarbonate and a short-chain PDMS-based diamine. The main objectives are, first, to explore the application of the PDMS-based PHU as an additive for PLA and, second, to enhance the flexibility and hy ...

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Author(s): Lapointe V; Majewski MB;

The self-assembly of metal halide perovskite nanocrystals into micrometer-sized supercrystals with a high structural order as influenced by the surface chemistry and particle morphology of the starting building blocks is of interest for a broad spectrum of applications. In this work, we investigated the effects of Mn2+-doping CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrysta ...

Article GUID: 41190408

Author(s): Bondon N; Mandl GA; Mena-Giraldo P; Ferron Z; Sadeghipour N; DeWolf C; Capobianco JA;

We report the synthesis of supported lipid bilayer (SLB)-coated radioluminescent nanoparticles (RLNPs) possessing a lanthanide-based core for low-dose X-ray activated photodynamic therapy (XPDT). Methylene blue (MB) photosensitizer molecules, incorporated within the SLB, are excited by energy transfer from europium, leading to an enhanced generation of re ...

Article GUID: 41059546

Author(s): Pierre Bikorimana J; Caveney NA; El-Hachem N; Mandl GA; Capobianco JA; Stanga D; Abusarah J; Hancock MA; Farah R; Gonçalves MP; Falzarano D; Liao M; Hamonic G; Liu Q; Beaudoin S; Talbot S; Rafei M;

Despite the recent control of COVID-19, the devastating effects caused by the 3-year pandemic highlight the importance of developing effective vaccines to rapidly address future outbreaks. The present study describes a novel Spike (Sp) protein-based vaccine formulation using the Accum platform. A ...

Article GUID: 41054531

Author(s): Mena-Giraldo P; Mandl GA; Quezada-Novoa V; Garcia-Henao C; Bondon N; Hazlett MJ; Capobianco JA;

Micromotors are an attractive cutting-edge technology that exhibit controllable motion in response to chemical reactions or external stimuli. These nature-inspired materials are widely explored for use in environmental remediation, and drug delivery, other emerging applications. Until now, the mi ...

Article GUID: 40964823

Author(s): Chen J; Xie Y; Yang W; Sun R; Xing F; Mandl GA; Capobianco JA; Sun L;

Luminescent 2D metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of metal-organic framework materials expanded in a 2D plane, which have a wide range of applications in fields of optoelectronic devices, sensors, and information storage due to their unique layered structure and excellent optical properties. Currently, research on luminescent 2D MOFs mainly focus ...

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Author(s): Canales Gálvez XA; Richezzi M; Bicalho HA; Labadie N; Pellegrinet SC; Titi HM; Howarth AJ;

Three new analogues of Tb-UiO-66 with various functional groups (-F, -Br, -NH2) on the terephthalic acid linker of the metal-organic framework (MOF) are synthesized and characterized. The photoluminescent properties of these analogues, as well as Tb-UiO-66 and Tb-UiO-66-(OH)2, are studied and cor ...

Article GUID: 39849977

Author(s): Alinia Z; Miao D; Baumgartner T; DeWolf CE;

Heteroatom-doped p-conjugated systems have been exploited for electronic device applications. Phosphole-containing backbones are particularly intriguing with regard to electron delocalization and ultimately control over the photophysical, redox, and charge transfer characteristics. However, practical application of these materials commonly relies on well- ...

Article GUID: 39380352

Author(s): Lapointe V; Majewski MB;

The self-assembly of CsPbCl3 perovskite nanocrystals and their Mn2+-enriched analogs into supercrystals is reported. Increasing Mn2+ content in the nanocrystals leads to formation of larger, increasingly uniform cubic supercrystals that eventually become rod-like with higher photoluminescence quantum yields.

Article GUID: 39347586

Author(s): Richezzi M; Donnarumma PR; Copeman C; Howarth AJ;

RE-UiO-66 analogues are synthesized using RE acetates as precursors for the first time. These MOFs are fully characterized and the influence of the precursor on the materials obtained is studied. Additionally, the influence of water on the yield of the syntheses and the quality of the materials is explored.

Article GUID: 38646995

Author(s): Lapointe V; Green PB; Chen AN; Buonsanti R; Majewski MB;

Superlattice formation afforded by metal halide perovskite nanocrystals has been a phenomenon of interest due to the high structural order induced in these self-assemblies, an order that is influenced by the surface chemistry and particle morphology of the starting building block material. In this work, we report on the formation of superlattices from alu ...

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