We here focus on the chiroptical response of a glutathione (GS)-protected bimetallic (AuAg)18nanocluster containing comparable amounts of Au and Ag… Continue reading Enhanced Chiroptical Activity in Glutathione-Protected Bimetallic (AuAg)18 Nanoclusters with Almost Intact Core−Shell Configuration
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Six new hybrid compounds based on [Co2Mo10H4O38]6– polyoxoanion, (4-H2pya)6Co2Mo10H4O38·10H2O 1 (4-Hpya =3-(4-pyridyl)acrylic acid) and (4-H2pya)4[M(H2O)6][Co2Mo10H4O38]·5H2O (M = Co 2, Ni 3, Cu 4, Zn 5, Cd 6), were… Continue reading Spontaneous Resolution of Evans−Showell-Type Polyoxometalates in Constructing Chiral Inorganic−Organic Hybrid Architectures
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Guanine-rich oligonucleotides can form a unique G-quadruplex (GQ) structure with stacking units of four guanine bases organized in a plane… Continue reading Conformations of Human Telomeric G‑Quadruplex Studied Using a Nucleotide-Independent Nitroxide Label
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
We present experimental Raman optical activity (ROA) spectra of enantio-enriched single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). Enantiomeric samples of (6,5) SWCNTs were… Continue reading Resonance Raman Optical Activity Spectra of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Enantiomers
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
To better understand the sequence–structure–function relationships that control the activity and selectivity of membrane-permeabilizing peptides, we screened a peptide library,… Continue reading Conformational Fine-Tuning of Pore-Forming Peptide Potency and Selectivity
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Supramolecular symmetry breaking, in which chiral assemblies with imbalanced right- and left-handedness emerge from achiral molecular building blocks, has been… Continue reading Symmetry Breaking in the Supramolecular Gels of an Achiral Gelator Exclusively Driven by π−π Stacking
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Natural antibodies are used widely for important applications such as biomedical analysis, cancer therapy, and directed drug delivery, but they… Continue reading Antibody-like Biorecognition Sites for Proteins from Surface Imprinting on Nanoparticles
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Stabilization and electrical contacting of redox enzymes with electrodes are fundamental requirements for bioelectronics devices, including biosensors and enzyme fuel… Continue reading Tuning Structural Changes in Glucose Oxidase for Enzyme Fuel Cell Applications
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Noncompressible torso hemorrhage is a leading cause of mortality in civilian and battlefield trauma. We sought to develop an i.v.-injectable,… Continue reading Tissue-Factor Targeted Peptide Amphiphile Nanofibers as an Injectable Therapy To Control Hemorrhage
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Kanamycin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic used in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Mutations at the rRNA A-site have been associated… Continue reading Effect of Mutations on the Binding of Kanamycin‑B to RNA Hairpins Derived from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ribosomal A‑Site
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Synthetic polymers mimicking the stimuli-responsive coiled-coil structures of naturally occurring macromolecules such as motor proteins remain challenging. Here we report… Continue reading Cyclopolymerization of Disiloxane-Tethered Divinyl Monomers To Synthesize Chirality-Responsive Helical Polymers
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Peptide hydrogels are a highly promising class of materials for biomedical application, albeit facing many challenges with regard to stability… Continue reading Mixed alpha-beta peptides as a class of short amphipathic peptide hydrogelators with enhanced proteolytic stability
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
In vitro protein stability studies are commonly conducted via thermal or chemical denaturation/renaturation of protein. Conventional data analyses on the protein… Continue reading Using a second-order differential (SOD) model to fit data without baselines in protein isothermal chemical denaturation
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Over the past decades, PEGylation has become a powerful technique to increase the in vivo circulation half-life of therapeutic proteins… Continue reading Integrated process for high conversion and high yield protein PEGylation
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
A new chiral calix[4]arene constructed from asymmetric substitution on bridging methylenes, phenyl rings, and (or) oxygen atoms was tentatively named… Continue reading Bridging Chiral Calix[4]arenes: Description, Optical Resolution, and Absolute Configuration Determination
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017