New power of self-assembling carbonic anhydrase inhibitor: Short peptide–constructed nanofibers inspire hypoxic cancer therapy

2019 / Science Advances 06 Sep 2019: Vol. 5, no. 9, eaax0937 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax0937

Carbonic anhydrase (CA) IX overexpresses exclusively on cell membranes of hypoxic tumors, regulating the acidic tumor microenvironment. Small molecules of… Continue reading New power of self-assembling carbonic anhydrase inhibitor: Short peptide–constructed nanofibers inspire hypoxic cancer therapy

Heather Haffner

Square-wave adsorptive anodic stripping voltammetric determination of norfloxacin using a glassy carbon electrode modified with carbon black and CdTe quantum dots in a chitosan film

2019 / Microchimica Acta

A glassy carbon electrode was modified with carbon black and CdTe quantum dots in a chitosan film to obtained a… Continue reading Square-wave adsorptive anodic stripping voltammetric determination of norfloxacin using a glassy carbon electrode modified with carbon black and CdTe quantum dots in a chitosan film

Heather Haffner

Precise Control of Localized Surface Plasmon Wavelengths Is Needed for Effective Enhancement of Triplet–Triplet Annihilation-Based Upconversion Emission

2018 / ACS Photonics

In this study, we demonstrate that the localized surface plasmon (LSP) resonance of metal nanoparticles, depending strictly on the generating… Continue reading Precise Control of Localized Surface Plasmon Wavelengths Is Needed for Effective Enhancement of Triplet–Triplet Annihilation-Based Upconversion Emission

Heather Haffner

Identification of a common recognition center for a photoactive non-steroidal antiinflammatory drug in serum albumins of different species

2018 / Organic Chemistry Frontiers

The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (S)-carprofen (CPF) has been used as a photoactive probe to investigate the possible existence of a… Continue reading Identification of a common recognition center for a photoactive non-steroidal antiinflammatory drug in serum albumins of different species

Heather Haffner

New insights into alpha-lactalbumin behavior upon interaction with resveratrol and curcumin by spectroscopic and molecular modeling techniques: binary and ternary system comparison

2019 / Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society

The interaction between α-lactalbumin (a-LA) with resveratrol (RES) and curcumin (CUR) was studied by multiple spectroscopic as well as the… Continue reading New insights into alpha-lactalbumin behavior upon interaction with resveratrol and curcumin by spectroscopic and molecular modeling techniques: binary and ternary system comparison

Heather Haffner

Deciphering Z-scheme Charge Transfer Dynamics in Heterostructure NiFe-LDH/N-rGO/g-C3N4 Nanocomposite for Photocatalytic Pollutant Removal and Water Splitting Reactions

2019 / Scientific Reports

A series of heterostructure NiFe LDH/N-rGO/g-C3N4 nanocomposite were fabricated by combining calcinations-electrostatic self-assembly and hydrothermal steps. In this method, negatively charged… Continue reading Deciphering Z-scheme Charge Transfer Dynamics in Heterostructure NiFe-LDH/N-rGO/g-C3N4 Nanocomposite for Photocatalytic Pollutant Removal and Water Splitting Reactions

Heather Haffner

Fabrication of a Au-loaded CaFe2O4/CoAl LDH p–n junction based architecture with stoichiometric H2 & O2 generation and Cr(VI) reduction under visible light

2019 / Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers

The search for visible-light-active, highly efficient and durable bi-functional photocatalysts is now essential for the development of various renewable energy… Continue reading Fabrication of a Au-loaded CaFe2O4/CoAl LDH p–n junction based architecture with stoichiometric H2 & O2 generation and Cr(VI) reduction under visible light

Heather Haffner