Polymer nanoparticles (PNPs) were formed from amphiphilic diblock copolymers consisting of a hydrophilic block with pendant polyethylene glycol tosylate (PEG-OTs) groups and a hydrophobic block with pendant terthiophene (TTT) groups. The resulting PNPs were characterized using dynamic light scattering (DLS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to determine size, shape, and polydispersity....

Langmuir's disjoining pressure between two flat, charged planes was calculated analytically for strongly overlapping double layers in the limit of zero electric field between the planes. The resulting repulsion has a long-range algebraic decay that stems from the thermodynamic equilibrium between homogeneously distributed interplate ions and ions in the surrounding electrolyte reservoir. Togeth...

A novel class of stereocomplexes is described by the interaction of helically complementary poly(phenylacetylene)s (PPAs) carrying an α-methoxy-α-trifluoromethylphenylacetamide pendant group. The formation of the stereocomplex requires the presence of cis amide bonds on the external crest of the polymer to provide efficient cooperative supramolecular hydrogen bonding between matching enantiomer...

Polyethene with 3-thienyl functionalities pendant on short-chain branches was prepared by catalytic random copolymerisation of ethene and 3-(penten-1-yl)thiophene; the functionalities can be used to graft poly(3-hexylthiophene) onto the polyethene surface.

A phosphonate pendant-armed cross-bridged cyclam chelator has been synthesized, complexed to Cu(ii), radiolabeled with (64)Cu under mild conditions, and its biodistribution studied.

A novel luminescent chemosensor for detecting Hg(2+) with high selectivity, based on a pendant benzo crown ether terbium complex, has been designed and prepared.

In this paper, we study the signless Laplacian spectral radius of bicyclic graphs with given number of pendant vertices and characterize the extremal graphs.

Dissymmetry for selectivity: NHC ligand with two different pendant group allows the selective formation of cyclic oligomers in place of polymers opening new strategy to generate macrocycles.

Direct detection of peanut agglutinin/lactose interactions was realized by an electrochemical approach based on a polypyrrole coated electrode displaying pendant carbohydrates.