The carcinogen 2-acetylaminofluorene forms two major DNA adducts: N-(2'-deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-2-acetylaminofluorene (dG-AAF) and its deacetylated derivative, N-(2'-deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-2-aminofluorene (dG-AF). Although the dG-AAF and dG-AF adducts are distinguished only by the presence or absence of an acetyl group, they have profoundly different effects on DNA replication. dG-AAF poses a strong b...

The templating role in the formation of 2D metal halide perovskites diammonium cations, such as 1,3-phenylenediammonium, 1,3-xylylenediammonium, 1,4-phenylenediammonium, and 1,4-xylylenediammonium has been investigated.

Biocompatible polypeptide capsules with high enzyme loading and activity prepared by templating mesoporous silica spheres were used as biomimetic reactors for performing CaCO3 synthesis exclusively inside the capsule interior via urease-catalyzed urea hydrolysis.

New opportunities for the design of artificial tissue structures via ice templating and electrospinning are described. Exemplarily, developments of vascular grafts, heart valves and nerve guides will be presented.

A lamellar-structured crystalline polypyrrole (PPy) supramolecular assembly was prepared by surfactant templating, and the regularly linked amorphous PPy nanoparticles with tunable window sizes could play the role of crystalline lattices in the supramolecular assembly.

Using a metal templating strategy, 5,15-porphodimethene metal complexes were synthesized and their structure confirmed by single crystal X-ray analysis. The anagostic interaction causes distortion, while the hydrogen bonding interactions generate dimerisation and array formation in these complexes.

TiO(2) and SnO(2)@TiO(2) hollow spheres assembled from anatase TiO(2) nanosheets with exposed (001) high-energy facets are constructed via a templating approach, and the as-prepared samples exhibit enhanced lithium storage properties.

In this communication, we report the fabrication of silica nanospheres with a double mesoporous core-shell structure by a one-templating step two-pot synthesis route using an anionic surfactant.

The landscape of possible polymorphs for some metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) can pose a challenge controlling the outcome their syntheses. Demonstrated here is use template to control in vapor-assisted formation zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) powders and thin films. Introducing small amount either ethanol or dimethylformamide vapor during reaction between ZnO 4,5-dichloroimidazole result...

A highly ordered mesoporous Nafion membrane with a remarkable water retention ability was synthesized via a micelle templating method with self-assembled Pluronic F108 surfactants and its capability to operate under completely dry gas streams is demonstrated.