......................................................................................................................................... ii Abbreviations and Atom Colour Scheme .................................................................................... iii Chapter 1: Introduction .............................................................................................................

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Supramolecular chemistry addresses intermolecular forces and consequently promises great flexibility and precision. Biological systems are often the inspirations for supramolecular research. The G-quadruplex (G4) belongs to one of the most important secondary structures in nucleic acids. Until recently, the supramolecular manipulation of the G4 has not been reported. The present study is the fi...

INTRODUCTION Blend sign has been recently described as a novel imaging marker that predicts hematoma expansion. The purpose of our study was to investigate the prognostic value of CT blend sign in patients with ICH. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS Patients with intracerebral hemorrhage who underwent baseline CT scan within 6 hours were included. The presence of blend sign on admission nonenhanced CT w...

The objectives of nanomedicine are to control and manipulate drug delivery, biomacromolecular constructions and supramolecular assemblies, which are critical to living cells in order to improve the quality of human health. Nanostructured carries are developed which have high level of control over the architectural design of dendrimers; their size, shape, branching length/density, and their surf...

We report fabrication, characterization, and potential applications of polyoxometalate (POM)/ionic liquid (IL) supramolecular spheres in water for the first time. These supramolecular spheres have highly ordered structures and show excellent reversible self-assembly and tunable photoluminescence properties, which can be manipulated by adjusting pH of the aqueous solution. Specifically, the form...

A new type of supramolecular chiral dendritic monophosphite ligands has been prepared via a hydrogen-bonding assembly. The Rh complexes of these supramolecular ligands have been successfully applied in the asymmetric hydrogenation of enamides and dehydroamino acid derivatives with good enantioselectivities, which are comparable to those obtained from the free monophosphite ligands. The supramol...

Blend membranes of chitosan and poly (ethylene oxide) with different molecular weights of 100,000 and 600,000 were prepared by the solution cast technique. The Chitosan-PEO blend membranes were produced to study their water adsorptions capacity and characteristics of the haemodialysis membrane application. An increase in the water adsorption capacity of chitosan-PEO blend membranes compared to ...

BACKGROUNDS Intracranial post-operative re-haemorrhage is an important complication in patients with hypertensive intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). The purpose of the present study was to determine the value of the computed tomography (CT) blend sign in predicting post-operative re-haemorrhage in patients with ICH. METHODS A total of 126 patients with ICH were included in the present study. Al...