Aflatoxins are a group of fungal toxic metabolites, which are contaminated certain food commodities. ELISA is one of the sensitive methods for detection of aflatoxins. Preparation and stabilizing of a proper conjugated tracer for detection of aflatoxins is probably the main step for designing an ELISA method. In current study, different stabilizers were applied to stabilize a newly prepared con...

Conjugated block copolymers have received considerable attention in recent years, as they hold promise, for instance for solar cells and nanoelectronics. Block copolymers consisting of one conjugated block and one or more nonconjugated, usually coil-like blocks, have been shown to possess a variety of defined morphologies which differ from those of the parent conjugated homopolymers. However, s...

Supramolecular assemblies of cucurbituril (CBn) homologues with p-conjugated chromophores will be overviewed. Special emphasis will be given to the effect of CBn on the optical properties of conjugated oligomers and polymers. How supramolecular complexes of p-conjugated chromophores including porphyrin derivatives, conjugated oligomers and polymers with CBn could be utilized in the theranostic ...

Local delivery of neurotrophic factors is a pillar of neural repair strategies in the peripheral nervous system. The main disadvantage of the free growth factors is their short half-life of few minutes. In order to prolong their activity, we have conjugated to iron oxide nanoparticles three neurotrophic factors: nerve growth factor (βNGF), glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), and basi...

Conduction of electro-migration gap junctions coated with various organic molecules is studied to expose the prevalence of different transport processes. The principal comparison made here is between molecules with conjugated versus non-conjugated backbones. Coulomb blockade (CB) is observed in all junctions, including bare junctions and those with non-conjugated molecules, but at significantly...

The host-guest complexes of conjugated microporous polymers encapsulating C60 and dye molecules have been investigated systematically. The orientation of guest molecules inside the cavities, have different terms: inside the open cavities of the polymer, or inside the cavities formed by packing different polymers. The host backbone shows responsive dynamic behavior in order to accommodate the si...