Scientists develop new drug delivery system that targets tumors then exists the body using “switchable” chemistry.
Click chemistry used to weave customizable spider silk
Click chemistry spins bacterial-produced spider silk into a biomedical marvel, promising innovations in fiber optics, wound healing, and tissue regeneration.
Click chemistry in organic electronic devices
The last decades have witnessed a dramatic advance in organic syntheses from the viewpoint of environmental science and technology. In a review article, Professor Michinobu highlights a novel click reaction inspired by semiconducting polymer doping techniques.
Novel Polymeric Ionic Liquids through Click Chemistry
Radical thiol-ene addition was used for the synthesis of new polymeric ionic liquids which could serve as novel polyelectrolytes.
Click Chemistry for Gene Therapy
A reducibly-degradable hyperbranched polymer PEI-SS-HP composed of LMW PEI via a disulfide-containing linkage is demonstrated as a promising gene vector.
Buttoned up biomolecules: A click reaction for living systems
Bioorthogonal hydroamination of activated linear alkynes now suitable in living cells.
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics: Polymer Characterization and Morphology
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics showcases advances in polymer characterization and morphology
Live–Cell Imaging via a Clickable Probe With an Exceptionally Long Lifetime Shift
–Cells are highly complex and organized entities which are composed of various biological events. Real-time live-cell imaging is important for understanding these physiological processes. However, many existing fluorescent probes are unsuitable for these purposes due...
Biosynthetic polypeptides cross-linked via thiol-ene chemistry
Recombinant resilin-like polypeptides are modified with photoreactive molecules to facilitate the use of photocrosslinking methods for hybrid hydrogels.
Fluorescence microscopy research wins 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Eric Betzig, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stefan Hell, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, and William Moerner, Stanford University, share award for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.