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    Interfacial metal atoms of metallic nano-chaperones on modulating amyloid fibrillation

    Synthetic metallic nano-chaperones possessing biomolecular chaperone functions hold great promise as candidates for modulating protein conformation. Despite extensive research, the involvement and mechanisms o...

    Hu Li **虎, Guanbin Gao 高冠斌, Liangchong Yu 余良翀, Zijun Zhang 张子俊 in Science China Materials (2024)

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    Interfacial charge effects of supported-metal-cluster heterostructures on azo hydrogenation catalyzation

    The impact of interfacial charge on catalytic performance of supported-metal-cluster (SMC) heterostructures remains unclear, hindering efforts to develop high-performance SMC catalysts. Herein we systematicall...

    Zhenhua Gu, **gli Zhang, Zijun Zhang, Qingxue Mu, Liangchong Yu in Nano Research (2024)

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    Endogenous formaldehyde responsive fluorescent probe for bioimaging

    Formaldehyde (FA), as the simplest endogenous carbonyl molecule, participates in many biosynthesis and metabolism in living organisms, such as nucleotides and adenosine triphosphate (ATP). FA concentrations ar...

    Ning-Bo Yi, **ng-Jie Hu, Fei Wang, Si-Yi Chen, **ao-Xue Xu, **n Li in Nano Research (2023)

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    Chiral effect on Aβ fibrillation from molecular-scale to nanoscale

    β-Amyloid (Aβ) peptide fibrillation, one of the characteristic hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease, is determined by many interfacial physical-chemical factors, e.g., charge, hydrophobicity, etc. Despite extensiv...

    Guanbin Gao, Guowei Zhu, Liangchong Yu, Zijun Zhang, Ting Zhang in Nano Research (2022)

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    Tailoring the d-band center of N-doped carbon nanotube arrays with Co4N nanoparticles and single-atom Co for a superior hydrogen evolution reaction

    A 3D self-supported integrated electrode, consisting of heteroatomic nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube arrays on carbon cloth with confined ultrafine Co4N nanoparticles and a distribution of anchored single-atom Co,...

    Bo Cao, Minghao Hu, Yan Cheng, Peng **g, Baocang Liu, Bo Zhou in NPG Asia Materials (2021)

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    A biomimetic design for a sialylated, glycan-specific smart polymer

    Increasing evidence has indicated that glycans and their interactions with glycan-specific binding proteins have crucial roles in most physiological processes. One emerging topic in biomaterials is the constru...

    Zhonghui Chen, Ziyu Lv, Xue Wang, Hong Yang, Guangyan Qing in NPG Asia Materials (2018)

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    Synthesis and lithium storage properties of interconnected fullerene-like carbon nanofibers encapsulated with tin nanoparticles

    Interconnected fullerene-like carbon nanofibers encapsulated with tin nanoparticles (Sn@FLCNFs) were synthesized by a facile and scalable electrospinning method using fullerene-like carbon nanoparticles and P...

    Li Qiao, Li Qiao, **uwan Li, **aolei Sun, Hongwei Yue in Journal of Materials Science (2017)

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    Interfacial materials with special wettability

    Various life forms in nature display a high level of adaptability to their environments through the use of sophisticated material interfaces. This is exemplified by numerous biological systems, such as the sel...

    Tak-Sing Wong, Taolei Sun, Lin Feng, Joanna Aizenberg in MRS Bulletin (2013)

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    The transformation of chiral signals into macroscopic properties of materials using chirality-responsive polymers

    The ability to transform the chiral signals of molecules into the macroscopic properties of a material will offer significant advantages in the development of chiral functional devices and chirality-related ap...

    Guangyan Qing, Taolei Sun in NPG Asia Materials (2012)