Hydroxylation and N-alkylation are powerful, orthogonal handles for modulating the conformation and drug-like properties of amino acid-derived scaffolds, yet doubly substituted, stereodefined N-alkyl ...

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Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (ToF-SIMS) was used to investigate the changes in keratin protein surface chemistry caused by the covalent bonding reactions of commercially available a...

Highly branched poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) additives chain end functionalised with vancomycin have been designed to agglutinate and report on targetted Gram-positive strains of bacteria (S. aureus)....

The plasma protein binding (PPB) of a drug plays a key role in both its pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties. During lead optimisation, medium and high throughput methods for the early deter...

Diffusion ordered 1H-NMR spectroscopy (DOSY) is a useful, non-destructive technique for analysing polymer hydrodynamic size and intrinsic/solution viscosity. However, to date there has been no investi...

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Whilst the development of advanced organic dots with aggregation-induced emission characteristics (AIE-dots) is being intensively studied, their clini…

Knowledge of molecular weight is an integral factor in polymer synthesis, and while many synthetic strategies have been developed to help control this, determination of the final molecular weight is o...

Magnetic Field Hyperthermia is a technique where tumours are treated through an increase in local temperature upon exposure to alternating magnetic fields (AMFs) that are mediated by magnetic nano-par...

Mitonafide-loaded liposomes are a promising strategy to overcome the neurotoxicity observed in clinical trials for this drug. This study investigates the influence of loaded mitonafide or a dimer anal...

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A composite silicone skin adhesive material was designed to improve its water vapor permeability to offer advantages to wearer comfort compared to existing skin adhesive dressings available (including...