Activating FeMoO nanosheet arrays by partial nickel substitution for efficient electrocatalytic seawater oxidation.

Nickel-substituted FeMoO nanosheet arrays assembled on a nickel foam skeleton are fabricated by a spontaneous redox reaction. Due to the synergistic effect of the increase of exposed active sites and improvement of electron transfer, the targeted catalyst exhibits excellent electrocatalytic performance for seawater oxidation.

Exploration of the Kinetics of Toehold-Mediated Strand Displacement via Plasmon Rulers.

DNA/RNA strand displacement is one of the most fundamental reactions in DNA and RNA circuits and nanomachines. In this work, we reported an exploration of the dynamic process of the toehold-mediated strand displacement via core-satellite plasmon rulers at the single-molecule level. Applying plasmon rulers with unlimited lifetime, single-strand displacement triggered by the invader that resulted in stepwise leaving of satellite from the core was continuously monitored by changes of scattering signal for hours.

Single-molecule imaging of telomerase activity via linear plasmon rulers.

Plasmon rulers (PRs) exploit the potential of plasmon coupling between individual pairs of noble metal nanoparticles in biological processes, especially single-molecule detection. Herein, for the first time, we report a strategy based on Ag PRs for in situ monitoring of the extension process of telomerase primer (TSP) activated by a single telomerase.

Distance mediated electrochemiluminescence enhancement of CdS thin films induced by the plasmon coupling of gold nanoparticle dimers.

Gold nanoparticle dimers assembled on the surface of CdS QD thin films served as nano-antennas to mediate the distance-dependent plasmon enhanced electrochemiluminescence of QDs.

Plasmonic nanohalo optical probes for highly sensitive imaging of survivin mRNA in living cells.

A strategy is designed for sensitive detection of tumor biomarker survivin mRNA based on resonance Rayleigh scattering of a single AuNP nanohalo probe that couples large gold nanoparticles (L-AuNPs, 52 nm) with small AuNPs (S-AuNPs, 18 nm) through the affinity interaction between streptavidin and biotin. This core-satellite plasmon ruler is further applied to imaging survivin mRNA in living cells.

Electrochemiluminescence detection of c-Myc mRNA in breast cancer cells on a wireless bipolar electrode.

Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) on bipolar electrode (BPE) is a sensitive, portable, and low-cost approach which has been employed to detect DNA and proteins. Here, we develop an ultrasensitive method for intracellular mRNA assay based on mRNA-mediated reporter DNA liberation and Ru(bpy)3(2+)-conjugated silica nanoparticles (RuSi@Ru(bpy)3(2+)) tag-based signal amplification.

A novel microfluidic platform with stable concentration gradient for on chip cell culture and screening assays.

In this work a novel microfluidic platform for cell culture and assay is developed. On the chip a static cell culture region is coupled with dynamic fluidic nutrition supply structures. The cell culture unit has a sandwich structure with liquid channels on the top, the cell culture reservoir in the middle and gas channels on the bottom.

Sensitive electrochemiluminescence detection of c-Myc mRNA in breast cancer cells on a wireless bipolar electrode.

We report an ultrasensitive wireless electrochemiluminescence (ECL) protocol for the detection of a nucleic acid target in tumor cells on an indium tin oxide bipolar electrode (BPE) in a poly(dimethylsiloxane) microchannel. The approach is based on the modification of the anodic pole of the BPE with antisense DNA as the recognition element, Ru(bpy)(3)(2+)-conjugated silica nanoparticles (RuSi@Ru(bpy)(3)(2+)) as the signal amplification tag, and reporter DNA as a reference standard. It employs the hybridization-induced changes of RuSi@Ru(bpy)(3)(2+) ECL efficiency for the specific detection of reporter DNA released from tumor cells.

Quality assessment of Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii by HPTLC and HPLC fingerprinting and HPLC quantitative analysis.

This paper describes an improved quality assessment method for Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii (the rhizome and root of Notopterygium incisum Ting ex H.T. Chang or Notopterygium forbesii Boiss).

[Study on the determination of piperazinylethylestrone].

Objective: To establish an HPLC method and a non-aqueous titration for the determination of piperazinylethylestrone drug substance, and an HPLC method for the determination of piperazinylethylestrone in dog plasma.

Methods: Anhydrous acetic acid as solvent, 0.1 mol/L perchloric acid as titrant, crystal violet solution as indicator to establish non-aqueous titrations and ODS column as stationary phase, methanol and a mixture of 0.