Measurements at the single-entity level provide more precise diagnosis and understanding
of basic biological and chemical processes. Recent advances in the chemical measurement …

High-density lipoproteins (HDLs) play an important role in human health through the
metabolism and trafficking of cholesterol as well as providing the feedstocks for steroid …

Currently established and projected regulatory frameworks require the classification of
materials (whether nano or non-nano) as specified by respective definitions, most of which …

The existence of a permanent electric dipole in cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) has been
evidenced by designed rectangular reversing pulse experiments. Transient electric …

Reported here is the synthesis of perfectly sequence defined, monodisperse diblock
copolypeptides of hydrophilic elastin-like and hydrophobic resilin-like polypeptide blocks …

A rheological probe that can measure mechanical properties of biological milieu at well-
defined locations with high spatial resolution, on a time scale faster than most biological …

The shape of most animal cells is controlled by the actin cortex, a thin network of dynamic
actin filaments (F-actin) situated just beneath the plasma membrane. The cortex is held far …

Elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs) are a class of biopolymers consisting of the pentameric
repeat (VPGαG) n based on the sequence of mammalian tropoelastin that display a …

The archetypical fluorescent nucleoside analog, 2-aminopurine (2Ap), has been used in
countless assays, though it suffers from very low quantum yield, especially when included in …

The conformation and structure of methyl cellulose (MC) ether samples dissolved in pure
water under dilute conditions were carefully reconsidered based on the results obtained …