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A Solution NMR Toolbox for Characterizing the Surface Chemistry of Colloidal Nanocrystals by Hens, Zeger, Martins, José C

“…The possibilities offered by 1H solution NMR for the study of colloidal nanocrystal ligands are reviewed. Using CdSe and PbSe nanocrystals with tightly bound…”
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Colloidal CdSe Nanoplatelets, A Model for Surface Chemistry/Optoelectronic Property Relations in Semiconductor Nanocrystals by Singh, Shalini, Tomar, Renu, ten Brinck, Stephanie, De Roo, Jonathan, Geiregat, Pieter, Martins, José C, Infante, Ivan, Hens, Zeger

“…While the surface termination of quasi-spherical metal chalcogenide nanocrystals or quantum dots has been widely investigated, it remains unclear whether the…”
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Cyclic Lipodepsipeptides From Pseudomonas spp. - Biological Swiss-Army Knives by Geudens, Niels, Martins, José C

“…Cyclic lipodepsipeptides produced by spp. (Ps-CLPs) are biosurfactants that constitute a diverse class of versatile bioactive natural compounds with promising…”
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Size-Tunable, Bright, and Stable PbS Quantum Dots: A Surface Chemistry Study by Moreels, Iwan, Justo, Yolanda, De Geyter, Bram, Haustraete, Katrien, Martins, José C, Hens, Zeger

“…PbS Qdots are synthesized using PbCl2 and elemental sulfur as precursors. The available size range is significantly expanded using tri-n-octylphosphine (TOP),…”
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Ligand Displacement Exposes Binding Site Heterogeneity on CdSe Nanocrystal Surfaces by Drijvers, Emile, De Roo, Jonathan, Martins, José C, Infante, Ivan, Hens, Zeger

“…Nanocrystal–ligand interactions and ligand exchange processes are usually described by a uniform distribution of equal binding sites. Here, we analyze this…”
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Surface Chemistry of Colloidal PbSe Nanocrystals by Moreels, Iwan, Fritzinger, Bernd, Martins, José C, Hens, Zeger

“…Solution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) is used to identify and quantify the organic capping of colloidal PbSe nanocrystals (Q-PbSe). We find…”
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Do Aptamers Always Bind? The Need for a Multifaceted Analytical Approach When Demonstrating Binding Affinity between Aptamer and Low Molecular Weight Compounds by Bottari, Fabio, Daems, Elise, de Vries, Anne-Mare, Van Wielendaele, Pieter, Trashin, Stanislav, Blust, Ronny, Sobott, Frank, Madder, Annemieke, Martins, José C, De Wael, Karolien

“…In this manuscript, we compare different analytical methodologies to validate or disprove the binding capabilities of aptamer sequences. This was prompted by…”
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Short-Chain Alcohols Strip X‑Type Ligands and Quench the Luminescence of PbSe and CdSe Quantum Dots, Acetonitrile Does Not by Hassinen, Antti, Moreels, Iwan, De Nolf, Kim, Smet, Philippe F, Martins, José C, Hens, Zeger

“…The effect of short-chain alcohols and acetonitrile on the ligand shell composition and the photoluminescence quantum yield of purified PbSe and CdSe quantum…”
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Utilizing Self-Exchange To Address the Binding of Carboxylic Acid Ligands to CdSe Quantum Dots by Fritzinger, Bernd, Capek, Richard K, Lambert, Karel, Martins, José C, Hens, Zeger

“…We use solution NMR techniques to analyze the organic/inorganic interface of CdSe quantum dots (Q-CdSe) synthesized using oleic acid as a surfactant. It is…”
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Colloidal metal oxide nanocrystal catalysis by sustained chemically driven ligand displacement by De Roo, Jonathan, Van Driessche, Isabel, Martins, José C., Hens, Zeger

“…Here the authors show that nanocrystals of hafnium oxide can be applied as stable catalytic materials using a dynamic ligand-exchange reaction mechanism…”
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Size-Dependent Optical Properties of Colloidal PbS Quantum Dots by Moreels, Iwan, Lambert, Karel, Smeets, Dries, De Muynck, David, Nollet, Tom, Martins, José C, Vanhaecke, Frank, Vantomme, André, Delerue, Christophe, Allan, Guy, Hens, Zeger

“…We quantitatively investigate the size-dependent optical properties of colloidal PbS nanocrystals or quantum dots (Qdots), by combining the Qdot absorbance…”
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Combinatorial biosynthesis of sapogenins and saponins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using a C-16α hydroxylase from Bupleurum falcatum by Moses, Tessa, Pollier, Jacob, Almagro, Lorena, Buyst, Dieter, Van Montagu, Marc, Pedreño, María A., Martins, José C., Thevelein, Johan M., Goossens, Alain

“…The saikosaponins comprise oleanane- and ursane-type triterpene saponins that are abundantly present in the roots of the genus Bupleurum widely used in Asian…”
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Unravelling the Surface Chemistry of Metal Oxide Nanocrystals, the Role of Acids and Bases by De Roo, Jonathan, Van den Broeck, Freya, De Keukeleere, Katrien, Martins, José C, Van Driessche, Isabel, Hens, Zeger

“…We synthesized HfO2 nanocrystals from HfCl4 using a surfactant-free solvothermal process in benzyl alcohol and found that the resulting nanocrystals could be…”
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Gelatin- and starch-based hydrogels. Part A: Hydrogel development, characterization and coating by Van Nieuwenhove, Ine, Salamon, Achim, Peters, Kirsten, Graulus, Geert-Jan, Martins, José C., Frankel, Daniel, Kersemans, Ken, De Vos, Filip, Van Vlierberghe, Sandra, Dubruel, Peter

“…•Hydrogel films were developed consisting of methacrylamide-modified gelatin and starch-pentenoate building blocks.•The mechanical properties of the hydrogels…”
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Multifunctionalized Sequence-Defined Oligomers from a Single Building Block by Espeel, Pieter, Carrette, Lieselot L. G., Bury, Katarzyna, Capenberghs, Sven, Martins, José C., Du Prez, Filip E., Madder, Annemieke

“…Another link in the chain: A thiolactone‐based approach for the preparation of multifunctionalized sequence‐defined oligomeric structures on solid support was…”
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Complex electrostatic effects on the selectivity of membrane-permeabilizing cyclic lipopeptides by Steigenberger, Jessica, Verleysen, Yentl, Geudens, Niels, Madder, Annemieke, Martins, José C., Heerklotz, Heiko

“…Cyclic lipopeptides (CLiPs) have many biological functions, including the selective permeabilization of target membranes, and technical and medical…”
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Binding and Packing in Two-Component Colloidal Quantum Dot Ligand Shells: Linear versus Branched Carboxylates by De Nolf, Kim, Cosseddu, Salvatore M, Jasieniak, Jacek J, Drijvers, Emile, Martins, José C, Infante, Ivan, Hens, Zeger

“…In this work, we present a combined experimental and theoretical analysis of two-component ligand shells passivating CdSe quantum dots. Using nuclear magnetic…”
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Controlling the Size of Hot Injection Made Nanocrystals by Manipulating the Diffusion Coefficient of the Solute by De Nolf, Kim, Capek, Richard K, Abe, Sofie, Sluydts, Michael, Jang, Youngjin, Martins, José C, Cottenier, Stefaan, Lifshitz, Efrat, Hens, Zeger

“…We investigate the relation between the chain length of ligands used and the size of the nanocrystals formed in the hot injection synthesis. With two different…”
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Binding of Phosphonic Acids to CdSe Quantum Dots: A Solution NMR Study by Gomes, Raquel, Hassinen, Antti, Szczygiel, Agnieszka, Zhao, Qiang, Vantomme, André, Martins, José C, Hens, Zeger

“…We use 1H and 31P solution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to analyze the binding of phosphonic acid ligands to wurtzite CdSe quantum dots (CdSe QDs)…”
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Highly Reactive Thiol‐Norbornene Photo‐Click Hydrogels: Toward Improved Processability by Hoorick, Jasper, Gruber, Peter, Markovic, Marica, Rollot, Mélanie, Graulus, Geert‐Jan, Vagenende, Maxime, Tromayer, Maximilian, Erps, Jürgen, Thienpont, Hugo, Martins, José C., Baudis, Stefan, Ovsianikov, Aleksandr, Dubruel, Peter, Vlierberghe, Sandra

“…In the present work, gelatin type B is modified with highly reactive norbornene functionalities (Gel‐NB) following a one‐pot synthesis approach to enable…”
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