Lanthanide-based luminescent hybrid materials.

In the past decade, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) have attracted more and more attention for their potential biomedical applications. With their tailored mesoporous structure and high surface area, MSNs as drug delivery systems (DDSs) show significant advantages over traditional drug nanocarriers. In this review, we overview the recent progress in the synthesis of MSNs for drug delivery applications. First, we provide an overview of synthesis strategies for fabricating ordered MSNs and hollow/rattle-type MSNs. Then, the in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility and biotranslocation of MSNs are discussed in relation to their chemophysical properties including particle size, surface properties, shape, and structure. The review also highlights the significant achievements in drug delivery using mesoporous silica nanoparticles and their multifunctional counterparts as drug carriers. In particular, the biological barriers for nano-based targeted cancer therapy and MSN-based targeting strategies are discussed. We conclude with our personal perspectives on the directions in which future work in this field might be focused.

Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Biocompatibility and Drug Delivery

The purpose of this critical review is to give a representative and comprehensive overview of the arising developments in the field of magnetic metal–organic frameworks, in particular those containing cobalt(II). We examine the diversity of magnetic exchange interactions between nearest-neighbour moment carriers, covering from dimers to oligomers and discuss their implications in infinite chains, layers and networks, having a variety of topologies. We progress to the different forms of short-range magnetic ordering, giving rise to single-molecule-magnets and single-chain-magnets, to long-range ordering of two- and three-dimensional networks (323 references).

Magnetic metal-organic frameworks.

This paper provides a third update to the review of reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) achieved with thiocarbonylthio compounds (ZC(=S)SR) by a mechanism of reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) that was published in June 2005 (Aust. J. Chem. 2005, 58, 379). The first update was published in November 2006 (Aust. J. Chem. 2006, 59, 669) and the second in December 2009 (Aust. J. Chem. 2009, 62, 1402). This review cites over 700 publications that appeared during the period mid 2009 to early 2012 covering various aspects of RAFT polymerization which include reagent synthesis and properties, kinetics and mechanism of polymerization, novel polymer syntheses, and a diverse range of applications. This period has witnessed further significant developments, particularly in the areas of novel RAFT agents, techniques for end-group transformation, the production of micro/nanoparticles and modified surfaces, and biopolymer conjugates both for therapeutic and diagnostic applications.

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Living Radical Polymerization by the RAFT Process - A Second Update

Research to develop alternative electrode materials with high energy densities in Li-ion batteries has been actively pursued to satisfy the power demands for electronic devices and hybrid electric vehicles. This critical review focuses on anode materials composed of Group IV and V elements with their composites including Ag and Mg metals as well as transition metal oxides which have been intensively investigated. This critical review is devoted mainly to their electrochemical performances and reaction mechanisms (313 references).

Li-alloy based anode materials for Li secondary batteries.

A novel Co−glutarate, Co[O2C(CH2)3CO2] (1), was synthesized as single crystals by the hydrothermal reaction of CoCl2 with glutaric acid in the presence of KOH and characterized by single-crystal X-...

A coordination polymer of cobalt(II)-glutarate: two-dimensional interlocking structure by dicarboxylate ligands with two different conformations.

Two new photoluminescent compounds with the formulas of [Eu2(adipate)3(H2O)]·H2O (1) and [Eu2(adipate)3(4H2O)] (2) were synthesized by using Eu(III) chloride and adipic acid under hydrothermal reac...

Crystal structure and spectroscopic study of novel two- and three-dimensional photoluminescent Eu(III)-adipate compounds.

A novel, two-dimensional organic/inorganic coordinate polymers, Mn2(H2O)[O2C(CH2)4CO2]2, was synthesized as single crystals by the hydrothermal reaction of MnCl2 with adipic acid in the presence of base and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, thermal analysis, and SQUID magnetic measurement. It crystallized in the monoclinic space group C2/c(No. 15), with a = 21.671(2) A, b = 7.6023(7) A, c = 9.1452(9) A, β = 108.849(7) A, Z = 4. The title compound presents a structure constituted by the stacking along [100] of MnO6 layers interleaved with adipate ions. The novel feature of the anionic layer is that it contains close-packed trans alkyl chains residing in an extended framework. Magnetization measurement shows this compound is antiferromagnetic below 15 K.

Hydrothermal synthesis and magnetic behavior of a novel layered coordination polymer generated from manganese(II) adipate.

Hollow silica nanoparticles can be spontaneously generated without a template on the basis of the porous nature of silica and the high surface energy on the nanometer scale. We show that solid silica particles synthesized by the Stober and microemulsion methods initially develop small pores inside the nanoparticles under slightly basic conditions as a result of base-catalyzed etching. With further reaction, those small seed pores merge into a single void to reduce the surface energy of small pores, generating well-defined hollow nanoparticles. This behavior is unique to nanometer-sized porous materials, and the shape evolution is size-dependent, reinforcing the importance of evaluating the reactivity and structural changes of nanomaterials as well as their physical properties in different size ranges. The mechanism described here provides a simple way to generate uniform hollow nanoparticles of porous materials.

YooJin Kim

Papers

A coordination polymer of cobalt(II)-glutarate: two-dimensional interlocking structure by dicarboxylate ligands with two different conformations.

Crystal structure and spectroscopic study of novel two- and three-dimensional photoluminescent Eu(III)-adipate compounds.

Hydrothermal synthesis and magnetic behavior of a novel layered coordination polymer generated from manganese(II) adipate.

Size-dependent shape evolution of silica nanoparticles into hollow structures.

Conformation change of the cyclohexanedicarboxylate ligand toward 2D and 3D La(III)-organic coordination networks