Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs): Revolutionizing Material Science Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a rapidly developing class of coordination polymers. With their remarkable characteristics—structural diversity, porosity, tailorability, and high specific surface area—MOFs have become invaluable across various scientific and industrial fields. Applications include gas adsorption and storage, molecular separation, catalysis, drug sustained release,...

Understanding Pesticide-Related Impurities: Key to Safety and Quality Pesticide-related impurities refer to substances present in pesticide products that are more toxic to humans and the environment than their active ingredients. These impurities may harm crops, contaminate agricultural products, or adversely affect the stability and quality of pesticides. Monitoring such impurities...

FM Series Fluorescent Dyes for High-Specificity Cell Membrane Labeling and Neuronal Tracking The FM series fluorescent dyes, including FM 1-43, FM 2-10, FM 5-95, and FM 4-64, are lipophilic styrene-based dyes known for their non-toxic nature and specific application in labeling living cell membranes. These dyes are especially effective in...

G-quadruplex (G4) fluorescent probes provide ideas for broadening viromics research on functional nucleic acids and developing new HCV infection detection. However, the traditional G4 dye has poor ability to cross cell membranes and is difficult to be directly used for live cell imaging.Hunan University's Nie Zhou team developed a new...

More than 170 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), a single-stranded positive-strand RNA virus. Once the human body is infected, it is very likely to develop diseases such as chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and even liver cancer. Currently, the commonly used methods for detecting HCV infection in...

The basic building blocks of biomimetic homopolypeptides are protected or unprotected glutamic acid or lysine residues, which are obtained through ring-opening polymerization of cyclic amino acid anhydrides. They can be used in the field of biomedicine as drug delivery, gene delivery carriers or degradable biomimetic medical materials [1-2]. They can...