• Oriented self-assembly of anisotropic layered double hydroxides (LDHs) with 2D-on-3D hierarchical structure 

      Cao, Jingjing; Feng, Zimou; Liang, Huaxing; Lu, Xinglin; Wang, Wei (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) have been the subject of increasing research due to their unique 2D or 3D structures and promising applications. However, achieving precise control over their morphology and architecture ...
    • Osmotic engine converting energy from salinity difference to a hydraulic accumulator by utilizing polyelectrolyte hydrogels 

      Bui, Tri Quang; Magnussen, Ole-Petter; Cao, Vinh Duy; Wang, Wei; Kjøniksen, Anna-Lena; Aaker, Olav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Efficient harvesting of the mixing energy from the salinity gradient between sea and river water remains a challenge. Recently, utilization of the swelling/shrinking properties of hydrogels has been explored as a new means ...
    • Partially carbonized wastepaper with excellent mechanical strength for oil-water and emulsion separation 

      Shi, Ming; Liu, Gang; Lang, Daning; Qian, Qianqian; Yang, Chao; Wang, Jide; Wu, Ronglan; Wang, Wei (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Taking the treatment of oily sewage and the recycling of wastepaper as the starting point, the idea of using waste to treat waste was used to treat the swage with aerogels made of wastepaper. Methods Porous ...
    • Photocatalytic TiO2/rGO/CuO Composite for Wastewater Treatment of Cr(VI) Under Visible Light 

      Wang, Ning; Zhang, Feiyan; Mei, Qiufeng; Wu, Ronglan; Wang, Wei (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The harm of chromium pollution to the environment has caused a widespread concern; hexavalent chromium is a toxic, cancerogenic, and genetically mutagenic contaminant to the human body; by contrast, trivalent chromium is ...
    • Recovered Energy from Salinity Gradients Utilizing Various Poly(Acrylic Acid)-Based Hydrogels 

      Bui, Tri Quang; Cao, Vinh Duy; Wang, Wei; Kjøniksen, Anna-Lena (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-22)
      Hydrogels can be utilized to extract energy from salinity gradients when river water mixes with seawater. Saline-sensitive hydrogels exhibit a reversible swelling/shrinking process when they are, alternately, exposed to ...
    • Ruthenium-based antitumor drugs and delivery systems from monotherapy to combination therapy 

      Lu, Yu; Zhu, Di; Le, Quynh Bao Truong; Wang, Yuji; Wang, Wei (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Ruthenium complex is an important compound group for antitumor drug research and development. NAMI-A, KP1019, TLD1433 and other ruthenium complexes have entered clinical research. In recent years, the research on ruthenium ...
    • Salinity Gradient Energy from Expansion and Contraction of Poly(allylamine hydrochloride) Hydrogels 

      Bui, Tri Quang; Cao, Vinh Duy; Do, Nu Bich Duyen; Christoffersen, Trine Eker; Wang, Wei; Kjøniksen, Anna-Lena (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-06-08)
      Salinity gradients exhibit a great potential for production of renewable energy. Several techniques such as pressure-retarded osmosis and reverse electrodialysis have been employed to extract this energy. Unfortunately, ...
    • Setting research priorities to improve global newborn health and prevent stillbirths by 2025 

      Yoshida, Sachiyo; Martines, Jose Carlos; Lawn, Joy E.; Wall, Stephen; Souza, João Paulo; Rudan, Igor; Cousens, Simon; Aaby, Peter; Adam, Ishag; Adhikari, Ramesh Kant; Ambalavanan, Namasivayam; Arifeen, Shams EI; Aryal, Dhana Raj; Asiruddin, Sk K.; Baqui, Abdullah; Barros, Aluisio J.D.; Benn, Christine S.; Bhandari, Vineet; Bhatnagar, Shinjini; Bhattacharya, Sohinee; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Black, Robert E.; Blencowe, Hannah; Bose, Carl; Brown, Justin; Bührer, Christoph; Carlo, Wally; Cecatti, Jose Guilherme; Cheung, Po-Yin; Clark, Robert; Colbourn, Tim; Conde-Agudelo, Agustin; Corbett, Erica; Czeizel, Andrew E.; Das, Abhik; Day, Louise Tina; Deal, Carolyn; Deorari, Ashok; Dílmen, Uǧur; English, Mike; Esamai, Fabian; Fall, Caroline; Ferriero, Donna M.; Gisore, Peter; Hazir, Tabish; Higgins, Rosemary D.; Homer, Caroline S.E.; Hoque, Dewan Emdadul; Irgens, Lorentz M.; Islam, Mohammad Tajul; de Graft-Johnson, Joseph; Joshua, Martias Alice; Keenan, William; Khatoon, Soofia; Kieler, Helle; Kramer, Michael S.; Lackritz, Eve M.; Lavender, Tina; Lawintono, Laurensia; Luhanga, Richard; Marsh, David; McMillan, Douglas; McNamara, Patrick J.; Mol, Ben Willem J.; Molyneux, Elizabeth; Mukasa, Gelasius K.; Mutabazi, Miriam; Nacul, Luis Carlos; Nakakeeto, Margaret; Narayanan, Indira; Olusanya, Bolajoko; Osrin, David; Paul, Vinod; Poets, Christian; Reddy, Uma M; Santosham, Mathuram; Sayed, Rubayet; Schlabritz-Loutsevitch, Natalia E.; Singhal, Nalini; Smith, Mary Alice; Smith, Peter G.; Soofi, Sajid; Spong, Catherine Y.; Sultana, Shahin; Tshefu, Antoinette; van Bel, Frank; Gray, Lauren Vestewig; Waiswa, Peter; Wang, Wei; Williams, Sarah L.A.; Wright, Linda; Zaidi, Anita; Zhang, Yanfeng; Zhong, Nanbert; Zuniga, Isabel; Bahl, Rajiv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06)
      Background: In 2013, an estimated 2.8 million newborns died and 2.7 million were stillborn. A much greater number suffer from long term impairment associated with preterm birth, intrauterine growth restriction, congenital ...
    • Surface lattice engineering for fine-tuned spatial configuration of nanocrystals 

      Jiang, Bo; Yuan, Yifei; Wang, Wei; He, Kun; Zou, Chao; Chen, Wei; Yang, Yun; Wang, Shun; Yurkiv, Vitaliy; Lu, Jun (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Hybrid nanocrystals combining different properties together are important multifunctional materials that underpin further development in catalysis, energy storage, et al., and they are often constructed using heterogeneous ...
    • Synoviocyte-targeted therapy synergizes with TNF inhibition in arthritis reversal 

      Svensson, Mattias N.D.; Zoccheddu, Martina; Yang, Shen; Nygaard, Gyrid; Secchi, Christian; Doody, Karen M.; Slowikowski, Kamil; Mizoguchi, Fumitaka; Humby, Frances; Hands, Rebecca; Santelli, Eugenio; Sacchetti, Cristiano; Wakabayashi, Kuninobu; Wu, Dennis J.; Barback, Christopher; Ai, Rizi; Wang, Wei; Sims, Gary P.; Mydel, Piotr Mateusz; Kasama, Tsuyoshi; Boyle, David L.; Galimi, Francesco; Vera, David; Tremblay, Michel L.; Raychaudhuri, Soumya; Brenner, Michael B.; Firestein, Gary S.; Pitzalis, Costantino; Ekwall, Anna-Karin H.; Stanford, Stephanie M.; Bottini, Nunzio (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) are joint-lining cells that promote rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathology. Current disease-modifying antirheumatic agents (DMARDs) operate through systemic immunosuppression. FLS-targeted ...
    • Synthesis of penta-fold twinned Pd-Au-Pd segmental nanorods for in situ monitoring catalytic reaction 

      Niu, Guangliang; Liu, Fangyan; Yang, Yun; Fu, Yunzhi; Wang, Wei (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Multimetallic nanomaterials have many applications. The controlled synthesis of multimetallic nanomaterials is highly desired. We report a study on using penta-fold twinned (PFT) Au nanorods (NRs) as seeds to synthesize ...
    • TAT-Modified Gold Nanoparticles Enhance the Antitumor Activity of PAD4 Inhibitors 

      Song, Songlin; Gui, Lin; Feng, Qiqi; Taledaohan, Ayijiang; Li, Yuanming; Wang, Wei; Wang, Yanming; Wang, Yuji (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Purpose: Histone citrullination by peptidylarginine deiminases 4 (PAD4) regulates the gene expression of tumor suppressor. In our previously study, YW3-56 (356) was developed as a potent PAD4 inhibitor for cancer therapy ...
    • TiO2/Fe2O3 heterostructures with enhanced photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI) under visible light irradiation 

      Mei, Qiufeng; Zhang, Feiyan; Wang, Ning; Yang, Yun; Wu, Ronglan; Wang, Wei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-23)
      We report a study on the synthesis of TiO2/Fe2O3 (TF) nanocomposites and their photocatalytic performance under visible-light irradiation. The characterization of structure and morphology shows that hematite Fe2O3 was ...