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8. Electrically Conducting Polymer Nanoparticles to Selectively Target and Treat Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

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WAKE FOREST UNIV WINSTON-SALEM NC SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES, MacNeill, Christopher M, WAKE FOREST UNIV WINSTON-SALEM NC SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES, and MacNeill, Christopher M

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We have demonstrated that a low band gap D-A conjugated polymer P3, that absorbs in the NIR (800 nm), can be fabricated into spherical nanoparticles (nano-P3) using Pluronic F127 as a soft template. Nano-P3 (67 nm) was found to be very stable in aqueous media. A heating efficiency curve showed that it took 7 g of nano-P3 to change the temperature of the solution by 20 deg C after one minute. This number is at a lower concentration than other donor acceptor polymer nanoparticles, such as nano-PCPDTBSe and nano-PCPDTBT, which may be due to P3 having a 20% greater molar absorptivity than PCPDTBSe. The nanoparticles, in the absence of NIR light, showed no significant toxicity towards CT26 colorectal cancer cells at concentrations of 5-200 g/mL. Cell viability assays showed that in the presence of NIR light, nano-P3 was shown to generate significant heating to destroy colorectal cancer cells at very low nanoparticle conentration ( 15 g/mL). Using the lowest possible concentration for photothermal ablation is advantageous for translating D-A ECPNs to clinical applications., The original document contains color images.

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2014

17. Roles of thermal annealing in cyclopentadithiophene/thienopyrroledione:fullerene blended film and performance of organic photovoltaics

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Zheng, Qiao, primary, Fang, Guojia, additional, Coffin, Robert C., additional, MacNeill, Christopher M., additional, Li, Yuan, additional, Sun, Nanhai, additional, Qin, Pingli, additional, Nie, Wanyi, additional, Peterson, Eric D., additional, Fan, Xi, additional, Cheng, Fei, additional, Huang, Huihui, additional, Wang, Mingjun, additional, Zhao, Xingzhong, additional, and Carroll, David, additional

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2011
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18. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 15/2011

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Nie, Wanyi, primary, MacNeill, Christopher M., additional, Li, Yuan, additional, Noftle, Ronald E., additional, Carroll, David L., additional, and Coffin, Robert. C., additional

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2011
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20. Variation of the Side Chain Branch Position Leads to Vastly Improved Molecular Weight and OPV Performance in 4,8-dialkoxybenzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene/2,1,3-benzothiadiazole Copolymers

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Coffin, Robert C., primary, MacNeill, Christopher M., additional, Peterson, Eric D., additional, Ward, Jeremy W., additional, Owen, Jack W., additional, McLellan, Claire A., additional, Smith, Gregory M., additional, Noftle, Ronald E., additional, Jurchescu, Oana D., additional, and Carroll, David L., additional

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2011
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24. Exploring Spray-Coating Techniques for Organic Solar Cell Applications.

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Wanyi Nie, Coffin, Robert, Jiwen Liu, MacNeill, Christopher M., Yuan Li, Noftle, Ronald E., and Carroll, David L.

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SURFACE coatings, SOLAR cell design, PARAMETER estimation, ORGANIC solvents, ENERGY bands, BUTYRIC acid, DICHLOROBENZENE, PHOTOVOLTAIC cells
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We have investigated spray coating as a novel processing method for organic solar cell fabrication. In this work, spraying parameters and organic solvent influences have been correlated with cell performance. Using airbrush fabrication, bulk heteroj unction photovoltaic devices based on a new low band gap donor material: poly[(4,8-bis(1-pentylhexyloxy) benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene-2,6-diyl-alt-2,l,3-benzoxadiazole-4,7-diyl] with the C60-derivative (6,6)-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) as an acceptor, have achieved power conversion efficiencies over 3%. We show that airbrush fabrication can be carried out with simple solvents such as pristine 1,2-dichlorobenzene. Moreover, the influence of device active area has been studied and the 1 cm2 device by spray coating maintained an excellent power conversion efficiency of 3.02% on average. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2012
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25. Variation of the Side Chain Branch Position Leads to Vastly Improved Molecular Weight and OPV Performance in 4,8-dialkoxybenzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene/ 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole Copolymers.

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Coffin, Robert C., MacNeill, Christopher M., Peterson, Eric D., Ward, Jeremy W., Owen, Jack W., McLellan, Claire A., Smith, Gregory M., Noftle, Ronald E., Jurchescu, Oana D., and Carroll, David L.

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MOLECULAR weights, COPOLYMERS, CHLOROFORM, ETHYLHEXANOL, ABSORPTION, THIN film transistors, SOLAR cells
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Through manipulation of the solubilizing side chains, we were able to dramatically improve the molecular weight (Mw) of 4,8-dialkoxybenzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene (BDT)/2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (BT) copolymers. When dodecyl side chains (P1) are employed at the 4- and 8-positions of the BDT unit, we obtain a chloroform-soluble copolymer fraction with Mw of 6.3 kg/mol. Surprisingly, by moving to the commonly employed 2-ethylhexyl branch (P2), Mw decreases to 3.4 kg/mol. This is despite numerous reports that this side chain increases solubility and Mw. By moving the ethyl branch in one position relative to the polymer backbone (1-ethylhexyl, P3),Mw is dramatically increased to 68.8 kg/mol. As a result of this Mw increase, the shape of the absorption profile is dramatically altered, with λmax = 637 nm compared with 598 nm for P1 and 579 nm for P2. The hole mobility as determined by thin film transistor (TFT) measurements is improved from ∼ 1 × 10-6 cm²/Vs for P1 and P2 to 7 × 10-4 cm²/Vs for P3, while solar cell power conversion efficiency in increased to 2.91% for P3 relative to 0.31% and 0.19% for P1 and P2, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2011
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26. Bis(μ-dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]thio-phene-2,6-dicarboxyl-ato-κO:O)bis-[bis-(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')cobalt(II)] dimethyl-formamide disolvate.

Author

Macneill CM, Day CS, and Noftle RE

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Co(2)(C(10)H(2)O(4)S(3))(2)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(4)]·2C(3)H(7)NO, contains one half of the formula unit, with the rest generated by inversion. The cobalt ion sits in a slightly distorted octa-hedral environment and is ligated to four N atoms of two 1,10-phenanthroline molecules and to two O atoms of two dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]thio-phene-2,6-dicarb-oxy-l-ate anions. The anions act as bridges between the Co(II) centers.

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2009
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