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- Cacialli, F., et al.
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Synthesis and characterisation of poly(distyrylbenzene-block-hexa(ethylene oxide)) and its fluorinated analogue - Two new block copolymers and their application in electroluminescent devices
- 2002
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Ingår i: Polymer. - 0032-3861 .- 1873-2291. ; 43:12, s. 3555-3561
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Two new soluble block copolymers are reported in which chromophores and hexa(ethylene oxide) units alternate along the polymer backbone. In polymer 1 the chromophore was the distyrylbenzene unit. The polymer was synthesised via the Wittig reaction and the ionization potential of 5.4 ± 0.2 eV was measured by cyclic voltammetry and photoelectron spectroscopy. Polymer 1 showed a high solid-state photoluminescence efficiency (34%) and was used to make efficient (0.5 cd/A) light emitting diodes (LEDs). Polymer 1 was also used in light emitting cells, these showed luminescence in reverse bias and a reduced turn-on voltage compared to the LEDs. Polymer 2, in which the chromophore was dodecafluoro-distryrylbenzene, was prepared via the Horner-Wittig reaction and showed an ionization potential of 6.25 ± 0.15 eV and a solid-state photoluminescence efficiency of 17%. It was used as electron-conducting layer in a LED but failed to give significant electroluminescence. The optical energy gap for both polymers was 3.0 eV. © 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
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- Bllaci, Loreta, et al.
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Fast Surface Acoustic Wave-Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry of Cell Response from Islets of Langerhans.
- 2013
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Ingår i: Analytical Chemistry. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1520-6882 .- 0003-2700. ; 85:5, s. 2623-2629
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A desire for higher speed and performance in molecular profiling analysis at a reduced cost is driving a trend in miniaturization and simplification of procedures. Here we report the use of a surface acoustic wave (SAW) atomizer for fast sample handling in matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI MS) peptide and protein profiling of Islets of Langerhans, for future type 2 diabetes (T2D) studies. Here the SAW atomizer was used for ultrasound (acoustic) extraction of insulin and other peptide hormones released from freshly prepared islets, stimulated directly on a membrane. A high energy propagating SAW atomizes the membrane-bound liquid into approximately 2 μm diameter droplets, rich in cell-released molecules. Besides acting as a sample carrier, the membrane provides a purification step by entrapping cell clusters and other impurities within its fibers. A new SAW-based sample-matrix deposition method for MALDI MS was developed and characterized by a strong insulin signal, and a limit of detection (LOD) lower than 100 amol was achieved. Our results support previous work reporting the SAW atomizer as a fast and inexpensive tool for ultrasound, membrane-based sample extraction. When interfaced with MALDI MS, the SAW atomizer constitutes a valuable tool for rapid cell studies. Other biomedical applications of SAW-MALDI MS are currently being developed, aiming at fast profiling of biofluids. The membrane sampling is a simplistic and noninvasive collection method of limited volume biofluids such as the gingival fluid and the tearfilm.
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- Gray, Victor, Dr, 1988-, et al.
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Ligand-Directed Self-Assembly of Organic-Semiconductor/Quantum-Dot Blend Films Enables Efficient Triplet Exciton-Photon Conversion
- 2024
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Ingår i: Journal of the American Chemical Society. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0002-7863 .- 1520-5126. ; 146:11, s. 7763-7770
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Blends comprising organic semiconductors and inorganic quantum dots (QDs) are relevant for many optoelectronic applications and devices. However, the individual components in organic-QD blends have a strong tendency to aggregate and phase-separate during film processing, compromising both their structural and electronic properties. Here, we demonstrate a QD surface engineering approach using electronically active, highly soluble semiconductor ligands that are matched to the organic semiconductor host material to achieve well-dispersed inorganic-organic blend films, as characterized by X-ray and neutron scattering, and electron microscopies. This approach preserves the electronic properties of the organic and QD phases and also creates an optimized interface between them. We exemplify this in two emerging applications, singlet-fission-based photon multiplication (SF-PM) and triplet-triplet annihilation-based photon upconversion (TTA-UC). Steady-state and time-resolved optical spectroscopy shows that triplet excitons can be transferred with near unity efficiently across the organic-inorganic interface, while the organic films maintain efficient SF (190% yield) in the organic phase. By changing the relative energy between organic and inorganic components, yellow upconverted emission is observed upon 790 nm NIR excitation. Overall, we provide a highly versatile approach to overcome longstanding challenges in the blending of organic semiconductors with QDs that have relevance for many optical and optoelectronic applications.
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- Markmann, James F., et al.
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Executive Summary of IPITA-TTS Opinion Leaders Report on the Future of beta-Cell Replacement
- 2016
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Ingår i: Transplantation. - 0041-1337 .- 1534-6080. ; 100:7, s. E25-E31
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- The International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association (IPITA), in conjunction with the Transplantation Society (TTS), convened a workshop to consider the future of pancreas and islet transplantation in the context of potential competing technologies that are under development, including the artificial pancreas, transplantation tolerance, xenotransplantation, encapsulation, stem cell derived beta cells, beta cell proliferation, and endogenous regeneration. Separate workgroups for each topic and then the collective group reviewed the state of the art, hurdles to application, and proposed research agenda for each therapy that would allow widespread application. Herein we present the executive summary of this workshop that focuses on obstacles to application and the research agenda to overcome them; the full length article with detailed background for each topic is published as an online supplement to Transplantation.
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- Toolan, Daniel T. W., et al.
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Linking microscale morphologies to localised performance in singlet fission quantum dot photon multiplier thin films
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of Materials Chemistry C. - : Royal Society of Chemistry. - 2050-7526 .- 2050-7534. ; 10:31, s. 11192-11198
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Hybrid small-molecule/quantum dot films have the potential to reduce thermalization losses in single-junction photovoltaics as photon multiplication devices. Here grazing incidence X-ray scattering, optical microscopy and IR fluorescence microscopy (probing materials at two distinct wavelengths), provide new insight into highly complex morphologies across nm and mu m lengthscales to provide direct links between morphologies and photon multiplication performance. Results show that within the small molecule crystallites three different QD morphologies may be identified; (i) large quantum dot aggregates at the crystallite nucleus, (ii) relatively well-dispersed quantum dots and (iii) as aggregated quantum dots "swept" from the growing crystallite and that regions containing aggregate quantum dot features lead to relatively poor photon multiplication performance. These results establish how combinations of scattering and microscopy may be employed to reveal new insights into the structure and function of small molecule:quantum dot blends.
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