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High impact research on biotechnology

We would like to share with you a selection of recent articles published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journals Energy & Environmental Science (EES), Nanoscale and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) in the area of biotechnology.

You can read these articles for free for a limited period by clicking on the links below.

EES, Nanoscale and PCCP are high-impact journals published on a not-for-profit ethos for the benefit of the wider scientific community.

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Nanoscale publishes community-spanning research across the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Its Impact Factor is currently 6.23.

FREE: The interplay between carbon nanomaterials and amyloid fibrils in bio-nanotechnology
Chaoxu Li and Raffaele Mezzenga
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01644G, Review Article

FREE: Lanthanide-doped luminescent nano-bioprobes: from fundamentals to biodetection
Yongsheng Liu, Datao Tu, Haomiao Zhu, En Ma and Xueyuan Chen
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR33239F, Feature Article

FREE: Cholesterol – a biological compound as a building block in bionanotechnology
Leticia Hosta-Rigau, Yan Zhang, Boon M. Teo, Almar Postma and Brigitte Städler
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32923A, Feature Article

FREE: Plant mediated green synthesis: modified approaches
Ratul Kumar Das and Satinder Kaur Brar
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR02548A, Minireview

FREE: Graphene: a versatile nanoplatform for biomedical applications
Yin Zhang, Tapas R. Nayak, Hao Hong and Weibo Cai
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR31040F, Review Article

FREE: Nanocellulose electroconductive composites
Zhijun Shi, Glyn O. Phillips and Guang Yang
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR00408B, Minireview

FREE: Recombinant antibody mediated delivery of organelle-specific DNA pH sensors along endocytic pathways.
Yamuna Krishnan, Souvik Modi, Saheli Halder and Clément Nizak
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03769J, Paper

FREE: Multi-enzyme Co-Embedded Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanoflowers: Synthesis and Application in Colorimetric Sensor
Jiayu Sun, Jiechao Ge, Weimin Liu, Minhuan Lan, Hongyan Zhang, Pengfei Wang, Yanming Wang and Zhongwei Niu
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04425D, Paper

FREE: An unusual pathway for the membrane wrapping of rodlike nanoparticles and the orientation- and membrane wrapping-dependent nanoparticle interaction
Tongtao Yue, Xiaojuan Wang, Fang Huang and Xianren Zhang
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR02683C, Paper

FREE: Flash photo stimulation of human neural stem cells on graphene/TiO2 heterojunction for differentiation into neurons
Omid Akhavan and Elham Ghaderi
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR02161K, Paper

FREE: Bio-nanohybrids of quantum dots and photoproteins facilitating strong nonradiative energy transfer
Urartu Ozgur Safak Seker, Evren Mutlugun, Pedro Ludwig Hernandez-Martinez, Vijay K. Sharma, Vladimir Lesnyak, Nikolai Gaponik, Alexander Eychmüller and Hilmi Volkan Demir
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01417G, Paper

FREE: A methodology for preparing nanostructured biomolecular interfaces with high enzymatic activity
Lu Shin Wong, Chinnan V. Karthikeyan, Daniel J. Eichelsdoerfer, Jason Micklefield and Chad A. Mirkin
DOI: 10.1039/C1NR11443C, Paper


With an Impact Factor of 11.65, which is rising fast, EES is the ideal place to publish your research.

FREE: The role of biofuels in the future energy supply
Luis Caspeta, Nicolaas A. A. Buijs and Jens Nielsen
DOI: 10.1039/C3EE24403B, Opinion

FREE: Implanted biofuel cells operating in vivo – methods, applications and perspectives – feature article
Evgeny Katz and Kevin MacVittie
DOI: 10.1039/C3EE42126K, Opinion

FREE: Enzymes and bio-inspired electrocatalysts in solar fuel devices
Thomas W. Woolerton, Sally Sheard, Yatendra S. Chaudhary and Fraser A. Armstrong
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21471G, Perspective

FREE: From biodiesel and bioethanol to liquid hydrocarbon fuels: new hydrotreating and advanced microbial technologies
Juan Carlos Serrano-Ruiz, Enrique V. Ramos-Fernández and Antonio Sepúlveda-Escribano
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE02418C, Perspective

FREE: Immobilization technology: a sustainable solution for biofuel cell design
Xiao-Yu Yang, Ge Tian, Nan Jiang and Bao-Lian Su
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE02391H, Review Article

FREE: Oxygen-tolerant coenzyme A-acylating aldehyde dehydrogenase facilitates efficient photosynthetic n-butanol biosynthesis in cyanobacteria
Ethan I. Lan, Soo Y. Ro and James C. Liao
DOI: 10.1039/C3EE41405A, Paper

FREE: Engineered yeast for enhanced CO2 mineralization
Roberto Barbero, Lino Carnelli, Anna Simon, Albert Kao, Alessandra d’Arminio Monforte, Moreno Riccò, Daniele Bianchi and Angela Belcher
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE24060B, Paper

FREE: Layered corrugated electrode macrostructures boost microbial bioelectrocatalysis
Shuiliang Chen, Guanghua He, Qin Liu, Falk Harnisch, Yan Zhou, Yu Chen, Muddasir Hanif, Suqin Wang, Xinwen Peng, Haoqing Hou and Uwe Schröder
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE23344D, Communication

FREE: An extremely radioresistant green eukaryote for radionuclide bio-decontamination in the nuclear industry
Corinne Rivasseau, Emmanuel Farhi, Ariane Atteia, Alain Couté, Marina Gromova, Diane de Gouvion Saint Cyr, Anne-Marie Boisson, Anne-Sophie Féret, Estelle Compagnon and Richard Bligny
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE23129H, Paper

FREE: Living battery – biofuel cells operating in vivo in clams
Alon Szczupak, Jan Halámek, Lenka Halámková, Vera Bocharova, Lital Alfonta and Evgeny Katz
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21626D, Communication


PCCP is committed to publishing the best research across physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry.

FREE: Miniaturized biological and electrochemical fuel cells: challenges and applications
Jie Yang, Sasan Ghobadian, Payton J. Goodrich, Reza Montazami and Nastaran Hashemi
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP50804H, Perspective

FREE: Plasmonic fluorescence enhancement by metal nanostructures: shaping the future of bionanotechnology
Daniel Darvill, Anthony Centeno and Fang Xie
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP50415H, Perspective

FREE: Construction of biomimetic smart nanochannels with polymer membranes and application in energy conversion systems
Liping Wen, Ye Tian, Jie Ma, Jin Zhai and Lei Jiang
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23911F, Perspective

FREE: Encapsulation of actives for sustained release
Markus Andersson Trojer, Lars Nordstierna, Matias Nordin, Magnus Nydén and Krister Holmberg
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP52686K, Perspective

FREE: Mussel inspired surface functionalization of electrospun nanofibers for bio-applications
Søren Roesgaard Nielsen, Flemming Besenbacher and Menglin Chen
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP52651H, Perspective

FREE: Physics and engineering of peptide supramolecular nanostructures
Amir Handelman, Peter Beker, Nadav Amdursky and Gil Rosenman
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP40157F, Perspective

FREE: A pacemaker powered by an implantable biofuel cell operating under conditions mimicking the human blood circulatory system – battery not included
Mark Southcott, Kevin MacVittie, Jan Halámek, Lenka Halámková, William D. Jemison, Robert Lobel and Evgeny Katz
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP50929J, Paper

FREE: A novel three-dimensional macrocellular carbonaceous biofuel cell
Victoria Flexer, Nicolas Brun, Mathieu Destribats, Rénal Backov and Nicolas Mano
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP50807B, Pape

FREE: In situ fluorescence and electrochemical monitoring of a photosynthetic microbial fuel cell
Alister E. Inglesby, Kamran Yunus and Adrian C. Fisher
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP51076J, Paper

FREE: Surface morphology and surface energy of anode materials influence power outputs in a multi-channel mediatorless bio-photovoltaic (BPV) system
Paolo Bombelli, Marie Zarrouati, Rebecca J. Thorne, Kenneth Schneider, Stephen J. L. Rowden, Akin Ali, Kamran Yunus, Petra J. Cameron, Adrian C. Fisher, D. Ian Wilson, Christopher J. Howe and Alistair J. McCormick
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP42526B, Paper

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New Nanoscale Editor: Dr Xiaodong Chen

Nanoscale is delighted to welcome Dr Xiaodong Chen as a new Associate Editor.

Dr Chen is an Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His research focuses on developing integrated sytems at the nano-bio interface for monitoring, manipulating, and mimicking biological processes at the nanoscale and exploring programmable nanoscale modules for energy conversion.

So you can see for yourself the quality of work in Nanoscale, we have collected together some recent articles in Dr Chen’s exciting research fields, with a selection available to read for free for a limited period.

The nano-bio interface

Bio-inspired magnetic swimming microrobots for biomedical applications
Kathrin E. Peyer, Li Zhang and Bradley J. Nelson
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32554C, Feature Article

Supramolecular self-assemblies as functional nanomaterials
Eric Busseron, Yves Ruff, Emilie Moulin and Nicolas Giuseppone
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR02176A, Review Article

Biomimetic graphene films and their properties
Yong-Lai Zhang, Qi-Dai Chen, Zhi Jin, Eunkyoung Kim and Hong-Bo Sun
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30813D, Feature Article

Lanthanide-doped luminescent nano-bioprobes: from fundamentals to biodetection
Yongsheng Liu, Datao Tu, Haomiao Zhu, En Ma and Xueyuan Chen
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR33239F, Feature Article

Bioinspired design and macroscopic assembly of poly(vinyl alcohol)-coated graphene into kilometers-long fibers
Liang Kou and Chao Gao
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR00455D, Paper

Plasmon enhanced upconversion luminescence of NaYF4:Yb,Er@SiO2@Ag core–shell nanocomposites for cell imaging
Peiyan Yuan, Yih Hong Lee, Muthu Kumara Gnanasammandhan, Zhenping Guan, Yong Zhang and Qing-Hua Xu
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR31241G, Paper

Photo-switched self-assembly of a gemini α-helical peptide into supramolecular architectures
Chang-Sheng Chen, Xiao-Ding Xu, Shi-Ying Li, Ren-Xi Zhuo and Xian-Zheng Zhang
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01967E, Communication

Energy Conversion

Free-standing one-dimensional plasmonic nanostructures
Lin Jiang, Yinghui Sun, Fengwei Huo, Hua Zhang, Lidong Qin, Shuzhou Li and Xiaodong Chen
DOI: 10.1039/C1NR11445J, Feature Article

Recent advances in solar cells based on one-dimensional nanostructure arrays
Miao Yu, Yun-Ze Long, Bin Sun and Zhiyong Fan
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30437F, Review Article

Power conversion efficiency enhancement based on the bio-inspired hierarchical antireflection layer in dye sensitized solar cells
Hyo-Jin Ahn, Sun-I Kim, Jong-Chul Yoon, Jung-Soo Lee and Ji-Hyun Jang
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR31214J, Communication

Bio-inspired Antireflective Hetero-nanojunctions with Enhanced Photoactivity
Dianpeng Qi, Liyan Zheng, Xue Cao, Yueyue Jiang, Hongbo Xu, Zhang YanYan, Bingjie Yang, Yinghui Sun, Huey Hoon Hng, Nan Lu, Lifeng Chi and Xiaodong Chen
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04011A, Paper

Bio-nanohybrids of quantum dots and photoproteins facilitating strong nonradiative energy transfer
Urartu Ozgur Safak Seker, Evren Mutlugun, Pedro Ludwig Hernandez-Martinez, Vijay K. Sharma, Vladimir Lesnyak, Nikolai Gaponik, Alexander Eychmüller and Hilmi Volkan Demir
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01417G, Paper

Functionalization of nanomaterials by non-thermal large area atmospheric pressure plasmas: application to flexible dye-sensitized solar cells
Heesoo Jung, Jaeyoung Park, Eun Sang Yoo, Gill-Sang Han, Hyun Suk Jung, Min Jae Ko, Sanghoo Park and Wonho Choe
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01889J, Paper

Spherical TiO2 aggregates with different building units for dye-sensitized solar cells
Zhaohui Liu, Xunjia Su, Genliang Hou, Song Bi, Zhou Xiao and Haipeng Jia
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01767B, Paper

Nanorainforest solar cells based on multi-junction hierarchical p-Si/n-CdS/n-ZnOnanoheterostructures
Wei Wang, Qing Zhao, Kevin Laurent, Y. Leprince-Wang, Zhi-Min Liao and Dapeng Yu
DOI: 10.1039/C1NR11123J, Paper

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Nanoscale Issue 21 of 2013 out now!

Nanoscale 21 Outside Front Cover

Nanoscale is delighted to present its current issue.

Ag nanocluster functionalized glasses for efficient photonic conversion in light sources, solar cells and flexible screen monitors is the article highlighted on the outside front cover byA. S. Kuznetsov, V. K. Tikhomirov, M. V. Shestakov and V. V. Moshchalkov.

The inside front cover features an article on A reversible strain-induced electrical conductivity in cup-stacked carbon nanotubes by Takuya Hayashi, Thomas C. O’Connor, Katsuhisa Higashiyama, Kohei Nishi, Kazunori Fujisawa, Hiroyuki Muramatsu, Yoong Ahm Kim, Bobby G. Sumpter, Vincent Meunier, Mauricio Terrones and Morinobu Endo.

Issue 21 contains the following Review, Feature, Mini review articles:

Nanoscale resistive switching devices: mechanisms and modeling
Yuchao Yang and Wei Lu

Synthesis of nanostructured materials in inverse miniemulsions and their applicationsNanoscale 21 inside front cover
Zhihai Cao and Ulrich Ziener

Graphene for energy solutions and its industrialization
Di Wei and Jani Kivioja

Plasmonic nanoprobes: from chemical sensing to medical diagnostics and therapy
Tuan Vo-Dinh, Andrew M. Fales, Guy D. Griffin, Christopher G. Khoury, Yang Liu, Hoan Ngo, Stephen J. Norton, Janna K. Register, Hsin-Neng Wang and Hsiangkuo Yuan

Point-of-care nucleic acid detection using nanotechnology
Mark R. Hartman, Roanna C. H. Ruiz, Shogo Hamada, Chuanying Xu, Kenneth G. Yancey, Yan Yu, Wei Han and Dan Luo

Plant mediated green synthesis: modified approaches
Ratul Kumar Das and Satinder Kaur Brar

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This week’s HOT articles

Tracking stem cells in tissue-engineered organs using magnetic nanoparticles
Roxanne Hachani, Mark Lowdell, Martin Birchall and Nguyễn Thi Kim Thanh
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03861K, Minireview

In situ polymerized superhydrophobic and superoleophilic nanofibrous membranes for gravity driven oil–water separation
Xiaomin Tang, Yang Si, Jianlong Ge, Bin Ding, Lifang Liu, Gang Zheng, Wenjing Luo and Jianyong Yu
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03937D, Paper

Near-field electrospinning of light-emitting conjugated polymer nanofibers
Daniela Di Camillo, Vito Fasano, Fabrizio Ruggieri, Sandro Santucci, Luca Lozzi, Andrea Camposeo and Dario Pisignano
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03094F, Paper

Microworms swallow the nanobait: the use of nanocoated microbial cells for the direct delivery of nanoparticles into Caenorhabditis elegans
Gölnur I. Däwlätşina, Renata T. Minullina and Rawil F. Fakhrullin
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03905F, Paper

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Nanoscale Issue 20 of 2013 out now!

Nanoscale is delighted to present its current issue.

Direct atomic imaging and density functional theory study of the Au24Pd1 cluster catalyst is the article highlighted on the outside front cover by A. Bruma, F. R. Negreiros, S. Xie, T. Tsukuda, R. L. Johnston, A. Fortunelli and Z. Y. Li.  

The inside front cover features an article on Impairments of cells and genomic DNA by environmentally transformed engineered nanomaterials by Philip Jones, Sakiko Sugino, Shohei Yamamura, Fred Lacy and Vasudevanpillai Biju.  

Issue 20 contains the following Review, Feature, Mini review articles:

From formation mechanisms to synthetic methods toward shape-controlled oxide nanoparticles
Thanh-Dinh Nguyen

Aligned carbon nanotubes: from controlled synthesis to electronic applications
Bilu Liu, Chuan Wang, Jia Liu, Yuchi Che and Chongwu Zhou

Gold nanoparticles and fluorescently-labelled DNA as a platform for biological sensing
Amelie Heuer-Jungemann, Pascal K. Harimech, Tom Brown and Antonios G. Kanaras

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Yamuna Krishnan wins Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award

Dr Yamuna Krishnan has received the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for Chemical Sciences.  The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are India’s top awards for excellence in science and technology and are given annually to young scientists below the age of 45 who have made outstanding contributions in any field of science and technology.

The Award was instituted in 1957 in the honour of late Dr Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, an eminent scientist, founder director and principal architect of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). This year, eight scientists received awards on the 71st Foundation day of CSIR. Dr Krishnan was the only recipient in the Chemical Sciences Category. A full list of winners can be found here.

Yamuna Krishnan is a scientist at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore, India. Her research involves understanding the structure and dynamics of unusual forms of DNA and translating this knowledge to create DNA-based nanodevices for applications in bionanotechnology.

Dr Krishnan is a Nanoscale Associate Editor. You can submit your best research to her Editorial Office at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/nr.

Here is one of Dr Krishnan’s recent articles in Chemical Communications:

Tunable, colorimetric DNA-based pH sensors mediated by A-motif formation
Sonali Saha, Kasturi Chakraborty and Yamuna Krishnan
Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 2513-2515
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16347K

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Nanoscale Issue 19 of 2013 out now!

Nanoscale is delighted to present its current issue.

The outside front cover features an article on Dendritic Au/TiO2 nanorod arrays for visible-light driven photoelectrochemical water splitting by Fengli Su, Tuo Wang, Rui Lv, Jijie Zhang, Peng Zhang, Jianwei Lu and Jinlong Gong.

Lipid nanoscaffolds in carbon nanotube arrays is the article highlighted on the inside front cover by  Catharina Paukner, Krzysztof K. K. Koziol and Chandrashekhar V. Kulkarni. 

Issue 19 contains the following Review, Feature, Mini review articles:

Perovskite ferroelectric nanomaterials
Nurxat Nuraje and Kai Su

Comparative advantages and limitations of the basic metrology methods applied to the characterization of nanomaterials
Pavel Linkov, Mikhail Artemyev, Anton E. Efimov and Igor Nabiev

An overview of carbon materials for flexible electrochemical capacitors
Yongmin He, Wanjun Chen, Caitian Gao, Jinyuan Zhou, Xiaodong Li and Erqing Xie

Nanomedicine for treating spinal cord injury
Jacqueline Y. Tyler, Xiao-Ming Xu and Ji-Xin Cheng

Nano- and microstructuration of supramolecular materials driven by H-bonded uracil•2,6-diamidopyridine complexes
Tomas Marangoni and Davide Bonifazi

Single-walled carbon nanotubes for high-performance electronics
Qing Cao and Shu-jen Han

Managing voids of Si anodes in lithium ion batteries
Xianglong Li and Linjie Zhi

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This week’s HOT articles

Take a look at this week’s selection:

pH-responsive gold nanoparticles-in-liposome hybrid nanostructures for enhanced systemic tumor delivery
Jutaek Nam, Yeong Su Ha, Sekyu Hwang, Woonghee Lee, Jaejung Song, Jeongsoo Yoo and Sungjee Kim
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03698G, Communication

Large area vertical alignment of ZnO nanowires in semiconducting polymer thin films directed by magnetic fields
Candice I. Pelligra, Pawel W. Majewski and Chinedum O. Osuji
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03119E, Paper

Next-generation nanotechnology laboratories with simultaneous reduction of all relevant disturbances
Emanuel Lörtscher, Daniel Widmer and Bernd Gotsmann
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03373B, Paper

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Nanoscale Cake Definitely Not Nanoscale

Last week Nanoscale held a cake reception at the ChinaNANO13 conference in Beijing to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST). The journal Nanoscale is a collaborative venture between RSC Publishing NCNST in Beijing.

The ChinaNANO13 conference was the fifth biennial International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology. The conference covered all things nano from carbon nanomaterials to nanobiotechnology. The only thing there that wasn’t nano was the Nanoscale Cake, which was quite enormous.

Nanoscale has also published a collection of articles, guest edited by Xingyu Jiang to mark the 10th anniversary of NCNST. Take a look at the collection here.

Royal Society of Chemistry - NCNST cake

Chunli Bai, Philip Earis, Xingyu Jiang and Jie Liu cutting the cake with a hungry crowd behind

Crowd at ChinaNANO13 enjoying the cake

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Silent labs for futuristic nanotechnology: Nanoscale article in Chemistry World

Scientists can now experiment at the atomic scale with unprecedented accuracy in new ‘silent’ laboratories in Switzerland. These labs are shielded against all possible forms of background disturbances – external vibrations, acoustic noise, electromagnetic fields and temperature fluctuations. It is hoped that the labs, devised by Emanuel Lörtscher and his team at IBM Zurich, will accommodate the demands of nanotechnology for the next 20–30 years.

When probing or building structures at the nanoscale, experimental readings are so tiny that they are easily drowned out by any background noise – without a well-proofed lab, someone using the lift next door could ruin your results.

Interested to know more? Read the full news article by Rowan Frame in Chemistry World here…

The labs were designed to screen all sources of background noise relevant to nanotechnology

Read the article by  E Lörtscher, D Widmer and B Gotsmann in Nanoscale:

Next-Generation Nanotechnology Laboratories with Simultaneous Reduction of all Relevant Disturbances
Emanuel Lörtscher, Daniel Widmer and Bernd Gotsmann  
DOI:
10.1039/C3NR03373B

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