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Scaling up the synthesis of royal jelly

02 Apr 2012

Honeybee secretions such as royal jelly or “queen” substance are used to feed queen larvae to make them develop into sexually mature females. It is also known that secretions inhibit ovarian development in worker bees.

Honeybee secretions consists mainly of 10-hydroxy-2E-decenoic acid and 9-oxo-2E-decenoic acid, respectively. Sabrina Castellano and co-workers at the Università di Salerno, Italy report for the first time the multigram scale syntheses of honeybee secretions. The team used a TEMPO catalyzed oxidation of readily available alcohols and subsequent Doebner-Knoevenagel reaction between the resulting aldehydes and malonic acid. The syntheses are cheap and metal-free.

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Straightforward, Metal-free, and Stereoselective Synthesis of 9-Oxo- and 10-Hydroxy-2(E)-decenoic acids, Important Components of Honeybee (Apis mellifera) secretions
Ciro Milite, Monica Viviano, Marisabella Santoriello, Fabio Aricò, Gianluca Sbardella, and Sabrina Castellano
RSC Adv., 2012, Accepted Manuscript, DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20275A, Paper

This article also features in Chemistry World. Read the full story and get more details about potential antitumour activity of honeybee secretions here.

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Bacterial combo for microbial fuel cells

29 Mar 2012

Adrian Fisher and colleagues at the University of Cambridge, UK, have grown purple bacteria Rhodopseudomonas palustris, which fed on cyanobacteria Arthrospira maxima for carbon source. The bacteria duo was used in microbial fuel cell applications. Rhodopseudomonas palustris uses light for energy but does not use carbon dioxide as a carbon source, so the purple bacteria fed on the cyanobacteria for its carbon source.

The authors have compared the cyanobacteria to two other chemical sources of carbon, namely, acetate and glycerol. They showed that the cyanobacteria gave the highest volumetric power of the three.

This work could provide valuable information for the development of future renewable energy systems.

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Rhodopseudomonas palustris purple bacteria fed Arthrospira maxima cyanobacteria: demonstration of application in a microbial fuel cell
Alister Edward Inglesby, David Alexander Beatty and Adrian C Fisher
RSC Adv., 2012, DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20264F, Accepted Manuscript

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Meet the Editors at Conferences Throughout 2012

22 Mar 2012

You can meet RSC Advances editorial team at various conferences throughout 2012.

Please contact us to arrange an appointment with the editorial member attending the conferences below:

Dates in 2012	Conference	Meet with
20-23 March	Bio-Inspired Materials, Golm, Germany	Matthias Epple
26-27 March	Small Molecules in Interactions, University of Ruhr, Bochum, Germany	T N Guru Row
16-19 April	12th Eurasia conference on chemical sciences, Corfu, Greece	Kathleen Too
6-10 May	2012 Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, USA	James Batteas
21-24 May	COST- Chemistry and target identification of natural products, Bucharest, Romania	Russell Cox
26-30 May	95th Canadian Chemistry Conference, Calgary, Canada	Suning Wang
28-30 May	7th International Green Energy Conference (IGEC-VII), Dalian, China	Changming Li
1-6 June	9th World Biomaterials congress, Chengdu, China	Matthias Epple Kathleen Too
10-15 June	Gordon Research Conference on Crystal Engineering, Waterville Valley, NH, USA	T N Guru Row
17-22 June	International Conference of Natural Products Biosynthesis (ICNPB), Awaji-Shima, Japan	Russell Cox
28 June – 1 July	4th World Chinese Mass Spectrometry Conference (WCMSC), Tainan, Taiwan	Marcos Eberlin
8-13 July	Gordon Research conference on Tribology, Colby College, Waterville, ME, USA	James Batteas
9-12 July	NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Boston, MA, USA	James Batteas
15-20 July	17th Sagamore conference- IUCr Commission on charge, spin and momentum densities, Hokkaido, Japan	T N Guru Row
19-23 August	244th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Suning Wang James Batteas
10-12 September	Dalton Discussions 13: Inorganic Photophysics and Photochemistry-Fundamentals and Applications, Sheffield, UK	Mike Ward
15-20 September	6th European Charge Density meeting, Bratislava, Slovakia	T N Guru Row
15-21 September	International mass spectrometry conference, Kyoto, Japan	Marcos Eberlin
19-21 September	Directing Biosynthesis III, University of Nottingham, UK	Russell Cox
26-30 November	2012 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA	James Batteas

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RSC Advances is indexed in major databases

22 Mar 2012

RSC Advances is now indexed by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), producer of Chemical Abstracts, SciFinder and other chemical databases.

We are also indexed in Thomson Reuters SCI-expanded databases including ISI Web of Science. This improves the visibility and discoverability of all the articles published.

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Open issue 7 of RSC Advances

19 Mar 2012

Issue 7 is now available online! This issue contains 3 review articles, 25 communications and 50 full papers written by authors from 20 countries. From South America, North America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia, many scientists have chosen to publish their work with RSC Advances.

To whet your appetite, here is a taster of what is published in issue 7:

Three-component photoinitiating systems: towards innovative tailor made high performance combinations
Jean Pierre Fouassier and Jacques Lalevée
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2621-2629
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA00892K

Recent developments in the molecular recognition of carbohydrates by artificial receptors
Monika Mazik
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2630-2642
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01138G

Graphene oxide and its reduction: modeling and experimental progress
Shun Mao, Haihui Pu and Junhong Chen
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2643-2662
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA00663D

ESI-MS mechanistic studies of Wacker oxidation of alkenes: dinuclear species as catalytic active intermediates
Dominique Harakat, Jacques Muzart and Jean Le Bras
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 3094-3099
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01204A

Ligand density and clustering effects on endocytosis of folate modified nanoparticles
Emilia Moradi, Driton Vllasaliu, Martin Garnett, Franco Falcone and Snow Stolnik
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 3025-3033
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01168A

Enhancing the efficiency of a dye sensitized solar cell due to the energy transfer between CdSe quantum dots and a designed squaraine dye
Lioz Etgar, Jinhyung Park, Claudia Barolo, Vladimir Lesnyak, Subhendu K. Panda, Pierluigi Quagliotto, Stephen G. Hickey, Md. K. Nazeeruddin, Alexander Eychmüller, Guido Viscardi and Michael Grätzel
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2748-2752
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20192E

Efficient small molecule organic semiconductor containing bis-dimethylfluorenyl amino benzo[b]thiophene for high open circuit voltage in high efficiency solution processed organic solar cell
Jooyoung Kim, Haye Min Ko, Nara Cho, Sanghyun Paek, Jae Kwan Lee and Jaejung Ko
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2692-2695
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01271E

Exploiting the use of ionic liquids to access phosphorodiamidites
Kerri Crossey, Christopher Hardacre, Marie E. Migaud and Sarah E. Norman
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2988-2993
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20131C

Reversible polymerization of novel monomers bearing furan and plant oil moieties: a double click exploitation of renewable resources
Carla Vilela, Letizia Cruciani, Armando J. D. Silvestre and Alessandro Gandini
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2966-2974
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20053H

Columnar mesophases of luminescent polycatenar liquid crystals incorporating a 1,3-substituted benzene ring interconnecting two 1,3,4-oxadiazoles
Jianchuan Tang, Rong Huang, Hongfei Gao, Xiaohong Cheng, Marko Prehm and Carsten Tschierske
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2842-2847
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01362B

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Understanding the genetic mutation that causes brittle bone disease

15 Mar 2012

Brittle bone disease – osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) – is a genetic disease that affects more than 1 in 10,000 people. The genetic basis for most forms of the disease lies in the mutation, typically a glycine replacement, in the genes that encode for type I collagen, the major structural component of the extracellular matrix of bone. But the precise molecular mechanisms of how single point mutations can alter the structure of collagen molecules are unknown.

Scientists in the US and Italy have used molecular dynamics simulations to study the effect of OI mutations on the folding of mutant collagen peptides. The work shows that OI mutations lead to local unfolding of the collagen triple helix. Buehler and co-workers provide a possible molecular-level explanations of the current major OI mechanism models available in literature. The results reported is an important step towards a complete understanding of the mechanisms underlying this disease.

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Osteogenesis imperfecta mutations lead to local tropocollagen unfolding and disruption of H-bond network
Alfonso Gautieri, Simone Vesentini, Alberto Redaelli and Markus J. Buehler
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01047J, Paper

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A patch to deliver vaccines through the skin

02 Mar 2012

Are you scared of injections and syringes? Australian and UK scientists have developed a patch to deliver vaccines through the skin.

The patch consists of micropillars attached to silicon wafers for dermal penetration. In this RSC Advances article, the researchers have produced patches with a high projection density (20,000 cm^-2) by using controlled mixed plasma in a deep reactive ion etching process to produce long tapered tips without limiting the overall feature density. With this tailored process, the team fabricated structures of tuneable shape and height with high uniformity across the face of the silicon wafers.

They also showed that the patch can be used to extract specific biomarker samples from the skin.

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High density and high aspect ratio solid micro-nanoprojection arrays for targeted skin vaccine delivery and specific antibody extraction
Derek Jenkins, Simon Corrie, Christopher Flaim and Mark Kendall
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20153D

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Issue 6 is a good mix!

28 Feb 2012

Check out RSC Advances issue 6 which has just been published online! It contains 66 articles across a broad range of multidisciplinary topics such as electrochemistry, materials, graphene, photocatalysis, solar cells, DNA, photocleavable biotags, green chemistry etc… Below is a taster of what is in issue 6. Please note that all of our 2011-2012 content is free to access upon a simple registration process.

There are 3 reviews covering:

Tissue engineering
Scaffold-free tissue engineering using cell sheet technology
Yuji Haraguchi, Tatsuya Shimizu, Masayuki Yamato and Teruo Okano
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2184-2190

Catalysis
Catalytic versus stoichiometric dehydrocoupling using main group metals
Robert J. Less, Rebecca L. Melen and Dominic S. Wright
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2191-2199

Bioanalytical
Potential applications of SPR in early diagnosis and progression of Alzheimer’s disease
Lin Liu, Ning Xia and Jianxiu Wang
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2200-2204

Papers and Communications cover topics such as:

Physical Organic
Proton-transfer paths in CHO hydrogen bonds
Irena Majerz and Ivar Olovsson
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2545-2552

Organometallic
Mononuclear and dinuclear complexes of manganese(III) and Iron(III) supported by 2-salicyloylhydrazono-1,3-dithiane ligand: synthesis, characterization and magnetic properties
Weiwei Zuo, Vitor Rosa, Clarisse Tourbillon, David Specklin, Cheaib Khaled, Mohamedally Kurmoo and Richard Welter
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2517-2526

Medicinal
Synthesis, characterization and cytotoxicity study of magnetic (Fe3O4) nanoparticles and their drug conjugate
Biswadip Banerji, Sumit Kumar Pramanik, Samir Mandal, Nakul Chandra Maiti and Keya Chaudhuri
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2493-2497

β-Lactam-host defence peptide conjugates as antibiotic prodrug candidates targeting resistant bacteria
Stéphane Desgranges, Carol C. Ruddle, Liam P. Burke, Tara M. McFadden, John E. O’Brien, Deirdre Fitzgerald-Hughes, Hilary Humphreys, Timothy P. Smyth and Marc Devocelle
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2480-2492

Green
Cellulose solubilities in carboxylate-based ionic liquids
Bin Zhao, Lasse Greiner and Walter Leitner
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2476-2479

CO2 Capture
Polyethylenimine covalently grafted on mesostructured porous silica for CO2 capture
Hodna Kassab, Mahmoud Maksoud, Sonia Aguado, Marc Pera-Titus, Belén Albela and Laurent Bonneviot
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2508-2516

CO2 capture from flue gas at high temperatures by new ionic liquids with high capacity
Shuhang Ren, Yucui Hou, Weize Wu, Shidong Tian and Weina Liu
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2504-2507

Surface chemistry
Mechanical properties of carbon nanotube–PMMA based hybrid coatings: the importance of surface chemistry
Fayna Mammeri, Joan Teyssandier, Carole Connan, Eric Le Bourhis and Mohamed M. Chehimi
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2462-2468

Organic
Synthesis of the novel trimeric benzamides—potential inhibitors of protein–protein interactions
Oleg V. Kulikov and Andrew D. Hamilton
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2454-2461

Microchips
The development of affinity capture devices—a nanoscale purification platform for biological in situ transmission electron microscopy
Katherine Degen, Madeline Dukes, Justin R. Tanner and Deborah F. Kelly
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2408-2412

Printed conductive features for DNA chip applications prepared on PET without sintering
Albert R. Liberski, Joseph T. Delaney, Aleksandra Liberska, Jolke Perelaer, Martha Schwarz, Thomas Schüler, Robert Möller and Ulrich S. Schubert
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2308-2313

Polymers
Phase-separated binary polymers spin coated onto microwrinkles
Takuya Ohzono and Hiroyuki Kitahata
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2395-2398

Food
Changes in morphological and nano-mechanical properties of the milk fat globule membrane during processing
Thakshila S. Balasuriya, Lydia Ong, Sally L. Gras and Raymond R. Dagastine
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2384-2394

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Issue 5, Live!

15 Feb 2012

Issue 5 of RSC Advances is now live consisting of 63 articles. Below is a brief taster of the wide scope and international authorship of the Journal:

China

Transition metal complexes with strong absorption of visible light and long-lived triplet excited states: from molecular design to applications
Jianzhang Zhao, Shaomin Ji, Wanhua Wu, Wenting Wu, Huimin Guo, Jifu Sun, Haiyang Sun, Yifan Liu, Qiuting Li and Ling Huang
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1712-1728

Co-delivery of genes and drugs with nanostructured calcium carbonate for cancer therapy
Si Chen, Dong Zhao, Feng Li, Ren-Xi Zhuo and Si-Xue Cheng
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1820-1826

Germany

A potential nanobiotechnology platform based on infectious bursal disease subviral particles
Omid Taghavian, Manoj K. Mandal, Nicole F. Steinmetz, Stefan Rasche, Holger Spiegel, Rainer Fischer and Stefan Schillberg
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1970-1978

Italy

Activation of aliphatic C–H bonds by tetracyanobenzene photosensitization. A time-resolved and steady-state investigation
Stefano Protti, Maurizio Fagnoni, Sandra Monti, Julien Réhault, Olivier Poizat and Angelo Albini
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1897-1904

India

Polyaniline/multiwalled carbon nanotubes nanocomposite-an excellent reversible CO2 capture candidate
Ashish Kumar Mishra and Sundara Ramaprabhu
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1746-1750

Japan

Effective recovery of some precious metals by using alternative quaternary amine types of anion-exchangers prepared from biofuel-extracted microalgal residues
Kanjana Khunathai, Katsutoshi Inoue, Keisuke Ohto, Hidetaka Kawakita, Minoru Kurata, Kinya Atsumi and Shafiq Alam
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1856-1862

Portugal

A new outlook on solubility of carbohydrates and sugar alcohols in ionic liquids
Lucinda J. A. Conceiçao, Ewa Bogel-Łukasik and Rafał Bogel-Łukasik
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1846-1855

Singapore

Photocatalytic superhydrophilic TiO2 coating on glass by electrospinning
V. Anand Ganesh, A. Sreekumaran Nair, Hemant Kumar Raut, Timothy Michael Walsh and Seeram Ramakrishna
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2067-2072

South Korea

Fabrication of highly ordered multi-segment line pattern over a large-area
Jisun Lee, Su Kyoung Lee, Jin-Mi Jung, Youn Kyoung Baek and Hee-Tae Jung
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2043-2046

Spain

Monosaccharide derivatives as central scaffolds in the synthesis of glycosylated drugs
Marco Filice and Jose M. Palomo
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1729-1742

Switzerland

Gas-phase basicity of several common MALDI matrices measured by a simple experimental approach
Konstantin Barylyuk, Lukas Fritsche, Roman M. Balabin, Robert Nieckarz and Renato Zenobi
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1962-1969

Freezing and glass transition phenomena for 1,2-dichloroethane under high pressure as revealed by fluorescence spectroscopy
Mohammed A. H. Alamiry, Andrew C. Benniston, Graeme Copley and Anthony Harriman
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1936-1941

Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) as an effective tool in reducing auto-oxidation of dried pine sawdust for power generation
Mehrdad Arshadi, Andrew J. Hunt and James H. Clark
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1806-1809

USA

Lipid storage compounds in raw activated sludge microorganisms for biofuels and oleochemicals production
Emmanuel D. Revellame, Rafael Hernandez, William French, William E. Holmes, Tracy J. Benson, Patrisha J. Pham, Allison Forks and Robert Callahan II
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2015-2031

Adsorption and structural properties of ordered mesoporous carbons synthesized by soft-templating in the presence of boric acid and tetraethyl orthosilicate
Nilantha Wickramaratne and Mietek Jaroniec
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1877-1883

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Scaling up the synthesis of royal jelly

Bacterial combo for microbial fuel cells

Meet the Editors at Conferences Throughout 2012

RSC Advances is indexed in major databases

Open issue 7 of RSC Advances

Understanding the genetic mutation that causes brittle bone disease

Top 5 most cited RSC Advances articles

A patch to deliver vaccines through the skin

Issue 6 is a good mix!

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