Recent advances in short peptide self-assembly: from rational design to novel applications

X Hu, M Liao, H Gong, L Zhang, H Cox… - Current Opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Owing to their structural simplicity and robust self-assembled nanostructures, short peptides
prove to be an ideal system to explore the physical processes of self-assembly, hydrogels …

Advanced nanopesticides: advantage and action mechanisms

X Li, Y Chen, J Xu, I Lynch, Z Guo, C **e… - Plant Physiology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of various chemical substances to control pests, diseases, and weeds in the field is
a necessary part of the agricultural development process in every country. While the …

Structural disruptions of the outer membranes of gram-negative bacteria by rationally designed amphiphilic antimicrobial peptides

H Gong, X Hu, M Liao, K Fa, D Ciumac… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Gram-negative bacteria are covered by both an inner cytoplasmic membrane (IM) and an
outer membrane (OM). Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) must first permeate through the OM …

How do self-assembling antimicrobial lipopeptides kill bacteria?

H Gong, MA Sani, X Hu, K Fa, JW Hart… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Antimicrobial peptides are promising alternatives to traditional antibiotics. A group of self-
assembling lipopeptides was formed by attaching an acyl chain to the N-terminus of α-helix …

Nanocarriers based on vitamin E-TPGS: Design principle and molecular insights into improving the efficacy of anticancer drugs

S Rathod, P Bahadur, S Tiwari - International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract α-Tocopheryl polyethylene glycol succinate (vitamin E-TPGS or TPGS) is a nonionic
amphiphile synthesized by the esterification of vitamin E succinate. It has been categorized …

Role of micellar nanoreactors in organic chemistry: Green and synthetic surfactant review

V Sorhie, B Gogoi, B Walling, SA Acharjee… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades surface active compounds in aqueous media have proven to be
the most benign alternative for overcoming the difficulty of insolubility and hydrolytic …

Effects of three surfactants on the degradation and environmental risk of metolachlor in aquatic environment

X Yi, Y Wei, W Zhai, P Wang, D Liu, Z Zhou - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Surfactants and pesticides can be simultaneously detected in the environment by the reason
of their widespread use and large amounts of emissions. Due to the special amphipathicity …

New piperidinium surfactants with carbamate fragments as effective adjuvants in insecticide compositions based on imidacloprid

RA Kushnazarova, AB Mirgorodskaya… - Pest Management …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Surfactants, particularly non‐ionic ones, are widely used as adjuvants in
pesticide formulations due to their ability to maintain pesticide effectiveness without …

Characterizing the oil-like and surfactant-like behavior of polar oils

A Ghayour, E Acosta - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this work, a bifunctional model was developed to fit and predict the phase inversion point
(PIP) of microemulsions containing polar oils. This model incorporated the hydrophilic …

Impacts of chain and head lengths of nonionic alkyl ethoxylate surfactants on cytotoxicity to human corneal and skin cells in agri-spraying processes

X Hu, J Carter, T Ge, M Liao, AM Stephens… - Journal of colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Nonionic surfactants are widely used as co-formulants in agrochemical sprays.
During spraying, they may come into direct contact with humans and animals, causing …