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Synthesis of Endoperoxide from a Diene and Molecular Oxygen in the Presence of a Photocatalyst
Endoperoxides are prominent structural features of several natural products with potent activity against malaria and various cancer cell lines. However, they are difficult to synthesize. The most stra...
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Tehshik Yoon, Michael Ischay, Jonathan Parrish | P100348US01
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A Supply of the Antibiotic Oligomycin
Oligomycin is a highly stable macrolide antibiotic isolated from the fungus Streptomyces diastochromogenes. It is a potent inhibitor of mitochondrial ATPase and phosphoryl group transfer.
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Glenn Chambliss | P04054US
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Pure, Cyclically-Constrained Gamma-Amino Acids for Medicine and Materials
Unnatural polymers that contain β- and γ-amino acids are known as "foldamers." These foldamers form long-lasting, predictable structures that are very stable and resistant to prot...
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Samuel Gellman, Li Guo, Michael Giuliano | P100030US02
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Synthesis of Proteins and Peptides Selectively Modified by Sulfation, Phosphorylation or Glycosylation
The lack of methods to easily synthesize sufficient quantities of selectively modified peptides and proteins has hindered research on the biological functions and molecular interactions of side-chain ...
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Laura Kiessling, Travis Young | P02386US
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Click Chemistry-Based Multi-Enhanced Biomaterials Help Heal Wounds
Wound healing is a complex and dynamic process of rebuilding skin and tissue. Chronic or impaired wounds result when tissues fail to progress through the necessary stages of healing. This is a signifi...
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Weiyuan John Kao, Yao Fu | P100330US02
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Improved Asymmetric Hydroformylation of Therapeutics Using Novel Bisphosphines
Asymmetric synthesis is important in the pharmaceutical industry because frequently only one optically active isomer, or enantiomer, is therapeutically active. Therefore, it is often desirable to sele...
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Clark Landis, Thomas Clark, Jerzy Klosin | P04447US
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Layer-by-Layer Covalent Assembly of Reactive Ultrathin Films
Methods that allow reactive polymer films to be deposited or assembled on topologically complex substrates are useful for the patterning or chemical modification of surfaces in a broad range of applic...
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David Lynn, Maren Buck, Jingtao Zhang | P08130US
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Simple, Gentle and Chemoselective Method of Synthesizing Diazo Compounds
Diazo compounds, which have the general formula R2C=N2, are versatile intermediates in organic synthesis. They participate in a variety of thermal, photochemical and metal-catalyzed reactions. M...
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Ronald Raines, Eddie Myers | P08318US02
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Traceless Staudinger Ligation for the Synthesis of Peptides and Proteins in Water
UW–Madison researchers previously developed a method of using traceless Staudinger ligation to chemically synthesize proteins (see WARF reference number P00315US). This method is based on ...
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Ronald Raines, Matthew Soellner, Annie Tam | P08350US02
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Efficient Beta2-Amino Acid Synthesis Via Organocatalytic Aldehyde Aminomethylationlation
Beta amino acids are the basic building blocks of beta peptides, which have physiological applications, such as blocking human cytomegalovirus infection. Although some types of beta amino acids are re...
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Samuel Gellman, Yonggui Chi, William Pomerantz, Emily English, William Horne, Li Guo | P06230US
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One-Step Synthesis of Diazaphosphacycles
Phosphines have many commercial and industrial uses as attachments to rare earth metal catalysts, including specialized uses in asymmetric hydrogenation and other catalytic transformations. However, c...
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Clark Landis, Wiechang Jin, Jonathan Owen, Thomas Clark | P01419US
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Method of Orientating Fillers in Polymer Composite Materials
Over the past decade, polymer composites have emerged as a new class of high performance materials with unique and desirable material properties such as strength, weight and rigidity. These composites...
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Xiaochun Li, Lih-Sheng Turng, Larry Holmes, Yiyan Peng | P09239US
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Systems and Methods for the Cyclotron Production of Iodine-124
Position emission tomography (PET) plays a vital role in the diagnosis of health and disease. The long-lived isotope iodine-124 (I-124; half-life 4.2 days) has many features that make it an attractive...
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Jonathon Nye, Robert Nickles | P04326US
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Organoelement Resists for EUV Lithography
Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is one of the most promising techniques for creating semiconductor devices, integrated circuits and microelectronic devices with nanoscale features (i.e., smaller...
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Paul Nealey, Franco Cerrina, Lin Zhu, Junyan Dai, Christopher Ober | P04335US
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Semi-Solid Forming of Metal-Matrix Nanocomposites
Semi-solid casting (SSC) is a high-integrity die casting technique, wherein metal is injected into a mold cavity in a semi-liquid/solid state with a “slushy” consistency. Semi-solid metal ...
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Xiaochun Li, Lih-Sheng Turng, Michael DeCicco | P05344US
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Heterogeneous Protein Foldamers Containing Alpha, Beta and Gamma Amino Acids
Foldamers are synthetic protein oligomers with discrete and predictable folding properties akin to those of natural proteins. They provide molecular tools to investigate large-molecule interactions su...
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Samuel Gellman, Ahlke Hayen, Margaret Schmitt, Felix Ngassa | P02125US
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Plasma-Enhanced Functionalization of Carbon-Containing Substrates
Before DNA or proteins can be attached to a surface during the making of microarrays, the surface must be functionalized, i.e., chemically prepared to carry functional groups capable of...
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Ferencz Denes, Sorin Manolache, Luis Emilio Cruz-Barba, Max Lagally, Bradley Larson | P03334US
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Zirconium-Rich Bulk Metallic Glass Alloys
Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) exhibit unique properties including high strength, excellent wear and corrosion resistance, high resistance to fractures and outstanding castability. They are also inexpen...
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Y. Austin Chang, Hongbo Cao, Dong Ma, Ling Ding, Ker-chang Hsieh | P04251US
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Methods and Compositions for Forming Aperiodic Patterned Copolymer Films
As the development of nanoscale devices increases, the need for materials and methods that can duplicate nanoscale patterns over large areas is growing. Block copolymer materials are useful in nanofab...
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Paul Nealey, Sang Ouk Kim, Erik Edwards, Mark Stoykovich, Juan DePablo | P05119US
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Producing Methyl Vinyl Ketone from Levulinic Acid
Levulinic acid is a biomass-derived compound that can be obtained inexpensively in high yields from a variety of waste cellulose-containing materials. It has been identified as a top biomass-derived c...
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James Dumesic, Ryan West | P09350US01
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Arc-Enhanced Friction Stir Welding
In friction stir welding (FSW), a rotating, cylindrical tool with a pin on its end is slowly plunged into a workpiece and moved along the joint to be welded. As the tool rotates, it generates friction...
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Sindo Kou, Guoping Cao | P05041US
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Friction-Stir Welding of Dissimilar Metals with High Weld Strength
Recent surveys have identified welding of dissimilar metals as a top priority in materials joining technology. Friction-stir welding currently is the best potential process for welding dissimilar meta...
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Sindo Kou, Vahid Firouzdor | P09344US01
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Nanoporous Protective Coatings for Corrosion and Wear Resistance of Metal Substrates
Heat exchangers are used in chemical processing; power production; household appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and space heaters; and even automobile radiators. Plate heat excha...
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Marc Anderson, Maria Isabel Tejedor-Anderson, Ole Christensen | P08101US02
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Cost-Effective Synthesis of HMF from Fructose
Increasing demand of petrochemical resources to produce the energy and chemical materials required by industrialized societies with growing populations combined with a diminishing supply has resulted ...
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James Dumesic, Yuriy Roman-Leshkov, Juben Chheda | P06305US
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Plasma-Enhanced Functionalization of Inorganic Oxide Surfaces
Bioactive surfaces created by binding biomolecules to the surface of inorganic substrates are used in many bioassays, biosensors, and other devices. One common approach to functionalizing surfaces so ...
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Ferencz Denes, Sorin Manolache, Jason Helgren, Max Lagally, Bradley Larson | P04163US