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View article: Pseudocannabinoid H4CBD enhances lipid catabolism to reduce visceral adiposity and large adipocyte size in advanced metabolic syndrome
Pseudocannabinoid H4CBD enhances lipid catabolism to reduce visceral adiposity and large adipocyte size in advanced metabolic syndrome Open
Background Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is a precursor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) and has a prevalence of 55% among people ≥ 60 years of age in the US. Cannabidiol (CBD) use has grown more popular in the last t…
View article: The origin, composition, and applications of industrial humins – a review
The origin, composition, and applications of industrial humins – a review Open
Humins are side-products derived from the acid-catalysed conversion of carbohydrate-containing biomass, including sugars ( e.g. glucose, fructose, sucrose), oligo-, polysaccharides, and lignocellulosic feedstocks into HMF, furfural and lev…
View article: Chemical Composition of Aerosols from the E-Cigarette Vaping of Natural and Synthetic Cannabinoids
Chemical Composition of Aerosols from the E-Cigarette Vaping of Natural and Synthetic Cannabinoids Open
Vaping cannabinoids in electronic (e)-cigarette devices is rapidly increasing in popularity, particularly among adolescents, although the chemistry affecting the composition of the vape aerosol is not well understood. This work investigate…
View article: Industrial Routes from Sugars and Biomass to CMF and Other 5‐(Halomethyl)furfurals
Industrial Routes from Sugars and Biomass to CMF and Other 5‐(Halomethyl)furfurals Open
The synthesis of 5‐(halomethyl)furfurals (XMFs, X=F, Cl, Br, I), including 5‐(chloromethyl)furfural (CMF), 5‐(bromomethyl)furfural (BMF), 5‐(iodomethyl)furfural (IMF), and 5‐(fluoromethyl)furfural (FMF), from biomass represents a pivotal a…
View article: Stability Study of Molecularly Doped Semiconducting Polymers
Stability Study of Molecularly Doped Semiconducting Polymers Open
Molecular doping of semiconducting polymers has emerged as a prominent research topic in the field of organic electronics, with new dopant molecules introduced regularly. FeCl3 has gained attention as a p-type dopant due to its low cost, a…
View article: Pseudocannabinoid H4CBD improves glucose response during advanced metabolic syndrome in OLETF rats independent of increase in insulin signaling proteins
Pseudocannabinoid H4CBD improves glucose response during advanced metabolic syndrome in OLETF rats independent of increase in insulin signaling proteins Open
Cannabis product use has grown in the last two decades despite the lack of research on Cannabidiol (CBD)-mediated effects on metabolism. Here, we provide seminal data on CBD effects during age-associated metabolic dysfunction. We gave 41-w…
View article: Trifluoroacetic acid as an effective dispersing medium for cellulose nanocrystals
Trifluoroacetic acid as an effective dispersing medium for cellulose nanocrystals Open
While reports of innovations in the production of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are common, strategies for dispersing CNCs in various media, on which many practical applications depend, are limited. Although the suspension of surface-modif…
View article: Trifluoroacetic Acid as an Effective Dispersing Medium for Cellulose Nanocrystals
Trifluoroacetic Acid as an Effective Dispersing Medium for Cellulose Nanocrystals Open
View article: Quantifying Polaron Mole Fractions and Interpreting Spectral Changes in Molecularly Doped Conjugated Polymers
Quantifying Polaron Mole Fractions and Interpreting Spectral Changes in Molecularly Doped Conjugated Polymers Open
Molecular doping of conjugated polymers causes bleaching of the neutral absorbance and results in new polaron absorbance transitions in the mid and near infrared. Here, the concentration dependent changes in the spectra for a series of mol…
View article: Research data supporting "High-mobility, trap-free charge transport in conjugated polymer diodes"
Research data supporting "High-mobility, trap-free charge transport in conjugated polymer diodes" Open
Origin project including all source data used for Figures 1 to 5.The Project is structured in sub-folders, with one folder dedicated to a specfic Figure of the paper. Folder 1 includes SCLC diode characteristics measured for DPP-BTz SCLC d…
View article: Cannabidiol Does Not Impair Anabolic Signaling Following Eccentric Contractions in Rats
Cannabidiol Does Not Impair Anabolic Signaling Following Eccentric Contractions in Rats Open
Cannabidiol (CBD) has proven clinical benefits in the treatment of seizures, inflammation, and pain. The recent legalization of CBD in many countries has caused increased interest in the drug as an over-the-counter treatment for athletes l…
View article: Anion Exchange Doping: Tuning Equilibrium to Increase Doping Efficiency in Semiconducting Polymers
Anion Exchange Doping: Tuning Equilibrium to Increase Doping Efficiency in Semiconducting Polymers Open
High electron affinity (EA) molecules p-type dope low ionization energy (IE) polymers, resulting in an equilibrium doping level based on the energetic driving force (IE-EA), reorganization energy, and dopant concentration. Anion exchange d…
View article: Effects of Methyl Branching on the Properties and Performance of Furandioate-Adipate Copolyesters of Bio-Based Secondary Diols
Effects of Methyl Branching on the Properties and Performance of Furandioate-Adipate Copolyesters of Bio-Based Secondary Diols Open
Furandioate-adipate copolyesters are an emerging class of bio-based biodegradable polymers with great potential to replace fossil-derived terephthalic acid-based copolyesters such as poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT). F…
View article: CCDC 1864176: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 1864176: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: Synthetic, non-intoxicating 8,9-dihydrocannabidiol for the mitigation of seizures
Synthetic, non-intoxicating 8,9-dihydrocannabidiol for the mitigation of seizures Open
There can be a fine line between therapeutic intervention and substance abuse, and this point is clearly exemplified in herbal cannabis and its products. Therapies involving cannabis have been the treatment of last resort for some cases of…
View article: High-mobility, trap-free charge transport in conjugated polymer diodes
High-mobility, trap-free charge transport in conjugated polymer diodes Open
View article: Effect of processing conditions on additive DISC patterning of P3HT films
Effect of processing conditions on additive DISC patterning of P3HT films Open
There is a critical need to develop a method to pattern semiconducting polymers for device applications on the sub-micrometer scale.
View article: New bio-based monomers: tuneable polyester properties using branched diols from biomass
New bio-based monomers: tuneable polyester properties using branched diols from biomass Open
A family of monomers, including 2,5-hexandiol, 2,7-octandiol, 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), terephthalic acid (TA), and branched-chain adipic and pimelic acid derivatives, all find a common derivation in the biomass-derived platform m…
View article: CCDC 1569687: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 1569687: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: Quantitative Dedoping of Conductive Polymers
Quantitative Dedoping of Conductive Polymers Open
Although doping is a cornerstone of the inorganic semiconductor industry, most devices using organic semiconductors (OSCs) make use of intrinsic (undoped) materials. Recent work on OSC doping has focused on the use of dopants to modify a m…
View article: Electrochemical Coupling of Biomass‐Derived Acids: New C<sub>8</sub> Platforms for Renewable Polymers and Fuels
Electrochemical Coupling of Biomass‐Derived Acids: New C<sub>8</sub> Platforms for Renewable Polymers and Fuels Open
Electrolysis of biomass‐derived carbonyl compounds is an alternative to condensation chemistry for supplying products with chain length >C 6 for biofuels and renewable materials production. Kolbe coupling of biomass‐derived levulinic acid …
View article: Crystal structure determination as part of an undergraduate laboratory experiment: 1′,3′,3′-trimethylspiro[chromene-2,2′-indoline] and 1′,3′,3′-trimethyl-4-[(<i>E</i>)-(1,3,3-trimethylindolin-2-ylidene)methyl]spiro[chroman-2,2′-indoline]
Crystal structure determination as part of an undergraduate laboratory experiment: 1′,3′,3′-trimethylspiro[chromene-2,2′-indoline] and 1′,3′,3′-trimethyl-4-[(<i>E</i>)-(1,3,3-trimethylindolin-2-ylidene)methyl]spiro[chroman-2,2′-indoline] Open
The crystal structures of the title compounds, C 19 H 19 NO and C 31 H 34 N 2 O, were determined as part of an experiment in an undergraduate teaching laboratory that demonstrates the relationship between molecular structure and function. …
View article: CCDC 1509185: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 1509185: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: CCDC 1509184: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 1509184: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: Comparison of solution-mixed and sequentially processed P3HT:F4TCNQ films: effect of doping-induced aggregation on film morphology
Comparison of solution-mixed and sequentially processed P3HT:F4TCNQ films: effect of doping-induced aggregation on film morphology Open
Doping polymeric semiconductors often drastically reduces the solubility of the polymer, leading to difficulties in processing doped films.
View article: Introducing Solubility Control for Improved Organic P-Type Dopants
Introducing Solubility Control for Improved Organic P-Type Dopants Open
To overcome the poor solubility of the widely used p-type dopant 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (F4TCNQ), we have synthesized a series of structure-modified, organic p-type dopants to include alkyl ester groups design…