WANG Z.

Polybutene-1 (PB-1) trigonal Form I crystals with different morphologies, namely spherulitic, hedritic, and fibrous, were used as seeds to quantitatively study the cross-nucleation kinetics of the tetragonal Form II. Interestingly, a large difference in the cross-nucleation ability of the various Form I seeds was observed. The Form I fiber...

The effect of confinement on the crystallization, crystal orientation, and polymorphic crystal transition of bulk and infiltrated polybutene-1 (PB-1) within anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates were studied. After cooling from the melt, PB-1 within AAO templates crystallized into tetragonal Form II directly. The nucleation process inside the...

The self-nucleation behavior of a polybutene-1/ethylene random copolymer, P(B1-ran-E), which undergoes a complex crystal-crystal transition behavior, has been studied in detail. Similar to PE random copolymers, this material shows a strong melt memory effect even above equilibrium melting point of PB-1 homopolymer. Different polymorphic forms...

Background: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of the most prominent neoplasm disorders and lacks efficacious treatments yet. Luteolin (3',4',5,7-tetrahydroxyflavone), a natural flavonoid commonly presented in plants, has been reported to delay the progression of TNBC. However, the precise mechanism is still elusive. We aimed to...

The atomic configuration of nanoparticles is key to their properties, in a way that resembles the structure-function correlation of biomolecules, and depends on the growth mechanism. Coalescence is often an important step in the growth of nanoparticles, both in liquid and in the gas phase. In coalescence, two preformed clusters collide and...