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The choice of optimal electrolytes is crucial for improving the electrochemical performance of a lithium air battery because it determines the morphology of the discharge products in the cathode and the conductivity of t...

The development of dye-sensitized solar cells requires an in-depth understanding of the interfacial charge-transfer dynamics that take place between dye sensitizers and semiconductors. Here, we describe a prototype syste...

Recently, DNA molecules have received great attention because of their potential applications in material science. One interesting example is the production of highly fluorescent and tunable DNA–Agn clusters with cytos...

Changing gel structure and immobilization conditions led to a significant improvement in the covalent multipoint attachment of chymotrypsin on chitosan. The use of sodium alginate, gelatin, or κ-carrageenan, activation ...

In the present paper, the performance of monolithic catalysts obtained from a catalytic converter was analyzed in the partial hydrogenation of sunflower oil. The monoliths were reimpregnated with palladium and installed ...

A protocol is developed to allow the accurate characterization of partition to lipid bilayers for solutes with low affinity, using isothermal titration calorimetry. The methodology proposed is suitable for studies using ...

The oxidation of proteins and, in particular, of tryptophan (Trp) residues leads to chemical modifications that can affect structure and function. The oxidative damage to proteins in photochemical processes is relevant i...

We have investigated the reaction of peroxynitrite with carbon dioxide in aqueoussolution by means of combined quantum-classical (QM-MM) molecular dynamics simulations.In our QM-MM scheme, the reactant was modeled using ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a highly pathogenic Gram-negative microorganism associated with high mortality levels in burned or immunosuppressed patients or individuals affected by cystic fibrosis. Studies support a coloniz...

A cation exchange matrix with zwitterionic and multimodal properties was synthesized by a simple reaction sequence coupling sulfanilic acid to a chitosan based support. The novel chromatographic matrix was physico-chemic...

The agreement between theoretical and experimental vibrational circular dichroism curves of (4R,9R,10R)-(+)-african-l(5)-ene-2,6-dione (1) and (4R,9S,10R)-lippifoli-l(6)-en-5-one (2), isolated from the widely used plant ...

The coalescence process of two nanoparticles to yield a core-shell structure is analyzed by a well-tempered metadynamics procedure. This methodology has been shown to be useful in understanding the present phenomenon in ...

Sodium caseinate suspensions (Cas) are stabilized as submicelles in a dynamic system consisting of caseins α, β, and κ. Their use in the food industry is quite widespread because of their functional properties and nut...

Graphene nanoribbons with both armchair- and zigzag-shaped hydrogen-passivated edges (AGNR and ZGNR) have band gaps which depend on the width of the ribbon. In particular, a ZGNR has localized electronic states at the ed...

Metal/polymer nanocomposites have attracted much attention in recent years due to their exceptional properties and wide range of potential applications. A key challenge to obtain these materials is to stabilize the metal...

Light absorption in gold nanoparticles leads to metal heating that induces photothermal reshaping because of atomic surface diffusion at temperatures well below the gold melting point. In this work, we perform time-resol...

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as promising materials for atmospheric water harvesting (AWH). Large-pore MOFs provide high water capacity, but their significant hysteresis between sorption and desorption ...

Six new uranyl hybrid materials have been synthesized solvothermally utilizing the ligands 2,2′-bipyridine-3,3′-dicarboxylic acid (H2L) and 2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine (TPY). The six compounds are classified as e...

The phase equilibria of binary CO2 + n-alkane mixtures have been studied by an important number of authors, both experimentally and using different types of thermodynamic models. Modeling studies of the phase behavior of...

Poly(N-acryloylmorpholine) (P(NAM))-based materials have been developed to prevent protein adhesion to surfaces due to their biocompatibility and protein-repellent properties. However, transferring the benefits of P(NAM)...

The increasing complexity of composite materials structured on the nanometer scale requires highly sensitive analytical tools for nanoscale chemical identification, ideally in three dimensions. While infrared near-field ...

We report on a reversible structural phase transition of a two-dimensional system that can be locally induced by an external electric field. Two different structural configurations may coexist within a CO monolayer on Cu...

We report an EPR study at X- and Q-bands of polycrystalline and single crystal samples of the mixed copper(II) complex with L-glutamic acid (glu) and 1,10-phenantroline (phen), [Cu(glu)(phen)(H2O)]+ NO3 −·2(H2O). The ...

The thermal stability of N,N′-bis(1-ethylpropyl)-perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxdiimide (EP-PTCDI) thin films deposited on Cu(100) has been characterized by using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), X-ray photoelectron ...