Construction, characterization and self-assembly mechanism of a unimolecule-nanopesticide (UNI) delivery system
The basic components of our UNI system consist of only IL and water before the addition of pesticide payloads. Besides water, we chose…
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Investigation of molecular mechanisms in silver nanoparticle-induced cytotoxicity from gene to metabolite level
Preparation and characterization of silver nanoparticles
Figure 1 shows a TEM image of the prepared AgNPs. The AgNPs were predominantly spherical with relatively uniform particle sizes and an average diameter of 20.13 ± 1.91 nm. The zeta…
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Emergence of conformational diversity and complexity of supramolecular structure by the interaction of a simple molecule with a uniform surface
Ruiz-Mirazo, K., Briones, C. & de la Escosura, A. Prebiotic systems chemistry: new perspectives for the origins of life. Chem. Rev. 114, 285–366 (2014).
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Self-driving microscopy detects the onset of protein aggregation and enables intelligent Brillouin imaging
Accurate prediction of protein aggregation triggers optimized multimodal imaging
Determining the onset of protein aggregation is challenging for humans to achieve by visually inspecting images of soluble protein, as there are no apparent…
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To study the performance of polyaniline-based copper and carbon-nanotube (PANI@Cu@CNT) nanocomposite for harmful NH3 gas sensing
Manisalidis, I., Stavropoulou, E., Stavropoulos, A. & Bezirtzoglou, E. Environmental and health impacts of air pollution: a review. Front. Public. Health. 8, 14 (2020).
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Uncovering sequence effects in Titanium binding peptides adsorption on TiO2: A molecular dynamics study
Surface separation distance and end-to-end distance analysis
We first analyze the behavior of the peptides near the \(\hbox {TiO}_2\) surface in terms of the distance between the center of mass of the peptides and the \(\hbox {TiO}_2\) surface…
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Wafer-scale transfer-free patterned graphene transparent electrodes for GaN-based LEDs: a universal technique towards different substrates
Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the process flow of a 2-inch wafer-scale LED chip with transfer-free patterned graphene as TEs. Eight of the images show the status of the sample at different stages, and the corresponding process operations…
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Charge Density Wave Materials May Speed Up Electronics
A team of researchers, working in different universities across the United States, found a new technique to unlock a hidden state of matter that could make electronics times faster in the future.
This novel state of matter is a metallic phase in…
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First quantum confinement achieved without physical downsizing
Researchers achieve quantum confinement without shrinking materials by engineering a COF with confined excitons, enabling strong photoluminescence and nerve agent detection.
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Interlayer metal bonding turns MXenes into high-performance battery materials
Researchers converted layered MXenes into chemically bonded solids using metal intercalation, boosting thermal stability and performance in zinc-iodine batteries.
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