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Understanding bio‐based polymers: A study of origins, properties, biodegradation and their impact on health and the environment

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This review provides an overview of bio‐based polymer sources, their unique functional properties and their environmental impact, and addresses their role as sustainable alternatives. It discusses end‐of‐life options, including composting and anaerobic digestion for renewable energy.
Sabina Kolbl Repinc, Blaž Stres, Mirica Karlovits, Igor Karlovits, Petra Jerič, Ondrej Panák, Anja Verbič, Blaž Likozar, Uroš Novak   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reversal of Clar's Aromatic‐Sextet Rule in Ultrashort Single‐End‐Capped [5,5] Carbon Nanotubes

ChemistryOpen, 2020
The three‐fold HOMO‐LUMO gap oscillation, typical of finite length armchair carbon nanotubes (CNT), has a major effect on the magnetic response of ultrashort, single‐end‐capped [5,5] carbon nanotubes to a perturbing magnetic field parallel to the main ...
Dr. Guglielmo Monaco, Prof. Emeritus Lawrence T. Scott, Prof. Riccardo Zanasi   +2 more
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Oxidation with a “Stopover” – Stable Zwitterions as Intermediates in the Oxidation of α‐Tocopherol (Vitamin E) Model Compounds to their Corresponding ortho‐Quinone Methides

ChemistryOpen, 2021
As a prominent member of the vitamin E group, α‐tocopherol is an important lipophilic antioxidant. It has a special oxidation chemistry that involves phenoxyl radicals, quinones and quinone methides.
Dr. Stefan Böhmdorfer, Prof. Thomas Rosenau   +1 more
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C2α‐carbanion‐protonating glutamate discloses tradeoffs between substrate accommodation and reaction rate in actinobacterial 2‐hydroxyacyl‐CoA lyase

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Enzymes of the 2‐hydroxyacyl‐CoA lyase group catalyze the condensation of formyl‐CoA with aldehydes or ketones. Thus, by structural adaptation of active sites, practically any pharmaceutically and industrially important 2‐hydroxyacid could be biotechnologically synthesized. Combining crystal structure analysis, active site mutations and kinetic assays,
Michael Zahn, Barbara Seroka, Ryszard Lazny, Zenon Lotowski, Thore Rohwerder   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural changes in lipid-free humic acids during composting of sewage sludge [PDF]

, 2005
Structural changes in humic acids (HAs), extracted after lipid removal from sewage sludge during composting, were investigated using various chemical methods (elemental analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and 13C-nuclear magnetic resonance
Amir, Soumia, Hafidi, Mohamed, Merlina, Georges, Revel, Jean-Claude   +3 more
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The electron density of delocalized bonds (EDDB) applied for quantifying aromaticity.

Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, 2017
In this study the recently developed electron density of delocalized bonds (EDDB) is used to define a new measure of aromaticity in molecular rings.
Dariusz W. Szczepanik, M. Andrzejak, J. Dominikowska, B. Pawełek, T. Krygowski, H. Szatyłowicz, M. Solà   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Removing Homocoupling Defects in Alkoxy/Alkyl‐PBTTT Enhances Polymer:Fullerene Co‐Crystal Formation and Stability

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
PBTTT‐OR‐R, a C14‐alkoxy/alkyl‐PBTTT polymer derivative, is of substantial interest for optoelectronics due to its specific fullerene intercalation behavior and enhanced charge‐transfer absorption. Comparing this polymer with (S) and without (O) homocoupling defects reveals that PBTTT‐OR‐R(O) forms stable co‐crystals with PC61BM, while PBTTT‐OR‐R(S ...
Zhen Liu, Jochen Vanderspikken, Paola Mantegazza, Stefania Moro, Mouna Hamid, Sigurd Mertens, Niko Van den Brande, Laurence Lutsen, Vincent Lemaur, David Beljonne, Giovanni Costantini, Koen Vandewal, Bruno Van Mele, Wouter Maes, Bart Goderis   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energetics of Baird aromaticity supported by inversion of photoexcited chiral [4n]annulene derivatives

Nature Communications, 2017
For the concept of aromaticity, energetic quantification is crucial. However, this has been elusive for excited-state (Baird) aromaticity. Here we report our serendipitous discovery of two nonplanar thiophene-fused chiral [4n]annulenes Th4COTSaddle and ...
Michihisa Ueda, K. Jorner, Y. Sung, Tadashi Mori, Qi Xiao, Dongho Kim, H. Ottosson, T. Aida, Y. Itoh   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exploring Dipolar Dynamics and Ionic Transport in Metal‐Organic Frameworks: Experimental and Theoretical Insights

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In this study, the interplay of dipolar dynamics and ionic charge transport in MOF compounds is investigated. Synthesizing the novel structure CFA‐25 with integrated freely rotating dipolar groups, local and macroscopic effects, including interactions with Cs cations are explored.
Ralph Freund, Arthur Schulz, Peter Lunkenheimer, Maryana Kraft, Thomas Bergler, Harald Oberhofer, Dirk Volkmer   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

py.Aroma: An Intuitive Graphical User Interface for Diverse Aromaticity Analyses

Chemistry
The nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) criterion plays a significant role in evaluating (anti-)aromaticity. While being readily accessible even for non-computational chemists, adding ghost atoms for multi-points NICS evaluations poses a ...
Zhe Wang
doaj   +1 more source