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pH-Responsive Properties of Asymmetric Nanopapers of Nanofibrillated Cellulose

Nanomaterials, 2020
Inspired by plant movements driven by the arrangement of cellulose, we have fabricated nanopapers of nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) showing actuation under pH changes.
Maud Chemin, Baptiste Beaumal, Bernard Cathala, Ana Villares   +3 more
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Acute and subacute in vivo safety assessment of developed chitosan derivatives for food applications

Food Hydrocolloids for Health, 2023
The acute and subacute studies of two chitosan derivatives was conducted by oral administration on Swiss albino mice. Chitosan soluble derivatives were prepared by depolymerization method using potassium persulfate.
T.P. Punarvasu, K.V. Harish Prashanth
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Simulation of Defects, Flexibility and Rupture in Biopolymer Networks

, 2021
Networks of biopolymers occur often in nature, and are vulnerable to damage over time. In this work, a coarse grained model of collagen IV molecules is applied in a 2D hexagonal network and the mechanisms by which these networks can rupture are explored.
Matthew H. J., Bailey, Mark, Wilson
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Composites of Shellac and Silver Nanowires as Flexible, Biobased, and Corrosion‐Resistant Transparent Conductive Electrodes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Shellac, a centuries‐old natural resin, is reimagined as a green material for flexible electronics. When combined with silver nanowires, shellac films deliver transparency, conductivity, and stability against humidity. These results position shellac as a sustainable alternative to synthetic polymers for transparent conductors in next‐generation ...
Rahaf Nafez Hussein, Tiago Carneiro Gomes, Eliza Ng, Simon Rondeau‐Gagné, Tricia Breen Carmichael   +4 more
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Starch phosphorylation—A needle in a haystack

Plant Methods
Phosphoesterification is the only naturally occurring covalent starch modification identified to date, and it has a major impact on overall starch metabolism. The incorporation of phosphate groups mediated by dikinases [α-glucan, water dikinase (GWD), EC
Julia Compart, Ardha Apriyanto, Joerg Fettke   +2 more
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Comparison of antibody immobilization on renewable nanocrystals for paper-based detection

Frontiers in Biomaterials Science
IntroductionPolysaccharide-based nanomaterials offer renewable and tunable platforms for biosensing applications. This study compares the physicochemical properties and biosensing performance of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), chitosan nanocrystals (ChNCs)
Ketzalzin Vazquez-Hernandez, Beatriz M. Herrera, Clara Dourado Fernandes, Eno-Jane Effanga, Houra Farkhondehnia, Reshma Panackal Shibu, Julia L. Shamshina, Julia L. Shamshina, Christopher Turner, Noureddine Abidi, Diego Gomez-Maldonado   +10 more
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A Facile and Mild Synthesis of Trisubstituted Allylic Sulfones from Morita-Baylis-Hillman Carbonates

Molecules, 2015
An efficient and catalyst-free synthesis of trisubstituted allylic sulfones through an allylic sulfonylation reaction of Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) carbonates with sodium sulfinates has been developed.
Lin Jiang, Yong-Gen Li, Jiang-Feng Zhou, Yong-Ming Chuan, Hong-Li Li, Ming-Long Yuan   +5 more
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DNA‐Templated 2D Heterostructures as Phototriggered Dynamic Nanohybrids: From Releasing Molecular Loads to Controlling Enzyme Biocatalytic Function

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
DNA strands are employed both as dynamic linkers and nanoscale templates for the integration of Ag2S nanoparticles on MoS2, which in turn imparted photothermal responsiveness; this feature permits the selective cargo (fluorophore, quantum dots or an enzyme) release from the MoS2 surface in response to local heat induced by light irradiation.
Kai Chen, Haosen Miao, Weiying Hong, Matteo Palma   +3 more
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3D Printing Innovations in Polymeric Porous and Patterned Architecture

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Polymeric foams occupy a unique structural space between dense solids and open networks, where engineered void fraction governs mechanical compliance, thermal resistance, and mass transport. Additive manufacturing now enables precise spatial control over cellular architecture, unlocking designer foam structures across applications spanning crash ...
Dhanush Patil, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Clarissa Westover, Arunachalam Ramanathan, M. Taylor Sobzcak, Roumika Patil, Qixuan Xiang, Tiantian Li, Sui Yang, Timothy E. Long, Hongyue Sun, Xianqiao Wang, Yang Liu, Kenan Song   +13 more
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Genome-wide identification and characterization of LRR-RLKs reveal functional conservation of the SIF subfamily in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

BMC Plant Biology, 2018
Background As one of the largest subfamilies of the receptor-like protein kinases (RLKs) in plants, Leucine Rich Repeats-RLKs (LRR-RLKs) are involved in many critical biological processes including growth, development and stress responses in addition to ...
Ning Yuan, Krishan Mohan Rai, Vimal Kumar Balasubramanian, Santosh Kumar Upadhyay, Hong Luo, Venugopal Mendu   +5 more
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