Dopamine-derived nitrogen-doped carboxyl multiwalled carbon nanotube-modified graphite felt with improved electrochemical activity for vanadium redox flow batteries [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Improving the electrochemical activity of electrodes is essential to the development of vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB). In this work, we prepared a novel electrode with the modification of nitrogen-doped carboxyl multiwalled carbon nanotubes using ...
Qiang Li +4 more
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Effect of molecular and electronic structure on the light harvesting properties of dye sensitizers [PDF]
, 2007 The systematic trends in structural and electronic properties of perylene diimide (PDI) derived dye molecules have been investigated by DFT calculations based on projector augmented wave (PAW) method including gradient corrected exchange-correlation ...
Acebal P. +51 more
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Collective exchange processes reveal an active site proton cage in bacteriorhodopsin [PDF]
, 2020 Proton translocation across membranes is vital to all kingdoms of life. Mechanistically, it relies on characteristic proton flows and modifications of hydrogen bonding patterns, termed protonation dynamics, which can be directly observed by fast magic ...
Brünig, Florian N. +5 more
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Possible strong symmetric hydrogen bonding in disodium trihydrogen bis(2,2'-oxydiacetate) nitrate [PDF]
, 2005 In the title compound, 2Na+·C8H11O10-·NO3-, the NaI atom is heptacoordinate with an approximately pentagonal-bipyramidal geometry. A possible strong symmetric hydrogen bond, with the H atom located at an inversion centre and an OO distance of 2.450 (2) Å,
Fritsch, S. +3 more
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Conformational Preferences of 3-(Dimethylazinoyl)propanoic Acid as a Function of pH and Solvent; Intermolecular versus Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding [PDF]
, 2009 The conformational equilibrium of 3-(dimethylazinoyl)propanoic acid (DMAPA, azinoyl = N^+(O^−) has a weak pH-dependence in D_2O, with a slight preference for trans in alkaline solutions.
Alley, Olivia J. +5 more
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Non-specific cellular uptake of surface-functionalized quantum dots
, 2010 We report a systematic empirical study of nanoparticle internalization into cells via non-specific pathways. The nanoparticles were comprised of commercial quantum dots (QDs) that were highly visible under a fluorescence confocal microscope.
Goldys, E M +5 more
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Chemical Transformation of Carboxyl Groups on the Surface of Silicon Carbide Quantum Dots [PDF]
, 2014 Silicon carbide quantum dots in the size range of 1−10 nm are in the center of interest with unique properties that makes them very promising biomarkers.
Balogh, István +6 more
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Deposition and transport of functionalized carbon nanotubes in water-saturated sand columns [PDF]
, 2012 Knowledge of the fate and transport of functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in porous media is crucial to understand their environmental impacts. In this study, laboratory column and modeling experiments were conducted to mechanistically compare the ...
Carpena, Rafael Munoz +6 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Cryptochrome and PAS/LOV proteins play intricate roles in circadian clocks where they act as both sensors and mediators of protein–protein interactions. Their ubiquitous presence in signaling networks has positioned them as targets for small‐molecule therapeutics. This review provides a structural introduction to these protein families.
Eric D. Brinckman +2 more
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Binding of cadmium to soil humic acid as a function of carboxyl group content
Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 2010 The binding of Cd(II) to soil humic acid (HA) at pH 6.5 and in 0.1 mol/L KNO3 ionic medium, was studied by potentiometric titration with a cadmium ion selective electrode.
Tatjana Anđelković +4 more
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