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Speed effects in gliding motility assays due to surface passivation, water isotope, and osmotic stress. [PDF]

, 2010
The molecular motor kinesin-1, an ATPase, and the substrate it walks along, microtubules, are vital components of eukaryotic cells. Kinesin converts chemical energy to linear motion as its two motor domains step along microtubules in a process similar to
Steven J. Koch, Andy Maloney, Lawrence J. Herskowitz   +2 more
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Water Organization and Hydration‐Dependent Hydroxide Transport in Anion Exchange Membranes (AEM)

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Hydroxide transport in anion exchange membranes is governed by the organization of water within the polymer rather than by hydration alone. A hydration‐window framework is presented to unify transport, swelling, and mechanical stability, providing guidance for designing durable membranes for fuel cells and other hydroxide‐based electrochemical ...
Phumlani F. Msomi
wiley   +1 more source

Osmotic Pump Drug Delivery Systems—A Comprehensive Review

Pharmaceuticals, 2022
In the last couple of years, novel drug delivery systems (NDDS) have attracted much attention in the food and pharmaceutical industries. NDDS is a broad term that encompasses many dosage forms, one of which is osmotic pumps.
Yosif Almoshari
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Electrochemical Pathways for Nitrate Conversion to Ammonia: From Environmental Challenges to Ammonia Economy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This perspective presents recent advances in electrocatalytic nitrate reduction, focusing on reaction mechanisms, catalyst design, and electrolyzer configurations. Key challenges in selectivity, stability, and practical wastewater treatment are highlighted, while future directions for advancing sustainable ammonia synthesis and nitrate remediation are ...
Xintong Li, Yunpeng Zuo, Xiaoran Zhang, Jieqiong Shan, Kenneth Mei Yee Leung, Bin Liu, Peter Strasser, Adrian Fisher, Zonglong Zhu, Xin Wang   +9 more
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Admission electrolyte and osmotic pressure levels are associated with the incidence of contrast-associated acute kidney injury

Scientific Reports, 2022
This retrospective study aimed to explore the relationships between electrolytes and osmotic pressure homeostasis with contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) risk in patients with percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary angiography.
Qingbo Lv, Duanbin Li, Yao Wang, Pengcheng Yu, Liding Zhao, Songzan Chen, Min Wang, Guosheng Fu, Wenbin Zhang   +8 more
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Preferential Interfacial Engineering of Hydrogels via Interdigitated Nanoparticle Assembly

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Robust surface functionalization of hydrogel surfaces is performed via interdigitated metal nanoparticle assembly, inducing strong affinity with the hydrogel matrix. The partially exposed nanoparticle domains act as interfacial nanobridges that mediate both chemical and physical bonding with diverse materials, including small molecules, fluorous ...
Hyeonjin Kim, Hyeseoung Lim, Ji Min Lee, Heeyeon Kang, Yongkwon Song, Woojae Chang, So‐Jin Park, Jin Yoo, Atsushi Hozumi, Jinhan Cho, Jongkuk Ko, Sanghyuk Wooh   +11 more
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Measuring very negative water potentials with polymer tensiometers: principles, performance and applications [PDF]

, 2009
In recent years, a polymer tensiometer (POT) was developed and tested to directly measure matric potentials in dry soils. By extending the measurement range to wilting point (a 20-fold increase compared to conventional, water-filled tensiometers), a ...
van der Ploeg, Martine J., Cindy Huiskes, Koopal, L.K., Gerben Bakker, Hoogendam, Cornelis W., Martine Ploeg, Bakker, G., Gooren, H.P.A., Kruidhof, H., de Rooij, Gerrit H., Huiskens, C., Hoogendam, C.W., de Rooij, G.H., van der Ploeg, M.J., Kruidhof, Henk, Rooij, G.H., de, Huiskes, Cindy, Hermanus Gooren, Koopal, Luuk K., Gooren, Hermanus P.A., Henk Kruidhof, Bakker, Gerben, Gerrit Rooij, Ploeg, M.J., van der, Cornelis Hoogendam, Luuk Koopal   +25 more
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Melanin's Role in Balancing Mechanical Strength and Reproductive Output in Environmentally Stressed Fungal Spores

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Melanin content directly controls fungal spore mechanical properties, with pigmented spores achieving rupture forces two orders of magnitude higher than hyaline spores. Environmental stress drives this quantity‐quality tradeoff; stressed species invest energy in melanin‐reinforced, mechanically superior thick‐walled, super‐hydrophobic spores, while ...
Atul Agrawal, Steven E. Naleway
wiley   +1 more source

Damage index correlation in massive granite-porous backfills under hydromechanical triaxial cyclic loading using acoustic emissions and X-ray computed tomography

Journal of Materials Research and Technology
The characterization accuracy of damage indices in massive and porous composite biomaterials under complex osmotic conditions has long been a challenge in engineering materials science.
Xin Yu, Yuye Tan, Shengwen Qi, Weidong Song, John Kemeny, Bowen Zheng, Songfeng Guo   +6 more
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Intracellular ion and protein nanoparticle-induced osmotic pressure modify astrocyte swelling and brain edema in response to glutamate stimuli

Redox Biology, 2019
Intracellular tension activity plays a crucial role in cytotoxic brain edema and astrocyte swelling. Here, a few genetically encoded FRET-based tension probes were designed to detect cytoskeletal structural tension optically, including their magnitude ...
JiaRui Zhang, YuXuan Wang, ZiHui Zheng, XiaoHe Sun, TingTing Chen, Chen Li, XiaoLong Zhang, Jun Guo   +7 more
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