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Release of Soybean Isoflavones by Using a β-Glucosidase from Alicyclobacillus herbarius (2020)
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Delgado, L., Heckmann, C. M., Di Pisa, F., Gourlay, L., & Paradisi, F. (2021). Release of Soybean Isoflavones by Using a β-Glucosidase from Alicyclobacillus herbarius. ChemBioChem, 22(7), 1223-1231. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202000688

β-Glucosidases are used in the food industry to hydrolyse glycosidic bonds in complex sugars, with enzymes sourced from extremophiles better able to tolerate the process conditions. In this work, a novel β-glycosidase from the acidophilic organism Al... Read More about Release of Soybean Isoflavones by Using a β-Glucosidase from Alicyclobacillus herbarius.

N-doping enabled defect-engineering of MoS2 for enhanced and selective adsorption of CO2: A DFT approach (2020)
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Enujekwu, F. M., Zhang, Y., Ezeh, C. I., Zhao, H., Xu, M., Besley, E., George, M. W., Besley, N. A., Do, H., & Wu, T. (2021). N-doping enabled defect-engineering of MoS2 for enhanced and selective adsorption of CO2: A DFT approach. Applied Surface Science, 542, Article 148556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.148556

A density functional theory study was conducted to analyze CO2 adsorption on defective and non-defective MoS2 surfaces with or without nitrogen doping. The MoS2_1VS and MoS2_1VMo_3NS were found exhibiting outstanding adsorption activity and stability... Read More about N-doping enabled defect-engineering of MoS2 for enhanced and selective adsorption of CO2: A DFT approach.

Yttrium doped phosphate-based glasses: structural and degradation analyses (2020)
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Arafat, A., Samad, S. A., Titman, J. J., Lewis, A. L., Barney, E. R., & Ahmed, I. (2020). Yttrium doped phosphate-based glasses: structural and degradation analyses. Biomedical Glasses, 6(1), 34-49. https://doi.org/10.1515/bglass-2020-0004

This study investigates the role of yttrium in phosphate-based glasses in the system 45(P2O5)-25(CaO)-(30-x)(Na2O)-x(Y2O3) (0≤x≤5) prepared via melt quenching and focuses on their structural characterisation and degradation properties. The structural... Read More about Yttrium doped phosphate-based glasses: structural and degradation analyses.

Spatially Resolved Molecular Compositions of Insoluble Multilayer Deposits Responsible for Increased Pollution from Internal Combustion Engines (2020)
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Edney, M. K., Lamb, J. S., Spanu, M., Smith, E. F., Steer, E., Wilmot, E., Reid, J., Barker, J., Alexander, M. R., Snape, C. E., & Scurr, D. J. (2020). Spatially Resolved Molecular Compositions of Insoluble Multilayer Deposits Responsible for Increased Pollution from Internal Combustion Engines. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12(45), 51026-51035. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c14532

Internal combustion engines are used heavily in diverse applications worldwide. Achieving the most efficient operation is key to improving air quality as society moves to a decarbonized energy system. Insoluble deposits that form within internal comb... Read More about Spatially Resolved Molecular Compositions of Insoluble Multilayer Deposits Responsible for Increased Pollution from Internal Combustion Engines.

Effects of Polymer 3D Architecture, Size, and Chemistry on Biological Transport and Drug Delivery In Vitro and in Orthotopic Triple Negative Breast Cancer Models (2020)
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Anane‐Adjei, A. B., Pearce, A. K., Anane-Adjei, A. B., Cavanagh, R. J., Monteiro, P. F., Bennett, T. M., Taresco, V., Clarke, P. A., Ritchie, A. A., Alexander, M. R., Grabowska, A. M., & Alexander, C. (2020). Effects of Polymer 3D Architecture, Size, and Chemistry on Biological Transport and Drug Delivery In Vitro and in Orthotopic Triple Negative Breast Cancer Models. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 9(22), Article 2000892. https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202000892

© 2020 Wiley-VCH GmbH The size, shape, and underlying chemistries of drug delivery particles are key parameters which govern their ultimate performance in vivo. Responsive particles are desirable for triggered drug delivery, achievable through archit... Read More about Effects of Polymer 3D Architecture, Size, and Chemistry on Biological Transport and Drug Delivery In Vitro and in Orthotopic Triple Negative Breast Cancer Models.

Rational Design of Triplet Sensitizers for the Transfer of Excited State Photochemistry from UV to Visible (2020)
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Elliott, L. D., Kayal, S., George, M. W., & Booker-Milburn, K. (2020). Rational Design of Triplet Sensitizers for the Transfer of Excited State Photochemistry from UV to Visible. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(35), 14947-14956. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c05069

Time Dependent Density Functional Theory has been used to assist the design and synthesis of a series thioxanthone triplet sensitizers. Calculated energies of the triplet excited state (ET) informed both the type and position of auxochromes placed on... Read More about Rational Design of Triplet Sensitizers for the Transfer of Excited State Photochemistry from UV to Visible.

Probing the impact of the N3-substituted alkyl chain on the electronic environment of the cation and the anion for 1,3-dialkylimidazolium ionic liquids (2020)
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Men, S., Jin, Y., & Licence, P. (2020). Probing the impact of the N3-substituted alkyl chain on the electronic environment of the cation and the anion for 1,3-dialkylimidazolium ionic liquids. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22(30), 17394-17400. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cp02325f

In this study, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is used to probe the impact of the N3-substituted alkyl group on the electronic environment of the cation and the anion by comparing two types of imidazolium cations, 1-alkyl-3-butylimidazolium and 1-al... Read More about Probing the impact of the N3-substituted alkyl chain on the electronic environment of the cation and the anion for 1,3-dialkylimidazolium ionic liquids.

An (R)-Selective Transaminase from Thermomyces stellatus: Stabilizing the Tetrameric Form (2020)
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Heckmann, C. M., Gourlay, L. J., Dominguez, B., & Paradisi, F. (2020). An (R)-Selective Transaminase from Thermomyces stellatus: Stabilizing the Tetrameric Form. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8, Article 707. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00707

The identification and 3D structural characterization of a homolog of the (R)-selective transaminase (RTA) from Aspergillus terreus (AtRTA), from the thermotolerant fungus Thermomyces stellatus (TsRTA) is here reported. The thermostability of TsRTA (... Read More about An (R)-Selective Transaminase from Thermomyces stellatus: Stabilizing the Tetrameric Form.

Density Functional Theory Based Methods for the Calculation of X-ray Spectroscopy (2020)
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Besley, N. A. (2020). Density Functional Theory Based Methods for the Calculation of X-ray Spectroscopy. Accounts of Chemical Research, 53(7), 1306-1315. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00171

ConspectusThe availability of new light sources combined with the realization of the unique capabilities of spectroscopy in the X-ray region has driven tremendous advances in the field of X-ray spectroscopy. Currently, these techniques are emerging a... Read More about Density Functional Theory Based Methods for the Calculation of X-ray Spectroscopy.