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Conservation of a pH-sensitive structure in the C-terminal region of spider silk extends across the entire silk gene family (2018)
Journal Article
Strickland, M., Tudorica, V., Řezáč, M., Thomas, N. R., & Goodacre, S. L. (2018). Conservation of a pH-sensitive structure in the C-terminal region of spider silk extends across the entire silk gene family. Heredity, 120(6), 574-580. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-018-0050-9

Spiders produce multiple silks with different physical properties that allow them to occupy a diverse range of ecological niches, including the underwater environment. Despite this functional diversity, past molecular analyses show a high degree of a... Read More about Conservation of a pH-sensitive structure in the C-terminal region of spider silk extends across the entire silk gene family.

Stable DHLA–PEG capped PbS quantum dots: from synthesis to near-infrared biomedical imaging (2018)
Journal Article
Zamberlan, F., Turyanska, L., Patanè, A., Liu, Z., Williams, H., Fay, M., Clarke, P., Imamura, Y., Jin, T., Bradshaw, T., Thomas, N., & Grabowska, A. (in press). Stable DHLA–PEG capped PbS quantum dots: from synthesis to near-infrared biomedical imaging. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 6, https://doi.org/10.1039/c7tb02912h

The short shelf-life of water-soluble quantum dots (QDs) due to colloidal instability represents a major drawback to their exploitation. This work examines the colloidal stability of PbS nanoparticles capped with dihydrolipoic acid–polyethylene glyco... Read More about Stable DHLA–PEG capped PbS quantum dots: from synthesis to near-infrared biomedical imaging.