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Operando monitoring of the solution-mediated discharge and charge processes in a Na-O2 battery using liquid-electrochemical Transmission Electron Microscopy (2018)
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Lutz, L., Dachraoui, W., Demortière, A., Johnson, L. R., Bruce, P. G., Grimaud, A., & Tarascon, J.-M. (in press). Operando monitoring of the solution-mediated discharge and charge processes in a Na-O2 battery using liquid-electrochemical Transmission Electron Microscopy. Nano Letters, 18(2), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04937

Despite the fact that in sodium-oxygen (Na-O2) batteries show promise as high-energy storage systems, this technology is still the subject of intense fundamental research, owing to the complex reaction by which it operates. To understand the formatio... Read More about Operando monitoring of the solution-mediated discharge and charge processes in a Na-O2 battery using liquid-electrochemical Transmission Electron Microscopy.

One-carbon oxidative annulations of 1,3-enynes by catalytic C–H functionalization and 1,4-rhodium(III) migration (2018)
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Dooley, J. D., & Lam, H. W. (2018). One-carbon oxidative annulations of 1,3-enynes by catalytic C–H functionalization and 1,4-rhodium(III) migration. Chemistry - A European Journal, 24(16), 4050-4054. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201706043

Rhodium(III)-catalyzed C-H functionalization-oxidative annulations of aromatic substrates with 1,3-enynes that contain allylic hydrogen atoms cis to the alkyne are described. The key step in these reactions is an alkenyl-to-allyl 1,4-rhodium(III) mig... Read More about One-carbon oxidative annulations of 1,3-enynes by catalytic C–H functionalization and 1,4-rhodium(III) migration.

Genetically fused T4L acts as a shield in covalent enzyme immobilisation enhancing the rescued activity (2018)
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Planchestainer, M., Padrosa, D. R., Contente, M. L., & Paradisi, F. (2018). Genetically fused T4L acts as a shield in covalent enzyme immobilisation enhancing the rescued activity. Catalysts, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/catal8010040

Enzyme immobilisation is a common strategy to increase enzymes resistance and reusability in a variety of excellent ‘green’ applications. However, the interaction with the solid support often leads to diminished specific activity, especially when non... Read More about Genetically fused T4L acts as a shield in covalent enzyme immobilisation enhancing the rescued activity.

Synthesis and growth-inhibitory activities of imidazo[5,1-d]-1,2,3,5-tetrazine-8-carboxamides related to the anti-tumour drug temozolomide, with appended silicon, benzyl and heteromethyl groups at the 3-position (2018)
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Cousin, D., Hummersone, M., Bradshaw, T. D., Zhang, J., Moody, C. J., Foreiter, M., …Stevens, M. F. (in press). Synthesis and growth-inhibitory activities of imidazo[5,1-d]-1,2,3,5-tetrazine-8-carboxamides related to the anti-tumour drug temozolomide, with appended silicon, benzyl and heteromethyl groups at the 3-position. MedChemComm, https://doi.org/10.1039/C7MD00554G

A series of 3-(benzyl-substituted)-imidazo[5,1-d]-1,2,3,5-tetrazines (13) and related derivatives with 3-heteromethyl groups has been synthesised and screened for growth-inhibitory activity in vitro against two pairs of glioma cell lines with temozol... Read More about Synthesis and growth-inhibitory activities of imidazo[5,1-d]-1,2,3,5-tetrazine-8-carboxamides related to the anti-tumour drug temozolomide, with appended silicon, benzyl and heteromethyl groups at the 3-position.

Encapsulation of cadmium selenide nanocrystals in biocompatible nanotubes: DFT calculations, X-ray diffraction investigations and confocal fluorescence imaging (2018)
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Calatayud, D. G., Ge, H., Kuganathan, N., Mirabello, V., Jacobs, R. M., Rees, N. H., …Pascu, S. I. (2018). Encapsulation of cadmium selenide nanocrystals in biocompatible nanotubes: DFT calculations, X-ray diffraction investigations and confocal fluorescence imaging. ChemistryOpen, 7(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/open.201700184

The encapsulation of CdSe nanocrystals within singlewalled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) cavities of varying dimensions at elevated temperatures under strictly air-tight conditions is described for the first time. The structures of CdSe nanocrystals under... Read More about Encapsulation of cadmium selenide nanocrystals in biocompatible nanotubes: DFT calculations, X-ray diffraction investigations and confocal fluorescence imaging.

Effect of dicationic ionic liquids on lyotropic liquid crystals formed by a binary system composed of Triton-X 100 and water (2018)
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Thieghi, L. T., Longo Jr, L. S., Licence, P., & Alves, S. (in press). Effect of dicationic ionic liquids on lyotropic liquid crystals formed by a binary system composed of Triton-X 100 and water. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 657(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/15421406.2017.1403241

In this work, binary mixtures of a non-ionic surfactant (Triton X-100) and water were studied with concentrations of 30%wt H2O, showing, lamellar mesophase at temperatures below 10oC. Different dicationic ionic liquids were used for doping these meso... Read More about Effect of dicationic ionic liquids on lyotropic liquid crystals formed by a binary system composed of Triton-X 100 and water.

Excitation energies from Görling–Levy perturbation theory along the range-separated adiabatic connection (2018)
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Rebolini, E., Teale, A. M., Helgaker, T., Savin, A., & Toulouse, J. (2018). Excitation energies from Görling–Levy perturbation theory along the range-separated adiabatic connection. Molecular Physics, 116(11), 1443-1451. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2017.1422811

A Görling–Levy (GL)-based perturbation theory along the range-separated adiabatic connection is assessed for the calculation of electronic excitation energies. In comparison with the Rayleigh–Schrödinger (RS)-based perturbation theory this GL-based p... Read More about Excitation energies from Görling–Levy perturbation theory along the range-separated adiabatic connection.

Stable DHLA–PEG capped PbS quantum dots: from synthesis to near-infrared biomedical imaging (2018)
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Zamberlan, F., Turyanska, L., Patanè, A., Liu, Z., Williams, H., Fay, M., …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.

A stereospecific carboxyl esterase from Bacillus coagulans hosting nonlipase activity within a lipase-like fold (2018)
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De Vitis, V., Nakhnoukh, C., Pinto, A., Contente, M. L., Barbiroli, A., Milani, M., …Romano, D. (in press). A stereospecific carboxyl esterase from Bacillus coagulans hosting nonlipase activity within a lipase-like fold. FEBS Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.14368

Microbial carboxylesterases are important biocatalysts that selectively hydrolyze an extensive range of esters. Here, we report the biochemical and structural characterization of an atypical carboxylesterase from Bacillus coagulans (BCE), endowed wit... Read More about A stereospecific carboxyl esterase from Bacillus coagulans hosting nonlipase activity within a lipase-like fold.

Mechanism of intersubunit ketosynthase–dehydratase interaction in polyketide synthases (2018)
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Jenner, M., Kosol, S., Griffiths, D., Prasongpholchai, P., Manzi, L., Barrow, A. S., …Challis, G. (2018). Mechanism of intersubunit ketosynthase–dehydratase interaction in polyketide synthases. Nature Chemical Biology, 14, 270-275. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.2549

Modular polyketide synthases (PKSs) produce numerous structurally complex natural products with diverse applications in medicine and agriculture. They typically consist of several multienzyme subunits that utilize structurally-defined docking domains... Read More about Mechanism of intersubunit ketosynthase–dehydratase interaction in polyketide synthases.