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Interaction of the maturation protein of the bacteriophage MS2 and the sex pilus of the Escherichia coli F plasmid (2020)
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Spankie, T. J., Haywood, A. L., Dottorini, T., Barrow, P. A., & Hirst, J. D. (2020). Interaction of the maturation protein of the bacteriophage MS2 and the sex pilus of the Escherichia coli F plasmid. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 101, Article 107723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmgm.2020.107723

© 2020 Elsevier Inc. One promising strategy to combat antimicrobial resistance is to use bacteriophages that attach to the sex pili produced by transmissible antimicrobial resistance (AMR) plasmids, infect AMR bacteria and select for loss of the AMR... Read More about Interaction of the maturation protein of the bacteriophage MS2 and the sex pilus of the Escherichia coli F plasmid.

Atomic mechanism of metal crystal nucleus formation in a single-walled carbon nanotube (2020)
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Cao, K., Biskupek, J., Stoppiello, C. T., McSweeney, R. L., Chamberlain, T. W., Liu, Z., …Kaiser, U. (2020). Atomic mechanism of metal crystal nucleus formation in a single-walled carbon nanotube. Nature Chemistry, 12, 921–928. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-0538-9

Knowing how crystals nucleate at the atomic scale is crucial for understanding, and in turn controlling, the structure and properties of a wide variety of materials. However, because of the scale and highly dynamic nature of nuclei, the formation and... Read More about Atomic mechanism of metal crystal nucleus formation in a single-walled carbon nanotube.

Tert-butyldimethylsilyl chitosan synthesis and characterization by analytical ultracentrifugation, for archaeological wood conservation (2020)
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Wakefield, J. M. K., Braovac, S., Kutzke, H., Stockman, R. A., & Harding, S. E. (2020). Tert-butyldimethylsilyl chitosan synthesis and characterization by analytical ultracentrifugation, for archaeological wood conservation. European Biophysics Journal, 49, 781-789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00249-020-01450-z

The Oseberg ship is one of the most important archaeological testimonies of the Vikings. After excavation in 1904, the wooden gravegoods were conserved using alum salts. This resulted in extreme degradation of a number of the objects a hundred years... Read More about Tert-butyldimethylsilyl chitosan synthesis and characterization by analytical ultracentrifugation, for archaeological wood conservation.

The role of the intermediate state in angle-resolved photoelectron studies using (2 + 1) resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization of the chiral terpenes, α-pinene and 3-carene (2020)
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Ganjitabar, H., Singh, D. P., Chapman, R., Gardner, A., Minns, R. S., Powis, I., …Vredenborg, A. (2021). The role of the intermediate state in angle-resolved photoelectron studies using (2 + 1) resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization of the chiral terpenes, α-pinene and 3-carene. Molecular Physics, 119(1-2), Article e1808907. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2020.1808907

Photoelectron angular distributions (PADs), ranging up to the maximum 6th order Legendre polynomial term set by the Yang theorem, have been recorded for the (2 + 1) resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) of two terpene isomers, 3-carene an... Read More about The role of the intermediate state in angle-resolved photoelectron studies using (2 + 1) resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization of the chiral terpenes, α-pinene and 3-carene.

Bond Dissociation and Reactivity of HF and H2O in a Nano Test Tube (2020)
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Biskupek, J., Skowron, S. T., Stoppiello, C. T., Alom, S., Rance, G. A., Fung, K. L. Y., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2020). Bond Dissociation and Reactivity of HF and H2O in a Nano Test Tube. ACS Nano, 14(9), 11178-11189. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c02661

Molecular motion and bond dissociation are two of the most fundamental phenomena underpinning the properties of molecular materials. We entrapped HF and H2O molecules within the fullerene C60 cage, encapsulated within a single-walled carbon nanotube... Read More about Bond Dissociation and Reactivity of HF and H2O in a Nano Test Tube.

Carbon dioxide reduction by lanthanide(iii) complexes supported by redox-active Schiff base ligands (2020)
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Jori, N., Toniolo, D., Huynh, B. C., Scopelliti, R., & Mazzanti, M. (2020). Carbon dioxide reduction by lanthanide(iii) complexes supported by redox-active Schiff base ligands. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 7(19), 3598-3608. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0qi00801j

Here we have explored the ability of Schiff bases to act as electron reservoirs and to enable the multi-electron reduction of small molecules by lanthanide complexes. We report the reductive chemistry of the Ln(III) complexes of the tripodal heptaden... Read More about Carbon dioxide reduction by lanthanide(iii) complexes supported by redox-active Schiff base ligands.

Uncommon overoxidative catalytic activity in a new halo‐tolerant alcohol dehydrogenase (2020)
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Contente, M., Fiore, N., Cannazza, P., Roura Padrosa, D., Molinari, F., Gourlay, L., & Paradisi, F. (2020). Uncommon overoxidative catalytic activity in a new halo‐tolerant alcohol dehydrogenase. ChemCatChem, 12(22), 5679-5685. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202001112

Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH) are versatile and useful enzymes employed as biocatalysts, especially for the selective oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols, and for the reduction of carbonyl moieties. A new alcohol dehydrogenase (HeADH‐II) has b... Read More about Uncommon overoxidative catalytic activity in a new halo‐tolerant alcohol dehydrogenase.

Kinetic Analysis of Domino Catalysis: A Case Study on Gold-Catalyzed Arylation (2020)
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Ball, L. T., Corrie, T., Cresswell, A., & Lloyd-Jones, G. C. (2020). Kinetic Analysis of Domino Catalysis: A Case Study on Gold-Catalyzed Arylation. ACS Catalysis, 10(18), 10420–10426. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c03178

Domino catalysis is a well-explored route to increasing the efficiency of multistep reactions. However, the kinetic features required for efficient turnover of a process where "multiple transformations are effected by a single catalytic mechanism"hav... Read More about Kinetic Analysis of Domino Catalysis: A Case Study on Gold-Catalyzed Arylation.

Iridum-catalysed C–H Borylation of β-aryl-aminopropionic acids (2020)
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Robinson, H., Stillibrand, J., Simelis, K., Macdonald, S. J., & Nortcliffe, A. (2020). Iridum-catalysed C–H Borylation of β-aryl-aminopropionic acids. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 18, https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ob01495h

Iridium-catalysed catalytic, regioselective C–H borylation of β-aryl-aminopropionic acid derivatives gives access to 3,5-functionalised protected β-aryl-aminopropionic acid boronates. The synthetic versatility of these new boronates is demonstrated t... Read More about Iridum-catalysed C–H Borylation of β-aryl-aminopropionic acids.

Synthesis of Passerini-3CR Polymers and Assembly into Cytocompatible Polymersomes (2020)
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Travanut, A., Monteiro, P. F., Oelmann, S., Howdle, S. M., Grabowska, A. M., Clarke, P. A., …Alexander, C. (2021). Synthesis of Passerini-3CR Polymers and Assembly into Cytocompatible Polymersomes. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 42(6), Article 2000321. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202000321

© 2020 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH GmbH The versatility of the Passerini three component reaction (Passerini-3CR) is herein exploited for the synthesis of an amphiphilic diblock copolymer, which self-assembles into polymersomes. Carboxy-funct... Read More about Synthesis of Passerini-3CR Polymers and Assembly into Cytocompatible Polymersomes.