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Deployment of wireless sensor network for the measurement of Exhaled Nitric Oxide in in-home healthcare (2012)
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Surendran, E., Natarajan, M., Venkatesh Krishna, A., Kanagavel, V., Chandran, K., Thangamuthu, M., & Manickam, P. (2012). Deployment of wireless sensor network for the measurement of Exhaled Nitric Oxide in in-home healthcare. Sensors & Transducers, 142(7), 87-94

In-home healthcare facilitates people monitor health related parameters in a domestic place and provide vital information for medical diagonosis. The exhaled nitric oxide (ENO) is a promising parameter for the diagnosis and the treatment in human lun... Read More about Deployment of wireless sensor network for the measurement of Exhaled Nitric Oxide in in-home healthcare.

A partially interpenetrated metal-organic framework for selective hysteretic sorption of carbon dioxide (2012)
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Yang, S., Lin, X., Lewis, W., Suyetin, M., Bichoutskaia, E., Parker, J. E., Tang, C. C., Allan, D. R., Rizkallah, P. J., Hubberstey, P., Champness, N. R., Mark Thomas, K., Blake, A. J., & Schröder, M. (2012). A partially interpenetrated metal-organic framework for selective hysteretic sorption of carbon dioxide. Nature Materials, 11(8), 710-716. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3343

The selective capture of carbon dioxide in porous materials has potential for the storage and purification of fuel and flue gases. However, adsorption capacities under dynamic conditions are often insufficient for practical applications, and strategi... Read More about A partially interpenetrated metal-organic framework for selective hysteretic sorption of carbon dioxide.

When Nanoparticle Size and Molecular Geometry Matter: Analyzing the Degree of Surface Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles with Sulfur Heterocyclic Compounds (2012)
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Lanterna, A. E., Coronado, E. A., & Granados, A. M. (2012). When Nanoparticle Size and Molecular Geometry Matter: Analyzing the Degree of Surface Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles with Sulfur Heterocyclic Compounds. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116(11), 6520-6529. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp209816g

The degree of surface functionalization of colloidal dispersions of Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) by sulfur heterocyclic compounds is determined using localized surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy (LSPRS), morphological characterization, and electrodyn... Read More about When Nanoparticle Size and Molecular Geometry Matter: Analyzing the Degree of Surface Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles with Sulfur Heterocyclic Compounds.

On the control of secondary carbanion structure utilising ligand effects during directed metallation (2012)
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Wheatley, A. E., Clayden, J., Hillier, I. H., Campbell Smith, A., Vincent, M. A., Taylor, L. J., & Haywood, J. (2012). On the control of secondary carbanion structure utilising ligand effects during directed metallation. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 8, 50-60. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.8.5

N,N-Diisopropyl-2-propylbenzamide 6-H undergoes lateral deprotonation by t-BuLi in the presence of the Lewis base PMDTA (N,N,N′,N″,N″-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine) to give a benzyllithium 6-Lil·PMDTA that incorporates a trigonal planar secondary car... Read More about On the control of secondary carbanion structure utilising ligand effects during directed metallation.

Molecular dynamics simulations and in silico peptide ligand screening of the Elk-1 ETS domain (2011)
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Hussain, A., Shaw, P., & Hirst, J. (2011). Molecular dynamics simulations and in silico peptide ligand screening of the Elk-1 ETS domain. Journal of Cheminformatics, 3(49), https://doi.org/10.1186/1758-2946-3-49

Background: The Elk-1 transcription factor is a member of a group of proteins called ternary complex factors, which serve as a paradigm for gene regulation in response to extracellular signals. Its deregulation has been linked
to multiple human dise... Read More about Molecular dynamics simulations and in silico peptide ligand screening of the Elk-1 ETS domain.

A novel synthesis and detection method for cap-associated adenosine modifications in mouse mRNA (2011)
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Kruse, S., Zhong, S., Bodi, Z., Button, J., Alcocer, M. J., Hayes, C. J., & Fray, R. (2011). A novel synthesis and detection method for cap-associated adenosine modifications in mouse mRNA. Scientific Reports, 1, Article 126. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep00126

A method is described for the detection of certain nucleotide modifications adjacent to the 5' 7-methyl guanosine cap of mRNAs from individual genes. The method quantitatively measures the relative abundance of 2'-O-methyl and N 6.

Untwisting of the DNA helix stimulates the endonuclease activity of Bacillus subtilis Nth at AP sites (2011)
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Collier, C., Machon, C., Briggs, G. S., Smits, W. K., & Soultanas, P. (2011). Untwisting of the DNA helix stimulates the endonuclease activity of Bacillus subtilis Nth at AP sites. Nucleic Acids Research, 40(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkr785

Bacterial nucleoid associated proteins play a variety of roles in genome maintenance and dynamics. Their involvement in genome packaging, DNA replication and transcription are well documented but it is still unclear whether they play any specific rol... Read More about Untwisting of the DNA helix stimulates the endonuclease activity of Bacillus subtilis Nth at AP sites.

Carbon nanotube/titanium dioxide (CNT/TiO2) core-shell nanocomposites with tailored shell thickness, CNT content and photocatalytic/photoelectrocatalytic properties (2011)
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Li, Z., Gao, B., Chen, G. Z., Mokaya, R., Sotiropoulos, S., & Li Puma, G. (2011). Carbon nanotube/titanium dioxide (CNT/TiO2) core-shell nanocomposites with tailored shell thickness, CNT content and photocatalytic/photoelectrocatalytic properties. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 110, 50-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2011.08.023

Combining carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with TiO2 at the nano-scale level can promote the separation of the electron-hole charges generated upon irradiation. However, charge separation capability depends on the quality of the interfacial contact between CN... Read More about Carbon nanotube/titanium dioxide (CNT/TiO2) core-shell nanocomposites with tailored shell thickness, CNT content and photocatalytic/photoelectrocatalytic properties.

Single-Molecule AFM Characterization of Individual Chemically Tagged DNA Tetrahedra (2011)
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Leitner, M., Mitchell, N. J., Kastner, M., Schlapak, R., Gruber, H. J., Hinterdorfer, P., Howorka, S., & Ebner, A. (2011). Single-Molecule AFM Characterization of Individual Chemically Tagged DNA Tetrahedra. ACS Nano, 5(9), 7048-7054. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn201705p

Single-molecule characterization is essential for ascertaining the structural and functional properties of bottom-up DNA nanostructures. Here we enlist three atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques to examine tetrahedron-shaped DNA nanostructures th... Read More about Single-Molecule AFM Characterization of Individual Chemically Tagged DNA Tetrahedra.

Molecular dynamics simulations using graphics processing units (2011)
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Baker, J., & Hirst, J. (2011). Molecular dynamics simulations using graphics processing units. Molecular Informatics, 30(6-7), https://doi.org/10.1002/minf.201100042

It is increasingly easy to develop software that exploits Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). The molecular dynamics simulation community has embraced this recent opportunity. Herein, we outline the current approaches that exploit this technology. In t... Read More about Molecular dynamics simulations using graphics processing units.