• closedAccess   Amorphous TiO2 Buffer Layer Boosts Efficiency of Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells to over 9% 

      Ren, Zhenwei; Wang, Jin; Pan, Zhenxiao; Zhao, Ke; Zhang, Hua; Li, Yan; Zhao, Yixin; Mora-Sero, Ivan; Bisquert, Juan; Zhong, Xinhua American Chemical Society (2015)
      Charge recombination at an electrode/electrolyte interface is the main factor to limit the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of quantum dot sensitized solar cells (QDSCs). Herein, we present a novel and facile strategy ...
    • openAccess   Channel-Inactivating Mutations and Their Revertant Mutants in the Envelope Protein of Infectious Bronchitis Virus 

      To, Janet; Surya, Wahyu; To, Sing Fung; Li, Yan; Verdiá Báguena, Carmen; Queralt-Martín, María; Aguilella, Vicente; Ding, Xiang Liu; Torres, Jaume American Society for Microbiology (2016-12)
      It has been shown previously in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) that two point mutations, N15A and V25F, in the transmembrane domain (TMD) of the envelope (E) protein abolished channel activity ...
    • closedAccess   High-Efficiency “Green” Quantum Dot Solar Cells 

      Pan, Zhenxiao; Mora-Sero, Ivan; Shen, Qing; Zhang, Hua; Li, Yan; Zhao, Ke; Wang, Jin; Zhong, Xinhua; Bisquert, Juan American Chemical Society (2014)
      Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are extremely interesting materials for the development of photovoltaic devices, but currently the present the drawback is that the most efficient devices have been prepared with toxic heavy ...
    • closedAccess   Inhibition of the human respiratory syncytial virus small hydrophobic protein and structural variations in a bicelle environment 

      Li, Yan; To, Janet; Verdiá Báguena, Carmen; Dossena, Silvia; Surya, Wahyu; Huang, Mei; Paulmichl, Markus; Liu, Ding Xiang; Aguilella, Vicente; Torres, Jaume American Society for Microbiology (2014)
      The small hydrophobic (SH) protein is a 64-amino-acid polypeptide encoded by the human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV). SH protein has a single α-helical transmembrane (TM) domain that forms pentameric ion channels. ...
    • openAccess   Intelligent on-demand design of phononic metamaterials 

      Jin, Yabin; He, Liangshu; Wen, Zhihui; Mortazavi, Bohayra; Guo, Hongwei; Torrent, Daniel; Djafari Rouhani, Bahram; Rabczuk, Timon; Zhuang, Xiaoying; Li, Yan De Gruyter (2022-01-04)
      With the growing interest in the field of artificial materials, more advanced and sophisticated functionalities are required from phononic crystals and acoustic metamaterials. This implies a high computational effort and ...
    • openAccess   Machine learning assisted intelligent design of meta structures: a review 

      He, Liangshu; Li, Yan; Torrent, Daniel; Zhuang, Xiaoying; Rabczuk, Timon; Jin, Yabin OAE Publishing (2023-10)
      In recent years, the rapid development of machine learning (ML) based on data-driven or environment interaction has injected new vitality into the field of meta-structure design. As a supplement to the traditional ...
    • openAccess   MERS coronavirus envelope protein has a single transmembrane domain that forms pentameric ion channels 

      Surya, Wahyu; Li, Yan; Verdiá Báguena, Carmen; Aguilella, Vicente; Torres, Jaume Elsevier (2015-04)
      The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a newly identified pathogen able of human transmission that causes a mortality of almost 40%. As in the case of SARS-CoV, MERS virus lacking E protein represents ...
    • openAccess   Topological vortex mode for flexural waves in pillared plates 

      Wen, Zhihui; Iglesias Martínez, Julio Andrés; Jin, Yabin; Li, Yan; Djafari Rouhani, Bahram; Torrent, Daniel; Raynaud, Jean-louis; Khelif, Abdelkrim Elsevier (2023)
      Localized topological modes with high robustness to various perturbations are receiving increasing attention. Recently, zero-order topological vortex modes have been designed in phononic structures, in analogy with ...