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Preparation of nanofibers mats derived from task-specific polymeric ionic liquid for sensing and catalytic applications
MDPI (2021-09-15)Nanofibers mats derived from the task-specific functionalized polymeric ionic liquids based on homocysteine thiolactone are obtained by electrospinning them as blends with polyvinylpyrrolidone. The presence of this functional ... -
Preparation of polymer-supported gold nanparticles based on resins containing ionic liquid-like fragments:easy control of size and stability
RSC Publishing (2011-03-29)Crosslinked polymers containing covalently attached functional sites with chemical structures related to those present in ILs and having macroscopic properties very similar to the ones of the corresponding bulk ILs can be ... -
Probing Lithiation Kinetics of Carbon-Coated ZnFe2O4 Nanoparticle Battery Anodes
American Chemical Society (2014-03)The investigation of the lithiation-delithiation kinetics of anodes comprising carbon-coated ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles is reported in here. The study confirmed that, as occurring with other conversion electrodes, lithiation ... -
Production of added-value materials from a hazardous waste in the aluminium tertiary industry: Synergistic effect between hydrotalcites and glasses
Elsevier (2015-12)The powdered solids trapped in filter sleeves in the aluminium tertiary industry are currently disposed of in secure landfills as a result of environmental considerations. Their classification as a hazardous waste is due ... -
Progress on lanthanide-based organic–inorganic hybrid phosphors
Royal Society of Chemistry (2011)Research on organic–inorganic hybrid materials containing trivalent lanthanide ions (Ln3+) is a very active field that has rapidly shifted in the last couple of years to the development of eco-friendly, versatile and ... -
Proof-of-Concept Studies Directed toward the Formation of Metallic Ag Nanostructures from Ag3PO4 Induced by Electron Beam and Femtosecond Laser
Wiley (2019)In this work, for the first time, the instantaneous nucleation and growth processes of Ag nanoparticles on Ag3PO4 mediated by femtosecond laser pulses are reported and analyzed. The investigated samples are pure Ag3PO4sample, ... -
Protein Conformational Landscapes and Catalysis. Influence of Active Site Conformations in the Reaction Catalyzed by L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
ACS Publications (2015)In the past decade, L-Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) has become an extremely useful marker in both clinical diagnosis and in monitoring the course of many human diseases. It has been assumed since the 1980s that the full ... -
Protein Flexibility and Preorganization in the Design of Enzymes. The Kemp Elimination Catalyzed by HG3.17
ACS Publications (2015)A recently designed enzyme, HG3.17, obtained by directed evolution, has shown a catalytic activity close to natural enzymes. Hybrid QM/MM molecular dynamics simulations for the Kemp elimination in this new enzyme have ... -
Pseudopeptidic Cages as Receptors for N-Protected Dipeptides
American Chemical Society (2014-04)The molecular recognition of short peptides is a challenge in supramolecular chemistry, and the use of peptide-like cage receptors represents a promising approach. Here we report the synthesis and characterization of a ... -
Pseudopeptidic Compounds for Biocompatible Gels: A Review
Allured Business Media (2012-04)Simple pseudopeptides derived from natural amino acids can be designed and prepared as efficient gelators for a variety of solvents, and with a high potential for biocompatibility. The appropriate selection of structural ... -
Pseudopeptidic fluorescent on-off pH sensor based on pyrene excimer emission: Imaging of acidic cellular organelles
Elsevier (2016)A pseudopeptidic compound comprising a central C2 symmetric bis(aminoamide) moiety derived from the amino acid serine and two pyrene groups at the ends, Et(SerPyr)2, has been efficiently prepared. In aqueous solution, it ... -
Pseudopeptidic host adaptation in peptide recognition unveiled by ion mobility mass spectrometry
Royal Society of Chemistry (2022-12-07)Complexation of the glutamic–tyrosine–glutamic tripeptide (EYE) with a series of pseudopeptidic cages has been thoroughly investigated using different analytical techniques. The stoichiometry and affinities of the ... -
Pseudopeptidic Macrocycles as Cooperative Minimalistic Synzyme Systems for the Remarkable Activation and Conversion of CO2 in the Presence of Chloride Anion
Royal Society of Chemistry (2020-06-30)A series of pseudopeptidic compounds have been assayed as organocatalyts for the conversion of CO2 into organic car-bonates through a cooperative multifunctional mechanism. Conformationally constrained pseudopeptidic ... -
Pulsed laser fragmentation synthesis of carbon quantum dots (CQDs) as fluorescent probes in non-enzymatic glucose detection
Elsevier (2024-08-30)Pulsed laser fragmentation in liquid (PLFL) is one of the synthesis routes for producing high-purity carbon quantum dots (CQDs) with less toxic by-products in a straightforward system. The limited literature regarding the ... -
Pyracene-Linked Bis-Imidazolylidene Complexes of Palladium and Some Catalytic Benefits Produced by Bimetallic Catalysts
Wiley (2013-06-18)Two new palladium complexes with a pyracene-linked bis-imidazolylidene (pyrabim) group have been obtained and fully characterized. The related monometallic analogues were obtained from the coordination of an acetanaphthe ... -
Pyracenebis(imidazolylidene): a new Janus-type biscarbene and its coordination to rhodium and iridium
American Chemical Society (2012)A pyracene-linked bis-azolium compound has been obtained from the bisannulation of tetrakis(iminopyracene) (TIP) with chloromethyl methyl ether. The resulting bisazolium salt was readily coordinated to rhodium and iridium, ... -
Pyrene-Based Bisazolium Salts: From Luminescence Properties to Janus-Type Bis-N-Heterocyclic Carbenes
WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA (2014-07)A series of pyrene-based bisazolium salts have been obtained starting from 4,5,9,10-tetrabromo-2,7-di-tert-butylpyrene. The synthetic procedure to the pyrene-bisazoliums (PBIs) reveals an unexpected behavior, as a consequence ... -
Pyrene-Based Mono- and Di-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand Complexes of Ruthenium for the Preparation of Mixed Arylated/Alkylated Arylpyridines
ACS Publications (2014-07-15)By using two pyrene-based mono- and di-N-heterocyclic carbene ligands, two ruthenium complexes (one monometallic and the other dimetallic) have been obtained and fully characterized. The molecular structure of the dimetallic ... -
Quantum dot–polymethacrylate composites for the analysis of NOx by fluorescence spectroscopy
Elsevier (2012)A new type of hybrid materials composed by core–shell (CdSe/ZnS) quantum dots adsorbed on polymethacrylate surfaces has been synthesized and characterized, specially by means of time-resolved fluorimetry. The ability of ... -
Quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics studies of the mechanism of cysteine protease inhibition by peptidyl-2,3-epoxyketones
Royal Society of Chemistry (2017)Cysteine proteases are the most abundant proteases in parasitic protozoa and they are essential enzymes to the life cycle of several of them, thus becoming attractive therapeutic targets for the development of new ...