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The Cytoplasmic Domain of the SARS-CoV-2 Envelope Protein Assembles into a β-Sheet Bundle in Lipid Bilayers
(Elsevier, 2023-01-28)
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) envelope (E) protein forms a pentameric ion channel in the lipid membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC) of the infected ...
African Swine Fever Virus Gene B117L Encodes a Small Protein Endowed with Low-pH-Dependent Membrane Permeabilizing Activity
(American Society for Microbiology, 2023-05-22)
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is causing a devastating pandemic in domestic and wild swine in Central Europe to East Asia, resulting in economic losses for the swine industry. The virus contains a large double-stranded ...
Selective Growth of Layered Perovskites for Stable and Efficient Photovoltaics
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018-11)
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are promising alternatives toward clean energy because of their high-power
conversion efficiency (PCE) and low materials and processing cost. However, their poor stability under
operation ...
Molecular Characterization of the Viroporin Function of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Nonstructural Protein 2B
(American Society for Microbiology, 2018-12)
Nonstructural protein 2B of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus (FMDV) is comprised of a small, hydrophobic, 154-amino-acid protein. Structure-function analyses demonstrated that FMDV 2B is an ion channel-forming protein. ...
Electron trapping induced electrostatic adsorption of cations: a general factor leading to photoactivity decay of nanostructured TiO2
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017-02)
In this work, a mechanism of electron trapping induced electrostatic adsorption of electrolyte cations (ETIEA) is proposed to explain the general photoactivity decay of nanostructured TiO2 electrodes, usually occurring ...
The P. aeruginosa effector Tse5 forms membrane pores disrupting the membrane potential of intoxicated bacteria
(Nature Research, 2022)
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa injects effector proteins into neighbouring competitors and host cells, providing a fitness advantage that allows this opportunistic nosocomial pathogen to ...
Visualizing time: how linguistic metaphors are incorporated into displaying instruments in the process of interpreting time-varying signals
(2017)
Spatial visualization is a well-established topic of education research that has allowed improving science and engineering students’ skills on spatial relations. Connections have been established between visualization as ...
Protonic Conduction of Partially-Substituted CsH2PO4 and the Applicability in Electrochemical Devices
(MDPI, 2019)
CsH2PO4 is a proton conductor pertaining to the acid salts group and shows a phase
transition from monoclinic to cubic phase at 232 ± 2
◦C under high-steam atmospheres (>30%).
This cubic phase gives rise to the so-called ...
Environmental performance of 3D-Printing polymerisable ionic liquids
(Elsevier, 2018-12-28)
This work presents a “cradle-to-gate” Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of 3D-printing polymerisable ionic liquids (PILs) using digital light projection (DLP). It is based on primary data from environmental emissions, wastewater, ...
Investigation of pressure drop in 3D replicated open-cell foams: Coupling CFD with experimental data on additively manufactured foams
(Elsevier, 2019-12-01)
Open-cell foams as structured catalyst supports are promising candidates for the design of high throughput catalytic processes. In this contribution, we employ a coupled numerical and experimental approach to assess the ...