Emerging functional materials based on chemically designed molecular recognition Tập 2 Số 1 - 2020
Wei Chen, Xiaohua Tian, Wenbo He, Jianwei Li, Yonghai Feng, Guoqing Pan
AbstractThe specific interactions responsible for molecular recognition play a
crucial role in the fundamental functions of biological systems. Mimicking these
interactions remains one of the overriding challenges for advances in both
fundamental research in biochemistry and applications in material science.
However, current molecular recognition systems based on host–guest
supramolecular chemistr... hiện toàn bộ
STEM materials: a new frontier for an intelligent sustainable world - 2019
P. F. Moretti, Bartosz A. Grzybowski, Vasileios Basios, Elvira Fortunato, María Suárez-Diez, Olga Speck, Rodrigo Martins
AbstractMaterials are addressed as possible enablers for solutions to many
global societal challenges. A foresight exercise has been conducted to identify
research paths to design, with a new approach, a generation of materials which
can provide multi-functionalities. These material systems have been named
“stem”, in analogy to living cells where a base of primitive units can be
designed and assem... hiện toàn bộ
Optimization of skeletal protein preparation for LC–MS/MS sequencing yields additional coral skeletal proteins in Stylophora pistillata Tập 2 - Trang 1-15 - 2020
Yanai Peled, Jeana L. Drake, Assaf Malik, Ricardo Almuly, Maya Lalzar, David Morgenstern, Tali Mass
Stony corals generate their calcium carbonate exoskeleton in a highly controlled
biomineralization process mediated by a variety of macromolecules including
proteins. Fully identifying and classifying these proteins is crucial to
understanding their role in exoskeleton formation, yet no optimal method to
purify and characterize the full suite of extracted coral skeletal proteins has
been establish... hiện toàn bộ
Noble metal-free two dimensional carbon-based electrocatalysts for water splitting Tập 1 - Trang 1-26 - 2019
Muhammad Adnan Younis, Siliu Lyu, Qidong Zhao, Chaojun Lei, Peiling Zhang, Bin Yang, Zhongjian Li, Lecheng Lei, Yang Hou, Xinliang Feng
Noble metal materials are widely employed as benchmark electrocatalysts to
achieve electrochemical water splitting which comprises of hydrogen evolution
reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). However, the high cost and
scarcity limit the wide ranging commercial applications of noble metal-based
catalysts. Development of noble metal-free two dimensional (2D) carbon-based
materials can ... hiện toàn bộ
Supercapacitors with alternating current line-filtering performance Tập 2 - Trang 1-20 - 2020
Doudou Zhao, Kaiyue Jiang, Jiantong Li, Xiang Zhu, Changchun Ke, Sheng Han, Emmanuel Kymakis, Xiaodong Zhuang
Alternating current (AC) line filters have been widely used to smooth the
leftover AC ripples on direct current voltage. Currently available commercial
aluminum electrolytic capacitors (AECs) are primarily used for this application.
However, the bulky volume and low capacitance of AECs have become incompatible
with the rapidly developed intelligent electronic devices and industry dynamics.
Superca... hiện toàn bộ
The launch of BMC Materials Tập 1 - Trang 1-5 - 2019
Harriet E. Manning, Pedro Barquinha, Wenguo Cui, Drew Evans, Emmanuel Kymakis, Haiyan Wang, Ehrenfried Zschech, Rodrigo Martins
BMC Materials is a new, community-focussed venue for all publishable research
across the broad discipline of materials science. It joins the mature and
reputable BMC Series of journals, adhering to the same standards of publishing
and the ethos of open research set by the Series. Together with its sister
journals BMC Chemical Engineering, BMC Biomedical Engineering, BMC Energy and
BMC Chemistry, B... hiện toàn bộ
Addressing the worldwide shortages of face masks Tập 2 - Trang 1-11 - 2020
Dongxiao Ji, Li Fan, Xiaoxia Li, Seeram Ramakrishna
The year 2020 will be punctuated by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the
history of human civilization. Within four months, COVID-19 has become a public
healthcare crisis in all nations around the world. Until a suitable vaccine is
found and made widely available, the immediate solutions to protect individuals
and to control the spread of the pandemic include wearing a face mask,
maintaining... hiện toàn bộ
Recent advances in ion sensing with conducting polymers Tập 1 - Trang 1-14 - 2019
Vithyasaahar Sethumadhavan, Sam Rudd, Eliza Switalska, Kamil Zuber, Peter Teasdale, Drew Evans
Ions are present throughout our environment—from biological systems to
agriculture and beyond. Many important processes and mechanisms are driven by
their presence and their relative concentration. In order to study, understand
and/or control these, it is important to know what ions are present and in what
concentration—highlighting the importance of ion sensing. Materials that show
specific ion i... hiện toàn bộ
An intimate view into the silica deposition vesicles of diatoms Tập 2 - Trang 1-15 - 2020
Christoph Heintze, Petr Formanek, Darius Pohl, Jannes Hauptstein, Bernd Rellinghaus, Nils Kröger
Diatoms are single-celled microalgae that produce silica-based cell walls with
intricate nano- and micropatterns. Biogenesis of diatom biosilica is a bottom-up
process that occurs in large intracellular compartments termed silica deposition
vesicles (SDVs). Investigating the mechanisms of silica morphogenesis has so far
been severely limited by the lack of methods for imaging the entire volume of ... hiện toàn bộ