3-Methyl-4-aza[6]helicene (A6H) enantiomers were synthesized and proposed as high-performance visible light photoinitiators and/or photosensitizers for the free radical polymerization (FRP)… Continue reading Visible Light Chiral Photoinitiator for Radical Polymerization and Synthesis of Polymeric Films with Strong Chiroptical Activity
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
We investigated whether the ‘Pfeiffer effect’ of optically inactive Eu(fod)3 (fod = 6,6,7,7,8,8,8-heptafluoro-2,2-dimethyl-3,5-octanedionate) is detectable when it is dissolved in… Continue reading Unveiling controlled breaking of the mirror symmetry of Eu(fod)3 with α-/β-pinene and BINAP by circularly polarised luminescence (CPL), CPL excitation, and 19F-/31P{1H}-NMR spectra and Mulliken charges
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
he chiral perylene dimer shows strong fluorescence with quantum efficiency as high as 88 % and with significantly large circularly polarized… Continue reading Circularly Polarized Luminescence of a Fluorescent Chiral Binaphtylene–Perylenebiscarboxydiimide Dimer
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
UV, circular dichroism (CD), fluorescence and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) spectra were recorded for a set of four related [2.2.1]… Continue reading Experimental and Calculated CPL Spectra and Related Spectroscopic Data of Camphor and Other Simple Chiral Bicyclic Ketones
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
The sign of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) of a chiral 21-helical columnar organic fluorophore was successfully controlled in the solid-state… Continue reading Control of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) properties by supramolecular complexation
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
The antibacterial efficacy of a Cu(II) complex of 2-hydroxyphenyl-azo-2′-naphthol2-hydroxyphenyl-azo-2′-naphthol (HPAN) was studied on gram-positive Bacillus subtilis and gram-negative Escherichia coli. In vitroantimicrobial activity was determined by… Continue reading Modification of the toxicity of an azo compound through complex formation help target bacterial strains
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
The classical microbial strategy for depolymerization of β-mannan-containing polysaccharides involves the synergistic action of at least two enzymes, endo-1,4-β-mannanases and… Continue reading Structural basis of exo-β-mannanase activity in the GH2 family
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
Protein aggregation is typically attributed to the association of homologous amino acid sequences between monomers of the same protein. Co-aggregation… Continue reading Hetero-oligomeric Amyloid Assembly and Mechanism: Prion Fragment PrP(106-126) Catalyzes the Islet Amyloid Polypeptide β-Hairpin
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
We investigated the effect of peroxyl radicals (ROO·), which are products of lipid peroxidation, on the structure and gel properties… Continue reading Effect of peroxyl radicals on the structure and gel properties of isolated rabbit meat myofibrillar proteins
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
Nitrile hydratase (NHase) has attracted considerable attention since it can efficiently catalyze the hydration of nitriles to valuable amides. However,… Continue reading Evidence for the participation of an extra α-helix at β-subunit surface in the thermal stability of Co-type nitrile hydratase
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
Understanding the folding mechanism of proteins requires detailed knowledge of the roles of individual amino acid residues in stabilization of… Continue reading Effect of Mutations on the Global and Site-Specific Stability and Folding of an Elementary Protein Structural Motif
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
The reaction of free amino groups in proteins with reactive carbonyl species, known as glycation, leads to the formation of… Continue reading Structural effects of methylglyoxal glycation, a study on the model protein MNEI
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018
Engineering water-soluble stand-alone β-sandwich mimetics is a current challenge because of the difficulties associated with tailoring long-range interactions. In this… Continue reading Peripheral cyclic β-amino acids balance the stability and edge-protection of β-sandwiches
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
August 13, 2018