2021 / ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
“Communicating particles” are reported that combine an identification (ID) taggant and a temperature recorder in one single entity—a micron-scaled supraparticle.… Continue reading Communicating Particles: Identification Taggant and Temperature Recorder in One Single Supraparticle
2021 / PROTEIN SCIENCE
Protein stability can be fine-tuned by modifying different structural features such as hydrogen-bond networks, salt bridges, hydrophobic cores, or disulfide… Continue reading A newly introduced salt bridge cluster improves structural and biophysical properties of de novo TIM barrels
2021 / HELVETICA
The investigation of new synthetic routes towards positively charged N-heterocycles is of high importance for the further development of medicinal… Continue reading Synthesis of Helical and Planar Extended-Phenanthridinium Salts
2021 / Advanced Materials
The design and preparation of synthetic binders (SBs) applicable for small biomolecule sensing in aqueous media remains very challenging. SBs… Continue reading Fluorescent Nanozeolite Receptors for the Highly Selective and Sensitive Detection of Neurotransmitters in Water and Biofluids
2021 / Chemistry A European Journal
Peptide-based hydrogels, originated by multiscale self-assembling phenomenon, have been proposed as multivalent tools in different technological areas. Structural studies and… Continue reading The Introduction of a Cysteine Residue Modulates The Mechanical Properties of Aromatic-Based Solid Aggregates and Self-Supporting Hydrogels
2021 / ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Isolated sulfite oxidase deficiency (ISOD) is a rare recessive and infantile lethal metabolic disorder, which is caused by functional loss… Continue reading Near-Infrared Lasing in Four-Zigzag Edged Nanographenes by 1D versus 2D Electronic π-Conjugation
2021 / ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS
Dismantlable adhesion systems are becoming increasingly important in industrial applications, as they facilitate the recycling of a range of materials.… Continue reading Dismantlable Adhesion Interface Featuring a Thermo/Photocleavable Molecular Layer
2021 / FEBS Letters
Plant metacaspases type I (MCA-Is), the closest structural homologs of caspases, are key proteases in stress-induced regulated cell death processes… Continue reading Plant type I metacaspases are proteolytically active proteases despite their hydrophobic nature
2021 / Food Scinece + Technology
Optimum beta-lactoglobulin/sodium alginate dry films (β-LG/SA(S)) formed from casting solutions containing β-LG 1.25% (w/v) and SA 1% (w/v) showed appropriate… Continue reading Characterisation of beta-lactoglobulin/sodium alginate dry films
2021 / ChemPlusChem
Nanotubes are a fascinating kind of self-assembled structure which have a wide interest and potential in supramolecular chemistry. We demonstrated… Continue reading The Role of Peripheral Amide Groups as Hydrogen-Bonding Directors in the Tubular Self-Assembly of Dinucleobase Monomers
2021 / ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES
Herein, a simple model setup is presented to spray fine liquid droplets containing nanoparticles in an air stream transporting this… Continue reading A Simple Model Setup Using Spray-Drying Principles and Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles to Evaluate the Efficiency of Facemask Materials in Terms of Virus Particle Retention
2021 / Nature Communications
By precisely constructing molecules and assembling these into well-defined supramolecular structures, novel physical properties and functionalities can be realized, and… Continue reading Parallel-stacked aromatic molecules in hydrogen-bonded inorganic frameworks
2021 / CHemPhotoChem
With the aim of finding and characterizing new simple organic molecules (SOM) generating circularly polarized luminescence (CPL), we test here… Continue reading Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Some [2]Paracyclo[2](5,8)quinoliphane Derivatives with Planar and Central Chirality
2021 / EurJOC
Two kinds of optically active V-shaped molecules were synthesized from enantiopure disubstituted and tetrasubstituted [2.2]paracyclophane as chiral building blocks. The… Continue reading Syntheses of Optically Active V-Shaped Molecules: Relationship Between their Chiroptical Properties and the Orientation of the Stacked π-Electron System
2021 / ChemBioChem
Antibiotic resistance is a significant threat to human health, with natural products remaining the best source for new antimicrobial compounds.… Continue reading Molecular Basis of Selectivity and Activity for the Antimicrobial Peptide Lynronne-1 Informs Rational Design of Peptide with Improved Activity
Microplastics (MPs) are recently considered anthropogenic pollutants. However, studies on MPs have been primarily conducted in the marine environment. Many… Continue reading A Study on the Proper Sampling Method for Microplastic Distributions in the Surface Freshwater: From Case Studies in Japan and Indonesia
2021 / Nature Communications
Synthesis of iron-sulfur (Fe/S) clusters in living cells requires scaffold proteins for both facile synthesis and subsequent transfer of clusters… Continue reading N-terminal tyrosine of ISCU2 triggers [2Fe-2S] cluster synthesis by ISCU2 dimerization
2021 / Nature Communications
Many proteins are molecular machines, whose function is dependent on multiple conformational changes that are initiated and tightly controlled through… Continue reading Two-colour single-molecule photoinduced electron transfer fluorescence imaging microscopy of chaperone dynamics
2021 / Nature Communications
Post-translational modification of proteins by ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like modifiers, such as SUMO, are key events in protein homeostasis or DNA… Continue reading Structural basis for the E3 ligase activity enhancement of yeast Nse2 by SUMO-interacting motifs
2021 / Communication Chemistry
Anions often quench fluorescence (FL). However, strong ionic hydrogen bonding between fluorescent dyes and anion molecules has the potential to… Continue reading Environment-sensitive emission of anionic hydrogen-bonded urea-derivative–acetate-ion complexes and their aggregation-induced emission enhancement
