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Stabilising Peptoid Helices Using Non‐Chiral Fluoroalkyl Monomers (2018)
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Stability towards protease degradation combined with modular synthesis has made peptoids of considerable interest in the fields of chemical biology, medicine, and biomaterials. Given their tertiary amide backbone, peptoids lack the capacity to hydrog... Read More about Stabilising Peptoid Helices Using Non‐Chiral Fluoroalkyl Monomers.

GMP polyamine hybrid hydrogels: enhanced gel strength probed by z-spectroscopy (2017)
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The self-assembling tendencies of guanosine-5'-monophosphate (GMP) can be drastically increased using polyamines, with potential applications in the production of biocompatible smart materials, as well as for the design of anti-tumoral drugs based on... Read More about GMP polyamine hybrid hydrogels: enhanced gel strength probed by z-spectroscopy.

High Pressure/Low Temperature Polymorphism in 2,6-Dimethylpyridine–Formic Acid Cocrystals (2017)
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Five new cocrystals of 2,6-dimethylpyridine (DMP) with formic acid (FA) were crystallized by application of pressure in a diamond anvil cell and by in situ cryo-crystallization. Mixtures in ratios 1:1, 1:2, and 1:3 of DMP–FA have crystallized via bot... Read More about High Pressure/Low Temperature Polymorphism in 2,6-Dimethylpyridine–Formic Acid Cocrystals.

Combining Inkjet Printing with Emulsion Solvent Evaporation to Pattern Polymeric Particles (2018)
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We demonstrate a concept to produce deposits of polymer in the form of particles by inkjet printing an emulsion in which the discrete phase evaporates preferentially. An oil/water emulsion with polymer contained inside the oil phase is used as ink fo... Read More about Combining Inkjet Printing with Emulsion Solvent Evaporation to Pattern Polymeric Particles.

Hydration Behavior of Polylactam Clathrate Hydrate Inhibitors and Their Small-Molecule Model Compounds (2017)
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The solution hydration behavior of a series of lactam-based kinetic clathrate hydrate inhibitors (KHIs) has been studied in order to determine mechanistic insight into their KHI performance. IR and 1H NMR spectroscopic titration data were compared ac... Read More about Hydration Behavior of Polylactam Clathrate Hydrate Inhibitors and Their Small-Molecule Model Compounds.

Size limits for rounding of volcanic ash particles heated by lightning (2017)
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Volcanic ash particles can be remelted by the high temperatures induced in volcanic lightning discharges. The molten particles can round under surface tension then quench to produce glass spheres. Melting and rounding timescales for volcanic material... Read More about Size limits for rounding of volcanic ash particles heated by lightning.

Effects of demand forecast and resource sharing on collaborative new product development in supply chain (2017)
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In today's volatile global marketplace co-developing of new products is increasingly important, owing to the uncertainties of developing and launching a new product. The collaborative new product development process however, presents a new challenge... Read More about Effects of demand forecast and resource sharing on collaborative new product development in supply chain.

An integrated process for the extraction of fuel and chemicals from marine macroalgal biomass (2016)
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We describe an integrated process that can be applied to biomass of the green seaweed, Ulva fasciata, to allow the sequential recovery of four economically important fractions; mineral rich liquid extract (MRLE), lipid, ulvan, and cellulose. The main... Read More about An integrated process for the extraction of fuel and chemicals from marine macroalgal biomass.

Understanding and controlling morphology evolution via DIO plasticization in PffBT4T-2OD/PC71BM devices (2017)
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We demonstrate that the inclusion of a small amount of the co-solvent 1,8-diiodooctane in the preparation of a bulk-heterojunction photovoltaic device increases its power conversion efficiency by 20%, through a mechanism of transient plasticisation.... Read More about Understanding and controlling morphology evolution via DIO plasticization in PffBT4T-2OD/PC71BM devices.

Supramolecular Materials (2017)
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Molecular material properties depend upon the contacts between and the arrangement of the component parts, and therefore supramolecular chemistry has developed a highly important role in this area. This Tutorial Review, after briefly introducing the... Read More about Supramolecular Materials.

The functional roles of the unstructured N- and C-terminal regions in alphaB-crystallin and other mammalian small heat-shock proteins (2017)
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Small heat-shock proteins (sHsps), such as αB-crystallin, are one of the major classes of molecular chaperone proteins. In vivo, under conditions of cellular stress, sHsps are the principal defence proteins that prevent large-scale protein aggregatio... Read More about The functional roles of the unstructured N- and C-terminal regions in alphaB-crystallin and other mammalian small heat-shock proteins.

Log D versus HPLC derived hydrophobicity: The development of predictive tools to aid in the rational design of bioactive peptoids (2017)
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Hydrophobicity has proven to be an extremely useful parameter in small molecule drug discovery programmes given that it can be used as a predictive tool to enable rational design. For larger molecules, including peptoids, where folding is possible, t... Read More about Log D versus HPLC derived hydrophobicity: The development of predictive tools to aid in the rational design of bioactive peptoids.

The impact of surface geometry, cavitation, and condensation on wetting transitions: posts and reentrant structures (2017)
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The fundamental impacts of surface geometry on the stability of wetting states, and the transitions between them are elucidated for square posts and reentrant structures in three dimensions. We identify three principal outcomes of particular importan... Read More about The impact of surface geometry, cavitation, and condensation on wetting transitions: posts and reentrant structures.

From value chains to technological platforms: The effects of crowdfunding in the digital game industry (2017)
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This study contributes to understanding the effects of crowdfunding on the value creation process in the digital game industry. Specifically, it integrates the value chain logic with the platform logic to examine collaborative value creation enabled... Read More about From value chains to technological platforms: The effects of crowdfunding in the digital game industry.

‘Soft’ electroactive particles and their interaction with lipid membranes. (2017)
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Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) are widely used in pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications. SLN, incorporating approximately 105 ferrocene units, as core-enriched redox active nanoparticles, were used as a model for probing interactions with solid-s... Read More about ‘Soft’ electroactive particles and their interaction with lipid membranes..

Sphere models for pore geometry and fluid permeability in heterogeneous magmas. (2017)
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The permeability of magmas to percolating fluids plays a role in controlling eruption explosivity. While measurements of volcanic rock permeability abound, comparison of these values with models that relate hydraulic properties to random heterogeneou... Read More about Sphere models for pore geometry and fluid permeability in heterogeneous magmas..

A viscous-to-brittle transition in eruptions through clay suspensions (2017)
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Volcanic lakes are often associated with active geothermal circulation, mineral alteration, and precipitation, each of which can complicate the analysis of shallow magma physics, geophysical signals, and chemical signals. The rheology of the lake and... Read More about A viscous-to-brittle transition in eruptions through clay suspensions.

The evolution of pore connectivity in volcanic rocks (2017)
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Pore connectivity is a measure of the fraction of pore space (vesicles, voids or cracks) in a material that is interconnected on the system length scale. Pore connectivity is fundamentally related to permeability, which has been shown to control magm... Read More about The evolution of pore connectivity in volcanic rocks.

Blowing Off Steam: Tuffisite Formation As a Regulator for Lava Dome Eruptions (2016)
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Tuffisites are veins of variably sintered, pyroclastic particles that form in conduits and lava domes as a result of localized fragmentation events during gas-and-ash explosions. Those observed in-situ on the active 2012 lava dome of Volcán de Colima... Read More about Blowing Off Steam: Tuffisite Formation As a Regulator for Lava Dome Eruptions.

Friendly fire: Engineering a fort wall in the Iron Age (2016)
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There is widespread evidence that the walls of Iron Age forts across Europe were set on fire, causing partial melting of the stonework followed by either recrystallization or glass formation on cooling – a process termed “vitrification”. The motivati... Read More about Friendly fire: Engineering a fort wall in the Iron Age.