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Independent Membrane Binding Properties of the Caspase Generated Fragments of the Beaded Filament Structural Protein 1 (BFSP1) Involves an Amphipathic Helix (2023)
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Background: BFSP1 (beaded filament structural protein 1) is a plasma membrane, Aqua- 21 porin 0 (AQP0/MIP)-associated intermediate filament protein expressed in the eye lens. BFSP1 is 22 myristoylated, a post-translation modification that requires ca... Read More about Independent Membrane Binding Properties of the Caspase Generated Fragments of the Beaded Filament Structural Protein 1 (BFSP1) Involves an Amphipathic Helix.

Highly Thermally Resistant Bisamide Gelators as Pharmaceutical Crystallization Media (2022)
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Three simple bisamide derivatives (G1, G2 and G3) with different structural modifications were synthesized with easy synthetic procedures in order to test their gel behaviour. The outcomes showed that hydrogen bonding was essential in gel formation;... Read More about Highly Thermally Resistant Bisamide Gelators as Pharmaceutical Crystallization Media.

Model of Friction with Plastic Contact Nudging: Amontons-Coulomb Laws, Aging of Static Friction, and Nonmonotonic Stribeck Curves with Finite Quasistatic Limit (2023)
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We introduce a model of friction between two contacting (stationary or cosliding) rough surfaces, each comprising a random ensemble of polydisperse hemispherical bumps. In the simplest version of the model, the bumps experience on contact with each o... Read More about Model of Friction with Plastic Contact Nudging: Amontons-Coulomb Laws, Aging of Static Friction, and Nonmonotonic Stribeck Curves with Finite Quasistatic Limit.

Muon Imaging of Volcanic Conduit Explains Link Between Eruption Frequency and Ground Deformation (2023)
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Understanding the physical mechanism of ground deformation at a volcano supports the use of deformation data as a monitoring tool. An inverse correlation was observed between eruption frequency and ground deformation of Sakurajima volcano from Novemb... Read More about Muon Imaging of Volcanic Conduit Explains Link Between Eruption Frequency and Ground Deformation.

Partitioning into phosphatidylcholine-cholesterol membranes: liposome measurements, coarse-grained simulations, and implications for bioaccumulation (2023)
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Membrane–water partitioning is an important physical property for the assessment of bioaccumulation and environmental impact. Here, we advance simulation methodology for predicting the partitioning of small molecules into lipid membranes and compare... Read More about Partitioning into phosphatidylcholine-cholesterol membranes: liposome measurements, coarse-grained simulations, and implications for bioaccumulation.

Conglomerate Crystallization in the Cambridge Structural Database (2020–2021) (2023)
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Conglomerate crystals are materials capable of undergoing spontaneous resolution and were responsible for the discovery of molecular chirality. Their relevance to modern chemical and crystallographic sciences has been hindered by the difficulty in id... Read More about Conglomerate Crystallization in the Cambridge Structural Database (2020–2021).

A many-body dissipative particle dynamics parametrisation scheme to study behaviour at air–water interfaces (2023)
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In this article, we present a general parametrisation scheme for many-body dissipative particle dynamics (MDPD). The scheme is based on matching model components to experimental surface tensions and chemical potentials. This allows us to obtain the c... Read More about A many-body dissipative particle dynamics parametrisation scheme to study behaviour at air–water interfaces.

A universal model for the permeability of sintered materials (2023)
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Sintered materials are used as permeable filters and flow controllers, for which a validated and general model of porosity and permeability is required. Here, we prepare samples built from mono- and polydisperse glass bead populations sintered for kn... Read More about A universal model for the permeability of sintered materials.

Vapor Sorption and Halogen-Bond-Induced Solid-Form Rearrangement of a Porous Pharmaceutical (2023)
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A porous, nonsolvated polymorph of the voltage-gated sodium channel blocker mexiletine hydrochloride absorbs iodine vapor to give a pharmaceutical cocrystal incorporating an I2Cl– anion that forms a halogen−π interaction with the mexiletine cations.... Read More about Vapor Sorption and Halogen-Bond-Induced Solid-Form Rearrangement of a Porous Pharmaceutical.

Rupturing aromaticity by periphery overcrowding (2023)
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The balance between strain relief and aromatic stabilization dictates the form and function of non-planar π-aromatics. Overcrowded systems are known to undergo geometric deformations, but the energetically favourable π-electron delocalization of thei... Read More about Rupturing aromaticity by periphery overcrowding.

A new hysteresis simulation method for interpreting the magnetic properties of non-oriented electrical steels (2023)
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The magnetic properties of non-oriented electrical steels (NOESs) are characterized using an analytical simulation method accounting for the microstructures in ferromagnetic materials. Complementary experimental data for thin sheet laminations, obtai... Read More about A new hysteresis simulation method for interpreting the magnetic properties of non-oriented electrical steels.

Rough capillary rise (2023)
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Capillary rise within rough structures is a wetting phenomenon that is fundamental to survival in biological organisms, deterioration of our built environment, and performance of numerous innovations, from 3D microfluidics to carbon capture. Here, to... Read More about Rough capillary rise.

Modelling the effect of dipole ordering on charge-carrier mobility in organic semiconductors (2023)
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The hopping mobility in organic semiconductors is strongly influenced by the correlated on-site noise — i.e. the dipole–dipole interaction between neighbouring molecules. In this paper, we use Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) to study the effect of dipole m... Read More about Modelling the effect of dipole ordering on charge-carrier mobility in organic semiconductors.

Investigating anionic surfactant phase diagrams using dissipative particle dynamics: development of a transferable model (2023)
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Dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) provides a powerful coarse-grained simulation technique for the study of a wide range of soft matter systems. Here, we investigate the transferability of DPD models to the prediction of anionic surfactant phase dia... Read More about Investigating anionic surfactant phase diagrams using dissipative particle dynamics: development of a transferable model.

Computer Simulations of a Twist Bend Nematic (NTB): A Coarse-Grained Simulation of the Phase Behaviour of the Liquid Crystal Dimer CB7CB (2023)
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In recent years, a number of achiral liquid crystal dimer molecules have been shown to exhibit nematic–nematic phase transitions. The lower temperature phase has been identified as the NTB phase, which demonstrates emergent chirality in the spontaneo... Read More about Computer Simulations of a Twist Bend Nematic (NTB): A Coarse-Grained Simulation of the Phase Behaviour of the Liquid Crystal Dimer CB7CB.

Three-dimensional printed liquid diodes with tunable velocity: Design guidelines and applications for liquid collection and transport (2022)
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Directional and self-propelled flow in open channels has a variety of applications, including microfluidic and medical devices, industrial filtration processes, fog-harvesting, and condensing apparatuses. Here, we present versatile three-dimensional-... Read More about Three-dimensional printed liquid diodes with tunable velocity: Design guidelines and applications for liquid collection and transport.

The impact of corporate social responsibility decoupling on financial performance: The role of customer structure and operational slack (2023)
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Purpose Corporate social responsibility (CSR) decoupling indicates a misalignment between how firms report CSR and what firms actually practice with respect to CSR. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between CSR decoupling and... Read More about The impact of corporate social responsibility decoupling on financial performance: The role of customer structure and operational slack.

A critical review of structural supercapacitors and outlook on future research challenges (2023)
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Structural composites and electrochemical energy storage underpin electrification of transportation, but advances in electric vehicles are shackled by parasitic battery mass. The emergence of structural power composites, multifunctional materials tha... Read More about A critical review of structural supercapacitors and outlook on future research challenges.

The influence of ambient cure chemistry and stoichiometry on epoxy coating surfaces (2022)
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The surface properties of epoxy resin coatings influence their function as substrates for subsequent coats. Variation in ambient cure conditions (temperature and relative humidity, RH), stoichiometry (ratio of epoxy: amine) and delay time between epo... Read More about The influence of ambient cure chemistry and stoichiometry on epoxy coating surfaces.

Dual networks: How does knowledge network embeddedness affect firms’ supply chain learning? (2023)
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