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Sequence-Specific β-Peptide Synthesis by a Rotaxane-Based Molecular Machine (2017)
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We report on the synthesis and operation of a three-barrier, rotaxane-based, artificial molecular machine capable of sequence-specific β-homo (β3) peptide synthesis. The machine utilizes nonproteinogenic β3-amino acids, a class of amino acids not gen... Read More about Sequence-Specific β-Peptide Synthesis by a Rotaxane-Based Molecular Machine.

The impact of plasticizer and degree of hydrolysis on free volume of poly (vinyl alcohol) films (2018)
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The effect of plasticizer species and the degree of hydrolysis (DH) on the free volume properties of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) were studied using positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy. Both glycerol and propylene glycol caused an increase in th... Read More about The impact of plasticizer and degree of hydrolysis on free volume of poly (vinyl alcohol) films.

Fire and Forget! One-Shot Synthesis and Characterization of Block-Like Statistical Terpolymers via Living Anionic Polymerization (2018)
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A rim-and-spoke hypothesis to explain the biomechanical roles for cytoplasmic intermediate filament networks (2017)
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Textbook images of keratin intermediate filament (IF) networks in epithelial cells and the functional compromization of the epidermis by keratin mutations promulgate a mechanical role for this important cytoskeletal component. In stratified epithelia... Read More about A rim-and-spoke hypothesis to explain the biomechanical roles for cytoplasmic intermediate filament networks.

On The Critical Casimir Interaction Between Anisotropic Inclusions On A Membrane (2017)
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Using a lattice model and a versatile thermodynamic integration scheme, we study the critical Casimir interactions between inclusions embedded in a two-dimensional critical binary mixtures. For single-domain inclusions we demonstrate that the interac... Read More about On The Critical Casimir Interaction Between Anisotropic Inclusions On A Membrane.

Substrate-led cholesterol extraction from supported lipid membranes (2018)
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The lipid membrane is a principal building block in biology, technology and industry, where it often occurs supported by other hydrophilic structures. Interactions with the support can affect the physical behavior of the membrane from the local organ... Read More about Substrate-led cholesterol extraction from supported lipid membranes.

Copper-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Interrupted by an Opportunistic Smiles Rearrangement: An Efficient Domino Approach to Dibenzoxazepinones (2012)
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Metal-Free Synthesis of Dibenzoxazepinones via a One-Pot SNAr and Smiles Rearrangement Process: Orthogonality with Copper-Catalyzed Cyclizations (2015)
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Cooperative self-assembly: producing synthetic polymers with precise and concise primary structures (2012)
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The quest to construct mechanically interlocked polymers, which present precise monodisperse primary structures that are produced both consistently and with high efficiencies, has been a daunting goal for synthetic chemists for many years. Our abilit... Read More about Cooperative self-assembly: producing synthetic polymers with precise and concise primary structures.

Gated Electron Sharing Within Dynamic Naphthalene Diimide-Based Oligorotaxanes (2014)
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Asymmetric Anion−π Catalysis of Iminium/Nitroaldol Cascades To Form Cyclohexane Rings with Five Stereogenic Centers Directly on π-Acidic Surfaces (2016)
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Shape-Selective Crystallisation of Fluxional Carbon Cages (2018)
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Dynamic covalent rearrangements of fluxional carbon cages, such as bullvalenes and barbaralanes, impart ‘shapeshifting’ molecular properties. Here, a series of five barbaralanes each interconvert dynamically between two constitutional isomers in solu... Read More about Shape-Selective Crystallisation of Fluxional Carbon Cages.

Novel Approach for Sizing Forward Osmosis Membrane Systems (2017)
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Analytical solutions for sizing ideal Forward Osmosis membrane systems are developed for both co-current and counter-current flow configurations. They are integral solutions of the mass balance equations, including the one representing transfer acros... Read More about Novel Approach for Sizing Forward Osmosis Membrane Systems.

Necking after extensional filament stretching of complex fluids and soft solids (2017)
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We perform linear stability analysis and nonlinear slender filament simulations of extensional necking in complex fluids and soft solids, during the stress relaxation process following an interrupted strain ramp. We start by deriving analytical crite... Read More about Necking after extensional filament stretching of complex fluids and soft solids.

Impact of Electric Fields on the Nanoscale Behavior of Lipid Monolayers at the Surface of Graphite in Solution (2018)
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The nanoscale organization and dynamics of lipid molecules in self-assembled membranes is central to the biological function of cells and in for the technological development synthetic lipid structures as well as in devices such as biosensors.Here we... Read More about Impact of Electric Fields on the Nanoscale Behavior of Lipid Monolayers at the Surface of Graphite in Solution.

Nucleation of quartz under ambient conditions (2018)
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Quartz nucleation normally requires harsh conditions; for instance, hydrothermal processes at 200–300 °C and 15–100 bar, where the high growth rate precludes selective formation of nanometer-sized quartz. Under ambient conditions, even quartz growth... Read More about Nucleation of quartz under ambient conditions.

Pericytes resident in postnatal skeletal muscle differentiate into muscle fibres and generate satellite cells (2011)
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Skeletal muscle fibres form by fusion of mesoderm progenitors called myoblasts. After birth, muscle fibres do not increase in number but continue to grow in size because of fusion of satellite cells, the postnatal myogenic cells, responsible for musc... Read More about Pericytes resident in postnatal skeletal muscle differentiate into muscle fibres and generate satellite cells.

Dynamic behaviour in nicotinate-bridged binuclear ruthenium(IV) complexes (2018)
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The isonicotinic acid adduct [Ru(η3:η3-C10H16)Cl2(p-NC5H4CO2H)] 1 and nicotinate and isonicotinate bridged binuclear complexes [Ru2(η3:η3-C10H16)2Cl3(μ-κN,O,O′-NC5H4CO2)] 2 and 3 are reported. Complexes 2 and 3 exist as mixtures of diastereoisomers a... Read More about Dynamic behaviour in nicotinate-bridged binuclear ruthenium(IV) complexes.

Molecular dynamics simulations of the structure and the morphology of graphene/polymer nanocomposites (2017)
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The structure and morphology of three polymer/graphene nanocomposites have been studied using classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The simulations use 10-monomer oligomeric chains of three polymers: polyethylene (PE), polystyrene (PS) and p... Read More about Molecular dynamics simulations of the structure and the morphology of graphene/polymer nanocomposites.

Nucleation on a sphere: the roles of curvature, confinement and ensemble (2018)
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By combining Monte Carlo simulations and analytical models, we demonstrate and explain how the gas-to-liquid phase transition of colloidal systems confined to a spherical surface depends on the curvature and size of the surface, and on the choice of... Read More about Nucleation on a sphere: the roles of curvature, confinement and ensemble.