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Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
Michael Lamontagne, Stephen Levy
Summary: In this study, zero-time-averaged alternating electric fields were applied to DNA molecules in a cross-shaped nanofluidic slit. A net drift of DNA molecules was observed, with the magnitude dependent on the square of the electric field amplitude. By analyzing the rate of DNA accumulation at the center of the device, an estimate for the second-order electrophoretic mobility, mu(2), was derived. The absence of focusing at a dipole rotation frequency >20 Hz suggests a dependence of mu(2) on the frequency of the alternating fields, raising the possibility of frequency-dependent electrophoretic DNA separation by length without the need for a sieving matrix.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Kirill Kondratenko, David Guerin, Xavier Wallart, Stephane Lenfant, Dominique Vuillaume
Summary: This study investigates the electrical and thermal transport in thin films of a conducting polymer (PEDOT:OTf). The presence of highly conductive nano-domains is revealed by conductive atomic force microscopy (C-AFM). Thermal conductivity in the cross-plane direction is measured by null-point scanning thermal microscopy (NP-SThM). The results show a significant electronic contribution to the thermal transport.
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Chemistry, Physical
Saheli Chakraborty, David M. Halat, Julia Im, Darby T. Hickson, Jeffrey A. Reimer, Nitash P. Balsara
Summary: One approach to improve lithium transfer in electrolytes is to use bulky multivalent anions. The study investigated a multivalent salt with a bulky star-shaped anion containing a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) center and lithium counterions dissolved in a solvent. The self-diffusion coefficients of all species were measured using pulsed field gradient NMR (PFG-NMR). The results showed that anion diffusion was slower than cation diffusion, and the discrepancy between different methods for characterizing lithium transference implies complex cation-anion interactions in the solution.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2023)
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Biochemical Research Methods
Santiago Codesido, Nicolas Drouin, Sabrina Ferre, Julie Schappler, Serge Rudaz, Victor Gonzalez-Ruiz
Summary: CE-MS as an analytical tool for metabolomics is increasingly popular, with the new version of ROMANCE software offering enhanced features and flexibility in handling various types of data. Through experimental validation, the software has shown increased peak position precision and has successfully been applied to actual untargeted metabolomics data.
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Chemistry, Physical
Pavel Popovetskiy, Alexei Kasyanov, Eugenie Maximovskiy, Pavel Plyusnin
Summary: Linear electrophoresis in silver organosols was studied in this work using reverse micelles of the nonionic surfactant Ecosurf SA4. The electrokinetic phenomena in media with low dielectric permittivity were described for the first time for this type of surfactant. The composition analysis of the surfactant revealed weakly bound chlorine, suggesting a mechanism for the stabilization of charged particles similar to solvation by nonpolar solvents like chloroform. The dependence of the electrophoretic potential of silver nanoparticles on surfactant concentration was investigated, and electrophoretic concentration with high extraction efficiency was achieved.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jing Liang, Xixi Xiao, Tseng-Ming Chou, Matthew Libera
Summary: Despite its long history, scanning electron microscopes (SEM) coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDS) continue to advance, particularly in studying the morphology of hydrated soft matter like charged gel particles. New developments in electron sources, detectors, and cryogenic methods have opened up opportunities to apply well-established techniques in hard-materials research to challenging new problems involving synthetic polymers. These advancements allow for quantitative characterization of hydrated soft matter, such as polyelectrolyte microgels, and have the potential to impact various fields of materials science in the future.
ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
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Chemistry, Applied
Edhuan Ismail, Saidatul Sophia Sha'arani, Shota Azuma, Tetsuo Uchikoshi, Izumi Ichinose
Summary: This study designed an electrophoresis cell to investigate the electrokinetic properties of sub-millimeter particles in organic solvents. The results showed that the movement of large particles in cyclohexane, a solvent with low permittivity, could be traced even without surfactants. The measurements revealed that organic sub-millimeter particles had significant charge densities and polyethersulfone particles exhibited extremely high mobilities.
JOURNAL OF OLEO SCIENCE
(2022)
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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Jingxin Hu, Jing Luo, Ziran Liu
Summary: In this study, a new method is proposed to predict the carrier mobility of 2D Janus TMDs by considering important factors neglected in previous calculations. The calculated results are in good agreement with experimental data, and this method can be used to select high carrier mobility materials and evaluate carrier mobility in 2D TMDs.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS C
(2023)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ronak B. Gudhka, Mayank Vats, Camille L. Bilodeau, Scott A. McCallum, Mark A. McCoy, David J. Roush, Mark A. Snyder, Steven M. Cramer
Summary: This study utilized NMR and molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the binding of IgG1 F-C to multimodal surfaces, showing significantly increased binding affinities on the multimodal surfaces. Different ligands exhibited distinct binding modes and regions with F-C, which were influenced by the presence of salt. Molecular dynamics simulations confirmed the experimental findings and provided insights into the molecular basis of binding between F-C and clustered/nonclustered ligand surfaces in multimodal systems.
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Chemistry, Physical
Ali Behjatian, Madhavi Krishnan
Summary: This study presents a computational investigation on using electrostatic free energy measurements to detect the 3D conformational properties of nucleic acid molecules in solution. The results indicate that electrostatic free energy measurements can not only describe structural differences but also provide information on the local structure of the molecular interface.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2022)
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Chemistry, Physical
Priyanka Dogra, Shruti Arya, Avinash K. Singh, Anindya Datta, Samrat Mukhopadhyay
Summary: The conformational plasticity of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) is important for their biological functions, and is governed by chain-chain and chain-solvent interactions. In this study, the conformational and solvation dynamics around the N and C-terminal segments of a protein called Pmel17, which forms functional amyloid responsible for melanin biosynthesis, were characterized using fluorescence measurements. The results showed slight compaction and slower rotational dynamics around the amyloidogenic C-terminal segment compared to the proline-rich N-terminal segment. This compaction was associated with restrained mobility of hydration water. These findings highlight the importance of sequence-dependent chain-solvent interactions in directing the conversion of dynamic IDPs into ordered amyloid assemblies.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
(2022)
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Chemistry, Analytical
Smriti Kumar, Yun Zhu, Lauren Stover, Arthur Laganowsky
Summary: This study used native mass spectrometry and trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) as a charge-reducing agent to characterize lipid binding events to the bacterial ammonia channel (AmtB). The results showed that the addition of TMAO decreased the average charge state and increased the spacing between nearby charge states, allowing for the observation of more lipid binding events and determination of binding constants. The binding constants for higher lipid binding events converged to a similar value, suggesting a transition from nonannular to annular lipid binding to AmtB.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2022)
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Physics, Nuclear
Jeet Amrit Pattnaik, R. N. Panda, M. Bhuyan, S. K. Patra
Summary: Based on the current experimental data and observations, the G3 and IOPB-I force parameters were re-evaluated by fine-tuning specific couplings within the relativistic mean-field model. These modified parameters were applied to calculate the properties of finite and infinite nuclear matter. The results, compared with experimental data and other parameterization methods, showed that the tuned forces have good predictive performance and meet the current limitations on neutron radius.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Zhuo Yang, Xueting Wang, James Felton, Zakhar Kudrynskyi, Masaki Gen, Toshihiro Nomura, Xinjiang Wang, Laurence Eaves, Zakhar D. Kovalyuk, Yoshimitsu Kohama, Lijun Zhang, Amalia Patane
Summary: The SnSe2(1-x)S2x alloy is a van der Waals semiconductor with tunable electronic properties, showing promise for applications in electronics, thermoelectrics, and superconductivity. Research reveals a large electron-hole reduced cyclotron mass and pronounced anisotropy of carrier effective masses.
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Chemistry, Analytical
K. Jeanne Dit Fouque, M. Wellmann, D. Leyva Bombuse, M. Santos-Fernandez, Y. L. Cintron-Diaz, M. E. Gomez-Hernandez, D. Kaplan, V. G. Voinov, F. Fernandez-Lima
Summary: In this study, four model peptides were used to investigate structural heterogeneity and conformations, showing that they may be conformers involving cis/trans-isomerizations at X-Pro peptide bond. By comparing results from different techniques, differences in detection time after electron capture event were found to be related to ratios of radical/prime fragment species.
ANALYTICAL METHODS
(2021)
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Chemistry, Physical
Tien Duc Pham, Thi Uyen Do, Thu Thao Pham, Thi Anh Huong Nguyen, Thi Kim Thuong Nguyen, Ngoc Duy Vu, Thanh Son Le, Cuong Manh Vu, Motoyoshi Kobayashi
COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE
(2019)
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Chemistry, Physical
Azizul Hakim, Motoyoshi Kobayashi
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
(2019)
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Chemistry, Physical
Yasuhisa Adachi, Chuan Di, Feng Xiao, Motoyoshi Kobayashi
COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE
(2019)
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Chemistry, Physical
Atsushi Yamaguchi, Motoyoshi Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Adachi
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
(2019)
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Chemistry, Physical
Tien Duc Pham, Thu Thuy Bui, Thi Thuy Trang Truong, Thu Ha Hoang, Thanh Son Le, Viet Dung Duong, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Motoyoshi Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Adachi
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(2020)
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Environmental Sciences
Xiaojing Yang, Jingmin Nie, Di Wang, Ziwen Zhao, Motoyoshi Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Adachi, Kazuya Shimizu, Zhongfang Lei, Zhenya Zhang
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2019)
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Engineering, Chemical
Abdul Halim, Yinchao Xu, Kuan-Hsuan Lin, Motoyoshi Kobayashi, Mikio Kajiyama, Toshiharu Enomae
SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
(2019)
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Polymer Science
Yi Huang, Motoyoshi Kobayashi
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Agronomy
Amrakh Mamedov, Larry E. Wagner, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Haruyuki Fujimaki, Mitsuru Tsubo, Motoyoshi Kobayashi, Lloyd D. Norton, Guy J. Levy
Summary: The study found that using PAM solution prepared with poor-quality water can significantly improve soil structure stability, especially in smectite soils. The addition of PAM changed the shape of the soil water retention curve and increased soil structure stability.
ARCHIVES OF AGRONOMY AND SOIL SCIENCE
(2021)
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Chemistry, Physical
Motoyoshi Kobayashi
COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE
(2020)
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Polymer Science
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2020)
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Chemistry, Physical
Takuya Sugimoto, Motoyoshi Kobayashi
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
(2020)
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Agricultural Engineering
Yujie Fan, Zhongfang Lei, Xiaojing Yang, Motoyoshi Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Adachi, Zhenya Zhang, Kazuya Shimizu
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2020)