A dual-functional molecular strategy for in situ suppressing and visualizing of neuraminidase in aqueous solution using iridium(iii) complexes

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (45) ◽  
pp. 6353-6356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun Wu ◽  
Ke-Jia Wu ◽  
Jin-Biao Liu ◽  
Xiao-Ming Zhou ◽  
Chung-Hang Leung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Luminescent Probe ◽  
Dual Functional ◽  
First Time

We have designed for the first time a dual-functional luminescent probe and inhibitor of neuraminidase (NA), a key influenza target.

scholarly journals In situ reduced MXene/AuNPs composite toward enhanced charging/discharging and specific capacitance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zixiang Zheng ◽  
Wei Wu ◽  
Tao Yang ◽  
Enhui Wang ◽  
Zhentao Du ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Gold Nanoparticles ◽  
Energy Density ◽  
Specific Capacitance ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Cyclic Stability ◽  
Promising Candidate ◽  
Symmetric Supercapacitor ◽  
First Time

AbstractIn this work, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) decorated Ti3C2Tx nanosheets (MXene/AuNPs composite) are fabricated through a self-reduction reaction of Ti3C2Tx nanosheets with HAuCl4 aqueous solution. The obtained composite is characterized as AuNPs with the diameter of about 23 nm uniformly dispersing on Ti3C2Tx nanosheets without aggregation. The composite (MXene decorated on 4.8 wt% AuNPs) is further employed to construct supercapacitor for the first time with a higher specific capacitance of 278 F·g−1 at 5 mV·s−1 than that of pure Ti3C2Tx and 95% of cyclic stability after 10,000 cycles. Furthermore, MXene/AuNPs composite symmetric supercapacitor with filter paper as separator and H2SO4 as electrolyte, is assembled. The supercapacitor exhibits a high volumetric energy density of 8.82 Wh·L−1 at a power density of 264.6 W·L−1 and ultrafast-charging/discharging performance. It exhibits as a promising candidate applied in integrated and flexible supercapacitors.

scholarly journals In Situ Reduced MXene/AuNPs Composite Toward Enhanced Charging/discharging and Specific Capacitance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zixiang Zheng ◽  
Wei Wu ◽  
Tao Yang ◽  
Enhui Wang ◽  
Zhentao Du ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Gold Nanoparticles ◽  
Specific Capacitance ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Cyclic Stability ◽  
Promising Candidate ◽  
Symmetric Supercapacitor ◽  
20 Nm ◽  
First Time

Abstract In this work, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) decorated Ti3C2Tx nanosheets (MXene/AuNPs composite) are fabricated through a self-reduction reaction of Ti3C2Tx nanosheets with HAuCl4 aqueous solution. The obtained composite is characterized as AuNPs with the diameter of about 20 nm uniformly disperse on Ti3C2Tx nanosheets without aggregation. The composite (MXene decorated on 4.8 wt.% AuNPs) is further employed to construct supercapacitor for the first time with a higher specific capacitance of 278 F g-1 at 5 mV s-1 than that of pure Ti3C2Tx and 95% of cyclic stability after 10000 cycles. Furthermore, MXene/AuNPs composite symmetric supercapacitor with filter paper as separator and H2SO4 as electrolyte, respectively, is assembled. The supercapacitor exhibits a high volumetric energy density of 8.82 Wh L-1 at a power density of 264.6 W L-1 and ultrafast-charging/discharging performance. It exhibits as a promising candidate applied in integrated and flexible supercapacitors.

Probing the Dynamic Self-Assembly Behaviour of Photoswitchable Wormlike Micelles in Real Time

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine A. Kelly ◽  
Judith E. Houston ◽  
Rachel Evans
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Absorption Spectroscopy ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Uv Light ◽  
Wormlike Micelles ◽  
Tetraethylene Glycol ◽  
Light Illumination ◽  
First Time ◽  
Dependent Processes

Understanding the dynamic self-assembly behaviour of azobenzene photosurfactants (AzoPS) is crucial to advance their use in controlled release applications such as<i></i>drug delivery and micellar catalysis. Currently, their behaviour in the equilibrium <i>cis-</i>and <i>trans</i>-photostationary states is more widely understood than during the photoisomerisation process itself. Here, we investigate the time-dependent self-assembly of the different photoisomers of a model neutral AzoPS, <a>tetraethylene glycol mono(4′,4-octyloxy,octyl-azobenzene) </a>(C<sub>8</sub>AzoOC<sub>8</sub>E<sub>4</sub>) using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). We show that the incorporation of <i>in-situ</i>UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy with SANS allows the scattering profile, and hence micelle shape, to be correlated with the extent of photoisomerisation in real-time. It was observed that C<sub>8</sub>AzoOC<sub>8</sub>E<sub>4</sub>could switch between wormlike micelles (<i>trans</i>native state) and fractal aggregates (under UV light), with changes in the self-assembled structure arising concurrently with changes in the absorption spectrum. Wormlike micelles could be recovered within 60 seconds of blue light illumination. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time the degree of AzoPS photoisomerisation has been tracked <i>in</i><i>-situ</i>through combined UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy-SANS measurements. This technique could be widely used to gain mechanistic and kinetic insights into light-dependent processes that are reliant on self-assembly.

The Total Synthesis of Rhabdastrellic Acid A

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav Boyko ◽  
Christopher Huck ◽  
David Sarlah
Keyword(s):  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Late Stage ◽  
Cross Coupling ◽  
Side Chains ◽  
General Strategy ◽  
Modular Approach ◽  
Linear Sequence ◽  
Generating Sequence ◽  
First Time

<div>The first total synthesis of rhabdastrellic acid A, a highly cytotoxic isomalabaricane triterpenoid, has been accomplished in a linear sequence of 14 steps from commercial geranylacetone. The prominently strained <i>trans-syn-trans</i>-perhydrobenz[<i>e</i>]indene core characteristic of the isomalabaricanes is efficiently accessed in a selective manner for the first time through a rapid, complexity-generating sequence incorporating a reductive radical polyene cyclization, an unprecedented oxidative Rautenstrauch cycloisomerization, and umpolung 𝛼-substitution of a <i>p</i>-toluenesulfonylhydrazone with in situ reductive transposition. A late-stage cross-coupling in concert with a modular approach to polyunsaturated side chains renders this a general strategy for the synthesis of numerous family members of these synthetically challenging and hitherto inaccessible marine triterpenoids.</div>

scholarly journals Engineered Phage Endolysin Eliminates Gardnerella Biofilm without Damaging Beneficial Bacteria in Bacterial Vaginosis Ex Vivo

Pathogens ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Christine Landlinger ◽  
Lenka Tisakova ◽  
Vera Oberbauer ◽  
Timo Schwebs ◽  
Abbas Muhammad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Vaginosis ◽  
Bactericidal Activity ◽  
High Selectivity ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Vaginal Microbiome ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Wild Type Enzyme ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
First Time

Bacterial vaginosis is characterized by an imbalance of the vaginal microbiome and a characteristic biofilm formed on the vaginal epithelium, which is initiated and dominated by Gardnerella bacteria, and is frequently refractory to antibiotic treatment. We investigated endolysins of the type 1,4-beta-N-acetylmuramidase encoded on Gardnerella prophages as an alternative treatment. When recombinantly expressed, these proteins demonstrated strong bactericidal activity against four different Gardnerella species. By domain shuffling, we generated several engineered endolysins with 10-fold higher bactericidal activity than any wild-type enzyme. When tested against a panel of 20 Gardnerella strains, the most active endolysin, called PM-477, showed minimum inhibitory concentrations of 0.13–8 µg/mL. PM-477 had no effect on beneficial lactobacilli or other species of vaginal bacteria. Furthermore, the efficacy of PM-477 was tested by fluorescence in situ hybridization on vaginal samples of fifteen patients with either first time or recurring bacterial vaginosis. In thirteen cases, PM-477 killed the Gardnerella bacteria and physically dissolved the biofilms without affecting the remaining vaginal microbiome. The high selectivity and effectiveness in eliminating Gardnerella, both in cultures of isolated strains as well as in clinically derived samples of natural polymicrobial biofilms, makes PM-477 a promising alternative to antibiotics for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis, especially in patients with frequent recurrence.

scholarly journals Chromosomal painting of the sandpiper (Actitis macularius) detects several fissions for the Scolopacidae family (Charadriiformes)

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melquizedec Luiz Silva Pinheiro ◽  
Cleusa Yoshiko Nagamachi ◽  
Talita Fernanda Augusto Ribas ◽  
Cristovam Guerreiro Diniz ◽  
Patricia Caroline Mary O´Brien ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome Painting ◽  
Diploid Number ◽  
Chromosomal Evolution ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Chromosomal Painting ◽  
Cytogenetic Studies ◽  
Burhinus Oedicnemus ◽  
Clear Idea ◽  
First Time

Abstract Background The Scolopacidae family (Suborder Scolopaci, Charadriiformes) is composed of sandpipers and snipes; these birds are long-distance migrants that show great diversity in their behavior and habitat use. Cytogenetic studies in the Scolopacidae family show the highest diploid numbers for order Charadriiformes. This work analyzes for the first time the karyotype of Actitis macularius by classic cytogenetics and chromosome painting. Results The species has a diploid number of 92, composed mostly of telocentric pairs. This high 2n is greater than the proposed 80 for the avian ancestral putative karyotype (a common feature among Scolopaci), suggesting that fission rearrangements have formed smaller macrochromosomes and microchromosomes. Fluorescence in situ hybridization using Burhinus oedicnemus whole chromosome probes confirmed the fissions in pairs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 of macrochromosomes. Conclusion Comparative analysis with other species of Charadriiformes studied by chromosome painting together with the molecular phylogenies for the order allowed us to raise hypotheses about the chromosomal evolution in suborder Scolopaci. From this, we can establish a clear idea of how chromosomal evolution occurred in this suborder.

Comment on ‘‘In situ photoluminescence spectral study of porous Si in HF aqueous solution’’ [Appl. Phys. Lett. 65, 1653 (1994)]

1995 ◽  
Vol 66 (21) ◽  
pp. 2912-2913 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Davison ◽  
K. P. O’Donnell ◽  
U. M. Noor ◽  
D. Uttamchandani ◽  
L. E. A. Berlouis
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Spectral Study ◽  
Porous Si

scholarly journals Radiation-initiated high strength chitosan/lithium sulfonate double network hydrogel/aerogel with porosity and stability for efficient CO2 capture

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (33) ◽  
pp. 20486-20497
Author(s):  
Zhiyan Liu ◽  
Rui Ma ◽  
Wenjie Du ◽  
Gang Yang ◽  
Tao Chen
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Beam Radiation ◽  
Chitosan Hydrogel ◽  
Double Network ◽  
Electron Beam Radiation ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Urea Aqueous Solution ◽  
Capture Capacity

Chitosan hydrogel is regenerated from alkali/urea aqueous solution and the lithium sulfonate second network is introduced by electron beam radiation-initiated in situ free radical polymerization. The freeze-dried aerogel has CO2 capture capacity.

Stretchable supercapacitor at −30 °C

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuting Jin ◽  
Li Song ◽  
Hongsheng Yang ◽  
Chunlong Dai ◽  
Yukun Xiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
First Time

A stretchable supercapacitor at −30 °C was developed for the first time by in situ growth of polyaniline onto the newly-designed anti-freezing organohydrogel polyelectrolyte.

scholarly journals Direct TEM observation of the “acanthite α-Ag2S–argentite β-Ag2S” phase transition in a silver sulfide nanoparticle

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 1581-1588 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. I. Sadovnikov ◽  
E. Yu. Gerasimov
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Phase Transition ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Silver Sulfide ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Silver Sulfide Nanoparticles ◽  
Microscopy Method ◽  
Electron Microscopy Method ◽  
First Time

For the first time, the α-Ag2S (acanthite)–β-Ag2S (argentite) phase transition in a single silver sulfide nanoparticles has been observed in situ using a high-resolution transmission electron microscopy method in real time.

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