Molecular recognition in protein-DNA assemblies by Davey, Curt Alexander

“…Engineered single chain proteins based on the bacterial integration host factor, scIHFs, hold promise for the design of a system for gene delivery utilizing the phage λ integrase site-specific DNA integration machinery. …”
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VolcAshDB: a volcanic ash database of classified particle images and features by Benet, Damià, Costa, Fidel, Widiwijayanti, Christina, Pallister, John, Pedreros, Gabriela, Allard, Patrick, Humaida, Hanik, Aoki, Yosuke, Maeno, Fukashi

“…To improve this situation, we created the web-based platform Volcanic Ash DataBase (VolcAshDB). …”
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Biophysical studies of oligonucleotides containing duplex stabilising modifications by Marafini, P

“…To the author's knowledge these represent the first examples of X-ray crystal structures of a chemically modified pyrene oligonucleotide. …”

Investigation of two dimensional floquet topological insulator using microwave network by Hu, Wenchao

“…In 2005, Haldane and Raghu introduced the topological insulator concept into pho- tonics by theoretically proposing a photonic analogue of the quantum Hall effect in photonic crystals. Wang et al. experimentally confirmed this idea by observing a uni-directional transmission line in a gyromagnetic photonic crystal operating in the microwave frequency range. …”
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Peroxytungstate anions in asymmetric ion pair catalyzed oxidations by Ye, Xinyi

“…The real catalyst was a stable compound and demonstrated as bisguanidinium tetraperoxyditungstate BG2+[W2O2(μ-O)(O2)4]2- by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Meanwhile, both experimental and computational data of Raman and IR were collected and compared for analysis and discussion. …”
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Synthesis, assembly and applications of novel two-dimensional metal chalcogenide nanomaterials by Tan, Chaoliang

“…Ta2NiS5 and Ta2NiSe5, in high-yield and large scale in liquid phase by exfoliating their layered bulk crystals via the electrochemical Li-intercalation and exfoliation method. …”
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Biomolecular hydration in protein-protein interaction, protein stability and aggregation and lead optimization : computational studies by Mohan Rajan Pradhan

“…One of these proteins, eIF4E, is highly hydrated in its nucleotide binding pocket as is seen in several crystal structures, and presented us with a good opportunity to explore the importance of these water molecules using „JAL‟ (Chapter 5). …”
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Electronic structures of twisted two-dimensional materials studied by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy by Pei, D

“…</p> <p>2. The graphene-based heterostructures host competing periodicities that are favorable for Umklapp scattering. …”

From the microbial to the mechanical : environmental impacts on coral nitrogen cycling, microbial communities, and skeletal properties by Moynihan, Molly Anne

“…Select micro-mechanical measurements were paired with high resolution mapping of aragonite crystal orientation to further connect mechanical properties with the physical process of coral calcification. …”
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Properties and mechanism of strain and piezoelectricity of hybrid molecular ferroelectrics by Hu, Yuzhong

“…In addition, our design strategy for high strain output crystal structure and insights to the soften mechanism in hybrid ferroelectric system should shed light on the discovery of new OIHFs with excellent electromechanical and ferroelectric properties.…”
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Synthesis of densely functionalized pyrroles from unprotected carbohydrates by Xia, Mengxin

“…The activity of pyrrole-based drugs is tuned with the type of substituents on the pyrrole core and on the substitution pattern on the core pyrrole ring. …”
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Topochemical manipulation of some complex transition metal oxides by Amano Patiño, ME

“…A possible explanation is given for this observation based on an ordered arrangement of local Jahn-Teller distortions.…”

Failure analysis and characterization for microelectronic packaging by Lin, Pamela

“…Subsequently, a combined approach based on MD-FEM simulations is adopted to characterize and predict delamination in a-Si3N4/Si bilayer system. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of Algan/Gan high electron mobility transistors on silicon by Tham, Wai Hoe

“…Although the fabrication cost of GaN-based devices can be reduced significantly through the incorporation with Si technology, there are several challenges which impede the incorporation of GaN-based devices with Si technology. …”
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Ohmic contact formation to β-Ga2O3 nanosheet transistors with Ar-containing plasma treatment by Chen, Jinxin, Liu, Bingyan, Gu, Yang, Li, Bin

“…This work opens up new opportunities to enhance the Ohmic contact performance of low-dimensional Ga2O3-based transistors and can further benefit other oxide-based nanodevices.…”
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Tunable topological phase transition in the telecommunication wavelength by Tian, Fanglin, Zhou, Junxiao, Wang, Qiang, Liu, Zhaowei

“…In this work, we propose a highly tunable topological phase transition based on valley photonic crystals. The topological phase transition is realized by the inversion symmetry broken due to the refractive index change of structures consisting of optical phase change material (OPCM) with thermal excitation of different sites in a honeycomb lattice structure. …”
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Bacterial cellulose : from culturing to the development of functional materials by Sundaravadanam Vishnu Vadanan

“…With preliminary idea regarding the process of polymerization and crystallization, new tunable functional materials can be designed to control the biodegradability of BC based composites. …”
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Smart window for tuning transparency and noise absorption by Shrestha, Milan

“…For example, an optical smart window based on polymer dispersed liquid crystals (PDLC) ages when exposed to UV for years; an electrochromic window is pricey and prone to leakage; micro-perforated glass absorbers are only effective to absorb mid-frequency sound over a moderate bandwidth. …”
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Fiber optic technique for determination of moisture content in honey by Mohamad Ibrahim, Nursakinah

“…However, for all other wavelengths, only polynomial second order relationships were found to give good regression coefficients due to crystallization of honey. Calibration equations have been established to predict moisture content in honey based on absorption measurement. …”
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Detection of magnetic field effects by confocal microscopy by Déjean, V, Konowalczyk, M, Gravell, J, Golesworthy, MJ, Gunn, C, Pompe, N, vander Elst, OF, Oxborrow, M, Aarts, DGAL, Mackenzie, S, Timmel, C

“…Anisotropic magnetic field effects are then reported in tetracene single crystals. Finally, we discuss the future applications of confocal microscopy for the study of magnetosensitive processes with a particular focus on the cryptochrome-based chemical compass believed to lie at the heart of animal magnetoreception.…”