Antibacterial coatings for improving the performance of biomaterials

JAD Olmo, L Ruiz-Rubio, L Pérez-Alvarez… - Coatings, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biomedical devices have become essential in the health care. Every day, an enormous
number of these devices are used or implanted in humans. In this context, the bacterial …

Injectable double‐crosslinked adhesive hydrogels with high mechanical resilience and effective energy dissipation for joint wound treatment

K Chen, Z Wu, Y Liu, Y Yuan… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the moist environment and inevitable movement, efficient wound closure and healing
of vulnerable joint skin remains a great challenge. Herein, a poly (γ‐glutamic acid) …

Reductive amination of levulinic acid or its derivatives to pyrrolidones over heterogeneous catalysts in the batch and continuous flow reactors: A review

MV Bukhtiyarova, GA Bukhtiyarova - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Levulinic acid known as promising molecule derived from biomass feedstock can be
transformed into different valuable chemicals. One of the important classes of such …

The interaction of amines with gold nanoparticles

Y Lyu, LM Becerril, M Vanzan, S Corni… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the interactions between amines and the surface of gold nanoparticles is
important because of their role in the stabilization of the nanosystems, in the formation of the …

An easy-to-perform evaluation of steric properties of Lewis acids

L Zapf, M Riethmann, SA Föhrenbacher, M Finze… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Steric and electronic effects play a very important role in chemistry, as these effects influence
the shape and reactivity of molecules. Herein, an easy-to-perform approach to assess and …

The Nature of Strong Chalcogen Bonds Involving Chalcogen‐Containing Heterocycles

G Haberhauer, R Gleiter - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chalcogen bonds are σ hole interactions and have been used in recent years as an
alternative to hydrogen bonds. In general, the electrostatic potential at the chalcogen atom …

Microscopic mechanism for electrocoalescence of water droplets in water-in-oil emulsions containing surfactant: A molecular dynamics study

N Li, Z Sun, Y Pang, Z Qi, W Liu, W Li, M Sun… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Surfactant has distinctive effects on the coalescence of water droplets in water-in-oil (W/O)
emulsions under electric field. In an attempt to reveal the molecular mechanisms underlying …

Proton Delivery and Removal in [Ni(PR2NR2)2]2+ Hydrogen Production and Oxidation Catalysts

M O'Hagan, MH Ho, JY Yang, AM Appel… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
To examine the role of proton delivery and removal in the electrocatalytic oxidation and
production of hydrogen by [Ni (PR2NR′ 2) 2] 2+(where PR2NR′ 2 is 1, 5-R′-3, 7-R-1, 5 …

Halogen bonding from a hard and soft acids and bases perspective: investigation by using density functional theory reactivity indices

B Pinter, N Nagels, WA Herrebout… - Chemistry–A European …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Halogen bonds between the trifluoromethyl halides CF3Cl, CF3Br and CF3I, and dimethyl
ether, dimethyl sulfide, trimethylamine and trimethyl phosphine were investigated using …

Electric field-induced deformation and breakup of water droplets in polymer-flooding W/O emulsions: A simulation study

N Li, Y Pang, Z Sun, Y Sun, Z Qi, W Li, Y Liu, B Li… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymers have a significant impact on the electrostatic demulsification efficiency of water-in-
oil (W/O) emulsions by altering the motion characteristics of water droplets. To uncover the …