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In this work, we describe a new strategy for near infrared (NIR) light-triggered sequential delivery based on lipid-gated mesoporous silica-coated gold nanorods and chitosan/alginate nanogels. https://lnkd.in/dxDmhe2d

Simultaneous high-precision, high-frequency measurements of methane and nitrous oxide in surface seawater by cavity ring-down spectroscopy - Frontiers in Marine Science

An insightful and timely discussion of an important aspect of plasmon-enhanced electrochemistry: https://lnkd.in/gswfP-KC

Synthetic strategy of biomimetic sea urchin-like Co-NC@PANI modified MXene-based magnetic aerogels with enhanced electromagnetic wave absorption properties https://lnkd.in/eP-ghQD5

#QTNano: Deep eutectic solvents (DES), such as the NaTFSI:NMA (sodium bistrifluoromethane sulfonyl imide-N-methyl acetamide) system, have been considered as promising electrolytes for sodium-ion (Na ) batteries. However, our current atomistic understanding of those systems is still in a state of evolution and remains incomplete. In this context, we combined classical force field molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and periodic density functional theory (DFT) calculations to enhance our atomistic understanding on the Na transport mechanisms, DES structure organization, hydrogen-bond network formation, and electrochemical stability windows (ESWs). Firstly, we obtained a substantial improvement in the description of the DES transport and structural properties using self-consistent MD/DFT calculations to assign effective charges on all atoms, while the remaining OPLS parameters were kept constant. https://lnkd.in/dHbFyv6F

My last piece of Ph.D. work on biophysics is online now! In this short letter, we analyze hydration of the central cavity in the pore-gate domain of the Big Potassium channel using molecular dynamics and grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations with enhanced sampling techniques. Including polarization leads to a much drier dewetted state and a higher barrier for the transition to the wet state, suggesting more effective hydrophobic gating. The simulations also identify two backbone carbonyls at the bottom of the selectivity filter as good candidates for characterizing the dewetted state using infrared spectroscopies. https://lnkd.in/eGZNySDg

And on another #water treatment challenge: #micropollutants. Stefan Herrmann's and his team has done their best and succeeded in designing and building a new #photocatalytic #ozonation #membrane #reactor. Yet, as opposed to frequently claimed, PVDF is less stable than we hoped for. Enjoy the intricate details of #hydrodynamics and #reaction kinetics in a gas/liquid membrane reactor described in the open-access publication in the Journal of Membrane Science. https://lnkd.in/eZz5E9Vf

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