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  • Effect of trace metal Ions on the conformational stability of the visual photoreceptor rhodopsin 

    Wang, Feifei; Fernández González, Pol; Ramon Portés, Eva; Gómez Gutiérrez, Patricia; Morillo Cazorla, Margarita; Garriga Solé, Pere (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-07-01)
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    Trace metals are essential elements that play key roles in a number of biochemical processes governing human visual physiology in health and disease. Several trace metals, such as zinc, have been shown to play important ...
  • Integration of ion exchange resins and membrane technology for purification of boron from seawater desalination brines 

    Figueira Alves, Mariana; Reig i Amat, Mònica; Cortina Pallás, José Luís; Valderrama Angel, César Alberto (Elsevier BV, 2023-05)
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    Boron is considered a critical raw material (CRM) to the European Union (EU) due to its economic importance and supply risk. To ensure the sustainable supply of boron and other CRMs to EU industry in a circular economy ...
  • Green approaches in rubber recycling technologies: present status and future perspective 

    Wisniewska, Paulina; Haponiuk, Josef T; Colom Fajula, Xavier; Saeb, Mohammad Reza (American Chemical Society (ACS), 2023-06-05)
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    As a consequence of massive production and consumption of rubbers, rubber blends, and rubber composites for myriad applications, elastomeric products have enormously accumulated and become an environmental threat. The ...
  • Operando high-pressure investigation of size-controlled CuZn catalysts for the methanol synthesis reaction 

    Jiménez Divins, Nuria; Kordus, David; Timoshenko, Janis; Sinev, Ilya; Zegkinoglou, Ioannis; Bergmann, Arno; Chee, See Wee; Widrinna, Simon; Karslioglu, Osman; Mistry, Hemma; Lopez Luna, Mauricio; Zhong, Jian Qiang; Hoffman, Adam S.; Anibal Boscoboinik, Jorge; Heggen, Marc; Dunin-Borkowski, Rafal E.; Roldan Cuenya, Beatriz (2021-03-04)
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    Although Cu/ZnO-based catalysts have been long used for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol, open questions still remain regarding the role and the dynamic nature of the active sites formed at the metal-oxide interface. ...
  • Hydroxyapatite-filled osteoinductive and piezoelectric nanofibers for bone tissue engineering 

    Barbosa, Frederico; Garrudo, Fábio F. F.; S. Alberte, Paola; Resina, Maria Leonor Matos; S. Carvalho, Marta; Jain, Akhil; C. Marques, Ana; Estrany Coda, Francesc; J. Rawson, Frankie; Alemán Llansó, Carlos; Castelo Ferreira, Frederico; C. Silva, João (2023-12-31)
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    In this study entitled “Hydroxyapatite-filled osteoinductive and piezoelectric nanofibers for bone tissue engineering”, we describe the development of novel hydroxyapatite (HAp)-filled osteoinductive piezoelectric ...
  • Chlorine resistance property improvement of polyamide reverse osmosis membranes through cross-linking degree increment 

    Gholami, Sina; Rezvani, Alireza; Vatanpour, Vahid; Khoshravesh, Seyyed Hossein; Llorens Llacuna, Joan; Engel López, Elisabeth; Castaño Linares, Óscar; Cortina Pallás, José Luís (Elsevier, 2023-09-01)
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    Highly permeable polyamide reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are desirable for reducing the energy burden and ensuring future water resources in arid and semiarid regions. One notable drawback of thin film composite (TFC) ...
  • Mechanical properties of smart polypropylene meshes: effects of mesh architecture, plasma treatment, thermosensitive coating, and sterilization process 

    Lanzalaco, Sonia; Weis, Christine; Traeger, Kamelia; Turon, Pau; Alemán Llansó, Carlos; Armelín Diggroc, Elaine Aparecida (American Chemical Society (ACS), 2023-05-26)
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    Smart polypropylene (PP) hernia meshes were proposed to detect surgical infections and to regulate cell attachment-modulated properties. For this purpose, lightweight and midweight meshes were modified by applying a plasma ...
  • Shape-dependent CO2 hydrogenation to methanol over Cu2O nanocubes supported on ZnO 

    Kordus, David; Jelic, Jelena; Lopez Luna, Mauricio; Jiménez Divins, Nuria; Timoshenko, Janis; Chee, See Wee; Rettenmaier, Clara; Kröhnert, Jutta; Kühl, Stefanie; Trunschke, Annette; Schlögl, Robert; Studt, Felix; Roldan Cuenya, Beatriz (2023-02-08)
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    The hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol over Cu/ZnO-based catalysts is highly sensitive to the surface composition and catalyst structure. Thus, its optimization requires a deep understanding of the influence of the pre-catalyst ...
  • Performance-enhancing materials in medical gloves 

    Lovato Vélez, María José; Valle Mendoza, Luis Javier del; Puiggalí Bellalta, Jordi; Franco García, María Lourdes (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-06-30)
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    Medical gloves, along with masks and gowns, serve as the initial line of defense against potentially infectious microorganisms and hazardous substances in the health sector. During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical gloves ...
  • Compact tubular carbon-based membrane bioreactors for the anaerobic decolorization of azo dyes 

    Amin, Mohammad Shaiful Alam; Stüber, Frank; Giralt Marcé, Jaume; Fortuny Sanromá, Agustín; Fabregat Llangostera, Azael; Font Capafons, Josep (Elsevier, 2023-10)
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    This research investigates a highly efficient compact tubular ceramic-supported carbon-based membrane reactor integrated with anaerobic biodegradation to decolorize the azo dyes. Two carbon-based membranes, produced using ...
  • A step forward toward selective activation/inhibition of bak, a pro-apoptotic member of the Bcl-2 protein family: discovery of new prospective allosteric sites using molecular dynamics 

    Vila i Julià, Guillem; Pérez González, Juan Jesús; Rubio Martinez, Jaime (American Chemical Society, 2023-01-01)
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    Bak is a pro-apoptotic protein and a member of the Bcl-2 family that plays a key role in apoptosis, a programmed cell death mechanism of multicellular organisms. Its activation under death stimuli triggers the permeabilization ...
  • Permanently polarized materials: an approach for designing materials with customized electrical properties 

    Sans Milà, Jordi; Arnau Roca, Marc; Fontana Escartín, Adrián; Turon, Pau; Alemán Llansó, Carlos (American Chemical Society, 2023-01-01)
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    The development of experimental procedures to transform conventional materials into new materials with unique properties has become a necessity in many fields, as for example catalysis, electronics, electrochemistry and ...

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