We investigate theoretically the stochastic dynamics of Resonance Electronic Energy Transfer (RET), in a bi-dimensional overexcited ensemble of donor and acceptor molecules. We find that, after initial optical excitation of all the donors, the reaction kinetics is well-described by a nonlinear mean-field theory. The latter provides a solid way to d...
[ES] El objetivo del presente Trabajo Fin de Máster (TFM) es la eliminación de pesticidas presentes en el Parque Natural de la Albufera de Valencia mediante degradación fotoelectrocatalítica usando nanoestructuras de óxido de wolframio (WO3) como fotoánodos. Dichas nanoestructuras de WO3 se sintetizarán mediante el método de anodizado electroquímic...
Photocathodic conversion of NAD+ to NADH cofactor is a promising platform for activating redox biological catalysts and enzymatic synthesis using renewable solar energy. However, many photocathodes suffer from low photovoltage, consequently requiring a high cathodic bias for NADH production. Here, we report an n+p-type silicon nanowire (n+p-SiNW) p...
The tunability of chromatic phases adapted by chromogenic polymers such as polydiacetylene (PDA) is key to their utility for robust sensing applications. Here, we investigated the influence of charged peptide interactions on the structure-dependent thermochromicity of amphiphilic PDAs. Solid-state NMR and circular dichroism analyses show that our o...
Mass spectrometry (MS) enables detection of different chemical species with a very high specificity; however, it can be limited by its throughput. Integrating MS with microfluidics has a tremendous potential to improve throughput and accelerate biochemical research. In this work, we introduce Drop-NIMS, a combination of a passive droplet loading mi...
[ES] La presente Tesis Doctoral se centra en la síntesis de nanoestructuras híbridas de TiO2/ZnO para su utilización como fotoelectrocatalizadores durante la producción de hidrógeno a partir de la rotura de la molécula de agua mediante fotoelectrocatálisis y la degradación fotoelectrocatalítica de pesticidas. La principal ventaja de las nanoestruct...
Clustered randomly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPRs) and its associated endonuclease protein, i.e., Cas9, have been discovered as an immune system in bacteria and archaea; nevertheless, they are now being adopted as mainstream biotechnological/molecular scissors that can modulate ample genetic and nongenetic diseases via insertion/del...
RNA origami is a method for designing RNA nanostructures that can self-assemble through co-transcriptional folding with applications in nanomedicine and synthetic biology. However, to advance the method further, an improved understanding of RNA structural properties and folding principles is required. Here we use cryogenic electron microscopy to st...
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Recent research has focused on making suitable anode materials for lithium-ion batteries and using nanotechnology to refine composite electrode materials with high reversible capacity and strong stability. However, much work remains to be done to develop these materials into commercially viable solutions. The anode materials must have high reversib...
In the last decades, nanostructures have unlocked myriads of functionalities in nanophotonics by engineering light–matter interaction beyond what is possible with conventional bulk optics. The space of parameters available for design is practically unlimited due to the large variety of optical materials and nanofabrication techniques. Thus, computa...
