Published in Nanoscale Advances
Hydrophobic ion pairing has emerged as a method to modulate the solubility of charged hydrophilic molecules ranging in class from small molecules to large enzymes. Charged hydrophilic molecules are ionically paired with oppositely-charged molecules that include hydrophobic moieties; the resulting uncharged complex is water-insoluble and will precip...
Published in Nanoscale
The piezoelectricity of collagen is purported to be linked to many biological processes including bone formation and wound healing. Although the piezoelectricity of tissue-derived collagen has been documented across the length scales, little work has been undertaken to characterise the local electromechanical properties of processed collagen, which...
Published in Reaction Chemistry & Engineering
Continuous flow chemistry has the potential to greatly improve efficiency in the synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs); however, the optimization of these processes can be complicated by a large number of variables affecting reaction success. In this work, a screening design of experiments was used to compare computational fluid dyn...
Published in RSC Advances
Non-noble metal-based catalysts with efficient catalytic activities for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are critical for energy conversion devices, including fuel cells and metal-air batteries. In this work, novel hafnium phosphide-reduced graphene oxide nanosheets (HfP-rGO NS) and hafnium disulfide-reduced g...
Published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
To study the formation and characterize the structure of mixed complexes of oppositely charged block copolymers and surfactants are of great significance for practical applications, e.g., in drug carrier formulations that are based on electrostatically assisted assembly. In this context, biocompatible block copolymers and biosurfactants (like bile ...
Published in CrystEngComm
Lasers are important tools for surface materials engineering due to the possibility of localized and fast heating rates. In this work, the laser-heated crystallization of Li2SiO3–CaSiO3 eutectic composition glass is correlated with the surface scanning speed. The results show that a Jackson–Hunt-like relation describes the interphase average spacin...
Published in CrystEngComm
Published in Natural Product Reports
The human body is composed of an equal number of human and microbial cells. While the microbial community inhabiting the human gastrointestinal tract plays an essential role in host health, these organisms have also been connected to various diseases. Yet, the gut microbial functions that modulate host biology are not well established. In this revi...
Published in Environmental Science
Self-contained toilet wastewater treatment system prototypes based on electrochemical oxidation of feces and urine using bi-layered semiconductor anodes ([Bi2O3] z [TiO2]1−z/Ir x Ta y O2/Ti) have been designed, constructed, and implemented in regions where access to proper and sufficient sanitation is limited. Prototypes were designed to fit in shi...
Published in Environmental Science
Waterborne microbial pathogen detection via nucleic acid analysis on portable microfluidic devices is a growing area of research, development, and application. Traditional polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based nucleic acid analysis detects total extracted DNA, but cannot differentiate live and dead cells. A propidium monoazide (PMA) pretreatment st...
