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Tuning the Affinity of Catechols and Salicylic Acids towards Al(III): Characterization of Al-Chelator Interactions
(2018-06-11)
Due to aluminum's controversial role in neurotoxicity, the goal of chelation therapy, the removal of the toxic metal ion or attenuation of its toxicity by transforming it into less toxic compounds, has attracted considerable ...
Blends of biodegradable poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) with poly(hydroxi amino ether) for packaging applications: Miscibility, rheology and transport properties
(Elsevier, 2018-08)
The improvement of the properties of biodegradable poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) through the addition of poly(hydroxi amino ether) (PHAE) is investigated. Analysis by means of DSC, DMTA, FTIR and TEM ...
Does phosphorylation increase the binding affinity of aluminum? A computational study on the aluminum interaction with serine and O-phosphoserine
(2018-12-15)
Several toxic effects arise from aluminum's presence in living systems, one of these effects is to alter the natural role of enzymes and non-enzyme proteins. Aluminum promotes the hyperphosphorylation of normal proteins. ...
Tributyl citrate as an effective plasticizer for biodegradable polymers: effect of the plasticizer on the free volume, transport and mechanical properties
(Society of Chemical Industry. Wiley, 2018-06-16)
The effectiveness of tributyl citrate (TbC) as plasticizer for polylactide (PLLA) and poly(hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) was analyzed in order to improve the ductility of these polymers and make them good candidates for food ...
One pot stimuli-responsive linear waterborne polyurethanes via Diels-Alder reaction
(Elsevier, 2019-01-25)
Different strategies were used to obtain waterborne polyurethanes containing Diels-Alder moieties. In the first one (two pot), furan and maleimide end capped waterborne polyurethane dispersions were synthesized with the ...
Self-assembling endohedrally doped CdS nanoclusters: new porous solid phases of CdS
(RSC, 2012-06-08)
Hollow CdS nanoclusters were predicted to trap alkali metals and halogen atoms inside their cavity. Furthermore, electron affinities (EA) of endohedrally halogen doped clusters and ionization potentials (IE) of endohedrally ...
Unexpected trends in halogen-bond based noncovalent adducts
(RSC, 2012-06-14)
Unexpected trends in the strengths of halogen-bond based adducts of CY3I (Y = F, Cl, Br, I) with two typical Lewis bases (chloride and trimethylamine) show that the halogen-bond donor strength (Lewis acidity) of a compound ...