Trends in the recent patent literature on cholinesterase reactivators (2016–2019)

AA de Castro, LC Assis, FV Soares, K Kuca, DA Polisel… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is the key enzyme responsible for deactivating the ACh
neurotransmitter. Irreversible or prolonged inhibition of AChE, therefore, elevates synaptic …

Integrated quantum-classical protocol for the realistic description of solvated multinuclear mixed-valence transition-metal complexes and their solvatochromic …

G Prampolini, A Andersen, BI Poulter… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Linear cyanide-bridged polymetallic complexes, which undergo photoinduced metal-to-
metal charge transfer, represent prototypical systems for studying long-range electron …

Molecular dynamics-assisted interaction of vanadium complex–AMPK: from force field development to biological application for Alzheimer's treatment

CA Tavares, TMR Santos, EFF da Cunha… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A large part of the world's population is affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD) and diabetes
mellitus type 2, which cause both social and economic impacts. These two conditions are …

Automated parameterization of quantum mechanically derived force fields for soft materials and complex fluids: development and validation

JG Vilhena, L Greff da Silveira, PR Livotto… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The reliability of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations in predicting macroscopic properties
of complex fluids and soft materials, such as liquid crystals, colloidal suspensions, or …

Accurate quantum-mechanically derived force-fields through a fragment-based approach: balancing specificity and transferability in the prediction of self-assembly in …

L Greff da Silveira, PR Livotto, D Padula… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The wide range of time/length scales covered by self-assembly in soft matter makes
molecular dynamics (MD) the ideal candidate for simulating such a supramolecular …

Evaluation of autophagy inhibition to combat cancer:(vanadium complex)–protein interactions, parameterization, and validation of a new force field

TMR Santos, CA Tavares, AF Pereira… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Autophagy has drawn attention from the scientific community, mainly because of its
significant advantages over chemotherapeutic processes. One of these advantages is its …

[HTML][HTML] Automated parameterization of quantum-mechanically derived force-fields including explicit sigma holes: A pathway to energetic and structural features of …

M Campetella, N De Mitri, G Prampolini - The Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
In classical molecular dynamics, general purpose atomistic force-fields (FFs) often deliver
inaccurate results when dealing with halogen bonds (XBs), notwithstanding their crucial role …

Applying the action principle of classical mechanics to the thermodynamics of the troposphere

IR Kennedy, M Hodzic - Applied Mechanics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Advances in applied mechanics have facilitated a better understanding of the recycling of
heat and work in the troposphere. This goal is important to meet practical needs for better …

[HTML][HTML] Iron's wake: the performance of quantum mechanical-derived versus general-purpose force fields tested on a luminescent iron complex

V Diez-Cabanes, G Prampolini, A Francés-Monerris… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recently synthetized iron complexes have achieved long-lived excited states and stabilities
which are comparable, or even superior, to their ruthenium analogues, thus representing an …

[PDF][PDF] Solvation dynamics and optical absorption of a cyano-bridged trinuclear mixed valence complex by an integrated approach combining QM-derived force fields …

G Prampolini, A Andersen, B Poulter, M Khalil… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - hal.science
As electron transfer (ET) reactions are central in a variety of biological and physicochemical
processes, intensive research efforts have been devoted to understand and modulate the …