Understanding nanocellulose–water interactions: Turning a detriment into an asset

L Solhi, V Guccini, K Heise, I Solala… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Modern technology has enabled the isolation of nanocellulose from plant-based fibers, and
the current trend focuses on utilizing nanocellulose in a broad range of sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Classical and reactive molecular dynamics: Principles and applications in combustion and energy systems

Q Mao, M Feng, XZ Jiang, Y Ren, KH Luo… - Progress in Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics (MD) has evolved into a ubiquitous, versatile and powerful
computational method for fundamental research in science branches such as biology …

Psychedelics promote plasticity by directly binding to BDNF receptor TrkB

R Moliner, M Girych, CA Brunello, V Kovaleva… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Psychedelics produce fast and persistent antidepressant effects and induce neuroplasticity
resembling the effects of clinically approved antidepressants. We recently reported that …

Highly flexible and superhydrophobic MOF nanosheet membrane for ultrafast alcohol-water separation

LH Xu, SH Li, H Mao, Y Li, AS Zhang, S Wang, WM Liu… - Science, 2022 - science.org
High-performance pervaporation membranes have potential in industrial separation
applications, but overcoming the permeability-selectivity trade-off is a challenge. We report a …

Improving protein expression, stability, and function with ProteinMPNN

KH Sumida, R Núñez-Franco, I Kalvet… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Natural proteins are highly optimized for function but are often difficult to produce at a scale
suitable for biotechnological applications due to poor expression in heterologous systems …

Structural basis of NINJ1-mediated plasma membrane rupture in cell death

M Degen, JC Santos, K Pluhackova, G Cebrero… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Eukaryotic cells can undergo different forms of programmed cell death, many of which
culminate in plasma membrane rupture as the defining terminal event,,,,,–. Plasma …

Bat coronaviruses related to SARS-CoV-2 and infectious for human cells

S Temmam, K Vongphayloth, E Baquero, S Munier… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The animal reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 is unknown despite reports of SARS-CoV-2-related
viruses in Asian Rhinolophus bats,,–, including the closest virus from R. affinis, RaTG13 …

Coordination symmetry breaking of single‐atom catalysts for robust and efficient nitrate electroreduction to ammonia

XF Cheng, JH He, HQ Ji, HY Zhang, Q Cao… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrate electrocatalytic reduction (NO3RR) for ammonia production is a promising strategy to
close the N‐cycle from nitration contamination, as well as an alternative to the Haber–Bosch …

Regulating ion affinity and dehydration of metal-organic framework sub-nanochannels for high-precision ion separation

RJ Mo, S Chen, LQ Huang, XL Ding, S Rafique… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Membrane consisting of ordered sub-nanochannels has been pursued in ion separation
technology to achieve applications including desalination, environment management, and …

Bottom-up coarse-graining: Principles and perspectives

J **, AJ Pak, AEP Durumeric, TD Loose… - Journal of chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Large-scale computational molecular models provide scientists a means to investigate the
effect of microscopic details on emergent mesoscopic behavior. Elucidating the relationship …