Antimicrobial Peptide Coating of TiO2 Nanoparticles for Boosted Antimicrobial Effects

L Caselli, T Traini, S Micciulla… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study explores the coating of photocatalytic nanoparticles with antimicrobial peptides
(AMPs) for boosted antimicrobial effects, and how such effects depend on AMP properties …

[HTML][HTML] Neutron reflection and scattering in characterising peptide assemblies

X Hu, M Liao, K Ding, J Wang, H Xu, K Tao… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Self-assemblies of de novo designed short peptides at interface and in bulk solution provide
potential platforms for develo** applications in many medical and technological areas …

[HTML][HTML] BornAgain: software for simulating and fitting grazing-incidence small-angle scattering

G Pospelov, W Van Herck, J Burle… - Applied …, 2020 - journals.iucr.org
BornAgain is a free and open-source multi-platform software framework for simulating and
fitting X-ray and neutron reflectometry, off-specular scattering, and grazing-incidence small …

The antimicrobial peptide aurein 1.2 disrupts model membranes via the carpet mechanism

DI Fernandez, AP Le Brun, TC Whitwell… - Physical Chemistry …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The membrane interactions of the antimicrobial peptide aurein 1.2 were studied using a
range of biophysical techniques to determine the location and the mechanism of action in …

Boosting membrane interactions and antimicrobial effects of photocatalytic titanium dioxide nanoparticles by peptide coating

L Caselli, E Parra‐Ortiz, S Micciulla, MWA Skoda… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic nanoparticles offer antimicrobial effects under illumination due to the
formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), capable of degrading bacterial membranes …

The multipurpose time-of-flight neutron reflectometer “Platypus” at Australia's OPAL reactor

M James, A Nelson, SA Holt, T Saerbeck… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2011 - Elsevier
In this manuscript we describe the major components of the Platypus time-of-flight neutron
reflectometer at the 20MW OPAL reactor in Sydney, Australia. Platypus is a multipurpose …

Manipulation of etch selectivity of silicon nitride over silicon dioxide to a-carbon by controlling substrate temperature with a CF4/H2 plasma

SN Hsiao, N Britun, T Tsutsumi, K Ishikawa, M Sekine… - Vacuum, 2023 - Elsevier
The effects of substrate temperature (T s) on the etch rate (ER) of the PECVD-prepared SiN,
SiO 2 and amorphous carbon (aC) films, and their selectivity were investigated with a CF 4/H …

Structure of [C4mpyr][NTf2] Room-Temperature Ionic Liquid at Charged Gold Interfaces

Y Lauw, MD Horne, T Rodopoulos, V Lockett, B Akgun… - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
The structure of 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide
([C4mpyr][NTf2]) room-temperature ionic liquid at an electrified gold interface was studied …

The study of the binder poly (acrylic acid) and its role in concomitant solid–electrolyte interphase formation on Si anodes

KL Browning, RL Sacci, M Doucet… - … Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We use neutron reflectometry to study how the polymeric binder, poly (acrylic acid)(PAA),
affects the in situ formation and chemical composition of the solid–electrolyte interphase …

COMBIgor: data-analysis package for combinatorial materials science

KR Talley, SR Bauers, CL Melamed… - ACS combinatorial …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Combinatorial experiments involve synthesis of sample libraries with lateral composition
gradients requiring spatially resolved characterization of structure and properties. Because …