Nuclear magnetic resonance to characterize and monitor cultural heritage

D Capitani, V Di Tullio, N Proietti - Progress in Nuclear Magnetic …, 2012 - Elsevier
In the last decades the interest of the scientific community in characterizing, monitoring and
conserving objects belonging to Cultural Heritage has continuously increased. In fact there …

Motional timescale predictions by molecular dynamics simulations: case study using proline and hydroxyproline sidechain dynamics

AE Aliev, M Kulke, HS Khaneja… - Proteins: Structure …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We propose a new approach for force field optimizations which aims at reproducing
dynamics characteristics using biomolecular MD simulations, in addition to improved …

Rewiring cellular metabolism for heterologous biosynthesis of Taxol

A Nazhand, A Durazzo, M Lucarini… - Natural product …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Taxol is one of the anticancer drugs synthesized naturally in the evergreen Taxus brevifolia
forest tree belonging to the yew family (Taxaceae) growing on the Pacific. There are …

Gelatin-derived carbon: Carbonization mechanism and application in K-ion storage

N Yang, R Shao, Z Zhang, M Dou, J Niu, F Wang - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
Gelatin, a natural macromolecular substance formed by the hydrolysis of collagen, offers the
advantages of abundant resources and low cost. It is a good precursor for the synthesis of N …

Waste to Wealth Approach: Improved Antimicrobial Properties in Bioactive Hydrogels through Humic Substance–Gelatin Chemical Conjugation

V Venezia, M Verrillo, PR Avallone, B Silvestri… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Exploring opportunities for biowaste valorization, herein, humic substances (HS) were
combined with gelatin, a hydrophilic biocompatible and bioavailable polymer, to obtain 3D …

A versatile synthetic route towards gelatin-silica hybrids and magnetic composite colloidal nanoparticles

SF Soares, S Fateixa, T Trindade… - … Composites and Hybrid …, 2022 - Springer
We report a versatile synthetic route for the preparation of nearly monodispersed spherical
gelatin-silica hybrid nanoparticles. These hybrids have been synthesized by means of a non …

Biomacromolecules within bivalve shells: Is chitin abundant?

OBA Agbaje, IB Shir, DB Zax, A Schmidt, DE Jacob - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Bivalve shells are inorganic-organic nanocomposites whose material properties outperform
their purely inorganic mineral counterparts. Most typically the inorganic phase is a …

Engineering of Metal–Organic Frameworks/Gelatin Hydrogel Composites Mediated by the Coacervation Process for the Capture of Acetic Acid

S Biswas, M Haouas, C Freitas… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A novel strategy is proposed to synthesize metal–organic framework (MOF)–gelatin
bionanocomposites by taking profit of the thermo-reversible character of gelatin and the …

Study of deterioration of historical parchments by various thermal analysis techniques complemented by SEM, FTIR, UV-Vis-NIR and unilateral NMR investigations

E Badea, L Miu, P Budrugeac, M Giurginca… - Journal of Thermal …, 2008 - Springer
A comprehensive investigation has been made of a set of 14 th to 16 th-century parchment
bookbindings from the Historical Archives of the City of Turin. Advanced physico-chemical …

Comprehensive multiphase NMR spectroscopy: basic experimental approaches to differentiate phases in heterogeneous samples

D Courtier-Murias, H Farooq, H Masoom… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2012 - Elsevier
Heterogeneous samples, such as soils, sediments, plants, tissues, foods and organisms,
often contain liquid-, gel-and solid-like phases and it is the synergism between these phases …