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Molecular Mechanistic Processes of Complexation between DNA and Cationic Copo...
It is difficult for the naked external gene to become internalized due to its similar charge to the extracellular membrane surface. Various cationic copolymers and cationic... -
The use of lipid sponge-like nanoparticles as carriers for macromolecules and...
Conventional ways to administer and deliver drugs have reached its limitations. These methods can be still used for small and simple molecules. However, new carriers have to be... -
New surfactants forming anisotropic micelles and microemulsions in CO2
An analogue of the popular surfactant AOT with isopropyl glycol tails (IG-AOT, Figure.1) has been recently designed as a co-surfactant for water-in-CO2 (w/c) systems: stable... -
Neutron scattering investigation of the influence of high hydrostatic pressur...
Amyloid fibrils are highly organized filamentous structures formed by the self-assembly of polypeptides. This proposal is to study the effect of pressure on the structure of... -
Exploration of the pressure-induced amorphization and glassy states of THF-cl...
Clathrate hydrates (CHs) are ice structures in which water molecules (host) form cages through hydrogen bonds. The cages can accommodate various types of molecules (guests),... -
Probing the origin of the superconducting spin-valve effect
Inter-layer exchange coupling through charge and/or spin carriers is the key control mechanism for the field of nano-magnetism and is often coupled to other spintronic effects,... -
Investigation of Magnetic Structures in the Monoclinic and Orthorhombic Polym...
Ferroelectricity induced by magnetic ordering with certain type of magnetic structure has received much attention because it provides opportunity to manipulate magnetization by... -
Pressure-Induced Linkage Isomerism in a Prussian Blue Analogue
The Prussian blue analogue K0.4Fe4[Cr(CN)6]2.8.16H2O (1) is a soft ferromagnet at ambient pressure with a critical temperature (Tc) of 19 K. Bridging cyanides are oriented in... -
Probing the structure/function relationship of NhaA protein incorporated into...
We propose to perform combined measurements of neutron reflectometry (NR) and impedance spectroscopy (IS) to investigate the structure/function relationship of tethered bilayer... -
Designing nanoscale polymeric structures: examining the breakdown of the Cahn...
Demixing of polymer blends via spinodal decomposition provides an effective means to generate polymer bicontinuous nanostructures with applications in membranes for separations... -
A neutron reflectometry study of the interaction of octanohydroxamate with iron
The interaction of alkyl hydroxamate with iron is of interest in mineral flotation science, corrosion control and also as a model for microbial siderophore chemistry. Long chain...