Color Transformation and Fluorescence of Prussian Blue–Positive Cells: Implications for Histologic Verification of Cells Labeled with Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles by Joseph A. Frank, Heather Kalish, E. Kay Jordan, Stasia A. Anderson, Edyta Pawelczyk, Ali S. Arbab

“…Superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) nanoparticles, either modified or in combination with other macromolecules, are being used for magnetic labeling of stem cells and other cells to monitor cell trafficking by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in experimental models. …”
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Silver nanoparticles deposited on pyrogenic silica solids: Preparation and textural properties by M Zienkiewicz-Strzałka, M Błachnio, A Deryło-Marczewska, RB Kozakevych, YM Bolbukh, VA Tertykh

“…Pyrogenic silicon dioxide as an inexpensive nanostructured material with useful properties including adsorptive affinity for noble metal ions and organic macromolecules was applied as a support for diamminesilver(I) ions and finally for silver nanoparticles. …”
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Protein-based Josephson junction by Zilberstein, Gleb, Baskin, Emmanuil, Zilberstein, Svetlana

“…A device consisting of a single macromolecule or biological particle (MM or BNP) and a Josephson junction (JJ) is proposed. …”
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Advancing macromolecular structure determination with microsecond X-ray pulses at a 4th generation synchrotron by Julien Orlans, Samuel L. Rose, Gavin Ferguson, Marcus Oscarsson, Alejandro Homs Puron, Antonia Beteva, Samuel Debionne, Pascal Theveneau, Nicolas Coquelle, Jerome Kieffer, Paolo Busca, Jeremy Sinoir, Victor Armijo, Marcos Lopez Marrero, Franck Felisaz, Gergely Papp, Herve Gonzalez, Hugo Caserotto, Fabien Dobias, Jonathan Gigmes, Guillaume Lebon, Shibom Basu, Daniele de Sanctis

“…Abstract Serial macromolecular crystallography has become a powerful method to reveal room temperature structures of biological macromolecules and perform time-resolved studies. ID29, a flagship beamline of the ESRF 4th generation synchrotron, is the first synchrotron beamline in the world capable of delivering high brilliance microsecond X-ray pulses at high repetition rate for the structure determination of biological macromolecules at room temperature. …”
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New Concepts in the Diagnosis and Pathogenesis of Trichomonas vaginalis by Renuka Bhatt, Mary Abraham, Dino Petrin, Gary E Garber

“…Various virulence factors such as adherence, contact-independent factors, hemolysis and acquisition of host macromolecules have been shown to play a role in the pathogenesis of this infection. …”
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Topological Properties of Nanostar Dendrimer and Smart Polymer by Muhammad Aamer Rashid, Sarfraz Ahmad, Murat Cancan, Mehwish Hussain Muhammad

“…The nanostar dendrimers are a piece of another gathering of macromolecules that seem, by all accounts, to be photon pipes simply like counterfeit reception apparatuses. …”
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Exploring the elastocaloric effect of Shape Memory Alloys for innovative biomedical devices: a review by Girolamo Costanza, Ilaria Porroni, Maria Elisa Tata

“…This paper discusses Shape Memory Alloys� (SMA) elastocaloric effect (EC) and underscores its potential use in substituting conventional cooling systems, for future and innovative applications in the biomedical sector, where temperature has a significant influence on the structure and function of crucial macromolecules and cells. After an introduction on SMA�s EC and its relevance for medical and biomedical field, the authors examine the principles and mechanisms at the base of this particular property, with a focus on main keys essential to evaluate performances and the differences characterizing most used elastocaloric alloys, also exploring strategies currently in place to improve performances. …”
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation to Understand the Ability of Anionic Polymers to Alter the Morphology of Calcite by Insil Choi, Il Won Kim

“…Molecular dynamics was utilized to investigate the ability of anionic macromolecules to drastically change the morphology of calcite in the presence of magnesium ions. …”
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Poly(Methacrylic Acid) Adsorption and Electrical Surface Properties of Titanium Dioxide Suspensions by M.M. Soltys, Z.M. Yaremko, N.H. Tkachenko, V.D. Havryliv

“…The influence of the adsorbed poly(methacrylic acid) macromolecules on the zeta potential of the particles can be explained according to a scheme which envisages both a decrease in the particle surface potential and a change in the potential distribution in the electrical double layer.…”
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Contribution of Metal Species to the Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Degradation of Natural Organic Matter by Ceyda Senem Uyguner, Miray Bekbolet

“…The role of organic matters which are high molecular weight macromolecules in natural water supplies and their subsequent removal by advanced oxidation technologies has gained importance because they posses a substantial capacity to complex dissolved metal species. …”
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Functional Hydration Behavior: Interrelation between Hydration and Molecular Properties at Lipid Membrane Interfaces by Nozomi Watanabe, Keishi Suga, Hiroshi Umakoshi

“…It stabilizes the structure of biological macromolecules, controls biochemical activities, and regulates interfacial/intermolecular interactions. …”
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Synthesis and Evaluation of Some New Isoquine Analogues for Antimalarial Activity by Chandra Nath Saha, Sanjib Bhattacharya, Dipak Chetia

“…The drug toxicity involves the formation of an electrophilic metabolite, amodiaquine quinoneimine (AQQI), which binds to cellular macromolecules leading to hepatotoxicity and agranulocytosis. …”
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Disruption in the Blood-Brain Barrier: The Missing Link between Brain and Body Inflammation in Bipolar Disorder? by Jay P. Patel, Benicio N. Frey

“…The blood-brain barrier (BBB) regulates the transport of micro- and macromolecules between the peripheral blood and the central nervous system (CNS) in order to maintain optimal levels of essential nutrients and neurotransmitters in the brain. …”
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Importins and Exportins Regulating Allergic Immune Responses by Ankita Aggarwal, Devendra K. Agrawal

“…Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of macromolecules is a well-controlled process involving importins and exportins. …”
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Study on the Miscibility of Polypyrrole and Polyaniline Polymer Blends by Tekalign A. Tikish, Ashok Kumar, Jung Yong Kim

“…The polymer blends showed almost amorphous nature in XRD spectra because of intermolecular interaction between PPy and PANI macromolecules, which was confirmed by FT-IR data. Specifically, the DSC result for the PPY : PANI = 50 : 50 wt.% blend showed only one glass transition temperature (Tg), which indicates that the two polymers are well miscible without undergoing any phase separation.…”
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Modeling Dendrimers Charge Interaction in Solution: Relevance in Biosystems by Domenico Lombardo

“…Dendrimers are highly branched macromolecules obtained by stepwise controlled, reaction sequences. …”
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Gut Microbiome: An Intersection between Human Genome, Diet, and Epigenetics by Abdullahi Y. Muhammad, Malik Amonov, Atif A. Baig, Farrukh J. Alvi

“…Similarly, the diet of an individual shapes the gut microbiota by allowing the predominance of microbes that metabolize an abundant macromolecule in the diet. Epigenetically, the microbial metabolites produced by these microbes can be beneficial in the treatment of cancer or deteriorating by serving as carcinogens. …”
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Bioseparation of Four Proteins from Euphorbia characias Latex: Amine Oxidase, Peroxidase, Nucleotide Pyrophosphatase/Phosphodiesterase, and Purple Acid Phosphatase by Rosaria Medda, Francesca Pintus, Delia Spanò, Giovanni Floris

“…This paper will give some thorough suggestions for researchers busy in separation of macromolecules from different sources.…”
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Development status of electrocatalytic hydrogenation of biomass small molecules and prospects for industrial production by Yuchen Lei, Fuhai Zhang, Wenbin Zhang, Wei Zhao

“…Currently, depolymerizing biomass macromolecules into small organic monomers via thermocatalytic pyrolysis is a well-established technique. …”
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Free-standing microcrystals of a fluorescent organic dye: Preparation and spectroscopic study by Mouhammad Abyan, Liliana Bîrlă, Franck Bertorelle, Fernanda Rodrigues, Suzanne Fery-Forgues

“…Suspensions of microcrystals were obtained from an organic fluorescent dye, 4-n-octylamino-7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole, by reprecipitation in water in the presence of various macromolecules: anionic or cationic PAMAM dendrimer, poly(acrylic acid, sodium salt), poly(acrylamide), and calf thymus DNA. …”
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