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IUPAC International Chemical Identifier (InChI)-related education and training materials through InChI Open Education Resource (OER)
(Chemistry Teacher International. 2024:6(1):77-91, 2024-01-03)The IUPAC International Chemical Identifier (InChI) is a structure-based chemical identifier that encodes various aspects of a chemical structure into a hierarchically layered line notation. Because ... -
Gaining control on optical force by the stimulated-emission resonance effect
(Chemical Space 2023, 14(37), 10087, 2023-10)The resonance between an electronic transition of a micro/nanoscale object and an incident photon flux can modify the radiation force exerted on that object, especially at an interface. It has been ... -
Versatile, elastomeric and degradable polyHIPEs of poly(glycerol sebacate)-methacrylate and their application in vascular graft tissue-engineering
(Materials Today Advances 2023, 20, 100432, 2023-12)Polymer scaffolds are an important enabling technology in tissue engineering. A wide range of manufacturing techniques have been developed to produce these scaffolds, including porogen leaching, phase ... -
Autocatalytic photoinduced oxidative dehydrogenation of pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7(8H)-ones: synthesis of C5–C6 unsaturated systems with concomitant formation of a long-lived radical
(Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2024, 11(1), 2024-01-07)5,6-Dihydropyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7(8H)-ones are readily accessed by a variety of methods and are a good scaffold for the development of biologically active compounds. However, they are very reluctant ... -
Synthesis of Chalcones: An Improved High-Yield and Substituent-Independent Protocol for an Old Structure
(Molecules 2023, 28(22), 7576, 2023-11)Chalcones are a type of molecule that can be considered as easily synthesizable through aldol condensation or that can be readily purchased from habitual commercial vendors. However, on reviewing the ... -
Control of Substrate Conformation by Hydrogen Bonding in a Retaining β-Endoglycosidase
(Chemistry - A European Journal 2023, 29(70), e202302555, 2023-12-14)Bacterial β-glycosidases are hydrolytic enzymes that depolymerize polysaccharides such as β-cellulose, β-glucans and β-xylans from different sources, offering diverse biomedical and industrial uses. It ... -
Remote experiments for STEM education and engagement in rural schools: The case of project R3
(Technology in Society 2023, 75, 102404, 2023-11)Rural schools tend not to have enough laboratory and experimentation equipment, which can be an obstacle that hinders student learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) areas. ... -
Residues of Deltamethrin in Pine Needles and Pine Nuts of Catalonia (Spain)
(Molecules 2023, 28(24), 8050, 2023-12)In recent years, recurrent droughts have weakened stone pine (Pinus pinea) forests and facilitated the emergence of harmful pests and diseases, including the Leptoglossus occidentalis. The production ... -
Resonance: The Final Dissolution of Religions or the Last Stage of Secularization
(Religions 2023, 14(6), 689, 2023-06)Secularized societies allow for all kinds of expressions of human spirituality (or lack of it). However, both the established religions and the more fluid forms of spirituality seem to leave open a ... -
Novel Starch-Modified NiCrMn-LDH-Based Composite for Photocatalytic Degradation of Reactive Orange 13
(Catalysts. 2024;14(7):449-, 2024-07-12)Water pollution has become a great challenge today. To address this problem regarding wastewater treatment by removing toxic synthetic dyes from wastewater, this research focused on the synthesis of a ... -
Designing Polyelectrolyte Microneedles Based on Borylated Poly(β-aminoester) Polymers To Enhance Transdermal pH-Controlled Delivery of Nucleic Acids
(ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2024;6(15):8842-8855, 2024-06-24)The use of transdermal delivery for nucleic acidadministration is an interesting approach to overcoming limitations ofsystemic administration routes, such as first-pass effects, the painfulneedle ... -
Application of the NPK Method in the Crystallization Kinetics of High-Density Polyethylene
(Afinidad. Journal of Chemical Engineering Theoretical and Applied Chemistry, 2024;81(601):25-31, 2024-02-01)The Non-Parametric Kinetics (NPK) method, developed in 1998, by Serra, R., Sempere, J. and Nomen, R. has been used by them and other research groups to analyze the thermal behavior of a physical or ... -
Impact of environmentally relevant concentrations of fluoxetine on zebrafish larvae: From gene to behavior
(Chemosphere 2023, 345, 2023-12)Fluoxetine is widely prescribed for the treatment of depressive states, acting at the level of the central nervous system, consequently affecting non-target organisms. This study aimed to investigate ... -
Development of a GC-FID method for the analysis of fatty acids in palm olein to study the formation of C18:1 trans during deep discontinuous frying processes in El Salvador food industry
(Afinidad. Journal of Chemical Engineering Theoretical and Applied Chemistry, 2024;81(603):218-2, 2024-10-01)An analytical method for the derivatization of fatty acids to methyl esters using basic catalysis with special emphasis on the identification of the different C18:1 trans isomers was developed and ... -
The Retro-Aza-Michael Reaction: How Process Optimization Led to New Scientific Insights
(Afinidad. Journal of Chemical Engineering Theoretical and Applied Chemistry, 2024;81(601):68-73, 2024)The synthesis of 2-(2-methylaminoethyl)pyridine from the reaction between 2-vinylpyridine and methylamine serves as a crucial exploration into the reversibility of the aza-Michael reaction. The results ... -
The Transition to Industry 4.0 in the Catalan Chemical Industry. Baseline 2020
(Afinidad. Journal of Chemical Engineering Theoretical and Applied Chemistry, 2024;81(601):74-81, 2024-01-22)The baseline for the state of implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies in the Catalan chemical industry in 2020 is established using the model proposed by the Industry 4.0 Commission of the Institution ... -
A Comprehensive Exploration of Unsupervised Classification in Spike Sorting: A Case Study on Macaque Monkey and Human Pancreatic Signals
(Algorithms. 2024;17(6):235-260, 2024-05-30)Spike sorting, an indispensable process in the analysis of neural biosignals, aims to segregate individual action potentials from mixed recordings. This study delves into a comprehensive investigation ... -
Size-selective trapping and photocatalytic degradation of PFOA in Fe-modified zeolite frameworks
(Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy. 2024;349:123885, 2024-03-01)Removal and destruction of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) are challenging due to its extreme persistence and dilute concentrations. This study investigated dual-function adsorptive-photocatalytic zeolite ... -
Fuzzy Classification of the Maturity of the Orange (Citrus × sinensis) Using the Citrus Color Index (CCI)
(Applied Sciences. 2024;14(13):5953-5971, 2024-07-08)The orange (Citrus sinensis) is a fruit of the Citrus genus, which is part of the Rutaceae family. The orange has gained considerable importance due to its extensive range of applications, including the ... -
Protease-Resistant Peptides for Targeting and Intracellular Delivery of Therapeutics
(Pharmaceutics 2021;14:1311, 2021-12-02)Peptides show high promise in the targeting and intracellular delivery of next-generation bio- and nano-therapeutics. However, the proteolytic susceptibility of peptides is one of the major limitations ...