The reaction conditions for the synthesis of Cu-BTC (BTC = benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid) were elucidated using a continuous-flow microreactor-assisted solvothermal system to achieve crystal size and phase control. A high-rate synthesis of Cu-BTC metal-organic frameworks with BET surface area of more than 1600 m²/g (Langmuir surface area of more than 2000...
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streams by using a
continuous impinging jet reactor at high pressure. Carné-Sánchez
et al.9c used a
Dispersing hydrophilic nanofillers in highly hydrophobic polymer matrices is widely used to tune the mechanical properties of composite material systems. The ability to control the dispersion of fillers is closely related to the mechanical tunability of such composites. In this work, we investigate the physical–chemical underpinnings of how simple end-group...
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Confinement in Silica 1
Nanocomposites 2
H. Samet Varol a*, M. Alejandra Sánchez a, Hao Lu a, Joe E. Baio
Dispersing hydrophilic nanofillers in highly hydrophobic polymer matrices is widely used to tune the mechanical properties of composite material systems. The ability to control the dispersion of fillers is closely related to the mechanical tunability of such composites. In this work, we investigate the physical–chemical underpinnings of how simple end-group...
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Nanocomposites
H. Samet Varol *,a, M. Alejandra Sánchez a, Hao Lu a, Joe E. Baio b, Christian Malm a, Noemi
Four new elaiophylin macrolides (1–4), together with five known elaiophylins (5–9), have been isolated from cultures of the Indonesian soil bacterium Streptomyces sp. ICBB 9297. The new compounds have macrocyclic skeletons distinct from those of the known dimeric elaiophylins in that one or both of the polyketide chains contain(s) an...
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), respectively. Inspection of the (+)-ESI-MS data for the
other products revealed that peak K (1) had an m/z
Fungal hyphae are among the most highly polarized cells. Hyphal polarized
growth is supported by tip-directed transport of secretory vesicles, which accumulate temporarily
in a stratified manner in an apical vesicle cluster, the Spitzenkörper. The exocyst complex
is required for tethering of secretory vesicles to the apical plasma membrane. We...
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con-
tain glucan synthase activity (Verdin et al., 2009; Sánchez-León
et al., 2011). To study the
The global terrestrial carbon sink offsets one-third of the world’s fossil fuel emissions, but the strength of this sink is highly sensitive to large-scale extreme events. In 2012, the contiguous United States experienced exceptionally warm temperatures and the most severe drought since the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s, resulting...
We apply GENMOM, a coupled atmosphere–ocean climate model, to simulate eight equilibrium time
slices at 3000-year intervals for the past 21,000 years forced
by changes in Earth–Sun geometry, atmospheric greenhouse
gases (GHGs), continental ice sheets, and sea level. Simulated
global cooling during the Last Glacial Maximum
(LGM) is 3.8°C and...
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., Vertenstein, M., Worley, P. H., Yang, Z.-L. and Zhang, M.: The Community
Climate System Model Version 4, J
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a major public health concern in the obese and type 2 diabetic populations. The high-fat lard diet induces obesity and fatty liver in C57BL/6J mice and suppresses expression of the PPAR-target gene, FA elongase 5 (Elovl5). Elovl5 plays a key role in MUFA and PUFA...
The Lena River in central Siberia is one of the
major pathways translocating terrestrial organic matter (OM)
from its vast catchment area to the coastal zone of the Laptev
Sea and the Arctic Ocean. The permafrost soils of its far
south-stretching catchment, which store huge amounts of
OM, will most...
Feedback loops involving soil microorganisms can
regulate plant populations. Here, we hypothesize that microorganisms
are most likely to play a role in plant–soil feedback
loops when they possess an affinity for a particular plant and
the capacity to consistently affect the growth of that plant for
good or ill. We...
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, Herre EA, Mack KML, Valencia MC,
Sanchez EI, Bever JD (2010) Negative plant–soil feedback predicts
tree