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Materials for depollution based on the model of manganese dioxygenase
2013
La utilización intensiva de pesticidas ha traído consigo la presencia de una gran cantidad de moléculas contaminantes en aguas y suelos. Los tratamientos para degradar estas moléculas son caros, por lo que es de gran interés la búsqueda de soluciones más baratas. En el caso de los catecoles, existen enzimas, las catecol-dioxigenasas, que abren el ciclo aromático por oxidación con dioxígeno. Las condiciones suaves y la gran disponibilidad de este oxidante podrían ofrecer una solución para esos problemas de polución. El objetivo de este trabajo de tesis es mimetizar un tipo particular de dioxigenasa, la dioxigenasa de manganeso. Dado que tanto la primera esfera de coordinación como la segunda…
Influence of Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticles on the Soil Burial Degradation of Polybutyleneadipate-Co-Butylenetherephthalate Films.
2022
A polybutyleneadipate-co-butylenetherephthalate (PBAT) sample, commercially known as Ecoflex®, was processed via melt extrusion with CaCO3 nanoparticles coated with a hydrophobic coating. Blown films of PBAT and two composites with nanofiller (2% and 5%wt) were prepared and degradation tests in soil at 30 °C up to 180 days were carried out with weight loss measurements. Furthermore, biodegradation test according to ISO 14851 was carried out at 30 °C. The effect of CaCO3 on soil burial degradation was assessed by surface wettability and SEM. ATR-FTIR and XPS analyses highlighted chemical modifications induced by soil degradation. CaCO3 nanoparticles decreased surface wettability …
Growth and Physiological Performance of a Coastal Species Trifolium fragiferum as Affected by a Coexistence with Trifolium repens, NaCl Treatment and…
2021
The aim of the present study was to analyze the growth and physiological performance of two coexisting species, Trifolium fragiferum, and Trifolium repens, under the effect of NaCl and rhizobial symbiosis. Seeds of T. fragiferum and T. repens were collected from populations in the wild, and plants were cultivated in an automated greenhouse, two plants per container. Three basic types of planting were performed: (1) both plants were T. fragiferum (single species), (2) one T. fragiferum and one T. repens (species coexistence), (3) both plants were T. repens (single species). For every basic type, three subtypes were made: (1) non-inoculated, (2) inoculated with rhizobia taken from T. fargifer…
Two new organic-selenate salts: syntheses and crystal structures of bis(di-iso-propylammonium) selenate and di-n-butylammonium hydrogenoselenate
2017
Abstract Two new dialkyammonium selenate salts [i-Pr2NH2]2[SeO4] (1) and [n-Bu2NH2][HSeO4] (2) have been isolated and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Salt 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P21/n with a=8.7190(5), b=8.8500(4), c=22.5953(9) Å, β=94.6290(17)°, V=1737.84(14) Å3 and Z=4. Salt 2 crystallizes in the monoclinic system space group P21/n with a=10.9328(9), b=8.1700(6), c=13.8095(11) Å, β=97.130(3)°, V=1223.94(17) Å3 and Z=4. In both salts, dialkylammonium cations and selenate anions are connected through NH···O and OH···O hydrogen bonds. In the crystal structure, 1 and 2 are organized in layer-like arrangements. Structural characterizations were …
A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of the Spectroscopic Properties of a DNA-Intercalator Salphen-Type ZnIIComplex
2014
The photophysical and DNA-binding properties of the cationic zinc(II) complex of 5-triethylammonium methyl salicylidene ortho-phenylenediiminato (ZnL 2 + ) were investi- gated by a combination of experimental and theoretical methods. DFT calculations were performed on both the ground and the first excited states of ZnL 2 + and on its possi- ble mono- and dioxidation products, both in vacuo and in selected solvents mimicked by the polarizable continuum model. Comparison of the calculated absorption and fluores- cence transitions with the corresponding experimental data led to the conclusion that visible light induces a two-elec- tron photooxidation process located on the phenylenediimi- nato…
New Insight on Medieval Painting in Sicily: The Virgin Hodegetria Panel in Monreale Cathedral (Palermo, Italy)
2023
: The Virgin Hodegetria, located in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Nuova in Monreale, near Palermo (Italy), probably dating the first half of the 13th century, is one of the earliest examples of medieval panel painting in Sicily. A diagnostic campaign was carried out on the panel aiming to identify the constituting materials and the executive technique, as well as to assess the state of conservation for supporting the methodological choice of the restoration intervention. Both non invasive (X-ray radiography, digital microscope, multispectral imaging, ED-X-ray fluorescence) and micro-invasive (polarised light microscopy, ESEM-EDX, ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and micro-Raman spectroscopy) analyses w…
Cationic microemulsion hosting polynucleotides: Effect of NaCl on host and guest
2004
The structural features of the quaternary water-in-oil microemulsion CTAB/n-hexane/n-pentanol/water in the presence of fairly high concentrations of NaCl and of relatively high molecular weight polynucleotides have been determined. Even in these severe conditions, the hosting system can still be depicted as formed by water droplets stabilised by a surfactant/cosurfactant layer. Moreover, the time stability of the host/guest system has been evaluated and the phase behaviour of the hosting system in the presence of increasing concentrations of NaCl determined.
Understanding the Interactions of Guanine Quadruplexes with Peptides as Novel Strategies for Diagnosis or Tuning Biological Functions
2023
Guanine quadruplexes (G4s) are nucleic acid structures exhibiting a complex structural behavior and exerting crucial biological functions, in both cells and viruses. The specific interactions of peptides with G4s, as well as the understanding of the factors driving the specific recognition, are important for the rational design of both therapeutic and diagnostic agents. In the present minireview, we examine the most important studies dealing with the interactions between G4s and peptides, highlighting the strengths and limitations of the present analytic approaches. We also show how the combined use of high-level molecular simulation techniques and experimental spectroscopy represents the b…
Diseño y síntesis de nuevos materiales conmutables basados en el fenómeno de transición de espín
2023
Esta Tesis Doctoral actúa como compendio de síntesis y caracterización de nuevos materiales, generalmente porosos, que presentan el fenómeno de transición de espín (en inglés Spin Crossover, SCO). El principal objetivo de la Tesis Doctoral ha consistido en el diseño de estos nuevos polímeros de coordinación que combinan de forma sincrónica el fenómeno SCO asociado a los centros metálicos de FeII con otras propiedades de interés, siendo la motivación última su futura aplicación en dispositivos espintrónicos. Más concretamente, los esfuerzos sintéticos se han dedicado a la obtención de polímeros de coordinación de tipo Hofmann 2D que presentan: propiedades anfitrión-huésped selectivas, fluore…
Nuevos materiales moleculares multifuncionales conmutables con transición de espín
2022
Este trabajo de Tesis Doctoral se centra en la síntesis y caracterización de nuevos materiales moleculares conmutables basados en FeII, los cuales presentan el fenómeno de transición de espín (spin crossover, SCO). El objetivo principal de esta tesis doctoral ha sido el diseño y estudio de nuevos materiales multifuncionales de FeII que combinan el comportamiento SCO con otra propiedad físico-química de interés. La estrecha interrelación entre el fenómeno SCO y dicha propiedad ha sido seguida y estudiada por estudios magnéticos, cristalográficos y calorimétricos, entre otros. El capítulo 1 de esta tesis describe los conceptos teóricos más importantes del fenómeno SCO, donde los centros SCO e…