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Quaternary structures of GroEL and naïve-Hsp60 chaperonins in solution: a combined SAXS-MD study

2015

The quaternary structures of bacterial GroEL and human naïve-Hsp60 chaperonins in physiological conditions have been investigated by an innovative approach based on a combination of synchrotron Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) in-solution experiments and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Low-resolution SAXS experiments over large and highly symmetric oligomers are analyzed on the basis of the high-resolution structure of the asymmetric protein monomers, provided by MD. The results reveal remarkable differences between the solution and the crystallographic structure of GroEL and between the solution structures of GroEL and of its human homologue Hsp60.

Photosensitive polymeric amphiphiles: Irradiation-induced structural changes in langmuir-blodgett multilayers

1991

Colloidal zeolites and zeolite membranes

2002

The synthesis of zeolite membranes and thin films using the secondary growth process is briefly described. In this process colloidal zeolite particles (sols) are prepared hydrothermally and then subsequently deposited on substrates to produce uniform layers of controlled thickness. In order to optimise this process, an understanding of the nature of the sols and an insight into the structure of the consolidated layer so formed, is required. Such studies are illustrated here with silicalite and zeolite A. The formation and growth of silicalite sols has been investigated in situ by small angle neutron scattering (SANS). SANS measurements on sols at progressively higher concentrations have pro…

Au/CeO2-SBA-15 catalysts for CO oxidation: Effect of ceria loading on physic-chemical properties and catalytic performances

2012

In this work gold catalysts supported over SBA-15 with different CeO 2 loadings (5-30 wt%) were prepared, characterized by N 2 physisorption analyses, SAXS, XRD, STEM and XPS techniques and their catalytic performances were evaluated in the CO oxidation, chosen as reaction test. Over a selected catalyst, Au/CeO 2(20 wt%)-SBA-15, the effect of CO 2 and of the mixture (CO 2 + H 2O) on the CO conversion to CO 2 was also evaluated. Characterizations by SAXS, XRD, STEM and XPS were carried out on selected spent catalysts after CO oxidation. The results were discussed in terms of relationship between morphological, structural, electronic and catalytic properties as a function of the ceria loading…

Structural model of gelation processes of a sodium silicate sol destabilized by calcium ions: combination of SAXS and rheological measurements

2005

This study deals with the physico-chemical processes involved in the formation of basic fractal silica gels derived from a sodium silicate sol destabilized by calcium ions. Using small-angle X-ray scattering and dynamic rheological measurements, structural and viscoelastic properties have been investigated in situ during aggregation and gelation processes. The experimental results lead to a consistent model that describes the structural features and aggregation mechanisms involved in the formation of these gels.

Chemical stability of the magnetic oxide EuO directly on silicon observed by hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy

2011

We present a detailed study of the electronic structure and chemical state of high-quality stoichiometric EuO and O-rich ${\mathrm{Eu}}_{1}{\mathrm{O}}_{1+x}$ thin films grown directly on silicon without any buffer layer using hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (HAXPES). We determine the EuO oxidation state from a consistent quantitative peak analysis of $4f$ valence band and $3d$ core-level spectra. The results prove that nearly ideal, stoichiometric, and homogeneous EuO thin films can be grown on silicon, with a uniform depth distribution of divalent Eu cations. Furthermore, we identify the chemical stability of the EuO/silicon interface from Si $2p$ core-level photoemission. This work…

Do the contact angle and line tension of surface-attached droplets depend on the radius of curvature?

2018

Results from Monte Carlo simulations of wall-attached droplets in the three-dimensional Ising lattice gas model and in a symmetric binary Lennard-Jones fluid, confined by antisymmetric walls, are analyzed, with the aim to estimate the dependence of the contact angle $(\Theta)$ on the droplet radius $(R)$ of curvature. Sphere-cap shape of the wall-attached droplets is assumed throughout. An approach, based purely on "thermodynamic" observables, e.g., chemical potential, excess density due to the droplet, etc., is used, to avoid ambiguities in the decision which particles belong (or do not belong, respectively) to the droplet. It is found that the results are compatible with a variation $[\Th…

Influence on PD Parameters due to Voltage Conducted Disturbances

2004

In the standard specification of ac dielectric-characteristic measurements of insulating materials, test voltage is prescribed as "approximately sinusoidal" when the highest acceptable deviation of the HV waveform, from the correct sinusoidal shape, is limited to a /spl plusmn/5% tolerance range of the crest factor value. In the field of partial discharge (PD) measurements and their statistical data processing, on which forecasts of long term behavior of components and their reliability are currently carried out, the results of elaborations depend on the voltage wave shape. In this paper, the errors in PD measurements, evaluated at industrial frequencies, due to applied voltages distorted b…

Supramolecular Packing Drives Morphological Transitions of Charged Surfactant Micelles

2020

Abstract The shape and size of self‐assembled structures upon local organization of their molecular building blocks are hard to predict in the presence of long‐range interactions. Combining small‐angle X‐ray/neutron scattering data, theoretical modelling, and computer simulations, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), over a broad range of concentrations and ionic strengths, was investigated. Computer simulations indicate that micellar shape changes are associated with different binding of the counterions. By employing a toy model based on point charges on a surface, and comparing it to experiments and simulations, it is demonstrated that the observed morphological changes are caused by symmetry br…

Low temperature synthesis of monodisperse nanoscaled ZrO2with a large specific surface area

2012

Thermal decomposition of Zr(C(2)O(4))(2)·4H(2)O within an autoclave or in a conventional tube furnace at temperatures below 380 °C resulted in nano- and micron-sized ZrO(2), respectively. Reactions under autogenic pressure yielded monodisperse monoclinic (m) and tetragonal (t) ZrO(2) nanoparticles with an average diameter of ~8 nm and interconnected t-ZrO(2) nanoparticles with diameters of ~4 nm, depending on the synthesis temperature. Samples were characterised by X-ray diffraction (XRD), small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) associated with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), Raman microspectroscopy and phot…