P. Lozano-Reis, H. Prats, R. Sayós, J. A. Rodriguez, F. Illas. J. Phys. Chem. C 125 (2021) 12019-12027. Small Ni particles supported on TiC(001) were shown to display a very high activity for the catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 but the underlying chemistry is, to a large extent, unknown. Here, by means of periodic density functional […]

A. I. Boronin, E. M. Slavinskaya, A. Figueroba, A. I. Stadnichenko, T. Y. Kardash, O. A. Stonkus, E. A. Fedorova, V. V. Muravev, V. A. Svetlichnyi, A. Bruix, K. M. Neyman. Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 286 (2021) 119931. Reducing the operating temperature of oxidation catalysts is important for designing energy efficient processes, extending catalyst lifetime, […]

Clean and Sustainable Energy CO oxidation activity of Pt/CeO2 catalysts below 0°C: platinum loading effects. A. I. Boronin, E. M. Slavinskaya, A. Figueroba, A. I. Stadnichenko, T. Y. Kardash, O. A. Stonkus, E. A. Fedorova, V. V. Muravev, V. A. Svetlichnyi, A. Bruix, K. M. Neyman.Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 286 (2021) 119931. Assessing the activity […]

H. L. Barazorda-Ccahuana, B. Gómez, F. Mas, S. Madurga.Polymers, 12 (2020) 2713. Ammonia production from Helicobacter pylori urease allows the pH of the environment to be regulated. At very acidic pHs protein denaturation occurs. The effect of pH on the supramolecular structure of Helicobacter pylori urease was studied by means of molecular dynamics simulations at seven different pHs. Appropriate urease charge distributions […]

A. D. Tezé, J. Coines, L. Raich, V. Kalichuk, C. Solleux, C. Tellier, C. André-Miral, B. Svensson, C. Rovira.J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142 (2020) 2120. Glycoside hydrolases (GHs) and phosphorylases (GPs) are two major classes of enzymes responsible for the break down of carbohydrates in nature. Here we showed that two GHs (in particular, two O-glucosaminyl glucosidases) can […]

A. Espargaró, S. Llabrés, S. J. Saupe, C. Curutchet, F. J. Luque, R. Sabaté.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59 (2020), 8104-8107. Congo red binds to amyloid fibrils with the long axis oblique to the fibril axis and the plane radial to the fibril core, following a cooperative mechanism characterized by the formation of a 1:1 stoichiometric complex. Amyloids […]

G. Vila-Julià, J. M. Granadino-Roldán, J. J. Perez , J. Rubio-Martinez.J. Chem. Inf. Model., 60 (2020) 1631-1643. Molecular determinants for the activation/inhibition of Bak protein on its active/inactive conformation by BH3 peptides. This work reports the results of a computational study aimed to understand the behaviour of the pro-apoptotic protein Bak, which belongs to the Bcl-2 family of […]

S. Gervasoni, A. Terzopoulou, C. Franco, A. Veciana, N. Pedrini, J. T. Burri, C. de Marco, E. C. Siringil, X‐Zh. Chen, B. J. Nelson, J. Puigmartí-Luis, S. Pané.Adv. Mater., 32 (2020) 2005652. Sugars are among the main sources of energy and structural building blocks for almost all forms of life. Because of their degradability, resorbability, and biocompatibility, sugars […]

R. Sibilo, I. Mannelli, R. Reigada, C. Manzo, M. A. Noyan, P. Mazumder, V. Pruneri.Anal. Chem., 92 (2020) 6795-6800. With the alarming rise of antimicrobial resistance, studies on bacteria−surface interactions are both relevant and timely. Scanning electron microscopy and colony forming unit counting are commonly used techniques but require sophisticated sample preparation and long incubation time. Here, […]

I. Khalakhan, L. Vega, M. Vorokhta, T. Skála, F. Viñes, Y. V. Yakovlev, K. M. Neyman, I. Matolínová.Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 264 (2020) 118476 Calculated equilibrium chemical ordering in 1:1 Pt:Ni nanocrystals containing 201 and 314 atoms. This combined experimental and computational modelling study provides new insights into the PtNi alloy surface chemistry under reactive environments. It […]