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Unexpected reversal of reactivity in organic functionalities when immobilized together in a metal–organic framework (MOF)

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00185G, Communication
Pricilla Matseketsa, Donovan Mafukidze, Lahiru Pothupitiya, Udo P. Otuonye, Yasemin Çimen Mutlu, Boris B. Averkiev, Tendai Gadzikwa
The reactivity of hydroxyl-bearing MOF linkers with isocyanates is influenced by their mutual confinement with amine-bearing linkers within the pores of the framework.
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Application of automated network generation for retrosynthetic planning of potential corrosion inhibitors

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,352-371
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00162H, Paper
Lauren M. Lopez, Quan Zhang, Orion Dollar, Jim Pfaendtner, Brent H. Shanks, Linda J. Broadbelt
This work uses automated network generation, specifically the Python-based tool Pickaxe, for retrosynthetic planning towards making potential corrosion inhibitors from a pool of candidate bioprivileged molecules.
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On the use of modelling antagonistic enzymes to aid in temporal programming of pH and PVA–borate gelation

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,372-381
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00138E, Paper
Open Access
Nadeem Bashir, Anna S. Leathard, Madeline McHugh, Imogen Hoffman, Fahima Shaon, Jorge A. Belgodere, Annette F. Taylor, John A. Pojman
A model was developed to help predict how enzymes can be used to temporally control the gelation of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) with borate.
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Tight-binding model describes frontier orbitals of non-fullerene acceptors

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,382-398
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00195D, Paper
Vishal Jindal, Michael J. Janik, Scott T. Milner
HOMO and LUMO of conjugated molecules as superposition of HOMO and LUMO of individual moieties.
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Mesoporous degradable chitosan-based monoliths: synthesis and applications toward water purification

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,399-408
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00180F, Paper
Jyoti Devi Katiyar, Subrata Chattopadhyay
A synthetic strategy is presented for the preparation of degradable chitosan based functional porous polymer monoliths with tunable surface area, which are capable to efficiently remove multiple pollutants from water.
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Designing biphenanthridine-based singlet fission materials using computational chemistry

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,423-435
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00181D, Paper
Keighlynn A. Veilleux, Georg Schreckenbach, David E. Herbert
A systematic search for novel singlet fission materials based on the recently synthesized 6,6'-biphenanthridine (biphe) framework is reported, utilizing a straightforward computational approach.
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Two-state nanocomposite based on symmetric diblock copolymer and planar nanoparticles: mesoscopic simulation

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,409-422
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00176H, Paper
Maxim Malyshev, Daria Guseva, Pavel Komarov
A method for controlling the distribution and orientation of 2D fillers in the copolymer matrix is presented.
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Augmentation of inductive effects through short range intramolecular hydrogen bonds for the improvement of cooperativity of trimeric rosettes

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,345-351
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00008K, Paper
Andre Nicolai Petelski, Tamara Bundrea, Nélida María Peruchena
Three key design elements improve the binding strength of trimeric rosettes: the direction of hydrogen bonds, the addition of groups with inductive effects, and the presence of ambifunctional intramolecular hydrogen bonds between the substituents.
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Effect of computationally designed fragment-based analogs on the RBD–ACE2 complex of the SARS-CoV-2 P.1 variant

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00193H, Paper
Surabhi Lata, Mohd. Akif
Modulation of the RBD–ACE2 complex formation and perturbation in their interface by the designed analogs.
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Engineering the interaction of short antimicrobial peptides with bacterial barriers

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00021H, Minireview
Open Access
Costanza Montis, Elisa Marelli, Francesco Valle, Francesca Baldelli Bombelli, Claudia Pigliacelli
Designing short antimicrobial peptides and tuning their interaction with bacterial barriers.
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The fabrication of the photothermal antibacterial platform for bacterial infectious skin wound healing: A review

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00010B, Review Article
Mei Han, Wenjing Sun, Yi Chen, Hongbin Li
Antibiotics are currently the main strategy to treat bacterial infections, but they can cause bacterial resistance, and it is urgent to solve this problem. The emergence of photothermal therapy provides...
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Tuning the photophysical properties of ESIPT active unsymmetrical azine dyes by the change in the substituent and solvent: TD-PBE0 and TD-CAM-B3LYP studies

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00039K, Paper
Hossein Roohi, Tahereh Pouryahya
The photophysical properties of the designed ESIPT active as well as donor–acceptor structured unsymmetrical azine dyes L1L5 were investigated at PBE0/6-31++G(d,p) and CAM-B3LYP/6-31++G(d,p) levels of theory in the gas phase and solvent media.
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Design and engineering of an artificial disulfide bond in human cytochrome c to regulate the protein structure and function

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00196B, Paper
Yan-Yan Li, Yu Feng, Lu Yu, Shuang-Shuang Long, Shu-Qin Gao, Ying-Wu Lin
An artificial disulfide bond was rationally constructed in human cytochrome c (hCyt c) via double mutations (A51C/G77C), which weakened the coordination of Met80 to the heme iron and enhanced the peroxidase activity of hCyt c.
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Hard carbon derived from Physalis alkekengi L. husks as a stable anode for sodium-ion batteries

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00007B, Paper
Open Access
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Liying Liu, Henry R. Tinker, Yusheng Wu, Jiaqi Lv, Laishi Li, Yingjiao Fang, Yuhan Wu, Yang Xu
Physalis alkekengi L. husk-derived hard carbon is firstly investigated as the anode of sodium-ion batteries and demonstrates the great possibility of practical application.
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Biobased copoly(acetal-triazole)s with tunable degradable properties

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00005F, Paper
Joseph C. Daniels, Guery Saenz, Colleen N. Scott
Enhanced degradation of acetal-containing polymers in environmental conditions.
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DNA nanostar structures with tunable auxetic properties

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00202K, Paper
Open Access
Yancheng Du, Ruixin Li, Anirudh S. Madhvacharyula, Alexander A. Swett, Jong Hyun Choi
A nanoscale metastructure with tunable auxetic properties is constructed with DNA origami. This DNA nanostar structure can reconfigure in two orientations that can lead to distinct negative Poisson's ratios.
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Pâtisserie santé Diabète

17,90 €

Sandrine Baumann-Hautin, Ariane Sultan
1re édition
octobre 2024
128 pages
Prendre soin de sa santé et se faire plaisir quand on souffre de diabète ou qu'on n'aime pas le sucre !
Livre
Nouveau
978-2-311-15103-9
Les conseils d'une médecin diabétologue et 30 recettes gourmandes conçues par une cheffe pâtissière
Disponible
Livre




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Infy rallies behind Padukone Academy




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A fruitful time for migrant labourers

The apple season in Himachal Pradesh spells good earnings for workers from India and Nepal




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She’s got a brand new bag

A Dimapur entrepreneur finds an alternative to plastic and generates employment as well




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Apples on the vine — for bountiful yield and income

Project Apple Unnati helps Uttarakhand farmers grow the fruit as a creeper




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Rural report card: Labour force participation rate




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A one-woman army that waged a battle for empathy

Alka Gujnal has ensured that destitute sex workers are treated with dignity




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Kanoh: A railway station that’s off the beaten track

Kanoh, on the world heritage site Kalka-Shimla Line in Himachal Pradesh, has no roads, only train tracks




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How Shimla saves water, drop by drop

The administration and water friends or jal sakhis ensure that conservation steps are implemented




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Crocheting to bring comfort to cancer survivors

A campaign by a practising gynaecologist is making a big difference to women being treated for breast cancer




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‘Lather is the best medicine’

A hygiene drive with ‘soap banks’ is helping school children in Bihar stay healthy




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Manipur shows the herbal way to health

Manipur’s rich plant wealth is a gift to mankind that needs to be nurtured with care, says biotech entrepreneur Rajkumar Kishor




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The healing touch in troubled times

How a hospital in rural Kashmir coped during the lockdown




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When parched fields bloomed with flow of water

An initiative to build groundwater reserves has turned farmers’ fortunes in Raigad district




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Back to the roots, literally

Going back to traditional foods could reduce malnutrition and promote livelihood options




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The ‘golden fleece’ of Kutch lends sheen to the lives of tribal women

Dheberia embroidery with sheep wool empowers the Rabari pastoral community




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Reaping a knowledge-enabled harvest

A joint project educating Uttar Pradesh farmers on sustainable agriculture practices has helped improve output




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Solutions for sustainability




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Where apron strings secure freedom from society’s curbs

An NGO makes aprons innovative tools to educate the young on reproductive health




b

Lo, behold the crater at Lonar!

A facelift is being given to a ‘geological gem’ in Maharashtra, a unique site ‘visited’ by a meteorite 50,000 years ago




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Where technology yields not microchips but sun-dried chips

The Women’s Technology Park in Salem is turning rural women into entrepreneurs, through sustainable schemes




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Women at the wheel: Azad Foundation’s ‘by women, for women’ cab service is driving change




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When children can be seen and heard

An intervention in Agra district gets children back to school




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To heal them, open their doors and bring them back to society

Those who have recovered from mental illness need to be mainstreamed




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Busy hands help fight the pandemic

SHGs and prisoners in Himachal Pradesh are stitching masks/PPEs, and making sanitisers




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On the margins, but the frequency is right

Though unrecognised, community radio is playing a key role in spreading awareness about Covid-19




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Meet the men behind India’s own Jurassic Park

Their passion as geologists helped them discover the remains of a very distant past




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Women collectives prove that self-help is the best help

SHGs in the villages of Uttar Pradesh offer food security during the ongoing Covid pandemic




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Hammered out by mechanisation

The hammers of the Barpeta bell-metal artisans are slowly getting silenced as machine-made products take over




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When the mask becomes the message...

as an accessory, a banner, even an easel




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With no stable income, their earnings have bolted

Covid-19 has meant no tourists or joy rides at the Ridge in Shimla, leaving horse owners in penury




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Back to bamboo and safety on stilts

Assamese villagers opt for traditional housing for protection against floods




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No ifs, just butts

A young entrepreneur turns cigarette waste into finished products




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A rainbow-tinged sanitation makeover

How transgender and women’s groups are managing septage treatment plants in Odisha