Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 307: Analysis of Factors Influencing the Transmembrane Voltage Induced in Filamentous Fungi by Pulsed Electric Fields Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7090307 Authors: Feng Zhu Xu Yin Hu This article studies the sterilization effects of high-voltage pulsed electric field (PEF) of technology on filamentous fungi. A cell dielectric model was proposed based on the physical structure of filamentous fungi. Basic theories of the electromagnetic...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 306: ITS rDNA Gene Analysis Versus MALDI-TOF MS For Identification of Neoscytalidium dimidiatum Isolated from Onychomycosis and Dermatomycosis Cases in Medellin (Colombia) Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7090306 Authors: Flórez-Muñoz Gómez-Velásquez Loaiza-Díaz Soares Santos Lima Mesa-Arango Within the Neoscytalidium genus, N. dimidiatum, N. oculus, N. orchidacearum, and N. novaehollandiae have been recognized. Although...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 305: Clinicopathologic Characteristics of Epstein–Barr Virus-Associated Gastric Cancer Over the Past Decade in Japan Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7090305 Authors: Yanagi Nishikawa Shimokuri Shuto Takagi Takagi Kobayashi Yamamoto Miura Yanai Suehiro Yamasaki Yoshiyama Sakaida : Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous human herpes virus, but related with several types of malignancies....
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 304: Accelerating the Biodegradation of High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Using Bjerkandera adusta TBB-03 and Lignocellulose Substrates Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7090304 Authors: Bo Ram Kang Soo Bin Kim Hyun A Song Tae Kwon Lee High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is a widely used organic polymer and an emerging pollutant, because it is very stable and nonbiodegradable. Several fungal species that produce delignifying enzymes are known...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 303: Identification and Toxigenic Potential of Fungi Isolated from Capsicum Peppers Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7090303 Authors: Gabriel Kojo Frimpong Adedotun Adeyinka Adekunle Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe Manoj Kumar Solanki Sudharsan Sadhasivam Edward Sionov Capsicum peppers are among the most popular horticultural crops produced and consumed worldwide. This study aimed to assess the occurrence of spoilage fungi responsible...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3182: Biomimetic Non-Heme Iron-Catalyzed Epoxidation of Challenging Terminal Alkenes Using Aqueous H2O2 as an Environmentally Friendly Oxidant Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173182 Authors: Fingerhut Vargas-Caporali Leyva-Ramírez Juaristi Tsogoeva Catalysis mediated by iron complexes is emerging as an eco-friendly and inexpensive option in comparison to traditional metal catalysis. The epoxidation of alkenes constitutes an attractive application...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3179: Finding High-Quality Metal Ion-Centric Regions Across the Worldwide Protein Data Bank Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173179 Authors: Sen Yao Hunter N.B. Moseley As the number of macromolecular structures in the worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB) continues to grow rapidly, more attention is being paid to the quality of its data, especially for use in aggregated structural and dynamics analyses. In this study, we systematically analyzed 3.5 Å...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3181: Structure-Based Pharmacophore Design and Virtual Screening for Novel Tubulin Inhibitors with Potential Anticancer Activity Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173181 Authors: Yunjiang Zhou Bin Di Miao-Miao Niu Tubulin inhibitors have been considered as potential drugs for cancer therapy. However, their drug resistance and serious side-effects are the main reasons for clinical treatment failure. Therefore, there is still an urgent need to develop effective...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3178: Preclinical Study of DNA-Recognized Peptide Compound Pyrrole-Imidazole Polyamide Targeting Human TGF-β1 Promoter for Progressive Renal Diseases in the Common Marmoset Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173178 Authors: Otsuki Fukuda Inoue Mineshige Otsuki Horikoshi Endo Abe Pyrrole-imidazole (PI) polyamides are novel gene silencers that strongly bind the promoter region of target genes in a sequence-specific manner to inhibit...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3180: Design, Synthesis and Molecular Docking Analysis of Flavonoid Derivatives as Potential Telomerase Inhibitors Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173180 Authors: Zhan-Fang Fan Sai-Tim Ho Rui Wen Ya Fu Lei Zhang Jian Wang Chun Hu Pang-Chui Shaw Yang Liu Mao-Sheng Cheng Based on the structural scaffolds of natural products, two series of flavonoid derivatives, for a total of twelve compounds, were designed and synthesized as potential...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3176: Customizable Ceramic Nanocomposites Using Carbon Nanotubes Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173176 Authors: Chinyere Okolo Rafaila Rafique Sadia Sagar Iqbal Tayyab Subhani Mohd Shahneel Saharudin Badekai Ramachandra Bhat Fawad Inam A novel tweakable nanocomposite was prepared by spark plasma sintering followed by systematic oxidation of carbon nanotube (CNT) molecules to produce alumina/carbon nanotube nanocomposites with surface porosities....
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3177: A Convenient Synthesis of Pentaporphyrins and Supramolecular Complexes with a Fulleropyrrolidine Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173177 Authors: Joana I. T. Costa Andreia S. F. Farinha Filipe A. Almeida Paz Augusto C. Tomé A simple and straightforward synthesis of diporphyrins and pentaporphyrins is reported here. The supramolecular interactions of the new porphyrin derivatives with C60 and PyC60 (a pyridyl [60]fulleropyrrolidine) were evaluated...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3174: The Effect of Flavonoid Aglycones on the CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2C8 and CYP2D6 Enzymes Activity Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173174 Authors: Mirza Bojić Martin Kondža Hrvoje Rimac Goran Benković Željan Maleš Cytochromes P450 are major metabolic enzymes involved in the biotransformation of xenobiotics. The majority of xenobiotics are metabolized in the liver, in which the highest levels of cytochromes P450 are expressed. Flavonoids are natural...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3175: DMPK is a New Candidate Mediator of Tumor Suppressor p53-Dependent Cell Death Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173175 Authors: Katsuhiko Itoh Takahiro Ebata Hiroaki Hirata Takeru Torii Wataru Sugimoto Keigo Onodera Wataru Nakajima Ikuno Uehara Daisuke Okuzaki Shota Yamauchi Yemima Budirahardja Takahito Nishikata Nobuyuki Tanaka Keiko Kawauchi Tumor suppressor p53 plays an integral role in DNA-damage induced apoptosis,...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3173: New Artificial Biomimetic Enzyme Analogues based on Iron(II/III) Schiff Base Complexes: An Effect of (Benz)imidazole Organic Moieties on Phenoxazinone Synthase and DNA Recognition Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173173 Authors: Bocian Szymańska Brykczyńska Kubicki Wałęsa-Chorab Roviello Fik-Jaskółka Gorczyński Patroniak Elucidation of the structure and function of biomolecules provides us knowledge that can be transferred...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3171: Spectroscopic Technique-Based Comparative Investigation on the Interaction of Theaflavins with Native and Glycated Human Serum Albumin Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173171 Authors: Jinhui Xu Mengyuan Wang Yizhe Zheng Lin Tang Theaflavin is a kind of multi-pharmacological and health beneficial black tea factor. The aim of this study is to investigate the mechanisms by which theaflavin interacts with glycosylated and non-glycosylated serum albumins...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3172: Determination of N-Carbamylglutamate in Feeds and Animal Products by High Performance Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173172 Authors: Yonghang Ma Zhengcheng Zeng Lingchang Kong Yuanxin Chen Pingli He N-carbamylglutamate (NCG), a synthetic analogue of N-acetylglutamate, is an activator of blood ammonia conversion and endogenous arginine synthesis. Here, we established an accurate quantitative...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3170: Suppressive Effects of Octyl Gallate on Streptococcus mutans Biofilm Formation, Acidogenicity, and Gene Expression Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173170 Authors: Vika Gabe Tomas Kacergius Saleh Abu-Lafi Mouhammad Zeidan Basheer Abu-Farich Donatas Austys Mahmud Masalha Anwar Rayan The accumulation of biofilm by Streptococcus mutans bacteria on hard tooth tissues leads to dental caries, which remains one of the most prevalent oral...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3168: Hybrids of Cinchona Alkaloids and Bile Acids as Antiparasitic Agents Against Trypanosoma cruzi Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173168 Authors: Daniel Musikant Aurélie Leverrier Diana Bernal Gabriel Ferri Jorge A. Palermo Martin M. Edreira The current chemotherapy of Chagas disease needs to be urgently improved. With this aim, a series of 16 hybrids of Cinchona alkaloids and bile acids were prepared by functionalization at position C-2...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3169: Insight into Improved Thermostability of Cold-Adapted Staphylococcal Lipase by Glycine to Cysteine Mutation Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173169 Authors: Jiivittha Veno Raja Noor Zaliha Raja Abd Rahman Malihe Masomian Mohd Shukuri Mohamad Ali Nor Hafizah Ahmad Kamarudin Thermostability remains one of the most desirable traits in many lipases. Numerous studies have revealed promising strategies to improve thermostability and random mutagenesis...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3167: Diminished Prolinemia in Chronic Chagasic Patients: A New Clue for Disease Pathology? Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173167 Authors: Rocha Pérez Beloscar Bottasso Silber Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease, is dependent on proline for a variety of processes, such as energy metabolism, host cell invasion, differentiation, and resistance to osmotic, metabolic, and oxidative stress. On this basis, we investigated...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3166: Does Oxygen Feature Chalcogen Bonding? Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173166 Authors: Pradeep R. Varadwaj Using the second-order Møller–Plesset perturbation theory (MP2), together with Dunning’s all-electron correlation consistent basis set aug-cc-pVTZ, we show that the covalently bound oxygen atom present in a series of 21 prototypical monomer molecules examined does conceive a positive (or a negative) σ-hole....
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3164: Involvement of CB2 Receptors in the Neurobehavioral Effects of Catha Edulis (Vahl) Endl. (Khat) in Mice Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173164 Authors: Berhanu Geresu Ana Canseco-Alba Branden Sanabria Zhicheng Lin Qing-Rong Liu Emmanuel S. Onaivi Ephrem Engidawork There is behavioral evidence for the interaction between crude khat extract and the endocannabinoid system, whereby the endocannabinoid system alters khat extract-mediated...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3165: Sesquiterpene Lactones and Flavonoids from Psephellus pyrrhoblepharus with Antiproliferative Activity on Human Gynecological Cancer Cell Lines Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173165 Authors: Pelin Tastan Zsuzsanna Hajdú Norbert Kúsz István Zupkó Izabella Sinka Bijen Kivcak Judit Hohmann Multistep chromatographic separations of the chloroform extract of the Turkish endemic plant Psephellus pyrrhoblepharus (Boiss.) Wagenitz (syn. Centaurea...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3160: Characterization and Hemostatic Potential of Two Kaolins from Southern China Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173160 Authors: Changjiao Gan Hongjie Hu Zhiyun Meng Xiaoxia Zhu Ruolan Gu Zhuona Wu Hongliang Wang Donggen Wang Hui Gan Jinglin Wang Guifang Dou The physicochemical properties and potential hemostatic application of Wenchang kaolin and Maoming kaolin were inspected and evaluated. Chemical composition analysis, Fourier...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3163: The Chemistry behind Chocolate Production Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173163 Authors: Veronika Barišić Mirela Kopjar Antun Jozinović Ivana Flanjak Đurđica Ačkar Borislav Miličević Drago Šubarić Stela Jokić Jurislav Babić Chocolate production is a complex process during which numerous chemical reactions occur. The most important processes, involving most of the reactions important for development of the proper chocolate flavor,...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3161: LC-MS Analysis of Serum for the Metabolomic Investigation of the Effects of Pulchinenoside b4 Administration in Monosodium Urate Crystal-Induced Gouty Arthritis Rat Model Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173161 Authors: Shang Lyu Ruowen Ding Peng Liu Hui OuYang Yulin Feng Yi Rao Shilin Yang Gouty arthritis (GA) is commonly caused by deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals within the joint capsule, bursa, cartilage, bone, or other...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3162: Valorization of Carob Fruit Residues for the Preparation of Novel Bi-Functional Polyphenolic Coating for Food Packaging Applications Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24173162 Authors: Vlasios Goulas Loukas Hadjivasileiou Alexandra Primikyri Christodoulos Michael George Botsaris Andreas G. Tzakos Ioannis P. Gerothanassis The food industry has become interested in the development of innovative biomaterials with antioxidant and antimicrobial...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1244: Production of SnS2 Nanostructure as Improved Light-Assisted Electrochemical Water Splitting Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9091244 Authors: Haizeng Song Han Wu Yuan Gao Ka Wang Xin Su Shancheng Yan Yi Shi Tin disulfide (SnS2) has gained a lot of interest in the field of converting solar energy into chemical fuels in light-assisted electrochemical water splitting due to its visible-light band gap and high electronic mobility. However,...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1243: Colloidal Self-Assembly of Inorganic Nanocrystals into Superlattice Thin-Films and Multiscale Nanostructures Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9091243 Authors: Hongseok Yun Taejong Paik The self-assembly of colloidal inorganic nanocrystals (NCs) offers tremendous potential for the design of solution-processed multi-functional inorganic thin-films or nanostructures. To date, the self-assembly of various inorganic NCs, such as plasmonic metal, metal oxide,...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1242: Micro-Nano Carbon Structures with Platelet, Glassy and Tube-Like Morphologies Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9091242 Authors: Liu Huang Xiong Wang Chen Li Liu Zhang Carbon source precursors for high-grade, clean, and low-carbon refractories were obtained by in situ exfoliation of flake graphite (FG) and phenol–formaldehyde resin (PF) composites with three-roll milling (TRM) for the fabrication of graphite nanoplatelets....
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1241: Enhanced Light Extraction from Bottom Emission OLEDs by High Refractive Index Nanoparticle Scattering Layer Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9091241 Authors: Park Choi High refractive index nanoparticle material was applied as a scattering layer on the inner side of a glass substrate of a bottom emission organic light emitting diode (OLED) device to enhance light extraction and to improve angular color shift. TiO2 and YSZ (Yttria Stabilized Zirconia;...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1239: Carbon Nanotube-Quicklime Nanocomposites Prepared Using a Nickel Catalyst Supported on Calcium Oxide Derived from Carbonate Stones Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9091239 Authors: Ruzanna Ibrahim Mohd Zobir Hussein Nor Azah Yusof Fatimah Abu Bakar Carbon nanotube-quicklime nanocomposites (CQNs) have been synthesized via the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of n-hexane using a nickel metal catalyst supported on calcined carbonate stones at temperatures...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1240: Influence of Solvent Evaporation Technique Parameters on Diameter of Submicron Lamivudine-Poly-ε-Caprolactone Conjugate Particles Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9091240 Authors: Tomasz Urbaniak Witold Musiał The size of active pharmaceutical ingredient carrier is one of the key properties considered during design of submicron drug delivery systems. Particle diameter may determine drug biodistribution, cellular uptake, and elimination path. Solvent...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1238: Synthesis of Poly-Sodium-Acrylate (PSA)-Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles for Use in Forward Osmosis Draw Solutions Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9091238 Authors: Irena Ban Sabina Markuš Sašo Gyergyek Miha Drofenik Jasmina Korenak Claus Helix-Nielsen Irena Petrinić The synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) coated with hydrophilic poly-sodium-acrylate (PSA) ligands was studied to assess PSA-MNP complexes as draw solution (DS) solutes...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1237: Influence of Femtosecond Laser Surface Nanotexturing on the Friction Behavior of Silicon Sliding Against PTFE Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9091237 Authors: Alves-Lopes Almeida Oliveira Vilar The aim of the present work was to investigate the influence of laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) produced by femtosecond laser on the friction behavior of silicon sliding on polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) in unlubricated conditions....
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1236: SERS Sensing Properties of New Graphene/Gold Nanocomposite Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9091236 Authors: Giulia Neri Enza Fazio Placido Giuseppe Mineo Angela Scala Anna Piperno The development of graphene (G) substrates without damage on the sp2 network allows to tune the interactions with plasmonic noble metal surfaces to finally enhance surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) effect. Here, we describe a new graphene/gold nanocomposite...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1233: In Vitro Analysis of the Effects of ITER-Like Tungsten Nanoparticles: Cytotoxicity and Epigenotoxicity in BEAS-2B Cells Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9091233 Authors: Chiara Uboldi Marcos Sanles Sobrido Elodie Bernard Virginie Tassistro Nathalie Herlin-Boime Dominique Vrel Sébastien Garcia-Argote Stéphane Roche Fréderique Magdinier Gheorghe Dinescu Véronique Malard Laurence Lebaron-Jacobs Jerome Rose Bernard Rousseau...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1234: Terbium Functionalized Schizochytrium-Derived Carbon Dots for Ratiometric Fluorescence Determination of the Anthrax Biomarker Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9091234 Authors: Lina Zhang Zhanwei Wang Jingbo Zhang Changliang Shi Xiaoli Sun Dan Zhao Baozhong Liu Efficient and instant detection of biological threat-agent anthrax is highly desired in the fields of medical care and anti-terrorism. Herein, a new ratiometric fluorescence (FL)...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1232: Alkali Hydrolysis of Sulfated Cellulose Nanocrystals: Optimization of Reaction Conditions and Tailored Surface Charge Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9091232 Authors: Jacobs H. Jordan Michael W. Easson Brian D. Condon Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are a biorenewable resource, which may be chemically modified to impart specific properties. Modified CNCs have found use in imaging applications, as rheology modifiers, polymer reinforcements, barrier...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1235: Lightning-Rod Effect of Plasmonic Field Enhancement on Hydrogen-Absorbing Transition Metals Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9091235 Authors: Norihiko Fukuoka Katsuaki Tanabe The plasmonic enhancement of electromagnetic field energy density at the sharp tips of nanoparticles or nanoscale surface roughnesses of hydrogen-absorbing transition metals, Pd, Ti, and Ni, is quantitatively investigated. A large degree of energy focusing is observed for these...
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