An overview of technologies for immobilization of enzymes and surface analysis techniques for immobilized enzymes

NR Mohamad, NHC Marzuki, NA Buang… - Biotechnology & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The current demands of sustainable green methodologies have increased the use of
enzymatic technology in industrial processes. Employment of enzyme as biocatalysts offers …

Using petroleum inclusions to trace petroleum systems–A review

H Volk, SC George - Organic Geochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Petroleum-bearing fluid inclusions are small encapsulations of oil and gas that offer an
invaluable opportunity to better constrain the evolution of petroleum systems. Insights into …

Bitterfeld amber is not Baltic amber: Three geochemical tests and further constraints on the botanical affinities of succinite

AP Wolfe, RC McKellar, R Tappert, RNS Sodhi… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2016 - Elsevier
Baltic and Bitterfeld ambers are important deposits of polymerized conifer resin that are
widely recognized for their exquisite fossil inclusions, especially insects. Because of over …

Skin pigmentation provides evidence of convergent melanism in extinct marine reptiles

J Lindgren, P Sjövall, RM Carney, P Uvdal, JA Gren… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Throughout the animal kingdom, adaptive colouration serves critical functions ranging from
inconspicuous camouflage to ostentatious sexual display, and can provide important …

Molecular preservation of the pigment melanin in fossil melanosomes

J Lindgren, P Uvdal, P Sjövall, DE Nilsson… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Fossil feathers, hairs and eyes are regularly preserved as carbonized traces comprised of
masses of micrometre-sized bodies that are spherical, oblate or elongate in shape. For a …

Analysis of colorectal adenocarcinoma tissue by desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometric imaging

S Gerbig, O Golf, J Balog, J Denes, Z Baranyai… - Analytical and …, 2012 - Springer
Negative ion desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) was used for the analysis of an ex
vivo tissue sample set comprising primary colorectal adenocarcinoma samples and …

Microbially mediated fossil concretions and their characterization by the latest methodologies: A review

NK Dhami, PF Greenwood, SF Poropat… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The study of well-preserved organic matter (OM) within mineral concretions has provided
key insights into depositional and environmental conditions in deep time. Concretions of …

Reconstructing vertebrate paleocolor

J Vinther - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Melanin and other pigments are now well known to be important in exceptional preservation
of soft tissues in vertebrates and other animals. Because pigments confer coloration and …

Post-glacial microbialite formation in coral reefs of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans

K Heindel, D Birgel, B Brunner, V Thiel, H Westphal… - Chemical …, 2012 - Elsevier
The occurrence of microbialites in post-glacial coral reefs has been interpreted to reflect an
ecosystem response to environmental change. The greater thickness of microbialites in …

Applications of surface analytical techniques in Earth Sciences

G Qian, Y Li, AR Gerson - Surface Science Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
This review covers a wide range of surface analytical techniques: X-ray photoelectron
spectroscopy (XPS), scanning photoelectron microscopy (SPEM), photoemission electron …