Urea-aromatic interactions in biology

S Raghunathan, T Jaganade, UD Priyakumar - Biophysical Reviews, 2020 - Springer
Noncovalent interactions are key determinants in both chemical and biological processes.
Among such processes, the hydrophobic interactions play an eminent role in folding of …

Characterization of the local structure in liquid water by various order parameters

E Duboué-Dijon, D Laage - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2015 - ACS Publications
A wide range of geometric order parameters have been suggested to characterize the local
structure of liquid water and its tetrahedral arrangement, but their respective merits have …

Investigation of hydrogen bonded structure of urea-water mixtures through Infra-red spectroscopy and non-covalent interaction (NCI) theoretical approach

F Hammami, N Issaoui, S Nasr - Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
In the current work, an experimental and theoretical study is performed on the urea-water
mixtures by using non-covalent interactions (NCI) and reduced density gradient (RDG) …

Weighted persistent homology for osmolyte molecular aggregation and hydrogen-bonding network analysis

DV Anand, Z Meng, K Xia, Y Mu - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
It has long been observed that trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) and urea demonstrate
dramatically different properties in a protein folding process. Even with the enormous …

In Situ Observation of Chemically Induced Protein Denaturation at Solvated Interfaces

PN Nirmalraj, MD Rossell, W Dachraoui… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Proteins unfold in chaotropic salt solutions, a process that is difficult to observe at the single
protein level. The work presented here demonstrates that a liquid-based atomic force …

Electrochemical capacitor in aqueous electrolyte with long lifespan improved by hydrogen bond donor addition

S Azmi, A Klimek, E Frackowiak - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
In the electrochemical capacitors (ECs) operating with aqueous electrolytes, corrosion of the
current collector is one of critical issues that affects the cycling life, efficiency, and …

Water‐Assisted Programmable Assembly of Flexible and Self‐Standing Janus Membranes

Q Yi, M Qiu, X Sun, H Wu, Y Huang, H Xu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Janus membranes with asymmetric wettability have been considered cutting‐edge for
energy/environmental‐sustainable applications like water/fog harvester, breathable skin …

A simple and convenient choline oxidase inhibition based colorimetric biosensor for detection of organophosphorus class of pesticides

J Kaur, D Bandyopadhyay, PK Singh - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
A simple and cost-effective biosensor design is highly desirable for the detection of
organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) due to their increasing environmental concerns. Mostly …

Quantifying the relevance of long-range forces for crystal nucleation in water

R Zhao, Z Zou, JD Weeks, P Tiwary - Journal of Chemical Theory …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Understanding nucleation from aqueous solutions is of fundamental importance in a
multitude of fields, ranging from materials science to biophysics. The complex solvent …

Density relaxation and particle motion characteristics in a non-ionic deep eutectic solvent (acetamide+ urea): Time-resolved fluorescence measurements and all-atom …

A Das, S Das, R Biswas - The Journal of chemical physics, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Temperature dependent relaxation dynamics, particle motion characteristics, and
heterogeneity aspects of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) made of acetamide (CH 3 CONH 2) …