Effects of microplastics on wastewater and sewage sludge treatment and their removal: a review

Z Zhang, Y Chen - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics are widely used and inevitably released into the environment, which can be
easily enriched in wastewater treatment plants. This review assesses their potential effects …

A guide to studying protein aggregation

JAJ Housmans, G Wu, J Schymkowitz… - The FEBS …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Disrupted protein folding or decreased protein stability can lead to the accumulation of
(partially) un‐or misfolded proteins, which ultimately cause the formation of protein …

New insights into nucleosome and chromatin structure: an ordered state or a disordered affair?

K Luger, ML Dechassa, DJ Tremethick - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2012 - nature.com
The compaction of genomic DNA into chromatin has profound implications for the regulation
of key processes such as transcription, replication and DNA repair. Nucleosomes, the …

Invited review article: High-speed flexure-guided nanopositioning: Mechanical design and control issues

YK Yong, SOR Moheimani, BJ Kenton… - Review of scientific …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Recent interest in high-speed scanning probe microscopy for high-throughput applications
including video-rate atomic force microscopy and probe-based nanofabrication has sparked …

High-speed atomic force microscopy for nano-visualization of dynamic biomolecular processes

T Ando, T Uchihashi, T Fukuma - Progress in Surface Science, 2008 - Elsevier
The atomic force microscope (AFM) has a unique capability of allowing the high-resolution
imaging of biological samples on substratum surfaces in physiological solutions. Recent …

High-speed atomic force microscopy coming of age

T Ando - Nanotechnology, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
High-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM) is now materialized. It allows direct
visualization of dynamic structural changes and dynamic processes of functioning biological …

[HTML][HTML] Filming biomolecular processes by high-speed atomic force microscopy

T Ando, T Uchihashi, S Scheuring - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
In the history of science and technology, researchers have always undertaken endeavors to
enhance the degree of “directness of measurement”. With “directness of measurement”, we …

Guide to video recording of structure dynamics and dynamic processes of proteins by high-speed atomic force microscopy

T Uchihashi, N Kodera, T Ando - nature protocols, 2012 - nature.com
High-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM) allows direct visualization of dynamic
structural changes and processes of functioning biological molecules in physiological …

[HTML][HTML] Microscopic techniques for the analysis of micro and nanostructures of biopolymers and their derivatives

A Venkateshaiah, VVT Padil, M Nagalakshmaiah… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Natural biopolymers, a class of materials extracted from renewable sources, is garnering
interest due to growing concerns over environmental safety; biopolymers have the …

Microscopic imaging techniques for molecular assemblies: electron, atomic force, and confocal microscopies

R Kubota, W Tanaka, I Hamachi - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly is promising for construction of a wide variety of supramolecular assemblies,
whose 1D/2D/3D structures are typically relevant to their functions. In-depth understanding …