Enabling selective zinc-ion intercalation by a eutectic electrolyte for practical anodeless zinc batteries

C Li, R Kingsbury, AS Thind, A Shyamsunder… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Two major challenges hinder the advance of aqueous zinc metal batteries for sustainable
stationary storage:(1) achieving predominant Zn-ion (de) intercalation at the oxide cathode …

Tailoring water structure with high-tetrahedral-entropy for antifreezing electrolytes and energy storage at− 80° C

M Qiu, P Sun, K Han, Z Pang, J Du, J Li, J Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
One of unsolved puzzles about water lies in how ion-water interplay affects its freezing point.
Here, we report the direct link between tetrahedral entropy and the freezing behavior of …

Systematic comparison of the structural and dynamic properties of commonly used water models for molecular dynamics simulations

SP Kadaoluwa Pathirannahalage… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Water is a unique solvent that is ubiquitous in biology and present in a variety of solutions,
mixtures, and materials settings. It therefore forms the basis for all molecular dynamics …

Parameterization of monovalent ions for the OPC3, OPC, TIP3P-FB, and TIP4P-FB water models

A Sengupta, Z Li, LF Song, P Li… - Journal of chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Monovalent ions play significant roles in various biological and material systems. Recently,
four new water models (OPC3, OPC, TIP3P-FB, and TIP4P-FB), with significantly improved …

Deep structural insights into RNA‐binding disordered protein regions

A Zeke, E Schad, T Horvath… - Wiley …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent efforts to identify RNA binding proteins in various organisms and cellular contexts
have yielded a large collection of proteins that are capable of RNA binding in the absence of …

Establishing the catalytic and regulatory mechanism of RNA‐based machineries

J Borišek, J Aupič, A Magistrato - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ribonucleoprotein (RNP)‐machineries are comprised of intricate networks of long
noncoding RNAs and proteins that allow them to actively participate in transcription, RNA …

Excluding the trouble from interfacial water by covalent organic polymer to realize extremely reversible Zn anode

X Ni, J Zhou, H Ji, Y Chen, H Yu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The side reactions related to water are the major issue hindering practical application of Zn
metal batteries. To exclude the trouble from interfacial water, a covalent organic polymer …

Simulating metal-imidazole complexes

Z Li, S Bhowmik, L Sagresti, G Brancato… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
One commonly observed binding motif in metalloproteins involves the interaction between a
metal ion and histidine's imidazole side chains. Although previous imidazole-M (II) …

Bat2: an open-source tool for flexible, automated, and low cost absolute binding free energy calculations

G Heinzelmann, DJ Huggins… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Absolute binding free energy (ABFE) calculations with all-atom molecular dynamics (MD)
have the potential to greatly reduce costs in the first stages of drug discovery. Here, we …

Parametrization of trivalent and tetravalent metal ions for the OPC3, OPC, TIP3P-FB, and TIP4P-FB water models

Z Li, LF Song, P Li, KM Merz Jr - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Commonly seen in rare-earth chemistry and materials science, highly charged metal ions
play key roles in many chemical processes. Computer simulations have become an …