QF-Artigos: Recent submissions
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New insights on the mechanism of polyethylenimine transfection and their implications on gene therapy and DNA vaccines
(Elsevier, 2022)Polyethylenimine (PEI) has been demonstrated as an efficient DNA delivery vehicle both in vitro and in vivo. There is a consensus that PEI-DNA complexes enter the cells by endocytosis and escape from endosomes by the ... -
Exploiting the potential of supported magnetic nanomaterials as Fenton-Like catalysts for environmental applications
(MDPI, 2021)In recent years, the application of magnetic nanoparticles as alternative catalysts to conventional Fenton processes has been investigated for the removal of emerging pollutants in wastewater. While this type of catalyst ... -
A surfactant concentration model for the systematic determination of the critical micellar concentration and the transition width
(MDPI, 2021)The critical micellar concentration (cmc) is a fundamental property of surfactant solutions. Many proposed methods for the definition and determination of the cmc from property-concentration plots yield values, which depend ... -
Spectroscopic characterization of mitochondrial G-quadruplexes
(MDPI, 2022)Guanine quadruplexes (G4s) are highly polymorphic four-stranded structures formed within guanine-rich DNA and RNA sequences that play a crucial role in biological processes. The recent discovery of the first G4 structures ... -
From Oligo(Phenyleneethynylene) Monomers to Supramolecular Helices: The Role of Intermolecular Interactions in Aggregation
(MDPI, 2021)Supramolecular helices that arise from the self-assembly of small organic molecules via non-covalent interactions play an important role in the structure and properties of the corresponding materials. Here we study the ...