Search Results - "Prates Ramalho, J P"
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Fluorescence of nitrobenzoxadiazole (NBD)-labeled lipids in model membranes is connected not to lipid mobility but to probe location
Published in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP (14-03-2016)“…Nitrobenzoxadiazole (NBD)-labeled lipids are popular fluorescent membrane probes. However, the understanding of important aspects of the photophysics of NBD…”
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NBD-Labeled Cholesterol Analogues in Phospholipid Bilayers: Insights from Molecular Dynamics
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (07-11-2013)“…Nitrobenzoxadiazole (NBD)-labeled sterols are commonly used as fluorescent cholesterol analogues in membrane biophysics. However, some experimental reports…”
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Recent developments in molecular dynamics simulations of fluorescent membrane probes
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (27-06-2011)“…Due to their sensitivity and versatility, the use of fluorescence techniques in membrane biophysics is widespread. Because membrane lipids are non-fluorescent,…”
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Behavior of Fluorescent Cholesterol Analogues Dehydroergosterol and Cholestatrienol in Lipid Bilayers: A Molecular Dynamics Study
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (16-05-2013)“…Molecular dynamics simulations of bilayer systems consisting of varying proportions of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC), cholesterol…”
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Structure and Phase Transformations of DPPC Lipid Bilayers in the Presence of Nanoparticles: Insights from Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Published in Langmuir (05-04-2011)“…In this article, we investigate fluid−gel transformations of a DPPC lipid bilayer in the presence of nanoparticles, using coarse-grained molecular dynamics…”
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Benzo[c]thiophene Chromophores Linked to Cationic Fe and Ru Derivatives for NLO Materials: Synthesis Characterization and Quadratic Hyperpolarizabilities
Published in European journal of inorganic chemistry (01-07-2013)“…η5‐Monocyclopentadienyliron(II)/ruthenium(II) complexes of the general formula [M(η5‐C5H5)(PP)(L1)][PF6] {M = Fe, PP = dppe; M = Ru, PP = dppe or 2PPh3; L1 =…”
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Mechanisms of removal of three widespread pharmaceuticals by two clay materials
Published in Journal of hazardous materials (05-02-2017)“…•LECA efficiently removes gemfibrozil, mefenamic acid and naproxen from water.•Vermiculite has faster adsorption kinetics than LECA (non-stirring…”
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Behaviour of NBD-head group labelled phosphatidylethanolamines in POPC bilayers: a molecular dynamics study
Published in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP (21-08-2015)“…A complete homologous series of fluorescent phosphatidylethanolamines (diCnPE), labelled at the head group with a 7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazo-4-yl(NBD)…”
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Influence of the sterol aliphatic side chain on membrane properties: a molecular dynamics study
Published in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP (01-01-2015)“…Following a recent experimental investigation of the effect of the length of the alkyl side chain in a series of cholesterol analogues (Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.,…”
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A DFT study on the adsorption of benzodiazepines to vermiculite surfaces
Published in Journal of molecular modeling (01-07-2014)“…Widespread use of pharmaceuticals such as benzodiazepines has been resulting over the last decades in the dissemination of residues of these compounds in the…”
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T-20 and T-1249 HIV fusion inhibitors' structure and conformation in solution: a molecular dynamics study
Published in Journal of peptide science (01-04-2008)“…Fusion of the HIV envelope with the target cell membrane is a critical step of the HIV entry into the target cell. Several peptides based on the C‐region of…”
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Excess Thermodynamic Properties of Mixtures Involving Xenon and Light Alkanes: A Study of Their Temperature Dependence by Computer Simulation
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (18-08-2011)“…As a natural extension of a previous work, excess molar enthalpies and excess molar volumes as a function of composition in a wide range of temperatures have…”
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Switchable Nonlinear Optical Properties of η5‑Monocyclopentadienylmetal Complexes: A DFT Approach
Published in Journal of chemical information and modeling (27-08-2012)“…Density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been carried out to investigate the switching of the second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of…”
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Adsorption of Normal Pentane on the Surface of Rutile. Experimental Results and Simulations
Published in Langmuir (03-07-2007)“…Adsorption isotherms and differential heats of normal pentane adsorption on microcrystalline rutile were measured at 303 K. The heat of adsorption of n-pentane…”
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Simulation study of argon adsorption on (0 0 1) faces of phyllosilicates
Published in Applied surface science (30-04-2007)“…Grand Canonical Monte Carlo molecular simulations have been performed for argon and nitrogen adsorption on the basal surfaces of phyllosilicates without…”
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Diphenylhexatriene membrane probes DPH and TMA-DPH: A comparative molecular dynamics simulation study
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (01-11-2016)“…Fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy have been utilized as tools in membrane biophysics for decades now. Because phospholipids are non-fluorescent, the use…”
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Mono(η5‑cyclopentadienyl)metal(II) Complexes with Thienyl Acetylide Chromophores: Synthesis, Electrochemical Studies, and First Hyperpolarizabilities
Published in Organometallics (22-09-2014)“…A series of mono(η5-cyclopentadienyl)metal(II) complexes with nitro-substituted thienyl acetylide ligands of general formula [M(η5-C5H5)(L)(CC{C4H2S} n NO2)]…”
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Effects of fluorescent probe NBD-PC on the structure, dynamics and phase transition of DPPC. A molecular dynamics and differential scanning calorimetry study
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (01-02-2008)“…We present a combined theoretical (molecular dynamics, MD) and experimental (differential scanning calorimetry, DSC) study of the effect of…”
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Chiral monooxazolines as modular copper(I)-heterocomplex building blocks: investigations on the catalytic asymmetric cyclopropanation of alkenes
Published in Tetrahedron (24-06-2011)“…Novel chiral monodentate oxazoline ligands have been synthesized in good yields. The catalytic activity of these monodentate oxazoline/Cu catalysts was…”
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Adsorption of Xe atoms on the TiO2(1 1 0) surface: A density functional study
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