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07
Jan 2025
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Geometric Effects on C-C Coupling of Aryl-Carbenes under 2D Confinement

Chem. Eur. J.: Joint publication RESOLV members Prof. K. Morgenstern and Prof. W. Sander. It is well established that the confinement of reactants to two dimensions influences their reactivity. However, such confinement is often dominated by charge transfer effects between the reactants and the confining walls, in particular if the walls are conductive. Also, the reactivity of carbenes on metal…

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18
Dec 2024
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Electrode potential transforms surfaces

JACS: Single-atom catalysts combine the advantages of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. Researchers led by Prof. K. Exner have now shown that such structures can also be formed electrochemically – independently and without noble metals. They are highly selective and can be easily separated from the reaction mixture.

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14
Dec 2024
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How sensitive are protein hydration shells to electrolyte concentration and protein composition?

Prot. Sci.: Joint publication RESOLV members Prof. P. Petersen and Dr. A. V. Verde. Proteins of obligate halophilic organisms have an unusually high number of acidic amino acids, thought to enable them to function in multimolar KCl environments. Clarifying the molecular scale mechanisms by which this occurs is relevant for biotechnology, to enable enzymatic synthesis of economically important…

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01
Dec 2024
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Regulated Proteolysis Induces Aberrant Phase Transition of Biomolecular Condensates into Aggregates: A Protective Role for the Chaperone Clusterin

J. Mol. Biol.: Joint publication RESOLV members Prof. J. Tatzelt and Prof. K. F. Winklhofer. Several proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases, such as the mammalian prion protein (PrP), undergo liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS), which led to the hypothesis that condensates represent precursors in the formation of neurotoxic protein aggregates. However, the mechanisms that trigger…

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28
Nov 2024
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Nuclear Quantum Effects in Liquid Water are Negligible for Structure but Significant for Dynamics

J. Phys. Chem. Lett.: Joint publication RESOLV members Prof. D. Marx and Prof. J. Behler. Isotopic substitution, which can be realized in both experiment and computer simulations, is a direct approach to assess the role of nuclear quantum effects on the structure and dynamics of matter. However, the impact of nuclear quantum effects on the structure of liquid water as probed in experiment by…

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26
Nov 2024
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How Catalysts Secretly Lose Their Stability

Adv. Sci.: Researchers, led by RESOLV PI Prof. K. Tschulik published their findings. Covalent organic framework compounds are more active as catalysts than one would expect. Researchers have now discovered why.

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21
Nov 2024
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Solvent-controlled chiral self-sorting in coordination cages

JACS: RESOLV Principal Investigators Prof. G. Clever and Prof. L. Schäfer and their teams were able to show that social chiral self-sorting of coordination cages was dependent on specific solvent interactions.

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19
Nov 2024
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Unraveling the hydration dynamics of ACC1–13K24 with ATP: From liquid to droplet to amyloid fibril

Biophys. J.: Joint publication RESOLV members Prof. M. Havenith and Prof. R. Winter. In order to achieve a comprehensive understanding of protein aggregation processes, an exploration of solvation dynamics, a key yet intricate component of biological phenomena, is mandatory. In the present study, we used Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and terahertz spectroscopy complemented by atomic…

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12
Nov 2024
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New Insights Into the Hydrogen Bonding of Hydrogen Sulphide

Nat. Commun.: Researchers, led by RESOLV Spokesperson Prof. Havenith, published astonishing insights about the hydrogen bonding of H2S. Water and the bad-smelling molecule hydrogen sulphide do not seem to have much in common at first sight. However, when investing a little energy, some differences disappear.

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16
Oct 2024
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Mechanism of Cobalt-Manganese Catalysts Deciphered

Adv. Energy Mater.: RUB researchers, including RESOLV scientists Prof. K. Tschulik and Prof. M. Muhler, published their results on mechanistic insights into how dynamic surface reconstruction and transformation affect the activity and stability of mixed CoMn cubic spinels toward the oxygen evolution reaction (OER).

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