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Dr Emanuel Schneck04/07/2023, 14:00
Introduction to colloid and interface science & its applications. Basic concepts. Van der Waals interactions, the electric double layer, and DLVO theory. Further interaction mechanisms (steric, depletion).
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Dr Julien Oberdisse04/07/2023, 16:00
Basic physics of polymers. Statistical properties of linear polymer chains, their conformation in space and its dependence on solvent properties and concentration. Each time, we will try to connect the relevant information to the one obtained by small-angle scattering experiments, like the radius of gyration, chain statistics, etc. Polymer solutions are not the only way to suspend chains, they...
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Dr Maria Reif05/07/2023, 09:00
Computer simulations are widely used in the natural sciences to get insight into the behaviour of molecular systems at a microscopie level. ln this lecture, we will introduce the basic principles of Monte Carlo (MC) and Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations based on a classical description of the energy of the system. We will get to know the basics of a molecu lar mechan ics force field, have a...
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Prof. Milena Corredig05/07/2023, 10:45
Food is characterized by corn plex h ierarch ical structures, i ntercon nected over multiple length scales. A mechanistic understanding requires soft matter studies using molecular as well as colloïdal soft matter tools. This lecture will bring some examples of how advanced physical techniques can help tackle important research questions, often using complementary methodologies.
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Alicia Vallet05/07/2023, 13:30
In this lecture, we will present the basics of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). Usable on solid as well as liquid samples, this polyvalent technique allows determining sample purity, structure of compounds, dynamics and molecular interaction at the atomic level. Used in many fields from biology to materials, as well as environment and food industries, NMR has the advantage of being...
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Prof. Anne-Laure Fameau06/07/2023, 09:00
ln this lecture, we will introduce the basics of liquid foams: from the formulation, the generation and the characterization methods. At the end, we will illustrate how liquid foams can be used for a wide range of applications, not only as food or cosmetic products, but also for surface decontamination and in medicine due to their unique properties (rheological properties and imbibition).
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Dr Guy Schoehn06/07/2023, 10:45
ln this lecture, we will present the basics of electron microscopy and its application to biology. The latest instrumental and software developments that have led to the resolution revolution will be discussed. This revolution will be illustrated with concrete examples from research carried out on the EPN campus. Cellular electron microscopy and the current developments (tomography and FIB/SEM...
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Nicolo Paracini, Dr Sylvain Prévost06/07/2023, 13:30
An introduction to scattering techniques focused on small angle scattering and reflectometry will be given. The students will learn what information can be obtained for soft matter, food science and biology systems.
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Amélie Pérot (LCMCP, Sorbonne Université)
In the last decades, 3D printing has emerged as a powerful technique to create personalized objects and is now considered as a leading technology in numerous sectors of industry1. Using this solid basis, 4D printing was more recently introduced. Here smart (composite) materials are used to print functional objects with on demand properties. In this way, custom-made time-programmable...
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Pierre Daniel (Sorbonne Université)
Understanding the cross-linking mechanisms of elastomer blends: Relationships between morphology, cross-linking and mechanical behaviour.
Pierre Daniel (a), Pierre Pubellier (b), Clément Robin (b), Valérie Gaucher (c), Grégory Stoclet (c), Cédric Lorthioir (a)
(a) Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire...
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Mr Giovanni Tizzanini (Chalmers University of Technology)
Most dietary fibres (DF) are polysaccharides that resist the hydrolytic digestive enzymes released in the human gastrointestinal tract (GIT). DF may, however, be fermented by our gut microbiota, a diverse and numerous group of microorganisms present in our large intestine. The gut microbiota and its fermentation products are vital in maintaining our overall health and well-being,...
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Alexandra Pierron (IMMM, , Institut des Molécules et des Matériaux du Mans, CNRS-UMR 6283, Le Mans, France)
In France, several hundred thousand cancers are reported every year. In particular, cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) are among the most frequent. 7 out of 10 patients are treated with radiotherapy. However, side effects can occur, including a major complication called mandibular osteoradionecrosis. This complication is characterized by soft tissue and bone necrosis and can lead...
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Qiang Zhang (LLB,CEA-Saclay)
Cellulose is the most available, renewable and biodegradable polymer used in applications ranging from traditional productions to new biomaterials. However, the limited solubility of cellulose in common solvents except for environmentally costly solvents hindered applications. Recently, some ionic liquids (ILs) were found able to dissolve cellulose. Together with other techniques, small angle...
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Lorenzo Metilli (CERMAV-CNRS)
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising materials to address critical issues such as petrochemical separation and gas separation, filtration, catalysis, sensing and energy storage[1]. Large-scale deployment of MOFs is however hampered by their crystalline powder state, which results in poor processability. Recently, the hybridization of MOFs with biopolymers has emerged as a greener,...
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Roberta Beccaria (Politecnico di Milano)
Benzisothiazolinones (BIT) belong to a remarkable class of organic compounds known for their biocidal activity. [1] For this reason, they are extensively used in different applications including the widely employed drug Ebsulfur and many commercial additives, from laundry detergents [2] to food packaging.[3]
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The deactivation mechanism of bacterial proteins begins with the nucleophilic attack... -
Emanuela MANGIACAPRE
Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) are promising eco-friendly media for many applications. They can be defined as low-freezing mixtures formed by a hydrogen bond donor (HBD) and a hydrogen bond acceptor (HBA) with melting point below the ideal mixture one.
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Among these, Choline Chloride (ChCl)-based DESs have attracted great interest owing to ChCl non-toxicity and low cost. However, their high... -
Njelama Sanga (Uppsala University)
The study of the fluorocarbon amphiphiles in aqueous media and their association with counterions is crucial for understanding their interactions under different conditions. This knowledge gained will be valuable in characterising these surfactants and finding ways to remove them from the environment. The micellar size and shape of fluorocarbon surfactants sodium perfluorooctanoate (NaPFO)...
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Ms Jialin SHE (Saint Gobain Recherche Paris, Institut Charles Sadron)
To alleviate negative impacts on the environment, polyelectrolyte complexes coacervate system (PCC), based on electrostatic interactions between two oppositely charged polyelectrolytes (PEs) in water, are suggested as an alternative of conventional chemically-linked resins. The reversibility of the interactions in coacervates via the addition of excess salt makes recovery at the end of their...
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Yubexi CORREA
High-density lipoproteins (HDL) are responsible for the removal of cholesterol from artery walls, thus providing atherosclerotic protection. Apolipoprotein AI (ApoA-I) is the major protein component in HDL. Different ApoA-I variants have been shown to influence the lipid binding capabilities of HDL, in regards to both the type and the amount of lipids bound. The variant carrying a substitution...
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Laura Conti (University of Florence)
In the past years, RNA delivery demonstrated its unique advantages over traditional biopharmaceutical and vaccine technology. However, to promote its application, RNA's inherent limitations must be overcome by designing delivery vectors able to protect the RNA cargo from the environment and to transport/release it in proximity to its biological target. Among such systems, lipid nanoparticles...
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Miriam Peña Figueroa (Materials Physics Center (MPC) )
Individual polymer chains endowed with appropriate functionality can be folded in dilute solution to nano-sized objects called single-chain nanoparticles (SCNPs) through a wide range of covalent or non-covalent interactions. The resulting nanoscale polymeric objects hold promise for several potential applications in nanomedicine, including the development of new biosensors of inflammatory...
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Thu Phuong LE
Single chain nanoparticles (SCNPs) are unimolecular polymer chains folded or collapsed via intra-molecular cross-linking under high dilution, leading to sparse conformations and a topological polydispersity similar to that of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). Currently, there is great interest in expanding this technology to biodegradable and biocompatible polymers, including proteins....
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Dr Pinchu Xavier (Post Doctoral Research Associate)
Pulmonary surfactants (PS) form a complex film at the alveolar surface of the lungs, consisting of phospholipids (80-90 %), neutral lipids such as cholesterol (8-10 %) and surfactant proteins (SP-B, SP-A) (5-10 %)1. It plays a major role in sustaining the breathing mechanics by the reduction of surface tension (~0 mN/m) to prevent the alveolar collapse during respiration cycles2. The...
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Paul Aguirre
Les cellules végétales sont connues pour leur importante résistance mécanique, étant notamment capables de résister à de fortes pressions osmotiques. Ces propriétés s'expliquent par la structuration des composants de leurs parois. L'objectif de cette thèse est d'assembler ces mêmes polysaccharides qui composent les parois des cellules végétales afin d'obtenir des objets de structure...
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Korin Ozkaya (Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), UMR CNRS 7574, Paris F-75005, France)
Microbial glycolipid bio surfactants, developed to replace petrochemical surfactants, are highly attractive amphiphilic compounds due to their pH-driven self-assembly properties1. The glycolipid GC18:1, which consists of a glucose group linked to a C18:1 fatty acid, is found to be in micellar phase above pH 7. It was previously reported that the micellar phase is precursor of fibrillar or...
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Balthazar Desbons
Balthazar DESBONS,1 Benjamin LE DROUMAGUET,1 Catherine AMIEL1, Alesya MIKHAILOVSKAYA1
1 Univ Paris Est Créteil, CNRS, ICMPE, UMR 7182, 2 Rue Henri Dunant, Thiais F-94320, France
Emulsions are complex and non-stable biphasic systems composed of droplets of one phase dispersed in another, the continuous one. They have been so far implemented in different industry sectors such as cosmetics,...
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Mr Manuel Gómez-Menéndez (MPC)
The use of ferroelectric polymers in data storage techniques is on the rise. These materials are particularly useful as they possess an inherent bistable, remnant polarization that can be repeatedly switched by an electric field. Consequently, ferroelectric polymers are increasingly being utilized in non-volatile organic memory devices such as ferroelectric capacitors [1].
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Ms Anh Nguyen (TU Dresden)
Organisms adjust the lipid composition of their cell membranes to adapt to their surroundings, but the mechanism behind this process is not well understood due to the complexity and specificity of the lipidome. Our research proposes using Mesoplasma florum as a model organism to study membrane lipidome remodeling. This simple organism can easily uptake lipids from different diets and modify...
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Moritz Muthwill (Department of Chemistry, University of Basel & NCCR-Molecular Systems Engineering,)
Solid-supported polymer membranes (SSPMs) are well-suited models to study physicochemical properties of self-assembled, polymeric membranes due to their accessibility to surface-sensitive techniques such as Quartz-Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation (QCM-D) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). Additionally, when equipped with functional moieties such as biomolecules (membrane proteins,...
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Dr Alexia Bistintzanos
Graphene oxide (GO) features high transparency in the visible range and high flexibility, while polydiacetylene (PDA) is a family of ene-yne conjugated polymers with a broad absorption band covering almost the entire visible region. The interaction between the electronic systems of the two materials can generate light-induced electron-hole pairs and enhance GO in-plane charge conductivity...
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Nikoo Ghanadan (UGA / ESRF)
Two-dimensional materials (2DM) are one or few atom thick crystals with high stability whose physical properties governed by extreme quantum confinement. One such material is hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) or "white Graphene" which is a wide-bandgap semiconductor that holds great promise for a wide range of applications, including batteries, supercapacitors, thermal management, drug delivery...
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Dr Sara CATALINI (Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università di Perugia)
Lysozyme has been widely investigated, as a convenient model protein, due to its ability to form amyloid fibrils in acidic conditions at high temperatures. Most of these studies, either those connected to the development of amyloidogenic diseases or to the formation of functional biomaterials have considered rather diluted samples, in which the lysozyme self-assembly lead to the formation of...
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Maria Rita Caruso (University of Palermo)
Synthetic polymers and solvents are dangerous for human health and the environment; therefore, nowadays scientific community highlights the use of reversible and non-toxic materials for green chemistry. Biopolymers, such as Chitosan, Pectin, Hydroxypropyl cellulose, and Keratin, are one of the alternative materials to be applied as non-toxic systems, low-cost, sustainable, and environmentally...
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Ms Akter Shahina (Uppsala University)
Peptide-based drugs are needed to treat cancer, diabetes, and irritable bowel syndrome. Peptide drugs are usually taken orally, however their size and hydrophilicity make them difficult to cross the intestinal epithelium, limiting oral bioavailability. Transient "permeability enhancer" (PE) fatty acid-based substances and peptides in the intestinal lumen can overcome the epithelial...
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Sandra Kalem
Janus particles are asymmetric nanoparticles with two faces of different compositions and features. This makes them relevant for applications as sensors, in two-color display panels, in catalysis or as emulsion stabilizers.1 Janus nanocylinders (JNR) are very difficult to prepare due to their nanometric dimensions and anisotropic character, but this simultaneously makes them very relevant for...
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Gokhan Ugur Atil (Aarhus University Department of Food Science)
The aim of this research project is the characterization of complexes and interactions between plant-based proteins and phospholipids. In order to modal this system, pea globulin and phosphatidylcholine (soy-based) are used as plant-based protein source and phospholipid source, respectively. Understanding this interaction enables the researchers and the industry to develop plant-based...
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Mrs Patricia Montes Rubio (Charles University)
pH-responsive polymers have enabled the development of novel materials with a wide range of applications in food science, biotechnology, pharmaceutics, catalysis, agriculture and other fields. These materials are based on electrostatic interactions of polyelectrolyte charged groups such as phosphate, carboxylate, sulfonate, ammonium or pyridinium. However, in weak polyions, the ionization...
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Ms Martina Maria Calvino (University of Palermo)
Clay nanoparticles are gaining attention due to their remarkable physical and chemical properties.
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On one hand, this work proposes a comprehensive analysis of water in nanoclays, investigating both platy and tubular clays, specifically halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) and kaolinite, highlighting the differences between them. In particular, NMR techniques were exploited: solid state, self-diffusion... -
Mr Yorick Post (University of Münster)
Janus nano plates, bowls and cups: Controlling size and curvature via terpolymer/homopolymer blending in 3D confinement
Suna Azhdari [1], Yorick Post [1], Manuel Trömer [1], Deniz Coban [1], Giada Quintieri [1], André H. Gröschel [1,2]
[1] Institute for Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstr. 28/30, 48149 Münster Germany
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Dr Hui Wang (FZJ, Germany)
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) play an important role in our daily life with a variety of important applicants. To this day, significant resources have been dedicated to the development of high-performance LIBs, particularly the research necessary to identify the optimum electrolyte materials to solve the safety issue. Up to this point polymer electrolytes are widely investigated for their...
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Ms Ainara Ruiz-Bardillo (MPC)
Single chain nanoparticles (SCNPs) are soft nano-objects formed by individual polymeric chains collapsed/folded via intra-chain interactions. In the last decade, a great variety of SCNPs with promising properties have been developed for a wide range of applications such as biomedicine or catalysis. Several synthetic pathways have been reported to prepare these SCNPs using polymers as...
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Dr Martina Redi (Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, Tor Vergata University )
Abstract
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An innovative and sustainable system for wet cleaning treatments has been developed by our group during the last years, based on the synergic application of poly(vinyl alcohol) PVA based chemical hydrogels and PVA shelled microbubbles (PVAMBs)[1,2]. PVA, is already widely used for biomedical applications, due to its biocompatibility and versatility and represents a further... -
Peter Medle Rupnik (J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
The recently discovered ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals (FENLC) are liquids, that exhibit both long-range orientational ordering of the elongated constituents and ordering of the constituents’ dipolar moments[1,2,3]. One important aspect of these materials is how external mechanical action affects their electric polarization structure. In the viscous regime, applied stress in FNLC will...
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Polona Aupič (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Caloric effects are reversible thermal changes under an applied external electric, magnetic, or mechanical field. The caloric response is expected to be largest near a phase transition where the corresponding order parameter can be manipulated by an external field. Materials with a large caloric response have a potential use in alternative cooling technology that could be more efficient and...
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Ludovic Gardré (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)
![DPPS Bilayer snapshot with its associated dielectric permittivity profile and detail of the DPPS molecule][1]
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Fig A. Snapshot of two lipid bilayers of dipalmitoylphosphatidylserine (DPPS, negatively charged in the head) in water (not shown) in presence of Na+ counter-ions. Red arrows show the attractive interaction between the bilayers.
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Mr Matthew Jones (University of Sheffield)
Scattering experiments are a powerful way to probe the evolution of the microstructure in heterogeneous materials, for example, immiscible polymer blends. In spinodal decomposition – the process of spontaneous demixing following a temperature or pressure change – information about the microstructure can be deduced from measurements of the scattering intensity (Higgins & Benoit, 1994). While...
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Lovasoa Rajaofara (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)
Nonlinear optics are powerful tools for structural investigation of liquids. In particular, surface second harmonic generation (SSHG) has been demonstrated to be able to probe the properties of liquids at molecular scale. In fact, second harmonic generation (SHG) signal generated at the liquid interface (e.g. air/water interface) contains information on the elements of the second order...
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Ms NAMRAH AZMI (NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
We aim to develop novel
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Pickering emulsions for Food
Applications using solid organic
particulate materials as stabilizers
which generally include edible
substances such as polysaccharide,
protein, or lipid particles. In this case,
stabilizers are made up of solid
particulates, generally protein
nanoparticles coming from Moringa
oleifera tree source, where Moringa oil
is the... -
Dr Carolina Hermida Merino (CINBIO, Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidade de Vigo )
Hybrid materials called bionanocomposites will be generated, formed from the mixture of biopolymers (fish gelatin) and metallic nanoparticles. These hybrid materials are generated using green methodologies and are promising candidates to provide materials through different processing methods, such as film casting, electrospinning [1], and 3D printing, with advanced applications such as drug...
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Dr Pamela Cinfrignini (Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, University of Firenze, Firenze ; European Lab. for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Firenze)
Hydrogels are soft materials formed by polymeric networks that can absorb significant amounts of water while remaining insoluble in water due to chemical or physical cross-linking. Over the past few decades, hydrogels have become a subject of growing research interest because of their unique properties, including their ability to swell, flexibility, biocompatibility, and non-toxicity. [1,2]...
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Gianluca Mazzotta (University of Fribourg)
The preparation of porous materials with hierarchical porosity is a challenging endeavor. However, such materials are extremely useful for a number of applications, including chromatographic separations, catalysis, membranes preparation and electrodes for batteries. Inorganic porous materials could be used also as skeletons for the preparation of composite materials with a complex...
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Ms Manmeet Kaur Sodhi (CEA/ESRF/UGA)
Chemical vapour deposition (CVD) of graphene on liquid metal catalysts has recently gained attention due to its uniform, homogeneous surface, which enables an efficient self-defect healing mechanism. This results in the growth of mono-crystalline single-layer graphene (SLG), enhanced mobility, reduced material and energy consumption, and catalyst reusability[1]. Theoretically, it should be...
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Jacques BLIN (ENS Lyon)
Dispersions of nanoparticles in adsorbing polymer solution, such as fumed silica colloids in a polyethylene oxide aqueous solution, display a shear thickening response associated with a sol-gel transition [1,2]. This shear-induced transition is governed by the particles' surface coverage by polymer chains and the balance of existing interactions between particle surfaces, solvent, and...
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Mr Lars Boyens-Thiele (Technical University of Denmark)
Plant protein sources provide a potential solution to fulfill the demand for nutritious proteins caused by the ever-increasing world population. In particular, rapeseed is an attractive protein source as it is already produced on a large scale for its oil content. The remaining seed storage proteins after the oil extraction are highly nutritious. However, rapeseed storage proteins are...
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Abdelkerim Hassan Hamid (LCP-A2MC)
In this work, we investigate experimentally the self-assembly of paramagnetic particles under time-varying magnetic field. More precisely, we study the dynamics of 2D aggregates formed from magnetic colloidal beads, with the aim of understanding the processes underlying their formation and evolution. This work has highlighted various aspects of the dynamics of the aggregates, in particular the...
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Tulika SHARMA
The self-assembly of amphiphilic copolymers comprising alternating hydrophobic and hydrophilic blocks has attracted considerable attention lately owing to their ability to form diverse nanostructures such as micelles, vesicles, and gels. This study focuses on the investigation of the phase behavior of in-house synthesized amphiphilic copolymers with alternating hydrophobic and hydrophilic...
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Hyun Jung Lee
Emulsion is a mixture of two or more immiscible liquids in which one is present as droplets. Non-aqueous emulsions have gained attention in recent years due to their ability to avoid reactivity with water. In particular, polymeric oil/oil (O/O) emulsions have potential applications in drug delivery, controlled release, encapsulation, self-healing systems, polymerization, energy storage, and...
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Navya Mary JOSE (Le Mans Université)
Water-in-water emulsions (W/W) are formed by mixing aqueous solutions of macromolecules which are immiscible. When shaken, they phase separate to form a dispersed phase consist majorly of one macromolecule in a continuous phase of another [1]. One of the main challenges in the application of w/w emulsions is their stability. Unlike oil in water emulsions, w/w emulsions cannot be stabilized by...
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Dr Ruifen Li
Albumins are small serum proteins soluble in water which are usually found in large amounts in the side stream extracts during plant protein isolation, which have been reported to have better functional properties than their globulin counterparts. In this study, we have investigated the internal structural dynamical behavior of albumins derived from pea protein by the use of small-angle X-ray...
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Ms Katarzyna Byś (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
Highly sulfated heparin-mimicking polyelectrolytes effectively act as anticoagulants with tailorable structure and tunable sulfation degree. This versatility has prompted the scope of their biomedical applications. However, the complex charge regulation of the polymer chain and the mechanisms controlling the structure of such polymers remain unclear.
Sodium...
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Ekaterina Garina (Department of Radiation Science and Technology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Due to health and environmental factors, the food industry is looking for ways to introduce meat alternatives made from plant-based proteins to consumer markets. High-moisture extrusion (HME) is the most widely used method for converting proteins and polysaccharides into a meat alternative with a highly hierarchical fibrous structural organization. However, the HME process is usually...
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Mr Luiz Fernando Rodrigues (Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo; Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory, National Center for Research in Energy and Materials)
Molecular chaperones are proteins with functions related to folding processes in the cell, such as correcting misfolding of client proteins, aggregation prevention and solubilization of aggregates. Human Hsp70-escort protein 1 (hHep1, or Zim17/TIM15/DNLZ) is a co-chaperone protein necessary for the activity of an essential chaperone in the cell: the mitochondrial Hsp70 (mtHsp70), which aids in...
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Firoz Malayil Kalathil
Mixtures of simple molecules may lead to complex systems with unforeseen properties of particular interest such as reactivity or solubility. This is the case of aqueous solutions of alcohol and oil, typically found in all kinds of liquors, cosmetics or solvents for liquid-liquid extraction.
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The archetypical case of this family is the ternary mixture of water, ethanol and octanol. Its phase... -
Julien BAULAND
At low volume fraction (typically ϕ ≤ 0.1), attractive suspensions form metastable structures called ”colloidal gels” [5]. Examples of colloidal gels can be found in our daily life, especially among cosmetic and food products. Their functional use often relies on their hybrid properties, halfway between an elastic solid and a viscous liquid. Understanding the complex relation between the...
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Mr Martin Screen (Durham University)
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is an emerging therapeutic modality with the potential to tackle disease-causing proteins previously deemed "undruggable" with conventional small molecules. In the 20 years since the conception of a proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC), a molecule capable of harnessing the ubiquitin-proteasome system to degrade a target protein, TPD has moved from academia...
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Ms Asna Vakeri
The complexation of oppositely charged macromolecular species such as proteins, polymers, and colloids through electrostatic attractions is an associative process found in both natural and synthetic systems. Depending upon the strength of interaction, the complexation proceeds through either liquid-liquid or liquid-solid phase separation leading to the formation of complex coacervates or a...
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Daniela Barragàn (University of Calabria)
Bioadhesion is the stable attachment of an organism to a surface due to natural macromolecules. This mechanism has attracted much attention recently due to the ongoing progress in the study of marine bioadhesives. This research work is focused on an adhesive protein from a flatworm of the Macrostomum genus, distributed in the intertidal zone. Its reversible adhesion to solid substrates in wet...
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Ms Clara B. Martins (University of Coimbra, Molecular Physical-Chemistry R&D Unit, Department of Chemistry, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal; University of Coimbra, Department of Life Sciences, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal)
The normal-to-cancer transition (NTC) is still a poorly understood process, known to be closely associated to cellular biomechanical properties. These are strongly dependent on the behaviour of water, which plays a key role in normal cellular activity and in maintaining the three-dimensional architecture of the tissue. In this study, quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) was used to probe...
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