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Phase Transition of Lipid Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery
Lipid based nanoparticles effectively transport delicate molecules for therapeutic purposes, protecting them from degradation, increasing their stability in the blood circulation and allowing to convey and release the transported substances in specific areas of the body. The formulation of liposomes, cubosomes and hexosomes can be tuned to obtain pH- or temperature responsive nanoparticles. Understanding the response to such external stimuli is of paramount importance for the design and production of efficient drug delivery systems. 
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  • 13 Dec 2022
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Phase Equilibrium Studies of Nonferrous Smelting Slags
Pyrometallurgy is the primary technique for the production of many nonferrous metals such as copper, lead, and zinc. The phase equilibrium information of smelting slags plays an important role in the efficient extraction of metals and energy consumption. The experimental technologies used in phase equilibrium studies are compared. The presentation and applications of the pseudo-ternary and pseudo-binary phase diagrams are demonstrated in the Fe–Si–Ca–Zn–Mg–Al–Cu–S–O system. 
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  • 15 Mar 2024
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Phase Equilibrium Studies in the RE2O3-REF3-LiF System
The solubility of rare earth oxides in molten salt directly affects the selection of operational parameters in the electrolysis process. When the added amount of RE2O3 is less than its solubility, it leads to a decreased electrolytic efficiency. Conversely, an excessive amount of oxide is prone to settle at the bottom of the electrolytic cell, impeding smooth production. The RE2O3 solubility in the fluoride salt can be represented by the phase equilibrium of the RE2O3-REF3-LiF system. The isothermal lines in the primary phase field of rare earth oxide represent the solubility of the oxide in the fluoride salt at the corresponding temperature.
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  • 18 Mar 2024
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Phase Change Materials for Thermal Regulative Wood-Based Products
Wood is an excellent building material or component that has been used all over the world. The rise in energy consumption worldwide, particularly in the building sector, has led to the development of diverse methods to overcome this problem. Embedding phase change material, phase change material (PCM), into the wood has been researched as one of the most effective alternatives of controlling the thermal loads of wood, as it can store and release latent heat energy at a specific temperature range.
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  • 12 Oct 2022
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Phase Change Materials
The energy sector is one of the fields of interest for different nations around the world. Due to the current fossil fuel crisis, the scientific community develops new energy-saving experiences to address this concern. Buildings are one of the elements of higher energy consumption, so the generation of knowledge and technological development may offer solutions to this energy demand, which are more than welcome. Phase change materials (PCMs) included in building elements such as wall panels, blocks, panels or coatings, for heating and cooling applications have been shown, when heating, to increase the heat storage capacity by absorbing heat as latent heat.
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  • 29 Mar 2021
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Phase Behavior of Blend Materials
Blend materials refer to two or more polymers are formed by mixing together by physical or chemical methods, such as mixing block copolymers with block copolymers, block copolymers with homopolymers.
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  • 13 Sep 2021
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Pharmacology of LENART01, a Dermorphin–Ranatensin Hybrid Peptide
Diverse chemical and pharmacological strategies are currently being explored to minimize the unwanted side effects of currently used opioid analgesics while achieving effective pain relief. The use of multitarget ligands with activity at more than one receptor represents a promising therapeutic approach.
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  • 16 Apr 2024
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Pharmacological Properties Improvement by Engineering of Nisin
Nisin is a readily available and cheap lanthipeptide and thus serves as a good model in the search for the tools to engineer lantibiotics with improved pharmacological properties. There are basically two general means to obtain nisin analogs—protein engineering and chemical functionalization of this antibiotic. Although bioengineering techniques have been well developed and enable the creation of nisin mutants of variable structures and properties, they are lacking spectacular effects so far. Chemical modifications of nisin based on utilization of the reactivity of its free amino and carboxylic moieties, as well as reactivity of the double bonds of its dehydroamino acids, are in their infancy.
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  • 08 Sep 2023
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Pharmacological Applications of Piperidine Derivatives
Piperidine is a six-membered heterocycle including one nitrogen atom and five carbon atoms in the sp3-hybridized state. Piperidine-containing compounds represent one of the most important synthetic medicinal blocks for drugs construction, and their synthesis has long been widespread. It can be unequivocally stated that heterocyclic compounds play a significant part in the pharmaceutical industry, and one of the most common in their structure is the piperidine cycle. 
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  • 09 Feb 2023
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Pharmacological Activities of Diterpenoid Alkaloids
Diterpenoid alkaloids (DAs) are characteristic components of some genera of the Ranunculaceae family, the occurrence of which is extraordinarily high in the genera Aconitum, Delphinium, and Consolida. To affect the central nervous system, primarily, the drug should pass the blood–brain barrier (BBB). Transmembrane diffusion is the most common route of drugs to pass the BBB and, in contrast to the transport system, shows a non-saturable kinetic. Physiochemical features of the drug mainly determine the amounts of this passage. Molecular weight (400–600 Da is optimum), lipid solubility, molecular charge, and tertiary structure are the most important factors necessary for transmembrane diffusion through BBB. The diterpenic backbone of DAs provides their suitable lipid solubility, but the presence of tertiary nitrogen makes them different from normal diterpenoids. The tertiary nitrogen with the highest proton affinity in the molecule (in water) rearranges the electronic structure of DA by its protonation. Moreover, computational modeling showed that the function of nitrogen besides ester sidechains causes DAs to interact with the active sites as well as their toxicity.
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