Enhanced Yield and Gentle Purification of HIV for Cryo-Electron Tomography Analysis of Virion Maturation.

HIV is a lentivirus characterized by the formation of its mature core. Visualization and structural examination of HIV requires purification of virions to high concentrations. The yield and integrity of these virions are crucial for ensuring a uniform representation of all viral particles in subsequent analyses.

Strategically Designed Pd-Induced Changes in Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Oxygen Evolution Reaction Performances of Electrochemical Water Oxidation by the Galvanically Synthesized MoO/MoO Composite Thin Film.

Electrochemical water oxidation is believed to be an effective pathway to produce clean, carbon-free, and environmentally sustainable green energy. In this work, we report a simple, easy-to-construct, facile, low-cost, and single-step galvanic technique to synthesize a Pd-supported temperature-assisted MoO thin film nanocomposite for effective water oxidation. The most suitable nanocomposite exhibits very low overpotential at 10 mA/cm with smaller Tafel slope values for both hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) processes in an alkaline medium.

β-BiO-BiWO Nanocomposite Ornated with -Tetraphenylporphyrin: Interfacial Electrochemistry and Photoresponsive Detection of Nanomolar Hexavalent Cr.

Hexavalent chromium exposure via inhalation, ingestion, or both has been proven to adversely affect internal organs, induce toxic effects, cause allergies, and contribute to the development of cancer. It requires a substantial and challenging effort to detect several heavy metal ions conveniently, sensitively, and reliably by using materials that are easy to synthesize and have a high yield. The impact of light on the electrocatalytic oxidation/reduction process proves an environmentally friendly methodology with numerous applications in pollution control.

Strategic Synthesis of Heptacoordinated Fe Bifunctional Complexes for Efficient Water Electrolysis.

In this research, highly efficient heterogeneous bifunctional (BF) electrocatalysts (ECs) have been strategically designed by Fe coordination (C ) complexes, [Fe L (H O) Cl ] (C1) and [Fe L (H O) (SO )].2(CH O) (C2) where the high seven C number synergistically modifies the electronic environment of the Fe centre for facilitation of H O electrolysis. The electronic status of Fe and its adjacent atomic sites have been further modified by the replacement of -Cl in C1 by -SO in C2.

Correction: Highly active spherical amorphous MoS: facile synthesis and application in photocatalytic degradation of rose bengal dye and hydrogenation of nitroarenes.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1039/C5RA19442C.].