Publications by authors named "J M Marroquin de la Garza"
Article Synopsis
- Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are important materials used in various applications like catalysis and gas storage, but their open metal sites often get blocked by solvent molecules, requiring activation to use them effectively.
- Traditional activation methods use high temperatures, which can damage the MOFs, but a new 'gas-flow activation' technique employing inert gases at lower temperatures preserves their structure while effectively removing these solvent molecules.
- This study shows that this method not only works well with a specific MOF (HKUST-1) but is also applicable to other types, offering a safer, more efficient approach for activating MOFs without compromising their integrity.
Context: The monolayers of ethylene glycol and 2-hydroxyethoxide on gold surfaces have been used in hybrid materials as biosensors. In this article, the adsorption of ethylene glycol and 2-hydroxyethoxide on the Au(111) surface was analyzed. For the first system, ethylene glycol on Au(111), there are Au O and Au H interactions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: The Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4) cardiac arrest prevention (CAP) quality improvement (QI) project facilitated a decreased in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) incidence rate across multiple hospitals. The sustainability of this outcome has not been determined.
Objective: To examine the IHCA incidence rate at participating hospitals after the QI project ended and discern which factors best aligned with sustained improvement.
Multidrug-resistant bacteria present a significant public health challenge; such pathogens exhibit reduced susceptibility to conventional antibiotics, limiting current treatment options. Cationic non-ribosomal peptides (CNRPs) such as brevicidine and polymyxins have emerged as promising candidates to block Gram-negative bacteria. To investigate the capability of bacteria to biosynthesize CNRPs, and specifically polymyxins, over 11,000 bacterial genomes were mined in silico.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis work employs hybrid quantum mechanics molecular mechanics simulations coupled with an umbrella sampling technique to investigate the acetylation of d-glucose with acetic anhydride in two deep eutectic solvents (DESs): choline-chloride ethylene glycol (ChCl/Etg) and choline-chloride urea (ChCl/U). The reaction proceeds spontaneously, with activation free energy barriers of 18.19 ± 0.
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