Publications by authors named "Laura Pacoste"
Extracting high-performance nanomaterials from waste presents a promising avenue for valorization. This study presents two methods for extracting cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) from discarded textiles. Post-consumer cotton fabrics are chemically treated through either cationization with (2,3-epoxypropyl)trimethylammonium chloride or TEMPO/NaBr-catalyzed oxidation, followed by fibrillation to produce Cat-CNFs and TO-CNFs, respectively.
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- This study explores different methods for modeling electron density and electrostatic potential in organometallic complexes, particularly focusing on iron(III) acetylacetonate (FeAcAc) using electron diffraction (ED) data.
- The research compares the independent atom model (IAM) and the transferable aspherical atom model (TAAM), demonstrating that TAAM provides a more accurate representation of scattering factors and improves model fitting.
- Results showed significant improvements in fitting statistics (R values), indicating that TAAM outperforms IAM by providing better results in both 3D electron diffraction and single-crystal X-ray diffraction, especially in low-resolution data.
Three-dimensional electron diffraction (3D ED)/microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED) techniques are gaining in popularity. However, the data processing often does not fit existing graphical user interface software, instead requiring the use of the terminal or scripting. , described in this article, provides a graphical user interface and extendable framework for processing of 3D ED/MicroED data.
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