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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

FacilityRichland, Washington, United States
About: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is a facility organization based out in Richland, Washington, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Catalysis & Aerosol. The organization has 11581 authors who have published 27934 publications receiving 1120489 citations. The organization is also known as: PNL & PNNL.
Topics: Catalysis, Aerosol, Mass spectrometry, Population, Ion


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TL;DR: The maximum number of observed charges for peptides and smaller proteins correlates well with the number of basic amino acid residues (Arg, Lys, His), except for disulfide-containing molecules, such as lysozyme and bovine albumin.
Abstract: Electrospray ionization produces multiply charged molecular ions for biomolecules with molecular weights in excess of 100,000. This allows mass spectrometers with limited mass-to-charge range to extend their molecular weight range by a factor equal to the number of charges. The maximum number of observed charges for peptides and smaller proteins correlates well with the number of basic amino acid residues (Arg, Lys, His), except for disulfide-containing molecules, such as lysozyme and bovine albumin. However, reduction of disulfide linkages with 1,4-dithiothreitol (Cleland's reagent) may allow the protein to be in an extended conformation and make "buried" basic residues available for protonation to yield higher charged molecular ions by the electrospray ionization process. For larger proteins reduction of disulfide bridges greatly increases the maximum charge state, but charging of basic amino acid residues remains less efficient than for smaller proteins.

267 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a differential centrifugation technique was used to obtain NCC whiskers with a narrow size distribution, and it was shown that the volume of NCC in different fractions had an inverse relationship with relative centrifugal force.
Abstract: Nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) was prepared by sulfuric acid hydrolysis of microcrystalline cellulose. A differential centrifugation technique was studied to obtain NCC whiskers with a narrow size distribution. It was shown that the volume of NCC in different fractions had an inverse relationship with relative centrifugal force (RCF). The length of NCC whiskers was also fractionized by differential RCF. The aspect ratio of NCC in different fractions had a relatively narrow range. This technique provides an easy way of producing NCC whiskers with a narrow size distribution.

267 citations

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TL;DR: A new class of robust, ultrafine silica core-shell nanoparticles formed from silica cross-linked, individual block copolymer micelles are reported, which could potentially provide a new nanomedicine platform for imaging, detection, and treatment, as well as novel colloidal particles and building blocks for mutlifunctional materials.
Abstract: Micellar nanoparticles made of surfactants and polymers have attracted wide attention in the materials and biomedical community for controlled drug delivery, molecular imaging, and sensing; however, their long-term stability remains a topic of intense study. Here we report a new class of robust, ultrafine silica core-shell nanoparticles formed from silica cross-linked, individual block copolymer micelles. Compared with pure polymeric micelles, the main advantage of the new core-shell nanoparticles is that they have significantly improved stability and do not break down during dilution. We also studied the drug loading and release properties of the silica cross-linked micellar particles, and we found that the new core-shell nanoparticles have a slower release rate which allows the entrapped molecules to be slowly released over a much longer period of time under the same experimental conditions. A range of functional groups can be easily incorporated through co-condensation with the silica matrix. The potential to deliver hydrophobic agents into cancer cells has been demonstrated. Because of their unique structures and properties, these novel core-shell nanoparticles could potentially provide a new nanomedicine platform for imaging, detection, and treatment, as well as novel colloidal particles and building blocks for mutlifunctional materials.

266 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the effect of Ca 2+ on U(VI) adsorption was investigated in NaNO3 solutions equilibrated with either ambient air (430 ppm CO2 )o r 2% CO 2 in the presence of 0, 1.8, or 8.9 mM Ca 2 +.

266 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Yi Cui2201015199725
Derek R. Lovley16858295315
Xiaoyuan Chen14999489870
Richard D. Smith140118079758
Taeghwan Hyeon13956375814
Jun Liu13861677099
Federico Capasso134118976957
Jillian F. Banfield12756260687
Mary M. Horowitz12755756539
Frederick R. Appelbaum12767766632
Matthew Jones125116196909
Rainer Storb12390558780
Zhifeng Ren12269571212
Wei Chen122194689460
Thomas E. Mallouk12254952593
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
2023130
2022459
20211,793
20201,795
20191,598
20181,619