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Connecting Structure, Conformation and Energetics of Human Telomere G-quadruplex Multimers
Benedetta Petra Rosi, Valeria Libera, Andrea Orecchini +7
G-quadruplexes (G4s) are helical four-stranded structures forming from guanine-rich nucleic acid sequences, which are thought to play a role in cancer development and malignant tra…
The role of polymer structure on water confinement in poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) dispersions
E. Buratti, L. Tavagnacco, M. Zanatta +8
Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) is a synthetic polymer that is widely studied for its thermoresponsive character. However, recent works also reported evidence of a low tempera…
Atomic scale investigation of the volume phase transition in concentrated PNIPAM microgels
M. Zanatta, L. Tavagnacco, E. Buratti +5
Combining elastic incoherent neutron scattering and differential scanning calorimetry, we investigate the occurrence of the volume phase transition (VPT) in very concentrated PNIPA…
Protein-like dynamical transition of hydrated polymer chains
L. Tavagnacco, M. Zanatta, E. Buratti +8
Combining elastic incoherent neutron scattering experiments at different resolutions with molecular dynamics simulations, we report the observation of a protein-like dynamical tran…
Disentangling time-focusing from beam divergence: a novel approach for high-flux thermal neutron spectroscopy at continuous and long-pulse sources
M. Zanatta, K. H. Andersen, P. P. Deen +4
We present the concept of a novel time-focusing technique for neutron spectrometers, which allows to disentangle time-focusing from beam divergence. The core of this approach is a…
Water-polymer coupling induces a dynamical transition in microgels
Letizia Tavagnacco, Ester Chiessi, Marco Zanatta +2
The long debated protein dynamical transition was recently found also in non-biological macromolecules, such as poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (PNIPAM) microgels. Here, by using atomis…