Bacteriophages or more commonly ＂phages＂ are bacterial viruses. They are ubiquitous and good indicators of bacterial contaminations since their prevalence is high in those environments where their hosts are abundant...Bacteriophages or more commonly ＂phages＂ are bacterial viruses. They are ubiquitous and good indicators of bacterial contaminations since their prevalence is high in those environments where their hosts are abundant. Phage classification is based on morphology and for this reason, even though it is considered an old technique, TEM （Transmission Electron Microscopy） still plays a key role in their characterization. In the present work, the authors focused on TEM analysis of phage ФApr-1 isolated against Lactococcuslactis （L. lactis）, implicated in industrial fermentations and of phage ФIZSAM-1, active against Listeria monocytogenes （L. monocytogenes）, isolated from the environment. For observation with TEM （EM 900T-Zeiss）, phages were harvested in liquid media and were negative stained with fosfotungstic acid 2‰. An accurate viral ultrastructure analysis by using TEM is fundamental not only in the first approach of characterization of newly isolated phages but also for providing useful information to go further to the selection process as potential bio-decontaminants.展开更多
The research on the supramolecular hyperbranched polymers(SHPs) that combines the advantages of supramolecular polymer and hyperbranched architecture has attracted considerable interests in many applications. Here we ...The research on the supramolecular hyperbranched polymers(SHPs) that combines the advantages of supramolecular polymer and hyperbranched architecture has attracted considerable interests in many applications. Here we demonstrate a simple approach to prepare POSS-embedded supramolecular hyperbranched polymers(POSS-SHPs) with varied morphology and size by controlling monomer concentration and mixed solvents. The SHPs formations can further transfer into the core-shell structured micelles by addition of competitive guests based on the double supramolecular driving forces.展开更多
The molecular scales behavior of interracial water at the solid/liquid interfaces is of a fundamental significance in a diverse set of technical and scientific contexts, ranging from the efficiency of oil mining to th...The molecular scales behavior of interracial water at the solid/liquid interfaces is of a fundamental significance in a diverse set of technical and scientific contexts, ranging from the efficiency of oil mining to the activity of biological molecules. Recently, it has become recognized that, both the physical interactions and the surface morphology have significant impact on the behavior of inter- facial water, including the water structures as well as the wetting properties of the surface. In this review, we summarize some of recent advances in the atom-level pictures of the interfacial water, which exhibits the ordered character on various solid surfaces at room or cryogenic temperature. Special focus has been devoted to the wetting phenomenon of ＂ordered water monolayer that does not completely wet water＂ and the underlying mechanism on model and some real solid surfaces at room temperature. The possible applications of this phenomenon are also discussed.展开更多
文摘Bacteriophages or more commonly ＂phages＂ are bacterial viruses. They are ubiquitous and good indicators of bacterial contaminations since their prevalence is high in those environments where their hosts are abundant. Phage classification is based on morphology and for this reason, even though it is considered an old technique, TEM （Transmission Electron Microscopy） still plays a key role in their characterization. In the present work, the authors focused on TEM analysis of phage ФApr-1 isolated against Lactococcuslactis （L. lactis）, implicated in industrial fermentations and of phage ФIZSAM-1, active against Listeria monocytogenes （L. monocytogenes）, isolated from the environment. For observation with TEM （EM 900T-Zeiss）, phages were harvested in liquid media and were negative stained with fosfotungstic acid 2‰. An accurate viral ultrastructure analysis by using TEM is fundamental not only in the first approach of characterization of newly isolated phages but also for providing useful information to go further to the selection process as potential bio-decontaminants.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21504096,21674120,21474115)Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2014CB932200)“Young Thousand Talents”Program
文摘The research on the supramolecular hyperbranched polymers(SHPs) that combines the advantages of supramolecular polymer and hyperbranched architecture has attracted considerable interests in many applications. Here we demonstrate a simple approach to prepare POSS-embedded supramolecular hyperbranched polymers(POSS-SHPs) with varied morphology and size by controlling monomer concentration and mixed solvents. The SHPs formations can further transfer into the core-shell structured micelles by addition of competitive guests based on the double supramolecular driving forces.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11290164 and 11204341)the Knowledge Innovation Program of SINAP+1 种基金the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai Supercomputer Center of ChinaSupercomputing Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘The molecular scales behavior of interracial water at the solid/liquid interfaces is of a fundamental significance in a diverse set of technical and scientific contexts, ranging from the efficiency of oil mining to the activity of biological molecules. Recently, it has become recognized that, both the physical interactions and the surface morphology have significant impact on the behavior of inter- facial water, including the water structures as well as the wetting properties of the surface. In this review, we summarize some of recent advances in the atom-level pictures of the interfacial water, which exhibits the ordered character on various solid surfaces at room or cryogenic temperature. Special focus has been devoted to the wetting phenomenon of ＂ordered water monolayer that does not completely wet water＂ and the underlying mechanism on model and some real solid surfaces at room temperature. The possible applications of this phenomenon are also discussed.
