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Chapter and Conference Paper
Mechanic Adaptability of Metastatic Cells in Colon Cancer
Tumour microenvironment contributes importantly to the phenotype development of cancer cells, which receive and adapt to chemical and physical signals. It is hypothesized that remodelling of the actin cytoskel...
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Open AccessAn Optimized Table-Top Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Set-up for the Nanoscale Structural Analysis of Soft Matter
The paper shows how a table top superbright microfocus laboratory X-ray source and an innovative restoring-data algorithm, used in combination, allow to analyze the super molecular structure of soft matter by ...
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Open AccessControlling the Cassie-to-Wenzel Transition: an Easy Route towards the Realization of Tridimensional Arrays of Biological Objects
In this paper we provide evidence that the Cassie-to-Wenzel transition, despite its detrimental effects on the wetting properties of superhydrophobic surfaces, can be exploited as an effective micro-fabricatio...
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Reconstitution of aluminium and iron core in horse spleen apoferritin
This study investigates the uptake of iron and aluminium by apoferritin. In particular, we provide the first evidence that apoferritin is able to bind in vitro the physiological form of aluminium, Al(OH)4 ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
On the Role of Specimen Thickness in Chemistry Quantification by HAADF
We present a study of the influence of specimen thickness on the accurate quantification of specimen chemistry by scanning transmission electron microscopy and high angle annular dark field imaging. It has bee...
