Alessandra Ottonello, Jessica A. Wyllie, Oussama Yahiaoui, Shoujun Sun, Rebecca A. Koelln, Joshua A. Homer, Robert Johnson, Ewan J. Murray, Paul Williams, Jani Reddy Bolla, Carol V. Robinson, Thomas Fallon, Tatiana P. Soares da Costa, John E. Moses,
... click chemistry synthesis of an unprecedented class of shapeshifting vancomycin dimers (SVDs) that display potent activity against ... well as vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA). The shapeshifting modality of the dimers is powered by a ... to inhibit bacterial cell wall biosynthesis. The new shapeshifting antibiotics are not disadvantaged by the common mechanism ... d -Lac depsipeptide. Further, evidence suggests that the shapeshifting ligands destabilize the complex formed between the flippase ... by enterococci, suggesting that this new class of shapeshifting antibiotic will display durable antimicrobial activity not prone ...
Tópico(s): Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
2023 - National Academy of Sciences | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Bangan Peng, Yunchong Yang, Kevin A. Cavicchi,
... external stimulus. Compared to common 4D printing, sequential shapeshifting 4D printing not only defines the initial and ... the basic concepts in 4D printing and sequential shapeshifting, this review presents the current advances in sequential shapeshifting 4D printing from the viewpoint of their working ... smart materials have been utilized to achieve sequential shapeshifting and its applications, which are reviewed in detail. ...
Tópico(s): Polymer composites and self-healing
2020 - IOP Publishing | Multifunctional Materials
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Brian Garvey, Edevaldo Aparecido Souza, Marcelo Rodrigues Mendonça, Crispim Valmir dos Santos, Francis Portes Virginio,
Abstract In the great civilisations of the past, shapeshifting promised a restoration of order in turbulent times ... This study finds its resonance in the contemporary shapeshifting that is the supposed transition from the fossil ... mythical nature of avowed social gains from this shapeshifting. Amidst rural conflict and a successive weakening of ...
Tópico(s): Energy and Environment Impacts
2019 - Wiley | Antipode
Andre Sanchez, Anjali Gurajapu, Wentao Guo, Wang‐Yeuk Kong, Croix J. Laconsay, Nicholas S. Settineri, Dean J. Tantillo, Thomas J. Maimone,
... distinct synthetic strategies toward a specific isomer. Dynamic, "shapeshifting" carbon cages present a promising approach for sampling ... Here, we describe the development of a new shapeshifting C9-chemotype and a chemical blueprint for its ... the rational design and synthesis of new dynamic, shapeshifting systems. We anticipate this process could be a ...
Tópico(s): Protein Structure and Dynamics
2023 - American Chemical Society | Journal of the American Chemical Society
Chujun Ni, Di Chen, Yue Zhang, Tao Xie, Qian Zhao,
... for temporal programming. This leads to an unusual shapeshifting behavior that can be precisely manipulated without requiring ... mechanism for the spatial control of the geometric shapeshifting pathway. The synergistic effect of temporal programmability and photodefinability allows access to multifunctional shapeshifting devices with versatility beyond conventional systems.
Tópico(s): Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
2021 - American Chemical Society | Chemistry of Materials
Marian F. Ursu, Vilmos Zsombori, John Wyver, Lucie Conrad, Ian Kegel, Doug Williams,
... of the recently developed, production- and genre-independent, ShapeShifting Media technology in the realization of a good ... and, finally, its authoring and delivery with the ShapeShifting Media toolkit. The focus of the presentation is ... Structure Language (NSL), the declarative representation language underlying ShapeShifting Media. A Golden Age places a distinct emphasis ... good quality) linearly compiled documentaries. NSL and the ShapeShifting Media toolkit provided the means to achieve this. ...
Tópico(s): Digital Games and Media
2009 - Association for Computing Machinery | Computers in entertainment
Stefano Luigi Oscurato, Francesco Reda, Marcella Salvatore, Fabio Borbone, P. Maddalena, Antonio Ambrosio,
... work, this fundamental limitation is overcome by introducing shapeshifting diffractive optical elements directly written on an erasable ... combinations of grating vectors is shown. Finally, a shapeshifting diffractive lens that is reconfigured in the light‐ ...
Tópico(s): Photonic Crystals and Applications
2022 - Wiley | Laser & Photonics Review
Aisha N. Bismillah, Brette M. Chapin, Burhan A. Hussein, Paul R. McGonigal,
Shapeshifting molecules exhibit rapid constitutional dynamics while remaining stable, isolable molecules, making them promising artificial scaffolds from ... minireview showcases (1) recent applications of highly dynamic shapeshifting molecules in sensing and distinguishing complex small molecules ...
Tópico(s): Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
2019 - Royal Society of Chemistry | Chemical Science
Xiaobo Hu, Jing Zhou, Mohammad Vatankhah‐Varnosfaderani, William F. M. Daniel, Qiaoxi Li, Aleksandr P. Zhushma, Andrey V. Dobrynin, Sergei S. Sheiko,
Shapeshifting enables a wide range of engineering and biomedical applications, but until now transformations have required external ... hours. This generic mechanism for programming trigger-free shapeshifting opens new ways to design autonomous actuators, drug- ...
Tópico(s): Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
2016 - Nature Portfolio | Nature Communications
Johannes F. Teichert, Dmitry Mazunin, Jeffrey W. Bode,
Boronic acid-substituted shapeshifting bullvalenes bearing a (13)C label are employed as sensor arrays for polyhydroxylated compounds, such as carbohydrates, flavanols, and ... for analyte recognition, underscores the advantages of the shapeshifting nature of the sensor.
Tópico(s): Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
2013 - American Chemical Society | Journal of the American Chemical Society
Kimberly K. Larson, Maggie He, Johannes F. Teichert, Atsushi Naganawa, Jeffrey W. Bode,
A shapeshifting organic molecule dynamically adjusts its equilibrium population of discrete structural isomers in response to an analyte. By ... read by a single 13C NMR experiment. The shapeshifting nature and 13C nucleus together act as a ...
Tópico(s): Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
2012 - Royal Society of Chemistry | Chemical Science
... study of oligosubstituted bullvalenes, which are structurally dynamic shapeshifting molecules, we found that we could isolate one ... between various structural isomers of oligosubstituted bullvalenes. The shapeshifting nature of oligosubstituted bullvalene is a useful and ...
Tópico(s): Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
2012 - Royal Society of Chemistry | Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
Hong-Yu Hsu, Jou-Tsen Ou, Tsu-Tung Cheng, Heng-Yi Lin, Chan-Yi Lin, Jia Chen, Bin Sun, Po‐Wen Chung, Chien‐Lung Wang,
The shapeshifting behavior for synthetic matters was found at either the molecular or supramolecular level, but the connection between shapeshifting at the two hierarchical levels remains missing. In ... was synthesized to connect the molecular and supramolecular shapeshifting. Controlling the conditions of bulk self-assembly allowed ... The high conformational flexibility of NPOSS facilitates molecular shapeshifting and allows NPOSS to take the discotic, rod- ... NPOSS. Therefore, the connection between the molecular/supramolecular shapeshifting and the structure-driven property changes of NPOSS ...
Tópico(s): Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
2022 - American Chemical Society | Journal of the American Chemical Society
Billy Shu Hieng Tie, Elaine Halligan, Shuo Zhuo, Gavin Keane, Luke M. Geever,
Stimuli-responsive hydrogels have recently gained interest within shapeshifting applications due to their capabilities to expand in ... hydrogels lose their mechanical strength during swelling, most shapeshifting applications require materials to have mechanical strength within ... specified tasks. Thus, stronger hydrogels are needed for shapeshifting applications. Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm) and poly (N- ... copolymers that can be applied in the biomedical shapeshifting area.
Tópico(s): Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
2023 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Gels
The shapeshifting of a human being into the form and consciousness of an animal a lower category of being ... authors will only yield itself when we accept shapeshifting as part of the human repertoire. In fact ... but rather through the distinctive interplay of its shapeshifting components. Such a kinetic sacredness not metaphor but ...
Tópico(s): Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
1997 - University of Nebraska Press | The American Indian Quarterly
Andre Sanchez, Thomas J. Maimone,
... stage diversification, we report the preparation of unusual shapeshifting anions and their subsequent application to the total ...
Tópico(s): Marine Sponges and Natural Products
2022 - American Chemical Society | Journal of the American Chemical Society
Surya Prakash Pandeya, Sheng Zou, Byeong-Min Roh, Xinyi Xiao,
... which utilizes smart materials and processes to create shapeshifting structures with the external stimuli, such as temperature, ... analysis is performed for designing and controlling the shapeshifting. A material-process-performance 4D printing prediction framework ...
Tópico(s): Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
2022 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Materials
Michael B. Sherman, Alexis N. Williams, Hong Q. Smith, B. Montgomery Pettitt, Christiane E. Wobus, Thomas J. Smith,
... this is the first example of a virus shapeshifting in this manner to escape the immune response.
Tópico(s): Animal Virus Infections Studies
2021 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Viruses
Reza Ahmed, Mahdi Ilami, Joseph Bant, Borhan Beigzadeh, Hamidreza Marvi,
To create a miniature shapeshifting robot capable of controlled movement, subdivision, regeneration, passage through small channels, engulfment of particles, object manipulation, and flow manipulation, a ...
Tópico(s): Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles
2020 - Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. | Soft Robotics
Jaspin Stephen, M. Dharini, R. Mahendran,
... flat material (5% and 85 ᵒC), then oleomorphic shapeshifting is programmed into 3D designs. Comparative assessment of ... oil (220 ᵒC), and the shape with overall shapeshifting time (2s) was recorded. The influence of hydrogel ...
Tópico(s): Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
2020 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Food Engineering
Xiaobo Hu, Daixuan Zhang, Sergei S. Sheiko,
... limit its utilization in vivo. Herein, cooling-triggered shapeshifting is achieved by designing dual-network hydrogels that ...
Tópico(s): Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
2018 - | Advanced Materials
Tian Qin, Takayuki Iwata, Tanya T. Ransom, John A. Beutler, John A. Porco,
... efficient access to these compounds. Evaluation of the "shapeshifting" properties of 2,2′-, 2,4′-, and 4, ...
Tópico(s): Marine Sponges and Natural Products
2015 - American Chemical Society | Journal of the American Chemical Society
Marian F. Ursu, Jonathan J. Cook, Vilmos Zsombori, Robert Zimmer, Ian Kegel, Doug Williams, Maureen Thomas, John Wyver, Harald Mayer,
... to the development of truly interactive programmes called ShapeShifting TV. In focus is a representation language for ...
Tópico(s): Digital Games and Media
2007 - Springer Science+Business Media | Lecture notes in computer science
... Danish translator Mogens Boisen manages to translate the shapeshifting nature of the style and content of the ‘ ...
Tópico(s): linguistics and terminology studies
2006 - SAGE Publishing | Language and Literature International Journal of Stylistics
We define ShapeShifting programmes as interactive and reconfigurable moving image productions that adapt their content, on the fly, to suit the ... software system for the creation and delivery of ShapeShifting Screen Media programmes. These are all generic - genre ...
Tópico(s): 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis
2021 - | Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment
In practice, health and social services are delivered through purpose-oriented networks (PONs) that are often favored by government and philanthropic investment as an effective means for collectively solving complex social problems. Current theories examine the evolution of these groups by resting on the traditional organizational forms of market, hierarchy, and network, without a consideration of trajectories that show movement between organizational forms over time. This article utilizes the network ...
Tópico(s): Complex Systems and Decision Making
2022 - | Complexity Governance & Networks
This article examines the experience of Congolese humanitarians negotiating access with armed groups in eastern DRC. It describes how humanitarians become shapeshifters: they play different roles for different audiences as a tactic of social navigation in a context of uncertainty. Because humanitarians encounter risks related to their perceived identity, they play upon identity categories and personal histories, situating themselves tactically during encounters with different armed actors through ...
Tópico(s): Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
2021 - Routledge | Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
Thirusha Naidu, Carrie Cartmill, Sunitha Swanepoel, Cynthia Whitehead,
... an added burden and risk in performing this shapeshifting, as Global South authors stand astride the borders ...
Tópico(s): Higher Education Governance and Development
2024 - BMJ | BMJ Global Health
There is growing evidence that bacterial morphology is closely related to their lifestyle. The helical Helicobacter pylori relies on its unique shape for survival and efficient colonization of the human stomach. Yet, they have been observed to transform into another distinctive morphology, the spherical coccoid. Despite being hypothesized to be involved in the persistence and transmission of this species, years of effort in deciphering the roles of the coccoid form remain fruitless since contrasting ...
Tópico(s): Galectins and Cancer Biology
2024 - Wiley | Molecular Microbiology
Mohammadreza Lalegani Dezaki, Mahdi Bodaghi,
... adaptive structures with 1D/2D-to-2D/3D shapeshifting by the magnetic field. The benefits of switchable ...
Tópico(s): Dielectric materials and actuators
2023 - Springer Science+Business Media | The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology