Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials

Time-Resolved Synchrotron-Based Investigation of Reactive Pore Evolution in Sandstone for CO 2 Storage

Abstract Understanding mineral dissolution in heterogeneous porous media is critical for predicting the evolution of subsurface systems during geological CO2 storage. Here, we integrate time-resolved synchrotron techniques, 4D X-ray microtomography (μ-CT), X-ray fluorescence (TR-...

Enzymatic confinement in lipidic mesophases and liquid-crystalline nanoparticles: from nanostructure to biocatalytic function

Abstract Lipidic liquid-crystalline mesophases and their dispersed counterparts, lipid liquid-crystalline nanoparticles (LCNPs), constitute highly organized soft nanostructured materials that can accommodate biomolecules within both interconnected aqueous channels and lipid bilay...

Scalable, Simple, and Versatile Encapsulation of 2D Materials and Devices

Abstract Air-sensitive 2D materials present fundamental challenges for device integration. Encapsulation is required to preserve intrinsic properties, yet conventional strategies require complicated fabrication workflows and fail with thicker flakes. We demonstrate that electron-...

Ionic gel-mediated synthesis of nanostructured chiral 2D halide perovskites with amplified chiroptical response

Abstract Chiroptical properties in metal halide perovskites typically arise from asymmetric crystal structures induced by chiral organic molecules during synthesis or chiral additives. However, the synthesis of two-dimensional chiral halide perovskites with sufficiently high diss...

A Reversible BSL-2 Operational Platform forAdvanced Synchrotron Studies of Biological Samples

Abstract The application of advanced synchrotron techniques to biological systems is frequently constrained by the limited availability of biosafety-compliant experimental environments, as most beamlines and shared research laboratories were not originally designed to operate und...

Extracellular Vesicles as Emerging Tools in Canine Mammary Tumors: Potential Applications and Perspectives

Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent malignancies in women worldwide and the most common malignant tumor in unspayed female dogs, highlighting the comparative relevance of this disease across these species. The release of EVs is increased in mammary tumors compared to norma...