Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology

Effect of Heating Rate on the One‐Pot Synthesis of ZrB 2 –ZrC–SiC Ceramics by PDC Route

ABSTRACT Zirconoborosiloxane (ZBS), a preceramic oligomer, was synthesized by a nonaqueous sol–gel route in our earlier work, which yields ceramics of m‐ZrO 2 , ZrSiO 4 , and t‐ZrO 2 upon pyrolysis at 1500°C and 1650°C in argon. In the present study, a single system comprised of...

A self-assembled peptide forms α-helical nanopores for ultrasensitive biomarker profiling

α-Helical nanopores are attractive molecular sensors, yet their rational design and assembly remain challenging. Here we show that the single peptide pPorA, derived from porin PorACj, self-assembles into flexible α-helical nanopores, inserts in lipid membranes and exists in disti...