Noncovalent Attachment of PbS Quantum Dots to Single- and Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes by Anirban Das, Eric Hall, Chien M. Wai

“…Quenching of NIR fluorescence of the PbS-QD on attachment to the carbon nanotubes (CNT) was observed, indicating FRET from the QD to the CNT.…”
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Nonlinear vibration of wire-wrapped fuel rod subjected to axial flow by Yu Zhang, Pengzhou Li

“…Moreover, the theoretical derivation of this model provides a foundational and dependable mathematical framework to facilitate further research on fretting wear.…”
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A Rare Case of Proximal Junctional Failure with Delayed Infection after Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Report of Two Cases by Takuro Iwami, Mitsuru Yagi, Eijiro Okada, Satoshi Suzuki, Satoshi Nori, Osahiko Tsuji, Narihito Nagoshi, Kota Watanabe, Nobuyuki Fujita, Masaya Nakamura, Morio Matsumoto

“…Since the delayed infections developed not in the fused segments but in the adjacent vertebra, the cause of the first case can be speculated as stimulation of low-virulent organisms to fester and hematogenous seeding and that of the second case as metal fretting and a sterile inflammatory response causing hematogenous microbial seeding, respectively. …”
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STUDY ON TWO-SCALE UNIFIED CONSTITUTIVE MODEL AND DAMPING MECHANISM OF RUBBER CONVEYOR BELT WITH STEEL WIRE ROPE CORE by LI JianGang, FENG JinPing, WANG Xin, LIU SiYuan, GAO ZhongJie, WU JianJun

“…Maxwell model and Burgers model based on viscoelastic theory and transient dynamics were constructed. Considering the fretting friction damping between steel wires and the mutual damping between steel wire rope and conveyor belt， a mixed constitutive model was constructed. …”
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Histamine N-methyltransferase (HNMT) as a potential auxiliary biomarker for predicting adaptability to anti-HER2 drug treatment in breast cancer patients by Tzu-Chun Cheng, Mien-Chie Hung, Lu-Hai Wang, Shih-Hsin Tu, Chih-Hsiung Wu, Yun Yen, Chi-Long Chen, Jacqueline Whang-Peng, Wen-Jui Lee, You-Cheng Liao, Yu-Ching Lee, Min-Hsiung Pan, Hui-Kuan Lin, Huey-En Tzeng, Peixuan Guo, Cheng-Ying Chu, Li-Ching Chen, Yuan-Soon Ho

“…Our analysis included Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) to assess the interaction strength between HNMT and HER2 proteins in trastuzumab-resistant and sensitive tumor tissues. …”
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Design, synthesis and molecular docking of novel triazole derivatives as potential CoV helicase inhibitors by Zaher Nashwa Hafez, Mostafa Mohammed Ismail, Altaher Abdullah Yousef

“…Herein we investigated the anti-MERS-CoV activity of newly synthesized sixteen halogenated triazole compounds through the inhibition of helicase activity using the FRET assay. All new compounds underwent justification for their target structures via microanalytical and spectral data. …”
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Tailorable biosensors for real-time monitoring of stress distribution in soft biomaterials and living tissues by Fenghou Yuan, Huitang Qi, Binghui Song, Yuntian Cui, Junsheng Zhang, Huan Liu, Bo Liu, Hai Lei, Tian Liu

“…Since polysaccharides are common in various biomaterials, a biosensor integrating a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based tension sensor module and carbohydrate-binding modules (FTSM-CBM) has been designed for real-time monitoring of the stress distribution of these biomaterials. …”
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Evaluation of Biophysical Interaction between Newly Synthesized Pyrazoline Pyridazine Derivative and Bovine Serum Albumin by Spectroscopic and Molecular Docking Studies by Abdulrahman A. Al-Mehizia, Ahmed H. Bakheit, Seema Zargar, Mashooq A. Bhat, Majid Mohammed Asmari, Tanveer A. Wani

“…The Förster distance of 2.23 nm was calculated by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). An alteration in BSA secondary structure was proven from the conformational studies of BSA-5d interaction. …”
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A Model System for Concurrent Detection of Antigen and Antibody Based on Immunological Fluorescent Method by Yuan-Cheng Cao

“…The first approach applied FITC and Cy3 when both targets were present at the same time, resulting in 50 ng/mL of the antibody detection limit and 10 ng/mL of antigen detection limit in the quantitative measurements of target concentration, taking the consideration of FRET efficiency of 68% between donor and acceptor. …”
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BSA-Assisted Synthesis of Au Nanoclusters/MnO₂ Nanosheets for Fluorescence “Switch-On” Detection of Alkaline Phosphatase by Yijiong Xue, Chengqi Bao, Hui Liu, Fanghui Ma, Minghui Yang, Xiaoqing Li

“…In the sensing system, MnO₂ NSs function as both energy acceptors and target identifiers, effectively quenches the fluorescence of Au NCs via fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). The presence of ALP catalyzes the hydrolysis of L-ascorbic acid-2-phosphate (AAP) to ascorbic acid (AA), reducing MnO₂ NSs to Mn²⁺ and facilitate the fluorescence recovery of Au NCs. …”
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AIPE-Active Neutral Ir(III) Complexes as Bi-Responsive Luminescent Chemosensors for Sensing Picric Acid and Fe³⁺ in Aqueous Media by Qinglong Zhang, Jiangchao Xu, Qiang Xu, Chun Liu

“…The detection mechanism for PA is attributed to photo-induced electron transfer (PET) and Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET), and the detection mechanism for Fe³⁺ may be explained by PET and the strong interactions between Fe³⁺ and the complexes.…”
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Profiling protease cleavage patterns in plasma for pancreatic cancer detection by Morgan R. Stewart, Arnaud Quentel, Elise Manalo, Jose Montoya Mira, Srivathsan Ranganathan, Bruce P. Branchaud, Jared M. Fischer, Eugene Tu, Fehmi Civitci, Yu-Jui Chiu, Adem Yildirim

“…Instead of targeting a specific protease using a specific peptide substrate, we utilized an array of 360 FRET substrates to screen for cleavage patterns in plasma samples collected from screen negatives and pancreatitis or pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cancer (PDAC) patients. …”
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Live imaging of paracrine signaling: Advances in visualization and tracking techniques by Eriko Deguchi, Michiyuki Matsuda, Kenta Terai

“…Binding of paracrine factors to target cells has been visualized through various biosensors, including GPCR-activation-based (GRAB) sensors and Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) probes for receptor tyrosine kinases. Finally, activation of intracellular signaling is monitored within the target cells by biosensors for second messengers, transcription factors, and so on. …”
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Comprehensive Assessment of Biomolecular Interactions of Morpholine-Based Mixed Ligand Cu(II) and Zn(II) Complexes of 2,2′-Bipyridine as Potential Anticancer and SARS-CoV-2 Agents:... by Karunganathan Sakthikumar, Rui Werner Maçedo Krause, Bienfait Kabuyaya Isamura

“…The binding constant results of BSA by electronic absorption and fluorometric titration demonstrate that complex (1a) exhibits the highest binding effectiveness among others, which means that all compounds could interact with BSA through a static approach, additionally supported by FRET measurements. Density FunctionalTheory (DFT) and molecular docking calculations were relied on to unveil the electronic structure, reactivity, and interacting capability of all substances with DNA, BSA, and SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro). …”
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Novel metal–organic framework biosensing platform for detection of COVID-19 RNA by Aya Elgazar, Rana Sabouni, Mehdi Ghommem, Amin F. Majdalawieh

“…Analyzing the adsorption mechanism of probe DNA into ZIF-8 revealed that they can form electrostatic and π–π stacking interactions, forming a P-DNA@ZIF-8 complex and that PET is more dominant than FRET in the quenching mechanism. This ZIF-8 biosensing platform showed high sensitivity towards COVID-19 RNA with an ultra-low limit of detection of 6.24 pM, a rapid detection time of 8 min, and high selectivity to COVID-19 RNA. …”
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An Assay System for Plate-based Detection of Endogenous Peptide:N-glycanase/NGLY1 Activity Using A Fluorescence-based Probe by Hiroto Hirayama, Tadashi Suzuki

“…We recently advanced this approach by producing a novel fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based GCP probe (fGCP) and demonstrated its ability to detect endogenous NGLY1 activity across diverse enzyme sources via fluorescence on multiarray plates. …”
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The <i>MCPH7</i> Gene Product STIL Is Essential for Dendritic Spine Formation by Tohru Matsuki, Hidenori Tabata, Masashi Ueda, Hideaki Ito, Koh-ichi Nagata, Yumi Tsuneura, Shima Eda, Kenji Kasai, Atsuo Nakayama

“…The overexpression of Rac1/Cdc42 compensated for the spine reduction caused by STIL knockdown. FRET experiments showed that Rac activation is impaired in STIL knockdown neurons. …”
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Fatigue Experiment and Failure Mechanism Analysis of Aircraft Titanium Alloy Wing–Body Connection Joint by Xianmin Chen, Shanshan Li, Yuanbo Liang, Shuo Wang, Liang Yan, Shichang Du

“…The results show that fretting fatigue is the main driving force for crack initiation, and the crack shows significant fatigue damage characteristics in the stable growth stage and follows Paris’ law. …”
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Detection of Hg2+ Using a Dual-Mode Biosensing Probe Constructed Using Ratiometric Fluorescent Copper Nanoclusters@Zirconia Metal-Organic Framework/N-Methyl Mesoporphyrin IX and Co... by Shikha Jain, Monika Nehra, Neeraj Dilbaghi, Ganga Ram Chaudhary, Sandeep Kumar

“…It causes the quenching of fluorescence of CuNCs@Zr-MOF (463 nm) due to the Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) system. Moreover, the G-quadruplex (G4) structure of the aptamer enhances the fluorescence emission of NMM (610 nm). …”
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HIV-Envelope–Dependent Cell-Cell Fusion: Quantitative Studies by Leonor Huerta, Nayali López-Balderas, Evelyn Rivera-Toledo, Guadalupe Sandoval, Guillermo Gómez-Icazbalceta, Carlos Villarreal, Edmundo Lamoyi, Carlos Larralde

“…The method involves the staining of fusion partners with lipophilic probes and the use of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) to distinguish between fused and aggregated cells. …”
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