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Preparation of Carbon Nanosheets at Room Temperature
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2016
We present the synthesis of an amphiphilic hexayne and its use in the preparation of carbon nanosheets at the air-water interface from a self-assembled monolayer of these reactive, carbon-rich molecular precursors.
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Preparation of High-Temperature Sample Grids for Cryo-EM
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2021
This paper provides a detailed protocol for preparing sample grids at temperatures as high as 70 °C, prior to plunge freezing for cryo-EM experiments.
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Preparation and High-temperature Anti-adhesion Behavior of a Slippery Surface on Stainless Steel
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2018
Slippery surfaces provide a new way to solve the adhesion problem. This protocol describes how to fabricate slippery surfaces at high temperatures. The results demonstrate that the slippery surfaces showed anti-wetting for liquids and a remarkable anti-adhesion effect on soft tissues at high temperatures.
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Synthesis and Microdiffraction at Extreme Pressures and Temperatures
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2013
The laser heated diamond anvil cell combined with synchrotron micro-diffraction techniques allows researchers to explore the nature and properties of new phases of matter at extreme pressure and temperature (PT) conditions. Heterogeneous samples can be characterized in situ under high pressure by 2D mapping and combined powder, single-crystal and multigrain diffraction approaches.
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Using an Ingestible Telemetric Temperature Pill to Assess Gastrointestinal Temperature During Exercise
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2015
This study describes an accurate, reliable and non-invasive technique to continuously measure gastrointestinal temperature during exercise. The ingestible telemetric temperature pill is suitable to measure gastrointestinal temperature in laboratory settings as well as in field based settings.
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Temperature and exposure time must be considered together because they determine how far sample conditioning proceeds. Heating can accelerate solubilization and disrupt molecular interactions, but longer or hotter treatment also increases the chance that sensitive components will no longer remain intact. Researchers therefore select conditions according to the biomolecules they need to preserve and the downstream measurement they plan to perform.
Protein denaturation and reduced enzymatic activity are useful when a preparation requires altered protein structure or fewer active enzymes. However, these effects can change the biochemical composition presented to an assay. The same heating step may therefore improve consistency by limiting enzyme-driven variation while simultaneously making some protein features unavailable for later analysis.
The target outcome determines which heating conditions are appropriate. For solubilization, elevated temperature helps release or dissolve biological material by disrupting molecular interactions. For stabilization, the aim is to preserve a useful sample state while reducing processes such as enzymatic activity. Because these goals can conflict, the selected temperature and exposure time must match the intended biochemical measurement.
The central controls are the heating temperature and the duration of exposure. Both variables influence whether molecules are released, proteins are denatured, enzymes become less active, or components degrade. A controlled procedure applies the selected conditions consistently across samples, helping distinguish genuine biochemical differences from variation introduced during preparation.
Prepared samples may support several downstream workflows, including electrophoresis, chromatography, and nucleic acid analysis. Heating can help produce lysates, release biomolecules from complex materials, or improve preparation consistency before these measurements. The appropriate treatment depends on which components the workflow must retain and which molecular interactions or activities should be reduced.
Researchers assess the preparation by considering whether it produced the intended release, solubilization, or reduction in enzymatic activity without excessive degradation or unwanted modification. Consistent downstream results indicate that the heating conditions supported the assay, whereas loss of components or altered measurements suggests that temperature or exposure time requires adjustment.