Emiliano Fratini

Dr. Emiliano Fratini

Department of Chemistry and CSGI, University of Florence, 50019 Florence, Italy
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Academic Career Length

28Years (1999-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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13 June 2006 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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SCSow-Hsin Chen
Sow-Hsin Chen
LLL. Liu
L. Liu
EFEmiliano Fratini
Emiliano Fratini
PBPiero Baglioni
Piero Baglioni
AFA. Faraone
A. Faraone
EMEugene Mamontov
Eugene Mamontov
At low temperatures, proteins exist in a glassy state, a state that has no conformational flexibility and shows no biological functions. In a hydrated protein, at temperatures ≳220 K, this flexibility is restored, and the protein is able to sample more conformational substates, thus becoming biologically functional. This “dynamical” transition of protein is believed to be triggered by its strong coupling with the hydration water, which also shows a similar dynamic transition. Here we demonstrate experimentally that this sudden switch in dynamic behavior of the hydration water on lysozyme occurs precisely at 220 K and can be described as a fragile-to-strong dynamic crossover. At the fragile-to-strong dynamic crossover, the structure of hydration water makes a transition from predominantly high-density (more fluid state) to low-density (less fluid state) forms derived from the existence of the second critical point at an elevated pressure.

1 July 2003 in Biomass and Bioenergy
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David ChiaramontiDavid Chiaramonti
David Chiaramonti
MBMassimo Bonini
Massimo Bonini
EFEmiliano Fratini
Emiliano Fratini
GTG. Tondi
G. Tondi
KGK. Gartner
K. Gartner
PBP. Baglioni
P. Baglioni

29 November 2010 in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
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YLYun Liu
Yun Liu
LPLionel Porcar
Lionel Porcar
JCJinhong Chen
Jinhong Chen
WCWei-Ren Chen
Wei-Ren Chen
PFPeter Falus
Peter Falus
PBPiero Baglioni
Piero Baglioni

8 February 2013 in Langmuir
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JDJoana A. L. Domingues
Joana A. L. Domingues
NBNicole Bonelli
Nicole Bonelli
Rodorico GiorgiRodorico Giorgi
Rodorico Giorgi
EFEmiliano Fratini
Emiliano Fratini
FGFlorence Gorel
Florence Gorel
PBPiero Baglioni
Piero Baglioni

1 July 2003 in Biomass and Bioenergy
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David ChiaramontiDavid Chiaramonti
David Chiaramonti
MBMassimo Bonini
Massimo Bonini
EFEmiliano Fratini
Emiliano Fratini
GTG. Tondi
G. Tondi
KGK. Gartner
K. Gartner
PBP. Baglioni
P. Baglioni

10 November 2009 in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
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LPLionel Porcar
Lionel Porcar
PFPeter Falus
Peter Falus
WCWei-Ren Chen
Wei-Ren Chen
AFAntonio Faraone
Antonio Faraone
EFEmiliano Fratini
Emiliano Fratini
YLYun Liu
Yun Liu