Engineering dielectric liquid applications / / edited by Issouf Fofana.

• TeilnehmendeR: Fofana, Issouf,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel, Switzerland : : MDPI,, [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (170 pages) :; illustrations

Bridging cellular membranes is a key step in the pathogenic action of both binary and pore-forming bacterial toxins. The former use their translocation domains, containing various structural motifs, to ensure efficient delivery of the toxic component into the host cell, while the latter act on the cellular membrane itself. In either case, the integrity of the membrane is compromised via targeted protein-lipid and protein-protein interactions triggered by specific signals, such as proteolytic cleavage or endosomal acidification. This Special Issue presents recent advances in characterizing functional, structural and thermodynamic aspects of the conformational switching and membrane interactions involved in the cellular entry of bacterial protein toxins. Deciphering the physicochemical principles underlying these processes is also a prerequisite for the use of protein engineering to develop toxin-based molecular vehicles capable of targeted delivery of therapeutic agents to tumors and other diseased tissues.

Table of Contents

About the Special Issue Editor vii -- Issouf Fofana and U. Mohan Rao Engineering Dielectric Liquid Applications Reprinted from: Energies 2018, 11, 2756, doi:10.3390/en11102756 . 1 -- Xiaobo Wang, Chao Tang, Bo Huang, Jian Hao and George Chen Review of Research Progress on the Electrical Properties and Modification of Mineral Insulating Oils Used in Power Transformers Reprinted from: Energies 2018, 11, 487, doi:10.3390/en11030487 5 -- Chunxu Qin, Yan He, Bing Shi, Tao Zhao, Fangcheng Lv and Xiangrui Cheng Experimental Study on Breakdown Characteristics of Transformer Oil Influenced by Bubbles Reprinted from: Energies 2018, 11, 634, doi:10.3390/en11030634 36 -- Juan Velasco, Ricardo Frascella, Ricardo Albarrac´ı, Juan Carlos Burgos, Ming Dong, Ming Ren and Li Yang Comparison of Positive Streamers in Liquid Dielectrics with and without Nanoparticles Simulated with Finite-Element Software Reprinted from: Energies 2018, 11, 361, doi:10.3390/en11020361 47 -- Kakou D. Kouassi, Issouf Fofana, Ladji Ciss´e, Yazid Hadjadj, Kouba M. Lucia Yapi and K. Ambroise Diby Impact of Low Molecular Weight Acids on Oil Impregnated Paper Insulation Degradation Reprinted from: Energies 2018, 11, 1465, doi:10.3390/en11061465 . 63 -- Amidou Betie, Fethi Meghnefi, Issouf Fofana and Zie Yeo Modeling the Insulation Paper Drying Process from Thermogravimetric Analyses Reprinted from: Energies 2018, 11, 517, doi:10.3390/en11030517 76 -- Xiaojing Zhang, Lu Ren, Haichuan Yu, Yang Xu, Qingquan Lei, Xin Li and Baojia Han Dual-Temperature Evaluation of a High-Temperature Insulation System for Liquid-Immersed Transformer Reprinted from: Energies 2018, 11, 1957, doi:10.3390/en11081957 . 91 -- Vaclav Mentlik, Pavel Trnka, Jaroslav Hornak and Pavel Totzauer Development of a Biodegradable Electro-Insulating Liquid and Its Subsequent Modification by Nanoparticles Reprinted from: Energies 2018, 11, 508, doi:10.3390/en11030508 106 -- Stephanie Haegele, Farzaneh Vahidi, Stefan Tenbohlen, Kevin J. Rapp and Alan Sbravati Lightning Impulse Withstand of Natural Ester Liquid Reprinted from: Energies 2018, 11, 1964, doi:10.3390/en11081964 . 122 -- Pawel Rozga, Marcin Stanek and Bartlomiej Pasternak Characteristics of Negative Streamer Development in Ester Liquids and Mineral Oil in a Point-To-Sphere Electrode System with a Pressboard Barrier Reprinted from: Energies 2018, 11, 1088, doi:10.3390/en11051088 . 135 -- Yachao Wang, Feipeng Wang, Jian Li, Suning Liang and Jinghan Zhou Electronic Properties of Typical Molecules and the Discharge Mechanism of Vegetable and Mineral Insulating Oils Reprinted from: Energies 2018, 11, 523, doi:10.3390/en11030523 148.