The structural and electronic properties of the hydrogenated porous graphene nanoribbons were studied by using density functional theory calculations. The results show that the hydrogenated porous graphene nanoribbons are energetically stable. The effects of ribbon type and ribbon width on the electronic properties of these nanoribbons were investigated. It was found that both armchair and zigz...

Fast neurotransmitter release from ribbon synapses via Ca2+-triggered exocytosis requires tight coupling of L-type Ca2+ channels to release-ready synaptic vesicles at the presynaptic active zone, which is localized at the base of the ribbon. Here, we used genetic, electrophysiological, and ultrastructural analyses to probe the architecture of ribbon synapses by perturbing the function of RIM-bi...

The Arc repressor of bacteriophage P22 is a dimeric member of the ribbon-helix-helix family of transcription factors. Residues 9-14 of each wild-type Arc subunit pair to form two antiparallel beta-strands and have the alternating pattern of polar and nonpolar residues expected for a beta-ribbon with one solvent-exposed face and one face that forms part of the hydrophobic core. Simultaneously sw...

Semiconducting heterostructures with type-II band structure have attracted much attention due to their novel physical properties and wide applications in optoelectronics. Herein, we report, for the first time, a controlled synthesis of type-II ZnS/SnO2 heterostructured ribbon composed of SnO2 nanoparticles that uniformly cover the surface of ZnS ribbon via a simple and versatile thermal evapora...

A ribbon is a double structure on P. The geometry of a ribbon is closely related to that of a smooth curve. In this note we consider linear series on ribbons. Our main result is an explicit determinantal description for the locus W r 2n of degree 2n line bundles with at least (r +1)-dimensional sections on a ribbon. We also discuss some results of Clifford and Brill-Noether type.

Visual and auditory information is encoded by sensory neurons that tonically release neurotransmitter at high rates. The synaptic ribbon is an essential organelle in nerve terminals of these neurons. Its precise function is unknown, but if the ribbon could be visualized in a living terminal, both its own dynamics and its relation to calcium and vesicle dynamics could be studied. We designed a s...

An overview is provided of some of the basic facts concerning rim hook lattices and ribbon tableaux, using a representation of partitions by their edge sequences. An action is defined of the affine Coxeter group of type Ãr−1 on the r-rim hook lattice, and thereby on the sets of standard and semistandard r-ribbon tableaux, and this action is related to the concept of chains in r-ribbon tableaux....

Photoreceptor ribbon synapses are continuously active synapses with large active zones that contain synaptic ribbons. Synaptic ribbons are anchored to the active zones and are associated with large numbers of synaptic vesicles. The base of the ribbon that is located close to L-type voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels is a hotspot of exocytosis. The continuous exocytosis at the ribbon synapse needs to...