Electro-Catalytic Behavior of an Antiarrhythmic Drug, Procainamide and its Electro-Analytical Applications

Interaction of the antiarrhythmic drug procainamide with phospholipid bilayers.

Several hypotheses link the molecular mechanism of action of the antiarrhythmic drugs (AAD) that belong to class I to non-specific interactions with phospholipids sited in the neighborhood of sodium channels in the membrane of the myocardium. Procainamide (PROC), one of the least lipophilic drugs of this group, was induced to interact with bilayers of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and d...

Virtual instrumentation for electro–analytical measurements

This paper deals with some applications of Virtual Instrumentation to electroanalytical measurements. Virtual Instruments (VIs) are software programmes that simulate the external appearance and functions of a real instrument on the screen of a computer. In this work, programmes have been developed to control the potential of a working electrode (through a suitable potentiostat), acquire the cur...

An analytical electro-thermal model for Lithium-ion Batteries

Introduction Batteries with lithium-ion chemistry are the preferred candidate to power hybrid and electric vehicles (HEVs), due to their high power density (up to 150 Wh/kg), short charging time, minimal memory effects and selfdischarge (around 5% per month), and long cycling life [1]. Nonetheless, thermal management of large-scale lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries during high current charge and d...

Systematic behavior of electro-optic chromophore photostability.

The wavelength dependence of the one-photon absorption-induced photodegradation rate has been measured from the visible to the near IR for a variety of electro-optic chromophore-doped polymers. Systematic behavior is identified. The lifetime of the electro-optic activity is found to increase exponentially over 4-6 orders of magnitude for wavelengths ranging from peak of absorption, typically in...

Electro-optic Properties of Semiconductor Nano-crystals And Electro-optic Polymers And Their Applications