We already reported that an intramolecular benzylation of the imino moiety of bidentate iminopyrrolyl ligands afforded an amido-pyrrolyl complexes 1 and they exhibited better catalytic activity for ethylene polymerization compared to the corresponding bis(iminopyrrolyl) dichloro complexes of zirconium. In this contribution, we prepared amido-pyrrolyl complexes of zirconium (3a-d) and hafnium (4...

A thermosensitive macroporous hydrogel showing selectivity for the lysozyme was developed by an imprinting procedure that is based on metal coordinate interaction. A metal chelate monomer [N-(4-vinyl)-benzyl iminodiacetic acid] forming coordination complex with the template protein in the presence of Cu ions co-polymerized with N-isopropylacrylamide and acrylamide, using N,N-methylenebisacrylam...

The biological role of manganese (Mn(2+)) has been a long-standing puzzle, since at low concentrations it activates several polymerases whilst at higher concentrations it inhibits. Viral RNA polymerases possess a common architecture, reminiscent of a closed right hand. The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) of bacteriophage 6 is one of the best understood examples of this important class of po...

Coordination between membrane trafficking and actin polymerization is fundamental in cell migration, but a dynamic view of the underlying molecular mechanisms is still missing. The Rac1 GTPase controls actin polymerization at protrusions by interacting with its effector, the Wave regulatory complex (WRC). The exocyst complex, which functions in polarized exocytosis, has been involved in the reg...

The structure of CaO–Al2O3–B2O3–BaO glassy slags with varying mass ratio BaO to CaO has been investigated by Raman spectroscopy, 11B and 27Al magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS-NMR) spectroscopy atomic pair distribution function (PDF). MAS-NMR spectra reveal the dominant coordination boron as trigonal. Both simulations on indicate presence orthoborate primary borate group a fe...

Ground granulated blast furnace slags (GGBS) are glassy by-products from iron production that commonly used as supplementary cementitious materials in blended cements. The glass structure of seven industrial GGBS was investigated by Raman and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies. complex composition the induced multiple analytical challenges. Under usual continuous excitation, signal maske...

We consider the spatial dependence of filamentous protein self-assembly. Through studying the cases where the spreading of aggregated material is dominated either by diffusion or by growth, we derive analytical results for the spatial evolution of filamentous protein aggregation, which we validate against Monte Carlo simulations. Moreover, we compare the predictions of our theory with experimen...

Goal-directed hand movements are guided by sensory information and may be adjusted 'online,' during the movement. If the target of a movement unexpectedly changes position, trajectory corrections can be initiated in as little as 100 ms in adults. This rapid visual online control is impaired in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD), and potentially in other neurodevelopmental c...

Abstract: When the size of a polymerization locus is smaller than a few hundred nanometers, such as in miniemulsion polymerization, each locus may contain no more than one key-component molecule, and the concentration may become much larger than the corresponding bulk polymerization, leading to a significantly different rate of polymerization. By focusing attention on the component having the l...

a new potassium persulfate redox system has been investigated for the graft polymerization of vinyl monomers. in this study potassium persulfate system was used for initiation the polymerization. graft polymerization of acrylonitrile (an) onto starch (sta) was carried out in aqueous solution using potassium persulfate (i) redox system. it was found that the percentage of grafting and rate of gr...