The formation of hydrogen cyanide during the catalytic reduction of nitric oxide (NO) with carbon monoxide and hydrogen was studied with a bench-scale flow reactor. The previously reported inhibition by sulfur dioxide of the formation of hydrogen cyanide was found to be counteracted by transient admission of oxygen to the catalyst. These results are discussed in the context of the control of au...

Cooperativity in hydrogen bonding has been repeatedly invoked in the literature. Very often a distinction is made between the association constant for the “dimer” formation and the corresponding constant for the formation of association complexes beyond dimer. This work examines this cooperativity hypothesis and proposes a straightforward manner of integrating it in the framework of the lattice...

prpc conversion to prpsc isoform is the main known cause for prion diseases including crutzfeldt-jakob, gerstmann-sträussler-sheinker syndrome and fatal familial insomnia in human. the precise mechanism underling this conversion is yet to be well understood. in the present work,  using the coordinate file of prpc (available on the protein data bank) as a starting structure, separate molecular d...

For further analysis of the effect of nano-doping on the properties of high polymers and research into the mechanism behind modified interfacial hydrogen bonds, a study on the formation probability of nano-SiO2/meta-aramid fibre interfacial hydrogen bonds and the strengthening mechanism behind interfacial hydrogen bonds on the thermal stability of meta-aramid fibres using molecular dynamics is ...

the nanoparticles of ni–si mixed oxides were prepared by co-precipitation method using nickel nitrate; ni(no3)2 6h2o and tetraethylorthosilicate (teos). the products were characterized by x-ray diffraction (xrd), transmission electron microscopy (tem), and hydrogen temperature program reduction (h2-tpr). the results revealed that ni–si mixed oxides particles were obtained with average particle ...

We report on laboratory measurements of molecular hydrogen formation and recombination on an olivine slab as a function of surface temperature under conditions relevant to those encountered in the interstellar medium. On the basis of our experimental evidence, we recognize that there are two main regimes of H coverage that are of astrophysical importance; for each of them we provide an expressi...

We have developed a model for molecular hydrogen formation under astrophysically relevant conditions. This model takes fully into account the presence of both physisorbed and chemisorbed sites on the surface, allows quantum mechanical diffusion as well as thermal hopping for absorbed H-atoms, and has been benchmarked versus recent laboratory experiments on H2 formation on silicate surfaces. The...

Amyloid diseases, including Alzheimer's and prion diseases, are each associated with unbranched protein fibrils. Each fibril is made of a particular protein, yet they share common properties. One such property is nucleation-dependent fibril growth. Monomers of amyloid-forming proteins can remain in dissolved form for long periods, before rapidly assembly into fibrils. The lag before growth has ...

Recent laboratory experiments on interstellar dust analogues have shown that H2 formation on dust grain surfaces is efficient in a range of grain temperatures below 20 K. These results indicate that surface processes may account for the observed H2 abundance in cold diffuse and dense clouds. However, high abundances of H2 have also been observed in warmer clouds, including photon-dominated regi...

The Shigella are generally regarded as organisms that fail to form hydrogen sulfide. In a recent report on a lead semisolid agar, Friewer and Shaughnessy (Am. J. Clin. Path., 8, 1) observed the formation of H2S by several strains of Shigella paradysenteriae (Flexner) and Shigelka sonnei in this medium and also by the lead acetate paper test, although no mention was made of this reaction by Shig...