.Thermal instabilities were identified in SONY-type lithium-ion cells and correlated with interactions of cell constituents and reaction products. Three temperature regions of interaction were identified and associated with the state of charge (degree of Li intercalation) of the cell. Anodes were shown to undergo exothermic reactions as low as 100°C involving the solid electrolyte interface (SE...

A common technique to aid in implant fixation into surrounding bone is to inject bone cement into the space between the implant and surrounding bone. The most common bone cement material used clinically today is poly(methyl methacrylate), or PMMA. Although promising, there are numerous disadvantages of using PMMA in bone fixation applications which has limited its wide spread use. Specifically,...

The synthesis of a series of donor–acceptor podands is described. The dependence of the rate constants of intramolecular photoinduced electron transfer on the exothermicity of the reaction was studied by stationary and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. H NMR and computational studies suggest that the conformational change of the podands is restricted by K binding. As a result, the occurr...

Separation and capture of carbon dioxide from the flue gas of power plants in order to reduceenvironmental damages has always been of interest to researchers. In this study, aqueous solution ofmethylamine was used as an absorbent for CO2 capture. In order to study this reaction, DensityFunctional Theory (DFT) was employed at the level of B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) by using theconductor-like polarizabl...