The heterogeneous nature of the ash chemistry biomass fuels gives rise to challenges in predicting deposit melting, sintering, and enrichment corrosive species. An experimental method has been developed study evolution morphology temperature gradients simulating conditions real superheater deposits. is based on applying synthetic mixtures an air-cooled corrosion probe, which inserted into a tub...

7.1 General Conclusions Investigations of the crystallization and melting behavior of linear polyethylene and of a series of ethylene/styrene random copolymers with styrene content ranging from 0.35 mol% to 11.7 mol% were discussed in chapters 3, 4 and 5 using the techniques of DSC and temperature modulated calorimetry. The focus of these studies was placed on the correlations between the tempo...

In this paper, we explore the feasibility of using coarse-grained models to simulate the self-assembly of DNA nanostructures. We introduce a simple model of DNA where each nucleotide is represented by two interaction sites corresponding to the sugar-phosphate backbone and the base. Using this model, we are able to simulate the self-assembly of both DNA duplexes and Holliday junctions from singl...

For several years, progress has been made in understanding surface melting as well as surface roughening of various crystals such as ice, lead, rare gases etc. A so-called quasi-liquid layer (QLL), caused by surface melting, is expected to influence the vapor growth mechanism of crystals at temperatures not far below their melting points. The effect of the self-diffusion coefficient D of a QLL ...

In this project, real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was utilized to study the mechanism of PCR inhibition through examination of the effect of amplicon length, melting temperature, and sequence. Specifically designed primers with three different amplicon lengths and three different melting temperatures were used to target a single homozygous allele in the HUMTH01 locus. The effect on amp...

Shear-induced structural transitions of a micellar cubic phase during large amplitude oscillatory shear flow is studied with time-resolved oscillatory rheological small angle neutron scattering. This technique allows us to resolve the structural changes within a cycle of oscillation. By applying a strain rate near the critical melting shear rate, melting and recrystallization occurs in a cyclic...