The single ion transport of transition metal ions like Cu(2+), Co(2+), Ni(2+) and Zn(2+) were carried out through the H(+) and alkali metal ion forms of Nafion membrane. These studies showed that the ion exchange selectivity coefficient of the permeating ion had an effect on its transport process. It was found that the diffusion coefficient values (D) were directly proportional to the selectivi...

Superconducting MgB2 thin films have been fabricated by 80 keV B ion implantation into commercial Mg ribbon with B doses up to 10 ions/cm, followed by thermal annealing at 500 °C. Temperature dependent dc magnetization measurements confirmed superconducting phase transitions between 11 and 18 K for samples containing nanocrystalline MgB2 grains embedded in Mg substrate with a small amount of Mg...

Metal coordinating comonomers influence the transition metal complex, polymer–metal ion binding, and subsequently material properties in magnetic responsive poly(ionic liquid)s.

Here, we demonstrate that a metal ion binding motif could serve as an efficient and robust tool for site-specific conjugation strategy. Cysteine-containing metal binding motifs were constructed as single repeat or tandem repeat peptides and their metal binding characteristics were investigated. The tandem repeats of the Cysteine-Glycine-Histidine (CGH) metal ion binding motif exhibited concerte...

The iron-dependent regulator (IdeR) protein in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and its better characterized homologue, the diphtheria toxin repressor (DtxR) from Corynebacterium diphtheriae, are iron-dependent regulatory proteins that control gene expression in response to iron availability in bacteria. IdeR regulates several genes required for iron uptake and storage including those involved in th...

The diphtheria tox repressor (DtxR) is a transition metal ion-dependent regulatory element that controls the expression of diphtheria toxin and several genes involved in the synthesis of siderophores in Corynebacterium diphtheriae. In the presence of transition metal ions apo-DtxR becomes activated and specifically binds to its target DNA sequences. We demonstrate by glutaraldehyde cross-linkin...

Many dsDNA viruses encode DNA-packaging terminases, each containing a nuclease domain that resolves concatemeric DNA into genome-length units. Terminase nucleases resemble the RNase H-superfamily nucleotidyltransferases in folds, and share a two-metal-ion catalytic mechanism. Here we show that residue K428 of a bacteriophage terminase gp2 nuclease domain mediates binding of the metal cofactor M...

abstract: two new transition metal complexes, containing the acidic ligand 5-chlorosalicylic acid (h2l5), and 1,10-phenanthroline（phen） and 1,3-di(4-pyridyl)propane (bpp) as secondary ligands are reported. they are formulated as {[pb(hl5)2(phen)(h2o)]·h2o}n(1), [zn2(hl5)4(bpp)2]n(2). all the complexes are characterized by single-crystal x-ray diffractions. compoud 1 crystallizes in the triclini...

A novel oxygen vacancy assisted transition metal (TM) diffusion mechanism is proposed for the first time to explain the near-surface phase transformation in lithium excess transition metal layered oxides. Oxygen vacancies and TM migration have been observed at nm scale spatial resolution by Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy. Formation of (dilute) ox...

Two mononuclear U02(VI) complexes of the general formula [(HL)U02(OH2)2] О.бШО, where L is a pentadentate N2O3 asymmetric Schiff base ligand, were synthesized and used as ligands for further coordination of either Cu(II) or Ni(II) ions. The U02(VI) ion occupies the outer O2O sites of the ligands, thus leaving the inner N2O2 sites of the ligands vacant for further coordina­ tion. Different types...