An enzyme fuel cell employing a carbon cloth electrode and bacterial FAD dependent glucose dehydrogenase (FADGDH) based on the direct electron transfer principle was constructed, and its scalability and cellulolytic sugar conversion were investigated. FADGDH was immobilized on the carbon cloth electrode together with carbon paste to form a multi-module type enzyme fuel cell by combining platinu...

We reported a simple and practical strategy that enables us to control the nucleation density and growth kinetics for graphene grown on the top-surface of metal substrate through gettering the carbon source on the backside of the flat Cu foil, during chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Hitherto, for CVD graphene grown on a flat Cu foil, merely topsurface-based growth mechanism has been emphasized,...

Nanohydroxyapatite-carbon nanotube composite coatings were deposited via electrophoretic deposition (EPD). AISI 316L stainless steel and ethanol were used as substrate and dispersing medium, respectively. 5%wt carbon nanotube (CNT) was used as reinforcing phase. Uniform and macrocrack-free coatings were obtained both for hydroxyapatite (HA) and HA-5%wt CNT coatings. Scanning electron micros...

Nanohydroxyapatite-carbon nanotube Nanocomposite (HA-CNT) coatings were deposited via electrophoretic deposition (EPD). Hydroxyapatite was synthesized via microwave combustion method using calcium nitrate and glycing as starting materials. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) revealed that pure hydroxyapatite nanoparticles have been synthesized. AISI 316L s...

the stoichiometric parameter namely “yield coefficient” associated with growth of certain organism can be determined by direct measurement and/or calculated indirectly. the focus of this paper was on the anoxic yield of heterotrophic organisms using ethanol as an external carbon source during the denitrification process. in the literature, it was observed that yield coefficients can vary for th...

RlmN and Cfr are Radical SAM enzymes that modify a single adenosine nucleotide--A2503--in 23S ribosomal RNA. This nucleotide is positioned within the peptidyl transferase center of the ribosome, which is a target of numerous antibiotics. An unusual feature of these enzymes is their ability to carry out methylation of amidine carbons of the adenosine substrate. To gain insight into the mechanism...

The gas diffusion layer (GDL) is vital to the performance and durability of direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC). The GDL plays an important role in water management, catalyst efficiency and conductivity of DMFC. The GDL consists of a carbon substrate that can either be woven or non-woven. The various substrates used to produce GDLs result in very different physical characteristics, particularly su...

The effect of monochloro and dichloro substitution into the ethyl portion on the pyrolysis of ethyl vinyl ether has been studied. This involved four possible monosubstituted derivatives and six disubstituted derivatives. For the monochloro derivatives, B- chloro substitution enhanced the rate constant while a- chloro substitution depressed it noticeably. For the dichloro derivatives, substi...