P. Pokorny, J. Kolisko, L. Balik – Czech Technical University – Klokner Institute, Prague, Czech Republic P. Novak – Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic The article is describing formation, composition, morphology and crystallographic characteristics of intermetalic compounds Fe Zn present in the coating formed during the process of low-temperature hot-dip galvanizing of ca...

The vacuolar Zn(2+)/H(+) antiporter of Arabidopsis thaliana, AtMTP1, has a cytosolic histidine-rich loop (His-loop). We characterized the structures and Zn(2+)-binding properties of the His-loop and other domains. Circular dichroism analyses revealed that the His-loop partly consists of a polyproline type II structure and that its conformational change is induced by Zn(2+) as well as the C-term...

In near-neutral solutions, the effects of NH4HF2, H3PO4, phytic acid (IP6), and EDTA-ZnNa2 concentration on corrosion resistance Zn amount micro-arc oxidation (MAO) coatings were revealed by an orthogonal experiment. The influencing order four factors coating is > NH4HF2 IP6 while sequence ranked as H3PO4 IP6. fabricated Zn-containing exhibit excellent resistance, their icorr values are two ...

In presented work authors analyzed the high-temperature oxidation process from the point of view of its influence on effects obtained during cast iron hot-dip zinc coating. Research concerned the influence of the high-temperature oxidation, as a preliminary stage previous to coating with zinc on the change of surface layer structure as well as subsurface layer of cast iron with flake, vermicula...

In this study, the microstructural, mechanical, adhesion, and hemocompatibility properties of nanocrystalline diamond coatings were examined. Microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD) was used to deposit nanocrystalline diamond coatings on silicon (100) substrates. The coating surface consisted of faceted nodules, which exhibited a relatively wide size distribution and an average size ...

We describe an improved gel-based method with an additive Zn(2+)-cyclen complex (cyclen, 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane), Zn(2+)-cyclen-PAGE, for mutation detection in DNA fragments by PCR that contain more than 65% Ade/Thy bases and fewer than 100base pairs (bp). Existing techniques have a problem in analyzing such short Ade/Thy-rich fragments because the duplexes are disrupted and are not det...

Hot-dip galvanization is a common corrosion-prevention technique for steel structures. The submerged in molten zinc bath, which forms coating on the steel’s surface. This provides barrier against corrosive elements. However, galvanized covering can still deteriorate, especially harsh environments. As consequence, several studies have been conducted to improve corrosion resistance of by adding m...