Driven by a small number of niche markets and several decades of application research, fuel cell systems (FCS) are gradually reaching maturity, to the point where many players are questioning the interest and intensity of its deployment in the transport sector in general. This article aims to shed light on this debate from the road transport perspe...
Published in Corrosion Reviews
The effect of small amounts of chalcogen alloying elements (S, Se and Te) on the oxidation resistance (OR) of Cu has been investigated at 300–800 °C in 0.1 MPa oxygen atmospheres. Compared to pure copper, the addition of S, Se and Te could effectively improve the OR below 600 °C mainly owing to the chalcogen-element inclusions which hinder the diff...
In the present work the thermodynamics of protein adsorption to charged polyelectrolytes is explored. Unravelling interactions of proteins with highly charged polyelectrolytes as e.g. DNA is a central topic in biophysics since many years. It is now well-established that ionic interactions play a major role for the strength of binding as expressed t...
Proteins are intricate, dynamic structures, and small changes in their amino acid sequences can lead to large effects on their folding, stability and dynamics. To facilitate the further development and evaluation of methods to predict these changes, we have developed ThermoMutDB, a manually curated database containing more than 14,669 experimental ...
Published in Protection of Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces
AbstractThe thermodynamic, inhibitive and synergistic properties of Fragaria ananassa (strawberry) and Cucurbita pepo L (zucchini) leaf extracts on the corrosion of mild steel in Hydrochloric acid solutions were examined by potentiodynamic polarization curves measurements and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) technique as well as optical...
Published in Russian Journal of Non-Ferrous Metals
AbstractIn this work, a thermodynamic study of zinc sulfide high temperature oxidative leaching was carried out. At the metals sulfides dissolution under oxidants action in acidic solutions several simultaneously proceeding reactions are possible. With the aim finding the proportion of potential reactions, a thermodynamic calculation was carried ou...
Published in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology
Silk fibroin (SF) and sodium alginate (SA) are natural polymers used to produce biomaterials. One of the strategies to improve the properties of these products is to prepare blends with them, which are partially miscible. Phase separation is observed, therefore, the thermodynamic analysis of this system is important to predict the final state and c...
Aqueous two-phase systems (ATPSs) have proven to be efficient and environmentally safe methods for extracting chemical species. However, the driving forces behind the partition of solutes in these systems are still little understood. A complete thermodynamic partitioning of phenothiazine dyes was investigated in poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) + salt + ...
Ligands based on a cyclam and a cross-bridged cyclam scaffold functionalised at N1 and N8 by 6-phosphonic-2-methylene pyridyl groups are described. A family of complexes has been prepared with Ln3+ (Lu, Tb, Yb, Eu). The solution, structural, potentiometric and photophysical data for these novel ligands and their complexes have been investigated, in...
Published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Nano-sized activated carbon was prepared from pomegranate peel (PG-AC) via NaOH chemical activation and was fully characterized using BET, FT-IR, FE-SEM, EDX, and XRD. The newly synthesized PG-AC was used for cefixime removal from the aqueous phase. The effective parameters on the adsorption process, including solution pH (2–11), salt effect (0–10%...
