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Early Transition Metal Studies of Dinitrogen Cleavage and Metal-Nitrogen Bond Reactivity Towards Catalytic N2 Fixation
(2015)The development of energy efficient catalysts that provide a range of commodity chemicals derived from the fixation of N2 is a highly attractive target due to the abundance of molecular nitrogen present in Earth’s atmosphere. ... -
Earth Abundant Bimetallic Nanoparticles for Heterogeneous Catalysis
(2014)Polymer exchange membrane fuel cells have the potential to replace current fossil fuel-based technologies in terms of emissions and efficiency, but CO contamination of H2 fuel, which is derived from steam methane reforming, ... -
The effect of boric acid on the growth mechanism of electrodeposited metal nanostructures
(2014)Electrochemical deposition (ECD) has been a primary method of metal plating for a variety of applications for nearly 100 years. Its popularity is due to its straightforward design, low cost, uniform results, and successful ... -
Effect of Borohydride Reduction and pH on the Optical Properties of Humic Substances
(2014)Despite decades of research, the structural basis for the optical properties of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) and humic substances (HS) are still not clear. Through several analytical techniques, it is known ... -
The Effect of Changes in Structure of the Reactants on the Rate of Enamine Formation
(1964)It has been found that the rate of formation of a wide variety of enamines can be accurately determined by observing the rate at which the by-product water collects in a Dean-Stark trap. On the basis of the results observed ... -
Effect of ligand binding on the backbone dynamics of linear and circular constructs of SH3 Domain
(2004-12-08)Peptide backbone cyclization is an important bio-engineering tool that has been widely used to control the stability, structure and biological role of small peptides. Here we have analyzed the effect of ligand binding on ... -
EFFORTS TOWARD (+)-7-DEOXYPANCRATISTATIN FEATURING A PALLADIUM CATALYZED ALLYLIC ARYLATION
(2005-01-21)The synthesis of pancratistatin, 7-deoxypancratistatin, and its analogs have attracted the interest of synthetic chemists due to both their structural complexity as well as interesting biological activity. Although previous ... -
Efforts Toward Synthesis of Novel Analogs of the Bacterial Second-Messenger, c-di-GMP
(2009)The formation of bacterial biofilms is a common mechanism for antibiotic resistance. It has been shown that bis-(3'-5')-cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate, c-di-GMP, plays a key role in bacterial biofilm formation; ... -
Electrical Properties of a Tube-in-a-Tube Semiconductor
(2016)Tube-in-a-tube (Tube^2) nanostructures were synthesized through the outer-wall selective covalent functionalization of double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) at high functional densities. Upon functionalization, the ... -
ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS ON THE CHARGE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF HETEROGENEOUS SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRODE MATERIALS
(2014)The design and exploration of heterogeneous materials for energy storage system are investigated here. The charge transport property of the electrode materials is tuned through different architectures and chemical compositions. ... -
ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION KINETICS OF HYDROGEN AND HIGHER HYDROCARBON FUELS ON SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS.
(2007-11-27)Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are promising electrochemical energy converting devices due to their ability to use not only hydrogen but also hydrocarbons as a fuel. Although conventional SOFCs with Ni/YSZ anodes and ... -
ELECTROCHEMICAL PROTECTION OF LITHIUM METAL ANODE IN LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES AND BEYOND
(2020)With the growing demand of advanced energy storage devices that have high energy density and high power density to power electric vehicles and electrical grid, scientists and engineers are exploring technologies beyond ... -
ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS, TRANSFORMATION, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MnO2 NANOWIRE ARRAYS FOR SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRODES
(2013)The utilization of MnO<sub>2</sub> nanowire arrays for future light weight energy storage devices is investigated here. One of the more specific questions this work looks to answer is: Can ultra high density arrays of ... -
ELECTROCHEMISTRY OF PRECISION NANOSTRUCTURES FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES
(2020)With the increase in the demand for high performing energy storage devices, the energy storage community has explored ways to improve Li-ion battery chemistry. Previous research has demonstrated that nanostructuring of ... -
ELECTRONIC MODIFICATION WITHIN THE WELL-ESTABLISHED CPAM FRAMEWORK AS A MEANS TOWARD INCREASED REACTIVITY
(2017)Early transition metals (group IV-VI) supported by the pentamethylcyclopentadienyl-amidinate mixed ligand set (CPAM) have been found to enable a number of important chemical transformations including (living) coordinative ... -
Electronically tailored functionalization of carbon nanotubes
(2014)Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were chemically tailored on the electronic level to enhance their optical and electrical properties. Incorporation of sp3 defects into the sidewalls of CNTs significantly improved quantum efficiency ... -
Elevated Temperature Effects on Carotenoid Biosynthesis in the Diploid Strawberry, Fragaria vesca
(2015)Carotenoids, a subfamily of the isoprenoids, are one of the most diverse classes of secondary metabolites distributed throughout nature. They are lipophilic in nature, and include over 600 tetraterpenoid compounds synthesized ... -
Elliptic flow at forward rapidity in sqrt(s_(NN)) = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions
(2012)Forward rapidity elliptic flow (v<sub>2</sub>) of both unidentified charged hadrons and decay muons has been measured from √s<sub>NN</sub> = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions as a function of pseudorapidity (η), transverse ... -
Elliptic Flow Measured with the PHOBOS Spectrometer at RHIC
(2008-07-28)The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory provides experiments with the most energetic nucleus-nucleus collisions ever achieved in a laboratory. These have been used to investigate the ... -
EMERGENT NETWORK ORGANIZATION IN LINEAR AND DENDRITIC ACTIN NETWORKS REVEALED BY MECHANOCHEMICAL SIMULATIONS
(2021)Cells employ networks of filamentous biopolymers to achieve shape changes and exert migratory forces. As the networks offer structural integrity to a cell, they are referred to as the cytoskeleton. Actin is an essential ...