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The water oxidation reaction is a rate-determining step in solar water splitting. The number of surviving photoexcited holes is one of the most influencing factors affecting the photoelectrochemical water oxidation effic...

Carbon nanodots (CNDs) undergo electron transfer in different scenarios. Previous studies have mainly focused on the electron-accepting features of CNDs in covalently linked donor-acceptor nanoconjugates. In view of this...

We find that for adsorbed terephthalic acid (TPA) molecules surface Sn alloying deactivates the Cu(001) surface by decoupling the adsorbed molecules from the substrate. This effect is investigated for the case of the 0.5...

Fluid transport on confined systems is a subject of theoretical and technological interest. For instance, remarkable high flow rates have been obtained in carbon nanochannels (CNs) which cannot be predicted by standard m...

Sodium caseinate suspensions (Cas) are stabilized as submicelles in a dynamic system consisting of caseins α, β, and κ. Their use in the food industry is quite widespread because of their functional properties and nut...

Graphene layers are known to stack in two stable configurations, namely, ABA or ABC stacking, with drastically distinct electronic properties. Unlike the ABA stacking, little has been done to experimentally investigate t...

Graphene nanoribbons with both armchair- and zigzag-shaped hydrogen-passivated edges (AGNR and ZGNR) have band gaps which depend on the width of the ribbon. In particular, a ZGNR has localized electronic states at the ed...

We investigate the drying dynamics of mesoporous silicon bilayers with controlled pore geometries during ethanol evaporation. Using Reflective Interferometric Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (RIFTS), we track the evolutio...

The reactivity of a heavy model molecule (quinolin-65, named Q65, a 2,3,7,8-dibenzopyrene derivative) over two different equilibrium fluidized catalytic cracking catalysts of the conventional and resid types was studied...

We have investigated the reaction of peroxynitrite with carbon dioxide in aqueoussolution by means of combined quantum-classical (QM-MM) molecular dynamics simulations.In our QM-MM scheme, the reactant was modeled using ...

The thermal stability of N,N′-bis(1-ethylpropyl)-perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxdiimide (EP-PTCDI) thin films deposited on Cu(100) has been characterized by using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), X-ray photoelectron ...

The adsorption of commercial trypsin (Try) onto epichlorohydrin cross-linked alginate–guar gum matrix has been studied at equilibrium in batch and in fixed bed column. Experiments were conducted to study the effect of ...

In the present paper, the performance of monolithic catalysts obtained from a catalytic converter was analyzed in the partial hydrogenation of sunflower oil. The monoliths were reimpregnated with palladium and installed ...

In this work, we apply the recently developed frequency shift of nanoantennas (FRESA) technique to measure the Young’s modulus of thin mesoporous films at GHz frequencies as a function of porosity with local precision....

The photochemical one-electron oxidation of alkyl aryl selenides was studied by means of laser flash photolysis (355 nm). Quenching of the sensitizers in their excited state leads to selenide radical cation in the presen...

C4-Symmetrical dirhodium(II) tetracarboxylates are highly efficient catalysts for the asymmetric intermolecular aziridination of substituted alkenes with sulfamates. The reaction proceeds with high levels of efficiency a...

An interparticle system has been devised, allowing airborne singlet oxygen to transfer between particle surfaces. Singlet oxygen is photogenerated on a sensitizer particle, where it then travels through air to a second p...

The phase equilibria of binary CO2 + n-alkane mixtures have been studied by an important number of authors, both experimentally and using different types of thermodynamic models. Modeling studies of the phase behavior of...

Pipeline networks are the dominant mode of conveying a wide variety of oil refined products from refineries to distribution terminals. Pipeline infrastructure usually comprises trunk lines serving high-volume, long-haul ...

Using molecular dynamics experiments, we analyze the association of "Janus" 6-amino-6-deoxy-2O-carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrins (JCD) in aqueous solutions. In JCD dimers, the free energy associated with the primary-rim-sec...

The development of dye-sensitized solar cells requires an in-depth understanding of the interfacial charge-transfer dynamics that take place between dye sensitizers and semiconductors. Here, we describe a prototype syste...

High-power density output in enzymatic fuel cells is a key feature to reduce the size of self-powered implantable medical devices. Electron transfer mediated through redox polyelectrolytes allows the transport of electro...

The influence of the solvent (water, acetone, and ethanol) used during alumina impregnation on the properties of Pt/Al2O3 and Pt−Sn/Al2O3 catalysts was studied. Catalysts were characterized by H2 chemisorption, TEM, te...