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Showing 1 to 20 of 67 for “"thermodynamics and kinetics"”.
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Thermodynamics and kinetics of ceramic/metal interfacial interactions
… microelectronics packaging, ceramic/metal seals, and so forth. Understanding the formation and evolution of such interfaces is therefore essential for the better design and optimization of these technologies. In this thesis, a methodology for the study of the thermochemical interactions at …
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Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Iso-1-cytochrome c Denatured State
… Curing these conditions requires understanding the principles governing folding. Efforts toward understanding how proteins fold have focused on the transition state rather than the earliest folding events. We study these initial events using the assumption that protein folding must …
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Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Iso-1-cytochrome c Denatured State
… Curing these conditions requires understanding the principles governing folding. Efforts toward understanding how proteins fold have focused on the transition state rather than the earliest folding events. We study these initial events using the assumption that protein folding must …
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Developing predictive tools for solvent effects on thermodynamics and kinetics
… in many industrially, environmentally, and medically relevant chemical systems. Solvents can strongly affect species thermochemistry and reaction kinetics, and a different solvent choice can lead to completely different reaction outcomes and phase equilibria. Accurate prediction of …
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Thermodynamics and kinetics of Mg intercalation for multivalent cathode applications
… has shown tremendous improvements in energy and power-densities, via both materials selection and engineering advancements, the lithium ion technology is approaching the fundamental limits of what more can be achieved. Multi-valent (MV) chemistry, that pairs an energy-dense MV metal anode …
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Connecting Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Ligand Controlled Colloidal Pd Nanoparticle Synthesis
… nanoparticles are widely used for industrial and scientific purposes in many fields, including catalysis, biosensing, drug delivery, and electrochemistry. It has been reported that most of the functional properties and performance of the nanoparticles are highly dependent on the particle size …
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Thermodynamics and kinetics of antisense oligonucleotide hybridization to a structured mRNA target
… stability, specificity, affinity, and delivery. Each of these limitations has been addressed experimentally through the use of chemically-modified oligonucleotides and oligonucleotide conjugates, with much success in enhancing oligonucleotide efficacy. These early studies have shown …
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Effect of chain structure on the thermodynamics and kinetics of polymer crystallization
… predicted divergence of the lamellar thickness and crystal growth rate at finite undercoolings - the so-called “δ𝑙 catastrophe." Within this work, it has been shown that the "δ𝑙 catastrophe" can be eliminated by considering all of the implications of the Hoffman-Miller reptation approach. …
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Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Carbon Dioxide Corrosion of Mild Steel at Elevated Temperatures
… corrosion of mild steel in the oil and gas industry has been widely investigated. Nevertheless, research on high temperature CO<sub>2</sub> corrosion has been rarely conducted, and its mechanisms remain unclear. Therefore, it is important to complete an in-depth study of …
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Thermodynamics and kinetics of ion-exchange in perchlorate-selective poly(vinylbenzyltrialkylammonium chloride) matrices
… architecture exhibit rapid exchange kinetics. Coatings consist of hydrophobic poly(vinylbenzyltrialkylammonium chloride) (PVBTC) matrices prepared by quaternization of a poly(vinylbenzyl chloride) precursor using an array of tertiary amines. Bulkier, more hydrophobic amines, such as …
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The Development and Assessment of Computational Approaches to the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Binding
… recognition plays an important role in biology and mediates interactions between receptors and ligands, antigens and antibodies, nucleic acids and proteins, proteins and proteins, enzymes and substrates, and nucleic acids with each other. Many cellular processes are governed by a group of …
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Concentration-Dependent Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Lithium-Metal Battery Electrolytes: Implications for Coulombic Efficiency
… by challenges such as dendrite formation and unstable interphases. This study investigates the intricate interplay between electrolytedependent thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport properties in LMBs, focusing on the concentration effects in fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) and …
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Water in the Earth’s Interior: Thermodynamics and kinetics of hydrogen incorporation in olivine and wadsleyite
(1) Hydrogen diffusion in olivine The kinetics of hydration of dry single crystals of San Carlos olivine was determined by performing experiments under water-saturated conditions. The experiments were performed at 1.5 GPa, 1000°C for 5 hours in a piston cylinder apparatus, or at 0.2 GPa, 900°C, for …
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Study on the thermodynamics and kinetics of the stripping of palladium from a typical palladium organic
The aim of this thesis was to investigate the thermodynamics and the kinetics of the stripping of palladium from a typical palladium organic. The thesis firstly characterizes the thermodynamic effects of temperature and strip acid normality on the stripping of palladium and secondly investigates …
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Thermodynamics and kinetics of ice nucleation inside biological cells during freezing : as applied to mouse oocytes
… of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Program in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics, 1989.
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Elucidating the role of membranes in modulating the thermodynamics and kinetics of substrate binding to Thromboxane Synthase
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Thermodynamics and kinetics of hydrogen storage in magnesium hydride: a theoretical study of catalyst-dopant, defect, and size effects
… creating nano-sized particles by ball-milling) and/or adding catalyst dopants? Thus, we need to determine accurately both the enthalpy and kinetic barriers controlling desorption, but for realistic, defected cases. Employing density functional theory (DFT) and simulated annealing, we studied …
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Thermodynamics and kinetics of hydrophobic organic compound sorption in natural sorbents and quantification of black carbon by electron microscopy
… indicate physical occlusion of native sorbate and/or sorption onto micropore surfaces of char/charcoal. Between 30-70% of the native pyrene may be occluded. Conceptual pictures for both hypotheses were presented with supportive evidence from experiments and literature. Analysis of experimental …
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AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF SUBSTRATE POROSITY, MORPHOLOGY, AND FLEXIBILITY ON THE EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS OF ADSORPTION FOR ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR ADSORBATES
… isotherms were measured at low temperatures and low pressures for all of the systems studied which included CO2 adsorption on single walled carbon nanotubes (CO2 – SWCNT), Ethane adsorption on closed carbon nanohorns (Ethane-cNH), Ar adsorption on open carbon nanohorns (Ar – oNH), CO2 …
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Towards comprehensive design of electrolytes for electrochemical energy storage
… but intermittent energy sources like wind and solar necessitates accompanying deployment of energy storage technologies, where one promising approach is to store energy electrochemically using batteries or electrolyzers. At the heart of all electrochemical systems is the presence of an …
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