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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Facility•Richland, Washington, United States•
About: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is a facility organization based out in Richland, Washington, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Catalysis & Aerosol. The organization has 11581 authors who have published 27934 publications receiving 1120489 citations. The organization is also known as: PNL & PNNL.
Topics: Catalysis, Aerosol, Mass spectrometry, Ion, Adsorption
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TL;DR: OPH entrapped in the organically functionalized nanopores showed an exceptional high immobilization efficiency of more than 200% and enhanced stability far exceeding that of the free enzyme in solution.
Abstract: The enzyme organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH) was spontaneously entrapped in carboxylethyl- or aminopropyl-functionalized mesoporous silica with rigid, uniform open-pore geometry (30 nm). This approach yielded larger amounts of protein loading and much higher specific activity of the enzyme when compared to the unfunctionalized mesoporous silica and normal porous silica with the same pore size. When OPH was incubated with the functionalized mesoporous silica, protein molecules were sequestered in or excluded from the porous material, depending on electrostatic interaction with the charged functional groups. OPH entrapped in the organically functionalized nanopores showed an exceptional high immobilization efficiency of more than 200% and enhanced stability far exceeding that of the free enzyme in solution. The combination of high protein loading, high immobilization efficiency and stability is attributed to the large and uniform pore structure, and to the optimum environment introduced by the functional groups.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors showed that productivity declines when nitrogen and phosphorus limitations are considered, turning terrestrial ecosystems into a net source of CO2 by 2100, and that the limitation of plant growth can reduce net plant productivity.
Abstract: Nutrient limitation of plant growth can reduce net plant productivity. Model projections indicate that productivity declines when nitrogen and phosphorus limitations are considered, turning terrestrial ecosystems into a net source of CO2 by 2100.
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TL;DR: The methods of graphene preparation are reviewed, the unique electrochemical behavior of graphene is introduced, and promising areas are identified for the future development of graphene-based materials in electrochemical energy conversion and storage systems.
Abstract: Graphene has attracted extensive research interest due to its strictly 2-dimensional (2D) structure, which results in its unique electronic, thermal, mechanical, and chemical properties and potential technical applications. These remarkable characteristics of graphene, along with the inherent benefits of a carbon material, make it a promising candidate for application in electrochemical energy devices. This article reviews the methods of graphene preparation, introduces the unique electrochemical behavior of graphene, and summarizes the recent research and development on graphene-based fuel cells, supercapacitors and lithium ion batteries. In addition, promising areas are identified for the future development of graphene-based materials in electrochemical energy conversion and storage systems.
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TL;DR: Using in vivo fluorescence measurements, immunolabeling, and quantitative gene expression analysis, it is demonstrated that S. oneidensis MR-1 nanowires are extensions of the outer membrane and periplasm that include the multiheme cytochromes responsible for EET, rather than pilin-based structures as previously thought.
Abstract: Bacterial nanowires offer an extracellular electron transport (EET) pathway for linking the respiratory chain of bacteria to external surfaces, including oxidized metals in the environment and engineered electrodes in renewable energy devices. Despite the global, environmental, and technological consequences of this biotic-abiotic interaction, the composition, physiological relevance, and electron transport mechanisms of bacterial nanowires remain unclear. We report, to our knowledge, the first in vivo observations of the formation and respiratory impact of nanowires in the model metal-reducing microbe Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Live fluorescence measurements, immunolabeling, and quantitative gene expression analysis point to S. oneidensis MR-1 nanowires as extensions of the outer membrane and periplasm that include the multiheme cytochromes responsible for EET, rather than pilin-based structures as previously thought. These membrane extensions are associated with outer membrane vesicles, structures ubiquitous in Gram-negative bacteria, and are consistent with bacterial nanowires that mediate long-range EET by the previously proposed multistep redox hopping mechanism. Redox-functionalized membrane and vesicular extensions may represent a general microbial strategy for electron transport and energy distribution.
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Ajou University1, Hanyang University2, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory3, Bar-Ilan University4, University of Chicago5, Argonne National Laboratory6, University of Waterloo7, University of Nottingham8, University of Oxford9, Graz University of Technology10, Institute of Science and Technology Austria11
TL;DR: This review is to provide an objective, comprehensive, and authoritative assessment of the intensive work invested in nonaqueous rechargeable metal-air batteries over the past few years, which identified the key problems and guides directions to solve them.
Abstract: The goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C requires a drastic reduction in CO2 emissions across many sectors of the world economy. Batteries are vital to this endeavor, whether used in electric vehicles, to store renewable electricity, or in aviation. Present lithium-ion technologies are preparing the public for this inevitable change, but their maximum theoretical specific capacity presents a limitation. Their high cost is another concern for commercial viability. Metal-air batteries have the highest theoretical energy density of all possible secondary battery technologies and could yield step changes in energy storage, if their practical difficulties could be overcome. The scope of this review is to provide an objective, comprehensive, and authoritative assessment of the intensive work invested in nonaqueous rechargeable metal-air batteries over the past few years, which identified the key problems and guides directions to solve them. We focus primarily on the challenges and outlook for Li-O2 cells but include Na-O2, K-O2, and Mg-O2 cells for comparison. Our review highlights the interdisciplinary nature of this field that involves a combination of materials chemistry, electrochemistry, computation, microscopy, spectroscopy, and surface science. The mechanisms of O2 reduction and evolution are considered in the light of recent findings, along with developments in positive and negative electrodes, electrolytes, electrocatalysis on surfaces and in solution, and the degradative effect of singlet oxygen, which is typically formed in Li-O2 cells.
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Yi Cui | 220 | 1015 | 199725 |
Derek R. Lovley | 168 | 582 | 95315 |
Xiaoyuan Chen | 149 | 994 | 89870 |
Richard D. Smith | 140 | 1180 | 79758 |
Taeghwan Hyeon | 139 | 563 | 75814 |
Jun Liu | 138 | 616 | 77099 |
Federico Capasso | 134 | 1189 | 76957 |
Jillian F. Banfield | 127 | 562 | 60687 |
Mary M. Horowitz | 127 | 557 | 56539 |
Frederick R. Appelbaum | 127 | 677 | 66632 |
Matthew Jones | 125 | 1161 | 96909 |
Rainer Storb | 123 | 905 | 58780 |
Zhifeng Ren | 122 | 695 | 71212 |
Wei Chen | 122 | 1946 | 89460 |
Thomas E. Mallouk | 122 | 549 | 52593 |