Chemical binding

About: Chemical binding is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1822 publications have been published within this topic receiving 52516 citations.

Influence of additives on combustion of ultradisperse aluminum powder and chemical binding of air nitrogen

Abstract: Experimental results are presented on combustion in air of ultradisperse aluminum powder with additives of ultradisperse powders of copper, nickel, iron, tin, silicon, graphite, boron, tungsten, and molybdenum.X-Ray diffraction and chemical analyses were used to study the composition of the end products. A tin additive has an inhibiting action on the chemical combining of air nitrogen as aluminum nitride and oxynitride, whereas iron, tungsten, and molybdenum additives favor an increase in nitrogen content. As is established, the influence of additives on the processes determining the duration of two combustion stages is greater than on the content of bound nitrogen in the products.

Layer-controlled thinning of black phosphorus by an Ar ion beam

Abstract: Black phosphorus (BP) is one of the most interesting two-dimensional (2D) layered materials due to its unique properties, including a band gap energy change from 0.3 eV (bulk) to 2.0 eV (monolayer) depending on the number of BP layers, for application in nanoelectronic devices. In general, 2D layered materials including BP have limitations in terms of synthesis due to the process factors such as time, temperature, etc., and thus, a thinning technique from the bulk material to a 2D material needs to be used while controlling the removed layer thickness. In this study, layer-controlled thinning of BP was performed by using a controlled Ar+ ion beam method and the BP thinning characteristics were investigated. By using the near monoenergetic ion energy in the range of 45–48 eV, BP could be thinned with the thinning rate of ∼0.55 nm min−1 down to bilayer BP without increasing the surface roughness and without changing the chemical binding states. The BP oxide on the pristine BP could also be successfully removed using the same Ar+ ion beam. 2D BP field-effect transistors (FETs) fabricated with the thinned bilayer–10-layer BPs exhibited electrical characteristics similar to those of pristine BP FETs suggesting no electrical damage on the BP layers thinned by the controlled monoenergetic Ar+ ion beam.

Fabrication and Electrical Characteristics of Ferredoxin Self-Assembled Layer for Biomolecular Electronic Device Application

Abstract: A ferredoxin adsorbed hetero self-assembled layer was fabricated on chemically modified Au substrate, 4-Aminothiophenol (4-ATP) was deposited onto Au substrate and then N-succinimidyl-3-[2-pyridyldithio] propionate (SPDP) was adsorbed on the 4-ATP layer, since SPDP was used as a bridging molecule for ferredoxin adsorption, Ferredoxin/SPDP/4-ATP structured hetero layer was constructed because of strong chemical binding of ferredoxin, SPDP, and 4-ATP, The surface of the ferredoxin-adsorbed SPDP/4-ATP layer was observed by scanning tunneling microscopy, The hetero film formation was verified by surface plasmon resonance measurement. The current flow and rectifying property based on the scanning tunneling spectroscopy I-V characteristics was achieved in the proposed hetero layer. Thus, the hetero layer structure of ferredoxin functioned as a molecular diode with rectifying property, The proposed molecular diode can be usefully applied for the development of molecular scale electronic devices.

Phosphorescence lifetime of naphthalene and phenanthrene in aggregated aromatic molecule-β-cyclodextrin-precipitant complexes

Abstract: Aggregated aromatic molecule-β-cyclodextrin-precipitant complexes exhibit long-lived phosphorescence at room temperature in water after the chemical binding of oxygen. The temperature dependences of the phosphorescence lifetimes of naphthalene-h8, naphthalene-de, and phenanthrene in the aggregates were measured. For example, the phosphorescence lifetimes of naphthalene-d8 aggregated with β-cyclodextrin and cyclohexane are equal to 25.1, 17.6, and 6.8 s at 77, 276, and 347 K, respectively, and that of phenanthrene aggregated with isooctane and β-cyclodextrin are 3.24, 3.06, and 1.26 s at 268, 274, and 335 K, respectively. The temperature dependences of the phosphorescence lifetimes at room temperature are determined by the rate constants of the radiative and nonradiative transitions from the triplet state of an aromatic molecule.

Specific surface association of avidin with N-biotinylphosphatidylethanolamine membrane assemblies: effect on lipid phase behavior and acyl-chain dynamics.

Abstract: The interaction of avidin with aqueous dispersions of N-biotinylphosphatidylethanolamines, of acyl chain lengths C(14:0), C(16:0), and C(18:0), was studied by using spin-label electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy, 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (31P NMR) spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and chemical binding assays. In neutral buffer containing 1 M NaCl, binding of avidin is due to specific interaction with the biotinyl lipid headgroup because avidin presaturated with biotin does not bind. Saturation binding of the protein corresponds to a ratio of 50 lipid molecules per tetrameric avidin. Phospholipid probes spin-labeled at various positions between C-4 and C-14 in the sn-2 chain were used to characterize the effects of avidin binding on the lipid chain dynamics. In the fluid phase, protein binding results in a decrease of chain mobility at all positions of labeling while the flexibility gradient characteristic of a liquid-crystalline lipid phase is maintained. There is no evidence f...