Abstract Tribological properties of biomass-derived oils (bio-oils) were experimentally investigated, and the compared with that standard mineral used for lubrication purposes. Bio-oils obtained from fast pyrolysis (using poultry pine), gasification (“gasitar” using pine) hydrothermal liquefaction processes Scenedesmus Nannocholoropsis). The friction wear tests conducted a ball on disk tribomet...

This perspective describes the recent discovery and investigation of homopolar dihydrogen bonding, and focuses on the identification and characterisation of hydride-hydride interactions in compounds of the main group elements. A highlight of this programme has been an appreciation of the important role played by this interaction in the structural and thermochemical properties of these materials...

The electronic structure of dehydro-m-xylylene anion (DMX-) has been investigated by using chemical reactivity studies and electronic structure calculations. DMX- has been generated in the gas phase via the sequential reaction of trimethyl-3,5-bis(trimethylsilylmethyl)phenylsilane with F- and two molecules of F2. Reactivity and thermochemical properties of the ion indicate a phenyl-like anion (...

The structures and stability of 531 novel boron nitride substituted isomers of 12-crown-4 etherverified theoretically. For a collection of 23 selected BN isomers, structural geometry, vibrationalstability, energy gaps, natural bond population analysis, and nonlinear optical responses investigatedtheoretically. The changes of standard enthalpies for ionization reactions and electron affinityreac...

Dasatinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that is used to treat chronic myeloid leukemiaand in the management of ulcerative colitis (UC) and to provide appropriate results in treatment. Dasatinib is significantly higher and faster than full cytogenetic and large molecular responses as compared to imatinib. In the recent study, using the NMR data, thermochemical properties of the dasa...

We investigate the coupled effects of mineralogy and pressure on the dynamics of axisymmetric thermochemical plumes in the lower mantle, using both high resolution numerical experiments and simple analytical theory. We focus on the effect of composition on the compressibility which has not been studied before. Our results show that the effect of mineralogy is considerable: For relatively low Si...