Nano-ZnO was prepared by direct precipitation method with zinc chloride and sodium carbonate anhydrous as raw materials, and its particle size and dispersion were characterized by TEM. The effects of concentration and the ratio of reactants and reaction temperature on its dispersion in aqueous solution were analyzed and the best reaction conditions were as follows: reaction temperature 60 , ult...

A method is proposed for automatic instrumentation of enzyme activity determinations which involve spectrophotometric measurements. The procedure utilizes a kinetic method to produce one instrumental reading that is proportional to enzyme concentration. The single spectrophotometric reading can be processed by analog or digital computation, using the known absorptivity constant of the reactant ...

We study the fast irreversible bimolecular reaction in a two-dimensional chaotic flow. The reactants are initially segregated and together fill the whole domain. Simulations show that the reactant concentration decays exponentially with rate lambda and then crosses over to the algebraic law of chemical kinetics in the final stage of the reaction. We estimate the crossover time from the reaction...

Fabrication of tunable fine textures on solid metal surfaces often demands sophisticated reaction/processing systems. By exploiting in situ polymerization and self-assembly inorganic adducts derived from liquid metals (the so-called HetMet reaction) with concomitant solidification, films texture are readily fabricated. Serving as a natural dimensional confinement, interparticle pores capillary-...

Phase-pure BiCuOSe, which is isostructural to the layered p-type transparent conductor LaCuOS, has been synthesized in high yield by a single-step hydrothermal reaction at low temperature (250 degrees C) and pressure (<20 atm). A moderate reaction temperature of 250 degrees C was sufficiently high to solubilize both Bi2O3 and Cu2O and stabilize monovalent copper and low enough to impede the oxi...

Explosives detection is a necessary and wide spread field of research. From large shipping containers to airline luggage, numerous items are tested for explosives every day. In the area of trace explosives detection, ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) is the technique employed most often because it is a quick, simple, and accurate way to test many items in a short amount of time. Detection by IMS ...

An effective way to accelerate rare events in molecular dynamics simulations is to apply a bias potential which destabilizes minima without biasing the transitions between stable states. This approach, called hyperdynamics, is limited by our ability to construct general bias potentials without having to understand the reaction mechanisms available to the system, a priori. Current bias potential...

A new method for the growth of nanoporous thin films is described. The process is targeted to the formation of titanium dioxide (TiO2) through a low-temperature inorganic-filler chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. The growth technique employs gas-phase reaction of an alkali metal (Na) and a metal halide (TiCl4) and subsequent thin film growth within a low-pressure coflow diffusion reactor....

The residue from desulfurization and denitrification of exhaust gas treatment process with pyrolusite ore as absorbent is regarded as a potential source of iron and manganese. In this study, an extraction process is proposed for recovery of iron and manganese with ammonium sulphate roasting followed by sulphuric acid leaching. Firstly, the conversion mechanism was analyzed through mineral phase...