The Density of State and the Natural Bond Orbital calculations were carried out to study theoxidation of CO on Au14 nano cluster through two different mechanisms and determining the bestmechanism for the reaction. Chemisorption of O2 and CO on the nano cluster led to change in energy,density of state and its thermodynamic properties. We calculated the energy band gap between thehighest occupied...

Although lung diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DL(CO)) is a widely used test of diffusive O2 transfer, few studies have directly related DL(CO) to O2-diffusing capacity (DL(O2)); none has used the components of Dl(CO), i.e., conductance of alveolar membrane and capillary blood, to predict DL(O2) from rest to exercise. To understand the relationship between DL(CO) and DL(O2) at matched le...

Since their introduction by Haruta, oxide supported Au catalysts with Au nanoparticles (NPs) of few nanometers in diameter have attracted enormous interest because of their high activity for various oxidation and reduction reactions most prominently the CO oxidation reaction. Mechanistic details and hence the physical origin of their high activity, however, are still controversial. Focusing on ...

Aims. Solid O2 has been proposed as a possible reservoir for molecular oxygen in dense clouds through freeze-out processes. The aim of this work is to characterize quantitatively the physical processes that are involved in the desorption kinetics of CO–O2 ices by interpreting laboratory temperature programmed desorption (TPD) data. This information is used to simulate the behavior of CO–O2 ices...

We present laboratory data on pure, layered and mixed CO and O2 ices relevant for understanding the absence of gaseous O2 in space. Experiments have been performed on interstellar ice analogues under ultra high vacuum conditions by molecular deposition at 14 K on a gold surface. A combination of reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy (RAIRS) and temperature programmed desorption (TPD) is u...