Insoluble nickel compounds are well-established human carcinogens. Occupational exposure to these compounds leads to increased incidence of lung and nasal cancer in nickel refinery workers. Apart from its weak mutagenic activity and hypoxia mimicking effect there is mounting experimental evidence indicating that epigenetic alteration plays an important role in nickel-induced carcinogenesis. Mul...

Klebsiella aerogenes UreE, one of four accessory proteins involved in urease metallocenter assembly, contains a histidine-rich C terminus (10 of the last 15 residues) that is likely to participate in metal ion coordination by this nickel-binding protein. To study the function of the histidine-rich region in urease activation, ureE in the urease gene cluster was mutated to result in synthesis of...

Nickel/cobalt permeases (NiCoTs, TC 2.A.52) are a rapidly growing family of structurally related membrane transporters whose members are found in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, in thermoacidophilic archaea, and in fungi. Previous studies have predicted two subclasses represented by HoxN of Ralstonia eutropha, a selective nickel transporter, and by NhlF of Rhodococcus rhodochrous, a n...

This study addressed the design and syntheses of diverse ligands, which were then successfully treated with Ni (II) ion to afford a series of nickel complexes. α-Chloroformylarylhydrazine hydrochlorides contain two different functional groups. One is a strong nucleophile, and the other is a good electrophile. Therefore, it can be designed to react with several reagents to obtain diverse derivat...

Lithium-ion batteries are commonly used as energy storage devices in a variety of applications. The cathode architectures and materials have a large influence on the performance of lithium-ion batteries, namely power and energy densities. Three-dimensional bicontinuous cathode structures should help improve the charge and discharge rate performances, while maintaining a high energy capacity. By...

The biosorption of nickel(II) ions by deactivated protonated yeast was investigated with respect to the initial pH and initial metal ion concentration. The kinetics of sorption was also followed based on the amounts of metal sorbed at various time intervals for different yeast doses. The equilibrium data could be fitted by the Langmuir isotherm model. The adsorption capacity was pH dependent wi...

In this paper, the performances of various lithium-ion chemistries for use in plug-in hybrid electric vehicles have been investigated and compared to several other rechargeable energy storage systems technologies such as lead-acid, nickel-metal hydride and electrical-double layer capacitors. The analysis has shown the beneficial properties of lithium-ion in the terms of energy density, power de...

N ickel is a potentially allergenic material. It is one of the most common causes of allergic contact dermatitis, particularly in women. l-5 Nickel can also be considered an occupational allergen. Nickel contact dermatitis is common among industrial workers, especially in those industries that use nickel as a raw material. It has been demonstrated that U.S. S-cent coins contain approximately 25...

Lithium-ion batteries have become a chosen energy solution for many types of systems including consumer electronics, electric vehicles, and military and aerospace electronics, due to their high energy density, high galvanic potential, lightness of weight and long lifetimes compared to lead-acid, nickel-cadmium, and nickel-metal-hydride cells. As the demand for lithium-ion batteries increases so...

Coronary stents must not provoke an inflammatory response; however, some kinds of ions that are released from biometals induce biological reaction. In the present study, we quantitatively evaluated biological reaction of nickel-free high-nitrogen stainless steel (HNS) by endothelial cell culture, and a bioimaging system using NF-κB/luciferase transgenic mice to confirm the potential of HNS for ...