A novel Nafion®-based nanocomposite membrane was synthesized to be applied as direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were coated with a layer of silica and then reacted by chlorosulfonic acid to produce sulfonate-functionalized silicon dioxide coated carbon nanotubes (CNT@SiO2-SO3H). The functionalized CNTs were then introduced to Nafion®, and subsequently, methanol permeab...

The extraction of Terbium (III)from aqueous nitrate solutions with a supported liquid membrane was investigated using a mixture of di-(2-ethylhexyl phosphoric acid (D2EHPA) and tri-octyl phosphine oxide (TOPO) with a molar ratio 1/0.4. The Hydrophobic Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) membrane was used as solid support. The sorption process followed pseudo-second-o...

Cansjera rheedii is widely used as a traditional medicine for the treatment and control of a variety of human inflammatory ailments by the fishermen of Auroville.   In the present study, the anti-inflammatory and membrane stabilizing property of Ethanol Extract of Cansjera rheedii J. Gmelin (EECR) was evaluated in rat using the Human Red Blood Cells (HRBC) membrane stabilization method...

Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) with photo-attached platinum (Pt@g-C3N4) is known to generate hydrogen under illumination in aqueous environments the presence of carbohydrate hole quenchers. Here, Pt@g-C3N4 embedded into a polymer intrinsic microporosity (PIM-1) host material molecularly rigid structure maintain active unblocked catalyst surfaces and control transport to/from photocatalyst. A...

Glycoprotein mRNA (G mRNA) of vesicular stomatitis virus is synthesized in the cytosol fraction of infected HeLa cells. Shortly after synthesis, this mRNA associates with 40S ribosomal subunits and subsequently forms 80S monosomes in the cytosol fraction. The bulk of labeled G mRNA is then found in polysomes associated with the membrane, without first appearing in the subunit or monomer pool of...