Copper-manganese oxide catalysts are prepared with an atomic ratio of Cu/Mn=2/1 using a coprecipitation procedure under air atmosphere. The time of aging, i.e., the time that precipitate remains in contact with the precipitating medium, has been varied from 0 (for unaged precursor) to 300 minutes and the effect of precipitate aging time in each atmosphere upon the structure and morphology of di...

Inspired by Nature's catalyst, a nano-size layered manganese-calcium oxide showed a low overvoltage for water oxidation in acidic solutions, which is comparable to platinum.

Primary cultures of rat embryonic motor neurons deprived of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) induce neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS) within 18 hr. Subsequently, >60% of the neurons undergo apoptosis between 18 and 24 hr after plating. Nitro-L-arginine and nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) prevented motor neuron death induced by trophic factor deprivation. Exogenous generation o...

It is well known that Li-ion cells containing manganese oxide-based positive electrodes and graphite-based negative electrodes suffer accelerated capacity fade, which has been attributed to the deposition of dissolved manganese on the graphite electrodes during electrochemical cell cycling. However, the reasons for the accelerated capacity fade are still unclear. This stems, in part, from confl...

Metal silicide nanowires (NWs) are very interesting materials with diverse physical properties. Among the silicides, manganese silicide nanostructures have attracted wide attention due to their several potential applications, including in microelectronics, optoelectronics, spintronics and thermoelectric devices. In this work, we exhibited the formation of pure manganese silicide and manganese s...

Forsterite (Mg2SiO4) powder was synthesized using magnesium and talc with assistance of ball milling. Manganese doped forsterite was prepared at weight percentage of 0.05%, 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.5% and 1.0wt% by adding manganese oxide before ball milling. The undoped and manganese doped forsterite were sintered at temperature of 1000°C, 1100°C and 1200°C. The Vickers hardness, fracture toughness and Yo...