Among numerous active electrode materials, nickel hydroxide is a promising electrode in electrochemical capacitors. Nickel hydroxide research has thus far focused on the crystalline rather than the amorphous phase, despite the impressive electrochemical properties of the latter, which includes an improved electrochemical efficiency due to disorder. Here we demonstrate high-performance electroch...

An ion-associate phase (IAP) microextraction/ back-microextraction system was applied for the enrichment, separation, and detection of trace amounts nickel from environmental water samples. Thenoyltrifluoroacetone (HTTA) acted not only as a chelating reagent nickel, but also component extraction phase, i.e., IAP. Nickel in 40 mL sample solution pH-adjusted with phenolsulfonate (PS−) tetramethyl...

ofcells to carcinogenic nickel compounds induces many genes that are commonly expressed in cancer cells but not in normal cells. Nickel compounds have been well established as human carcinogens. Investigations into the molecular mechanisms of nickel car-cinogenesis have revealed that not all nickel compounds are equally carcinogenic: certain water-insoluble nickel compounds exhibit potent carci...

Nickel is widely used as a fcc model material to obtain insight into fundamental mechanisms of radiation damage. This work presents irradiation high-purity nickel using self-ions at 450 °C and fine analysis dislocation loops in specimens prepared by Focus Ion Beam Transmission Electron Microscopy. For the first time our knowledge, an inversion loop nature (vacancy-type irradiated zones v.s. int...

Based on the principles of mass conservation, chemical equilibrium, and electron charge neutrality, a thermodynamic equilibrium system was established for nickel-cobalt-manganese sulfate leaching solution in recovery process spent lithium-ion batteries. By changing ion concentration system, calculating pH value, identifying complexes Cu2+, Fe3+, PO43−, Al3+, F− results were obtained used to dra...

Mixed iron-manganese oxide nanoparticles, synthesized by a simple procedure, were used to remove nickel ion from aqueous solutions. Nanostructures, prepared by using different weight percents of manganese, were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, selected area diffraction, X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and vibrating sample magnetometry. Adsorption/desorption isotherm cur...

In order to elucidate aspects of the mechanism of the hydrolytic enzyme urease, theoretical calculations were undertaken on a model of the active site, using density functional theory. The bridging oxygen donor that has been found in the crystal structures was determined to be a hydroxide ion. The initial coordination of urea at the active site occurs most likely through the urea oxygen to the ...

HoxN, an integral membrane protein with seven transmembrane helices and a molecular mass of 33.1 kDa, is involved in high-affinity nickel transport in Alcaligenes eutrophus H16. From genetic analyses, it has been concluded that HoxN is a single-component ion carrier. To investigate this assumption, hoxN was introduced into Escherichia coli. The recombinant strain showed significantly enhanced n...

Urease is a metalloenzyme essential for the survival of Helicobacter pylori in acidic gastric environment. Maturation of urease involves carbamylation of Lys219 and insertion of two nickel ions at its active site. This process requires GTP hydrolysis and the formation of a preactivation complex consisting of apo-urease and urease accessory proteins UreF, UreH, and UreG. UreF and UreH form a com...