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Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are emerging as new media of choice for biocatalysis due to their environmentally friendly nature, fine-tunability, and potential biocompatibility. This work deciphers the behaviour of bromelain in a ternary DES composed of acetamide, urea, and sorbitol at mole fractions of 0.5, 0.3, and 0.2, respectively (0.5Ac/0.3Ur/0.2Sor), with various degrees of hydration. Bromelain is an essential industrial proteolytic enzyme, and the chosen DES is non-ionic and liquid at room temperature. This provides us with a unique opportunity to contemplate protein behaviour in a non-ionic DES for the very first time. Our results infer that at a low DES concentration (up to 30% V/V DES), bromelain adopts a more compact structural conformation, whereas at higher DES concentrations, it becomes somewhat elongated. selleck chemicals The microsecond conformational fluctuation time around the active site of bromelain gradually increases with increasing DES concentration, especially beyond 30% V/V. Interestingly, bromelain retains most of its enzymatic activity in the DES, and at some concentrations, the activity is even higher compared with its native state. Furthermore, we correlate the activity of bromelain with its structure, its active-site dynamics, and the physical properties of the medium. Our results demonstrate that the compact structural conformation and flexibility of the active site of bromelain favour its proteolytic activity. Similarly, a medium with increased polarity and decreased viscosity is favourable for its activity. The presented physical insights into how enzymatic activity depends on the protein structure and dynamics and the physical properties of the medium might provide useful guidelines for the rational design of DESs as biocatalytic media.We propose a dynamical theory of how the chemical energy stored in a battery generates the electromotive force (emf). In this picture, the battery's half-cell acts as an engine, cyclically extracting work from its underlying chemical disequilibrium. We show that the double layer at the electrode-electrolyte interface can exhibit a rapid self-oscillation that pumps an electric current, thus accounting for the persistent conversion of chemical energy into electrical work equal to the emf times the separated charge. We suggest a connection between this mechanism and the slow self-oscillations observed in various electrochemical cells, including batteries, as well as the enhancement of the current observed when ultrasound is applied to the half-cell. Finally, we propose more direct experimental tests of the predictions of this dynamical theory.Cesium and iodine, which are formed during a fission process in a nuclear reactor, are considered as major fission products responsible for the environmental burden in case of a nuclear accident. From the safety point of view, it is thus important to understand their release mechanism when overheating of the reactor core occurs. This work presents an experimental investigation of the behaviour of caesium iodide and caesium fluoride in fluoride based molten salt reactor fuel during high temperature events. It has been demonstrated that CsF will be retained in the fuel salt and thus its volatility will be significantly reduced, while CsI will not dissolve in the fluoride-based fuel matrix and will thus remain more volatile. The influence of the presence of CsI and CsF on the melting behaviour of the fuel has been investigated using calorimetry, revealing their negligible effects.Secondary electrons generated during the Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUVL) process are predominantly responsible for inducing important patterning chemistry in photoresist films. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the electron-induced fragmentation mechanisms involved in EUV-resist systems to improve their patterning performance. To facilitate this understanding, mechanistic studies were carried out on simple organic EUV-resist monomers, methyl isobutyrate (MIB) and methacrylic acid (MAA), both in the condensed and gas phases. Electron-stimulated desorption (ESD) studies on MIB in the condensed phase showed desorption peaks at around 2 and 9 eV electron energies. The gas-phase study on MIB showed that the monomer followed the dissociative ionization (DI) fragmentation pathway, under single collision conditions, which opened up at electron energies above about 11 eV. No signs of dissociative electron attachment (DEA) were detected for MIB in the gas phase under single collision conditions. However, DEA was an active process in MAA in the gas phase under single collision conditions at around 2 eV, showing that slight modifications of the molecular structures of photoresists may serve to sensitize them to certain electron-induced processes.In this paper, we demonstrate a combined theoretical and experimental study on the electronic structure, and the optical and electrochemical properties of β-Ag2MoO4 and Ag2O. These crystals were synthesized using the hydrothermal method and were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Rietveld refinement, and TEM techniques. XRD and Rietveld results confirmed that β-Ag2MoO4 has a spinel-type cubic structure. The optical properties were investigated by UV-Vis spectroscopy. DFT+U formalism, via on-site Coulomb corrections for the d orbital electrons of Ag and Mo atoms (Ud) and the 2p orbital electrons of O atoms (Up) provided an improved band gap for β-Ag2MoO4. Examination of the density of states revealed the energy states in the valence and conduction bands of the β-Ag2MoO4 and Ag2O. The theoretical band structure indicated an indirect band gap of approximately 3.41 eV. Furthermore, CO2 electroreduction, and hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions on the surface of β-Ag2MoO4 and Ag2O were studied and a comparative investigation on molybdate-derived silver and oxide-derived silver was performed. The electrochemical results demonstrate that β-Ag2MoO4 and Ag2O can be good electrocatalysts for water splitting and CO2 reduction. The CO2 electroreduction results also indicate that CO2 reduction intermediates adsorbed strongly on the surface of Ag2O, which increased the overpotential for the hydrogen evolution reaction on the surface of Ag2O by as much as 0.68 V against the value of 0.6 V for Ag2MoO4, at a current density of -1.0 mA cm-2.
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