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The formed BAIL-water nano-interfaces in reverse μEs have exerted a positive effect on the catalytic activity of Cyt-c stored in a water pool of reverse μEs. TC-S 7009 ic50 A five-fold higher rate constant in μEs as compared to buffer establishes μEs as a better catalytic medium. Furthermore, the differing nature of nano-interfaces created by BAILs and water in reverse μEs, depending on the functionalization of the alkyl chain of the cationic part of BAIL, has exerted varying influence on the catalytic activity of Cyt-c. It is expected that the present work will result in providing a versatile platform for the creation of new IL and water based μEs for bio-catalytic applications.Mussel foot proteins (MFPs) strongly adhere to both hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces under wet conditions. This water-resistant adhesion of MFP is ascribed to catechol (1,2-dihydroxybenzene) which is highly contained in the MFP. Currently, little is known about the molecular details of the underwater adhesion of catechol onto a nonpolar hydrophobic surface. By using the density functional theory, we investigate the adhesion of catechol onto a wet graphite surface. We unveil the molecular geometry and energy in the course of the wet adhesion of catechol. Catechol adheres through π-π stacking with the underlying graphite. The surrounding water molecules further strengthen the adhesion by forming hydrogen bonds with catechol. In addition, a significant charge transfer has been observed from wet graphite to the catechol. Consequently, catechol adheres onto the present hydrophobic surface as strongly as onto a hydrophilic silica surface.The concept of CO2 switchable deep eutectic solvents (DESs) was proposed and a series of CO2 switchable imidazole-based deep eutectic solvents (DESs) was designed. The CO2 switch mechanism was investigated and the system was used for easy emulsion separation of olive oil from DESs. The benign CO2 switchable DESs have great potential applications in dissolution and easy separation.Macrophage uptake and metabolism of fatty acids is involved in a large number of important biological pathways including immune activation and regulation of macrophages, as well as pathological conditions including obesity, atherosclerosis, and others lifestyle diseases. There are few methods available to directly probe both the uptake and later redistribution/metabolism of fatty acids within living cells as well as the potential changes induced within the cells themselves. We use Raman imaging and analysis to evaluate the effects of different fatty acids following their uptake in macrophages. The label-free nature of the methods means that we can evaluate the fatty acid dynamics without modifying endogenous cellular behavior and metabolism.Perovskite related oxides ABO3-δ exhibiting mixed ionic-electronic conductivity (MIEC) possess large deviations from the oxygen stoichiometry. When providing excellent application potential, this feature also makes it very difficult to study the reaction mechanism between such oxides and molecular oxygen, also known as the oxygen reduction reaction. The complexity of the theoretical interpretation of kinetic experiments originates from the significant dependence of the kinetic and equilibrium properties of MIEC oxides on δ. It is proposed to consider such grossly nonstoichiometric oxides having different oxygen nonstoichiometry as chemical homologues participating in the oxygen exchange reaction and forming a series continuous in δ. The continuous homologous series approach is considered using the example of SrCo0.9Ta0.1O3-δ, an SOFC cathode material. The equilibrium and kinetic properties of the oxide were studied by new methods of oxygen partial pressure relaxation and oxygen release. Linear free-energy relationships have been discovered in the homologous series thermodynamic and kinetic enthalpy-entropy compensations, as well as the Brønsted-Evans-Polanyi relation. A relationship has been established between the change in the observed LFERs and the morphotropic phase transition in the oxide.The Deep Eutectic Solvents/Systems (DESs) choline chlorideurea (xChCl = 0.33) and choline chlorideglycolic acid (xChCl = 0.5) were investigated using viscosity-corrected 35Cl NMR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations to probe the role of chloride as a function of water content. Three Cl- solvation regimes are revealed, with high-symmetry environments for pure and highly dilute DES, and an unusual low-symmetry interstitial region where the primary coordination sphere is most disordered.Ferrate(vi), [FeO4]2-, is a very powerful oxidant that can oxidize a wide variety of inorganic and organic compounds. However, the mechanisms of many of these oxidation reactions have not been studied in detail. In this work, we have investigated the kinetics and mechanism of the oxidation of 4-alkylbenzenesulfonates by ferrate in aqueous solutions at pH 7.45-9.63 by UV/Vis spectrophotometry. The reactions are first order with respect to both [ferrate] and [4-alkylbenzenesulfonate]. The second-order rate constants for the oxidation of 4-isopropylbenzenesulfonate by ferrate at 25 °C and I = 0.3 M are found to be (5.86 ± 0.08) × 10-1 M-1 s-1 and (4.11 ± 1.50) × 10-3 M-1 s-1 for [Fe(O)3(OH)]- and [FeO4]2-, respectively, indicating that [Fe(O)3(OH)]- is two orders of magnitude more reactive than [FeO4]2- and is the predominant oxidant in neutral and slightly alkaline solutions. This is further supported by the effect of the ionic strength on the rate constant. No solvent kinetic isotope effect (KIE) was found but a moderate primary KIE = 1.6 ± 0.1 was observed in the oxidation of 4-ethylbenzenesulfonate and 4-ethylbenzenesulfonate-d9. Alkyl radicals were trapped by CBrCl3 in the oxidation of alkylarenes by ferrate. Combined with DFT calculations, a hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) mechanism was proposed for the reactions between [Fe(O)3(OH)]- and 4-alkylbenzenesulfonates.The thermodynamics of Th(iv) complexes with N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-2,2'-bipyridine-6,6'-dicarboxamide (TMBiPDA) and N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxamide (TMPhenDA) in CH3OH/10%(v)H2O (CH3OH  H2O = 9  1 by volume) were determined by spectrophotometry and calorimetry. The ligand TMBiPDA/TMPhenDA coordinates with the central Th atom by the tetradentate (O-N-N-O) mode, which is validated by 1H NMR in solution and crystallography in the solid. The single crystal X-ray diffraction data show that ten-coordinated thorium coordinates with two ligand molecules and two solvent molecules (water or methanol). Both ThL and ThL2 complexes (L = TMPhenDA or TMBiPDA) were detected in solution. In thermodynamics, the formation of all complexes is driven by both enthalpy and entropy. In a comparison, enthalpy is more favorable to the formation of TMBiPDA complexes, while entropy is more favorable to the formation of TMPhenDA complexes; the entropy advantages of the TMPhenDA complexes override the enthalpy advantages of the corresponding TMBiPDA complexes, giving the TMPhenDA complexes higher stability constants than the TMBiPDA complexes.
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