scholarly journals Additivity in Both Thermodynamic Stability and Thermal Transition Temperature for Rubredoxin Chimeras via Hybrid Native Partitioning

Structure ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1153-1163 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. LeMaster ◽  
Griselda Hernández
2018 ◽  
Vol 773 ◽  
pp. 82-87
Author(s):  
Nichaphat Passornraprasit ◽  
Wanpen Tachaboonyakiat

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of chitin whisker (CW) to the crystallization of polylactide (PLA) nanocomposite films. CW which obtained from acidolysis reaction was compounded with PLA pellets into nanocomposite films by cast film extrusion. The morphology and crystallinity of CW were observed by TEM and XRD, illustrated that the dimension of whisker was affected by hydrolysis time. Increasing of hydrolysis time, the length of whisker was more regular with narrower distribution. Moreover, the crystallinity of whisker was obviously increased after acid hydrolysis. The nanocomposite film showed rough surface compared to pure PLA film due to some agglomeration of nanoparticles. However, CW and PLA were well-mixed with no phase separation. The introduction of 0.1 phr of CW decrease cold-crystallization temperature (Tcc) from about 121 °C to 118 °C and also increase the degree of crystallinity around 10%. There was no difference of thermal transition temperature between pure PLA and nanocomposite films with the addition of CW more than 0.1 phr which inspected by DSC. Despite the transition temperature express insignificantly different, the degree of crystallinity of nanocomposite was increase, indicating that chitin whisker would induce the crystallinity of PLA.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 766-775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joonas Siirilä ◽  
Satu Häkkinen ◽  
Heikki Tenhu

A thermoresponsive polymer, poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) (PNVCL), was synthesized in an emulsion above its thermal transition temperature to produce particles via polymerization induced self-assembly (PISA).


1991 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 1203-1204 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.J. HORGAN ◽  
L.B. KURTH ◽  
R. KUYPERS

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (No. 3) ◽  
pp. 226-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Kovačević ◽  
K. Mastanjević ◽  
J. Kordić

Two thermal analysis techniques &ndash; Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and Differential thermal analysis (DTA), &ndash; were used to study the cryoprotective effects of polydextrose on chicken surimi. The samples of chicken surimi were mixed with: (a) different mass fractions of polydextrose (w = 2&ndash;10%), (b) &kappa;-carrageenan (w = 0.5%) and different mass fractions of polydextrose (w = 2&ndash;10%), and (c) NaCl (w = 2%) and different mass fractions of polydextrose (w = 2&ndash;10%). Chicken surimi was produced following a modified procedure of Dawson et al. (1988) on a broiler (Sasso, 12 weeks, and 1.73 kg live wt.), that was quickly frozen and stored for 3 months at &ndash;25&deg;C. Initial freezing point (<sub><sup>T</sup>i</sub>), thermal transition temperature (T<sub>p</sub>), and denaturation enthalpy (&Delta;H) were evaluated. The greatest effects of the cryoscopic depression of the initial freezing point T<sub>i</sub> were exhibited by the samples of chicken surimi with added 2% NaCl and 10% polydextrose. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) revealed a shift in the thermal transition temperature of myosin and actin to a higher temperature as the mass fraction of polydextrose increased. Since the denaturation enthalpy is directly related to the amount of native proteins, higher values of &Delta;H indicate higher cryoprotective effects of polydextrose. &nbsp;


RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (17) ◽  
pp. 10074-10080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongseok Jung ◽  
Jaehyuk Nam ◽  
Joo-Ho Kim ◽  
Woo-Dong Jang

Photoisomerization induced a great change of thermal transition temperature.


2012 ◽  
Vol 1434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michio Naito ◽  
Ai Ikeda ◽  
Hideki Yamamoto ◽  
Takaaki Manabe

ABSTRACTWe present the results of our systematic investigation of the RE dependency of superconductivity in the parent compounds T’-RE2CuO4 (RE = Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, and Tb). Superconducting samples were prepared by metal organic decomposition (MOD). A stringent control of synthesis- and post-annealing-conditions is required to obtain superconducting samples. Superconductivity with a transition temperature (Tconset) ≥ 30 K is achieved for RE = Pr and Nd. By contrast, Tconset is at highest 20 K for RE = Gd. Our results indicate that the induction of superconductivity into T’-RE2CuO4 cuprates strongly depends on the RE3+ ionic size. This trend is discussed from the viewpoint of RE-dependent thermodynamic stability of T’-RE2CuO4. For smaller RE3+ ions, the thermodynamic boundary conditions become tighter.


2013 ◽  
Vol 781-784 ◽  
pp. 463-466
Author(s):  
Yuan Cheng ◽  
Ben Bo Zhao ◽  
Xiao Yan Yuan

A thermosetting epoxy shape memory polymer was obtained by adding modifier end thioglycolic acid butyl glycol ester which prepared in our lab into E-44/D-230. The results show that the tensile and impact strength of modified epoxy are improved, and it can be bended as U style in thermal transition temperature, shape fixed rate is 100% after removing external force. When temperature is raised to thermal transition temperature again, the shape of modified epoxy can be restored completely. The time of recovery is between 178~183s and not effected by cycle times.


2012 ◽  
Vol 182-183 ◽  
pp. 93-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Deng ◽  
Jun Peng Gao ◽  
Xue Feng An ◽  
Xiao Su Yi

Shape memory epoxy polymer (SMEP-1) was modified by introducing flexible epoxy into existing resin system. The thermal transition temperature (Ttrans) of shape memory polymer was tailored from 100°C to 76°C with the increase of the weight fraction of the flexible epoxy. The toughness of the polymer was also measured at the same time. The results show that the toughness of the polymer was improved especially at ultralow temperature. The addition of the flexible epoxy didn’t affect the excellent shape memory properties of the polymers.


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