Biological Sciences: One and Two-dimensional Structure of Alpha-Helix and Beta-Sheet Forms of Poly(L-Alanine) shown by Specific Heat Measurements at Low Temperatures (1.5–20 K)

Nature ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 238 (5358) ◽  
pp. 38-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
LEONARD FINEGOLD ◽  
JESSE L. CUDE
1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 1390-1394
Author(s):  
K. P. Srivastava

An extensive numerical study on specific heat at constant volume (Cv) for ordered and isotopically disordered lattices has been made. Cv at various temperatures for ordered and disordered linear and two-dimensional lattices have been compared and no appreciable difference in Cv between these two structures has been observed. Effect of concentration of light atoms on Cv for three-dimensional isotopically disordered lattices has also been shown.In spite of taking next-nearest-neighbour interaction into account, no substantial change in Cv between the ordered and isotopically disordered linear lattices has been found. It is shown that the low lying modes contribute substantially at low temperatures.


Author(s):  
L.V. Kulik ◽  
V. Gorbunov ◽  
S. Zhuravlev ◽  
V.B. Timofeev ◽  
I.V. Kukushkin

AbstractExcitation of long-lived triplet magnetoexcitons in a Hall insulator (filling factor ν = 2) with a high mobility of electrons, at low temperatures, Т < 1 K, enabled to discover a new collective state − magnetofermionic condensate , that interacts coherently with an external electromagnetic field, exhibits superradiant properties and, owing to its low viscosity, spreads over the surface of the two-dimensional structure for macroscopically large distances.


1999 ◽  
Vol 602 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.F. Woodfield ◽  
J.L. Shapiro ◽  
R. Stevens ◽  
J. Boerio-Goates ◽  
M.L. Wilson

AbstractThe specific heat of a polycrystalline sample of MnO was measured from T ≈ 1 K to T ≈ 400 K using two different experimental apparatuses at zero applied pressure. Features revealed by the data include a hyperfine contribution due to the Mn nuclei, a T2 temperature dependence at low temperatures due to the type-II antiferromagnetic magnon contribution, and a sharp but well defined antiferromagnetic transition (TN = 117.7095 K) that is clearly second order in nature. The critical exponent, α, deduced from the transition is consistent with a two dimensional Ising model. The specific heat of MnO is also compared with recent results on the type-A antiferromagnet LaMnO3.


1953 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 405 ◽  
Author(s):  
PG Klemens

The specific heat of graphite is discussed in terms of a modified Debye treatment. It is shown that the contribution from the longitudinal waves varies as T3 below 45 �K, and as T2 at higher temperatures, whereas the usual two-dimensional treatment leads to a T2 variation at all low temperatures. Similarly the transverse contribution varies as T3 at lowest temperatures, But above 10 �K it varies as T2.


Author(s):  
José L. Carrascosa ◽  
José M. Valpuesta ◽  
Hisao Fujisawa

The head to tail connector of bacteriophages plays a fundamental role in the assembly of viral heads and DNA packaging. In spite of the absence of sequence homology, the structure of connectors from different viruses (T4, Ø29, T3, P22, etc) share common morphological features, that are most clearly revealed in their three-dimensional structure. We have studied the three-dimensional reconstruction of the connector protein from phage T3 (gp 8) from tilted view of two dimensional crystals obtained from this protein after cloning and purification.DNA sequences including gene 8 from phage T3 were cloned, into Bam Hl-Eco Rl sites down stream of lambda promotor PL, in the expression vector pNT45 under the control of cI857. E R204 (pNT89) cells were incubated at 42°C for 2h, harvested and resuspended in 20 mM Tris HC1 (pH 7.4), 7mM 2 mercaptoethanol, ImM EDTA. The cells were lysed by freezing and thawing in the presence of lysozyme (lmg/ml) and ligthly sonicated. The low speed supernatant was precipitated by ammonium sulfate (60% saturated) and dissolved in the original buffer to be subjected to gel nitration through Sepharose 6B, followed by phosphocellulose colum (Pll) and DEAE cellulose colum (DE52). Purified gp8 appeared at 0.3M NaCl and formed crystals when its concentration increased above 1.5 mg/ml.


2002 ◽  
Vol 718 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.D. Zakharov ◽  
P. Werner

AbstractThe structure and composition of UMo8O26 synthesized by solid state reaction method have been investigated by High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM), Selected Area Electron Diffraction, and EDX microanalysis. The ordering of U vacancies results in considerable enlargement of unit cell parameters: an=6.44 nm, bn=1.45 nm, cn=1.6 nm. It is build up of four layers piled up in c direction. Each following layer is shifted relative to previous one by vector bn/4. Eight hexagonal tunnels in each layer are filled by U atoms, while the eight others are vacant (V). Interaction between U cations and vacancies is driving force for ordering. The variation of stoichiometry can be a reason for appearance of incommensurate modulations in these crystals. It seems plausible that this structure might also exhibit superconductivity at low temperatures.


Author(s):  
Muhammad Yar Khan ◽  
Yan Liu ◽  
Tao Wang ◽  
Hu Long ◽  
Miaogen Chen ◽  
...  

AbstractMonolayer MnCX3 metal–carbon trichalcogenides have been investigated by using the first-principle calculations. The compounds show half-metallic ferromagnetic characters. Our results reveal that their electronic and magnetic properties can be altered by applying uniaxial or biaxial strain. By tuning the strength of the external strain, the electronic bandgap and magnetic ordering of the compounds change and result in a phase transition from the half-metallic to the semiconducting phase. Furthermore, the vibrational and thermodynamic stability of the two-dimensional structure has been verified by calculating the phonon dispersion and molecular dynamics. Our study paves guidance for the potential applications of these two mono-layers in the future for spintronics and straintronics devices.


Biochemistry ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 31 (25) ◽  
pp. 5728-5733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Shibata ◽  
Miharu Yamamoto ◽  
Takuya Yamashita ◽  
Jang Shing Chiou ◽  
Hiroshi Kamaya ◽  
...  

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