scholarly journals Ultraweak luminescence from germinating resting spores of Entomophthora virulenta Hall et Dunn

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 131-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janusz Sławiński ◽  
Irena Majchrowicz ◽  
Edward Grabikowski
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Spectral Region ◽  
Incubation Temperature ◽  
Resting Spores ◽  
Ultraweak Luminescence

Germinating resting spores of <i>Entomophthora virulenta</i> Hall et Dunn emit ultraweak luminescence with the intensity of the order 100 photons • s<sup>-1</sup> • cm<sup>-2</sup> in the spectral region 200-750 nm. The emission kinetics and intensity depend on vitality and incubation temperature of the spores. The higher the ability of resting spores to germinate, the more intense the luminescence. Elevation of the incubation temperature to 50°C enhances ultraweak luminescence. The activation energy was found to be about 15 kJ • mol<sup>-1</sup> and 5 kJ • mol<sup>-1</sup> for nongerminating and germinating in 50% spores, respectively. The possibility of applying ultraweak luminescence as a simple assay for the spores vitality is discussed.

scholarly journals Boron Desorption Kinetic in Calcareous Soils

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 525
Author(s):  
Baydaa H. A. Al-Ameri
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Rate Constant ◽  
Incubation Temperature ◽  
Agricultural Soils ◽  
Sandy Loam ◽  
Calcareous Soils ◽  
Plant Chemical ◽  
Elovich Equation ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Texture Effect

Boron release (desorption) is one of the important factors use in estimating fertilizers use efficiency and management of boron in agricultural soils and correlation soil properties with it availability to plant. Chemical kinetics for boron desorption experiment was carried out of boric acid (source for boron fertilizer) under controlled conditions in three calcareous soils (clay, loamy and sandy loam) from central Iraq at three temperatures (278, 298 and 308 Kelvin), by using six mathematical and empirical equations viz. Zero order, First order, Second order, Parabolic diffusion, Power function and Elovich equation were used to study kinetic behavior of boron in calcareous soils. Elovich equation was the best for predication and describing boron released with highest correlation r = 0.942 and t value (9.004), and lowest SE.e (0.530) where boron release rate constant (K) was positively correlated with temperature (r = 0.978). Released rate constant (K) was increased from 0.329 to 0.561 hrs-1 as increasing incubation temperature from 278 to 308 K. Soils texture effect in boron release activation energy (Ea) in three soils under study. The overall average of boron release activation energy of three soils was 15.284 and the highest was 20.923 in clay soil and the lowest amount was 4.596 in sandy loam while loamy soil gave 20.332 KJ mol-1.

Effects of pre-chilling, incubation temperature and light on seed germination of Saponaria officinalis

Planta Medica ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
YA Jeon ◽  
HS Lee ◽  
ES Park ◽  
YY Lee ◽  
JS Sung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seed Germination ◽  
Incubation Temperature ◽  
Saponaria Officinalis

Incubation Temperature Influences the Duration of Egg Hatching and Early Development in the Boreal Digging Frog, Kaloula Borealis

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. ACCEPTED
Author(s):  
Rho-Jeong Rae
Keyword(s):  
Water Temperature ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Rainy Season ◽  
Incubation Temperature ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Early Life Stages ◽  
Egg Hatching ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Hatching Rates

This study investigated the boreal digging frog, Kaloula borealis, to determine the egg hatching period and whether the hatching period is affected by incubation temperature. The results of this study showed that all the eggs hatched within 48 h after spawning, with 28.1% (±10.8, n=52) hatching within 24 h and 99.9% (±0.23, n=49) within 48 h after spawning. A significant difference was noted in the mean hatching proportion of tadpoles at different water temperatures. The mean hatching rates between 15 and 24 h after spawning was higher at a water temperature of 21.1 (±0.2) °C than at 24.1 (±0.2) °C. These results suggest that incubation temperature affected the early life stages of the boreal digging frog, since they spawn in ponds or puddles that form during the rainy season.

High Temperature n- and p-type Doped Microcrystalline Silicon Layers Grown by VHF PECVD Layer-by-Layer Deposition

2003 ◽  
Vol 762 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Gordijn ◽  
J.K. Rath ◽  
R.E.I. Schropp
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
High Temperatures ◽  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Hydrogen Plasma ◽  
Silicon Layer ◽  
Dark Conductivity ◽  
High Deposition Rate ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Microcrystalline Silicon

AbstractDue to the high temperatures used for high deposition rate microcrystalline (μc-Si:H) and polycrystalline silicon, there is a need for compact and temperature-stable doped layers. In this study we report on films grown by the layer-by-layer method (LbL) using VHF PECVD. Growth of an amorphous silicon layer is alternated by a hydrogen plasma treatment. In LbL, the surface reactions are separated time-wise from the nucleation in the bulk. We observed that it is possible to incorporate dopant atoms in the layer, without disturbing the nucleation. Even at high substrate temperatures (up to 400°C) doped layers can be made microcrystalline. At these temperatures, in the continuous wave case, crystallinity is hindered, which is generally attributed to the out-diffusion of hydrogen from the surface and the presence of impurities (dopants).We observe that the parameter window for the treatment time for p-layers is smaller compared to n-layers. Moreover we observe that for high temperatures, the nucleation of p-layers is more adversely affected than for n-layers. Thin, doped layers have been structurally, optically and electrically characterized. The best n-layer made at 400°C, with a thickness of only 31 nm, had an activation energy of 0.056 eV and a dark conductivity of 2.7 S/cm, while the best p-layer made at 350°C, with a thickness of 29 nm, had an activation energy of 0.11 V and a dark conductivity of 0.1 S/cm. The suitability of these high temperature n-layers has been demonstrated in an n-i-p microcrystalline silicon solar cell with an unoptimized μc-Si:H i-layer deposited at 250°C and without buffer. The Voc of the cell is 0.48 V and the fill factor is 70 %.

White- and Brown-Rice Supplementation Improves Insulin Tolerance, Brown Fat Activation, Energy Expenditure, and Changes the Gut Microflora in Diet-Induced Obesity

Diabetes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 1897-P
Author(s):  
HISASHI YOKOMIZO ◽  
ATSUSHI ISHIKADO ◽  
TAKANORI SHINJO ◽  
KYOUNGMIN PARK ◽  
YASUTAKA MAEDA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Brown Rice ◽  
Brown Fat ◽  
Gut Microflora ◽  
Diet Induced Obesity ◽  
Insulin Tolerance

Activation energy of relaxation processes in chalcogenide glasses

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (0) ◽  
pp. 59-63
Author(s):  
А. А. Горват ◽  
В. М. Кришеник ◽  
А. Е. Кріштофорій ◽  
В. В. Мінькович ◽  
О. А. Молнар
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Chalcogenide Glasses ◽  
Relaxation Processes

Dielectric Relaxation Studies of Silver Nanoparticles dispersed Liquid Crystal

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 2176-2188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keisham Nanao Singh
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Silver Nanoparticles ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Dielectric Relaxation ◽  
Relaxation Process ◽  
Relaxation Times ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Bulk Liquid ◽  
Molecular Rearrangement ◽  
Relaxation Studies

This article reports on the Dielectric Relaxation Studies of two Liquid Crystalline compounds - 7O.4 and 7O.6 - doped with dodecanethiol capped Silver Nanoparticles. The liquid crystal molecules are aligned homeotropically using CTAB. The low frequency relaxation process occurring above 1 MHz is fitted to Cole-Cole formula using the software Dielectric Spectra fit. The effect of the Silver Nanoparticles on the molecular dipole dynamics are discussed in terms of the fitted relaxation times, Cole-Cole distribution parameter and activation energy. The study indicate a local molecular rearrangement of the liquid crystal molecules without affecting the order of the bulk liquid crystal molecules but these local molecules surrounding the Silver Nanoparticles do not contribute to the relaxation process in the studied frequency range. The observed effect on activation energy suggests a change in interaction between the nanoparticles/liquid crystal molecules.

Pt-Pd Nanoalloy for the Unprecedented Activation of Carbon-Fluorine Bond at Low Temperature

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raghu Nath Dhital ◽  
keigo nomura ◽  
Yoshinori Sato ◽  
Setsiri Haesuwannakij ◽  
Masahiro Ehara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Dft Calculations ◽  
Bond Activation ◽  
Mild Conditions ◽  
Selective Transformation ◽  
Rate Determining Step ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Harsh Conditions ◽  
Reaction Profile

Carbon-Fluorine (C-F) bonds are considered the most inert organic functionality and their selective transformation under mild conditions remains challenging. Herein, we report a highly active Pt-Pd nanoalloy as a robust catalyst for the transformation of C-F bonds into C-H bonds at low temperature, a reaction that often required harsh conditions. The alloying of Pt with Pd is crucial to activate C-F bond. The reaction profile kinetics revealed that the major source of hydrogen in the defluorinated product is the alcoholic proton of 2-propanol, and the rate-determining step is the reduction of the metal upon transfer of the <i>beta</i>-H from 2-propanol. DFT calculations elucidated that the key step is the selective oxidative addition of the O-H bond of 2-propanol to a Pd center prior to C-F bond activation at a Pt site, which crucially reduces the activation energy of the C-F bond. Therefore, both Pt and Pd work independently but synergistically to promote the overall reaction

First Nano-Infrared Spectroscopy and Imaging Measurements of Single Phospholipid Bilayers

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Cernescu ◽  
Michał Szuwarzyński ◽  
Urszula Kwolek ◽  
Karol Wolski ◽  
Paweł Wydro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Ir Spectroscopy ◽  
Absorption Band ◽  
Spectral Region ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Phospholipid Bilayers ◽  
Model Systems ◽  
Absorption Bands ◽  
Protein Complement ◽  
20 Nm

<div><div>Scattering-mode Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy (sSNOM) allows one to obtain absorption spectra in the mid-IR region for samples as small as 20 nm in size. This configuration has made it possible to measure FTIR spectra of the protein complement of membranes. (Amenabar 2013) We now show that mid-IR sSNOM has the sensitivity required to measure spectra of phospholipids in individual bilayers in the spectral range 800 cm<sup>-1</sup>–1400 cm<sup>-1</sup>. We have observed the main absorption bands of the dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine headgroups in this spectral region above noise level. We have also mapped the phosphate absorption band at 1070 cm<sup>-1</sup> simultaneously with the AFM topography. We have shown that we could achieve sufficient contrast to discriminate between single and multiple phospholipid bilayers and other structures, such as liposomes. This work opens the way to further research that uses nano-IR spectroscopy to describe the biochemistry of cell membranes and model systems.</div></div><div></div>

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