Combined use of calorimetric and adsorption kinetic methods for the study of the mechanisms of catalytic processes

Consideration is given to the main results obtained in studies based on calorimetric methods at high temperatures (above room temperature) of the following aspects of the mechanisms of catalytic and sorption processes on powder catalysts: 1) relation between chemisorption and dissolution of gases in the subsurface layers of solids; 2) influence of surface-adsorbed substance on the adsorption of another substance from the gas phase; 3) nature of intermediate species formed during catalytic processes on the catalyst surface. Results are presented of the application of calorimetric methods to measuring the enthalpy change of polymerization in a dry system: gaseous monomer — solid catalyst — solid polymer, and to investigating the mechanisms of such processes. Anomalous solubility of gases in the subsurface layers of solids has been shown to be significant for the mechanism of nucleation during phase transitions in solids.

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Zusamenfassung Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse der auf kalorimetrischen Methoden bei hohen Temperaturen (über Raumtemperatur) beruhenden Untersuchungen der Mechanismen von katalytischen und Sorptionsprozessen an pulverförmigen Katalysatoren werden behandelt: 1) Zusammenhang zwischen Chemisorption und Lösung von Gasen in den Schichten von Festkörpern unterhalb der Oberfläche; 2) Einfluß der an der Oberfläche adsorbierten Substanz auf die Adsorption einer anderen Substanz aus der Gasphase; 3) Beschaffenheit der während des katalytischen Vorgangs an der Katalysator-Oberfläche entstandenen Intermediärteilchen.Ergebnisse der Anwendung der kalorimetrischen Methode zur Messung der Enthalpie-Änderungen der Polymerisation im trockenen System: gasförmiges Monomer — fester Katalysator — festes Polymer und zur Untersuchung der Mechanismen solcher Vorgänge werden mitgeteilt. Es wurde gezeigt, daß die anomale Löslichkeit von Gasen in den Schichten unterhalb der Oberfläche von Festkörpern für den Mechanismus der Keimbildung während des Phasenüberganges in Festkörpern von Bedeutung ist.

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Résumé On examine les principaux résultats obtenus lors des études effectuées à l'aide de méthodes calorimétriques à hautes températures (au-dessus de la température ambiante), sous les aspects suivants du mécanisme des réactions catalytiques et de Sorption sur des catalyseurs en poudre: 1) relation entre la chimisorption et la dissolution des gaz dans les sous-couches superficielles des solides, 2) influence d'une substance adsorbée en surface sur l'adsorption d'une autre substance de la phase gazeuse, 3) nature des particules intermédiaires formées lors de la réaction catalytique à la surface du catalyseur. Les résultats de l'application de la méthode calorimétrique à la mesure des variations d'enthalpie au cours de la polymérisation en système «sec» sont présentés: monomère gazeux — catalyseur solide — polymère solide, ainsi que ceux relatifs à l'étude du mécanisme de ces réactions. On montre que la solubilité anormale des gaz dans les sous-couches superficielles des solides joue un rôle important sur le mécanisme de la nucléation lors des transitions de phases dans les solides.

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Vitali $\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{ Anatol’evich Zverev (On his 80th birthday)     

Gas‐phase and liquid‐state properties of esters,nitriles, and nitro compounds with the OPLS‐AA force field

Nonbonded and torsional parameters for carboxylate esters, nitriles, and nitro compounds have been developed for the OPLS‐AA force field. In addition, torsional parameters for alkanes have been updated. These parameters were fit to reproduce ab initio gas‐phase structures and conformational energetics, experimental condensed‐phase structural and thermodynamic properties, and experimental free energies of hydration. The computed densities, heats of vaporization, and heat capacities for fifteen liquids are in excellent agreement with experimental values. The new parameters permit accurate molecular modeling of compounds containing a wider variety of functional groups, which are common in organic molecules and drugs. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Comput Chem 22: 1340–1352, 2001     

Generation of a secondary electromagnetic source with desired statistical properties

Two known alternative techniques for generating a secondary electromagnetic Schell-model source with the prescribed statistical properties are analyzed and compared from the point of view of their capability to provide the given degree of polarization and the desired transverse coherence length.     

Development of a Grp94 inhibitor

Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) represents a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. Unfortunately, results from clinical trials have been disappointing as off-target effects and toxicities have been observed. These detriments may be a consequence of pan-Hsp90 inhibition, as all clinically evaluated Hsp90 inhibitors simultaneously disrupt all four human Hsp90 isoforms. Using a structure-based approach, we designed an inhibitor of Grp94, the ER-resident Hsp90. The effect manifested by compound 2 on several Grp94 and Hsp90α/β (cytosolic isoforms) clients were investigated. Compound 2 prevented intracellular trafficking of the Toll receptor, inhibited the secretion of IGF-II, affected the conformation of Grp94, and suppressed Drosophila larval growth, all Grp94-dependent processes. In contrast, compound 2 had no effect on cell viability or cytosolic Hsp90α/β client proteins at similar concentrations. The design, synthesis, and evaluation of 2 are described herein.     

Orbital angular momentum contribution to the magneto-optical behavior of a binuclear cobalt(II) complex

We report magnetic and magnetic circular dichroism investigations of a binuclear Co(II) compound. The Hamiltonian of the system involves an isotropic exchange interaction dealing with the real spins of cobalt(II) ions, spin-orbit coupling, and a low-symmetry crystal field acting within the (4)T(1g) ground manifold of each cobalt ion. It is shown that spin-orbit coupling between this ground term and the low-lying excited ones can be taken into consideration as an effective g factor in the Zeeman part of the Hamiltonian. The value of this g factor is estimated for the averaged experimental values of Racah and cubic ligand field parameters for high-spin cobalt(II). The treatment of the Hamiltonian is performed with the use of a irreducible tensor operator technique. The results of the calculation are in good agreement with experimental observations. Both a large effective g factor for the ground state and a large temperature-independent part of the magnetic susceptibility arise because of a strong orbital contribution to the magnetic behavior of the Co(II) dimer.     

Diffusion and criticality in undoped graphene with resonant scatterers

A general theory is developed to describe graphene with an arbitrary number of isolated impurities. The theory provides a basis for an efficient numerical analysis of the charge transport and is applied to calculate the Dirac-point conductivity σ of graphene with resonant scatterers. In the case of smooth resonant impurities the symmetry class is identified as DIII and σ grows logarithmically with increasing impurity concentration. For vacancies (or strong on-site potential impurities, class BDI) σ saturates at a constant value that depends on the vacancy distribution among two sublattices.     

Intermittency Expansions for Limit Lognormal Multifractals

The general intermittency expansion is developed for the probability distribution of the limit lognormal multifractal process introduced by Mandelbrot (in Rosenblatt M, Van Atta C (eds.) Statistical Models and Turbulence. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol. 12, p. 333. Springer, New York, 1972) and constructed explicitly by Bacry et al. (Phys Rev E 64:026103, 2001). The structure of expansion coefficients is shown to be determined solely by that of the Selberg integral. The coefficients are computed in terms of the values of the Riemann zeta function at positive integers. For application, an explicit formula for the negative integral moments of the process is given.