Concentration dependence of resistance components in solutions containing dissolved Fe/Fe.

Electrolyte solutions containing Fe/Fe are suitable for liquid thermoelectric conversion devices (LTEs), because they are inexpensive materials and exhibit a high electrochemical Seebeck coefficient . Here, we investigated the concentration () dependence of resistance components, , solvent (), charge-transfer (), and diffusion () resistances, of dissolved-Fe/Fe-containing aqueous, methanol (MeOH), acetone, and propylene carbonate (PC) solutions. We found that the dependence of and are well reproduced by empirical formulas, and , where () is viscosity at .

Development of the Complement C5 Assay by LC-MS/MS in Monkey Serum and Comparison with Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay.

Complement C5 (C5) is the key component for the complement activation pathway, which is important for innate immunity, and inhibition of C5 is considered to be effective in antibody-mediated rejection in organ transplantation. Thus determination of C5 levels in systemic circulation is a simple way to understand efficacy of drugs that aim to inhibit C5 production. We have developed a simple liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) assay for C5 in cynomolgus monkey serum.

Temperature switch of electrochemical Seebeck coefficient of Fe/Fe formation of [FeCl]/[FeCl].

The electrochemical Seebeck coefficient ( = d/d; and are the redox potential and temperature, respectively) is important parameter for thermoelectric conversion. Here, we found that of Fe/Fe in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) with small amount of 19 M LiCl aqueous solution exhibits a crossover behavior from 1.4 mV K (20 °C ≤ ≤ 40 °C) to ≈0 mV K (50 °C ≤ ≤ 80 °C).

The effect of octahedral distortions on the electronic properties and magnetic interactions in O3 NaTMO compounds (TM = Ti-Ni & Zr-Pd).

The interplay between the coordination environment and magnetic properties in O3 layered sodium transition metal oxides (NaTMO) is a fascinating and complex problem. Through detailed and comprehensive density functional investigations on O3 NaTMO compounds, we demonstrate that the TM ions in O3 NaMnO, NaFeO and NaCoO adopt a high spin state. Structurally, NaMnO and NaPdO undergo Jahn-Teller distortions while NaNbO undergoes puckering distortion.

Production of recombinant miraculin using transgenic tomatoes in a closed cultivation system.

We constructed a cultivation system with a controlled light period, light intensity, temperature, and CO(2) concentration for mass production of the taste-modifying protein miraculin from transgenic tomatoes. The tomato plants exhibited normal growth and produced over 270 g of fresh weight (FW) fruit per plant, with the recombinant miraculin concentration reaching up to 90 microg per g FW of tomatoes. The recombinant miraculin content of transgenic tomatoes was compared to that of plants grown in a netted greenhouse.

Spectroelectrochemical studies on mixed-valence states in a cyanide-bridged molecular square, [Ru(II)(2)Fe(II)(2)(mu-CN)(4)(bpy)(8)](PF6)(4).CHCl(3).H(2)O.

A cyanide-bridged molecular square of [Ru(II) (2)Fe(II) (2)(mu-CN)(4)(bpy)(8)](PF(6))(4).CHCl(3).H(2)O, abbreviated as [Ru(II) (2)Fe(II) (2)](PF(6))(4), has been synthesised and electrochemically generated mixed-valence states have been studied by spectroelectrochemical methods.