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Effects of Solvent Viscosity on Conformational Dynamics of Heme-pocket in Myoglobin and Hemoglobin

  • Kim, Seong-Heun;Lim, Man-Ho
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.27 no.11
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    • pp.1825-1831
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    • 2006
  • The influence of solvent viscosity on conformational dynamics of the heme-pocket, a small vacant site near the binding site of myoglobin (Mb) and hemoglobin (Hb), and playing a functionally important role by serving as a station in ligand binding and escape, was studied by probing time-resolved vibrational spectra of CO photodissociated from MbCO and HbCO in $D_2O$, 75 wt% glycerol/$D_2O$, and trehalose at 283 K. Two absorption bands ($B_1$ and $B_2$) of the sample in viscous solvents, arising from CO in the heme pocket, are very similar to those in $D_2O$. Two bands in Mb and Hb under all three solvents exhibit very similar nonexponential spectral evolution ($B_1$ band; blue shifting and broadening, $B_2$ band; narrowing with a negligible shifting), suggesting that in the present experimental time window of 100 ps, the extents of the spectral shift and narrowing is much influenced neither by the viscosity of solvent nor by the quaternary contact of Hb. Spectral evolution can be described by a biexponential function with a fast universal time constant of 0.52 ps and a slow time constant ranging from 13 to 32 ps. For both proteins in all three solvents majority of spectral evolution occurs with the fast universal time constant. The magnitude of the slow rate in the spectral shift of B1 band decreases with increasing solvent viscosity, indicating that it is influenced by global conformational change which is retarded in viscous solvent, thereby serve as a reporter of global conformational change of heme proteins after deligation.

Study on the Morphology Evolution of PS/HDPE Blend During Uniaxial Elongational Flow (일축신장흐름에서의 PS/HDPE Blend의 모폴로지 변화에 관한 연구)

  • Hong, Jung-Sook;Son, Jung-Wu;Lee, Seung-Jae;Ahn, Kyung-Hyun;Lee, Seung-Jong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Rheology Conference
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    • 2001.06a
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    • pp.11-14
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    • 2001
  • Our study have aimed to identify the deformation and breakup mechanism of minor phase in polymer blends under uniaxial enlongational flow. Experimentally, we measured the transient elongational viscosity of PS/HDPE blends using the uniaxial elongational rheometer at two temperatures. And we observed the evolution of blend morphology with elongation time. Morphological change was observed by quenching the specimen after deformation. If the viscosity variation of PS was compared with that of HDPE at each temperature, PS showed larger temperature dependence than HDPE. At 155$^{\circ}C$, the dispersed phase of larger size were easily affected by affine deformation. The initial spherical shape changed to flat ellipsoid at first, then flat ellipsoid to bulbous shape, and bulbous to thin thread and its satellites. But dispersed phase of smaller size showed the change from sphere to ellipsoid. At 175$^{\circ}C$, the dispersed phase were mostly deformed from spherical shape to ellipsoid. As a result, the morphological change of dispersed phase in elongational deformation is affected by chain flexibility and viscosity ratio. We need to further study to make sure the mechanism of elongation of viscoelastic polymer blends.

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Influences of Sodium Gluconate on the Physical Properties of Portland Cement Pastes and Mortars (포틀랜드 시멘트 페이스트 및 몰탈의 물성에 미치는 글루콘산 나트륨의 영향)

  • 김창은;이승헌;김원기;이경원
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.289-295
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    • 1987
  • The changes of physical properties of portland cement pastes and mortars were investigated by addition of sodium gluconate. Flow table experiment and viscosity measurement were took in order to find dispersing effect, and time-dependent changesof viscosity and rates of hydration heat evolution were carried out for the sake of finding retardation effect of hydration. And changes of physical properties of cement pastes and mortars were discussed by setting time, compressive strength and porosity.

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Flow Characteristics in Spin-Up of a Three-Layer Fluid

  • Sviridov Evgeny;Hyun Jae Min
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.271-277
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    • 2006
  • A numerical study is made of the spin-up from rest of a three-layer fluid in a closed, vertically-mounted cylinder. The densities in the upper layer $\rho_1$, middle layer $\rho_2$ and lower layer $\rho_3\;are\;\rho_3\;>\;\rho_2\;>\;\rho_1$, and the kinematic viscosities are left arbitrary. The representative system Ekman number is small. Numerical solutions are obtained to the time-dependent axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equations, and the treatment of the interfaces is modeled by use of the Height of Liquid method. Complete three-component velocity fields, together with the evolution of the interface deformations, are depicted. At small times, when the kinematic viscosity in the upper layer is smaller than in the middle layer, the top interface rises (sinks) in the central axis (peripheral) region. When the kinematic viscosity in the lower layer is smaller than in the middle layer, the bottom interface rises (sinks) in the periphery (axis) region. Detailed shapes of interfaces are illustrated for several cases of exemplary viscosity ratios.

FORMULATION AND CONSTRAINTS ON LATE DECAYING DARK MATTER

  • LAN, NGUYEN Q.;VINH, NGUYEN A.;MATHEWS, GRANT J.
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.315-319
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    • 2015
  • We consider a late decaying dark matter model in which cold dark matter begins to decay into relativistic particles at a recent epoch ($z{\leqslant}1$). A complete set of Boltzmann equations for dark matter and other relevant particles particles is derived, which is necessary to calculate the evolution of the energy density and density perturbations. We show that the large entropy production and associated bulk viscosity from such decays leads to a recently accelerating cosmology consistent with observations. We determine the constraints on the decaying dark matter model with bulk viscosity by using a MCMC method combined with observational data of the CMB and type Ia supernovae.

Effect of Gelling Agent Molecular Weight on Self-Discharge Behavior for Zinc-Air Batteries (아연-공기 전지용 전해질의 Gelling Agent 분자량에 따른 자가 방전 억제 효과)

  • Park, Jeong Eun;Jo, Yong Nam
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.29 no.12
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    • pp.812-817
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    • 2019
  • A zinc-air battery is one of most promising advanced batteries due to its high specific energy density, low cost, and environmental friendliness. However, zinc anodes in zinc-air batteries lead to several issues including self-discharge, corrosion reaction, and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). In this paper, viscosity of electrolyte has been controlled to suppress the corrosion reaction, HER, and self-discharge behavior. Various viscosity average molecular weights of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) are adopted to prepare the electrolyte. The evaporation of electrolytes is proportional to the increase in molecular weight. In addition, enhanced self-discharge behavior is obtained when the gelling agent with high molecular weight is used. In addition, the zinc-air cell assembled with lower viscosity average molecular weight of PAA (Mv ~ 450,000) delivers 510.85 mAh/g and 489.30 mAh/g of discharge capacity without storage and with 6 hr storage, respectively. Also, highest capacity retention (95.78 %) is obtained among studied materials.

Constitutive Equations for Dilute Bubble Suspensions and Rheological Behavior in Simple Shear and Uniaxial Elongational Flow Fields

  • Seo Dongjin;Youn Jae Ryoun
    • Fibers and Polymers
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.131-138
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    • 2005
  • A theoretical model is proposed in order to investigate rheological behavior of bubble suspension with large deformation. Theoretical constitutive equations for dilute bubble suspensions are derived by applying a deformation theory of ellipsoidal droplet [1] to a phenomenological suspension theory [2]. The rate of deformation tensor within the bubble and the time evolution of interface tensor are predicted by applying the proposed constitutive equations, which have two free fitting parameters. The transient and steady rheological properties of dilute bubble suspensions are studied for several capillary numbers (Ca) under simple shear flow and uniaxial elongational flow fields. The retraction force of the bubble caused by the interfacial tension increases as bubbles undergo deformation. The transient and steady relative viscosity decreases as Ca increases. The normal stress difference (NSD) under the simple shear has the largest value when Ca is around 1 and the ratio Of the first NSD to the second NSD has the value of 3/4 for large Ca but 2 for small Ca. In the uniaxial elongational flow, the elongational viscosity is three times as large as the shear viscosity like the Newtonian fluid.

Strong Orientation Anchoring and Shear Flow of a Nematic Liquid Crystal

  • Won Hee HAN
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.103-109
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    • 2024
  • A nonlinear numerical analysis of orientation and velocity fields of the full Ericksen-Leslie theory for a nematic liquid crystal under shear flow is given. We obtained for the first time the three-dimensional orientation and two component velocity profiles evolutions for both in- and out-of-shear plane orientation anchorings. Complex evolution routes to steady state were found even for shear aligning nematic. As the Ericksen number increases monotonic evolution of velocity and orientation shifts towards multi-region nucleating director rotation growth with complex secondary flow generations. We found that contrary to the in-shear-plane anchorings like homeotropic or parallel anchorings, binormal anchoring gives rise to substantial non-planar three-dimensional orientation with nonzero secondary flow.

SOME QUASILINEAR HYPERBOLIC EQUATIONS AND YOSICA APPROXIMATIONS

  • Park, Jong-Yeoul;Jung, Il-Hyo;Kang, Yong-Han
    • Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.505-516
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    • 2001
  • We show the existence and uniqueness of solutions for the Cauchy problem for nonlinear evolution equations with the strong damping: ${\upsilon}"(t)-M(|{\nablauu}(t)|^2){\triangle}u(t)-{\delta}{\triangle}u'(t)=f(t)$. As an application, a Kirchhoff model with viscosity is given.

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