Sentences with phrase «understanding reaction mechanisms»

A major research emphasis is on understanding reaction mechanisms and the key factors that govern catalyst activity, selectivity, and stability.

One of the researchers got to take advantage of his Russian skill since some of the chemistry details necessary for understanding the reaction mechanism was only available in an old Russian PhD thesis.

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A revised philosophy of mechanism, understood from a contemporary image of a machine, must recognize that a good model is the best vehicle for describing nature, rather than old images of machines, which are not complex enough to represent adequately a reaction of a complex entity with its environment.

The detailed sequence of elementary steps (about twenty) which must be involved in the B - Z reaction has been worked out by Richard Noyes.11 This mechanism (called «the Oregonator» in honor of the location of Noyes's laboratory) is well understood and involves nothing but ordinary chemistry, but it is too involved to discuss here.

ReactIR, Particle Track and Particle Vision enable understanding of reaction progression, mechanisms, kinetics, and particle characterisation in situ and in real - time for batch and flow chemistry in lab and plant environments.

To understand the mechanism of how Neu5Gc affects the human immune system, researchers analyzed various cells of the immune system that play a role during an inflammatory reaction.

Intrigued by the molecular details of how enzymes worked, he next joined the lab of Michael Toney, where he set out to understand how electrons and protons move during catalysis by analyzing how mutations in the enzyme's functional site affected the reaction mechanism.

The main implication of the work is the understanding of the mechanisms underlying the formation of biological three - dimensional nano - patterns, demonstrating the first example of Turing reaction - diffusion model acting in the bio-nanoworld.

And their detailed understanding of the underlying reaction mechanism should enable the LMU researchers to apply this relatively simple way of controlling molecular motions to other types of chemical switches.

Moreover, small amounts of singlet oxygen produced during metabolic reactions can act as a local signaling factor that oxidizes and modifies target molecules, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood.

With a deep understanding of the mechanisms of electrode reactions in DMFCs, the researchers designed and produced noble metal - based heterogeneous electrocatalysts with enhanced catalytic activity and high selectivity for MOR and ORR.

The chemical mechanism, discovered by scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley, could also broaden our understanding of basic chemical reaction processes involving common helpers, called catalysts, like copper and gold.

«Also, the new mechanism may shed light on broader problems» in chemistry, he said, by providing a deeper understanding fundamental reaction processes for gold and other catalysts.

The team is analyzing the performance of even more efficient catalysts used to convert biomass to high value fuels to understand their disruption mechanism and how the catalyst synthesis affects its efficiency and selectivity for the conversion reaction.

Being able to explain the reaction mechanism of the solid - liquid interface is critical to underpin its energetics, kinetics, and reactivity and contributes to a new understanding of mass and electron transfer at the interface.

Spectroscopic characterization of surface species relevant to the understanding of the kinetics and mechanisms of environmentally important catalytic reactions

Elucidation of these processes will further our understanding of solvation and reactions in multi-phase, multi-component solutions and in determining reaction mechanisms in heterogeneous systems.

Researchers often look for the mechanism behind actions and reactions to understand how something functions.

Since fear is the canine's default reaction to odd or unfamiliar stimuli, this muddled understanding of the world around them can lead to impaired coping mechanisms later on.

As we already said, many pet food manufacturers simply fail to understand the mechanism of allergic reactions in dogs.