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    Predicting Drying in Solvent-Coated Polymeric Films
    (American Chemical Society, 2000) Alsoy Altınkaya, Sacide; Duda, John Larry
    [No abstract available]
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    Visualization of Equilibrium Fcc Catalyst Surface by Afm and Sem-Eds
    (American Chemical Society, 2003) Bayraktar, Oğuz; Erdoğan, G.; Kugler, Edwin L.
    [No abstract available]
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    Heavy Metal Removal Using Natural Zeolite Packed Ion Exchange Column
    (American Chemical Society, 2008) Balköse, Devrim; Ülkü, Semra
    [No abstract available]
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 123
    Citation - Scopus: 134
    Effect of Moisture on Adsorption Isotherms and Adsorption Capacities of Co2 on Coals
    (American Chemical Society, 2009) Özdemir, Ekrem; Schroeder, Karl
    The effect of moisture on the adsorption isotherms and adsorption capacities of CO 2 on Argonne Premium coals has been investigated. In some experiments a small hysteresis was observed between the adsorption and desorption isotherms. The hysteresis was absent or negligible for high-rank and as-received coals but was discernible for lower rank and dried coals. An equation that accounted for the volumetric changes when an adsorbate alters the structure of an adsorbent was employed to interpret the data. The best-fit solutions indicate that the coal volume decreases upon drying. The microscopic shrinkage estimated using helium expansion was greater than the shrinkage reported using the bed-height technique. The microscopic shrinkage was 5-10% for low-moisture medium and high-rank coals and up to 40% for low-rank coals having higher moisture contents. The CO 2 swelling of coals during adsorption isotherm measurements was estimated to be about the same as the shrinkage that occurred during the moisture loss. The adsorption capacity, isosteric heat of adsorption, average pore size, and surface area of the as-received (moist) and dried Argonne coals were estimated after accounting for the volume changes. The isosteric heat of adsorption of CO 2 was found to be between 23 and 25 kJ/mol for as-received coals and between 25 and 27 kJ/mol for dried coals, regardless of the rank. The degree of drying was shown to affect the adsorption capacity and the calculated surface area. For dried coals, the adsorption capacity showed the typical 'U-shape' dependence on rank whereas the as-received coals displayed a more linear dependence. A relationship is proposed to quantify the effect of moisture on the adsorption capacity. The mechanism of CO 2 adsorption on moist coals and the implications of the lower adsorption capacity of wet coals to coal seam sequestration of CO 2 are presented.
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    Citation - WoS: 11
    Citation - Scopus: 15
    Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Drying of Methanol-Zinc Borate Mixtures
    (American Chemical Society, 2009) Gönen, Mehmet; Balköse, Devrim; Gupta, Ram B.; Ülkü, Semra
    Supercritical carbon dioxide (CO 2) drying of zinc borate species was investigated to evaluate possible chemical alterations in the product during the drying. Methanol-wetted zinc borates produced either from borax decahydrate and zinc nitrate hexahydrate (2ZnO · 3B 2O 3 ·7H 2O) or from zinc oxide and boric acid (2ZnO · 3B 2O 3 ·3H 2O) were dried by both conventional and supercritical carbon dioxide drying methods. Zinc borate samples dried by both techniques were characterized using analytical titration, X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It was found that while zinc borate obtained from zinc oxide and boric acid did not have any chemical interaction with CO 2, carbonates were formed on the surface of zinc borate obtained from borax decahydrate and zinc nitrate hexahydrate. The main factor for the carbonate formation during supercritical CO 2 drying is anticipated as the structural differences of zinc borate species. CO 2 is a nonpolar solvent, and it does not usually react with polar substances unless water is present in the medium. While 2ZnO · 3B 2O 3 ·3H 2O had three bound OH groups, 2ZnO · 3B 2O 3 ·7H 2O had five bound OH groups and one mole of water of crystallization. It is proposed that the water of crystallization reacts with CO 2 forming carbonic acid. Then, carbonic acid, which is stronger than boric acid, substitutes borate ions from their zinc salts.
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    Citation - WoS: 17
    Citation - Scopus: 19
    Effect of Thioredoxin Deletion and P53 Cysteine Replacement on Human P53 Activity in Wild-Type and Thioredoxin Reductase Null Yeast
    (American Chemical Society, 2009) Stoner, Christopher S.; Pearson, George D.; Koç, Ahmet; Merwin, Jason R.; Lopez, Nathan I.; Merrill, Gary Frederic
    Reporter gene transactivation by human p53 is inhibited in budding yeast lacking the TRR1 gene encoding thioredoxin reductase. To investigate the role of thioredoxin in controlling p53 activity, the level of reporter gene transactivation by p53 was determined in yeast lacking the TRX1 and TRX2 genes encoding cytosolic thioredoxin. Surprisingly, p53 activity was unimpaired in yeast lacking thioredoxin. Subsequent analyses showed that thioredoxin deletion suppressed the inhibitory effect of thioredoxin reductase deletion, suggesting that accumulation of oxidized thioredoxin in mutant yeast was necessary for p53 inhibition. Purified human thioredoxin and p53 interacted in vitro (K d = 0.9 μM thioredoxin). To test the idea that dithio-disulfide exchange reactions between p53 and thioredoxin were responsible for p53 inhibition in mutant yeast, each p53 cysteine was changed to serine, and the effect of the substitution on p53 activity in TRR1 and Δtrr1 yeast was determined. Substitutions at Zn-coordinating cysteines C176, C238, or C242 resulted in p53 inactivation. Unexpectedly, substitution at cysteine C275 also inactivated p53, which was the first evidence for a non-zinc-coordinating cysteine being essential for p53 function. Cysteine substitutions at six positions (C124, C135, C141, C182, C229, and C277) neither inactivated p53 nor relieved the requirement for thioredoxin reductase. Furthermore, no tested combination of these six cysteine substitutions relieved thioredoxin reductase dependence. The results suggested that p53 dependence on thioredoxin reductase either was indirect, perhaps mediated by an upstream activator of p53, or was due to oxidation of one or more of the four essential cysteines.
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    Citation - WoS: 88
    Citation - Scopus: 108
    Biomimetic Co2 Sequestration: 1. Immobilization of Carbonic Anhydrase Within Polyurethane Foam
    (American Chemical Society, 2009) Özdemir, Ekrem
    Bovine carbonic anhydrase (CA) was immobilized within polyurethane (PU) foam for biomimetic CO2 sequestration. The catalytic activities for the free and immobilized CA were estimated using paranitrophenyl acetate (p-NPA) as the substrate. Because the p-NPA has limited solubility in the aqueous phase, the activities were estimated in Tris buffer containing 10% acetonitrile. A Lineweaver-Burk relationship was employed to estimate the Michaelis-Menten kinetic parameters for the free and immobilized CA. The kcat, K m, and kcat/Km values for the free CA were found to be 2.02 s-1, 12.2 mM, and 166.4M-1 s-1, respectively. The Km value for the immobilized CA was estimated to be 9.6mMat the same conditions. The immobilized CA was stable and did not lose any activity over seven consecutive washings and activity tests. While the free CA lost its activity in 45 days stored at 4 °C in refrigerator, the immobilized CA maintained 100% of its activity over a 45 day period stored in Tris buffer at ambient conditions. It was concluded that the immobilized CA as a very stable biocatalyst could be employed in biomimetic CO2 sequestration.
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    Citation - WoS: 72
    Citation - Scopus: 87
    Adsorption of Olive Leaf (olea Europaea L.) Antioxidants on Silk Fibroin
    (American Chemical Society, 2007) Bayçın, Deniz; Altıok, Evren; Ülkü, Semra; Bayraktar, Oğuz
    The adsorption isotherms of oleuropein and rutin were evaluated at different temperatures, pH values, and solid/liquid ratios. The experimental data of adsorption isotherms were well fitted to a Langmuir model. The maximum adsorption capacities were determined as 108 mg of oleuropein/g of silk fibroin and 21 mg of rutin/g of silk fibroin. After adsorption of oleuropein and rutin, the antioxidant capacity of silk fibroin increased from 1.93 to 3.61 mmol of TEAC/g. Silk fibroin also gained antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae after adsorption of olive leaf antioxidants. In a desorption process, 81% of rutin and 85% of oleuropein were removed from the adsorbent surface in 70% aqueous ethanol solution. Consequently, silk fibroin was found to be a promising biomaterial for the production of functional food or dietary supplements and for the purification of oleuropein and rutin from olive leaf extracts.
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    Citation - WoS: 61
    Citation - Scopus: 69
    Assessment of the Molecular Weight Distribution of Tannin Fractions Through Maldi-Tof Ms Analysis of Protein-Tannin Complexes
    (American Chemical Society, 2007) Mané, C.; Sommerer, N.; Yalçın, Talat; Cheynier, V.; Cole, R. B.; Fulcrand, H.
    An innovative mass spectrometry method was developed for determining mass distributions of tannin fractions that cannot be approached through direct MALDI-TOF analysis. It was applied to three procyanidin fractions with average degrees of polymerizations = 3, 9, and 28, respectively, and one gallotannin fraction (Tara tannin). The proposed approach consists of MALDI-TOF analysis of the soluble complexes formed between these tannin fractions and bovine serum albumin (BSA). Complexes were detected as an unresolved "hump" following the BSA signal, and spectra were mathematically processed to determine the parameters relative to the protein-tannin complexes, which are the number-average molecular weight (Mn), the weight-average molecular weight (Mw), and the polydispersity index (PI) for each tannin fraction. Regarding condensed tannins, results are consistent with those of the standard method (thiolysis followed by HPLC separation) for all tested fractions. The method was successfully applied to a hydrolyzable tannin fraction but no standard method is available for comparison.
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    Citation - WoS: 30
    Citation - Scopus: 35
    Effect of Temperature and Time on Zinc Borate Species Formed From Zinc Oxide and Boric Acid in Aqueous Medium
    (American Chemical Society, 2007) Eltepe, H. Emre; Balköse, Devrim; Ülkü, Semra
    The effect of temperature and time of heating of zinc oxide and boric acid in aqueous medium on product type, dehydration behavior, crystal morphology, and structure was investigated for the production of flame retardant and smoke suppressant zinc borate. Two different products dehydrated at 140 and 350°C were obtained and characterized by thermal gravimetric analysis, X-ray diffraction, energy dispersive spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.