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Antiferromagnetic spin chain behavior and a transition to 3D magnetic order in Cu(D,L-alanine)2: Roles of H-bonds
We study the spin chain behavior, a transition to 3D magnetic order and the
magnitudes of the exchange interactions for the metal-amino acid complex
Cu(D,L-alanine)2.H2O, a model compound to investigate exchange couplings
supported by chemical paths characteristic of biomolecules. Thermal and
magnetic data were obtained as a function of temperature (T) and magnetic field
(B0). The magnetic contribution to the specific heat, measured between 0.48 and
30 K, displays above 1.8 K a 1D spin-chain behavior that can be fitted with an
intrachain antiferromagnetic (AFM) exchange coupling constant 2J0 = (-2.12
0.08) cm, between neighbor coppers at 4.49 {\AA} along chains
connected by non-covalent and H-bonds. We also observe a narrow specific heat
peak at 0.89 K indicating a phase transition to a 3D magnetically ordered
phase. Magnetization curves at fixed T = 2, 4 and 7 K with B0 between 0 and 9
T, and at T between 2 and 300 K with several fixed values of B0 were globally
fitted by an intrachain AFM exchange coupling constant 2J0 = (-2.27 0.02)
cm and g = 2.091 0.005. Interchain interactions J1 between coppers
in neighbor chains connected through long chemical paths with total length of
9.51 {\AA} are estimated within the range 0.1 < |2J1| < 0.4 cm, covering
the predictions of various approximations. We analyze the magnitudes of 2J0 and
2J1 in terms of the structure of the corresponding chemical paths. The main
contribution in supporting the intrachain interaction is assigned to H-bonds
while the interchain interactions are supported by paths containing H-bonds and
carboxylate bridges, with the role of the H-bonds being predominant. We compare
the obtained intrachain coupling with studies of compounds showing similar
behavior and discuss the validity of the approximations allowing to calculate
the interchain interactions.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure
Efeito da vitamina C no ganho de peso e em parâmetros hematológicos de tambaqui.
O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito da suplementação dietária com ácido L-ascórbico (vitamina C) no ganho de peso e em parâmetros hematológicos de juvenis de tambaqui, Colossoma macropomum
Índice de velocidade e porcentagem de emergência em sementes de maracujazeiro amarelo em diferentes substratos.
Using magnetic nanoparticles to probe protein damage in ferritin caused by freeze concentration
We demonstrate a method for monitoring the damage caused to a protein during freeze-thawing in the presence of glycerol, a cryo-protectant. For this work we synthesized magnetite nanoparticles doped with 2.5% cobalt inside the protein ferritin (CMF), dissolved them in different concentration glycerol solutions and measured their magnetization after freezing in a high applied field (5 T). As the temperature was raised, a step-like decrease in the sample magnetization was observed, corresponding to the onset of Brownian relaxation as the viscosity of the freeze-concentrated glycerol solution decreased. The position of the step reveals changes to the protein hydrodynamic radius that we attribute to protein unfolding, while its height depends on how much protein is trapped by ice during freeze concentration. Changes to the protein hydrodynamic radius are confirmed by dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements, but unlike DLS, the magnetic measurements can provide hydrodynamic data while the solution remains mainly frozen
Toxicidade aguda do paration metílico para tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum).
O objetivo deste trabalho foi determinar a toxicidade aguda do paration metílico para o tambaqui
Isolamento e caracterização de Flavobacterium columnare de tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum).
O objetivo deste estudo foi de realizar o isolamento e a caracterização de Flavobacterium columnare de tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) criado em tanques escavados na região de Rio Preto da Eva - AM
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