Substrate-dependent kinetics in tyrosinase-based biosensing: Amperometry vs. spectrophotometry

Despite the broad use of enzymes in electroanalytical biosensors, the influence of enzyme kinetics on the function of prototype sensors is often overlooked or neglected. In the present study, we employ amperometry as an alternative or complementary method to study the kinetics of tyrosinase, whose catalytic activity results in o-quinone products...

Hydrogen vacancies facilitate hydrogen transport kinetics in sodium hydride nanocrystallites

We report ab initio calculations based on density-functional theory, of the vacancy-mediated hydrogen migration energy in bulk NaH and near the NaH(001) surface. The estimated rate of the vacancy mediated hydrogen transport, obtained within a hopping diffusion model, is consistent with the reaction rates of H-D exchange in nano-NaH at the...

A Simple Diffusion-Controled Model of Mixing Across a Stable Density Interface

Mixing across a stable density interface caused by a shear stress externally acting on a two-layer fluid initially at rest is modelled using the turbulent-diffusion concept. The influence of a (relatively weak) longitudinal pressure gradient is also considered. The central point of view developed is that the mixed layer can be only weakly...