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- Aad, G, et al.
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- 2015
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- Schael, S, et al.
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Precision electroweak measurements on the Z resonance
- 2006
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In: Physics Reports. - : Elsevier BV. - 0370-1573 .- 1873-6270. ; 427:5-6, s. 257-454
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We report on the final electroweak measurements performed with data taken at the Z resonance by the experiments operating at the electron-positron colliders SLC and LEP. The data consist of 17 million Z decays accumulated by the ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL experiments at LEP, and 600 thousand Z decays by the SLID experiment using a polarised beam at SLC. The measurements include cross-sections, forward-backward asymmetries and polarised asymmetries. The mass and width of the Z boson, m(Z) and Gamma(Z), and its couplings to fermions, for example the p parameter and the effective electroweak mixing angle for leptons, are precisely measured: m(Z) = 91.1875 +/- 0.0021 GeV, Gamma(Z) = 2.4952 +/- 0.0023 GeV, rho(l) = 1.0050 +/- 0.0010, sin(2)theta(eff)(lept) = 0.23153 +/- 0.00016. The number of light neutrino species is determined to be 2.9840 +/- 0.0082, in agreement with the three observed generations of fundamental fermions. The results are compared to the predictions of the Standard Model (SM). At the Z-pole, electroweak radiative corrections beyond the running of the QED and QCD coupling constants are observed with a significance of five standard deviations, and in agreement with the Standard Model. Of the many Z-pole measurements, the forward-backward asymmetry in b-quark production shows the largest difference with respect to its SM expectation, at the level of 2.8 standard deviations. Through radiative corrections evaluated in the framework of the Standard Model, the Z-pole data are also used to predict the mass of the top quark, m(t) = 173(+10)(+13) GeV, and the mass of the W boson, m(W) = 80.363 +/- 0.032 GeV. These indirect constraints are compared to the direct measurements, providing a stringent test of the SM. Using in addition the direct measurements of m(t) and m(W), the mass of the as yet unobserved SM Higgs boson is predicted with a relative uncertainty of about 50% and found to be less than 285 GeV at 95% confidence level. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Kirilin, Alexey V, et al.
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Reaction products and transformations of intermediates in the aqueous-phase reforming of sorbitol
- 2010
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In: ChemSusChem. - Weinheim : WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. - 1864-564X .- 1864-5631. ; 3:6, s. 708-718
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Aqueous phase reforming of sorbitol over Pt supported on an alumina catalyst is investigated, in order to identify the intermediates involved in the transformation of the initial feed. Parameters such as the sorbitol feed rate and temperature are studied. To identify the intermediates, an approach based on analysis of the gas and liquid phases as well as the total carbon content was developed. According to analysis by gas chromatography combined with mass spectrometry of volatile substances collected with solid-phase microextraction, over 260 compounds are involved in the transformation of sorbitol. Of these, 50 of the major products are identified with high reliability. It is shown that a great variety of compounds, bearing different functionalities, form part of the reaction network. The formation of the majority of identified compounds is explained and a reaction network for the formation of sorbitol and intermediate molecules transformation is proposed.
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- Tokarev, A V, et al.
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The role of bio-ethanol in aqueous phase reforming to sustainable hydrogen
- 2010
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In: International journal of hydrogen energy. - : Elsevier Ltd. - 0360-3199 .- 1879-3487. ; 35:22, s. 12642-9
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Aqueous Phase Reforming (APR) has during the recent years emerged as a potent, alternative means of processing raw materials of biological origin to component suitable as chemicals and fuel components. In contrary to e.g. steam reforming, aqueous phase reforming bares the promise of lower temperatures in processing which gives rise to potential of reduced energy consumption in the upgrading process itself.Aqueous phase reforming was studied over Pt/Al2O3 at 225 °C. Stable catalyst performance and high selectivity was observed. Upon a comparison of two ‘bio-alcohols’, bio-ethanol and Sorbitol (a sugar alcohol), the latter one is a better feedstock from overall energy utilization viewpoint but the use of it results in a broad range of products. Interestingly, in the case of sorbitol–ethanol mixtures, an improvement in the hydrogen yield was observed.
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- Kirilin, Alexey V, et al.
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Aqueous phase reforming of xylitol and sorbitol : comparison and influence of substrate structure
- 2012
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In: Applied Catalysis A. - : Elsevier. - 0926-860X .- 1873-3875. ; 435-436, s. 172-180
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The behavior of abundant polyol stemming from hemicelluloses, xylitol, was investigated in the aqueous phase reforming (APR) over supported Pt/Al2O3. The data obtained in the case of xylitol was compared to aqueous phase reforming of sorbitol under the same operating conditions. The effect of weight hour space velocity on the performance of a catalytic system as well as on selectivity towards hydrogen and alkanes was studied. The catalyst showed stable performance with insignificant deactivation over 160 hours time-on-stream. The selectivity towards H2 diminished from 86 to 70% within 120 hours. The regeneration of the catalytic system in a H2 flow allowed to recover the catalyst activity and to improve selectivity towards H2 to 75%. It was found that both polyols demonstrated similar behavior in the APR in the whole range of space velocities studied. The selectivity towards H2 went through a maximum in the case of xylitol and sorbitol when changing a space velocity. This behavior was attributed to a number of side reactions which involved hydrogen thus leading to its consumption. Additionally, the yields of target APR product, hydrogen, were higher in the case of xylitol compared to sorbitol due to the longer carbon chain in the latter substrate. The plausible reaction network based on the hypothesis that APR process proceeds through the terminal position of polyol was proposed to explain similarity in the gas and liquid product composition in the APR of xylitol and sorbitol. The reaction scheme describing formation of the main gas and liquid products via various pathways was proposed and discussed. The results obtained and explanations provided are in perfect coincidence with the results obtained for different substrates in the literature.
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- Kirilin, Alexey V., et al.
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Aqueous-phase reforming of xylitol over Pt/C and Pt/TiC-CDC catalysts : catalyst characterization and catalytic performance
- 2014
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In: Catalysis Science & Technology. - : RSC Publishing. - 2044-4753. ; 4:2, s. 387-401
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The aqueous phase reforming (APR) of xylitol was studied over five Pt/C catalysts. The correlation between physico-chemical properties of the catalysts and catalytic performance was established. The Pt/C catalysts have different textural properties as well as different mean Pt cluster sizes and surface acidity. The average Pt cluster size was investigated by means of CO chemisorption as well as by TEM. The reaction was found to be structure sensitive and TOF linearly increases with increasing average Pt cluster size in the studied domain. The catalysts which possess higher surface acidity favoured higher rates of hydrocarbon production. On the contrary the Pt/C materials with lower acidities generated hydrogen with high selectivity and TOF.
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- Kirilin, Alexey V., et al.
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Aqueous phase reforming of xylitol over Pt-Re bimetallic catalyst : Effect of the Re addition
- 2014
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In: Catalysis Today. - : Elsevier. - 0920-5861 .- 1873-4308. ; 223, s. 97-107
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The aqueous phase reforming (APR) of xylitol was studied in a continuous fixed bed reactor over three catalysts: Pt/Al2O3, Pt/TiO2 and Pt-Re/TiO2. The data obtained in the case of the monometallic Pt catalysts was compared to the bimetallic Pt-Re sample. The effect of Re addition on the catalyst stability, activity, product formation and selectivity toward hydrogen and alkanes was studied. The bimetallic catalyst demonstrated a higher selectivity to alkanes compared to the monometallic samples. The monometallic catalyst was more selective toward hydrogen formation. A plausible reaction scheme explaining differences in selectivity toward hydrogen and alkanes was proposed and discussed.
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- Omelyanchik, Alexander, et al.
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Boosting Magnetoelectric Effect in Polymer-Based Nanocomposites
- 2021
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In: Nanomaterials. - : MDPI. - 2079-4991. ; 11:5
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Polymer-based magnetoelectric composite materials have attracted a lot of attention due to their high potential in various types of applications as magnetic field sensors, energy harvesting, and biomedical devices. Current researches are focused on the increase in the efficiency of magnetoelectric transformation. In this work, a new strategy of arrangement of clusters of magnetic nanoparticles by an external magnetic field in PVDF and PFVD-TrFE matrixes is proposed to increase the voltage coefficient (alpha ME) of the magnetoelectric effect. Another strategy is the use of 3-component composites through the inclusion of piezoelectric BaTiO3 particles. Developed strategies allow us to increase the alpha ME value from similar to 5 mV/cm.Oe for the composite of randomly distributed CoFe2O4 nanoparticles in PVDF matrix to similar to 18.5 mV/cm.Oe for a composite of magnetic particles in PVDF-TrFE matrix with 5%wt of piezoelectric particles. The applicability of such materials as bioactive surface is demonstrated on neural crest stem cell cultures.
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- Görlin, Mikaela, et al.
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Key activity descriptors of nickel-iron oxygen evolution electrocatalysts in the presence of alkali metal cations
- 2020
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In: Nature Communications. - : Springer Nature. - 2041-1723. ; 11:1
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts are pivotal for sustainable fuel production, where the Ni-Fe oxyhydroxide (OOH) is among the most active catalysts for alkaline OER. Electrolyte alkali metal cations have been shown to modify the activity and reaction intermediates, however, the exact mechanism is at question due to unexplained deviations from the cation size trend. Our X-ray absorption spectroelectrochemical results show that bigger cations shift the Ni2+/(3+delta)+ redox peak and OER activity to lower potentials (however, with typical discrepancies), following the order CsOH>NaOH approximate to KOH>RbOH>LiOH. Here, we find that the OER activity follows the variations in electrolyte pH rather than a specific cation, which accounts for differences both in basicity of the alkali hydroxides and other contributing anomalies. Our density functional theory-derived reactivity descriptors confirm that cations impose negligible effect on the Lewis acidity of Ni, Fe, and O lattice sites, thus strengthening the conclusions of an indirect pH effect. It is commonly accepted that electrolyte alkali metal cations modify the catalytic activity for oxygen evolution reaction. Here the authors challenge this assumption, showing that the activity is actually affected by a change in the electrolyte pH rather than a specific alkali cation.
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- Kontturi, V, et al.
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Simultaneous detection of absorption spectrum and refractive index ratio with a spectrophotometer : monitoring contaminants in bioethanol
- 2011
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In: Measurement science and technology. - : IOP Publishing. - 0957-0233 .- 1361-6501. ; 22:5, s. 6-
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The optical properties of a biofuel resulting from the fungi-treated lignocellulosic biomass in an ethanol matrix were studied. The matrix simulates the case that the bioethanol is contaminated by sugars, water and colour pigments that reduce the quality of the biofuel and compromise the combustion process. It is suggested that by applying a spectrophotometer only, it is possible to obtain valid information, i.e. the spectral features of the contaminants as well as the refractive index ratio of bioethanol. This allows for simultaneous purity and density detection of biomass-derived liquids or liquid biofuels, in comparison to a reference representing an ideal bioethanol (pure ethyl alcohol, ethanol of 99.5% purity (v/v)).
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- Murzin, D. Yu., et al.
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Arabinogalactan hydrolysis and hydrolytic hydrogenation usingfunctionalized carbon materials
- 2015
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In: Catalysis Today. - : Elsevier BV. - 0920-5861 .- 1873-4308. ; 257, s. 169-176
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Hydrolysis of the hemicellulose arabinogalactan was studied in this work over several functionalized carbon materials, which were specifically treated to increase their acidities. Hydrolytic hydrogenation of arabinogalactan was investigated using the same materials in a mechanical mixture with ruthenium supported on active carbon. Application of these mixtures resulted in formation of polyols, suppressing simultaneously the generation of side products hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and furfural. Formation of high molecular weight compounds (aggregates of sugars and humins) was still quite substantial with a mechanical mixture of Ru/C and a carbon material prepared from sucrose by activation with zinc chloride to increase porosity. Post-treatment of this carbonaceous material with sulphuric acid significantly influenced kinetics of high molecular weight products formation resulting also in elevation of sugar alcohols yields.
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- Murzin, Dmitry Yu., et al.
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Hemicellulose arabinogalactan hydrolytic hydrogenation over Ru-modified H-USY zeolites
- 2015
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In: Journal of Catalysis. - : Elsevier BV. - 0021-9517 .- 1090-2694. ; 330, s. 93-105
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The hydrolytic hydrogenation of hemicellulose arabinogalactan was investigated in the presence of protonic and Ru (1-5 wt.%)-modified USY zeolites (Si/Al ratio = 15 and 30). The use of the purely acidic materials was effective in depolymerizing the macromolecule into free sugars. While the latter partly dehydrated into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and furfural, the generation of high molecular-weight compounds (aggregates of sugars and humins) was not favored, in contrast to previous evidences over beta zeolites. Application of the bifunctional Ru/USY catalyst, comprising well-dispersed metallic nanopartides on the aluminosilicate support, resulted in the formation of galactitol and arabitol, in the suppression of dehydration side products, and further inhibition of polymerization reactions, which only yielded low molecular-weight oligomers. Detailed analysis of the reaction pathways as well as kinetic modeling of hydrolytic hydrogenation was performed with an advanced reaction mechanism.
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- Patil, Narendra G, et al.
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Effect of the load size on the efficiency of microwave heating under stop flow and continuous flow conditions
- 2012
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In: The Journal of microwave power and electromagnetic energy. - : A Publication of the International Microwave Power Institute IMPI. - 0832-7823. ; 46:2, s. 83-92
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A novel heating efficiency analysis of the microwave heated stop-flow (i.e. stagnant liquid) and continuous-flow reactors has been presented. The thermal losses to the surrounding air by natural convection have been taken into account for heating efficiency calculation of the microwave heating process. The effect of the load diameter in the range of 4–29 mm onthe heating efficiency of ethylene glycol was studied in a single mode microwave cavity under continuous flow and stop-flow conditions. The variation of the microwave absorbing properties of the load with temperature was estimated. Under stop-flow conditions, the heating efficiency depends on the load diameter. The highest heating efficiency has been observed at the load diameter close to the half wavelength of the electromagnetic field in the corresponding medium. Under continuous-flow conditions, the heating efficiency increased linearly. However,microwave leakage above the propagation diameter restricted further experimentation at higher load diameters. Contrary to the stop-flow conditions, the load temperature did not raise monotonously from the inlet to outlet under continuous-flow conditions. This was due to the combined effect of lagging convective heat fluxes in comparison to volumetric heating. This severely disturbs the uniformity of the electromagnetic field in the axial direction and creates areas of high and low field intensity along the load length decreasing the heating efficiency as compared to stop-flow conditions.
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- Pezoa, R., et al.
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Use of ionic liquids in the pretreatment of forest and agricultural residues for the production of bioethanol
- 2010
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In: Cellulose Chemistry and Technology. - : Publishing House of the Romanian Academy. - 0576-9787. ; 44:4-6, s. 165-172
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Pretreatment of lignocellulosic materials is an important step to achieve higher amounts of simple sugars, mono- and disaccharides, for obtaining ethanol as a biofuel, via enzymatic hydrolysis. The study introduces a concept that utilizes ionic liquids (ILs) as solvents in the pretreatment step, before enzymatic saccharification, for both forest residues (Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.) and Lenga (Nothofagus pumilio (POEPP. EX. ENDL.) KRASSER) and for agricultural residues (wheat and corn). The procedure was evaluated at four different temperatures (80, 121, 150 and 170 °C) for 30 and 60 min, respectively, with 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([EMIM+][Cl-]). Subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis of these materials was carried out at 47 °C, for 72 h, with commercial cellulases. The results demonstrated that the best experimental conditions found for wheat, corn and Eucalyptus residues were the following: 150 °C, for 60 min, yielding a total of 46, 48 and 30% sugars, respectively; in the case of Lenga residues, the optimum conditions were: 150 °C for 30 min, yielding a total of 40% sugars after saccharification. Temperatures exceeding 170 °C are not recommended for this type of pretreatment with [EMIM+][Cl-], because significant portions of cellulose could be dissolved in this IL. Finally, an analysis of the solid material after ionic liquid pretreatment is required, to determine the changes related to lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose composition.
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- Privalova, E, et al.
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CO2 removal with ‘switchable’ versus ‘classical’ ionic liquids
- 2012
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In: Separation and Purification Technology. - Amsterdam : Elsevier. - 1383-5866 .- 1873-3794. ; 97, s. 42-50
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Switchable ionic liquids (SILs) are promising solvents for CO2 separation due to their high CO2 capturing efficiency and easy preparation compared to ‘classical’ ionic liquids. Considering viscosity, the present study has demonstrated that SILs formed at least two times stronger chemical bonds with CO2 than studied classical ionic liquids (ILs). Furthermore, the reversible properties of SILs were confirmed by evaluation of different regeneration methods. On average, molar fractions of CO2 were more than 0.3 outperforming acetate-based ILs (molar fraction of CO2 around 0.25) and more than ten times the capacity of physical ionic liquids (molar fraction 0.02). Consequently, SILs are found to be efficient CO2 absorbents operating at atmospheric pressure.HighlightsComparison of ionic liquid systems acting as chemical vs. physical solvents in practical terms. ► Recycling and reuse issues of ionic liquids in carbon dioxide capture. ► Introduction of new types of switchable ionic liquids. ► Studying the capture-release cycle behavior of the aforementioned ionic liquids. ► In essence, we have focused on engineering aspects.
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