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Typical HFP contents are about 8.5 mol %. Crystallimty as polymenzed is about 70% and drops to about 50% when molded. The stenc requirements of its pendant tnlluoromethyl groups greatly reduce its tendency to crystallize relative to PTFE. The incorporation of HFP also decreases its molecular weight to only about 0.01... 

Numerous organisms, both marine and terrestrial, produce protein toxins. These are typically relatively small, and rich in disulfide crosslinks. Since they are often difficult to crystallize, relatively few structures from this class of proteins are known. In the past five years two dimensional NMR methods have developed to the point where they can be used to determine the solution structures of small proteins and nucleic acids. We have analyzed the structures of toxins II and III of RadiarUhus paumotensis using this approach. We find that the dominant structure is )9-sheet, with the strands connected by loops of irregular structure. Most of the residues which have been determined to be important for toxicity are contained in one of the loops. The general methods used for structure analysis will be described, and the structures of the toxins RpII and RpIII will be discussed and compared with homologous toxins from other anemone species. 

The predicted solids based on thermodynamic measurements and models derived from them depend strongly on chemical composition. However, small aqueous aerosols remain meta-stable with decreasing RH until reaching a crystallization relative humidity(CRH). In contrast, solid aerosols t e up water at the thermodynamically favored deliquescence relative humidity(DRH). This hysteresis causes a dependence of aerosol phase on RH history. 

Amylase operates exclusively on nonreducing, terminal units in amylose or on the branches in amylopectin, to produce maltose directly, and its hydrolytic action on 4 — 1-a-D linkages is stopped by any branch points. Enzyme action is greatly impeded by secondary valence forces, as retro-gradation, for example, is accompanied by an increased resistance to j8-amylolysis.19 The enzyme can be crystallized relatively easily. The mode... 

The first (exponential) term represents repulsion between electron orbitals on the atoms. The second term can be seen to be opposite in sign to the first and so represents an attraction—the weak van der Waals interaction between the electron orbitals on approaching atoms. The adjustable parameters can sometimes be calculated using quantum mechanics, but in other systems they are derived empirically by comparing the measured physical properties of a crystal, relative permittivity, elastic constants, and so on, with those calculated with varying parameters until the best fit is obtained. Some parameters obtained in this way, relevant to the calculation of the stability of phases in the system SrO-SrTiC>3, are given in Table 2.3. 

In terms of die original discussion of Section II, what one needs to know is the orientation of die chiral molecule in a chiral crystal relative to die crystal axes. The absolute orientation of the molecule or of a sequence of molecules in the crystal can be determined by high-resolution electron microscopy, especially in cases like rubidium tartrate or other organometallics in which die problem is to determine the relative position of die heavy metal km with respect to die... 

Given the very small amount of protein present in a single crystal relative to the concentrations of DCL components, it is clear that amplification in the usual sense cannot occur. It is conceivable, however, that the protein structure influences equilibrium distribution of hydrazones in microcosm within the crystal. Conversely, it is possible that any DCC equilibrium is irrelevant, and that the hydrazone binding being observed by X-ray diffraction is due to a diffusion equilibrium of essentially static components between solution and solid state. 

It is quite remarkable that electrostatic calculations based on a simple model of integral point charges at the nuclear positions of ionic crystals have produced good agreement with values of the cohesive energy as determined experimentally with use of the Born-Haber cycle. The point-charge model is a purely electrostatic model, which expresses the energy of a crystal relative to the assembly of isolated ions in terms of the Coulombic interactions between the ions. 

Fig. 31. Quantum yield (filled circles) of rhodamine sensitized hole generation at the surface of organic crystals relative to perylene W/Wpe versus the ionisation energies 7C of the organic crystals (lower abcissa). The range of the estimate for the value at phenanthrene is indicated by the wiggled arrow. The activation times for electron transfer and back electron transfer Tjg are also shown (compare Section IV 7)...

Molecule sieving as exhibited by zeolites depends upon the free dimensions of the meshes giving access to the interior of the crystals relative to those of the potential guest molecule presented to the mesh. Like garden... 

Disadvantages of high pressure crystallization are high volumes of solvents, owing to the low solubility of the substances to be crystallized, relatively high pressures, batchwise operation, and long cooling times. 

Atom jumping in a crystal can occur by several basic mechanisms. The dominant mechanism depends on a number of factors, including the crystal structure, the nature of the bonding in the host crystal, relative differences of size and electrical charge between the host and the diffusing species, and the type of crystal site preferred by the diffusing species (e.g., anion or cation, substitutional or interstitial). 

Consider the location of germanium and aluminum in the periodic table and the number of valence electrons in the doped crystal relative to the number in pure germanium. Doped semiconductors with more electrons than the pure semiconductor are M-type, and those with fewer electrons are p-type. 

A very interesting case is hydrogen chloride. The vapor-phase dimer has been studied extensively by accurate ab initio calculations 59>. We can regard these results as highly relaible. No direct experimental information on (HC1)2 in the vapor phase is available at present. Some matrix isolation data are discussed in Section 4.3. The crystal structure of HC1 is closely related to that of HF (Fig. 12). The infinite bent chains are relatively loosely packed, and the system is a good test case for pairwise additivity. Indeed, we observe a certain contraction of the intermoleeular distance in the crystal relative to the dimer. This contraction, however, is much smaller than that in the HF crystal and falls in the range between the contractions typical of unpolar and polar crystals with pairwise additive potentials (4, = 0.993). 

An important characteristic of sugars is their ability to form crystals. In the commercial production of sugars, crystallization is an important step in the purification of sugar. The purer a solution of a sugar, the easier it will crystallize. Nonreducing oligosaccharides crystallize relatively easily. The fact... 

In a later article, complexes of Ni(II), Cu(II), Pd(II), and V02+ ions with the same tetra-substituted porphyrin were reported. Stepwise oxidation of these complexes gave products for which the authors proposed quinonoid, monoradical, and diradical structures. The most prolonged oxidations yielded the diradical products, which were isolated as dark purple crystals, relatively stable in air (40). The monoradical vanadyl complex was observed to be diamagnetic, suggesting antiferromagnetic coupling between the phenoxyl radical and unpaired electron on vanadium, whereas in the copper complex no such coupling was observed. More detailed studies of these systems seem warranted. 

The powder specimens are more easily subjected to controlled temperatures, down to 4 K, and different pressure than single crystals. Relatively large amounts of compound are required, several grams, and sample preparation to obtain a fine powder and avoid preferred orientation is critical. 

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