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M. Nakache, A. B. Schreiber, H. Gaub, and H. M. McConnell, Heterogeneity of membrane phospholipi in endothelial cells depends on cell substrate, Nature 317, 75-77 (1985). 

For electron-rich substrates, nature often uses flavin-dependent halogenases (e.g. chlorotetracycline), vanadium haloperoxidases (snyderol, Figure 7.4) or heme-iron haloperoxidases (tetraiodothyronine. Figure 7.4) for this role (Figure 7.5). For electron-deficient molecules such as alkanes, mononuclear iron... 

Sunda, W.G. and D.J. Kieber. 1994. Oxidation of humic substances by manganese oxides yields low-molecular-weight organic substrates. Nature 367, 62-64. 

Kim SO et al (2003) Epitaxial self-assembly of block copolymers on lithographically defined nanopattemed substrates. Nature 424(6947) 411-414... 

Depending on different factors, such as nature of the organic substrate, nature and composition of the supporting electrolyte and imposed operative conditions, the whole process may be only controlled by one or more steps which can lead to different performances of BDD anodes. 

Fig. 9.5. Implants for CAM assay. The sample (a) ean be a solid mass (e.g. tumor biopsy), or a solution trapped within a soUd substrate (natural or synthetic sponge, glass coversUde, nylon mesh/collagen sandwich). Solid samples are simply laid on the CAM in an avascular area (shown for the sponge implant). As an alternative, fluids can be injected directly into the aUantoic vesicle (b) so that their activity is extended to the whole vascular area.

Sunda, W. G., and Kieber, D. J. (1994) Oxidation of Humic Substances by Manganese Oxides Yields Low-Molecular Weight Organic Substrates, Nature 367, 62-64. 

The Coventry group has also examined the behavior ofp-chlorophenyl acetate electrooxidation under ultrasound [187]. This substrate is known to markedly favor the two-electron mechanism [180], showing that the choice of reaction pathway is more dependent on substrate nature than upon manipulation of electrolysis parameters. A further feature of this system is the appreciable yield of p-chlorobenzalde-hyde-derived products. This is shown in Table 6 where it can be seen that sonication produces little change in relative product ratio, although there is an increase in total yield after ether extraction. Thus 46% by weight of mixed product is obtained (unreacted acid is not recovered by this procedure) with ultrasound, but only 23% by weight from the silent reaction. This represents increased reaction efficiency since the same quantity of charge was passed in each case. 

A.N. Parikh, D.L. Allara and F. Rondelez, The role of interfacial water in grafted and non-grafted octadecylsiloxane monolayers on solid substrates. Nature, (1994). 

VlO. Vesell, E. S., pH dependence of lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme inhibition by substrate. Nature 210, 421—422 (1966). 

This influence of the substrate nature will be discussed in the next section. 

Oscillators, Part 4. New Family of Homogeneous Chemical Oscillators-Chlorite-Iodate-Substrate. Nature (London) 292,816-818... 

Note Such substrates naturally produce or its derivatives. 

This section outlines several approaches to characterizing the elastic modulus of thin films and the interface toughness when bonded to substrates. Naturally, there is an elastic enormous variety of test configurations that can be used attention here is limited to those with specimen fabrication that is similar to that used for typical microfluidic devices. The text by Freund and Suresh [32] describes additional test approaches, particularly those pertaining to quantifying the effects of mode-mixity on interface toughness. 

Over the years, much of the research on accelerated-sulfur vulcanization was done by using natural rubber as a model substrate. Natural rubber was the first elastomer and therefore the search for the understanding of vulcanization originated with work on natural rubber. Most of the work cited in the previous sections is related to natural rubber. However, some rather early studies have been directed to the vulcanization of butadiene 1,4-polymers (Skinner and Watson, 1969 Wolfe et al, 1329 Gregg and Katrenick, 1970). More recent is the work of Pellicioli and coworkers. Early basic work on the vulcanization of ethylene-propylene-diene-monomer rubber (EPDM) has been carried out (van den Berg et al., 1984a,b). Recently, Kuno and coworkers did basic work on EPDM networks. They found that, essentially, the vulcanizate properties depend only on the crosslink density, not on the type of curing system (Dijkhuis et al., 2009). 

The chosen substrates are either oxidized silicon or glass. In fact, it seems that the substrate nature has litde influence on the sensitivity of the film. Thus, samples have been successfully made with unpolished alumina plaques as substrate. 

S. O. Kim, H. H. Solak, M. P. Stoykovich, N. J. Perrier, J. J. DePablo, P. F. Nealey, Epitaxial self-assembly of block copolymers on lithographically defined nanopattemed substrates. Nature, 2003,424,411. 

Boltau, M., Walheim, S., Mlynek, J., Krausch, G., Steiner, U. Surface-induced structure formation of polymer blends on patterned substrates. Nature 391(6670), 877-879 (1998)... 

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