简介:Fourcategoriesofglobularproteins,includingall-α,all-β,α+β,andα/βtypes,aresimplifiedastheoff-latticeHNPmodelinvolvingthesecondary-structuralinformationofeachprotein.Thepropensityofthreetypesofresidues,i.e.,H,N,andPtoformasecondarystructureisinvestigatedbasedon146proteinsamples.WefindthatPresiduesareeasytoformα-helices,whereasHresidueshaveahighertendencytoconstructβ-sheets.ThestatisticalanalysisalsoindicatesthattheoccurrenceofPresiduesisinvariablyhigherthanthatofHresidues,whichisindependentofproteincategory.Changesinbond-andnon-bondedpotentialenergiesofallproteinsamplesunderawidetemperaturerangearepresentedbycoarse-grainedmoleculardynamics(MD)simulation.Thesimulationresultsclearlyshowalinearrelationshipbetweenthebond-stretching/bendingpotentialenergyandthereducedtemperature.Thebond-torsionalandnon-bondedpotentialenergiesshowdistincttransitionswithtemperature.Thebond-torsionalenergyincreasestothemaximumandthendecreaseswiththeincreaseoftemperature,whichisoppositetothechangeinnon-bondedpotentialenergy.Thetransitiontemperatureofnon-bondedpotentialenergyisindependentoftheproteincategory,whilethatofbond-torsionalenergyiscloselyrelatedtotheproteinsecondarystructure,i.e.,α-helixorβ-sheet.Thequantitativelybonded-andsemiquantitativelynon-bondedpotentialenergyof24α+βand23α/βproteinsamplesaresuccessfullypredictedaccordingtothestatisticalresultsobtainedfromMDsimulations.
简介:WehavestudiedtheangularmagnetoresistanceofironpnictidesBaFe2-xNixAs2,whichshowsclear180degreeperiodicityasfittedbyacosinefunction.Inthex=0.065sample,thephaseofthetwo-foldsymmetrychanges90degreesabovethetetragonal-to-orthorhombicstructuraltransitiontemperatureTs.Sincethephaseatlowtemperatureisassociatedwiththerotationoforthorhombicdomainsbymagneticfield,weshowthatevenvacuumgreasecanpushthepresenceoforthorhombicdomainsattemperaturesmuchhigherthanTs.Ourresultssuggestthatresidualstressmayhavesignificanteffectsinstudyingthenematicordersanditsfluctuationsinironpnictides.
简介:Theresultsonadissociationbehaviorofpropanehydratespreparedfrom'drywater'andcontainedunreactedresidualwaterintheformoficeinclusionsorsupercooledliquidwater(watersolutionofgas)werepresentedfortemperaturesbelow273K.Thetemperaturerampingorpressurereleasemethodwasusedforthedissociationofpropanehydratesamples.Itwasfoundthatthemechanismofgashydratedissociationattemperaturesbelow273Kdependedonthephasestateofunreactedwaterinthehydratesample.Gashydratesdissociatedintoiceandgasiftheiceinclusionswereinthehydratesample.Thesamplesofpropanehydrateswithinclusionsofunreactedsupercooledwateronly(withouticeinclusions)dissociatedintosupercooledwaterandgasbelowthepressureofthesupercooledwater-hydrate-gasmetastableequilibrium.