An agonist is a type of chemical known as a ligand. It binds to a receptor. It is a compound that can bind to and cause activation of a receptor, thus mimicking an endogenous ligand or neurotransmitter. It activates (switches on) the receptor to produce a response. In Pharmacology, it is a chemic.....
Tinning is a crystalline, silvery metallic element obtained chiefly from cassiterite and having two notable allotropic forms. It is the process of thinly coating sheets of wrought iron or steel with tin, and the resulting product is known as tinplate. Tin is a metallic element, occurring in cassi.....
Nitrobenzene has the molecular formula C6H5NO2 and is a yellowish, sticky, aromatic nitro-compound. It is a pale-yellow oil with an almond-like odor that is water-insoluble. It freezes to make the crystals greenish-yellow. For the production of aniline, which is an important industrial precursor,.....
A solution is a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances. In chemistry, a solution is a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances. The substances that are dissolved are called solutes. The substance the solutes are dissolved in is called the solvent. Sugar syrup is a solution where sugar.....
Azobenzene is a molecule whose structure consists of two phenyl rings bound by a double bond of N=N; the azobenzene class of compounds’ parent compound. It is the simplest instance of a compound of aryl azo. To refer to a broad class of related compounds, the word ‘azobenzene’ or simply.....
Cytokines are a group of signaling molecules made by cells. They are a large group of proteins, peptides, or glycoproteins that are secreted by specific cells of the immune system. They help to control the immune system and fight disease. They are a category of signaling molecules that mediate an.....
Fused quartz is an extraordinary material for numerous industrial applications. It is also known as fused silica is glass consisting of silica in amorphous (non-crystalline) form. Silica glass is used where high service temperature, very high thermal shock resistance, high chemical durability, ve.....
Liquidmetal – also known as amorphous metal or bulk metallic glass is unlike any other material at the most basic level. Liquidmetal and Vitreloy are commercial names of a series of amorphous metal alloys developed by a California Institute of Technology (Caltech) research team and marketed by .....
The synthetic sulfate salt of hydrazine, a derivative of ammonia, is hydrazine sulfate, more accurately called hydrazinium hydrogensulfate. It is the anion bisulfate (hydrogensulfate), with the formula (N2H+5) (HSO−4) or N2H6SO4. At room temperature, it is a white, water-soluble solid. Hydrazin.....
Carbon nanofoam (CNF) is a highly porous, amorphous carbon nanomaterial that can be produced through the interaction of a high-fluence laser and a carbon-based target material. It is an allotrope of carbon discovered in 1997 by Andrei V. Rode and co-workers at the Australian National University i.....
Shocked quartz is a variety of Quartz. It is a form of quartz that has a microscopic structure that is different from normal quartz. Quartz shocked under intense pressure (but limited temperature). Under intense pressure (but limited temperature), the crystalline structure of quartz is deformed a.....
Hydrazine is a colorless, flammable, highly poisonous and unstable substance that quickly mixes with water molecules in the air to form hydrazine hydrate. The chemical formula N2H4 is an inorganic compound; it is also very significant for industrial applications, such as rocket fuel, photographic.....