@article { ISI:000263732700047,
	title = {Effects for the incorporation of five-atom thioacetamido nucleic acid (TANA) backbone on hybridization thermodynamics and kinetics of DNA duplexes},
	journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry B},
	volume = {113},
	number = {9},
	year = {2009},
	month = {MAR},
	pages = {2944-2951},
	publisher = {AMER CHEMICAL SOC},
	address = {1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA},
	abstract = {<p>Thermodynamic studies of nucleic acids serve not only to widen our understanding on the nature and strength of forces that stabilize nucleic acids in a myriad of structural states they assume but also to facilitate the development of databases that could be used to predict the stability and selectivity of probe/primer-sets required in a broad range of nucleic acid-based diagnostic and therapeutic protocols. In the current study, we investigated the effect of a novel, backbone-modified {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}thioacetamido linkage{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} (TANA) on thermodynamics of hybridization, binding kinetics, and conformation of a DNA duplex. The modification comprises of an extended five-atom amide (N3{\textquoteright}-CO-CH(2)-S-CH(2)) linker, as opposed to four-atom phosphodiester linker backbone present in DNA. One to three TANA-substitutions have been introduced in the linker backbone of two thymidine residues of one of the strand of the DNA duplex. Using spectroscopic and calorimetric techniques, we observed that TANA destabilizes the DNA helix by lowering the favorable enthalpy parameter of duplex formation. TANA center dot DNA duplexes were found to adopt a conformation toward an A-type duplex as shown by circular dichroism spectroscopy studies. Analysis of differential scanning calorimetry data indicated a nonzero heat capacity change, Delta C(p), accompanying the duplex formation. The average Delta C(p) change per duplex was found to be 832.5 cal mol(-1) K(-1), giving an average base-pair change of 59.5 cal (mol of base pairs)(-1) K(-1). Hybridization kinetic measurements using surface plasmon resonance indicated a decrease in binding affinity parameter (K(A)) that originates from higher dissociation rate constants (k(d)). Furthermore, optical melting studies showed that increasing the number of modifications results in a modest change in the number of counterions taken up during duplex formation.</p>},
	issn = {1520-6106},
	doi = {10.1021/jp808747g},
	author = {Kaur, Harleen and Arora, Amit and Gogoi, K. and Solanke, P. and Gunjal, Anita D. and Kumar, Vaijayanti A. and Maiti, Souvik}
}
@article { ISI:000367235100139,
	title = {Effect of different fixed bed media on the performance of sodium dodecyl sulfate for hydrate based CO2 capture},
	journal = {Materials \& Design},
	volume = {90},
	year = {2016},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {1186-1191},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCI LTD},
	address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS) is used as a kinetic promoter in gas hydrate formation. In this work, the performance of SDS for carbon dioxide gas hydrate formation in two different fixed bed media: silica sand and zeolite (5A and 13X) has been evaluated. The concentration of SDS was fixed at 0.5 wt\%. The experiments were carried out in batch mode with the initial pressure fixed at 3.0 MPa, and the temperature kept constant at 274.65 K. The results showed that hydrate of carbon dioxide with fixed bed of silica sand was significantly promoted by the addition of SDS as compared to the other fixed bed medium used in this study: zeolite 13X. (c) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Carbon dioxide, Fixed bed media, Hydrate formation, Kinetic promoter, Silica sand, Zeolite 5A and 13X},
	issn = {0261-3069},
	doi = {10.1016/j.matdes.2015.06.049},
	author = {Arora, Amit and Kumar, Asheesh and Bhattacharjee, Gaurav and Kumar, Pushpendra and Balomajumder, Chandrajit}
}
