Recently, the first known light-driven sodium pumps, from the microbial rhodopsin family, were discovered. We have solved the structure of one of them, Krokinobacter eikastus rhodopsin 2 (KR2), in ...

Its atomic radius is 0.190 nm and the (+1) ionic radius is 0.95 nm. In the solid state Sodium has a body-centered cubic crystal structure with a = 0.428 nm and a nearest neighbor distance of 0.371 nm.

What is sodium boride and what are its properties? Boron is arguably the most complicated chemical element in the Periodic Table, for many reasons. Boron is an element that has extremely complicated ...

Figure 4: Interactions among the α- and β- subunits and the FXYD protein at the extracellular surface of the membrane. The role of the signature motif FXYD appears clear (Fig. 4). The first ...

Crystal structure of Na2He, resembling a three-dimensional checkerboard. The purple spheres represent sodium atoms, which are inside the green cubes that represent helium atoms.

Sodium superionic conductors (NASICONs) have shown particular promise as cathodes due to their open crystal structure that allows rapid sodium ion diffusion. NASICONs containing vanadium, which can ...

Sodium Chloride is an alkali halide with an fcc crystal structure. The basis is two ions, a sodium cation and a chlorine anion. The crystal lattice parameter is 0.563 nm. The diagram shows both a unit ...

New Cambridge research provides fresh and unexpected insight into the structure of sodium channels and, specifically, one of its components - β-subunit molecules - which are responsible for 'fine ...