Splitting disulphide bonds in water is more complicated than previously thought
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 07:01
in Earth & Climate
From a chemical perspective, splitting disulphide bonds under tensile stress is a substantially more complicated process than previously assumed. A team headed by Prof Dr Dominik Marx from Ruhr-Universität Bochum found out what happens in detail during this process – with the aid of extensive computer simulations on the Jülich supercomputer "Juqueen". The researchers report their results in the journal Nature Chemistry.