Distorted fused porphyrin-phthalocyanine conjugates: synthesis and photophysics of supramolecular assembled systems with a pyridylfullerene

In the current work, we report on the synthesis and photophysical features of supramolecular hybrid systems that are based on newly fused porphyrin-phthalocyanine (P-Pc) conjugates and a pyridylfullerene. The ZnP-ZnPc conjugate was synthesized in three steps starting with a Diels-Alder reaction between β-vinylporphyrin and fumaronitrile. The resulting mixture of isomeric adducts was then dehydrogenated to yield the corresponding benzo[b]porphyrin-2(1),2(2)-dicarbonitrile. In the final step, cyclotetramerization with 4-tert-butylphthalonitrile, in the presence of zinc acetate, afforded the bis-metalated conjugate. Selective demetallation of ZnP led to the H(2)P-ZnPc conjugate. For both conjugates steric hindrance is the inception to a bent configuration, which does, however, not preclude enlargement of the π-conjugated system, that is, the porphyrins and the phthalocyanines. The two conjugates coordinate N-(4-pyridyl)fullero[c]pyrrolidine giving rise to the corresponding supramolecular porphyrin-phthalocyanine-fullerene systems. Photophysical measurements corroborate a sequential deactivation in the excited state, namely an initial intramolecular energy transfer from ZnP or H(2)P to ZnPc followed by an intramolecular charge transfer to yield ZnP-(ZnPc)˙(+)-(C(60))˙(-) and H(2)P-(ZnPc)˙(+)-(C(60))˙(-), respectively.     

Study of ionizing radiation on the properties of polyamide 6 with fiberglass reinforcement

The use of polymers reinforced with fiberglass is becoming more and more common in the switches for household industries. These compounds perform a good tension resistance to the impact and the humidity absorption being used at the present time and also are in the automobile industry in parts underneath the hood, especially in the radiator frames. The aim of this work is to study the effect of ionizing radiation on the properties of polyamide 6 with fiberglass reinforcement and undergone to different irradiation doses. Samples were prepared and irradiated on JOB 188 accelerator with an electron beam energy of 1.5 MeV in air with different doses and a dose rate of 27.99 kGy/h. Afterward, the properties of the non-irradiated and irradiated polyamide 6 with fiberglass reinforcement were evaluated.     

Some results on polarized partion relations of higher dimension

Several types of polarized partition relations are considered. In particular we deal with partitions defined on cartesian products of more than two factors. MSC: 03E05.     

In-situ study of sol–gel processing by time-resolved infrared spectroscopy

Sol–gel processing of thin films involves time dependent phenomena which are basically driven by solvent evaporation. An example is evaporation induced self-assembly that is used to prepare mesoporous ordered films through self-organization of templating micelles. The possibility to follow in situ as a function of time the evolution of the system can give a better knowledge of the process and the physics and chemistry beneath. Time-resolved infrared techniques have been applied to different sol–gel systems to study time-dependent phenomena, in particular rapid scan time resolved infrared spectroscopy has been used to monitor in situ the process and as a tool to design the sol–gel synthesis.     

On the covariantization of the chiral constraints

We show that a complete covariantization of the chiral constraint in the Floreanini-Jackiw necessitates an infinite number of auxiliary Wess-Zumino fields other-wise the covariantization is only partial and unable to remove the nonlocality in the chiral boson operator. We comment on recent works that claim to obtain covariantization through the use of Batalin-Fradkin-Tyutin method, that uses just one Wess-Zumino field.     

Liquid crystal behaviour of linear copolymers—II

A family of linear copolymers, characterized by the presence along the polymer chain of variable amounts of two atomic groups of different mesogenic potentiality, has been studied by differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction methods. The range of composition that allows enantiotropic mesophasic behaviour is defined for four homologous sets of copolymers. The experimental phase diagram gives, by extrapolation, indications about the potential mesophasic properties of that extreme composition (corresponding to a homopolymer) that shows no direct mesophasic properties.     

QUENCHING OF ENZYME GENERATED TRIPLET ACETONE BY 2-METHYL-1,4-NAPHTOQUINONE

Abstract 2-Methyl-1,4-naphtoquinone (vitamin K₃) quenches the phosphorescence from enzyme-generated triplet acetone. Concomitantly the vitamin undergoes a photochemical-like alteration as the result of transfer of the electronic energy ( k _ET– 1 ± 10⁵ M^-1). This transfer appears to be of the long-range type.     

Adsorption of silanes bearing nitrogenated Lewis bases on SiO2/Si (100) model surfaces

The present paper describes the one-pot procedure for the formation of self-assembled thin films of two silanes on the model oxidized silicon wafer, SiO2/Si. SiO2/Si is a model system for other surfaces, such as glass, quartz, aerosol, and silica gel. MALDI-TOF MS with and without a matrix, XPS, and AFM have confirmed the formation of self-assembled thin films of both 3-imidazolylpropyltrimethoxysilane (3-IPTS) and 4-(N-propyltriethoxysilane-imino)pyridine (4-PTSIP) on the SiO2/Si surface after 30 min. Longer adsorption times lead to the deposition of nonreacted 3-IPTS precursors and the formation of agglomerates on the 3-IPTS monolayer. The formation of 4-PTSIP self-assembled layers on SiO2/Si is also demonstrated. The present results for the flat SiO2/Si surface can lead to a better understanding of the formation of a stationary phase for affinity chromatography as well as transition-metal-supported catalysts on silica and their relationship with surface roughness and ordering. The 3-IPTS and 4-PTSIP modified SiO2/Si wafers can also be envisaged as possible built-on-silicon thin-layer chromatography (TLC) extraction devices for metal determination or N-heterocycle analytes, such as histidine and histamine, with "on-spot" MALDI-TOF MS detection.