XPS, electric and photoluminescence-based analysis of the GaAs (1 0 0) nitridation

In this paper, nitridation process of GaAs (1 0 0) substrates was studied in-situ using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and ex-situ by means of electrical method I-V and photoluminescence surface state spectroscopy (PLS³) in order to determine chemical, electrical and electronic properties of the elaborated GaN/GaAs interfaces.The elaborated structures were characterised by I-V analysis. The saturation current I_S, the ideality factor n, the barrier height Φ_Bn and the serial resistance R_S are determined.The elaborated GaN/GaAs structures are also exhibited a high PL intensity at room temperature. From the computer-aided analysis of the power-dependent PL efficiency measurements (PLS³ technique), the value of the interface state density N_SS(E) close to the mid-gap was estimated to be in the range of 2-4 × 10¹¹ eV⁻¹ cm⁻², indicating a good electronic quality of the obtained interfaces.Correlation among chemical, electronic and electrical properties of the GaN/GaAs interface was discussed.     

Highly enantiomerically enriched chlorophosphine boranes: synthesis and applications as P-chirogenic electrophilic blocks

The stereoselective synthesis of P-chirogenic chlorophosphine boranes 4 was investigated by HCl acidolysis of the corresponding aminophosphine boranes 10. The reaction afforded the P-N bond cleavage with inversion of the configuration at the phosphorus center, leading to the chlorophosphine boranes 4 with high to excellent enantiomeric purities (80-99% ee), except in the case of the chloro-1-naphthylphenylphosphine borane 4d. Reaction conditions and workup significantly influence the enantiomeric purity of the product, with the exception of the o-anisyl- and o-tolylchlorophenylphosphine boranes, 4b and 4c, which were found to be particularly stable even after purification by chromatography on silica gel. Reaction of the chlorophosphine boranes 4 with various nucleophiles, such as carbanions, phenolates, thiophenolates, or amides, afforded the corresponding organophosphorus borane complexes via P-C, P-O, P-S, and P-N bond formation, respectively, in 34-93% yield and with up to 99% ee. This work demonstrates the importance of chlorophosphine boranes 4 as new and powerful electrophilic building blocks for the highly stereoselective synthesis of P-chirogenic organophosphorus compounds.     

Mesoporous Au/Fe2O3 catalyst for propargylamines synthesis via CH2Cl2 under visible light irradiation

The AHA coupling of amines, haloalkane and alkynes under UV visible light was achieved with a higher yield in the presence of Au/Fe₂O₃. The catalyst was prepared by two methods using different gold content and then characterized by XRD, UV–vis, BET, TEM, ICP-OES and TPR spectroscopies. A comparative study of the ordinary and photocatalytic conditions, showed that the UV visible light could activate the gold nanoparticles and lead to the formation of CH₂Cl^? and Cl^? radicals through CH₂Cl₂ fragmentation. The propargylamine was afforded at low temperature and a short time using 2% Au/Fe₂O₃. The catalyst was stable for five cycles with good photoactivity.

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Theoretical investigation on the biological activities of ginger and some of its combinations: an overview of the antioxidant activity

Structural Chemistry - This theoretical investigation using DFT/B3LYP calculations is dealing with the molecular structures and biological activities of ginger and some of its combinations...     

Kazhdan's Property (T) for the unitary group of aseparable Hilbert space

We show that the unitary group of a separable Hilbert space has Kazhdan's Property (T), when it is equipped with the strong operator topology. More precisely, for every integer m 2, we give an explicit Kazhdan set consisting of m unitary operators and determine an optimal Kazhdan constant for this set. Moreover, we show that a locally compact group with Kazhdan's Property (T) has a finite Kazhdan set if and only if its Bohr compactification has a finite Kazhdan set. As a consequence, if a locally compact group with Property (T) is minimally almost periodic, then it has a finite Kazhdan set.     

A serendipitous conversion of enaminolactone nitriles with primary amines: a new synthesis of substituted 2-aminopyridine derivatives

In the course of our studies on Cerpegin analogues synthesis, a serendipitous reactivity of enaminolactone nitrile has been observed. Instead of expecting iminocerpegins, we have gained new class of substituted 2-aminopyridines. The methodology has been applied on a wide range of primary amines, as aliphatic, aromatic, heteroaromatic and also, diamines, hydrazines and chiral amines.     

Bonding analysis and electronic structure of transition metal-benzoquinoline complexes: A theoretical study

The geometric and electronic structures of a series of hypothetical compounds of the types CpM(C₁₃H₉N) and (CO)₃M(C₁₃H₉N) (M = first row transition metal and C₁₃H₉N = 7,8-benzoquinoline) have been investigated by means of density functional theory (DFT). The benzoquinoline ligand can bind to the metal through η¹-η⁶ coordination modes, adopting structures of types a, b and c, in agreement with the electron count and the nature of the metal. In the investigated species, the most favored closed-shell count is 18-MVE, except for the Ti and V models which prefer the open-shell 16-MVE configuration. This study has shown the difference in the coordination ability of this heteropolycyclic ligand and coordination of the inner C₆ ring is less favored than the outer C₆ and C₅N rings, in agreement with the π-electron density localization.     

Lanthanide dota-like complexes containing a picolinate pendant: structural entry for the design of Ln(III)-based luminescent probes

In this contribution we present two ligands based on a do3a platform containing a picolinate group attached to the fourth nitrogen atom of the cyclen unit, which are designed for stable lanthanide complexation in aqueous solutions. Potentiometric measurements reveal that the thermodynamic stability of the complexes is very high (log K = 21.2-23.5), being comparable to that of the dota analogues. Luminescence lifetime measurements performed on solutions of the Eu(III) and Tb(III) complexes indicate that the complexes are nine coordinate with no inner-sphere water molecules. A combination of density functional theory (DFT) calculations and NMR measurements shows that for the complexes of the heaviest lanthanides there is a major isomer in solution consisting of the enantiomeric pair Λ(δδδδ) and Δ(λλλλ), which provides square antiprismatic coordination (SAP) around the metal ion. Analysis of the Yb(III)-induced paramagnetic shifts unambiguously confirms that these complexes have SAP coordination in aqueous solution. For the light lanthanide ions however both the SAP and twisted-square antiprismatic (TSAP) isomers are present in solution. Inversion of the cyclen ring appears to be the rate-determining step for the Λ(δδδδ) ? Δ(λλλλ) enantiomerization process observed in the Lu(III) complexes. The energy barriers obtained from NMR measurements for this dynamic process are in excellent agreement with those predicted by DFT calculations. The energy barriers calculated for the arm-rotation process are considerably lower than those obtained for the ring-inversion path. Kinetic studies show that replacement of an acetate arm of dota by a picolinate pendant results in a 3-fold increase in the formation rate of the corresponding Eu(III) complexes and a significant increase of the rates of acid-catalyzed dissociation of the complexes. However, these rates are 1-2 orders of magnitude lower than those of do3a analogues, which shows that the complexes reported herein are remarkably inert with respect to metal ion dissociation.     

Some existence results for an elliptic equation of Kirchhoff‐type with changing sign data and a logarithmic nonlinearity

The paper deals with some existence results for an elliptic equation of Kirchhoff‐type with changing sign data and a logarithmic nonlinearity by direct variational method, Galerkin approach, and sub‐super solutions method. Our results are natural extension of Boulaaras' work in (Math Methods Appl Sci; 41(13):5203‐5210).