Oscillation condition for a series piezoelectric sensor. Application to the determination of urease activity in plant seeds

The oscillating conditions for a series piezoelectric quartz crystal (SPQC) are proposed and verified experimentally. The influence of the cell constant and oscillator phase on the oscillational ability of the SPQC was investigated. It is shown that the SPQC possesses excellent oscillational ability in low or high conductivity solutions, but in solution of intermediate conductivity, the oscillational ability decreases with increasing oscillator phase or decreasing cell constant, sometimes resulting in a cease-to-oscillate zone. The SPQC was applied to determine the urease activity in plant seeds with a detection limit of 0.004 U ml⁻¹, based on the change in conductivity.     

The Study of Anti-tumor Activity of Trichosanthin by Cyclic Voltammogram

IthasbeenreportedthatTrichosanthi11(TCS),isolatedfromrkiI-ilolt)ii,hasanti-tumorI-4andanti-vira1activities5-'.Someanti-tun1orremedies,whicharedesignedfromTCS,arebeingtestedanddeveloped'-.'.StudyingthebioIogicalphenomenonbyelectrochemicalmethodsisanewhotresearchspotemerginginrecentyears".Manyresultsshowedthatnotonlytheenzymesystemsuchassuccinatedehydrogenasedisplayedthediode-likebehaviorduringtheelectrontransferprocess",butalsothehigh1yorganizedorganeIle,forexample,mitochondria,andevenintac…     

Equivalence of functional-differential equations of neutral type and abstract Cauchy problems

Equivalence of functional-differential equations of neutral type to well-posed abstract Cauchy problems in the state spaces ⁿ }L ^p ,L ^p resp.C is investigated. The assumptions allow non-atomic difference operators.This work was supported by the Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Austria) under Grant No. P4534.Work done by this author was done during a stay at the University of Graz from October 1981 till April 1984.     

Host-guest interactions in the supramolecular incorporation of fullerenes into tailored holes on porphyrin-modified gold nanoparticles in molecular photovoltaics

Novel gold nanoparticles modified with a mixed self-assembled monolayer of porphyrin alkanethiol and short-chain alkanethiol were prepared (first step) to examine the size and shape effects of surface holes (host) on porphyrin-modified gold nanoparticles. The porphyrin-modified gold nanoparticles with a size of about 10 nm incorporated C60 molecules (guest) into the large, bucket-shaped holes, leading to the formation of a supramolecular complex of porphyrin-C60 composites (second step). Large composite clusters with a size of 200-400 nm were grown from the supramolecular complex of porphyrin-C60 composites in mixed solvents (third step) and deposited electrophoretically onto nanostructured SnO2 electrodes (fourth step). Differences in the porphyrin:C60 ratio were found to affect the structures and photoelectrochemical properties of the composite clusters in mixed solvents as well as on the SnO2 electrodes. The photoelectrochemical performance of a photoelectrochemical device consisting of SnO2 electrodes modified with the porphyrin-C60 composites was enhanced relative to a reference system with small, wedged-shaped surface holes on the gold nanoparticle. Time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy with fluorescence lifetime measurements suggest the occurrence of ultrafast electron transfer from the porphyrin excited singlet states to C60 or the formation of a partial charge-transfer state in the composite clusters of supramolecular complexes formed between porphyrin and C60 leading to efficient photocurrent generation in the system. Elucidation of the relationship between host-guest interactions and photoelectrochemical function in the present system will provide valuable information on the design of molecular devices and machines including molecular photovoltaics.     

A Pauson-Khand-type reaction between alkynes and olefinic aldehydes catalyzed by rhodium/cobalt heterobimetallic nanoparticles: an olefinic aldehyde as an olefin and CO source

Co/Rh (Co:Rh = 2:2) heterobimetallic nanoparticles derived from Co(2)Rh(2)(CO)(12) react with alkynes and alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes such as acrolein, crotonaldehyde, and cinnamic aldehyde and release products resulting from [2 + 2 + 1]cycloaddition of alkyne, carbon monoxide, and alkene. alpha,beta-Unsaturated aldehydes act as a CO and alkene source. These reactions produce 2-substituted cyclopentenones.     

Loniceroside C,an antiinflammatory saponin from Lonicera japonica

A new triterpenoid saponin, loniceroside C was isolated from the aerial parts of Lonicera japonica. Its structure was established to be 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl hederagenin 28-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl (1-->2)-[beta-D-xylopyranosyl(1-->6)]-beta-D-glucopyranosyl ester by spectroscopic techniques and chemical transformations. Loniceroside C showed in vivo antiinflammatory activity against mouse ear edema provoked by croton oil.     

Au/CeO2/Y和Au-MFe2O4催化剂用于有氧条件下CH4还原NOx的研究

以CeO2／Y分子筛和MFe2O4(M=Ni,Co，Zn)为载体，制备Au／CeO2／Y和Au-MFe2O4负载型金催化剂．用CH4做还原剂，考察了它们在有氧条件下催化还原NOχ的活性．结果表明：在Au-Y中引人助剂Ce，使得Au／CeO2／Y的催化活性高于Au／Y；Au-CoFe2O4的催化活性高于Au-Fe2O3，反应温度为300℃时，NOχ在Au-CoFe2O4上的转化率达到39．70%．