Film formation of Ag nanoparticles at the organic-aqueous liquid interface

We report a wet-chemical method to make films by spontaneous assembly of passivated Ag nanoparticles at the organic-aqueous liquid interface. The interfacial films exhibit a blue opalescence and are characterized with transmission electron microscopy and UV-vis spectrophotometry. Measurements indicate that nanoparticles in the interfacial film can form superlattices and in some cases nanostructures.     

Photochemistry of tetramethyl-4-pyrone in alcohol solvents

Irradiation of tetramethyl-4-pyrone in alcohol solvents leads to the formation of tetramethyl-2-pyrone and to a variety of cyclopent-2-enone and cyclopent-3-enone solvent adducts. The structure and mode of product formation is consistent with photochemical generation of a short-lived 2,6-bridged oxabicyclohexenyl zwitterion which undergoes sigmatropic rearrangement to a longer-lived epoxycyclopentenone. Although the zwitterion is efficiently trapped by methanol solvent, in less nucleophilic alcohol solvents it rearranges to the epoxycyclopentenone which isomerizes to the 2-pyrone or reacts with the alcohol solvent to form the observed solvent adducts.     

REMOVAL OF THYMINE-CONTAINING PYRIMIDINE DIMERS FROM UV LIGHT-IRRADIATED DNA BY S1 ENDONUCLEASE

Abstract— S₁ endonuclease was shown to remove thymine-containing pyrimidine dimers from UV-irradiated human DNA, although efficient removal could be demonstated only by using long digestion times, relatively high enzyme concentrations, and irradiation sufficient to yield dimer substitutions in DNA of 1 per 1W300 (dimers/base pair). Neutral and alkaline sucrose gradient analysis of strand break induction by S, of UV-irradiated DNA suggests that recognition of the dimer by S, is the limiting factor in its removal and dimer removal usually results from attack on the dimer containing DNA strand without the induction of a double-strand break.     

Induced heterogeneity,a novel technique for the study of gas-phase reactions. Part I. Determination of the arrhenius parameters for C?C bond scission in propane

It is shown that, by deliberate activation of the reaction vessel, heterogeneous reaction at the wall can be made to dominate chain termination in a complex gas-phase reaction. For a homogeneous process, characterized, as is often the case, by multiple terminations, this has the effect of simplifying the mechanism and allowing explicit solution of the relevant steady-state equations so that the rate constants of some individual steps can be evaluated without assumption as to the values of those of others. The pyrolysis of propane, in the vicinity of 500°C, has been used as an example of this approach. Enhancement of the wall activity leads to the reaction (1) providing, almost exclusively, chain termination. As a result, rate constants for the initiation step (2) can be directly determined. The results of this study provide the Arrhenius equation In combination with current thermochemical values this result gives k_?1 = 10^13.40 cm³/mol·s which, in turn, implies, via the geometric mean rule, k_Et-Et = 10^12.9 cm³/mol·s for ethyl–ethyl recombination, in good accord with the most recent determinations and compatible with the newly proposed value of the enthalpy of formation of ethyl. The first-order wall constant k₈ has been evaluated as k₈<10^4.2 s^?1. This appears to be the first occasion on which a wall constant has been evaluated from data for a high-temperature complex gas reaction.     

Investigation of the torsional angle at the glycosidic bond in 5′-amino-5′-deoxythymidine derivatives by carbon-13 n.m.r. spectroscopy

The conformational preference of the thymine base ring with respect to the sugar ring in β,β,β,-trichloroethyl 5′amino-5′-deoxythymidine-5′-phosphate has been studied by ¹³C n.m.r. spectroscopy. The magnitude of the three bond vicinal coupling constant, J(C-2, H-1′), for β,β,β-trichloroethyl 5′-amino-5′-deoxythymidine-5′-phosphate and the similarity between the chemical shifts for the furanose carbons C-1′, C-2′, and C-3′ in β,β,β-trichloroethyl 5-′-amino-5′-deoxythymidine-5′-phosphate and in β,β,β-trichloroethyl thymidine 5′-phosphate indicate that the amino analogue exists in aqueous solution predominantly in the anti conformation, as is the case with natural nucleotides.     

On the applicability of Kramers-Kronig relations for ultrasonic attenuation obeying a frequency power law

In the recent literature concern has been raised regarding the validity of Kramers-Kronig relations for media with ultrasonic attenuation obeying a frequency power law. It is demonstrated, however, that the Kramers-Kronig dispersion relations for application to these types of media are available. The developed dispersion relations are compared with measurements on several liquids, and agreement is found to better than 1 m/s over the experimentally available bandwidth. A discussion regarding the validity of these dispersion relations, in particular how the dispersion relations relate to the so-called Paley-Wiener conditions, forms the conclusion.     

Synthesis and properties of palladium(II) complexes with sulfur ligands

Complexes of L-2 thiolhistidine (th) and 2-mercaptoimidazole (miz) with Pd(II) were synthesized, Pd(th)₄(NO₃)₂ and Pd(miz)₄Cl₂, and their structure determined by FTIR, UV/VIS, NMR, mass spectroscopy, and X-ray crystallography. For comparison, a Pd(II) complex with thiourea (tu), Pd(tu)₄Cl₂, was prepared. This compound has been reported in the literature. Spectral evidence indicates a single coordination site between the Pd(II) and S for all complexes. A Pd-S stretch band was identified for all complexes. NMR spectra provided evidence for deshielding effects in the complexes from that of its ligands. Charge transfer bands were identified in the UV/VIS spectra for the new complexes as well. The crystal structure for Pd(miz)₄Cl₂ was determined. Unit cell data was found to be:a=8.102(3)Å,b=8.300(3)Å,c=8.304(3)Å. The crystal system is triclinic and the space group isP ¯1.     

双核钌-DMBA双芳香炔化合物的合成和电化学性质

在弱碱性条件下,双核钌(III)配合物Ru₂（DMBA）₄（NO₃）₂（DMBA=tetrakis-N,N''-dimethylbenzamidinate）与不同芳香炔反应（其中芳香基团包括：NAP^me,N-甲基-1,8-萘二甲酰亚胺;NAP^iso,N-异丙基-1,8-萘二甲酰亚胺;Naphth,萘;Ant,蒽）,制备了相应的端基炔取代配合物trans-Ru₂（DMBA）₄（C₂Ar）₂（Ar=NAP^me,1;NAP^iso,2;Naphth,3;Ant,4）。利用X射线晶体衍射测定了它们的结构。所有化合物的Ru-Ru键长处于单键范围（0.2450~0.2491 nm）,它们均是抗磁性物质。进一步通过¹H NMR和UV-Vis-NIR光谱进行了表征。电化学研究表明,所有化合物显示出与芳香基团有关的2个可逆的单电子氧化还原过程（包括一个氧化过程和一个还原过程）。     

Measurement of subcellular texture by optical Gabor-like filtering with a digital micromirror device

We demonstrate an optical Fourier processing method to quantify object texture arising from subcellular feature orientation within unstained living cells. Using a digital micromirror device as a Fourier spatial filter, we measured cellular responses to two-dimensional optical Gabor-like filters optimized to sense orientation of nonspherical particles, such as mitochondria, with a width around 0.45 microm. Our method showed significantly rounder structures within apoptosis-defective cells lacking the proapoptotic mitochondrial effectors Bax and Bak, when compared with Bax/Bak expressing cells functional for apoptosis, consistent with reported differences in mitochondrial shape in these cells. By decoupling spatial frequency resolution from image resolution, this method enables rapid analysis of nonspherical submicrometer scatterers in an undersampled large field of view and yields spatially localized morphometric parameters that improve the quantitative assessment of biological function.