Reflection-type hologram for atoms

A cold metastable neon atomic beam was manipulated with a reflective amplitude hologram that was encoded on a silicon surface. A black-and-white pattern of atoms was reconstructed on a microchannel plate detector. The hologram used the enhanced quantum reflection developed by authors and was made of a two-dimensional array of rectangular low and high reflective cells. The surface of the high reflective cell was composed of regularly spaced roof-shaped ridges, while the low reflective cell was simply a flat surface. The hologram was the first demonstration of reflective atom-optical elements that used universal interaction between a neutral atom and solid surface.     

Interaction of poly(L-glutamic acid) with cationic surfactants carrying different head groups

Three cationic surfactants carrying a common hydrocarbon tail (dodecyl group) interact differently with fully ionized poly(L-glutamic acid)(PGA), depending on the type of their ionic head groups. Decrease of pH occurred in the order; dodecylammonium chloride (DAC) > dodecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC) > dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride (DTAC). The-helix of PGA was strongly induced by the addition of DAC and DDAC but weakly by DTAC. The induction was inhibited when NaCl concentration was greater than 0.05 M. In the solid state, proton transfer through hydrogen bonds from ionic heads of DDAC to carboxylate groups of the polypeptide was observed. Distortion of circular dichroism spectra occurred at high mixing ratios of surfactant to polymer, due to the aggregation of-helices, as confirmed by light scattering measurements and infrared absorption spectra.     

Concerning the optimum scaling of the inductive substituent constants in substituted benzene reactivities. Aspects from the analysis of quinuclidine basicities

Grob's basicity data sets of 4-substituted quinuclidines are successfully correlated with the LArSR Eq. 1, the correlation parameters of which indicate that the inductive substituent constants involved in δ^o_p just correspond to 0.74°_I.     

Gas‐phase Acidities of 2‐Aryl‐2‐chloro‐1,1,1‐trifluoroethanes and Related Compounds. Experimental and Computational Studies

The gas‐phase acidities (GA) of 2‐aryl‐2‐chloro‐1,1,1‐trifluoroethanes ( 1a ), 2‐aryl‐2‐fluoro‐1,1,1‐trifluoroethanes ( 2a ), and related compounds, XC₆H₄CH(Z)R where Z = Cl ( 1 ) or F ( 2 ) and R = C₂F₅ ( b ), t‐C₄F₉ ( c ), C(CF₃)₂C₂F₅ ( d ), C(CF₃)₂Me ( e ), Me ( f ), H ( g ), were investigated experimentally and computationally. On the basis of an excellent linear correlation (R² > 0.99) of acidities of 1c , 1d , 1e , 1f and 2c , 2d , 2e , 2f where there is no fluorine atom at β‐position to the deprotonation site with the corrected number of fluorine atoms contained in the fluorinated alkyl group, the extent of β‐fluorine negative hyperconjugation of the CF₃ and C₂F₅ groups (ΔG^o_β‐F) was evaluated. The GA_el values given by subtraction ΔG^o_β‐F from the apparent GA value were considered to represent the electronic effect of the substituent X. The substituent effects on the GA_el values and GA values for 1c , 1d , 1e , 1f and 2c , 2d , 2e , 2f were successfully analyzed in terms of the Yukawa–Tsuno equation. The variation of resonance demand parameter r^? with the R group observed for various XC₆H₄CH(Z)R was linearly related to the GA (GA_el) value of the respective phenyl‐substituted fluorinated alkanes. On the other hand, the corresponding correlation for the ρ values provided three lines for ArCH(Cl)R, ArCH(F)R and ArCH₂R, respectively. These results supported our previous conclusion that the r^? and ρ values are governed by the thermodynamic stability of the parent ion (ring substituent = H). Other factors arising from an atom bonded to the acidic center also influence the ρ value. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Structure and properties of poly(2,5-dimethylterephthalamides)

Six methyl-substituted wholly aromatic polyamides were synthesized from the reaction of 2,5-dimethylterephthaloyl chloride with p-phenylenediamine, its 2,5-dimethyl and 2-methyl derivatives, m-phenylenediamine, or its 2-methyl and 4-methyl derivatives by solution polycondensation at low temperature. The x-ray diffraction diagrams of the polyamides obtained exhibit crystal patterns. Density values range from 1.26 to 1.37 g/cm³. NMR spectra determined in concentrated H₂SO₄ solution are reported. Poly(2,5-dimethylterephthalamides) have lower thermal stability than the corresponding polyterephthalamides. The increase in solubility of polyamide by the introduction of the 2,5-dimethylterephthaloyl linkage is accompanied by a decrease in thermal stability. The effect of methyl substituents on thermal properties and solubility is discussed in terms of the packing of polymeric molecules and the extent of hydrogen bonding of the amide groups.     

Control of structure and particle size of iron oxide on carrier oxide by the sol-gel method using organic polydentate ligands

It was tried to control the structure and particle size of iron oxide supported on a carrier by regulating the hydrolytic polymerization of aquo iron complexes with organic polydentate ligands. The iron oxide/carrier composites were prepared by calcining carrier oxides impregnated with organic ligands and Fe(NO₃)₃·9H₂O. When ligands were diacetone alcohol and ethanol, the structure of the iron oxide was exclusively corundum. But, with ligands such as ethylene glycol, citric acid and galacturonic acid, the structure of the iron oxide changed from corundum to spinel as the amount of ligands used increased. With both series of ring and straight chain saccharides, size of the iron oxide particles changed depending on saccharides used. It was thus concluded that the structure and particle size of iron oxide supported on a carrier can be regulated by using organic polydentate ligands.     

Copolymerization of isopropenyl and isopropylidene oxazolones with styrene

2-Isopropenyl-4-isopropyl-2-oxazolin-5-one (M₂), was copolymerized with styrene (M₁), and the monomer reactivity ratios were determined to be r₁ = 0.31 ± 0.03, r₂ = 1.12 ± 0.10. New isomerized oxazolones (M₂), 2-isopropylidene-4-methyl-3-oxazolin-5-one, 2-isopropylidene-4-isopropyl-3-oxazolin-5-one, and 2-isopropylidene-4-isobutyl-3-oxazolin-5-one were prepared and copolymerized with styrene. The monomer reactivity ratios were: r₁ = 0.36 = 0.07, r₂ = 0.0; r₁ = 0.39 ± 0.06, r₂ = 0.00 ± 0.10; r₁ = 0.39 ± 0.10, r₂ = 0.0, respectively. The isomerized oxazolones showed no tendency towards homopolymerization by radical initiator. From the results of infrared and NMR spectra and hydrolysis of the copolymer, it was indicated that the isomerized oxazolones participated in copolymerization in the form of 1–4 polymerization of the conjugated dienes (exo double bond at C₂ and the C?N in the ring). Copolymers reacted with nucleophilic reagents such as amines and alcohols.     

The conformational and binding properties of ethylbipyridinio-modifiedβ-Cyclodextrin using induced circular dichroism

The conformational and binding properties of mono-6-deoxy-6[4-(1-ethyl-4-pyridinio)-1-pyridinio]--cyclodextrin (1) in complex formation with some guest compounds were examined by induced circular dichroism (ICD) spectra in aqueous solution. Compound 1 showed much stronger binding ability for some guest compounds (1: 1 complexes), compared with-cyclodextrin (-CDx) and a positively charged -CDx [C-6-mono-pyridino--CDx (2)]. Marked conformational changes of1 (the spatial position of the ethyl viologen (C₂V²⁺) group relative to the cavity in 1) were observed upon complex formation with some guests like 1-adamantanecarboxylic acid (ACA) and sodium cholate (SC).     

ULTRAVIOLET HYPERSENSITIVITY OF COCKAYNE SYNDROME LYMPHOBLASTOID LINES—THE EFFECTS OF EXOGENOUS β-NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE

Four Cockayne Syndrome (CS) lymphoblastoid lines were tested for the lethal effects of UV radiation (254 nm) with or without addition of exogenous β-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (β-NAD ⁺) to their culture medium. Two of them exhibited a small but significantly increased resistance to UV radiation when β-NAD⁺ was added to the culture. However, their UV sensitivity after β-NAD ⁺ addition was still much greater than that of normal control lines. Normal control lymphoblastoid lines and those from complementation group A and group C of xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) did not reveal any differences in post-UV sensitivity after the addition of exogenous β-NAD⁺. Thus the abnormal response to the lethal effects of UV radiation of CS lymphoblastoid lines could not be rectified by β-NAD⁺ addition. However, β-NAD⁺ does appear to play some partial role in reducing the high UV sensitivity of some CS lymphoblastoid lines.