Kinetic determination of organic vapor mixtures with single piezoelectric quartz crystal sensor using artificial neural networks

A single piezoelectric quartz crystal coated with one kind of crown ether was applied to the simultaneous determination of binary acid and amine vapor mixtures. From the adsorption and desorption curves of analytes, which were somewhat different in shape, frequency shifts from ten time windows were taken as inputs for artificial neural networks (ANN). Prediction results were satisfactory for ANN in both sample sets. The average relative errors, for formic acid and acrylic acid were 5%, for n-butylamine and aniline, they were 3% with ANN respectively. The effects of number of neurons in the hidden layer of ANN on the performance of the network are also discussed.     

Microdetermination of sulfite with a piezoelectric crystal detector

A piezoelectric method is proposed for the determination of sulfite in concentration range 1 × 10^–7–1 × 10^–5 mol/1. The method is based on the redox reaction of sulfite with iodine followed by measuring frequency change of the piezoelectric crystal caused by the unreacted iodine. The method is applied to the determination of sulfite in liquor.     

Thermodynamic quantities for the interaction of SO 4 2− with H+ and Na+ in aqueous solution from 150 to 320°C

The aqueous reactions,

Analysis of the relationship between liquid droplet size and contact angle

The purpose of this paper is to present a consistent theoretical concept that can explain the various physical phenomena associated with the effect of droplet size on contact angle for droplets on solid surfaces, and with the geometry of the liquid/gas/solid contact line in general. Two droplet geometries have been considered: uniformly elongated droplets and axisymmetric droplets. It has been shown that the contact angle for elongated droplets is size-independent and, thus, satisfies the Young equation for constant material and interfacial properties. On the other hand, whereas the contact angle for axisymmetric droplets is size-dependent and does not satisfy the original Young equation, it is shown that this contact angle can still be predicted for any combination of droplet and substrate materials, and a given mass of the droplet. The theoretical work has been combined with the development of numerical schemes of solving the Laplace-Young equation for various droplet geometries. The proposed approach has been applied to different material/substrate combinations and validated against several sets of experimental data. As a result, a method has been developed for predicting the contact angle of both long and axisymmetric sessile droplets of arbitrary sizes for given liquid/solid/gas properties.     

An immune algorithm for resolution of multicomponent overlapping chromatograms

A novel immune algorithm for resolution and quantitative determination of the components in overlapping chromatograms was proposed by imitating biological immune systems. The algorithm takes an overlapping chromatogram as its input and subtracts the chromatograms of standard samples from the input by iteration of a network. When the residual does not change, the network will converge and chromatographic information of the components in overlapping chromatogram will be obtained. Both simulated and experimental data sets were investigated by the method. Results showed that both resolved results and recoveries of quantitative determination are satisfactory. Comparing with conventional least-square method, the immune algorithm is fast in calculation.     

Dose-dependent effect of resveratrol on proliferation and apoptosis in endothelial and tumor cell cultures

Experimental data suggest that Resveratrol, a compound found in grapes and other fruits may influence cell proliferation and apoptosis. The aim of our experiments was to study the effect of Resveratrol on tumor cell cultures and an endothelial cell culture in order to examine the effect of various doses of this compound on active cell death and cell proliferation. Human tumor (HT-29, SW-620, HT-1080) and endothelial (HUV-EC-C) cells were treated with various doses of (0.1 to 100.0 microg/ml) Resveratrol in vitro. Cell number, apoptotic and mitotic index was measured 24, 48 and 72 h after treatment. Low doses (0.1-1.0 microg/ml) of Resveratrol enhance cell proliferation, higher doses (10.0-100.0 microg/ml) induce apoptosis and decrease mitotic activity, which is reflected in changes of cell number. Resveratrol influences dose dependently the proliferative and apoptotic activity of human tumor and endothelial cells. The possible role of formaldehyde in the mechanism of action of Resveratrol is discussed.     

Adsorption of phenanthrene on organoclays from distilled and saline water

Isotherms of phenanthrene adsorption on different organoclay complexes were obtained using the HPLC technique to understand the adsorption behavior and to characterize the effect of sodium chloride (NaCl) on the adsorption. The adsorbed amounts of phenanthrene on montmorillonite exchanged by organic cations such as tetraheptylammonium, benzyltrimethylammonium, hexadecyltrimethylammonium, or tetraphenylphosphonium were several times higher than those obtained using montmorillonite clay without surface modification. At the same equilibrium concentration, the adsorbed amount of phenanthrene is higher on clay modified with benzyltrimethylammonium than on clay modified with hexadecyltrimethylammonium or other cations. Adsorption of phenanthrene on clay modified with benzyltrimethylammonium increased dramatically as the concentration of NaCl increased up to 150 g/l in the aqueous solution. The shape of the curves obtained can be classified as S-type. The adsorption data obtained from salinity experiments support a mathematical model that links the Langmuir constant with the salinity constant. This model may be useful to predict the equilibrium concentration of a contaminant in saline solution. FTIR studies showed strong interactions between the aromatic rings of phenanthrene and the preadsorbed benzyltrimethylammonium on clay surfaces.     

Synthesis and Structure of Copper(II) Complexes with Methyl [(Pyrazolo-1-carbothioyl)-amino]propionate Derivatives

Methyl 3-[(3,5-dimethylpyrazole-1-carbothioyl)-amino]propionate (L¹) and the optically active derivative of natural monoterpene (+)-3-carene, (3bS,4aR)-3-[(3,4,4-trimethyl-3b,4,4a,5-tetrahydro-cyclopropa[3,4]cyclopenta[1,2-c]pyrazole-1-carbothioyl)-amino]propionate (L²), are synthesized. The paramagnetic CuL¹Cl₂ (I) and [Cu₂L² ₂Cl₄] (II) complexes are obtained. According to the X-ray diffraction data, in mononuclear complex I, the L¹ molecule performs a bidentate-cyclic function due to the coordination of the S atom of the C=S group and the N atom of the pyrazole cycle. The CuCl₂NS coordination polyhedron is a distorted tetrahedron. Two molecules of complex I form an associate due to weak Cu···S interactions. Compound II is binuclear due to the bridging function of two Cl^- ions, and analogous functions of the L¹ and L² ligands. The coordination polyhedron in complex II is CuCl₃NS. The _eff values for compounds I and II are equal to 1.81 and 1.79 _B, respectively, and are constant in the interval from 78 to 300 K, indicating that noticeable exchange interactions between unpaired electrons of the Cu²⁺ ions are absent. The EPR spectra of the complexes in the solid phase are examined.     

Synthesis of 4-hetaryl-5,6-(2,5-dimethyl-3-thienyl)-2-phenyl-4h-thiazines and investigation of their photochromism

The polar [4+2] cycloaddition reaction of 1,2-bis(2,5-dimethyl-3-thienyl)acetylene with thiobenzamide and certain aldehydes of the thiophene and furan series catalyzed by boron trifluoride etherate gives the corresponding 4-hetaryl-5,6-di(2,5-dimethyl-3-thienyl)-2-phenyl-4H-1,3-thiazines. The photochromic properties of the products have been studied.__________Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 100–106, January, 2005.     

Energy transfer in solution of lanthanide complexes

The lanthanides with their well-defined energy levels provide an excellent basis to study different Ln(III)-specific energy transfer processes in a variety of chemical environments. The studies concerning intramolecular and intermolecular energy transfer processes with participation of Ln(III) ions and a variety of ligand groups in solution are reviewed. Phenomena of energy transfer from ligands to Ln(III) ions, resulting consequently in a great enhancement of the Ln(III) ion luminescence (ligand sensitized luminescence), as well as from Ln(III) to other species and between Ln(III) ions are presented.