TLC Separation of Amino Acids with a Green Mobile Phase

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC - Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) of fifteen amino acids was performed using silica gel and alumina impregnated with micellar...     

Synthesis and Characterization of Uniform Fine Particles of Iron(III) Hydroxide/Oxide

Iron(III) hydroxide was precipitated from the homogeneous solutions, containing variuos amounts of iron(III) nitrate, potassium sulfate, and urea, by heating at 85 °C for different periods of time (5‐30 min). The precipitated solids were either in the form of gel or dispersed particles of different shapes and sizes, depending upon the composition of the reactant mixtures. The as‐prepared solids were amorphous in nature and were formulated as Fe(OH)₃.H₂O. On calcinations at 800 °C for 1 h, the latter converted into crystalline compound, composed of α‐Fe₂O₃ (hematite). The calcined particles retained the original features of their precursors to a maximum extent.     

Subwavelength-size solid immersion lens

We report on the fabrication and characterization of nanoscale solid immersion lenses (nano-SILs) with sizes down to a subwavelength range. Submicrometer-scale cylinders fabricated by electron-beam lithography are thermally reflowed to form a spherical shape. Subsequent soft lithography leads to nano-SILs on transparent substrates for optical characterization. The optical characterization is performed using a high-resolution interference microscope with illumination at 642 nm wavelength. The focal spots produced by the nano-SILs show both spot-size reduction and enhanced optical intensity, which are consistent with the immersion effect.     

Recent progress in the development of polymers for white light-emitting polymer devices

Much effort has been devoted to the design and synthesis of polymers for use in flat panel display, solid state lighting, transistors, and photovoltaic devices. Especially, development of white light emitting polymeric materials has recently attracted much interest owing to their possible use in lighting application and backlights for flat panel displays. White emission has been obtained from polymeric molecules, small organic molecules, organometallic molecules, and phosphor-based or quantum dot-based inorganic molecules. Among materials used in white light emitting diodes, we summarize the white light emitting polymeric materials synthesized and published till December 2007. Correspondence: In Tae Kim, Department of Chemistry, Kwangwoon University, 447-1 Wolgye-Dong, Nowon-Ku, Seoul 139-701, Korea, So Ha Lee, Life Sciences Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 131, Cheongryang, Seoul 130-650, Korea.     

On symmetrized stochastic convexity and the inequalities of Hermite–Hadamard type

Aequationes mathematicae - In this paper the concept of symmetrized convex stochastic processes is introduced. Some characterizations involving Hermite–Hadamard type inequalities and a...     

Level density in large spectroscopic spaces

Statistical spectroscopy methods are used to calculate level densities for one-body Hamiltonians in the space of 440 single particle states. Comparisons are made with combinatorial counting and Fermi gas model. Possibilities to arrive at a more realistic level density formula including two-body effects are discussed.     

A computational modeling of the behavior of the two-dimensional reaction–diffusion Brusselator system

This paper studies a meshfree technique for the numerical solution of the two-dimensional reaction–diffusion Brusselator system along with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. Combination of collocation method using the radial basis functions (RBFs) with first order accurate forward difference approximation is employed for obtaining meshfree solution of the problem. Different types of RBFs are used for this purpose. The method is shown to converge to the only equilibrium point of the system. Performance of the proposed method is successfully tested in terms of various error norms. In the case of non-availability of exact solution, performance of the new method is compared with the results obtained from the existing methods [7] and [8]. The elementary stability analysis is established theoretically and is also supported by numerical results.     

Effect of ring substitution on synthesis of benzimidazolium salts and their silver(I) complexes: characterization,electrochemical studies and evaluation of anticancer potential

Transition Metal Chemistry - A series of bidendate 5,6-dimethyl benzimidazolium-based N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) proligands and their silver complexes were synthesized. The synthetic approaches...