Group 13 β-ketoiminate compounds: gallium hydride derivatives as molecular precursors to thin films of Ga2O3

Bis(β-ketoimine) ligands, [R{N(H)C(Me)-CHC(Me)═O}(2)] (L(1)H(2), R = (CH(2))(2); L(2)H(2), R = (CH(2))(3)), linked by ethylene (L(1)) and propylene (L(2)) bridges have been used to form aluminum, gallium, and indium chloride complexes [Al(L(1))Cl] (3), [Ga(L(n))Cl] (4, n = 1; 6, n = 2) and [In(L(n))Cl] (5, n = 1; 7, n = 2). Ligand L(1) has also been used to form a gallium hydride derivative [Ga(L(1))H] (8), but indium analogues could not be made. β-ketoimine ligands, [Me(2)N(CH(2))(3)N(H)C(R')-CHC(R')═O] (L(3)H, R' = Me; L(4)H, R' = Ph), with a donor-functionalized Lewis base have also been synthesized and used to form gallium and indium alkyl complexes, [Ga(L(3))Me(2)] (9) and [In(L(3))Me(2)] (10), which were isolated as oils. The related gallium hydride complexes, [Ga(L(n))H(2)] (11, n = 3; 12, n = 4), were also prepared, but again no indium hydride species could be made. The complexes were characterized mainly by NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The β-ketoiminate gallium hydride compounds (8 and 11) have been used as single-source precursors for the deposition of Ga(2)O(3) by aerosol-assisted (AA)CVD with toluene as the solvent. The quality of the films varied according to the precursor used, with the complex [Ga(L(1))H] (8) giving by far the best quality films. Although the films were amorphous as deposited, they could be annealed at 1000 °C to form crystalline Ga(2)O(3). The films were analyzed by powder XRD, SEM, and EDX.     

Capillary pressure and contact line force on a soft solid

The surface free energy, or surface tension, of a liquid interface gives rise to a pressure jump when the interface is curved. Here we show that a similar capillary pressure arises at the interface of soft solids. We present experimental evidence that immersion of a thin elastomeric wire into a liquid induces a substantial elastic compression due to the solid capillary pressure at the bottom. We quantitatively determine the effective surface tension from the elastic displacement field and find a value comparable to the liquid-vapor surface tension. Most importantly, these results also reveal the way the liquid pulls on the solid close to the contact line: the capillary force is not oriented along the liquid-air interface, nor perpendicularly to the solid surface, as previously hypothesized, but towards the interior of the liquid.     

Consideration on Data Dispersion for Two-Phase Flow Micromodel Experiments

Transparent man-made porous media, also known as micromodels, are a widely used exploration tool in the field of two-phase flow in porous media (Alireza and Sohrabi in Soc Petrol Eng 166435, 2013; Bondino et al., in International symposium of the society of core analysts held in Napa Valley, California, USA, 2013) to enhance the comprehension of oil recovery mechanisms at pore-scale. Although they have more often been used as qualitative visualization tools to explore the elementary physicochemical features of a given flow mechanism, their utilization as a quantitative tool is interesting especially in industrial context, where they represent an easy and low-cost screening tool for complex recovery mechanisms (low salinity waterflooding, polymer flooding, etc). However, the repeatability of these experiments and thus the possibility to derive quantitative conclusions from them appears not to be investigated in the literature in our field of study. In this work, we explore the dispersion of data such as capillary desaturation curves and secondary waterflood recoveries using micromodels of different sizes and different pore patterns from our laboratory and from an external one. Using datasets with low sampling (low number of repeats of an experiment) and with very large sampling, we document the type of data dispersion, we analyze its reasons and we verify to which extent truly quantitative conclusions can be drawn from these datasets. Our study demonstrates that at low sampling drawing quantitative inferences from our datasets is questionable due to the large uncertainty of the produced data.     

Selective and Cooperative Ligand Binding to Antiparallel Human Telomeric DNA G‐Quadruplexes

The quest for ligands that specifically bind to particular G‐quadruplex nucleic acid structures is particularly important to conceive molecules with specific effects on gene expression or telomere maintenance, or conceive structure‐specific molecular probes. Using electrospray mass spectrometry in native conditions, we reveal a highly cooperative and selective 2:1 binding of Cu^II‐tolylterpyridine complexes to human telomeric G‐quadruplexes. Circular dichroism and comparisons of affinities for different sequences reveal a marked preference for antiparallel structures with diagonal loops and/or wide‐medium–narrow‐medium groove‐width order. The cooperativity is attributed to conformational changes in the polymorphic telomeric G‐quadruplex sequences, which convert preferably into an antiparallel three‐quartet topology upon binding of two ligands.     

Spectres de vibration de composes organiques des elements de la colonne IVB : V. Derives cycliques oxygenes du silicium et de l'etain: Oxa-1 sila-2 cyclopentanes,oxa-1 stanna-2 cyclopentanes et cyclopentenes

Infrared and Raman spectra of two 1-oxa-2-stannacyclopentanes, three 1-oxa-2-stannacyclopentenes and three 1-oxa-2-silacyclopentanes have been examined in the 3600—100 cm^?1 region. Assignments of the main bands observed are discussed.