Hierarchical structure of SERS substrates possessing the silver ring morphology

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Chemical aspects of the radiation stability of macrocyclic extractants designed for 90Sr separation

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Return to foundations of wave optics

The Huygens-Fresnel wave principle is found to extend far beyond its traditional use. Using only elementary mathematical means, it is shown in particular that this principle suffices to provide the exact solution of Sommerfeld's problem of plane wave diffraction by a perfectly conducting half-plane. A more exact formulation of the wave principle itself is proposed.     

Reversed steric order of reactivity for tert-butyl and adamantyl-3-cyanomethylene-1,2,4-triazines

Reactions of 2-(6-tert-butyl-5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-1,2,4-triazin-3(2H)-ylidene)-3-oxo-3-R-propanenitriles (R = t-Bu, Ad-1) with tert-butyl bromoacetate gave the corresponding N(2), C(5)O bis-alkylation products. Treatment of the latter with t-BuLi, in the case of R = t-Bu, led to intramolecular condensation at the exocyclic nitrile group. However, in the case of R = Ad-1, the condensation with the sterically more hindered carbonyl group was observed to give diastereomerically pure 8-cyanopyrrolo[1,2-b][1,2,4]triazine-6-carboxylate derivatives. The structures of the isolated products were confirmed by spectral methods and X-ray single-crystal diffraction.     

Surface activity and self-aggregation ability of three cationic quaternized aminocalix[4]arenes

The self-aggregation ability of three amphiphilic cationic calix[4]arenes possessing four quaternary amino groups (aminoCAs) was investigated using a variety of methods. All of the studied compounds possess high aggregation ability. Their critical aggregation concentration (CAC) values in water are in the 0.0009–0.04 % (w/v) concentration range. Several size populations of aggregates were detected by DLS for all three CAs, and restructuring of aggregates was observed to be dependent on concentration. Particles formed above CAC were attributed to formation of vesicular structures (vesicles). The coexistence of other type of aggregates (presumably micelles) with vesicles was observed in the aqueous solution of CAs 2 and 3 from concentrations of 0.5 and 0.8 % (w/v), respectively. The filtration procedure was found to be a significant factor since the obtained data from filtered and unfiltered samples was different. The particle sizes obtained by TEM measurements were somewhat correlated with the DLS data for unfiltered CAs solutions. An analysis of the aggregate composition was undertaken by a size-exclusion method using semi-permeable cellophane membranes with different MWCO. A negative deviation from linearity of permeability flux profile starting from 0.8 % (w/v) concentration of donor phase indicated that the fraction of large aggregates at this point is significant enough that the molecules could not easily permeate through the membranes.     

Monocrystalline Quartz ICP Etching: Road to High-Temperature Dry Etching

Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing - In this study, the dry plasma-chemical etching process of monocrystalline SiO2 (quartz) in a fluoride-based (sulfur hexafluoride, SF6) inductively coupled...     

Synthesis and fine-tuning of thermal stability of the negative nitrile-rich photochromes of hydroxytricyanopyrrole (HTCP) series

Research on Chemical Intermediates - A series of negative T-type nitrile-rich photochromes containing a hydroxytricyanopyrrole acceptor was synthesized. It was shown that thermal stability of the...     

A unified approach to kinetic processing of nonisothermal data

Basic problems of kinetic processing of nonisothermal data ascertained from thermal analysis measurements can be solved by isoconversional methods. Analysis of the dependence of the activation energy on conversion often permits the identification of the kinetic scheme for the process. This dependence may also be used to solve applied kinetic problems related to predicting the behavior of a substance outside the range of experimental temperatures. Methods for using this dependence for evaluating both the preexponential factor and the reaction model, as well as for detecting isokinetic relationships, have been discussed. Because all of these operations have a common origin in computing the dependence of the activation energy on conversion, isoconversional methods may be considered as a basis of a unified approach to kinetic processing of nonisothermal data. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.