Formation of solvated ions in the atmospheric interface of an electrospray ionization triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer

A simple method capable of generating and investigating various solvent clusters and solvated ions was developed. The technique opens a door to studying these complexes on commercially available instruments. Formation of the desired solvated ion in the gas phase was achieved by introducing the appropriate volatile solvent vapour into the curtain gas stream. Capabilities of the technique are illustrated by generating alkali, alkaline earth and transition metal cations solvated by various volatile compounds such as water, methanol and acetonitrile. Depending on the ligands and on the experimental conditions, clusters of 2-100 molecules may be observed. Isotope labelling suggests that these are formed by a re-solvation process in the curtain gas region.     

Supramolecular Metal Complex with Ferrocene-conjugated Macrocyclic Triaza Crown Ether as Ligand and Its Electrochemical Property

LigandscontainingelectrochemicallyresponsivecentrearegoodsubjectsforthestUdyofintfamolecularandhost-guestillteraction.Forthisreason,tYemendousamoulltsofsuchligandsandtheircomplexeshavebeensynthesized.'-'AnobservationfromthestudiesofthesecomPlexesisthattheguestionhasapermrbationonthehostcelltre.2'7-9Forexample,itwasdocumelltedthatintroductionofCo(II)ionontoN-ferrocenylmethyl-l,4,7-triazacyclononane(fcmtacn)causesapositiveshiftintheredoxpotentialofferrocenylgroupfromthatofferrocenegroupinfree…     

Monte Carlo structure simulations for aqueous 1,4-dioxane solutions

Monte Carlo simulations in the NpT ensembles have been performed for the structure exploration of aqueous 1,4-dioxane solutions. Three different systems with all-atom dioxane:TIP4P water molar compositions of 2:500 (code:D2), 8:465 (D8), and 17:425 (D17) modeled solutions of 0.22, 0.88, and 1.86 mol/dm3 concentrations, respectively, at T = 298 K and p = 1 atm. The calculated solution densities increase from 0.992 to 1.002 g/cm3 with increasing dioxane concentration and approach the experimentally determined densities within 1%. This close agreement was achieved by utilizing RESP charges fitted to the in-solution IEF-PCM/B3LYP/6-31G* electrostatic potential of dioxane taken in its chair conformation and recently developed C, H steric parameters for ethers for calculations with a 12-6-1 all-atom potential. Solution structure analyses pointed out that the dioxane molecules arrange in the solutions with favorable distances of 4-8 angstroms for the ring symmetry centers. Within this range not only pairs of rings but triangular triads and tetrads have also been observed with center-center distances <8 angstroms. For the D8 system, about 25% of the sampled configurations included such a triad. In the case of the D17 model, two simulations starting from different solution configuration predicted different degrees for the dioxane aggregation in aqueous solution. In the more aggregated structure 3-21 triads are consistently maintained and 1-2 tetrads are formed in 58% of the configurations. Each dioxane oxygen forms about one hydrogen bond, on average, to a water molecule in the 0.22-1.86 molar range. The most likely O(dioxane)...H(water) hydrogen bond distance is 1.75-1.80 angstroms compared to the optimal distance of 1.72 angstroms in the isolated dimer. The optimal dioxane-water interaction energy of -5.65 kcal/mol indicates a remarkable hydrogen-bond acceptor character for dioxane.     

Cu(2)O nanowires in an alumina template: electrochemical conditions for the synthesis and photoluminescence characteristics.

Cu2O nanowires, mainly consisting of (100) and (200) polycrystalline structures with a length of 4 mum are prepared by electrochemical deposition using a porous alumina template. It is found that the optimized electrochemical conditions to prepare Cu2O nanowires are different from those for the formation of a bulk thin Cu2O layer since different pH values are found between the tip of the pores and the bulk, due to diffusion limits in porous alumina with an extremely high aspect ratio of 300. We point out that Cu2O (200), Cu2O (111), Cu, and co-deposited alloys can be obtained under specific electrochemical conditions. In addition, the optical band gap of the prepared Cu2O nanowires with a length of 4 microm and a diameter of 200 nm is estimated to be 2.17 eV from photoluminescence measurements.     

The potential use of electrospun polylactic acid nanofibers as alternative reinforcements in an epoxy composite system

This pilot study elaborates the development of novel epoxy/electrospun polylactic acid (PLA) nanofiber composites at the fiber contents of 3, 5, and 10 wt % to evaluate their mechanical and thermal properties using flexural tests and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The flexural moduli of composites increase remarkably by 50.8 and 24.0% for 5 and 10 wt % fiber contents, respectively, relative to that of neat epoxy. Furthermore, a similar trend is also shown for corresponding flexural strengths being enhanced by 31.6 and 4.8%. Fractured surface morphology with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) confirms a full permeation of cured epoxy matrix into nanofiber structures and existence of nondestructive fibrous networks inside large void cavities. The glass transition temperature (T_g) of composites increases up to 54–60 °C due to embedded electrospun nanofibers compared to 50 °C for that of epoxy, indicating that fibrous networks may further restrict the intermolecular mobility of matrix in thermal effects. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2014 , 52, 618–623     

Excitation functions of proton induced nuclear reactions on natural tellurium up to 18 MeV for validation of isotopic cross sections

Summary Excitation functions of proton induced nuclear reactions on natural Te were investigated up to 18 MeV. Cross sections for production of ^{121,123,124,126,128,130g}I and ^121gTe were measured. The new experimental data were compared with the results of ALICE-IPPE model calculations and with data found in the literature and measured on natural or enriched Te targets. The new data can be effectively used for validation of recommended cross sections of medically relevant ¹²³I and ¹²⁴I.     

Removal of185W,99Mo and125Sb radioisotopes from aqueous solutions using polyamine incorporated polysaccharides

Polyamino group-containing resins act both as chelating ion exchangers and weakly basic anion exchangers depending upon the species in contact in the solution. In the present work, ion exchangers based on polyamine incorporated polysaccharides (cellulose and galactomannan or guaran) have been used for removal of radioisotopes of¹⁸⁵W as WO ₄ ^2– ,⁹⁹Mo as MoO ₄ ^2– and¹²⁵Sb as Sb³⁺ from their separate aqueous solutions. These chelating anion exchangers have been synthesized by reaction of polysaccharides with epichlorohydrin followed by the respective polyamines as nucleophiles in a strongly alkaline medium. WO ₄ ^2– and MoO ₄ ^2– are adsorbed from their aqueous solutions through anion exchange process by chloride form of cellulose-triethylenetetraamine (cellulose-trien), cellulose-tetraethylenepentaamine (cellulose-tetren), guaran-triethylenetetraamine (guar-trien) and guar-tetraethylenepentaamine (guar-tetren) weakly basic anion exchangers. Guar-tetren chelating polymer has been found to be highly selective for¹²⁵Sb isotopes presumably due to the presence of chelating cis-hydroxy and tetren groups in the galactomannan matrix.     

Microwave-assisted synthesis of (η-arene)tricarbonylchromium complexes

We have undertaken a study of the microwave-assisted synthesis of (η⁶-arene)tricarbonylchromium complexes. Under microwave irradiation, the reactions of hexacarbonylchromium with arenes gave high yields of (η⁶-arene)chromium tricarbonyl complexes.