Photochemical mechanisms producing large fluorescence stokes shifts

Various adiabatic photochemical mechanisms are compared which lead to a product in the excited state and therefore often to strongly red-shifted fluorescence. The applicational aspects of this strong red shift are outlined with respect to scinitillators, solar collectors, and biological fluorescence probese. As an example, the unusual fluorecence properties of a pyrazalocoumarin derivative are described.     

Signal enhancement in laser spectroscopy of metastable states

A two laser excitation scheme has been applied to Ca atoms in an atomic beam. It permits to transfer narrow Doppler-free signals from a weak transition into a strong resonance line. This leads to a large increase of the signal-to-noise ratio and is of relevance for the application of the Ca intercombination transition as a possible new standard in the optical range.     

Dissociation of small metal particles induced by surface plasmon excitation with laser light

This paper reports the dissociation of supported metal clusters after illumination with low intensity visible laser light. The process is non-thermal and exhibits a resonant dependence on the laser frequency. This indicates that a surface plasmon excitation preceeds the dissociation.     

Formal Nickelate(−I) Complexes Supported by Group 13 Ions

Formal nickelate(?I) complexes bearing Group 13 metalloligands (M=Al and Ga) were isolated. These 17 e^? complexes were synthesized by one‐electron reduction of the corresponding Ni⁰→M^III precursors, and were investigated by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction, EPR spectroscopy, and quantum chemical calculations. Collectively, the experimental and computational data support: 1) the strengthening of the Ni?M bond upon one‐electron reduction, and 2) the delocalization of the unpaired spin across the Ni and M atoms. An intriguing electronic configuration is revealed where three valence electrons occupy two σ‐type bonding interactions: Ni(3d )²→M and σ‐(Ni?M)¹. The latter is an unusual Ni?M σ‐bonding molecular orbital that comprises primarily the Ni 4p_z and M np_z/ns atomic orbitals.     

Development of an integrated microfluidic platform for dynamic oxygen sensing and delivery in a flowing medium

This paper describes a platform for real-time sensing of dissolved oxygen in a flowing microfluidic environment using an oxygen-sensitive luminescent dye (platinum octaethylporphyrin ketone) integrated into a micro-oxygenator device. Using a phase-based detection method, the luminescent decay lifetime of the dye was consistent with the linear Stern-Volmer relationship using both gaseous and aqueous samples. Maximum sensor resolution varied between 120-780 ppb across a range of dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations ranging from 0-42.5 ppm. The sensor was subsequently used to determine the convective mass-transfer characteristics of a multi-layer polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic oxygenator. The membrane-based oxygenator showed excellent agreement with an analytical convection model, and the integrated oxygen sensor was accurate across a wide range of tested flow rates (0.05-5 mL min(-1)). The device is unique for its ease of fabrication and highly flexible configuration, as well as the novel incorporation of oxygen delivery and detection in a single micro-device. Potential applications include tissue engineering, cell culturing, and miniaturized bio-assays that require the delivery and/or detection of precise quantities of oxygen within a microfluidic construct.     

Zur Kenntnis des Aluminiumchlorids. Die Umsetzung von AlCl3 mit PCl5 und Methylamin

Aluminium trichloride forms the adducts AlCl₃ · NH₂CH₃, AlCl₃ · 2NH₂CH₃, AlCl₃ · 4NH₂CH₃; AlCl₃ · NH₃CH₃Cl, AlCl₃ · 2NH₃CH₃Cl. The interaction between AlCl₃, PCl₅ and NH₃CH₃Cl in the molar ratio 1:3:2 proceeds according to the reaction equation in “Inhaltsübersicht”. On applying other stoichiometric amounts, [Cl₂(NHCH₃)P? N(CH₃)? AlCl₃] · HCl and [Cl₃P? N(CH₃)? AlCl₃] · HCl are obtained; the latter reacts as [Cl₃P? NHCH₃][AlCl₄]. At the molar ratio AlCl₃:PCl₅:NH₃CH₃Cl = 1:2:4 a compound is formed being presumably the six-membered heterocycle formulated in “Inhaltsübersicht”. With [Cl₃P?N? PCl₃] and aluminium chloride [Cl₃P?N? PCl₃][AlCl₄] is formed.     

LC-nanospray-MS/MS analysis of hydrophobic proteins from membrane protein complexes isolated by blue-native electrophoresis

The application of two-dimensional electrophoresis for the identification of hydrophobic membrane proteins is principally hampered by precipitation of many of these proteins during first-dimension, isoelectric focusing. Therefore new strategies towards the identification and characterization of membrane proteins are being developed. In this work we present a direct and rapid approach from blue-native gels to mass spectrometry, which allows the analyses of complete complexes and prevents protein aggregation of hydrophobic regions during electrophoresis. We combine blue-native gel electrophoresis and liquid chromatography--nanospray-iontrap tandem mass spectrometry to analyze the composition of oxidative phosphorylation complexes I, III, IV and V from bovine-heart mitochondria as a model system containing a number of highly hydrophobic proteins. Bands from blue-native gels were subjected either to in-gel or to in-solution tryptic digestion. The obtained peptide mixtures were further analyzed by liquid chromatography--tandem mass spectrometry and the corresponding proteins were identified by database search. From a total of 86 proteins, 67 protein subunits could be identified including all highly hydrophobic components, except the ND4L and ND6 subunits of complex I. We demonstrate that liquid chromatography--tandem mass spectrometry combined to blue-native electrophoresis is a straightforward tool for proteomic analysis of multiprotein complexes, and especially for the identification of very hydrophobic membrane protein constituents that are not accessible by common isoelectric focusing/sodium dodecyl sulphate gel electrophoresis.