Synthesis of a silk-inspired peptide-oligothiophene conjugate

The first example of an oligothiophene-peptide conjugate, which was obtained by solid-phase acylation of a resin-bound silk-inspired oligopeptide sequence with a carboxylic acid functionalized regioregular tetra(3-hexylthiophene) derivative, is reported.     

Induced circular dichroism and structural assignment of the cyclodextrin inclusion complexes of bicyclic azoalkanes

The stoichiometries and binding constants of the host-guest complexes between the bicyclic azoalkanes 1-6 and alpha-, beta-, and gamma-cyclodextrins (CDs) and the induced circular dichroism (ICD) of the complexes were analyzed. Assisted by proximity relationships obtained from 2D ROESY NMR spectra, the signs and intensities of the ICD spectra are interpreted in terms of the solution structures (co-conformations) of the CD complexes. The ICD assignments are based on the orientation-intensity ICD rules of Harata and Kodaka, which relate the ICD signs and intensities to the relative orientation of the electric dipole transition moment of the n,pi azo chromophore to the CD axis. The influence of the size of the guest and the host is discussed and the effect of introducing an additional chromophore (either a phenyl or a second azo group) on the ICD spectra is demonstrated.     

Preparation of VPS and PVD coatings for metallographic and TEM investigations

The aim of the first part of the paper is to give some advice for the faultless metallographic preparation of vacuum plasma sprayed coatings. Several coating/substrate combinations using metals, alloys and ceramics were investigated to derive some general rules. The second part deals with a preparation technique for cross-sections- of physical vapour deposition coatings. This technique was optimized for TiN and Ti(C, N) coatings on hardmetals which were examined in an analytical transmission electron microscope.     

Das dielektrische Verhalten von Polyäthern zwischen Mikrowellen- und Infrarot-Gebiet

Zusammenfassung Es wurde die Absorption und Dispersion verschiedener Polyäther im Mikrowellengebiet und im fernen IR untersucht. Mit wachsender Sauerstoffzahl in der Kette werden die Torsions- und Biegeschwingungen wachsend IR-aktiv. Ihre Frequenzlagen ändern sich mit dem zunehmend polaren Charakter der Struktur. Die Analogie zwischen der Verschiebung der Schwingungsfrequenzen und dem Verlauf der Schmelztemperaturen wird diskutiert.Mit zunehmend polarem Charakter steigen der Temperaturkoeffizient der Molpolarisation und die Differenz (–n ²) der Dielektrizitätskonstanten im Mikrowellengebiet und im optischen Bereich stark an. Ein Vergleich mit der Höhe der Dispersionsstufen im fernen IR und deren Temperaturabhängigkeit ergab, daß diese zusätzliche Polarisation nicht allein durch die IR-aktiven Banden bedingt ist. Sie muß gekoppelt sein mit dem ebenfalls stark anwachsenden Untergrundverlust im gesamten mm- und sub-mm-Gebiet.

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Summary Absorption and dispersion of several polyethers were measured in the microwave region and in the far infrared. The torsional vibrations become increasingly iractive with increasing number of oxygens in the chain. Their frequencies shift, too, in a manner analogues to the variation of the melting temperatures.The temperature coefficient of the mol polarization at 32 GHz and the difference (–n ²) between microwave and optical dielectric constant rise rapidly with increasing polar character of the structure. It was tried to correlate (–n ²) with the overall absorption of the skeletal vibrations. Height and temperature dependence of the far ir dispersion show, however, that the larger part of this additional polarization cannot be accounted for by the resonance absorption bands. It must be correlated with the background loss which extends over the whole mm and sub-mm range and also increases rapidly with increasingly polar structure.

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Kristallisation polymerer Netzwerke

Zusammenfassung Es wurden röntgenographisch und differential-thermoanalytisch die Kristallanteile von mit verschiedener Dosis bestrahltem Polyäthylen abhängig von der Temperatur bestimmt. An Hand einer Theorie des Schmelzens von Copolymeren können diese Sohmelzkurven nahezu quantitativ wiedergegeben werden, wenn man die vernetzten Proben formal als Copolymere auffa\t, in denen die Comonomereinheiten durch die Vernetzungsbrücken gegeben sind. Man erhält auf diese Weise unmittelbar die Konzentration der Vernetzung. Die Resultate stimmen nicht mit den aus dem Gelpunkt ermittelten Vernetzungskonzentrationen überein. Dies liegt vor allem daran, da\ aus der gebildeten Menge der Radikale relativ gesehen immer weniger Vernetzungen gebildet werden können, weil die Diffusionsmöglichkeit der Molekülketten durch Vernetzung zunehmend eingeschränkt wird.

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Synopsis The crystallinity and its change with the temperature of linear polyethylene irradiated by different doses byX-ray- and DTA-measurements were investigated. The melting behaviour can nearly be reproduced quantitatively by a melting theory of copolymers. The crosslinked system is regarded to be a copolymer system. The comonomer units are represented by the crosslinks. Reproducing the melting behavior we get immediatly the concentration of the crosslinks. These concentrations do not coincide with the results known from the gel-point method. The chief reason for this is that the relative number of crosslinks which can be formed by the radicals is reduced due to the decreased diffusion capability of the chainscase du by the crosslinking it self.

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Der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft danken wir für die gro\zügige Bereitstellung von Personal- und Sachmitteln. Herrn Prof. Dr.A. Steinhofer und Herrn Dr.D. Heinze von der BASF-Ludwigshafen verdanken wir die freundliche überlassung des Probenmaterials.     

A theoretical and experimental investigation of the source-sample-detector geometry for an annular type radioisotope excited XRF spectrometer

In this study, the dependence of the characteristic X-ray intensities on the counting geometry has been investigated for a radioisotope excited XRF spectrometer. The collimation factor for the source-sample-detector geometry, which was prepared for an annular type¹⁰⁹Cd radioisotope source, has been determined both theoretically and experimentally. The discrepancy between the theoretical and experimental results is discussed in terms of possible sources of errors.     

Specific Sorption Sites for Nitrogen in Zeolites NaLSX and LiLSX

Specific sorption sites for nitrogen, N₂, in NaLSX and LiLSX zeolites were investigated using a DRIFT spectroscopic method. Sorption of molecular hydrogen, H₂, by NaLSX or LiLSX zeolite at 77 K with DRIFT control of perturbation of sorbed molecules allowed to discriminate two or three different types of specific sorption sites in the respective zeolites. Their H–H stretching frequencies are 4077 and 4081 cm^–1 for NaLSX, and 4061, 4084 and 4129 cm^–1 for LiLSX. With reference to an independent investigation by methods of both sorption thermodynamics and molecular modeling for N₂ sorption on LiLSX, the first two of the corresponding bands were ascribed to H₂ sorption on lithium cations, Li⁺, localized in supercages of the faujasite, FAU, zeolite framework at sites SIII and SIII, while the latter band most likely belongs to H₂ sorption on Li⁺ cations at sites SII, and on hydroxyl groups, OH. Sorption of N₂ by Li⁺ cations at sites SIII and SIII is the strongest, resulting in a decrease of intensity of the corresponding DRIFT bands that stem from subsequent H₂ sorption. Nitrogen sorption by Li⁺ cations at sites SII is much weaker. Sorption of N₂ on Na⁺ cations at sites SIII in NaLSX zeolite is also stronger than by Na⁺ cations at sites SII.     

Immobilization and direct electrochemistry of cytochrome <Emphasis Type="BoldItalic">c</Emphasis> at a single-walled carbon nanotube-modified electrode

A single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT)-modified electrode was fabricated and characterized by SEM and ac impedance techniques. The direct electrochemistry of cytochrome c (Cyt c), which was adsorbed on the surface of the SWNT, was studied by cyclic voltammetry. The results from cyclic voltammetry and infrared spectroscopy indicated that Cyt c remained in its original structure and did not undergo structural change after its immobilization on the SWNT. Further results demonstrated that the SWNT had promotional effects on the direct electron transfer of Cyt c and also indicated that the immobilized Cyt c retained its electrocatalytic activity to the reduction of H₂O₂. This modified electrode might be used in development of new biosensors and the biofuel cells.     

Emission,Emissionslebensdauer und Absorption von [Cr urea6]X3-Einkristallen

Emission and absorption polarization spectra as well as emission lifetimes between room temperature and 5 °K have been measured of [Cr urea₆]X₃ single crystals, where X stands for ClO ₄ ^– , J^–, NO ₃ ^– , Br^–, Cl^–, F^–, and X₃ for JSO ₄ ^3– . The strong temperature dependence of the fluorescence/phosphorescence-ratios, and of the emission lifetimes is discussed. The differences between the spectra as well as the emission lifetimes of the various salts can be attributed to an anion dependent trigonal perturbation.

Die Autoren danken dem Verband der Chemischen Industrie für finanzielle Unterstützung dieser Arbeit.     

Synthesis,molecular structure and stereoisomerization of 2-phosphinyl and 2-phosphonylethyl diorganotin halides

Functionally substituted triorganotin halides V–IX of type R₂Sn(X)(CH₂)₂P(O)PhR′ (R = Me, t-Bu; Rt? = OEt, t-Bu; X = Cl, Br) have been synthesized by halogen cleavage of the corresponding tetraorganotin compounds R₂R²Sn(CH₂)₂P(O)PhR′ (R² = Me or Ph), I–IV. The solid state structure of Me₂Sn (Br) (CH₂)₂P(O)PhBu-t (IX), determined by X-ray diffraction, shows a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal structure at the tin atom, with intramolecular coordination of the PO group. Spectroscopic data are in agreement with such a structure in solution for compounds V–IX. Upon varying the temperature, concentration or solvent in solutions of compounds V–IX a stereoisomerization is observed. On the basis of NMR ¹H, ¹³C, ³¹P, ¹¹⁹Sn), IR and conductivity studies, it is suggested that this stereoisomerization involves a hexacoordinated transition state at the tin atom.