Phase liquid-crystalline transitions in hydroxypropylcellulose-ethanol and hydroxypropylcellulose-acetic acid systems under deformation

The phase transitions and phase state of hydroxypropylcellulose mixtures with ethanol and acetic acid under static conditions and in the shear field have been studied by the turbidity-point method and polarization microscopy with the use of a polarization-photoelectric setup and a modified plastoviscometer. The deformation of solutions leads to a decrease in the temperature of mesomorphic phase formation and to a change in the type of liquid crystals from cholesteric to nematic.     

Structural-morphological and biological properties of selenium nanoparticles stabilized by bovine serum albumin

Nanostructures formed during the reduction of ionic selenium in the selenite-ascorbate redox system in an aqueous solution of bovine serum albumin (BSA) were studied using static and dynamic light scattering and flow birefringence. It was established that this process results in the formation of stable aggregates of selenium nanoparticles that adsorb BSA molecules. It was found that highly-ordered superhigh-molecular-weight spherical nanostructures with high density and unique morphology are formed. Experiments with a cell culture of promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 showed that BSA adsorbed on selenium nanoparticles can inhibit the growth of tumor cells and deactivate free radicals with an efficiency comparable with that of sodium selenite.     

On the Rolewicz theorem for evolution operators

We give a short proof of a generalization of the Rolewicz theorem based on the uniform boundedness principle.

     

A Lower Bound for the Differences of Powers of Linear Operators

Let T be a bounded linear operator in a Banach space, with σ（T）={1}. In 1983, Esterle-Berkani＇ s conjecture was proposed for the decay of differences （I - T） T^n as follows： Eitheror lim inf （n→∞（n＋1）｜｜（I-T）T^n｜｜≥1/e or T = I. We prove this claim and discuss some of its consequences.     

Facile Template Synthesis in the System Ni(II)-Dithiooxamide-Acetaldehyde on Gelatin-immobilized Nickel(II) Hexacyanoferrate Matrices

Template synthesis of a nickel(II) chelate with an (N'N'S'S)-donor ligand, 4'6-dimethyl-2'8-di-thio-3'7-diaza-5-oxanonanedithioamide-1'9, with a metal ion:ligand ratio of 1:1 is realized in getalin-immobilized nickel(II) hexacyanoferrate(II) matrices contacting with aqueous solutions containing dithiox-amide, acetaldehyde (pH > 10), where the latter two compounds play the role of ligand synthons. On directcontact of dithioxamide and acetaldehyde in the solution in the absence of Ni(II), the above (N,N,S,S)-donorligand does not form, and no nickel(II) chelates with this ligand can be obtained by reactions of known nickel(II) dithiooxamide complexes with acetaldehyde.