Electronic coupling and exciton energy transfer in CdTe quantum-dot molecules

Stable dispersions of molecularlike aggregates of CdTe quantum dots are prepared by chemical cross-linking. Cryo-TEM images confirm the presence of cross-linked quantum dots and show that the size of the small aggregates can be controlled by the amount of cross-linker added. Optical measurements reveal two types of interdot interactions within these quantum-dot molecules: exciton energy transfer and electronic coupling. Quantitative information on the energy transfer rates in quantum-dot molecules is obtained by photoluminescence lifetime measurements. The degree of electronic coupling is dependent on the size of the quantum dots, which is supported by quantum mechanical calculations.     

A regenerable immobilized NADH model. II. Reduction of α,α,α-trifluoroacetophenone by immobilized 1,4-dihydronicotinamide in aprotic solvent

A regenerable dihydronicotinamide, immobilized on a macroreticular polystyrene resin was used for the reduction of trifluoroacetophenone (TFA) in acetonitrile. Practical reutilization of the polymeric reagent (91% per cycle) was obtained when magnesium perchlorate was added to the reaction of the immobilized dihydropyridine with TFA. A possible explanation of the role of Mg ion in the reaction of benzyldihydronicotinamide and its polymeric analog is presented. This explanation also accounts for the results of other NADH model reactions, described in the literature, and for the role of the Zn ion in the enzyme liver alcohol dehydrogenase (LADH).     

On an alternative functional equation

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A spin label saturation transfer ESR study of very slow anisotropic motion in oriented multibilayers of lecithin and cholesterol in the gel phase

The cholestane spin label in oriented multibilayers ot mixtures of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine and cholesterol in the gel phase is studied by saturation transfer electron spin resonance. The very slow anisotropic motion of the cholestane spin label about its long axis is investigated as a function of temperature and cholesterol content.     

Dual biosensor immunoassay-directed identification of fluoroquinolones in chicken muscle by liquid chromatography electrospray time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are synthetic antibiotics of broad-spectrum antibacterial activity widely used to treat infections in farmed fish, turkeys, pigs, calves and poultry. Monitoring these substances residues is therefore regulated by law. For the detection of FQs, we studied the feasibility of coupling the simultaneous screening of several FQs, using a dual surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor immunoassay (BIA), in parallel, with an analytical chemical methodology for their identification. Six FQs were simultaneously screened at or below their maximum residue level (MRL) in chicken muscle using a multi-FQ BIA for norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, enrofloxacin, difloxacin and sarafloxacin, and a specific BIA for flumequine. The two BIAs were serially coupled in a multi-channel SPR biosensor featuring a dual BIA in a competitive inhibition format. The samples non-compliant during the screening with the dual BIA were further concentrated and fractionated with gradient liquid chromatography (LC). The effluent was splitted toward two 96-well fraction collectors resulting in two identical 96-well plates. One was re-screened with the dual BIA to identify the immunoactive fractions and direct the identification efforts toward the relevant fractions in the second well-plate with high resolution LC-electrospray time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ESI-TOFMS). The system not only allows the possibility to screen and identify known FQs, but also to discover unknown chemicals of similar structure which show activity in the dual BIA.