High-precision measurement of π−p elastic scattering in a wide angular range at incident momenta between 2.06 and 3.48 GeV/c

We have measured the differential cross section for π^?p elastic scattering at eight incident momenta, 2.06, 2.26, 2.45, 2.65, 2.86, 3.05, 3.26 and 3.48 GeV/c, in a wide range of c.m. scattering angle between 15° and 160°. A pronounced dip-bump structure has been found at large angles. Details of the structure are quantitatively described as functions of the incident momentum.     

Anisotropic Self‐Assembly of Citrate‐Coated Gold Nanoparticles on Fluidic Liposomes

The behavior of self‐assembly processes of nanoscale particles on plasma membranes can reveal mechanisms of important biofunctions and/or intractable diseases. Self‐assembly of citrate‐coated gold nanoparticles (cAuNPs) on liposomes was investigated. The adsorbed cAuNPs were initially fixed on the liposome surfaces and did not self‐assemble below the phospholipid phase transition temperature (T_m). In contrast, anisotropic cAuNP self‐assembly was observed upon heating of the composite above the T_m, where the phospholipids became fluid. The number of self‐assembled NPs is conveniently controlled by the initial mixing ratio of cAuNPs and liposomes. Gold nanoparticle protecting agents strongly affected the self‐assembly process on the fluidic membrane.     

Clusterization, electrophoretic deposition, and photoelectrochemical properties of fullerene-functionalized carbon nanotube composites

We have successfully developed a new methodology for the self-organization of C(60) molecules on the sidewall of carbon nanotubes for use in photoelectrochemical devices. Novel nanocarbon composites of fullerene (e.g., C(60)) and highly soluble, chemically functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (f-SWNT) have been prepared by the rapid injection of a poor solvent (e.g., acetonitrile) into a mixed solution of C(60) and f-SWNT in o-dichlorobenzene. Measurements by using scanning electron microscopy of cast samples revealed that the composites are categorized into three groups; i) f-SWNT bundles covered with layers of C(60) molecules, ii) round, large C(60) clusters (sizes of 500-1000 nm) containing f-SWNT, and iii) typical, round C(60) clusters (sizes of 150-250 nm). The electrophoretic deposition of the composites onto a nanostructured SnO(2) electrode yielded the hierarchical film with a gradient composition depending on the difference in the mobilities of C(60) and f-SWNT during the electrophoretic process. The composite film exhibited an incident photon-to-photocurrent efficiency as high as 18 % at lambda=400 nm under an applied potential of 0.05 V vs. SCE. The photocurrent generation efficiency is the highest value among carbon nanotube-based photoelectrochemical devices in which carbon nanotubes are deposited electrophoretically, electrostatically or covalently onto semiconducting electrodes. The highly aligned structure of C(60) molecules on f-SWNT can rationalize the efficient photocurrent generation. The results obtained here will provide valuable information on the design of carbon nanotube-based molecular devices.     

Convergent synthesis of the A-E ring segment of ciguatoxin CTX3C

A convergent synthesis of the A-E ring segment of ciguatoxin CTX3C was achieved via the intramolecular allylation of an α-chloroacetoxy ether and subsequent ring-closing metathesis.     

New Positive‐Type Photoresists Based on Enzymatically Synthesized Polyphenols

Summary: New positive‐type photoresist systems based on enzymatically synthesized polyphenols have been developed. The photoresist thin film consisting of the polyphenol and a diazonaphthoquinone derivative was prepared on copperfoil‐coated epoxy resins and exposed to UV light with different doses. The polyphenols from the bisphenol monomers exhibited high photosensitivity, comparable with a conventional cresol novolac. The sensitivity could be controlled by changing the structure of the polyphenols. Furthermore, the present photoresist showed excellent etching resistance.

Characteristic exposure curves of poly( 1 )/DNQ and poly( 5 )/DNQ (both 70:30 wt.‐%) with different phenylene unit contents.     

Backward polarization of π−p elastic scattering from 2.22 to 3.50 GeV/c

We have measured the polarization in π^? backward elastic scattering at 2.22, 2.46, 2.71 and 3.50 GeV/c incident momenta, in the u-range?1.0 ≦u≦0.1 (GeV/c)². The experiment used a polarized proton target and detected both pions and protons. We have found large discrepancies between the new data and the result of even the latest phase-shift analysis.     

Constituents of the roots of Boerhaavia diffusa L. III. Identification of Ca2+ channel antagonistic compound from the methanol extract

Two known lignans, liriodendrin and syringaresinol mono-beta-D-glucoside, have been isolated from the methanol extract of the roots of Boerhaavia diffusa L. (Nyctaginaceae), and the former compound was found to exhibit a significant calcium (Ca2+) channel antagonistic effect in frog heart single cells using the whole-cell voltage clamp method. Reexamination of the carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance (13C-NMR) spectra of these compounds was also carried out by the use of two-dimensional NMR techniques including a 1H-detected heteronuclear multiple bond connectivity (HMBC) experiment, and it was found that the previous signal assignments for C-1' and C-4' have to be revised.     

The reaction 16O(6Li,d)20Ne at 75 MeV

The angular distributions of the reaction ¹⁶O(⁶Li, d)²⁰Ne at 75 MeV for transitions to members of the ground state band are well fitted by exact finite-range DWBA calculations assuming a direct α-cluster transfer and yield spectroscopic factors in good agreement with shell-model predictions.