Sulfur based self-assembled monolayers (SAM’s) on piezoelectric crystals for immunosensor development

Self-assembled monolayers (SAM’s) of different thiols and sulfides with various structures were tested. They were investigated as a method to covalently bind antibodies to the surface of piezoelectric crystals. A capture assay using a Mouse IgG test system was performed. All tests were performed in solution. The reduction in frequency observed as binding occurred was monitored in real time. The SAM’s were activated with 1-ethyl-3-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC) and N-hydroxysulfosuccinimide (NHS) prior to antibody immobilisation. Ethanolamine was used to block any available activated sizes after antibody immobilisation. The potential of this technique for immunosensor development is demonstrated. Received: 19 January 1999 / Revised: 1 March 1999 / Accepted: 4 March 1999     

Reactivity of 3-alkyl-4-arylazomethylene-3,4-dihydro-1,2,3-benzotriazines in protic solvents: 1,4-Addition reactions and dimroth rearrangement

3-Alkyl-4-arylazomethylene-3,4-dihydro-1,2,3-benzotriazines 5a and 5b undergo facile 1,4-addition of methanol or ethanol to afford stable crystalline hydrazones, 6 and 8 which have been characterised by spectroscopic analysis. In particular, the nmr spectrum of 8 shows novel features due to the diastereotopic nature of the CH₂ protons in the two O-ethyl groups. Compound 5b shows a property unique to the compounds in this series; refluxing this arylazomethylenetriazine in ethanol affords a rearranged product, characterised as the 1-aryl-2-cinnolinylhydrazine ( 9 ). The formation of 9 is rationalised as a ring opening-ring closure process analogous to the Dimroth rearrangement. The cinnoline 9 displays some novel chemistry arising from the facility of the arylhydrazino substituent to react with acid to give a fragmentation product, 3-methylindazole ( 7 ).     

无机酸洗脱对胜利褐煤微晶结构及其自燃倾向性的影响

利用XRD、Raman、XPS和FT-IR表征技术,研究无机酸洗脱(HCl、H2SO4、HCl-HF)处理的胜利褐煤微晶结构的变化,采用自行设计的表面吸附仪-GC联用装置,对样品进行不同温度的低温脉冲氧化实验,考察了煤样在不同温度下氧吸附量的变化规律,通过低温脉冲氧吸附规律与TG/DTG和固定床燃烧实验关联,考察了煤样的自燃倾向。结果表明,无机酸洗脱对矿物质的脱除使得煤结构的有序度增加,石墨化程度提高,无机酸洗脱煤样与原煤相比吸氧量明显下降。随着吸附温度的升高,各煤样吸氧量明显增加,且随着脱除矿物质程度的增加,吸氧量呈减小的趋势,导致自燃倾向降低。     

Reduction potential tuning of the blue copper center in Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin by the axial methionine as probed by unnatural amino acids

The conserved axial ligand methionine 121 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin (Az) has been replaced by isostructural unnatural amino acid analogues, oxomethionine (OxM), difluoromethionine (DFM), trifluoromethionine (TFM), selenomethionine (SeM), and norleucine (Nle) using expressed protein ligation. The replacements resulted in < 6 nm shifts in the S(Cys)-Cu charge transfer (CT) band in the electronic absorption spectra and < 8 gauss changes in the copper hyperfine coupling constants (AII) in the X-band electron paramagnetic resonance spectra, suggesting that isostructural replacement of Met resulted in minimal structural perturbation of the copper center. The slight blue shifts of the CT band follow the trend of stronger electronegativity of the ligands. This trend is supported by 19F NMR studies of the fluorinated methionine analogues. However, the order of AII differs, suggesting additional factors influencing AII. In contrast to the small changes in the UV-vis and EPR spectra, a large variation of > 227 mV in reduction potential was observed for the series of variants reported here. Additionally, a linear correlation was established between the reduction potentials and hydrophobicity of the variants. Extension of this analysis to other type 1 copper-containing proteins reveals a linear correlation between change in hydrophobicity and change in reduction potential, independent of the protein scaffold, experimental conditions, measurement techniques, and steric modifications. This analysis has also revealed for the first time high and low potential states for type 1 centers, and the difference may be attributable to destabilization of the protein fold by disruption of hydrophobic or hydrogen bonding interactions that stabilize the type 1 center.     

Do Reuss and Voigt bounds really bound in high-pressure rheology experiments?

Energy dispersive synchrotron x-ray diffraction is carried out to measure differential lattice strains in polycrystalline Fe(2)SiO(4) (fayalite) and MgO samples using a multi-element solid state detector during high-pressure deformation. The theory of elastic modelling with Reuss (iso-stress) and Voigt (iso-strain) bounds is used to evaluate the aggregate stress and weight parameter, α (0≤α≤1), of the two bounds. Results under the elastic assumption quantitatively demonstrate that a highly stressed sample in high-pressure experiments reasonably approximates to an iso-stress state. However, when the sample is plastically deformed, the Reuss and Voigt bounds are no longer valid (α becomes beyond 1). Instead, if plastic slip systems of the sample are known (e.g.?in the case of MgO), the aggregate property can be modelled using a visco-plastic self-consistent theory.     

The role of hydrogen bonding in pseudo-macrocyclic ring formation in 2,6-dimethyl-1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene 1,3,5,7-tetracarboxylic acid monohydrate

2,6-Dimethyl-1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene-1,3,5,7-tetracarboxylic acid 3, C₁₄H₁₄O₉, was prepared by thermolysis of the corresponding semibullvalene and characterized by spectroscopic and single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The monohydrate of 3 crystallizes in the tetrahedral space group P-4n2, a = 11.0924(3) Å, c = 12.6799(5) Å, V = 1560.15(9) ų, Z = 4. The cyclooctatetraene ring adopts a tub-shaped conformation with a crystallograpically imposed twofold rotational symmetry, and is composed of localized C=C double bonds in the 1,3,5, and 7 positions with an average interatomic distance of 1.327 (5) Å and C–C single bonds with an average interatomic distance of 1.489(5) Å. The average C=C–C angle in the ring is 122.6(3)°. Each symmetry generated eight-membered ring contains four carboxyl groups, two of which are coplanar with the methyl groups across the C=C ring atoms. However, across the C–C bonds the carboxyl groups and the methyl groups show a torsion angle of 64.3(4)°. The presence of a water molecule in the crystal lattice generates a three-dimensional network of close hydrogen bondings between water and the carboxyl groups of multiple rings. This creates a network of orthogonal 10-membered rings between the 8-membered rings. Two given cyclooctatetraene rings are intermolecularly hydrogen bonded not only directly through their carboxyl groups but also via a bridging water molecule. This effect is rare in polycarboxylic acids and their monohydrates which bond only with water or among themselves.     

Factorization of Q(h(T)(x)) over a finite field,where Q(x) is irreducible and h(T)(x) is linear II

Let GF(q) be the finite field of order q, let Q(x) be an irreducible polynomial in GF(qⁱ)[x], and let H(x) = h(T)(x) be a linear polynomial in GF(q)[x]. We give the degrees of the irreducible factors of Q(H(x)) in GF(qⁱ)[x], and the number of irreducible factors of each degree. We consider the special cases when H(x) is a trace function, and when h(x) is cyclotomic. Finally, we give several examples.