Covalent crosslinking of 1-D photonic crystals of microporous Si by hydrosilylation and ring-opening metathesis polymerization

Free-standing porous Si multilayer dielectric mirrors, prepared by electrochemical etching of crystalline Si, are treated with a ruthenium ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) catalyst followed by norbornene to produce flexible, stable composite materials in which poly(norbornene) is covalently attached to the porous Si matrix.     

Sequential injection analysis system for on-line monitoring of l-cysteine concentration in biological processes

A sequential injection analysis (SIA) system was developed to monitor the concentration of l-cysteine in biological processes on-line. It is based on the redox reaction of l-cysteine with iron(III) in the presence of 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) and the detection of the red-iron(II)-phen complex with a spectrophotometry. The system was fully automated using software written in the LabVIEW™ development environment. A number of system variables such as the flow rate of the carrier buffer solution, the volume ratio of the sample to the reagents, and the reaction coil length, etc., were evaluated to increase the sensitivity and performance of the SIA system. Under partially optimized operating conditions the performance of the SIA system was linear up to a concentration of l-cysteine of 1 mM (R² = 0.998) with a detection limit of 0.005 mM and a sample frequency of 15 hr⁻¹. The SIA system was employed to monitor the concentration of l-cysteine on-line in a continuously stirred reactor and a fermentation process of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The on-line monitored data were in good agreement with the off-line data measured by a HPLC with a fluorescence detector (n = 15, R² = 09899).     

Unique Fluxional Behavior. Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Novel (Diamine)platinum(II) Complexes of 9-Fluorenylidene- and Benzhydrylidenemalonate Ligands

New (diamine)platinum(II) complexes A(2)PtX(2) (A(2) = trans-(+/-)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane (DACH), tetrahydro-4H-pyran-4,4-diylbis(methylamine)(THPDMA); X(2) = 9-fluorenylidenemalonate(FM), benzhydrylidenemalonate(BHM)) have been synthesized and characterized by means of multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and X-ray analysis. (DACH)Pt(FM) crystallizes in space group P2(1)/c with eight formula units in a cell of dimensions a = 20.071(7) ?, b = 12.717(3) ?, c = 24.512(6) ?, beta = 103.25(2) degrees, and V = 6090(3) ?.(3) (DACH)Pt(BHM) crystallizes in space group P&onemacr; with four molecular units in a cell of dimensions a = 11.048(3) ?, b = 13.639(3) ?, c = 14.043(6) ?, alpha = 90.17(3) degrees, beta = 91.31(4) degrees, gamma = 89.98(3) degrees, and V = 2116(1) ?(3). The platinum atom in both complexes adopts a typical square planar arrangement with two nitrogen atoms in cis position. The 9-fluorenylidene and benzhydrylidene groups of the amine ligands chelated to platinum are strikingly bent up by 88.8(3) and 80.8(2) degrees, respectively, from the platinum square plane in the solid state. Variable temperature (1)H NMR spectra of the title complexes in dimethyl sulfoxide solution reveals that the amine proton resonances are sensitive to the fluxional motion of the remote arylidene groups, and suggests that interconversion occurs between two "bent-up" and "bent-down" forms. The prominent difference between the FM and BHM complexes is observed in solution, due to the presence or absence of the angle constraint of the anionic coligands.     

Solid-state ion-selective electrodes for the potentiometric determination of hexacyanoferrate (II)

Hexacyanoferrate(II)-sensing electrodes were prepared by mixing Ag₂S and Ag₄Fe (CN)₆. The 6:1 Ag₂S/Ag₄Fe (CN)₆ provided the best potentiometric response and speed of response. The log concentration vs. potential curves were linear with Nernstian slope (14.8 mV/decade) over the range 10^?1-10^?6 M hexacyanoferrate (II) at pH 7.00 with constant ionic strength. Interferences included iodide, sulfide and bromide. This electrode was used as indicator in potentiometric titrations of hexacyanoferrate (II).     

A 231-MHz, 2.18-mW 32-bit Logarithmic Arithmetic Unit for Fixed-Point 3-D Graphics System

A 32-bit fixed-point logarithmic arithmetic unit is proposed for the possible application to mobile three-dimensional (3-D) graphics system. The proposed logarithmic arithmetic unit performs division, reciprocal, square-root, reciprocal-square-root and square operations in two clock cycles and powering operation in four clock cycles. It can program its number range for accurate computation flexibility of 3-D graphics pipeline and eight -region piecewise linear approximation model for logarithmic and antilogarithmic conversion to reduce the operation error under 0.2%. Its test chip is implemented by 1-poly 6-metal 0.18-mum CMOS technology with 9-k gates. It operates at the maximum frequency of 231 MHz and consumes 2.18 mW at 1.8-V supply     

Copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidative dehydrogenation for conversion of 2-(alkylthio)-1,4-dihydropyrimidines to 2-(alkylthio)pyrimidines

A simple and efficient aerobic oxidative dehydrogenation reaction method for the conversion of 2-(alkylthio)-1,4-dihydropyrimidines to 2-(alkylthio)pyrimidines using copper catalyst with no additives, such as an oxidant, acid, or base, has been developed. The reaction was successful with a wide range of 2-(alkylthio)-1,4-dihydropyrimidine substrates.