Effect of urea on self-organization of sodium N-(11-acrylamidoundecanoyl)-l-valinate in water

In this paper, the hypotheses proposed for the action of urea on the perturbation of molecular assemblies have been tested through studies of the effects of urea on the aggregation properties of a chiral surfactant, sodium N-(11-acrylamidoundecanoyl)-L-valinate in water. Surface tension, fluorescence, and circular dichroism were used to characterize the solution behavior of the amphiphile in the presence of urea. Surface tension measurement indicated decrease of critical aggregation concentration (cac) with the addition of urea in the low concentration range. Fluorescence probe studies using pyrene and 1-anilinonaphthalene indicated solubilization of urea molecules near the aggregate-water interface. Fluorescence anisotropy measurements using 1,6-diphenylhexatriene as probe molecule suggested increase of packing of the hydrocarbon chains of the amphiphiles upon addition of low concentration of urea. Dynamic light scattering measurements showed an increase of the hydrodynamic radius (R(h)) in the presence of increased concentration of urea. At higher concentrations of urea, the R(h) value decreased. Circular dichroism spectra showed the presence of chiral aggregates even in the presence of high concentration of urea.     

Metallderivate von Molekülverbindungen. IV. Synthese,Struktur und Reaktivität des Lithium-[tris-(trimethylsilyl)silyl]tellanids · DME

Metal Derivatives of Molecular Compounds. IV Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Lithium [Tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl]tellanide · DME Lithium tris(trimethylsilyl)silanide · 1,5 DME [3] and tellurium react in 1,2-dimethoxyethane to give colourless lithium [tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl]tellanide · DME ( 1 ). An X-ray structure determination {-150 · 3·C; P2₁/c; a = 1346.6(4); b = 1497.0(4); c = 1274.5(3) pm; β = 99.22(2)·; Z = 2 dimers; R = 0.030} shows the compound to be dimeric forming a planar Li? Te? Li? Te ring with two tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl substituents in a trans position. Three-coordinate tellurium is bound to the central silicon of the tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl group and to two lithium atoms; the two remaining sites of each four-coordinate lithium are occupied by the chelate ligand DME {Li? Te 278 and 284; Si? Te 250; Li? O 200 pm (2X); Te? Li? Te 105°; Li? Te? Li 75°; O? Li? O 84°}. The covalent radius of 154 pm as determined for the DME-complexed lithium in tellanide 1 is within the range of 155 ± 3 pm, also characteristic for similar compounds. In typical reactions of the tellanide 1 [tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl]tellane ( 2 ), methyl-[tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl]tellane ( 4 ) and bis[tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl]ditellane ( 5 ) are formed.     

Determination of Ionic Radii from Metal Compressibilities

The critical degrees of metal compression were determined from the experimental equations of state. The degree of metal compression corresponds to the cation-cation contacts in the structure. The cation radii were determined from the metal compressibilities and are in satisfactory agreement with the empirical values.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by S. S. Batsanov__________Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 941–944, September–October, 2004.     

离子半径的质量和电量综合因子的标度

根据作者曾建立的万有引力势与电势的关系式和系统的对比质电比(单位电量的质量)Sr的物理意义, 研究了离子半径r与Sr的关系: 对于相同电子构型的阳离子, 离子半径与lgSr呈线性关系; 对于相同电子构型的阴离子, 离子半径与Sr的关系满足Michealis-Menten 数学模型. 采用回归分析方法, 拟合出周期表中94种元素108种阳离子的半径和16种阴离子的半径. 从相关系数R和回归方程的显著性检验(F)都说明r与Sr密切相关, 其中102种阳离子半径数据与具有代表性的离子半径参考值相比平均绝对误差仅0.9 pm, 相对误差1.1%. 同时给出一条获取离子半径(包括复杂离子)数据的新途径.     

Determination of particle size in aqueous suspensions of hydrogels of iron(III), indium(III), aluminum, chromium(III), titanium(IV), and zirconium(IV) oxohydroxides

Dispersion of hydrogels of Fe^III, In^III, Al^III, Cr^III, Ti^IV, and Zr^IV oxohydroxides in an aqueous medium was studied by sedimentation analysis. The hydrogel dispersion depends on the metal nature, pH of precipitation, and suspension concentration. The systems are predominantly polydisperse, and the gel particle size ranges from 2 to 140 μm. The data obtained suggest that the gel particles are formed by three-dimensional networks consisting of polymeric chains metal-oxygen and contain cavities filled with water. __________ Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1083–1088, May, 2005.     

Average inner and outer radii in singly-excited 1<Emphasis Type="Italic">snl</Emphasis> states of the He atom

Average inner < r _< > and outer < r _> > radii are studied for 28 singly-excited 1 snl singlet and triplet states (0 ≤ l ≤ n ≤ 5) of the He atom. In all the cases, the average inner radius < r _< > is close to 0.75 bohr, which indicates that one of the two electrons behaves like the 1s electron in He⁺. On the other hand, an analysis of the average outer radius < r _> > shows that the other electron of the 1snl states behaves approximately like an snl electron in the hydrogen atom. The average outer radius < r _> > reflects more diffuse character of the singlet electron distribution. This paper is dedicated to the late Professor Serafin Fraga for his great contribution to quantum sciences. Contribution to the Serafin Fraga Memorial Issue.     

The Chebyshev centers in a normed linear space

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On the minimum size of binary codes with length 2<Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis> + 4 and covering radius <Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis>

The minimum size of a binary code with length n and covering radius R is denoted by K(n, R). For arbitrary R, the value of K(n, R) is known when n ≤  2R +  3, and the corresponding optimal codes have been classified up to equivalence. By combining combinatorial and computational methods, several results for the first open case, K(2R +  4, R), are here obtained, including a proof that K(10, 3) =  12 with 11481 inequivalent optimal codes and a proof that if K(2R +  4, R) <  12 for some R then this inequality cannot be established by the existence of a corresponding self-complementary code.     

Distance signless Laplacian spectral radius and Hamiltonian properties of graphs

In this paper, we establish a sufficient condition on distance signless Laplacian spectral radius for a bipartite graph to be Hamiltonian. We also give two sufficient conditions on distance signless Laplacian spectral radius for a graph to be Hamilton-connected and traceable from every vertex, respectively. Furthermore, we obtain a sufficient condition for a graph to be Hamiltonian in terms of the distance signless Laplacian spectral radius of the complement of a graph G.