Electrokinetic characterization of poly(dimethylsiloxane) microchannels

This paper characterizes the basic electrokinetic phenomena occurring within native poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) microchannels. Using simple buffers and current measurements, current density and electroosmosis data were determined in trapezoidal, reversibly sealed PDMS/PDMS and hybrid PDMS/glass channels with a cross-sectional area of 1035.5 microm(2) and about 6 cm length. This data was then compared to that obtained in an air-thermostated 50 microm inner diameter (1963.5 microm(2) cross-sectional area) fused-silica (FS) capillary of 70 cm length. Having a pH 7.8 buffer with an ionic strength (I) of 90 mM, Ohms's law was observed in the microchannels with electric field strengths of up to about 420 V/cm, which is about twice as high as for the FS capillary. The electroosmotic mobility (micro(EO)) in PDMS and FS is shown to exhibit the same general dependences on I and pH. For all configurations tested, the experimentally determined micro(EO) values were found to correlate well with the relationship micro(EO) = a + b log(I), where a and b are coefficients that are determined via nonlinear regression analysis. Electroosmotic fluid pumping in native PDMS also follows a pH dependence that can be estimated with a model based upon the ionization of silanol. Compared to FS, however, the magnitude of the electroosmotic flow in native PDMS is 50-70% smaller over the entire pH range and is difficult to maintain at acidic pH values. Thus, the origin of the negative charge at the inner wall of PDMS, glass, and FS appears to be similar but the density is lower for PDMS than for glass and FS.     

Relations entre la structure et les proprietes des membranes de polytetrafluoroethylene greffe—III. Membranes non-ionisables contenant de la poly-n-vinylpyrrolidone

Equilibrium properties (swelling) and transport phenomena (dialysis) of non-ionizable membranes, obtained by radiation grafting of N-vinylpyrrolidone onto thin PTFE films, were studied. Grafting was conducted by the direct method with monomer solutions in benzene. The overall activation energy of grafting determined between 20 and 50° is high (12.5 kcal mol^?1): the reaction is controlled by the monomer diffusion into PTFE film. The length of grafted chains increases with temperature.The molality of the membranes decreases when the temperature of grafting increases; for a given grafting ratio, the swelling is higher for membranes containing a small number of long grafts than for membranes with numerous short branches. The transfer of both ions and water is a function of the free volume in the films, it depends on the grafting ratio and is not influenced by the preparation conditions.     

Sorption of Pu(VI) onto TiO2

The sorption of Pu(VI) onto TiO(2) was studied as a function of pH (2-10) and Pu concentration (10(-8)-10(-4) M) under an N(2) atmosphere, in 0.016 and 0.1 M NaClO(4). A batch-wise method was used, in which pH was measured in separate experimental containers after removal of a sample to determine the amount of Pu that had been sorbed. As Pu is radioactive, it was used as a tracer and measured by liquid scintillation counting. No ionic strength dependence was discerned, which was taken as an indication of inner sphere complex formation. In the interval of pH 2-7 the system could be described by the formation of two positively charged surface complexes using a 1-pK Stern model. Sorption of the plutonyl ion (PuO(2)(2+)) and the first hydrolysis species (PuO(2)(OH)(+)) was estimated using FITEQL to logK(1)=6.9 and logK(2)=1.4, respectively.     

On the spectrum of the Cesàro operator on spaces of analytic functions

This paper concerns the Cesàro operator acting on various spaces of analytic functions on the unit disc. The remarkable fact that this operator is subnormal when acting on the Hardy space H² has lead to extensive studies of its spectral picture on other spaces of this type. We present some of the methods that have been used to obtain information about the spectrum of the Cesàro operator acting on Hardy and Bergman spaces and give a unified approach to these problems which also yields new results in this direction. In particular, we prove that the Cesàro operator is subdecomposable on H¹ and on the standard weighted Bergman spaces , α0.     

On the spectral expansion of hyperbolic Eisenstein series

In this article, we determine the spectral expansion, meromorphic continuation, and location of poles with identifiable singularities for the scalar-valued hyperbolic Eisenstein series. Similar to the form-valued hyperbolic Eisenstein series studied in Kudla and Millson (Invent Math 54:193–211, 1979), the scalar-valued hyperbolic Eisenstein series is defined for each primitive, hyperbolic conjugacy class within the uniformizing group associated to any finite volume hyperbolic Riemann surface. Going beyond the results in Kudla and Millson (Invent Math 54:193–211, 1979) and Risager (Int Math Res Not 41:2125–2146, 2004), we establish a precise spectral expansion for the hyperbolic Eisenstein series for any finite volume hyperbolic Riemann surface by first proving that the hyperbolic Eisenstein series is in L ². Our other results, such as meromorphic continuation and determination of singularities, are derived from the spectral expansion.     

Azido-Derivate des Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl-Vanadium(IV)-Fragments. Molekülstrukturen der Zweikernkomplexe [Cp*VCl(N3)(μ-N3)]2 und [Cp*V(N3)2(μ-N3)]2

Azido Derivatives of the Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl Vanadium(IV)-Fragment. Molecular Structures of the Binuclear Complexes [Cp*VCl(N₃)(μ-N₃)]₂ and [Cp*V(N₃)₂(μ-N₃)]₂ The stepwise reaction of Cp*VCl₃ with excess trimethylsilyl azide (Me₃Si–N₃) in solution leads to the paramagnetic, azido-bridged complexes [Cp*VCl₂(μ-N₃)]₂ ( 3 ), [Cp*VCl(N₃)(μ-N₃)]₂ ( 4 ) and [Cp*V(N₃)₂(μ-N₃)]₂ ( 5 ) which were characterized by their IR and mass spectra. The azide-rich binuclear complex 5 is also formed if a pentane solution of Cp*V(CO)₄ is stirred in the presence of excess Me₃Si–N₃ in an open vessel. According to the X-ray structure analyses both 4 and 5 are centrosymmetric molecules with a planar V(N)₂V four-membered ring. In the absence of free trimethylsilyl azide, solutions of 3 – 5 lose dinitrogen slowly; in the presence of traces of air, 5 is thereby converted to the diamagnetic, oxo-bridged complex [Cp*V(O)(N₃)]₂(μ-O) ( 6 ).     

Hydrogels préparés par le greffage radiochimique pour l'immobilisation des enzymes

The direct method of radiation grafting was used to cover poly(methyl methacrylate) tubes and rings with a thin layer of poly(acrylic acid) hydrogel. The copolymer formed is used as a support for covalent immobilization of enzymes. The enzyme support coupling was realized with carbodimide or glutaraldehyde. The activity of the immobilized chymotrypsin and peroxidase was determined and the stability of the enzyme-linked copolymers was tested.     

Stable strontium isotopic ratios from archaeological organic remains from the Thorsberg peat bog

Stable strontium isotope ratios in archaeological finds have frequently been used to determine their place of origin, in order to reconstruct migration and trade. Peat bogs offer favourable burial conditions for the preservation of organic remains such as woollen textiles and leather by a natural tanning process. However, these finds are impregnated by peat substances including contaminant strontium which is likely to mask the original (87)Sr/(86)Sr isotopic ratio of the specimens. In this paper, we present a pilot study analysing stable strontium isotopic ratios from Iron Age textile and leather finds from the Thorsberg peat bog, focusing on a sample processing method which permits the quantitative removal of contaminating strontium from the specimens.