Synthesis of celsian ceramics from zeolite precursors

A novel low temperature technique has been developed for the synthesis of celsian glass-ceramics. The technique involves ion exchange of zeolites, their subsequent heat treatment to form a glassy phase from which celsian is crystallized. Monoclinic celsian was produced at temperatures as low as 1000°C at heat treatment times of 6 h.     

Total synthesis of (+)-ent-cyclizidine: absolute configurational confirmation of antibiotic M146791

The first total synthesis of the enantiomer of the indolizidine alkaloid, cyclizidine, was accomplished from readily available d-serine as the starting chiron. The relevant key reactions involve the stereocontrolled construction of the indolizidine ring system with the required functionality and further elaboration to install the cyclopropyl dienyl side chain. With this total synthesis, the absolute configuration of the natural product based on a redetermination of its X-ray structure has been confirmed.     

The first step in layer-by-layer deposition: electrostatics and/or non-electrostatics?

A critical discussion is presented on the properties and prerequisites of adsorbed polyelectrolytes that have to function as substrates for further layer-by-layer deposition. The central theme is discriminating between the roles of electrostatic and non-electrostatic interactions. In order to emphasize this feature we refrain from discussing practical problems sometimes incurred in polyelectrolyte adsorption like freezing-in of non-equilibrium situations, patchwise attachment, unclear chemistry and only consider solid substrates. Although it is in principle ambiguous to discriminate between coulombic and non-coulombic or "chemical" interactions, it will be shown that, as a rule, non-coulombic contributions to the interactions cannot be neglected. They are responsible for the familiar overcharging. For obtaining more insight, it is recommended to consider electrometric techniques such as electrokinetics, conductometry and potentiometry, in combination with other analytical techniques applied to well-defined systems, for which various parameters can be modulated in a systematic way.     

On Products of Hypercyclic Semigroups

If (S(t)) is a hypercyclic (discrete or continuous) semigroup of linear operators, it is known that (S(t) ⊗ S(t)) is hypercyclic, if and only if (S(t)) satisfies the so-called hypercyclicity criterion (HCC). We give a strengthened version of the hypercyclicity criterion, which we call recurrent hypercyclicity criterion (RHCC). It is a necessary and sufficient condition on a semigroup (S(t)), such that the product with any semigroup (T(t)) satisfying HCC is again hypercyclic. The RHCC is inherited by products (obviously) and by subsemigroups. Any chaotic semigroup satisfies the RHCC.