Interaction of nucleobases with proflavine on silica surface

The adsorption of purine and pyrimidine nucleobases from aqueous solutions on silica surface modified by preliminary adsorption of proflavine has been studied as depending on pH and adsorbate concentration. It has been shown that the bases interact with proflavine, the molecules of which are attached to neutral silanol groups of silica via hydrogen bonds. The equilibrium constants of the complexation reactions between the bases and adsorbed proflavine have been calculated.     

Composite Material Based on Polytetrafluoroethylene and Al–Cu–Fe Quasi-Crystal Filler with Ultralow Wear: Morphology,Tribological, and Mechanical Properties

Samples of composites with polytetrafluoroethylene as the matrix and a powder of 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 vol % Al–Cu–Fe quasi-crystal as the filler are prepared. Electron microscopy studies of the sample structure are carried out, the influence of the filler on the degree of crystallinity and the melting and destruction temperatures of the samples is investigated; mechanical tensile tests and tribological tests are performed. The composite samples with filler contents of 4, 8, 16, and 32 vol % show ultralow wear with the coefficient K < 5 × 10^–7 mm³/N m. The highest wear resistance exceeding that of unfilled polytetrafluoroethylene by 2200–3100 times is recorded in composites with 16 vol % filler. An increase in the wear resistance is associated with formation on the friction surface of a thin crust containing quasi-crystal particles 0.2–0.3 μm in size, revealed by scanning electron microscopy in combination with energy dispersive analysis.     

Designing of the centers for adsorption of bile acids on a silica surface

Silicas chemically modified with attached aminopropyl, imidazolyl, and trimethylsilyl groups, with adsorptive and coordinative grafted hemin were synthesized. Adsorption of some bile acids on the surface of hydroxylated silica, synthesized siliceous adsorbents and cholestyramine has been studied. It was found that the main contribution to the total adsorption is caused by electrostatic attraction between anions of bile acids and positively charged sites of the surface of modified silica and also by dispersion interactions between steroid skeleton of bile acids and functional groups of modified silicon dioxides. It was established that the kinetic parameters of adsorption and adsorptive capacity for all investigated siliceous adsorbents exceed similar characteristics for cholestyramine. The best of synthesized adsorbents is hemin-containing adsorbent IX, and the sequence of increase in its adsorptive capacity in relation to bile acids corresponds to the following series: I < III < II, IV < VI < V < VIII < VII < IX.     

Adsorption of biogenic amines on albumin-modified silica surface

The adsorption of biogenic amines, tryptamine and tyramine, from aqueous solutions on the surface of finely dispersed silica modified by the adsorption of bovine serum albumin is studied depending on pH and adsorbate concentration. Silica surface modification with albumin is shown to widen the pH range of amine adsorption from aqueous solutions.     

Growth of Ga x In1 − x Sb solid solution single crystals by the Czochralski method

Crystallography Reports - Ga x In1 ? x Sb solid solution single crystals (x = 0.03–0.09) have been grown. The dislocation density and electrophysical parameters are measured. A...     

PMR investigation of the hydration of macrocyclic polyethers

PMR was used to investigate the reaction of water dissolved in chloroform with ten macrocyclic polyethers, differing from each other by the kind of donor atoms, the size of the cavity, and the character of the substituants in the macrocycle. The curves representing the shift of the proton signal of water as function of the concentration of the macrocyclic polyether in chloroform were used to calculate the stability constants of the associates of the macrocyclic polyethers with water with the composiiton 11. The analysis of the association constants obtained showed that, according to their ability to coordinating water, the investigated macrocyclic polyethers can be placed into the following order: diaza-18-crown-6 > dicyclohexyl-18-crown-6 > kryptand(2.2.2) > 18-crown-6 > dibenzo-18-crown-6 > dibenzo-24-crown-8 > 15-crown-6 > benzo-15-crown-5 > dithio-18-crown-6 > benzo-12-crown-4.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Eksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 248–252, March–April, 1985.