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Coordination properties of the ACE inhibitor captopril towards Me2Sn(IV)2+ in aqueous solution, and biological aspects of some dialkyltin(IV) derivat…
2003
Abstract The coordination of Me 2 Sn(IV) 2+ (M) to captopril { N -[( S )-3-mercapto-2-methylpropionyl]- l -proline, H 2 (cap), H 2 L} in aqueous solution was studied by means of potentiometric titration, electrospray mass spectrometry, 1 H-NMR spectroscopy and Mossbauer spectroscopy in the pH range 2–11 ( I =0.1 mol dm −3 NaClO 4 , 298 K). The results obtained with these methods proved that only monomeric complexes are formed in solution. In the acidic pH range, species with a metal-to-ligand ratio of 1:1 exist. The neutral complex ML, similarly to the complex Me 2 Sn(cap) crystallized in the same pH range, adopts a tbp structure with eq S − and ax COO − , while, instead of the coordina…
Complexes of tetra(parasulphonatephenyl)porphyrinato ferrate(III), FeTPPs, with 1,10 phenanthroline and 2,2′ bipyridine ligands
1985
Abstract Iron(III) porphyrin, FeTPPS, gives high-spin 1:1 monomeric complexes with the ligands 1,10 phenanthroline, 2,9 dimethylphenanthroline and 2,2 bipyridine in aqueous solution. Absorption spectrum of the complexes is very different to the one of the monomer metalloporphyrin, but nearly identical to the visible spectrum of the μ-oxo dimer Fe2(TPPS)2O. A spectrophotometric study of the formation equilibria yields the following values of the stability constants: Me2phen 4.3 × 104, phen 1.1 × 104, bipy 2.0 × 102 (25 °C, 0.1 M NaNO3). Analysis of the experimental data strongly suggest that the ligands are hydrogen bonded to one coordinated water molecule (TPPS)FeOH2 → (LL). Although the …
Aqueous block copolymer-surfactant mixtures and their ability in solubilizing chlorinated organic compounds. A thermodynamic and SANS study.
2006
Within the topic of surfactant enhanced solubilization of additives sparingly soluble in water, volumetric, solubility, conductivity, and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) experiments on mixtures composed of alpha,omega-dichloroalkane, surfactant, copolymer, and water were carried out at 298 K. The triblock copolymers (ethylene oxide)132(propylene oxide)50(ethylene oxide)132 (F108) and (ethylene oxide)76(propylene oxide)29(ethylene oxide)76 (F68) were chosen to investigate the role of the molecular weight keeping constant the hydrophilic/hydrophobic ratio. The selected surfactants are sodium decanoate (NaDec) and decyltrimethylammonium bromide (DeTAB) with comparable hydrophobicity and …
Reduced protein adsorption on plastics via direct plasma deposition of triethylene glycol monoallyl ether
1997
The direct plasma-induced deposition of tri(ethylene glycol) monoallyl ether is reported. RF plasma polymerization of this monomer was carried out under both continuous wave (CW) and pulsed plasma operation. The major focus of this work was optimization of the degree of retention of the C-O-C bonds of the starting monomer during the deposition process. This successfully was accomplished using low RF power during the CW runs and low RF duty cycles during the pulsed plasma experiments. Spectroscopic analysis of the plasma films revealed a strong dependence of film composition on the RF power and duty cycles employed. In particular, an unusually high level of film chemistry compositional contr…
Reversible Cluster Formation of Colloidal Nanospheres by Interparticle Photodimerization
2004
Crosslinked spherical nanoparticles based on trimethoxysilane monomers have been prepared by polycondensation in aqueous emulsion. These particles have been labeled chemically at their surface region with two different types of organic dye molecules (cinnamate, coumarin), which both are well known for their ability to undergo a reversible photodimerization if irradiated with light of a suitable wavelength. Upon irradiation of dilute solutions of these nanoparticles with UV light, the photodimerization of labels belonging to different colloidal nanoparticles caused the formation of large colloidal clusters consisting of chemically bound individual nanospheres. This process has been quantitat…
Towards the Generation of Self-Healing Materials by Means of a Reversible Photo-induced Approach
2011
Photo-induced reversibility as a tool for self-healing: a reversible photo-induced dendritic macromonomer was synthesized and proven to form networks with different features depending on the crosslinking conditions. While networks formed from aqueous systems exhibited a reversible change in their crosslinking degree, networks generated in bulk underwent fully reversibility. The latter was then exploited for generating self-healing materials by means of a photo-induced treatment.
The dynamics of 57Fe nuclei in Fe(II)-DNA and [Fe(II)(1-methyl-2-mercaptoimidazole)2]-DNA condensates.
2002
Abstract Alcoholic solutions of FeCl 2 and Fe II (Hmmi) 2 Cl 2 (Hmmi=1-methyl-2-mercaptoimidazole) induce calf thymus DNA condensation from aqueous solutions buffered at pH 7.4. A 1:1 Fe II –(DNA monomer) stoichiometry is assumed. The 57 Fe Mossbauer hyperfine parameters suggest an octahedral coordination environment, severely distorted, in both Fe II –(DNA monomer) and [Fe II (Hmmi) 2 ]–(DNA monomer) condensates. The dynamic properties of iron nuclei in freeze-dried samples were investigated by means of variable temperature 57 Fe Mossbauer spectroscopy. Mean square displacements, 〈 x 2 〉( T ), were calculated, such as the effective vibrating mass and the Mossbauer lattice temperature of th…
Micelles of Polysoaps: The Role of Bridging Interactions
1996
Polysoaps, hydrophilic polymers incorporating amphiphilic monomers, form intrachain micelles in aqueous media. The micelles are similar to those formed by monomeric amphiphiles but are also endowed with a swollen, starlike corona formed by the spacer chains joining the amphiphiles. Long polysoaps form strings comprising many intrachain micelles. Exchange of amphiphiles between such micelles may give rise to bridging attraction, resulting in the adoption of a collapsed configuration in which the swollen micelles are close packed into a spherical globule. Upon addition of free amphiphiles, this structure unravels in a highly nonlinear fashion. Titration by surfactants, and the resulting swell…
Novel water-swellable beads based on an acryloylated polyaspartamide
2001
Spherical polymeric microparticles have been prepared by a reverse-phase suspension polymerization technique. The starting polymer was α,β-poly (N-2-hydroxyethyl)-dl-aspartamide (PHEA) partially functionalised with glycidylmethacrylate (GMA) in order to introduce reactive vinyl groups in the side chain. The PHEA–GMA copolymer obtained (PHG) was cross-linked in a mixture of water/hexane–carbon tetrachloride in the presence of sorbitan trioleate (Span 85) as surfactant and ammonium persulfate/N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine as initiator system. The reaction was also carried out in the presence of N,N′-dimethylacrylamide as comonomer or N,N′-ethylenebisacrylamide as a cross-linking agent.…
Single Molecule Spectroscopy of Oriented Recombinant Trimeric Light Harvesting Complexes of Higher Plants
2002
The bleaching dynamics of reconstituted single light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b investigated. The complexes containing one histidine6 tag per monomeric subunit were immobilised predominantly in a defined orientation with their symmetry axis perpendicular to a Ni-ion-containing surface allowing for the first time the examination of single LHCIIb in an aqueous environment. Most complexes exhibit photobleaching in one step, indicating coupling between the monomeric subunits leading to an energy transfer between adjacent subunits. Differences in bleaching behaviour between these and previous observations with single LHCIIb are discussed.