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Comparison of Water Adsorption Properties of Cellulose and Cellulose Nanocrystals Studied by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Gravimetry

2017

The adsorption properties of water molecules on cellulose and cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), isolated from defatted rice bran (DRB) by 55% sulfuric acid hydrolysis under sonication were investigated. The powdered samples of cellulose and CNCs were analysed by using near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) and gravimetry at 38% and 55% humidities. Small amounts of samples were dried under vacuum at 120°C and the NIR spectra of the dry samples and their spectra during the adsorption water molecules were measured by using an NIR spectrometer equipped with a transflectance accessory and a DTGS detector. The quantitative adsorption of water molecules by the samples was determined by gravimetry. Second a…

Carboxylation of a linear low density polyethylene via gamma irradiation in presence of carbon dioxide in subcritical and supercritical conditions

1994

Abstract In this work the molecular modifications induced in a linear low density polyethylene gamma irradiated in presence of carbon dioxide both in subcritical and supercritical conditions are presented. The obtained results indicate that this process can be a new and interesting way in order to graft oxidized groups in the polyethylene chains. Moreover it is worth noting that, together with these functionalization reactions, also a significant crosslinking occurs, with improvement in some mechanical tensile behaviour.

Efficient alkali iodide promoted 18F-fluoroethylations with 2-[18F]fluoroethyl tosylate and 1-bromo-2-[18F]fluoroethane

2003

Abstract Radiochemical 18 F-fluorination yields of several compounds using the secondary labelling precursors 2-[ 18 F]fluoroethyl tosylate ([ 18 F]FETos) and 1-bromo-2-[ 18 F]fluoroethane ([ 18 F]BFE) could be considerably enhanced by the addition of an alkali iodide. The radiochemical yield of [ 18 F]fluoroethyl choline for example could be doubled with [ 18 F]BFE and increased from 13% to ≈80% with [ 18 F]FETos. By addition of alkali iodide to the precursor, the 18 F-fluoroethylation yields of established radiopharmaceuticals, especially in the case of automated syntheses, could be significantly increased without major changes of the reaction conditions.

γ-radiation-initiated polymerization of vinylidene fluoride in dense carbon dioxide

2002

The γ-ray-initiated batch polymerization of vinylidene fluoride (VF2) has been investigated in dense carbon dioxide under relatively mild operative conditions (T ≤ 40 °C and P < 25 MPa). When the initial VF2 molar concentration was increased from 3.4 to 6.4 mol/L, monomer conversion increased from 20 to 73%; a similar trend was observed for the number-average molecular weight and the molecular complexity of synthesized poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) as determined from rheological measurements. Under all adopted experimental conditions, a synthesized PVDF polymer was collected in the form of a white powder. Despite the inherent heterogeneous character of the polymerization process, a homog…

Enhanced Skin Permeation of Estradiol by Dimethyl Sulfoxide Containing Transdermal Patches.

2021

Dimethyl sulfoxide is a well-known and widely used dermal penetration enhancer. Its incorporation in transdermal patches would be highly desirable

Aqueous selective photocatalytic oxidation of salicyl alcohol by TiO2 catalysts: Influence of some physico-chemical features

2021

Abstract Partial photocatalytic oxidation of salicyl alcohol (2-hydroxybenzyl alcohol) to salicylaldehyde in water was investigated under environmental friendly conditions in the presence of home-prepared and commercial TiO2 (Merck and Aeroxide P25) samples under UVA irradiation. The photocatalysts were characterized by using BET, XRD, SEM and/or TEM techniques. The effects of crystallinity degree, pH (3–11) and presence of a hole trap (ethanol) on the photocatalytic activity and product selectivity were investigated. 4-Hydroxybenzyl alcohol was also used to study the influence of the position of the substituent group in the aromatic ring. High alcohols conversion and product selectivity va…

Synthesis of a rod-based porous coordination polymer from a nucleotide as a sequential chiral inductor

2021

We report the two-step synthesis of a novel chiral rod-based porous coordination polymer (PCP). The chemical approach consists of the use of a previously prepared bis(ethylenediamine) copper monomer [Cu(en)]2(NO3)2 [where en = ethylenediamine] reacting with the cytidine 5′-monophosphate (CMP) nucleotide. The bis(ethylenediamine) copper compound—stabilized by axial coordination of nitrate counter-anions—reacts in the presence of sodium salt of CMP to yield right-handed copper(II) chains of P helicity with formula [Cu2(en)2(CMP)2]·5H2O (1). The axial coordination of the CMP2- ligands through the N3 and O2 sites (free nitrogen and carbonyl groups) of the cytosine nucleobase and oxygen atoms of…

2016

The title compound, C17H14ClN3O4, was prepared by the Huisgen reaction of 4-chloro-2-nitrobenzoyl chloride and 5-(4-propyloxyphenyl)tetrazole. The diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole unit is nearly planar. The oxadiazole ring is inclined to the 4-chloro-2-nitrophenyl ring by 7.77 (8)°, and by 7.93 (8)° to the 4-propyloxyphenyl ring. The benzene rings are inclined to one another by 1.32 (7)°. The nitro group is twisted out of the plane of the benzene ring to which it is attached by 73.59 (16)°. The propoxy chain mean plane is inclined to the benzene ring to which it is attached by 4.46 (13)°. In the crystal, C—H...O and C—H...N hydrogen bonds connect the molecules, forming ribbons propagating along th…

Tris-pentasulfidorhodates(III). X-ray structure of (NH4)3[Rh(S5)3](H2O)2

1987

Abstract The crystal structure of the racemic dihydrated ammonium salt of the tris -pentasulfidorhodate(III) anion is compared with those of salts of the tris -pentasulfidoplatinate(IV) ion.

CeO2−x nanorods with intrinsic urease-like activity

2018

The large-scale production and ecotoxicity of urea make its removal from wastewater a health and environmental challenge. Whereas the industrial removal of urea relies on hydrolysis at elevated temperatures and high pressure, nature solves the urea disposal problem with the enzyme urease under ambient conditions. We show that CeO2−x nanorods (NRs) act as the first and efficient green urease mimic that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea under ambient conditions with an activity (kcat = 9.58 × 101 s−1) about one order of magnitude lower than that of the native jack bean urease. The surface properties of CeO2−x NRs were probed by varying the Ce4+/Ce3+ ratio through La doping. Although La substit…