Chemistry

Thermal stability of an ultrathin hafnium oxide film on plasma nitrided Si(100)
We report on the thermal stability of an ultrathin hafnium oxide film on a plasma nitrided Si(100) surface. The ultrathin silicon nitride buffer layer was produced by an ECR-plasma ion source. Onto this buffer layer a thin hafnium oxide film was prepared by electron beam evaporation. redThe therm...


Determination of Acetaldehyde in Saliva by Gas-Diffusion Flow Injection Analysis
The consumption of ethanol is known to increase the likelihood of oral cancer. In addition, there has been a growing concern about possible association between long term use of ethanol-containing mouthwashes and oral cancer. Acetaldehyde, known to be a carcinogen, is the first metabolite of ethan...
Lithium ion conductivity of Nd-doped (Li, La)TiO3 ceramics
Lithium (Li) ion conductivities of Nd-doped (Li, La)TiO3 (LLNT) ceramics are evaluated as a function of Nd-loading. The bulk ion conductivity, σdc, improves for the specimen with ~0.75mol% Nd. The conductivity of the 0.5mol% Nd-loaded LLNT is σdc =1.26×10−3 Scm−1 at room temperature. It is...
Chemistry and Biological Activities of Thioacridines/Thioacridones
Over the last few decades, numerous articles dealing with acridine have been reported providing solid background for drug design. Interest in thioacridine/thioacridone derivatives is demonstrated by their use against varied pharmacological activities. The article summarizes the synthetic routes o...
ACAT Inhibitors: The Search for Novel Cholesterol Lowering Agents
Increased level of serum cholesterol (hyperlipidemia) is the most significant risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis. Cholesterol levels are affected by factors such as rate of endogenous cholesterol synthesis, biliary cholesterol excretion and dietary cholesterol absorption. Acyl CoA...
4-Aminoquinazoline Analogs: A Novel Class of Anticancer Agents
4-Aminoquinazoline analogs have been identified as a new class of cancer chemotherapeutic agents with significant therapeutic efficacy against solid tumors. They are potent and highly selective inhibitors of tyrosine kinase (TK) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Till date various 4-ami...


Development of Calixarenes, Cyclodextrins and Fullerenes as New Platforms for Anti-HIV Drug Design: An Overview
The research and development of calixarenes, cyclodextrins and fullerenes, which constitute the major classes of supramolecular organic host compounds, have been quite rapidly developing, increasingly active and newly rising highlight interdisciplinary fields. Numerous efforts have been directed ...
Di- and Sesquiterpenoids from Cystoseira Genus: Structure, Intra-molecular Transformations and Biological Activity
Natural products have been the single most productive source of leads for the development of drugs, because of the great variety of their chemical structures. Previous chemical investigation of members of the genus Cystoseira resulted in the discovery of various bioactive secondary metabolites. T...
The Effect of Polyphenol Consumption on Blood Pressure
Several observational and intervention studies have found an inverse association between the risk of cardiovascular disease and the consumption of polyphenol-rich foods and beverages such as cocoa, fruit and vegetables, tea, virgin olive oil and wine. We present here an overview of the latest res...
GEOLIBS – A Review of the Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Geochemical and Environmental Analysis
Applications of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) have been growing rapidly and continue to be extended to a broad range of materials. This paper reviews recent progress in the area of geochemical and environmental analysis by LIBS. Following a summary of fundamentals of the LIBS analyt...
A systematic study on the influence of carbon on the behavior of hard-to-ionize elements in inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry
A systematic study on the influence of carbon on the signal of a large number of hard-to-ionize elements (i.e. B, Be, P, S, Zn, As, Se, Pd, Cd, Sb, I, Te, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg) in inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry has been carried out. To this end, carbon matrix effects have been evalu...


Electrospun nanofibers of porphyrinated polyimide for the ultra-sensitive detection of trace TNT
Nanofibers with distinct luminescent property were facilely fabricated by electrospinning from porphyrinated polyimide and demonstrated as a kind of novel sensory material for trace detection of TNT vapor (10ppb). Covalently bonding of porphyrin fluorophores into the polyimide main chains reduces...
A three-dimensional hierarchical CdO nanostructure: Preparation and its improved gas-diffusing performance in gas sensor
In order to develop a gas sensor with improved gas-diffusing performance, a three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical CdO nanostructure with a novel bio-inspired morphology was reported. The CdO nanostructures which exhibit a profile of natural leaveleaf were synthesized via a solvothermal approach com...
An active valve incorporated into a microchip using a high strain electroactive polymer
Recently, various kinds of microvalves have been developed in the field of micro total analysis systems. Most are pneumatic or piezo electric valves, which require significant space on a microchip and hence make the system complicated. This study reports the use of an electroactive polymer-based ...
Multi-component gas sensing based on slotted photonic crystal waveguide with liquid infiltration
A high sensitive multi-component gas sensing system was proposed, in which the slotted photonic crystal waveguide (SPCW) was used as the gas cell and the fiber Fabry–Perot (FFP) was adopted as the wavelength filter. By choosing the refractive index that infiltrated in the first and second rows ...