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Ionic liquids in separation techniques
Elsevier (2008)The growing interest in ionic liquids (ILs) has resulted in an exponentially increasing production of analytical applications. The potential of ILs in chemistry is related to their unique properties as non-molecular solvents: ... -
Heterometallic Cuboidal Clusters M3M‘Q4 (M = Mo, W; M‘= Sn, Pb, As, Sb; Q = S, Se): From Coordination Compounds to Supramolecular Adducts
American Chemical Society (2008)Reactions of the incomplete cuboidal clusters [M3Q4(acac)3(py)3]+ (M = Mo, W; Q = S, Se) with group 14 and 15 metal complexes with the s2p0 electronic configuration (AsPh3, SbPh3, SbCl3, SbI3, PbI3-, SnCl3-) led to heterometal ... -
Predicting an improvement of secondary catalytic activity of promiscuos isochorismate pyruvate pyase by computational design
American Chemical Society (2008)Improvement of the secondary catalytic activity of promiscuous enzymes can be guided by computational protein engineering. This methodology has been applied to isochorismate pyruvate lyase (IPL) that catalyzes isochorismate ... -
Photoluminescence spectroscopy of trions in quantum dots: A theoretical description
American Physical Society (2008)We present a full configuration-interaction study of the spontaneous recombination of neutral and singly charged excitons trions in semiconductor quantum dots from weak- to strong-coupling regimes. We find that the ... -
Intercalation processes and diffusion paths of lithium ions in spinel-type structured Li1+xTi2O4: density functional theory study
American Physical Society (2008)Intercalation processes and corresponding diffusion paths of Li ions into spinel-type structured Li1+xTi2O4 0 x 0.375 are systematically studied by means of periodic density functional theory calculations for different ... -
Theoretical site-directed mutagenesis. The Asp168Ala mutant of L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
Royal Society (Gran Bretanya) (2008)The reduction of pyruvate to lactate catalyzed by the L-Lactate dehydrogenase has been studied in this paper by means of hybrid Quantum Mechanical / Molecular Mechanical simulations. A very flexible molecular model ... -
Isospin phases of vertically coupled double quantum rings under the influence
American Physical Society (2008)Vertically coupled double quantum rings submitted to a perpendicular magnetic field B are addressed within the local spin-density-functional theory. We describe the structure of quantum ring molecules containing up to 40 ... -
Strain behavior of lanthanum modified BiFeO3 thin films prepoared via soft chemical method
American Institute of Physics (2008)Pure and lanthanum modified BFO LaxBi1−xFeO3, x=0.0, 0.08, 0.15, 0.30 thin films were fabricated on Pt 111 /Ti/SiO2 / Si substrates by the soft chemical method. The effect of La substitution on the structural and ... -
Tuning the tunnel coupling of quantum dot molecules with longitudinal magnetic fields
American Institute of Physics (2008)We show that the energy splitting between the bonding and antibonding molecular states of holes in vertically stacked quantum dots can be tuned using longitudinal magnetic fields. With increasing field, the energy splitting ... -
Towards understanding of magnetic interactions within a series of tetrathiafulvalene- conjugated- verdazyl diradical cation system: a density funtional theory study
Royal Society of Chemistry (2008)The intramolecular magnetic exchange coupling constants (J) for a series of tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) and verdazyl diradical cations connected by a range of p conjugated linkers have been investigated by means of methodology ... -
An electron localization function and catastrophe theory analysis on the molecular mechanism of gas-phase identity SN2 reactions
Springer Verlag (2008)A set of four reactions, XCH3+X− (X=F, Cl, Br) and ClSiH3+Cl−, is investigated by means of the joint use of the electron localization function (ELF) and catastrophe theory (CT) analysis in order to obtain newinsights ... -
Characteristic molecular properties of one-electron double quantum rings under magnetic fields
Institute of Physics (2008)The molecular states of conduction electrons in laterally coupled quantum rings are investigated theoretically. The states are shown to have a distinct magnetic field dependence, which gives rise to periodic fluctuations ... -
Fast determination of toxic diethylene glycol in toothpaste by ultra-performance liquid chromatography–time of flight mass spectrometry
Springer Verlag (2008)A rapid method for determining diethylene glycol (DEG) in toothpaste based on the use of ultraperformance liquid chromatography (UPLC) coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOF-MS) has been developed. The method ... -
Determination of PBDEs in human breast adipose tissues by gas chromatography coupled to triple quadrupole mass spectrometry
Springer Verlag (2008)The potential of gas chromatography / tandem mass spectrometry with triple quadrupole analyzer for determination of 12 polybrominated diphenyl ethers in human breast tissues has been investigated. After extraction with ... -
Coupling of the Guanosine Glycosidic Bond Conformation and the Ribonucleotide Cleavage Reaction: Implications for Barnase Catalysis
Wiley-Blackwell (2008)To examine the possible relationship of guanine-dependent GpA conformations with ribonucleotide cleavage, two potential of mean force (PMF) calculations were performed in aqueous solution. In the first calculation, the ... -
Characterization of the Salinisation Processes in Aquifers Using Boron Isotopes; Application to South-Eastern Spain
Springer Netherlands (2008)Use of δ11B provides a solid tool for discriminating hydrogeochemical processes in complex coastal aquifers. Its efficiency increases markedly when it is applied along with other major or minor constituents. Nevertheless, ... -
Direct quantification of steroid glucuronides in human urine by liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry
Elsevier (2008)A method based on liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for the direct quantification of glucuronides of testosterone (TG), epitestosterone (EPG), androsterone (AG) and etiocholanolone (ETG) has been ... -
Two state reactivity mechanism for the rearrangement of hydrogen peroxynitrite to nitric acid
Elsevier (2008)For the isomerization of HOONO to nitric acid, a spin triplet reactive intermediate <sup>3</sup>HOONO<sup>*</sup> was identified on a two state reactivity (TSR) potential energy surface. This bi-radical is postulated as ... -
Delocalized image surface states in defects free SiO2 hollow nanospheres
American Institute of Physics (2008)Delocalized image surface states in free-standing hollow silica nanospheres populated with one or two electrons or an exciton are theoretically predicted for a wide range of internal radii and shell thicknesses. The ... -
Halogen bonding interactions with the [Mo3S7Cl6]2-cluster anion in the mixed valence salt [EDT-TTFI2]4[Mo3S7Cl6]oCH3CN
Royal Society of Chemistry (2008)Electrocrystallization of iodinated TTF molecules in presence of trinuclear [Mo3S7Cl6]2- cluster anions provides the first example of radical salts with halogen bonding interactions at the organic/inorganic interface