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Hiroyasu Tamura, Yoshihiro Shinohara, Tatsuo Arai
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
129-131
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Photoresponsive stilbenes with imidazolium cation directly attached to the para-position of the phenyl ring were prepared and their properties were examined. Although the cis isomer was liquid at room temperature and practically gave no fluorescence, the trans isomer was solid and gave fluorescence emission with quantum yield as high as ca. 0.2. Furthermore photoisomerization from pure cis isomer in the liquid state to trans isomer in the solid state was observed.
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Qingquan Wei, Tianxin Wei, Xiaoguang Wu
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
132-133
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An ultrasensitive and highly selective testosterone detection method by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) combined with molecularly imprinted films (MIFs) was developed. The coupling angle shifts were highly selective to testosterone and showed a linear relationship to the logarithmic concentrations (from 10
−15 to 10
−10 mol L
−1) of the testosterone in the acetonitrile. The selectivity of the thin testosterone-imprinted films was examined by 10
−4 mol L
−1 progesterone acetonitrile solution, no observable binding was detected.
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Osamu Hayashida, Tomomi Nakashima
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
134-135
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Water-soluble cyclophane dimer was synthesized by Fmoc-chemistry of cyclophane-tethered Fmoc-lysine derivative, as a multivalent host. The host showed enhanced guest binding affinity relative to that by monocyclic cyclophane, as confirmed by fluorescence spectroscopy as well as surface plasmon resonance measurements.
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Yoshimune Nonomura, Takehide Ikeda, Masataka Sugimoto, Takashi Taniguc ...
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
136-137
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Microbowls, which are hollow particles with holes on their surfaces, stabilize air-in-water-type foams and water-in-air-type powders in particle/air/water ternary systems. We found a particle-dispersed state between the foam state and the powder state. Interestingly, the mixture in this new state displayed remarkable dilatational behavior, preventing the formation of foams and water droplets.
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Li Wang, Qing-Ping Gong, Xiao-Jun Liu, Yong-Hong Li, Ping Huang, Bi-Qi ...
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
138-139
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A convenient organocatalytic process for the chemoselective synthesis of substituted cyclohex-2-enones was developed. The cascade reaction involves a remarkable Michael addition of an acyclic ketone-based enamine onto unmodified enones. The enamine-mediated aldol–Robinson cascade reactions of aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes with acetone produced substituted cyclohex-2-enones in moderate to high yields under mild reaction conditions.
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Bingfu Lei, Ken-ichi Machida, Takashi Horikawa, Hiromasa Hanzawa
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
140-141
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Eu
2+ ion-doped oxynitride phosphor, (Sr
0.5Ba
0.5)Si
2O
2N
2:Eu
2+, was prepared by solid-state reaction using metal alloy as precursor. Owing to the relatively high activity of the metal alloy precursor compared with the inert Si
3N
4, a single phase of solid solution phosphor (Sr
0.5Ba
0.5)Si
2O
2N
2:Eu
2+ was easily obtained at 1400 °C under atmospheric pressure. It showed a broad excitation band originating from the 4f
7 → 4f
65d transition of Eu
2+ ion, extending to 520 nm, and centering at 460 nm and a strong emission band peaking at 565 nm. The high emission and small thermal quenching allow this material to be used for phosphor-converted white LEDs.
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Toshiki Sawada, Naoto Shirakawa, Yu Hirai, Mineo Hashizume, Mamoru Aiz ...
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
142-143
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The reduction of tetrachloroaurate(III) ions (AuCl
4−) with 2-[4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazinyl]ethanesulfonic acid (HEPES) was used to detect protein kinase A activity. The phosphorylation of substrate peptides was identified by changes in the solution colors resulting from the aggregation of synthesized gold nanoparticles in HEPES buffer.
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Naomi Hashimoto, Naoki Nishida, Haruno Murayama, Hideki Tanaka
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
144-146
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We demonstrate that gas-born nanoparticles can be transported into solution successfully. Our results show that Ag nanoparticles produced in gas phase are introduced into poly(vinylpyrrolidone) solution without structural changes such as nanoparticle aggregation. It is also shown that Ag nanoparticles in solution show surface plasmon resonance, suggesting that the optical properties of nanoparticles are not impaired by the transport from gas to liquid.
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Isamu Shiina, Keisuke Ono, Kenya Nakata
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
147-149
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A variety of optically active 1-heteroarylalkanols and their esters, which include heteroaromatic moieties, such as 2-furyl, 2-thienyl, 3-thienyl, 2-thiazoyl, 2-benzothiazoyl, and 2-benzoxazoyl groups, are efficiently produced by a novel asymmetric esterification. The transition states that form the desired (
R)-esters from the (
R)-1-heteroarylalkanols are determined by DFT calculations, and the structural features of these transition states are systematically discussed.
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Atsushi Takagaki, Akihiro Tsuji, Shun Nishimura, Kohki Ebitani
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
150-152
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Hydrotalcite-supported gold nanoparticles (Au/HT) were synthesized by deposition–precipitation using NH
3 and successive calcination at various temperatures. Gold nanoparticles of less than 5 nm with narrow size distribution were deposited onto hydrotalcite surfaces, which were determined by TEM measurements. Au L
III-edge XANES spectra clearly indicated that calcination at temperatures higher than 373 K leads to the generation of metallic Au which is the catalytically active site for selective glycerol oxidation to glycolic acid in water with molecular oxygen under mild reaction conditions.
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Cheng Sun, Dongmei Sheng
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
153-155
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Monodisperse hollow polyaniline nanospheres with controlled surface smoothness were synthesized by in situ polymerization of aniline monomers adsorbed on a carboxyl-functionalized polystyrene surface through electrostatic interactions.
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Kake Zhu, Weiming Hua, Xingyi Wang
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
156-158
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NiO nanosheet with high-energy (111) polar surface was prepared in high yield under mild conditions using nickel acetate tetrahydrate as starting material via thermal decomposition of intermediate Ni(OH)(OCH
3). The NiO(111) nanosheet is far more active than conventional NiO for ethylbenzene dehydrogenation.
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Wei Ma, Jungeun Kim, Hideyuki Otsuka, Atsushi Takahara
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
159-161
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Synthetic imogolite surface was modified with alkyl phosphate by covalent bonding from an aqueous solution, and the individual imogolite tubes with a hydrophobic external surface were directly observed with transmission electron microscopy.
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Nobuya Sakai, Norimichi Kawashima, Takurou N. Murakami
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
162-164
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In this study, photoelectrodes composed of a porous layer of 100-nm ZnO particles are fabricated for use in dye-sensitized solar cells. The electrodes are immersed in an aqueous TiCl
4 solution to coat them with a thin layer of TiO
2 for preparation of ZnO–TiO
2 core–shell electrodes. This simple treatment drastically improves the cell performance, resulting in the highest obtained efficiency of 3.91%. This efficiency is higher than that of 100-nm TiO
2 particle cells.
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Md. Ashaduzzaman, Shuhei Kai, Shinobu Uemura, Masashi Kunitake
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
165-167
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The thermoresponsive dispersion properties of triarm-shaped diblock copolymers of thermoresponsive poly(
N-isopropylacrylamide) {poly(NIPAAm)} as a core unit and poly(
N-hydroxyethylacrylamide) {poly(HEAAm)} as a hydrophilic outer shell were investigated. The core and the outer shell were synthesized by atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The block polymer was completely dissolved in water up to 10
−6 M with no turbidity even above lower critical solution temperature (LCST). Above the LCST (ca. 33.6 °C) polymer aggregates, in which the NIPAAm moiety was shrunk and formed a hydrophobic core, were monitored by dynamic light scattering measurements, while no signal was observed below the LCST. The size of globular aggregates with diameter in the range 35 to 170 nm was kinetically controlled by incubation in the transition-temperature region near the LCST. The size was stable above that temperature region.
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Seizo Sato, Fumie Iwata, Jiro Takeo, Hiroyuki Kawahara, Makoto Kuramot ...
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
186-187
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A new cytotoxic imidazole alkaloid, stellettazole D, containing norsesquiterpene and aminopropylimidazolium units, has been isolated from the marine sponge
Jaspis duoaster. The structure of stellettazole D was assigned on the basis of NMR, mass spectrometry, and IR spectral data. Stellettazole D has moderate cytotoxicity against a limited number of tumor cells.
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Srung Smanmoo, Weerachai Nasomphan, Pramuan Tangboriboonrat
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
188-190
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Isothiocyanatoluminol (ITL) was successfully synthesized from the reaction between luminol and thiophosgene in the presence of triethylamine. The optimized conditions were extended for the preparation of isothiocyanatoisoluminol (ITIL) and phenyl isothiocyanate (PI). The chemiluminescence (CL) of ITL was comparable to luminol. ITL was used as a CL labeling reagent for amino acid and bovine serum albumin (BSA) in which the –NH
2 terminus of amino acid residue present in BSA acts as the labeling site.
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Hideki Kido, Kazutaka Fujita, Koichi Osaki, Tatsunari Sakurai, Akihisa ...
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
191-193
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Spiral patterns that have concave and convex surfaces were discovered on a bulk metallic glass (BMG), Zr
55Cu
30Al
10Ni
5 atom % alloy after electropolishing under certain conditions. The observed spiral pattern had a wavelength of 2.4 µm and peaks that were 0.19 µm high. Electropolishing produces smooth metal and alloy surfaces. These patterns depend on the spatiotemporal properties during electropolishing.
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Masashi Ohmae, Kazuhiro Kurosaki, Akira Makino, Shiro Kobayashi
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
194-195
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A chitin derivative with an alternating
N-phthaloyl group was prepared via chitinase-catalyzed polymerization. A chitobiose oxazoline derivative with a
N-phthaloyl group at the C2′ position was designed as a transition-state-analog substrate monomer for chitinase belonging to the glycoside hydrolase family 18. The monomer was successfully polymerized by the enzyme catalysis, providing the corresponding chitin derivative. This implies that the recognition at the C2 position of the substrate by the family 18 chitinase in the −2 and +1 subsites is quite loose.
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Eiko Mieda, Takahiro Sasamori, Shohei Sase, Kei Goto, Norihiro Tokitoh
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
196-197
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We report here the attempted synthesis of a stable 1-fluoro-2-hydrosilene bearing a Bpq group, which is a bulky aryl group bearing a cavity-shaped framework. We have successfully synthesized an overcrowded benzyldifluorosilane as a precursor. Treatment of the benzyldifluorosilane with 2 equiv of
t-BuOK in THF afforded the corresponding benzyl anion, the structure of which showed a unique feature as a fluorosilene–KF complex.
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Kohtaro Kirimura, Satomi Yanaso, Sachiyo Kosaka, Keiko Koyama, Takasum ...
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
206-208
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A reversible salicylic acid decarboxylase (Sdc), found in the yeast
Trichosporon moniliiforme WU-0401, is applicable for the production of
p-aminosalicylic acid (PAS) from
m-aminophenol (
m-AP). For the high-yield production of PAS, used as an antituberculous agent, we developed F195Y, a genetically engineered Sdc mutant. We succeeded in selectively producing PAS from
m-AP through an enzymatic Kolbe–Schmitt reaction in aqueous solution by using recombinant
Escherichia coli cells expressing the gene encoding F195Y. We found that 70 mM PAS was produced at 30 °C in 15 h with a conversion yield of 70% (mol/mol).
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Atsushi Okada, Satoshi Kikuchi, Tohru Yamada
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
209-211
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The alternating copolymerization of propylene oxide/alkylene oxide and carbon dioxide has been developed with randomly incorporated poly(propylene carbonate) and poly(alkylene carbonate) units. The ratio-controlled incorporation of the poly(alkylene carbonate) units could improve the thermal properties, such as the glass-transition temperature and thermal degradation temperature, of the obtained polycarbonates.
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Norihisa Fukaya, Shun-ya Onozawa, Masae Ueda, Takayuki Miyaji, Yukio T ...
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
212-214
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The tripodal linker unit with one bromopropyl group and three anchoring silicon atoms was used to immobilize a chiral phosphine–rhodium complex catalyst on an ordered mesoporous silica support. The rhodium and phosphorus leaching levels into the reaction solution after asymmetric hydrogenation were lower for this catalyst than for immobilized catalysts prepared using conventional triethoxysilane.
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Kazuyuki Maeda, Haruna Hatasawa, Kanako Kawawa, Naoko Nagayoshi, Yuta ...
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
215-217
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Zinc 1,3,5-benzenetriphosphonates (ZBP) prepared in the presence of organic cations contain unique layers composed of inorganic 1D chains bridged with benzene rings. ZBP showed intercalation and cation-exchange properties while retaining the layer structure, resembling layered metal phosphates rather than conventional layered phosphonates.
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Masaru Mukai, Masaru Aoyagi, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Masumi Asakawa, Tosh ...
2011 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages
218-220
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A novel metal-complexed organic nanotube (M–ONT) having an inner diameter below 10 nm was readily prepared from simple
N-acyl-
L-phenylalanine and nickel(II) ion.
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