A mononuclear as well as dinuclear Dy(III) complexes of general formula [Dy(hmb)(NO(3))(2)(DMF)(2)] (1) and [Dy(2)(hmt)(NO(3))(4)(DMF)(4)]·DMF (2), where Hhmb: (N'-(2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylidene)benzohydrazide and H(2)hmt: (N(1),N(4))-N'(1),N'(4)-bis(2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylidene)terephthalohydrazide were obtained using a synthetic strategy involving a polytopic Schiff base ligand. Single-cry...

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a non-invasive brain stimulation technique, modulates neuronal excitability by the application of a small electrical current. The low cost and ease of the technique has driven interest in potential clinical applications. However, outcomes are highly sensitive to stimulation parameters, leading to difficulty maximizing the technique's effectiveness...

So far, pentazocine iontophoresis has never been studied, although pentazocine is widely used in pain management. The purpose of this study was to determine whether pentazocine transportation through a cellophane membrane could be enhanced using square-wave alternating current (AC) iontophoresis with an adjusted duty cycle and dependence on the voltage and the duty cycle. Voltages of 10, 25 and...

The iron-57 Mössbauer spectra of the linear, two-coordinate complexes, [K(crypt-222)][Fe(C(SiMe3)3)2], 1, and Fe(C(SiMe3)3)2, 2, were measured between 5 and 295 K under zero applied direct current (dc) field. These spectra were analyzed with a relaxation profile that models the relaxation of the hyperfine field associated with the inversion of the iron cation spin. Because of the lifetime of th...

Interactions of polyadenylic acid with the mercury electrode were followed by means of direct current (d.c.), alternating current (a.c.), and pulse polarography. It was ascertained that the electrode reaction of polyadenylic acid did not differ significantly from the reaction of its monomeric components. In contrary to the latter reaction, the polarographic reduction of poly­ adenylic acid take...

For the fabrication of metallic nanowires, nanoporous templates are produced by irradiating polymeric foils at the UNILAC facility. After chemical etching of the ioninduced damage tracks, the cylindrical pores of the template are filled with metals by electrodeposition. The resulting nanowires have high aspect ratios (diameter a few ten nm, length a few ten μm). Here, we investigate the texture...

In practice, direct current (DC) is used in an electrocoagulation processes. In this case, an impermeable oxide layer may form on the cathode as well as corrosion formation on the anode due to oxidation. This prevents the effective current transfer between the anode and cathode, so the efficiency of electrocoagulation processes declines. These disadvantages of DC have been diminished by adoptin...

Here, we report the synthesis of lead-free single-crystalline two-dimensional (2D) vanadium(V)-doped ZnO nanosheets (NSs) and their application for high-performance flexible direct current (DC) power piezoelectric nanogenerators (NGs). The vertically aligned ZnO nanorods (NRs) converted to NS networks by V doping. Piezoresponse force microscopy studies reveal that vertical V-doped ZnO NS exhibi...

This paper presents a large-scale assembly method to deposit discrete multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) across gaps present in an electrode array. A parametric study showed that MWCNTs dispersed in a liquid could be deposited to individually span gaps by combining an alternating current (ac) and a direct current (dc) electric field in a given ratio; it was shown that the ac field (5 MHz) se...

A simple and highly sensitive voltammetric method was developed for the determination of benazepril (I) and ramipril (II). The compounds were treated with nitrous acid, and the cathodic current produced by the resulting nitroso derivatives was measured. The voltammetric behavior was studied by adopting direct current (DCt), differential pulse (DPP), and alternating current (ACt) polarography. B...