Major advances in microscopy have revolutionized our view of the cell, allowing us to see what was previously not visible, now with unprecedented resolution. This would not be possible without an impressive portfolio of bright, modular, and photostable fluorescent dyes. Among these are xanthene-based dyes which includes fluorescein, a versatile FDA-approved reagent first synthesized more than a...

Porous Silicon (PS) layers have been prepared from p-type silicon wafers of (100) orientation. SEM, XRD, FTIR and PL studies were done to characterize the surface morphological and optical properties of PS. The porosity of the PS samples was determined using the parameters obtained from SEM images by geometric method. The refractive index values of the PS samples as a function of poros...

Silicon nanoparticles are the focus of attention thanks to their potentialities in advanced applications such as new batteries, photovoltaic cells and so on. The need to porous silicon is thus rising and will follow the same trend. In this work, highly porous nanostructured silicon is synthesized via Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) route. Microstructural and phase analyses sho...

The effect of monochloro and dichloro substitution into the ethyl portion on the pyrolysis of ethyl vinyl ether has been studied. This involved four possible monosubstituted derivatives and six disubstituted derivatives. For the monochloro derivatives, B- chloro substitution enhanced the rate constant while a- chloro substitution depressed it noticeably. For the dichloro derivatives, substi...

unique status among methods for the construction of carbon– carbon bonds. The well-established Stille–Migita–Kosugi coupling of organostannanes and the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of organoboron compounds are two reactions that, until recently, have been the “gold-standard” among various palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions. Their wide use and extraordinary synthetic utility have provided the imp...

the sunflower caterpillar chlosyne lacinia saundersii (lepidoptera: nymphalidae) is considered a major pest in sunflower, causing severe defoliation and, thus, threatening production of oilseed. chemical control remains the most widely used method for the management of this defoliator. to manage insect pests, there is a need to use substances of low toxicity that are able to stimulate the plant...

We design, characterize, and apply a novel optoelectrophysiological setup for a fundus-controlled silent substitution technique that accounts for interindividual variability in retina morphology and simultaneously monitors the stimulation site under investigation. We connect a digital color liquid crystal on silicon projector, an electron-multiplying imager, and a light-emitting diode to a fund...

This paper investigates axial compression process of multi-layered tubes with circular cross-section under the axial loading in the quasi-static condition using experimental method. Some specimens are prepared in seven different groups, namely; empty carbon/epoxy composite tubes, solid carbon/epoxy composite rods, empty copper tubes, composite tubes with silicon sealant filler, concentrically s...