The synthesis of two new thiocyanate free Ru(II) complexes with different pyrid-2-yl tetrazolate ligands is reported, along with their electrochemical, spectroscopic and theoretical characterization. The corresponding dye-sensitized solar cell devices were prepared, leading to 3.4% conversion efficiency, promising data, considering the simplicity of the ligands and the high chemical stability o...

First, Schiff base iminopyridine ligand has been prepared by the condensation between primary amine, dimethylaniline and active carbonyl group of pyridine carboxaldehyde, then related complexes were synthesized in methanol solution. The ligand and metal complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, UV, IR, 1 H NMR and 13CNMR spectroscopy. The spectroscopic data of metal complexes ind...

First, Schiff base iminopyridine ligands has been prepared by the condensation between primaryamines, different substituted anilines and active carbonyl group of pyridine carboxaldehyde, thenthe complexes [diiodo (3-ethylphenyl) pyridine-2-yl methylene amine] mercury(II), complex a,[dibromo (2,5-dimethylphenyl) pyridine-2-yl methylene amine] mercury(II) complex b, and[dinitrato bis-(2,6-dimethy...

We prove a reformulation of the multiplicity upper bound conjecture and use that reformulation to prove it for three-dimensional simplicial complexes and homology manifolds with many vertices. We provide necessary conditions for a Cohen-Macaulay complex with many vertices to have a pure minimal free resolution and a characterization of flag complexes whose minimal free resolution is pure.

Despite considerable interest and investigations on cationic lipid-DNA complexes, reports on lipid-RNA interaction are very limited. In contrast to lipid-DNA complexes where lipid binding induces partial B to A and B to C conformational changes, lipid-tRNA complexation preserves tRNA folded state. This study is the first attempt to investigate the binding of cationic lipid with transfer RNA and...

A series of six new aluminum(III) complexes with o-metalated arylimine ligands [o-C6H4(CH]NR') (R' 1⁄4 2,6-iPr2C6H3, 2,6-Me2C6H3)] have been synthesized from the reactions of R2AlCl (R 1⁄4Me, Et) with oC6H4(CH]NR')Li (R' 1⁄4 2,6-iPr2C6H3, 2,6-Me2C6H3, t-Bu) in pentane. The complexes all have 4 coordinate pseudo-tetrahedral aluminum centers ligated by two alkyl groups and one bidentate ligand mo...

In Drosophila oocytes and neuroblasts, the double-stranded RNA binding protein Staufen assembles into ribonucleoprotein particles, which mediate cytoplasmic mRNA trafficking and translation. Two different mammalian orthologues also appear to reside in distinct RNA-containing particles. To date, relatively little is known about the molecular composition of Staufen-containing ribonucleoprotein co...

Let V be a finite set, called the vertex set, and let .1 be a simplicial complex on V. Thus .1 is a collection of subsets of V such that (i) {x} EL1 for any x E V, and (ii) a E .1, 'r c a imply 'r E L1. An element a of .1 is called an i-face if #( a) = i + 1. Here, #( a) is the cardinality of a as a set. The positive integer dim .1: = max{ #( a) 1; a E L1} is called the dimension of .1. Let v =...

Tetraspanins (or proteins from the transmembrane 4 superfamily, TM4SF) form membrane complexes with integrin receptors and are implicated in integrin-mediated cell migration. Here we characterized cellular localization, structural composition, and signaling properties of alpha3beta1-TM4SF adhesion complexes. Double-immunofluorescence staining showed that various TM4SF proteins, including CD9, C...

formation of the molecular complexes between meso-tetraphenylporphyrin (tpp) and the p-acceptors 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanobenzoquinone (ddq) and tetracyanothylene (tcne) in chloroform solution was investigated spectrophotometrically. the formation constants of the resulting 1:1 molecular complexes were determined using the benesi-hildebrand and nash methods. the tpp-ddq proved to be more stable ...