Dynamics of photochromism have been studied in anil compounds using femtosecond transient absorption and picosecond fluorescence spectroscopies. The experimental observations were compared with the theoretical results obtained Ž . from AM1–SCF calculations. Excited-state intramolecular proton transfer ESIPT and photochromic reaction were found to occur from the S state, whereas normal fluoresce...

Gonococci, grown on agar, frequently give rise to opaque colonies. This opacity phenotype is associated with the presence of one or more outer membrane proteins of approximately 28,000 mol weight. These proteins are included within a class of proteins named proteins II. A method is described to isolate and purify the opacity-associated proteins from Neisseria gonorrhoeae. This method uses high ...

Surface resistance to nonspecific protein adsorption, cell/bacterial adhesion, and biofilm formation is critical for the development and performance of biomedical and analytical devices. Significant needs and efforts have been made in the development of biocompatible and bioactive materials for antifouling surfaces, but much of the work retains an empirical flavor due to the complexity of exper...

The anionic malonate-derived N-heterocyclic carbenes (maloNHCs) react cleanly and rapidly with copper chloride to generate the anionic complexes of type [(maloNHC)CuCl]·Li, which crystallize in the solid state either in an oligomeric trimer arrangement or in polymeric helixes depending on the substitution pattern and the solvent. Ten zwitterionic heteroleptic Cu(I) complexes combining the anion...

Zwitterionic and canonical isomers of a novel quinonoid species were studied using second-order Møller–Plesset perturbation theory with 6-31+G**+5(sp)4d basis sets. An experimental report on the zwitterion being the most stable isomer was confirmed. In particular, the zwitterionic isomer is lower than the lowest canonical tautomer by 1.42 kcal/ mol. Binding an electron to all isomers studied wa...

A zwitterionic additive is used to improve the performance of electrokinetic micropumps (EK pumps), which use voltage applied across a porous matrix to generate electroosmotic pressure and flow in microfluidic systems. Modeling of EK pump systems predicts that the additive, trimethylammoniopropane sulfonate (TMAPS), will result in up to a 3.3-fold increase in pumping efficiency and up to a 2.5-...