Cadmium sulfide uniform fine particles have been synthesized in soft conditions, at room temperature, using cadmium complex compounds and thioacetamide. The microstructure and morphology of cadmium sulfide were characterized by X ray Diffraction, Transmission Electron Microscopy, High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy, and Selected Area Electron Diffraction. The optical properties of ...

The present study demonstrates an economical and environmental affable approach for the synthesis of "protein-capped" silver nanoparticles in aqueous solvent system. A variety of standard techniques viz. UV-visible spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements were employed to characterize the shape, size and ...

Background : Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a wide, direct band gap II-VI oxide semiconductor. ZnO has large exciton binding energy at room temperature, and it is a good host material for obtaining visible and infrared emission of various rare-earth ions. Methods : Europium oxide (Eu2O3) doped ZnO films are prepared on quartz substrate using radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering with doping concentrat...

A silver-acrylate nanocomposite was prepared using a novel one-pot strategy involving eosin dye as visible sensitizer and an amine derivative as radicals source. The mechanism highlighted by steady state photolysis and time resolved absorption spectroscopy lies on the initial formation of a strong ion pair complex between eosin and Ag + . Upon visible irradiation, the excited triplet state of t...

The protonation state of the deazaflavin dependent nitroreductase (Ddn) enzyme bound cofactor F420 was investigated using UV-visible spectroscopy and computational simulations. The reduced cofactor F420H2 was determined to be present in its deprotonated state in the holoenzyme form. The mechanistic implications of these findings are discussed.

A dissymmetric TTF-type electron donor, cyanobenzene-ethylenedithio-tetrathiafulvalene (CNB-EDT-TTF), was obtained in high yield, by a cross-coupling reaction with triethyl phosphite between 2-thioxobenzo[d][1,3]dithiole-5-carbonitrile and 5,6-dihydro-[1,3]dithiolo[4,5-b][1,4]dithiin-2-one. This new donor was characterized namely by single crystal X-ray diffraction, cyclic voltammetry, NMR, UV-...

Ultraviolet Visible Near-Infra red (UV-Vis-NIR) spectroscopy is useful to characterize the absorption, transmission, and reflectivity of a variety of technologically important materials, such as pigments, coatings, windows, and filters. This more qualitative application usually requires recording at least a portion of the spectrum for characterization of the optical or electronic properties of ...

In our work, we compared the performance of two calix [8] arenes, p-tert-butyl-calix [8] arenetétracétone and p-tert-butyl-calix [8] arene-tetraester for cadmium detection in an aqueous medium. Both sensors were characterized by two electrochemically methods, impedance spectroscopy to evaluate the behavior of the sensitive membrane relative to the cation to be detected and cyclic voltammetry to...

The addition of silicon to hydrogenated amorphous carbon can have the advantageous effect of lowering the compressive stress, improving the thermal stability of its hydrogen, and maintaining a low friction coefficient up to high humidity. Most experiments to date have been on hydrogenated amorphous carbon–silicon alloys (a-C12xSix :H) deposited by rf plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. T...

Graphene nanoplatelets are shown to electrocatalyse the oxidation of dopamine. Single entity measurements ('nano-impacts') coupled with microdisc voltammetry and UV-visible spectroscopy reveal that adsorption of dopamine and its oxidised product on the graphene nanoplatelets is the key factor causing the observed catalysis. Genetic implications are drawn both for the study of catalysts in gener...