Proteins have proven to be particularly attractive as effective ligands in the synthesis of nano- and subnanoscaled materials because of their multiple chelating and functional groups imparting unique functionalities. However, protein-directed fluorescent metal cluster synthesis is still a challenge but a promising area of research. Here, we report on the synthesis of new water-soluble, stable,...

In a parallel processing system, Multi-stage Interconnection Networks (MINs) play a vital role in making the network reliable and cost effective. The MIN is an important piece of architecture for a multiprocessor system, and it has a good impact in the field of communication. Optical Multi-stage Interconnection Networks (OMINs) are the advanced version of MINs. The main problem with OMINs is cr...

dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (dbsa) was used as an efficient, cheap and stable brønsted catalyst for acetylation of alcohols and phenols and formylation of alcohols under solvent-free conditions. various primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols were acetylated with acetic anhydride as an acetylating agent under solvent-free conditions in the presence of catalytic amount of dbsa at room temperatu...

Three sulphonic acid-doped polyanilines were synthesized through chemical oxidation at low temperature (0-5 C) and potential of these polymers as sensing agent for O2 gas detection in terms of fluorescence quenching was studied. Sulphuric acid, dodecylbenzene sulphonic acid (DBSA) and camphor sulphonic acid (CSA) were used as doping agents. All polymers obtained were dark green powder. Polymers...

In this study, energy-efficient deterministic adaptive beamforming algorithms are proposed for distributed sensor/relay networks. Specifically, DBSA, D-QESA, D-QESA-E, and a hybrid algorithm, hybrid-QESA, that combines the benefits of both deterministic and random adaptive beamforming algorithms, are proposed. Rigorous convergence analyses are provided for all our proposed algorithms and conver...

a new and efficient method has been developed for the synthesis of 4-aryl-7-benzylidene-1,3,4,5,6,7-hexahydro-2h-cyclopenta[d]pyrimidin-2-ones through biginelli-like reaction of cyclopentanone, with urea/thiourea and aromatic aldehyde employing p-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (dbsa) as a recyclable catalyst under solvent-free condition. the recovered catalyst was recycled for further runs. the pr...

polydimethylsiloxane (pdms) has been synthesized by ring-opening polymerization of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (d4) in microemulsion with acidic catalyst. the structure and properties of microemulsion were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (tem), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ft-ir), photo correlation spectroscopy (pcs). the effect of the variation in ph value, amoun...

FOREWORD That a healthy environment is intrinsic to sustainable development is now generally accepted. However moving beyond mere recognition is more difficult. This includes understanding the dynamics, and myriad environmental, economic and social relationships. Greater insight into the interactions between the macro economy and the environment is critical. To address the last mentioned this p...