Chemicals: Thallium (I) nitrate (TlNO3, 99.9%), tetrabutylammonium iodide (TBAI, 99%), tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBABr, 98%), 1-octadecene (ODE, tech. 90%), oleylamine (OLA, tech. 70%), oleic acid (OA, tech. 90%), potassium bromide (KBr, 99%) and fluorescein sodium salt (98.5-100.5%) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. Hexane (98%), toluene (99.5%), 1-butanol (99.5%) and acetonitrile (99.8%) w...

On 12 May 1857, Edward Sieveking read a paper on epilepsy to the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society in London. During the discussion that followed Sir Charles Locock, obstetrician to Queen Victoria, was reported to have commented that during the past 14 months he had used potassium bromide to successfully stop epileptic seizures in all but one of 14 or 15 women with 'hysterical' or catamenia...

heard of its being given, though very likely others have tried it, and its effects were, i may say, so startling that I ask you to publish the case. I was consulted recently by an English gentleman on account of that very troublesome affection, writer's spasm, from which he had been suffering for 9 months. He was in good general health, but the spasm of his right hand was so bad whenever be hel...

Experimental section Materials Cetyltr imethyl ammonium bromide (C16TAB), tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), Fe3O4 NPs (ca. 20 nm) and 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) were obtained from Aladdin. Titanium potassium oxalate (K2TiO(C2O4)2·2H2O), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2, 30%) and potassium ferricyanide were purchased from Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd. Potassium ferrate (K2FeO4), 3-aminopr...