We present a new efficient two-step method to covalently functionalize hydride terminated silicon nanocrystals with nucleophiles. First a reactive chlorosilane layer was formed via diazonium salt initiated hydrosilylation of chlorodimethyl(vinyl)silane which was then reacted with alcohols, silanols and organolithium reagents. With organolithium compounds a side reaction is observed in which a d...

Planets such as 55 Cancri e orbiting stars with a high carbon-to-oxygen ratio are considered to consist primarily of silicon and carbon, with successive layers of carbon, silicon carbide and iron. The behaviour of silicon-carbon materials at planetary interior pressures at the extreme pressures prevalent in planetary interiors, however, has not yet been sufficiently understood. In this work we ...

To explore the prospect of molecules involving silicon-silicon multiple bonds as nonlinear optical molecular systems, the relationship between the structure and the second hyperpolarizabilities γ of the oligomeric systems composed of carbon and silicon π-structures is investigated using the density functional theory method. It is found that these compounds indicate intramolecular charge transfe...

    Fibrates, as hypolipidemic drugs known as agonists of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, diminish inflammatory responses. Studies have shown that incorporation of a silicon atom into a drug structure improves its pharmacological potency, modifies its selectivity toward a given target, or changes its metabolic rate, in addition to increasing the lipophilicity of the compounds. A si...

The aim of this study was to compare the solubility of selected volatile organic compounds in water and silicon oil using the simple static headspace method. The experimental design allowed equilibrium achievement within 30 – 60 minutes. Infinite dilution activity coefficients and Henry’s law constants for various organics representing esters, ketones, alkanes, aromatics, cycloalkanes and amine...

A commercial flame ionization detector was converted to a gas chromatographic detector selective for silicon-containing compounds by simply interchanging the oxygen and hydrogen inlets so that the flame burned in a hydrogen atmosphere. The optimal configuration of various detector geometries was found to be a narrow cylindrical tube with the collector electrode positioned more than 10 cm from t...

The presence of metals and metalloids in petrochemical products can infl uence the performance of engines, and contribute to shortening the lifetime of the machinery. In addition, some elements act as catalyst poison, contributing to increases in the amount of toxic gases and particulate matter emitted by vehicles. Silicon compounds such as siloxanes, for example, are added to diesel as anti-fo...

    Fibrates, as hypolipidemic drugs known as agonists of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, diminish inflammatory responses. Studies have shown that incorporation of a silicon atom into a drug structure improves its pharmacological potency, modifies its selectivity toward a given target, or changes its metabolic rate, in addition to increasing the lipophilicity of the compounds. A si...

The use of silicon nanoparticles for laser desorption/ionization (LDI) is a new appealing matrix-less approach for the selective and sensitive mass spectrometry of small molecules in MALDI instruments. Chemically modified silicon nanoparticles (30nm) were previously found to require very low laser fluence in order to induce efficient LDI, which raised the question of internal energy deposition ...