Compound behavior such as adsorption with soil and mobility in rice plants of 2-tertbutylimino-3-isopropyl-5-phenyl-3, 4, 5, 6-tetrahydro-2H-1, 3, 5-thiadiazin-4-one (buprof ezin) and 3'-isopropoxy-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzanilide(flutolanil) were determined and compared with results reported previously for a set of fungicidal compounds. Highly hydrophobic buprofezin was strongly adsorbed with th...

We explore the application of organofunctional silanes for bonding plastic substrates to PDMS membranes. Such devices would enable actuated membrane microfluidics in plastic devices. Bond strength degradation in aqueous environments can be reduced by using bis-silanes with larger alkoxy end groups to promote organofunctional bond formation with the plastic substrate. Hydrolytic failure can also...

1 Cristiano Antonelli acknowledges the funding of the European Union Directorate for Research, within the context of the Integrated Project EURODITE (Regional Trajectories to the Knowledge Economy: A Dynamic Model) Contract nr° 006187 (CIT3), in progress at the Fondazione Rosselli. Morris Teubal acknowledges the funding and support of ICER (International Center for Economic Research) where he w...

Macrocyclic complexes of co(III) of the type, CoCy1-2B’X where Cy1 represents themacrocyclic ligand 1,8-dichloro-2,7,9,14-tetraoxa-1,1,8,8-tetraisopropoxy4,5,11,12-tetramethyl-1,3,6,10,13tetraaza, cyclotetradeca-3,5,10,12tetrene[boimacylene(14)] and cy2-represents the macrocyclic ligand 1,8-dibora2,7,9,14-tetraoxa -1,1,8,8-tetraisopropoxy 4,5,11,12-tetraphenyl-1,3,6,10,13Tetraazacyclotetradeca-...