This paper describes a study of excited-state properties of naphthalimide (NI) and four 4-substituted derivatives: 4-chloronaphthalimide (Cl-NI), 4-methylthionaphthalimide (MeS-NI), 4-nitronaphthalimide (O(2)N-NI), and 4-(N,N-dimethylaminonaphthalimide (Me(2)N-NI). Steady-state absorption and fluorescence spectra were collected in solvents of varying polarity to determine the excited-state char...

Non-stoichiometric nickel–copper manganites Ni Cu Mn h O were synthesized by thermal decomposition of x y 32x2y 3d / 4 41d mixed Ni Cu Mn C O , nH O oxalates in air at low temperature (623–673 K). X-ray diffraction showed that, x / 3 y / 3 (32x2y) / 3 2 4 2 for a nickel content x $ 0.1, the oxalates precipitated presented a mixed crystal structure up to a limit value of copper Ni extent, wherea...

We have analyzed the effects of immersion gold (i-Au) and electroless nickel (e-Ni) thickness, on the reliability of a semiconductor device which has special constraints on the absolute Ni and Au layer thickness. The electrochemical reactions involved in the deposition of immersion Au over Ni involves a substitution process by which Ni atoms are replaced by Au atoms. We demonstrate that in some...

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with a nickel (Ni)-doped indium tin oxide (ITO) anode were fabricated. The Ni-doped ITO anode was prepared using sputter deposition of Ni–ITO single targets consisting of 1, 3 and 5 wt% of nickel. Turn-on voltage of OLED devices with the Ni-doped ITO anode was reduced by 2.5, 4 and 3.8 V for 1, 3 and 5 wt% targets, respectively. Half-luminance lifetime was ...

The relationship between oxidative stress and carcinogenic metals including nickel and cadmium is a matter of interest. To assess the oxidative stress status of workers exposed to nickel and cadmium simultaneously, we determined urinary excretion of 8-hydroxyguanine (8-OH-Gua), a urinary oxidative stress marker. Our subjects were 66 (64 males and 2 females) nickel-cadmium battery workers. Spot ...

The title complex, [Ni(C(10)H(10)N(6))(2)][Ni(CN)(4)]·2H(2)O, contains an octa-hedral nickel(II) cation and a square-planar nickel(II) anion. Both the cation and the anion reside on a crystallographic center of inversion. The Ni(II) center in the cation is coordinated by six pyrazol-1-yl rings of two chelating tripyrazol-1-ylmethane [HC(pz)(3)] ligands, with Ni-N distances that range between 2....

Hydrogenase [hydrogenase: (acceptor) oxidoreductase, EC 1.12. . -1 is present in many bacteria. It is one of the enzymes having potential use in the biophotolysis of water (Weaver et al.. 1980). When we began our research on hydrogenase in 1977, two types of enzymes were known: (i) enzymes containing 12 Fe atoms and an equivalent amount of acid-labile S atoms and (ii) enzymes containing only fo...

This paper presents a method for the production of high-purity anhydrous nickel(II) perrhenate. The method comprises sorption of nickel(II) ions from aqueous nickel(II) nitrate solutions, using strongly acidic C160 cation exchange resin, and subsequent elution of sorbed nickel(II) ions using concentrated perrhenic acid solutions. After the neutralization of the resulting rhenium-nickel solution...

The synthesis and characterization of nickel complexes supported by a family of open-chain, tetradentate, tris(amidate) ligands, [N(o-PhNC(O)R)(3)](3-) ([L(R)](3-) where R = (i)Pr, (t)Bu, and Ph) is described. The complexes [Ni(L(iPr))](-), [Ni(L(tBu))](-), and [Ni(L(Ph))(CH(3)CN)](-) have been characterized by solution-state spectroscopic methods and single crystal X-ray diffraction. Each liga...