Silica-based sol-gel antireflective (AR) optical coatings are critical components of high peak power laser systems. Water vapor and volatile organic compounds can contaminate these coatings, reducing both their antireflective efficiency and laser-damage resistance. Previous work has shown that alkylation of free hydroxyl groups on the silica sol-gel with organosilicon compounds in solution can ...

Partitioning equilibria and their temperature dependence of chemicals between different environmental media are important in determining the fate, transport, and distribution of contaminants. Unfortunately, internally consistent air/water (K(AW)), 1-octanol/air (K(OA)), and 1-octanol/water (K(OW)) partition coefficients, as well as information on their temperature dependence, are scarce for org...

This paper discusses the historical beginnings and current state of knowledge synthesis organosilicon compounds chlorine derivatives silicon. The key importance these for modern industry, including semiconductor industry (photovoltaic cells, microprocessors, memory chips many other electronic elements) is highlighted. Significant environmental threats related to production research challenges a...

Neural prostheses are micron-scale integrated circuit devices that are under development for the treatment of brain and spinal cord injuries. A key challenge in the fabrication of these siliconbased devices is the protection of the electronic components from the ambient body environment. There is a need for a biopassivation coating on these devices that is chemically inert and electrically insu...

The goal of the study was to characterise chemical interactions between waterlogged archaeological wood and organosilicon compounds applied for its conservation shed lights on mechanism dimensional stabilisation by chemicals. Two alkoxysilanes (methyltrimethoxysilane (3-mercaptopropyl) trimethoxysilane) a siloxane (1,3-bis(diethylamino)-3-propoxypropanol)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane) were sel...

The efficiency of chemotherapy is often decreased by the development of resistance of cancer cells to cytostatic drugs. This phenomenon is in most cases caused by the activity of the various ABC transporters, multidrug-resistance (MDR) gene-encoded p-glycoproteins, that pump anticancer drugs out of the cells. The inhibition of the activities of the MDR proteins MDR1 and MRP was investigated via...