Precise control of the growth of thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters is a prerequisite for their applications in catalysis and bioengineering. Here, we bring to bear a new series of thiolate-protected nanoclusters with a unique growth pattern, i.e., Au20(SR)16, Au28(SR)20, Au36(SR)24, Au44(SR)28, and Au52(SR)32. These nanoclusters can be viewed as resulting from the stepwise addition of a comm...

In this work, we analyze the changes in aromaticity and planarity along the reaction path of the Diels–Alder reaction between ethene and 1,3-butadiene. To this end, a new index that quantifies the planarity of a given ring is defined. As expected, the planarity of the ring being formed in the Diels–Alder cycloaddition increases along the reaction path from reactants to product. On the other han...

The paper gives various indications of market and technology diversification as well as of global market and technology convergence (rather than specialization) in the context of managerial, legal and economic convergence. The results show that different countries focus on a wider but increasingly similar set of markets for R&D outputs in form of patents, which implies increasing intra-national...

The standard (p0 = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of combustion of six aminomethylbenzoic acids were measured at T = 298.15 K by static bomb calorimetry. With these values, the standard molar enthalpies of formation in the crystalline state were obtained. Combining these results with the standard molar enthalpies of sublimation, the standard molar enthalpies of formation in the gaseous phase were de...

Recent advancements in network technologies have allowed for such high bandwidths that the cabling is no longer a limiting factor. The restricting factor now becomes the router hops in between the source and destination. This paper will discuss network processors and how they can be used to increase router throughput. General processor architectures will be covered and testing results will be s...

Mn-Zn ferrite cera~nics ~vere prepared tluoogh usual ceramic method osing d~tlkre~tt irou oxide ran malerials 'l'lic: micro-structure paran~eters. s11ch as the sinterm: density and the femite grain si/e. depended on hot11 tlic sintrrinf Iclnpcratirrc and the kinds of iron oxide raw materials. The differences in the niicrostrocture parametrr.: crc responsihlc I\)r v;~rialions ill nlagnetization,...

J. Agric. Entomol. 9(4);273-281 (October 1992) ABSTRACT A portable automatic sprayer, actuated when cattle obtain mineral, was tested against face fiies and pyrethroid·resistanL horn nics using 0.5% Al dichlorvos in a waler spray mixture. Horn ny populations were initially 48-fold resistant to pCt-methrin with no '"esistancc to diazinon. Horn Oy control averaged 90.3 to 99.1% reduction. Resista...

It is well known that singlet state aromaticity quite insensitive to substituent effects, in the case of monosubstitution. In this work, we use density functional theory (DFT) calculations examine sensitivity triplet effects. For purpose, chose antiaromatic cyclopentadienyl cation, antiaromaticity which reverses aromaticity, conforming Baird’s rule. The extent (anti)aromaticity was evaluated by...