Browsing School of Chemistry (Scholarly Articles) by Issue Date
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Effect of substrate geometry on liquid-crystal-mediated nanocylinder-substrate interactions
(American Institute of Physics, 2008)Using classical density functional theory, the liquid crystal (LC)-mediated interaction between a cylindrical nanoparticle and a structured substrate is studied. The surface is structured by cutting a rectangular groove ... -
Frequency domain fluorescence lifetime study of crude petroleum oils
(Springer Verlag, 2008-02-01)Frequency domain (FD) fluorescence lifetime data was collected for a series of 20 crude petroleum oils using a 405 nm excitation source and over a spectral range of similar to 426 to similar to 650 nm. Average fluorescence ... -
Metallacarboranes as building blocks for polyanionic polyarmed aryl-ether materials
(American Chemical Society, 2008-09-20)Polyanionic species have been obtained in high yield by a new route in the ring-opening reaction of cyclic oxonium [3,3′-Co(8-C4H8O2-1,2-C2B9H10)(1′,2′-C2B9H11)] (2) by using carboxylic acids, Grignard reagents, and ... -
Interaction of nanoparticles with ideal liquid-liquid interfaces
(2009)Using molecular simulations the interaction between a noncharged nanoparticle and an ideal liquid-liquid interface is studied. The free energy profile as function of nanoparticle-interface separation is determined using ... -
Molecular structure and phase behaviour of hairy-rod polymers
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009)Using dissipative particle dynamics simulations the relationship between molecular architecture and phase behaviour in model hairy-rod polymers is studied. In agreement with experimental and theoretical studies the phase ... -
Stability of Janus nanoparticles at fluid interface
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009)Using Monte Carlo simulations the interaction of a nanometre-sized, spherical Janus particle (a particle with two distinct surface regions of different functionality, in this case showing amphiphilic behaviour) with an ... -
Measuring the micro-polarity and hydrogen-bond donor/acceptor ability of thermoresponsive N-isopropylacrylamide/N-tert-butylacrylamide copolymer films using solvatochromic indicators
(application/pdf, 2009)Thin polymer films are important in many areas of biomaterials research, biomedical devices, and biological sensors. The accurate in situ measurement of multiple physicochemical properties of thin polymer films is critical ... -
Quenched-annealed density functional theory for interfacial behavior of hard rods at a hard rod matrix
(AIP Publishing, 2009)We consider a system of mobile hard rods that are immersed in an isotropic matrix of hard rods with quenched positions and orientations. Using quenched-annealed density functional theory the disorder-averaged excess free ... -
Measuring the Micro-Polarity and Hydrogen-Bond Donor/Acceptor Ability of Thermoresponsive N-Isopropylacrylamide/N-tert-Butylacrylamide Copolymer Films Using Solvatochromic Indicators
(2009)Thin polymer films are important in many areas of biomaterials research, biomedical devices, and biological sensors. The accurate in situ measurement of multiple physicochemical properties of thin polymer films is critical ... -
Investigating tryptophan quenching of fluorescein fluorescence under protolytic equilibrium
(2009)Fluorescein is one of most used fluorescent labels for characterizing biological systems, such as proteins, and is used in fluorescence microscopy. However, if fluorescein is to be used for quantitative measurements involving ... -
Towards the synthesis of high boron content polyanionic multicluster macromolecules
(American Chemical Society, 2009-07-31)Reported are further consequences of the dioxane ring-opening in [3,3’-Co(8-(CH2CH2O)2-1,2-C2B9H10)(1’,2’-C2B9H11)] [1] with twelve-vertex carborane mono- and dianions. The removal of one BH vertex from the 1,2-carborane ... -
A F-bridged Mn(II) molecular square
(RSC, 2009-10-08)We report on a tetranuclear Mn(II) complex possessing a F-bridged molecular square topology directed by 1,10-phenanthroline ligands. -
A convenient synthetic route to useful monobranched polyethoxylated halogen terminated [3,3 -Co(1,2-C2B9H11)2]- synthons
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009-11-15)An atom efficient and environmentally friendly route has been developed to obtain a new range of reagents in metallacarborane chemistry having monobranched polyethoxylated cobaltabisdicarbollide synthons. -
Syntheses of C-substituted icosahedral dicarbaboranes bearing the 8-dioxane-cobalt bisdicarbollide moiety
(Elsevier, 2009-11-20)The treatment of 1,2-, 1,7- and 1,12-carbaborane lithiated isomers with [3,3′-Co-8-(CH2CH2O)2-(1,2-C2B9H10)-(1′,2′-C2B9H11)] (1) at molar ratios 1:1 or 1:2 at room temperature in THF leads generally to the formation of a ... -
Prediction of Cell Culture Media Performance Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy
(2010)Cell culture media used in industrial mammalian cell culture are complex aqueous solutions that are inherently difficult to analyze comprehensively. The analysis of media quality and variance is of utmost importance in ... -
Molecular simulation of nanoparticle diffusion at fluid interfaces
(2010)Using molecular dynamics simulations the transport properties of a model nanoparticle in solution are studied. In bulk solvent the translational diffusion coefficients are in good agreement with previous simulation and ... -
Rapid characterization and quality control of complex cell culture media solutions using Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics
(2010)The use of Raman spectroscopy coupled with chemometrics for the rapid identification, characterization, and quality assessment of Complex cell culture media components used for industrial mammalian cell culture was ... -
Study of water adsorption in PolyN-isopropylacrylamide) thin films using fluorescence emission of 3-hydroxyflavone probes
(ACS Publications, 2010)The noncontact measurement of water uptake in microscale , thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) thin films is challenging. We assessed the efficacy of three different 3-hydroxyflavone (3-HF)-based fluorophores to ... -
Prediction of Cell Culture Media performance using Fluorescence Spectroscopy
(ACS Publications, 2010)Cell culture media used in industrial mammalian cell culture are complex aqueous solutions that are inherently difficult to analyze comprehensively. The analysis of media quality and variance is of utmost importance in ... -
A stainless steel multi-well plate (SS-MWP) for high-throughput Raman analysis of dilute solutions
(Wiley, 2010)The use of Raman spectroscopy for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of dilute aqueous solutions is of interest to the biopharmaceutical manufacturing sector. However, the inherent weakness of the Raman effect, ...