Rhodamine 6G based efficient chemosensor for the trivalent metal ions (Al3+, Cr3+ and Fe3+) upon single excitation with applications in combinational logic circuits and memory devices

A new rhodamine 6G based chemosensor (L3), has been synthesized and characterized by 1H, 13C, IR and Mass spectroscopy studies. It exhibits an excellent selective and sensitive CHEF based recognition...

Influence of non-protein amino-acid mimosine in peptide conformational propensities from novel Amber force field parameters

Mimosine is a non-protein amino acid derived from plants known for its ability to bind to divalent or trivalent metal cations such as Zn$^{2+}$, Ni$^{2+}$, Fe$^{2+}$ or Al$^{3+}$. This results in interesting antimicrobial and anti-cancer properties, which make mimosine a promising candidate for therapeutic applications. One possibility is to incorporate mimosine into synthetic short peptide drugs. However, our understanding of how this amino acid affects peptide structure is still limited, reducing our ability to design effective therapeutic compounds. In this work, we used computer simulations to understand this question. We first build parameters for the mimosine residue to be used in combination with two classical force fields of the Amber family. Then, we used atomistic molecular dynamics simulations with the resulting parameter sets to evaluate the influence of mimosine in the structural propensities for this amino acid. We compared the results of these simulations with identical peptides where mimosine is replaced by either phenylalanine or tyrosine. We found that the strong dipole in mimosine induces a preference for conformations where the amino acid rings are stacked over more traditional conformations. We validated our results using quantum mechanical calculations, which provide a robust foundation to the outcome of our classical simulations.

Effect of Trivalent Metal Cations on the Properties of LDHs Supercapacitors Prepared from Electroplating Sludge

Trivalent metal cations are the basic composition of Layered Double Hydroxides (LDHs), however, the effect of metal cations on the supercapacitor performance of LDHs prepared from electroplating sludge has not been reported. In the present study the acid leaching solution of electroplating sludge was used as raw material, and Cr, Fe, Al and other common metal cations were added into the precursors to investigate the effect of trivalent metal cations on the supercapacitor performance of LDHs prepared from electroplating sludge. The experimental results show that the three kinds of metal cations can inhibit the specific mass capacitance of LDHs, and the sequence of inhibition effect is Fe < Al < Cr. This experiment is expected to provide some references for the resource utilization of electroplating sludge.

Luminescence of Eu3+ in Some Scandium Phosphates

Lanthanide ions are very efficient activators. Due to the presence of shielded 4f shell, the energy levels can be predicted with relative ease. Interaction with the surrounding lattice is minimum and luminescence efficiency is high. For this reason, many important phosphors having various applications have been discovered which use lanthanide activators. For obtaining efficient phosphors, it is important to find a suitable host for lanthanide activators which can accommodate these ions without concentration quenching. The hosts must be transparent to the emitted light. Lanthanides, most commonly occur as trivalent. Thus, hosts constituted by trivalent metals can be suitable. Yttrium compounds have been extensively studied as hosts. Scandium is another trivalent metal. Compared to the yttrium compounds, Scandium compounds have been very scarcely studied as hosts. We are investigating Scandium compounds as luminescence hosts. Synthesis and photoluminescence properties of Sr9 Sc (PO4)7 : Eu3+ and Sr8MgSc(PO4)7:Eu3+ phosphor are described in this work. The phosphors were prepared by solid state reaction. Usually, these phosphors are reduced and results on Eu2+ photoluminescence are reported. However, we have recorded photoluminescence before reduction and thus new results on Eu3+ emission could be obtained.

Response of a Zn(II)-based Metal-Organic Coordination Polymer towards Trivalent Metal Ions (Al3+, Fe3+, Cr3+) Probed by Spectroscopic Approaches

A new zinc-based two-dimensional coordination polymer, [Zn(5-AIP)(Ald-4)]·H2O (5-AIP = 5-amino isophthalate, Ald-4 = aldrithiol-4), 1, has been synthesized at room temperature by layer diffusion technique. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of...

Effect of Aluminum Alu C and HCM-40 and Yttrium Oxides Y2O3 on the Properties of Composition Materials Based on Perfluorinated «Neofton N» Rubber

The properties of two groups of composite materials (CM) based on perfluorinated rubber (FFKM) «Neofton-N» with different contents of trivalent metal oxides: pyrogenic aluminum oxide (Alu C), hollow corundum microspheres (HCM-40) and nanodispersed powder yttrium oxide (Y2O3) were obtained and investigated,. The rheometric characteristics of CM cured with 2,2-bis(3-amino-4-hydroxyphenyl) hexafluoropropane (BOAP) and perfluorohexamethylene-bis-perfluorohexylimidoylamidine (DPIA-65) and their mechanical properties were determined. Thermogravimetric analysis was used to study their temperature parameters. The possibility of obtaining CM with a high level of properties, operable in the temperature range 250–330 °C, has been shown.