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Breaking The Cycle: Impact Of Sterically-Tailored Tetra(Pyrazolyl)Lutidines On The Self-Assembly Of Silver(I) Complexes, Tyler James Morin, Andrew Merkel, Sergey V. Lindeman, James R. Gardinier Jan 2010

Breaking The Cycle: Impact Of Sterically-Tailored Tetra(Pyrazolyl)Lutidines On The Self-Assembly Of Silver(I) Complexes, Tyler James Morin, Andrew Merkel, Sergey V. Lindeman, James R. Gardinier

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

A improved preparation of the pentadentate ligand α,α,α′,α′-tetra(pyrazolyl)lutidine, pz4lut, and the syntheses of three new alkyl-substituted pyrazolyl derivatives pz4′4lut (pz4′ = 4-methylpyrazolyl), pz*4lut (pz* = 3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl), and pzDIP4lut (pzDIP = 3,5-diisopropylpyrazolyl) are described. The silver(I) complexes of these ligands were studied to ascertain the impact of pyrazolyl substitution, if any, on their binding modes and on solubility issues. In the solid state, [Ag(pz4lut)](BF4) (1), [Ag(pz4′4lut)](BF4) (2), and [Ag(pz*4lut)](BF4) (3 …


Immobilization Of The Aminopeptidase From Aeromonas Proteolytica On Mg2+/Al3+ Layered Double Hydroxide Particles, Steven T. Frey, Stephanie L. Guilmet, Richard G. Egan Iii, Alyssa Bennett, Sarah R. Soltau, Richard C. Holz Jan 2010

Immobilization Of The Aminopeptidase From Aeromonas Proteolytica On Mg2+/Al3+ Layered Double Hydroxide Particles, Steven T. Frey, Stephanie L. Guilmet, Richard G. Egan Iii, Alyssa Bennett, Sarah R. Soltau, Richard C. Holz

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

A novel biomaterial formed by the immobilization of the Aminopeptidase from Aeromonas proteolytica (AAP) on synthetic Mg2+ and Al3+ ion-containing layered double hydroxide (LDH) particles was prepared. Immobilization of AAP on the LDH particles in a buffered, aqueous mixture is rapid such that the maximum loading capacity, 1 × 10−9 moles of AAP/mg LDH, is achieved in a few minutes. X-ray powder diffraction of LDH samples before and after treatment with AAP indicates that the enzyme does not intercalate between the layers of LDH, but instead binds to the surface. Treatment of AAP/LDH with various amounts of …


Immobilization Of Motile Bacterial Cells Via Dip-Pen Nanolithography, Dorjderem Nyamjav, Sergey Rozhok, Richard C. Holz Jan 2010

Immobilization Of Motile Bacterial Cells Via Dip-Pen Nanolithography, Dorjderem Nyamjav, Sergey Rozhok, Richard C. Holz

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

A strategy to bind bacterial cells to surfaces in a directed fashion via dip-pen nanolithography (DPN) is presented. Cellular attachment to pre-designed DPN generated microarrays was found to be dependent on the shape and size of the surface feature. While this observation is likely due in part to a dense, well formed mercaptohexadecanoic acid (MHA) monolayer generated via DPN, it may also simply be due to the physical shape of the surface structure. Motile Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterial cells were observed to bind to DPN generated mercaptohexadecanoic acid/poly-L-lysine (MHA/PLL) line patterns, 'blocks' made up of eight lines with 100 nm spacings, …


Affinity Capillary Electrophoretic Study Of K+/Na+ Selectivity Of Hexaarylbenzene-Based Polyaromatic Receptor, Sille Ehala, Rajendra Rathore, Emanuel Makrlik, Petr Toman, Václav Kašička Jan 2010

Affinity Capillary Electrophoretic Study Of K+/Na+ Selectivity Of Hexaarylbenzene-Based Polyaromatic Receptor, Sille Ehala, Rajendra Rathore, Emanuel Makrlik, Petr Toman, Václav Kašička

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

Affinity capillary electrophoretic (ACE) study has proved the selectivity of hexaarylbenzene-based polyaromatic receptor (R) for K+ ion over Na+ ion. The apparent binding constants of the R complexes with K+ and Na+ ions were determined from the dependence of effective electrophoretic mobility of R on the concentration of the above alkali metal ions in the background electrolyte using a non-linear regression analysis. The apparent binding constants (Kb) of the K-R+ and Na–R+ complexes in methanolic medium were evaluated as log Kb = 3.20 ± 0.22 for the K–R+ complex, and log Kb≅−0.7 for the Na–R+ complex.