Correction: Substituent-controlled racemization of dissymmetric coordination capsules

Correction: Abiotic Racemization Kinetics of Amino Acids in Marine Sediments

The ratios of d- versus l-amino acids can be used to infer the sources and composition of sedimentary organic matter. Such inferences, however, rely on knowing the rates at which amino acids in sedimentary organic matter racemize abiotically between the d- and the l-forms. Based on a heating experiment, we report kinetic parameters for racemization of aspartic acid, glutamic acid, serine, and a...

Coordination chemistry of trimethylsilylphosphaalkyne: a phosphaalkyne bearing a reactive substituent.

Trimethylsilylphosphaalkyne binds readily to a variety of transition metals. Binding can take place using either the end-on or side-on mode and to either mononuclear or multinuclear metal complexes. The synthesis, structure and characterisation of eight such complexes, [Cp(2)Zr(PMe(3))(Me(3)SiC≡P)], [(C(6)F(5))(2)FB(C(6)F(4))PCSiMe(3))ZrCp(2)(PMe(3))], [(C(6)F(5))(2)XB(C(6)F(4))(ZrCp(2))(2)P(2)...

Synthesis and Properties of Dissymmetric Gemini Surfactants

A series of novel dissymmetric gemini cationics surfactants was synthesized by three-step reactions. The dissymmetric gemini surfactants contain a dodecanoic acid dimethylethylamine ester as the constant cationic part on one side of the hydroxypropyl center and a similar other cationic part, but with a different acid length (from octanoic to palmitic), on the other side. The critical micelle co...

Controlled release of nanoparticles and macromolecules from responsive microgel capsules.

Using a mesoscale computational model, we probe the release of nanoparticles and linear macromolecules from hollow microgel capsules that swell and deswell in response to external stimuli. Our simulations reveal that responsive microcapsules can be effectively utilized for steady and pulsatile release of encapsulated solutes. Swollen gel capsules allow steady, diffusive release of nanoparticles...

Amino Acid Racemization