We report the synthesis and structural characterisation of three homobimetallic complexes featuring divalent lanthanide metals (Ln = Yb, Eu and Sm) bridged by the silylated pentalene ligand [1,4-{SiiPr3}2C8H4]2- (= Pn†). Magnetic measurements and cyclic voltammetry have been used to investigate the extent of intermetallic communication in these systems, in the context of molecular models for or...

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The characterisation, solubility testing, and alcohol adsorption studies of PIM-1 are reported. Techniques used for characterisation are N2 sorption and ATR-FTIR analysis. A number of solvents were tested for their ability to dissolve low molecular weight (~30 000 gmol -1 ), medium molecular weight (~60 000 gmol -1 ), and high molecular weight (~120 000 gmol -1 ) PIM-1.Results showed solubility...

Morphological and molecular characterisation of Panagrellus spp. (Cephalobina: Panagrolaimidae): taxonomic status and phylogenetic relationships S. Patricia STOCK 1,∗ and Steven A. NADLER 2 1 Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Forbes 410, 1140 E, South Campus Drive, Tucson, AZ 85721-0036, USA 2 Department of Nematology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, C...

Cancer of the prostate gland is the highest unavoidable cause of cancer mortality in men. The recent identification and characterisation of genes specifically expressed in prostate cancer helps us to understand its molecular basis and should offer new therapeutic avenues to combat this disease.

Hubei Key Laboratory of Lipid Chemistry an Technology National & Local Joint Engineeri Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Oil Crop Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, Chin College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineeri Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular a Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014 † Electronic supplementary informa characterisation, test...

OBJECTIVES Identification of genetic targets specific to Neisseria gonorrhoeae for use in molecular detection methods has been a challenge. The porA pseudogene in N gonorrhoeae has been commonly used but recently gonococcal isolates giving a negative result in these PCRs have been reported. Here we describe the characterisation of two such gonococcal isolates received by the reference service a...

Typing methods for discriminating different bacterial isolates of the same species are essential epidemiological tools in infection prevention and control. Traditional typing systems based on phenotypes, such as serotype, biotype, phage-type, or antibiogram, have been used for many years. However, more recent methods that examine the relatedness of isolates at a molecular level have revolutioni...

This paper reviews work carried out by the authors in developing nanoporous sol-gel films as hosts for semiconductor crystallites, for applications in nonlinear integrated optics, including aspects of fabrication, characterisation and modelling. Particular attention is given to three novel techniques optospinography, molecular probe ellipsometry and pore capping, as well as prospects that have ...