Poly([stearyl methacrylate]-stat-[2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate]) was synthesised through radical polymerisation using 1,1-diphenyl ethylene (DPE) as a molecular weight controlling agent. The amino groups were further quaternised into a cationic form in order to increase water solubility. Solubility of the polymers in water and a mixed solvent was studied with rotational rheometry. The r...

Iodide (I(-))-accumulating bacteria were isolated from marine sediment by an autoradiographic method with radioactive (125)I(-). When they were grown in a liquid medium containing 0.1 microM iodide, 79 to 89% of the iodide was removed from the medium, and a corresponding amount of iodide was detected in the cells. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that iodide-accu...

An amine bisphenol ligand with an ammonium iodide group in the pendant arm (H2L) reacts V, Mo and U oxometal precursors to form oxovanadium(V), dioxomolybdenum(VI) dioxouranium(VI) species, respectively. In methanol solutions, vanadium(V) molybdenum(VI) 1:1 complexes [VO(OMe)(L)]I·2MeOH [MoO2(L)(H2O)]I·2MeOH, where cationic charge is counterbalanced by anion. Uranium(VI) forms a complex which a...

We have examined the crystal structures and structural phase transitions of the deuterated, partially deuterated and hydrogenous organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite methyl ammonium lead iodide (MAPbI3) using time-of-flight neutron and synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction. Near 330 K the high temperature cubic phases transformed to a body-centered tetragonal phase. The variation of the order par...

Sodium Iodide-131 is administrated for treatment of hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer. Iodine-131 has multiple routs of excretion (Urine, saliva, sweat, milk, feces, exhalation) from the body. Patients receiving Sodium Iodide-131 therapy exposes other persons and the environment to unwanted radiation and contamination. The major source of radiation dose from administration of Iodine-131 ...

‘Lattice parameters determined from the synchrotron X-ray diffraction scans of the cubic 200 and tetragonal 220/004 Bragg peaks. Fits to the cubic lattice parameter (black solid line) and the average tetragonal lattice parameter (= 2atet + ctet)/3 (blue solid line), were used to determine the linear coefficients of thermal expansion of 1.95 × 10−4 K−1 (cubic) and 2.66 × 10−4 K−1 (tetragonal). T...

This work focuses on the characteristics of polymer blend electrolytes based on corn starch and chitosan doped with ammonium iodide (NH4I). The electrolytes were prepared using the solution cast method. A polymer blend comprising 80wt% starch and 20wt% chitosan was found to be the most amorphous blend and suitable to serve as the polymer host. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis pr...