In previous in vitro studies, we proposed a role for the extracellular matrix component, laminin-2, and its integrin receptor, VLA-6, in thymocyte development. The characterization of two dystrophic mouse strains with different defects in laminin-2 allowed us to examine this proposal in vivo. Mice deficient in laminin-2, dy/dy, show a significant reduction in thymus size and number of thymocyte...

We investigate native point defects and rare-earth (co)dopants in SrAl$_2$O$_4$ using hybrid density-functional defect calculations. Europium (Eu) dysprosium (Dy) are found to be mixed valence energetically most favorable at the Sr lattice sites. However, unlike Eu where both Eu$^{2+}$ Eu$^{3+}$ can realized synthesis, Dy is stable predominantly as Dy$^{3+}$, divalent Dy$^{2+}$ may only photoge...

We investigate native point defects and rare-earth (co)dopants in SrAl$_2$O$_4$ using hybrid density-functional defect calculations. Europium (Eu) dysprosium (Dy) are found to be mixed valence energetically most favorable at the Sr lattice sites. However, unlike Eu where both Eu$^{2+}$ Eu$^{3+}$ can realized synthesis, Dy is stable predominantly as Dy$^{3+}$, divalent Dy$^{2+}$ may only photoge...

A novel multi-channel barcode module was developed by using chiral co-crystals which contain field-induced SMM behavior and different emission bands. The [Zn(H2L)Dy(DBM)2]4(ClO4)4⋅9CH3OH⋅H2O (1a) [Zn(H2L)Dy(DBM)2]4(ClO4)4⋅8CH3OH⋅0.5H2O (1b) (H4L = 2,2′-[1,2-ethanediylbis[(hydroxyethylimino)methylene]]bis[6-methoxy-4-methyl-phenol], HDBM dibenzoylmethane) were obtained through one-pot reaction o...

The polymeric title compound, {[Dy(2)(C(8)H(4)O(5))(3)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)]·2H(2)O}(n), contains two independent Dy(III) ions, both of which are nine-coordinated in a distorted tricapped trigonal-prismatic geometry. One Dy(III) ion is coordinated by five 5-hy-droxy-isophthalate (hip) ligands and one 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) ligand and the other by three hip ligands, one bpy ligand and two ...

In the title dinuclear complex, [Dy(2)(C(8)H(7)O(3))(6)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)]·H(2)O, the Dy(III) atoms are coordinated by eight O atoms from four 2-(4-hy-droxy-phen-yl)acetate (HPAA) ligands and a water mol-ecule, and one N atom from a 4,4'-bipyridine (bipy) ligand in a distorted tricapped trigonal prismatic geometry. Whereas four HPAA ligands coordinate to just two Dy(III) atoms, the re...

During our research into novel nonlinear optical materials using 1,10-phenanthroline as an appending ligand on lanthanide iodates, crystals of an infinite layered Dy(III) iodate compound, Dy(IO(3))(3)(H(2)O)·H(2)O, were obtained under hydro-thermal conditions. The Dy(III) cation has a dicapped trigonal prismatic coordination environment consisting of one water O atom and seven other O atoms fro...