Static excited-state polarisabilities and hyperpolarisabilities of three Ru(II) ammine complexes are computed at the density functional theory (DFT) and several correlated ab initio levels. Most accurate modelling of the low energy electronic absorption spectrum is obtained with the hybrid functionals B3LYP, B3P86 or M06 for the complex [Ru(II)(NH3)5(MeQ(+))](3+) (MeQ(+)=N-methyl-4,4'-bipyridin...

Ultrastructural studies conducted in situ using conventional transmission electron microscopy have had relatively little impact on defining the structural organization of chromatin. This is due to the fact that in routine transmission electron microscopy, together with the deoxyribonucleoprotein, many different intermingled substances are contrasted, masking the ultrastructure of chromatin. By ...

A solid-state amperometric hydrogen sensor based on a protonated Nafion membrane and catalytic active electrode operating at room temperature was fabricated and tested. Ionic conducting polymer-metal electrode interfaces were prepared chemically by using the impregnation-reduction method. The polymer membrane was impregnated with tetra-ammine platinum chloride hydrate and the metal ions were su...

Single crystals of cis-[Pt(NO2)2(NH3)2], were obtained by means of hypersaturation directly out of a plating electrolyte. The square-planar coordination environment of the divalent Pt atom is formed by four N atoms belonging to two ammine and two monodentate nitrite ligands. The ligands adopt a cis configuration. The crystal structure contains stacks of close-packed molecules which run parallel...

A new monoclinic form of the title compound, C(14)H(17)N(3)O(3)S, has been found upon slow crystallization from water. Another monoclinic form of the compound was obtained previously from a mixture of dichloro-methane and diethyl ether [Clerici et al. (2002 ▶). Tetra-hedron, 58, 5173-5178]. Both phases crystallize in space group P2(1)/n with one mol-ecule in the asymmetric unit. The formally si...