Clusters of CdS in the quantum confinement regime C5O-A diameter are prepared in a rational technique whereby the cluster size and its distribution are controlled by chemical means. Competitive reaction chemistry between CdS core cluster growth and surface capping by thiophenolate leads to clusters whose core is essentially sphalerite CdS but whose reactive surface has been passivated by covale...

In this proof-of-concept study, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were immobilized on glassy carbon electrode (GCE) surfaces using a surface-anchored diazonium salt of 4-aminothiophenol (GCE-Ph-S-AuNPs). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) studies confirmed the attachment AuNPs via 4-thiophenol onto surface modified electrode. Differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) was performed for simultaneous dete...

We developed a method to efficiently ablate a single cell type, the zebrafish melanocyte, and study the mechanisms of its regeneration. We found that a small molecule, (2-morpholinobutyl)-4-thiophenol (MoTP), specifically ablates zebrafish larval melanocytes or melanoblasts, and that this melanocytotoxicity is dependent on tyrosinase activity, which presumably converts MoTP to cytotoxic quinone...

A simple protocol for the efficient preparation of β-mercapto carbonyl derivatives as antimycobacterial drugs has been achieved via Thia-Michael reaction between chalcones derivatives and thiols in the presence of calcium pyrophosphate as a heterogeneous catalyst under mild reaction conditions. The central composite design was used to design an experimental program to provide data to model the ...

We describe a novel medium, a captopril/thiophenol (Capt/TP) mixed self-assembled monolayer (SAM) formed on gold, for selectively pre-concentrating serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT). The 5-HT molecules were shown to be selectively captured via formation of a strong complex, providing anodic stripping currents upon anodic scan or drastic increases in charge-transfer resistances for a redox p...

Molecular linkers have emerged as an effective strategy to improve electronic transport properties on solution-processed layered materials via defect functionalization. However, a detailed discussion the microscopic mechanisms behind beneficial effects of functionalization is still missing. Here, by first-principles calculations based density functional theory we investigate interconnected MoS2...

Organometallics are increasingly gaining attention as tools in chemical biology owing to their distinguished physicochemical properties, reactivities, and three-dimensional structures. Along these lines, the exceptional ability of organometallic compounds to catalyze a wide variety of chemical transformations has not yet been sufficiently exploited for chemical biology, but could yield bioactiv...