In this work, a polyimide (PI) containing triazole units was synthesized using 3,5-diamino-1,2,4-triazole and pyromellitic dianhydride in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone. This polymer was used as the support of manganese (III) tetrakis(4-methoxylphenyl)porphyrin acetate to attain a heterogeneous catalyst; namely Mn(T4-OMePP)OAc@PI. The synthesized PI and Mn(T4-OMePP)OAc@PI were characterized by di...

Terthienobenzene (TTB, 6) was prepared through a new, high yield route along with pi-extended derivatives 10 and 11. Electropolymerization of tris-EDOT derivative 11 results in a highly stable cross-linked conjugated polymer that shows polaron confinement between the TTB units as confirmed by UV-vis-NIR spectroelectrochemistry and EPR.

Intracisternal (ic) injection of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) or its stable analogue RX 77368 influences gastric function via stimulation of vagal muscarinic pathways. In rats, the increase in gastric mucosal blood flow evoked by a low ic dose of RX 77368 occurs via release of calcitonin gene-related peptide from capsaicin-sensitive afferent neurons, most probably of spinal origin. In th...

This paper treats synchronization dynamics in a shift-invariant ring of N mutually coupled self-sustained electrical units. Via some qualitative theory for the Lyapunov exponents, we derive the regimes of coupling parameters for which synchronized oscillation is stable or unstable in the ring.

β-Hairpin peptides were conformationally stabilized through a 1,4 disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole interstrand linkage. A NMR conformational analysis revealed that the β-hairpin content depends on the number and position of substituent methylene units of the 1,2,3-triazole ring. These results will allow the design of metabolically stable peptidomimetic analogs of bioactive β-hairpin peptides.

Oxalyl-tethered pyrroles can be doubly bridged with two difluoroboron chelating units to yield bright orange dyes. Interestingly, in polar organic solvents, the addition of fluoride and cyanide result in reversible detachment of the otherwise stable difluoroboron bridges, resulting in sharp changes in color. Thus, this novel compound behaves as a highly selective chromogenic sensor for fluoride...

Turning "stone" into "gold": pyrene, a faint fluorophore in the solid state, is transformed into a bright emitter by decorating it with tetraphenylethene units; the new luminogen is thermally and morphologically stable and its light-emitting diode shows excellent performance, with external quantum efficiency and current efficiency up to 4.95% and 12.3 cd A(-1), respectively.