Digital microfluidics (DMF) has recently emerged as a popular technology for a wide range of applications in chemical biology. In DMF, nL-mL droplets containing samples and reagents are controlled (i.e., moved, merged, mixed, and dispensed from reservoirs) by applying a series of electrical potentials to an array of electrodes coated with a hydrophobic insulator. DMF is distinct from microchann...

The solvothermal synthesis of four two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks containing linear dicarboxylic acids as ligands for Zn(II) centres is described. Zn(BDC)(DMF) [(1) where BDC = benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid; DMF = N,N-dimethylformamide] adopts a common paddlewheel motif leading to a 4(4) grid network, whereas Zn(3)(BDC)(3)(EtOH)(2) (2), Zn(3)(BDC)(3)(H(2)O)(2) * 4DMF (3) and Zn(3)(BPD...

BACKGROUND Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that can be successfully treated with a mixture of fumaric acid esters (FAE) formulated as enteric-coated tablets for oral use. These tablets consist of dimethylfumarate (DMF) and salts of monoethylfumarate (MEF) and its main bioactive metabolite is monomethylfumarate (MMF). Little is known about the pharmacokinetics of these FAE. The ...

Sensitivity to binocular disparity modulation has been shown to have a bandpass nature. This paper presents a computational account for the disparity modulation function (DMF) in terms of a Bayesian surface reconstruction. The Bayesian approach suggests that prior assumptions about surface structure will affect the perception of disparity modulation. Taking into account a prior constraint of su...

In this paper, an intelligent Decision-Making Framework (DMF) is developed to help decision-makers identify cost-effective ozone control policies. High concentrations of ozone at the ground-level continue to be a serious problem in numerous U.S. cities. Our DMF searches for dynamic and targeted control policies that require a lower total reduction of emissions than current control strategies ba...

The title compound, [Co(C3H7NO)(H2O)5]SO4·C3H7NO, contains five aqua ligands, a Co(II) atom, a sulfate ion and both a coordinating and a non-coordinating di-methyl-formamide (DMF) mol-ecule. The DMF solvent mol-ecule lies between the complex units, which are located along the b axis. The sulfate ion is for charge balance. The Co(II) atom has distorted octa-hedral coordination geometry, being li...

Tri- and pentanuclear, kinetically stable SBUs were exploited for the preparation of the novel MOFs [Zn(3)(BTEB)(2)(DMF)(2)] and (Me(2)NH(2))[Zn(5)(BTEB)(3)(μ(3)-OH)(2)(DMF)(2)]. The applied synthetic approach results in topologies that are stabilised by tritopic benzene-trisethynylbenzoic acid (BTEB) linkers giving rise to chiral frameworks with large pores or channels.

A novel, I2 catalyzed regio- and stereodivergent vicinal azidohydroxylation of alkenes leading to 1,2-azidoalcohols in high yields (up to 92%) and excellent dr (up to 98%) has been developed. This unprecedented transformation employs NaN3 and DMF as N- and O-nucleophiles respectively. The role of DMF as the O-source in the reaction has been unequivocally proven by (18)O labelling studies.