This work presents a class of micro-electromechanical system (MEMS)-driven radio frequency filters in the X-band. The X-band center frequencies are achieved by resorting to third-order antisymmetric Lamb wave mode (A3) 650-nm-thick Z-cut lithium niobate thin film. A novel bandwidth (BW) widening technique based on using self-inductance top interdigital transducers and bus lines is proposed over...

O2-activated bovine heart cytochrome c oxidase has been examined by dual-mode EPR spectrometry. Resonances have been observed at g = 10 and 4.5 in the parallel mode and at g = 10, 5, 1.8 and 1.7 in the normal mode. The bulk of these signals are interpreted to come from a stoichiometric S = 2 system with magnitude of a = 0.17 cm-1, D = +2.1 cm-1, magnitude of E = 0.026 cm-1, g = 2. Exchange coup...

Kaolin-SO3H nanoparticles were prepared via reaction of kaolin and chlorosulfonic acid and characterized by FT-IR, XRD, FESEM, TEM, XRF, EDS, BET and TGA. The activity of this green catalyst was probed by the synthesis of aryl diazonium salts as the starting reactant and then, their diazo coupling with  2-naphthol to form azo dyes in a solvent-free medium at room temperature...

[reaction: see text] The intramolecular 1,6-ketone/imide reductive coupling promoted by samarium diiodide competes favorably with an alternative 1,5-ketone/oxime ether coupling in a keto-oxime substrate derived from D-glucosamine N-protected with a phthalimido group. This pinacol coupling reaction affords new homochiral alpha-hydroxylactam scaffolds that could be useful in diversity-oriented sy...

the cross-coupling reaction between phenylboronic acid and various types of aryl halides (suzuki reaction) was carried out using a catalytic amount of a new palladium catalyst (1-benzyl-3-(1-benzyl-1-methylpyrrolidin-1-ium-2-yl) pyridin-1-ium palladium chloride [dbnt][pdcl4]) in poly (ethylene glycol) (peg-200) in the presence of koh as the base. this new catalyst was synthesized and characteri...

Adenosine plays an important role in regulation of renal microcirculation. All receptors of adenosine, A1, A2A, A2B, and A3, have been found in the kidney. However, little is known about the location and function of the A3 receptor in the kidney. The present study determined the expression and role of A3 receptors in mediating the afferent arteriole (Af-Art) response and studied the interaction...

a convenient, rapid, and one-pot method for the synthesis of azo dyes has been developed. in this protocol, diazotization reagent (arn2+ -cro3–sio2) was prepared via grinding of aromatic amines, nano2, wet sio2 and nano silica chromic acid (nano-sca) without solvent at room temperature. the obtained diazotization reagent was sufficiently stable to be kept at room temperature in the dry state fo...

a highly efficient protocol has been developed for the synthesis of 2-hydrazolyl-4-thiazolidinone derivatives installing a one pot three component coupling reaction of an aromatic aldehyde, thiosemicarbazide and maleic anhydride using guanidine hydrochloride as highly inexpensive and environmentally friendly catalyst under solvent free condition at 1200c with good to excellent yields, it offers...