Solvent effects on 2,6-dichloro-4-(2,4,6-triphenyl-pyridinium-1-yl)phenolate [ET (33) dye] and 7diethylamino-3,4-benzophenoxazine-2-one (Nile Red) in binary mixtures of organic solvents (acetone, acetonitrile, propylene carbonate, methanol and ethane-1,2-diol) with 1,3-dialkyl imidazoliumbased ionic liquids were studied by UV-visible spectroscopy. Highly nonlinear behaviour of mixtures of alcoh...

Nafion films incorporating cationic nickel complexes [Ni(II)(acac)(R4en)](+) (acac = acetylacetonato, R4en = tetraalkylethylenediamine) that exhibit chromic behavior in response to temperature changes and solvent molecules in the vapor and liquid phases have been prepared.

Curcumin, the main yellow bioactive component of turmeric, has recently acquired attention by chemists due its wide range of potential biological applications as an antioxidant, an anti-inflammatory, and an anti-carcinogenic agent. This molecule fluoresces weakly and poorly soluble in water. In this detailed study of curcumin in thirteen different solvents, both the absorption and fluorescence ...

A novel solvatochromic fluorescent molecule, 9,9-dibutyl-7-(dimethylamino)-2-fluorenesulfonate 2 was synthesized from 2-nitrofluorene in moderate yield. The fluorescence spectra of 2 and 7-(dimethylamino)-2-fluorenesulfonate 1 shift to shorter wavelengths as the polarity of the medium decreases. Both 1 and 2 bind to hydrophobic sites of human serum albumin (HSA). The apparent binding constants ...

The sequential QM/MM methodology is used to describe the solvent effects on the electronic absorption spectra of organic molecules in solution. The structure of the liquid is generated by Monte Carlo computer simulation. Configurations composed by the solute and several solvent molecules are selected for a posteriori quantum mechanical calculations of the spectra. Situations are considered wher...

Solvatochromic shifts of the electronic states of a chromophore can be used as a measure of solute-solvent interactions. The shifts of the electronic states of a model organic chromophore, p-nitroaniline (pNA), embedded in solvents with different polarities (water, 1,4-dioxane, and cyclohexane) are studied using a hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular-mechanics-type technique in which the chromoph...

Herein, we utilized carbon nanodots (R-CNDs) for the electrochemical detection of estrogens in tap and natural water samples simulated effluents from Swedish waste treatment plants (WWTPs). R-CNDs were prepared 2-aminophenol by solvothermal synthesis used as a modifier chitosan-based selective membranes. The data obtained atomic force microscopy transmission electron suggest spherical morpholog...

Four novel azo disperse dyes based on 1-4-bromobenzyl-4-phenylpiperazine were synthesized in two steps, using alkylation and azo coupling reactions. Chemical structure of the dyes was characterized and confirmed by the Ultraviolet Visible UV-Visible, Fourrier Transform Infrared FT-IR, Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 1H NMR and Carbon Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 13C NMR analyses. The solvatochr...