Owing to their physiological activity, thioamides are used in pharmacy [1], but no simple relation between the rate of their hydrolysis and microbial activity has been found [2]. Dithiocarbamates and their copper complexes which are chemically related to these substances also exhibit antimycobacterial activity [3]. Unfor­ tunately, only small attention has been hitherto paid to the complexes of...

Copper ions play a vital role in a variety of fundamental physiological processes not only in human beings and plants, but also for extensive insects and microorganisms. In this paper, a novel water-soluble ruthenium(II) complex as a turn-on copper(II) ions luminescent sensor based on o-(phenylazo)aniline was designed and synthesized. The azo group would undergo a specific oxidative cyclization...

Two N4-type Schiff base ligands named N,N'-bis(2-pyridylmethylidene)-1,2-diiminoethane (L1) and N,N'-bis(2-pyridylmethylidene)-1,3-diiminopropane (L2) have been synthesized by the reaction of pyridine-2-carbaldehyde with ethylenediamine and propylenediamine, respectively. The binding abilities of L1 and L2 in dichloromethane towards Cu<...

radiation enhanced diffusion at the surface of metals has been observed and studied for low-energy nitrogen ions at the surface of copper. the displacement of the target atoms during irradiation creates vacancies and other defects near the surface, thus enhancing the diffusion of implanted materials toward the surface and also into the solid. the mechanism has been studied here by a special met...

In this article, we report for the first time on the copper (Cu(2+)) binding characteristics of the far-red fluorescent protein, HcRed, and its application in the development of a reagentless sensing system for copper. The far-red emission of HcRed (lambda(max) = 645 nm) where background cellular fluorescence is low should prove to be advantageous in the development of the sensing system. In th...

mobile carrier properties of two schiff base ligands, named bis(2-hydroxypropiophenone)-1,2-propanediimine (n2o2) and bis(1'-hydroxy-2'-acetonaphthone)-2,2'-diiminodiethylamine (n3o2), dissolved in dichloromethane for the extraction of copper(ii) ions from an ammonium buffer feed phase into a nitric acid solution (receiving phase) were investigated and compared. the parameters influencing the t...

All of the copper in the layered oxysulfides Sr2MnO2Cu1.5S2 and Sr2MnO2CU3.5S3 may be extruded as the element and the copper ions replaced quasi-reversibly by lithium ions in reductive topotactic ion exchange reactions; dramatic changes in magnetic properties result.

considering the point that the existence of heavy metals in the wastewater are so dangerous forthe environment and it would have many bad consequences for all the creatures including human beings, wemust try out the ways that make us capable of adsorbing these heavy metals. in order to accomplish this goal we should use a method called adsorbing. in this study the adsorption of copper ions in h...

a simple and sensitive extraction-fluorimetric method for the determination of copper is reported. the 1,7-diaza-15-crown-5-copper-rose bengal (da15c5-cu-rb) ternary complex is quantitatively extracted into chloroform, diluted with ammoniacal acetone and its fluorescence intensity is measured at 570 nm with excitation at 540 nm. a linear calibration graph was obtained over the copper concentrat...

A simple, inexpensive and field applicable metal determination system would be a powerful tool for the efficient control of metal ion contamination in various sources e.g. drinking-water, water reservoir and waste discharges. In this study, we developed a cell-based metal sensor for specific and real-time detection of copper ions. E. coli expressing metal-sensing green fluorescent protein (desi...