Luminescent quantum dots conjugated with highly selective molecular recognition ligands are widely used for targeting and imaging biological structures. In this paper, water soluble cholinomimetic cadmium selenide (core), zinc selenide/zinc sulfide (shell) quantum dots were synthesized for targeting cholinergic sites. Cholinomimetic specificity was incorporated by conjugation of the quantum dot...

200 μm MRSEC researchers have fabricated the first optical Fibers made from zinc selenide, using a high-pressure Chemical deposition technique invented in the MRSEC. Optical fibers are a cornerstone of modern science and technology, yet remain fundamentally limited by the types of materials from which they can be made. With these new ZnSe fibers, it is now possible to exploit the materials prop...

In the title compound, C12H8N2O4Se, the Se atom is situated on a twofold rotational axis, so the asymmetric unit contains one half-mol-ecule. In the mol-ecule, the C-Se-C angle is 99.48 (13)°, the two benzene rings are inclined to each other at an angle of 63.8 (1)° and the nitro group is twisted by 15.9 (1)° from the attached benzene ring. In the crystal, mol-ecules are held together through w...

Acute exposure to selenium hydrochloride resulted in severe dyspnea and a pneumomediastinum in a young healthy man. Pulmonary function tests revealed restrictive and obstructive airways disease. Although the patient's pulmonary function slowly improved, subsequent studies revealed persistent impairment. Therefore, exposure to selenium gas may result acutely in severe coughing and wheezing and m...

In the title compound, C(16)H(14)O(2)Se, the dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 87.08 (11)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked into layers parallel to the bc plane by inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.

A one-pot conversion of allyl alcohols into selenochroman derivatives was achieved by treatment with a phenyl trimethylsilyl selenide (TMSSePh)-AIBr3 reagent system.

We present a phenomenological calculation of the quasiparticle interference (QPI) pattern and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) spectra in iron-pnictide and layered iron-selenide compounds by using material specific band structure and superconducting (SC) gap properties. As both the QPI and the INS spectra arise due to scattering of the Bogolyubov quasiparticles, they exhibit a one-to-one corr...

We report here the first orally active, selenium-based antihypertensive agent, and we demonstrate its restricted CNS permeability using inductively coupled plasma/mass spectroscopy (ICP/MS) and operant behavioral analysis. The biochemistry and pharmacology of selenium are subjects of intense current interest. As a consequence of the redox chemistry of the selenium moiety, phenylaminoalkyl selen...