We report the chemistry and photophysics of atomic gold and silver particles in inorganic glasses. By synchrotron irradiation of gold-doped soda-lime silicate glasses we could create and identify unambiguously the gold dimer as a stable and bright luminescing particle embedded in the glassy matrix. The gold dimer spectra coincide perfectly with rare gas matrix spectra of Au(2). The glass matrix...

Silicon was found to be a constituent of certain glycosaminoglycans and polyuronides, where it occurs firmly bound to the polysaccharide matrix. 330-554 ppm of bound Si were detected in purified hyaluronic acid from umbilical cord, chondroitin 4-sulfate, dermatan sulfate, and heparan sulfate. These amounts correspond to 1 atom of Si per 50,000-85,000 molecular weight or 130-280 repeating units....

Amino acids have been extensively used in several processes of the pharmaceutical and food industries. Treatments for the recovery and reuse of the wastewaters generated from these processes are few and little known. This work aims at studying the influence of different variables on the sorption of L-cysteine, contained in aqueous solutions, on clinoptilolite mineral. L-Cysteine (Cys) was s...

amino acids have been extensively used in several processes of the pharmaceutical and food industries. treatments for the recovery and reuse of the wastewaters generated from these processes are few and little known. this work aims at studying the influence of different variables on the sorption of l-cysteine, contained in aqueous solutions, on clinoptilolite mineral. l-cysteine (cys) was sorbe...

Triphenylsilanolate ligands were found to impart excellent reactivity and outstanding functional group tolerance on molybdenum alkylidyne complexes, which catalyze alkyne metathesis reactions of all sorts. The active species either can be obtained in high yield by adaptation of the established synthesis routes leading to Schrock alkylidynes or can be generated in situ from the molybdenum nitrid...