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Prussian Blue (ferric hexacyanoferrate(II)) was discovered accidentally by Johann Jacob Diesbach (1) and Johann Konrad Dippel (2) in Berlin in 1706 (3). As the first synthetic pigment, Prussian Blue received its name from the country in which its discovery occurred. It revolutionized the use of the color blue in artwork because it was less expensive and/or more stable than other blue pigments o...

Further small angle X-ray diffusion experiments carried out on AgMn crystals containing a concentration of 1.4 at. % to 24 at. % Mn allow us to reject the description of S.R.O. based on the existence of ordered micro-domains. Instead, we carry out an analysis of the S.R.O. in term of Cowley parameters applicable to an homogeneous distribution of concentration, which we claim is the case for AgM...

has been prescribed to improve health and longevity in the traditional Chinese medicine, and it was used for the treatment of neurasthenia, hypertension, hepatopathy and carcinoma for thousands of years. More than one hundred species of bioactive components have been isolated from G. lucidum, such as polysaccharides, triterpenoids and alkaloids, in which that Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide (G...

Since the beginning of 18th century, Danish Royal Mission has been working on Coromandel coast Hindustan in city Tranquebar (Dansborg fortress 250 km from Madras). This mission, created initiative King Frederick IV (1699–1730), consisted mainly Germans, graduates University Saxon Halle. The first head mission (in 1706–1719) was Bartolomäus Ziegenbalg (1682–1706). All work carried out under his ...