Rubidium metaborate, Rb3B3O6, was obtained by the reaction of Rb2CO3 and BN using a radiofrequency furnace at a maximum reaction temperature of 1173 K. The crystal structure has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The space group is R3c, with all atoms positioned on a twofold axis (Wyckoff site 18e). The ionic compound is isotypic with Na3B3O6, K3B3O6 and Cs3B3O6.

Great progress has been made in combining a TTF moiety with a porphyrin unit by covalent bonds, but only a few examples were reported in which TTF and porphyrin assembled by noncovalent interactions. In contrast to the energy- and time-consuming synthetic procedures for the covalent system, the assembly of a non-covalent ionic system would be a cost-effective way to construct donor-acceptor ens...

The use of non-ionic LC phases as anisotropic matrices for E/Z-isomerization of azo-guest molecules is often restricted due to limited solubilities and demixing effects. In this study we therefore employed an ionic liquid crystal (ILC) matrix to follow the photo-induced E/Z-isomerization of ionic mesogenic azobenzene guanidinium guests. The latter were prepared from 4-hydroxy-4'-(octyloxy)azobe...

A novel quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) technique was used to study the adhesion of nonfimbriated and fimbriated Escherichia coli mutant strains to hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces at different ionic strengths. This technique enabled us to measure both frequency shifts (Deltaf), i.e., the increase in mass on the surface, and dissipation shifts (DeltaD), i.e., the viscoelastic energy losse...

The lead(II) complexes of 2,2'-iminodiethanol (H2Dea)Pb2(Dea)(N03)2(DMF), Pb2(HDea)2Cl2 and [Pb2Br6](H3Dea)2(DM F = N,N-dimethylformamide) have been synthesized from the com­ ponents and characterized by X-ray crystallography. Both mono(HDea) and doubly (Dea) deprotonated HN (CH2CH2OH)2 are coordinated via oxygen and nitrogen atoms in Pb2(D ea)(N 03)2(DM F) and Pb2(HDea)2Cl2. The nitrate comple...

A paracrystal indistinguishable from the one which occurs in the mitochondrial mutant abnormal-1 can be induced in wild-type Neurospora crassa after growth in either ethidium or euflavine. This paracrystal has been isolated and partially characterized. It appears to be composed of a single polypeptide (mol wt 68,000) which can be reversibly crystallized and dissociated by changes in the pH and ...

In order to investigate why crystal symmetry lowers with increasing temperature by phase transition of TII–III (=369 K) in Cs3H(SeO4)2, in spite of the fact that crystal symmetry in the high-temperature phase of many ionic conductors becomes higher by the phase transition, we have studied the relation between the change in crystal symmetry and the appearance of proton motion. It was found from ...

We also implement locally weighted least squares linear regression with the following cost function: We search for the optimal model by performing leaveone-out cross validation over all models • Solid state lithium ion batteries show great promise as high performance energy storage devices; however, designing high ionic conductivity solid electrolytes remains a challenge. • There has yet to be ...

The electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance was used to determine redox-driven ion transfers accompanying p-doping of polypyrrole (PPy) films in the choline chloride-based deep eutectic ionic liquid ethaline; electroneutrality maintenance is gravimetrically dominated by choline cation transfer and this requires the presence within the undoped film of ionic liquid, when this finite reservoir...