Using Ir(iii) complexes as dopants in phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PhOLEDs) is the most successful strategy to attain long-lasting and highly-performant electroluminescent devices. Whilst highly efficient blue PhOLEDs are accessible, their limited operational lifetimes still restraint their practical use in lighting and displays. These short lifetimes are directly related to th...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of storage at -4 0 C on the ascorbic acid (vitamin C) content of grapes (Vitis vinifera) for 1, 2, 5 and 8 months. A sensitive UV-VIS spectrometric method based on Prussian Blue reaction was applied for vitamin C determination and some kinetic calculations were presented. The varieties of red and white grapes used were from Murfatlar vineyard:...

The decolouration of the metal-complex dyes Bemaplex Navy M-T (150 mg/L) and Bezaktiv Blue BA (150 mg/L) in nine successive batches by immobilised cultures of the white-rot fungus Trametes pubescens was studied. Two different types of immobilisation supports were used: the commercial carriers Kaldnes™ K1 (synthetic supports) and sunflower-seed shells (SS) (natural supports). Bemaplex showed mor...

Spinodal decomposition is a phase-separation phenomenon occurring at non-equilibrium conditions. In isotropic materials, it is expected to improve the physical properties, in which modulated structures arise from a single system of spinodal waves. However, in anisotropic materials this process is controversial and not very well understood. Here, we report anisotropic spinodal decomposition patt...

Originally received: April 11, 2016. Final revision: April 27, 2016. Accepted: April 27, 2016. Available online: June 1, 2016. Manuscript no. 2016-739. 1 Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Republic of Singapore. 2 Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Republic of Singapore. 3 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Republic of Singapore...

A novel fluorescent probe 1 is reported here with ratiometric response to hydrophobic proteins (casein) or proteins with hydrophobic pockets (BSA, HSA) through hydrophobic interaction. Probe 1 underwent deprotonation in aqueous solution at pH 7.4 and emitted blue fluorescence at 436 nm. Upon the addition of BSA, HSA or casein, the aggregation-induced emission fluorescence of 1 at 518 nm was tur...

In the polymeric title complex, [Mn(C(9)H(9)O(2)S)(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(H(2)O)(2)](n), the Mn(2+) cation and the 4,4'-bipyridine ligand lie on a twofold rotation axis. The cation has an MnN(2)O(4) octa-hedral environment, being coordinated by the O atoms of two water mol-ecules and two monodentate (4-tolyl-sulfan-yl)acetate anions, and by two N atoms of two 4,4'-bipyridine ligands. The latter brid...

By employing a tridentate thiophosphoramide ligand, [(NHAQ)3P[double bond, length as m-dash]S] (AQ = 3-quinolinyl), a cationic MOF, {[Cu6I5(L(1))2](OH)·3DMF·2.5MeOH}n, was synthesized. Photo-physical studies on the 2D-MOF showed an unusual thermochromic behaviour emitting a blue fluorescence at 298 K due to the AQ chromophore and an orange-yellow phosphorescence at 77 K due to the [Cu6I5](+) unit.

Two novel panchromatic asymmetrical squaraine sensitizers (SPSQ1 and SPSQ2) have been synthesized, characterized and effectively used for TiO2-based dye sensitized solar cells. In a solution, both dyes display a highly intense near-IR absorption (SPSQ1; 651 nm and SPSQ2; 692 nm), the red shifted absorption of SPSQ2 was attributed to the incorporation of the auxiliary acceptor dicyanovinyl unit ...

We have found for the first time a Balmer edge feature in the Big Blue Bump emission of a quasar. The feature is seen in the polarized flux spectrum of the quasar, where all the emissions from outside the nucleus are scraped off and removed. The existence of the Balmer-edge absorption feature directly indicates that the Big Blue Bump is indeed thermal and optically-thick.