In the title chain compound, [Ag(NO(3))(C(26)H(24)P(2))](n), the bis-(diphenyl-phosphino)ethane (dppe) units link the Ag(+) ions into chains along [001]. A nitrate anion is coordinated to the Ag atom. There is a centre of symmetry at the mid-point of the ethane C-C bond and a twofold rotation axis passes through the Ag, N and terminal O atoms. Each Ag atom is four-coordinated in a distorted tet...

In the crystal structure of the title compound, [Cu(3)Br(3)(C(26)H(24)P(2))(3)]·0.5CH(3)COCH(3), two of the Cu centers are bridged by two bromide anions forming a Cu(μ-Br)(2)Cu core, which is further bridged by a 1,2-bis-(diphenyl-phosphino)-ethane (dppe) ligand. The third Cu center is terminally bound to another bromide ligand and is connected to the other two Cu atoms by bridging dppe ligands...

Phase-sensitive vibrational sum frequency generation is employed to investigate the water structure at phospholipid/water interfaces. Interfacial water molecules are oriented preferentially by the electrostatic potential imposed by the phospholipids and have, on average, their dipole pointing toward the phospholipid tails for all phospholipids studied, dipalmitoyl phosphocholine (DPPC), dipalmi...

This review paper focuses on the design and non linear optical properties of trans-Ru(dppe)2 (dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane) alkynyl complexes and their derivatives. These systems constitute remarkable second and third-order non linear optical active chromophores. Furthermore, modifying the environment around the ruthenium affords the possibility of tuning their non linear optical per...

Precise control of molecule-electrode interface is essential for molecular devices. Herein, new ruthenium acetylide wires with long-legged phosphine ligands to form a sterically controlled are designed. The sharpened Raman signals ascribed acetylene stretching observed the self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) biphenyl- (2Au) and tert-butylbiphenyl-substituted dppe-type (3Au), suggesting that steric...

The miscibility and phase behavior of hydrated binary mixtures of two N-acylethanolamines (NAEs), N-myristoylethanolamine (NMEA), and N-palmitoylethanolamine (NPEA), with the corresponding diacyl phosphatidylethanolamines (PEs), dimyristoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DMPE), and dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DPPE), respectively, have been investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (D...

Despite our extremely low atmospheric concentration of dihydrogen (B1 ppm), this substrate is a key metabolite of many anaerobic bacteria. In such living systems can be found the most prevalent enzymes for hydrogen processing, the nickel–iron hydrogenases ([NiFe]–H2ases). 1,2 These electrocatalysts specifically mediate the redox reaction H2 " 2H + + 2e at several hundred turnovers per second. T...

New carboranyl thioethers 1-MeO(CH2)nS-1,2-C2B10H11 (n = 2, 3) were prepared by the alkylation of trimethylammonium salt 1-mercapto-ortho-carborane with 1-bromo- 2-methoxyethane and 1-bromo-3-methoxypropane, respectively. Their deboronation cesium fluoride in ethanol gave corresponding nido-carboranes Cs[7-MeO(CH2)nS-7,8-C2B9H11] 3). The reactions Cs[7-MeO(CH2)2S-7,8-C2B9H11] various nickel(II)...

Using a stroboscopic technique, in which the molecule is repeatedly excited and the structural change is probed more than 5000 times per second immediately after excitation, we performed a 16 K time-resolved single-crystal study of the microsecond lifetime triplet state of the Cu(I)phenanthroline derivative[Cu(I)(dmp)(dppe)][PF6] (dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane). The geometry changes o...

Oriented films and powder samples of the phospholipid L-alpha-dipalmitoyl phosphatidylethanolamine (DPPE) were studied by X-ray fiber diffraction techniques. The specimens were photographed under a complete range of hydration at room temperature. Two polymorphic forms were found. One of them was present in oriented films. It showed a close packing of DPPE molecules lying parallel to the normal ...