In this paper, we show that first-principle calculations using a van der Waals density functional (vdW-DF) [M. Dion, H. Rydberg, E. Schroder, D. C. Langreth, and B. I. Lundqvist, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 246401 (2004)] permit the determination of molecular crystal structure within density functional theory (DFT). We study the crystal structures of hexamine and the platonic hydrocarbons (cubane and ...

PROCEDURES The following have been used with success: haematoxylin and eosin, Perls's reaction for ferric iron, the periodic acid-Schiff reaction for carbohydrates, the alcian blue method for acid mucopolysaccharides, the Feulgen reaction for desoxyribonucleic acid, the periodic acid-hexamine silver method, Luxol fast blue for myelin, solochrome cyanine as a general stain, Heidenhain's iron hae...

In the study of 782 biopsy specimens from 1 95 patients during and after chemotherapy we compared the numbers of Mycobacterium /eprae stained by the Fite-Faraco (FF) and the Gomori methenamine-silver (GMS) techniques. In many patients large amounts of non-acid-fast M. /eprae or remnants thereof remained 66 months after starting effective multidrug therapy. The GMS stain is a useful method for a...

Histopathological study showed pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia of the epidermis and there was a granulomatous inflammatory infiltrate in the dermis composed of histiocytes, eosinophils, and polymorphonuclear cells. Globular structures with a thick, pigmented wall were seen scattered between the inflammatory cells, some of them arranged in the form of a rosary. These structures stained with pe...

Nitrogenated porous carbon materials, made by coating the pore surface with nitrogen functional groups from the pyrolysis of hexamine, were characterized and tested for supercapacitor applications. From X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the nitrogen content of the nitrogenated carbon sample was found to be 14 wt%. Electrochemical properties from potentiostatic and galvanostatic measurements, an...

We have quantitatively studied the space-time dynamics of mitotic chromosome compaction in cultured amphibian cells. After collecting digital phase-contrast images we have done digital image analysis to study spatial correlations in density. We find a characteristic distance at which the strongest correlations occur, which provides a quantitative measure of the size of patches of dense chromati...

condensation reaction of urea, casein and formaldehyde in the presence of varying proportion of resorcinol under alkaline condition. All the prepared resins were characterized by free-formaldehyde content, free-phenol content, viscosity measurements and infrared spectroscopy (IR). The resin samples were cured isothermally at 120oC using two different curing agents, p-toluene sulphonic acid (PTS...

Atomically thin molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) sheets were synthesized and isolated via solvent-assisted chemical exfoliation. The charge-dependent electrochemical activities of these MoS₂ sheets were studied using positively charged hexamine ruthenium (III) chloride and negatively charged ferricyanide/ferrocyanide redox probes. Ultrathin MoS₂ sheet-based electrodes were employed for the electroch...