In recent days Zinc oxide (ZnO) attracted much interest due to its versatibility and size dependent opto-electronic properties. ZnO flake structures have been hydrothermally synthesized in the reaction of aqueous solution of cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) and NaOH at 373.15 K. It was found that, the volume of added ammonia, surfactant (CTAB), and mixed solvent play crucial roles in mor...

We examined a number of ligands with the view of inhibiting the GTPase activity of dynamin. Dynamin contains a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain that interacts with lipids. We report a series of simple lipid-like molecules that display moderate inhibitory activity. Inhibitory activity is linked to chain length and quaternarization of the terminal amine. A change in the counterion, Cl versus Br or...

The interaction of pyridine-4(-3,-2)aldoxime has been studied whit 3-bromo-N,N,N-trialkyl-2oxo(-hydroxyimino)-1-propanaminium bromide. The structure of all synthesized compounds was determined by elemental analysis as well as by physical and chemical methods. All synthesized compounds were tested for reactivation of phosphorylated acetylcholinesterase. Using fragments of the molecules (an oxime...

Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) self assembles at hydrophobic graphite surfaces forming linear parallel hemicylinders with approximately 5 nm spacing between adjacent hemicylinders. In this paper, we report the effect of cosurfactants on the SDS surface micelle structures. It is known from the literature that cosurfactants influence the relaxation times of bulk phase micelles. Specifically, the re...

This communication reports the formation of complex Langmuir monolayer at the air-water interface with the water-soluble N-cetyl N,N,N-trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) molecules when interacted with the stearic acid (SA) molecules. The reaction kinetics of the formation of the CTAB-SA complex was monitored by observing the surface pressure versus time graph. Multilayered LB films of this compl...

Resins with strong and long-lasting antibacterial properties are critical for the prevention of secondary dental caries. In this study, we evaluated the antibacterial effect and the underlying mechanism of action of an unfilled resin incorporating 2-methacryloxylethyl hexadecyl methyl ammonium bromide (MAE-HB) against Streptococcus mutans UA159 (S. mutans UA159). MAE-HB was added into unfilled ...

DNA extracted from herbarium specimens is highly fragmented; therefore, it is crucial to use extraction protocols that retrieve short DNA molecules. Improvements in extraction and DNA library preparation protocols for animal remains have allowed efficient retrieval of molecules shorter than 50 bp. Here, we applied these improvements to DNA extraction protocols for herbarium specimens and evalua...