Introduction * Physical-chemical properties of the -cyanoacrylate * ABSTRACT Currently, new formulations of -cyanoacrylic tissue adhesives, are being studied for the repair of soft and hard tissue in order to improve properties such as: biodegradability, biocompatibility bone flexibility (in the soft tissue applications) and ease of handling. This paper presents a review of scientific literatur...

Two new functionalized 4,4'-disubstituted 2,2'-bipyridines that were end-capped with cyanoacrylic acid or cyanoacrylic acid ester anchoring groups, which might allow their efficient functionalization on TiO2 or other metal-oxide semiconductor surfaces, have been synthesized and characterized by electrochemical, photophysical, and spectroscopic measurements. The electrochemical and photophysical...

2-(Thiophen-2-yl)thiazole was introduced as a π-bridge into diethylamino coumarin and novel coumarin sensitizers were synthesized with cyanoacrylic acid or rhodanine acetic acid as electron acceptor. Their light-harvesting capabilities and photovoltaic performance were investigated and compared with those of a similar sensitizer bearing a phenylthiophene bridge. Replacement of benzene in the π-...

A bifunctional compound 1 was designed and synthesized, in which the donor-π-conjugated-acceptor-cyanoacrylic acid configuration is suited for DSSC, while the tetraoxa-azacrown (donor) part also acts as the recognition unit for e.g. Ca(2+) and the output of DSSC is utilized as signal transduction, demonstrating a new recognition concept using DSSC.

Organic solar cell dyes containing the most common anchoring group, cyanoacrylic acid, are shown to be photolabile and undergo photoisomerization. This may have significant consequences for dye-sensitized solar cells, as isomerisation competes with electron injection and leads to modifications of the dye and surface arrangement.

Dipicolinic acid was investigated as a new anchoring group for DSSCs. A pilot dye (PD2) bearing this new anchoring group was found to adsorb significantly stronger to TiO2 than its cyanoacrylic acid analogue. The electrolyte composition was found to have a strong effect on the photoelectrochemical properties of the adsorbed dye in the device, allowing the dye LUMO energy to be tuned by 0.5 eV. ...

Four new organic dyes, 1–4, containing triphenylamine (TPA) donors connected through different acetylene linkages to fluorene bridges and cyanoacrylic acid acceptors were designed and synthetized for photoconversion in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Their absorption spectra, electrochemical and photovoltaic properties were investigated. Shortening the bridge between the TPA moiety and the ...

Once previously attempted conservative maneuvers have failed, iatrogenic persistent urinary fistulas usually require difficult repeated operations. We describe 3 patients in whom cyanoacrylic glue was used to repair endoscopically persistent urinary fistulas occurring after major pelvic surgery. At a mean follow-up of 21 months, all patients were free of urinary leakage and had no evidence of r...

Novel organic sensitizers comprising donor, electron-conducting, and anchoring groups were engineered at molecular level and synthesized. The functionalized unsymmetrical organic sensitizers 3-{5-[N,N-bis(9,9-dimethylfluorene-2-yl)phenyl]-thiophene-2-yl}-2-cyano-acrylic acid (JK-1) and 3-{5'-[N,N-bis(9,9-dimethylfluorene-2-yl)phenyl]-2,2'-bisthiophene-5-yl}-2-cyano-acrylic acid (JK-2), upon anc...