We investigated the self-assembly of cyclodextrin (CD) molecules at the tetradecane–aqueous solution interface through formation of inclusion complexes (ICs). We studied the surface activity of CDs at both the air–water and the oil–water interface. Although a-CD and b-CD are not surface active at the air–water interface, they form pseudo-surfactants as inclusion complexes with linear oil molecu...

A method for the preparation of protoplasts from Candida tropicalis cultivated on n-tetradecane is described. This essentially consists of replacing the mannitolsorbitol solution of the classical helicase technique by 1 M magnesium sulfate and lowering the pH to 4.1 during incubation in the presence of helicase. The protoplasts thus prepared behave like intact cells and are capable of consuming...

The genus Hypericum is one of the most important medicinal plants that contain 17 species in Iran, three of them are endemics. This paper reports the essential oil composition of six Hypericum species from Iran. The essential oil analysis of a number of the studied plants has already been reported but their report from Iran may be valuable for scientists.  Samples collected between June and Aug...

A method for the preparation of protoplasts from Candida tropicalis cultivated on n-tetradecane is described. This essentially consists of replacing the mannitol-sorbitol solution of the classical helicase technique by 1 m magnesium sulfate and lowering the pH to 4.1 during incubation in the presence of helicase. The protoplasts thus prepared behave like intact cells and are capable of consumin...

The title compound, (C(10)H(28)N(4))[MnCl(4)(H(2)O)(2)]Cl(2)·2H(2)O, consists of isolated octa-hedral [MnCl(4)(H(2)O)(2)](2-) anions, tetra-protonated 1,4,8,11-tetra-azoniacyclo-tetradecane cations, chloride anions and water mol-ecules connected by a network of hydrogen bonds. The Mn(II) atom is situated on an inversion centre, and the 1,4,8,11-tetra-azoniacyclo-tetradecane cation is located on...

The precise structure of monolayers of catalytic manganese porphyrins at the interface of an Au(111)-surface and an n-tetradecane liquid has been determined in a liquid-cell scanning tunneling microscope (STM). Before the addition of the manganese porphyrins, an ordered monolayer of lamellae of n-tetradecane molecules on the Au(111) surface could be imaged. It was found that only domain boundar...

The solid to liquid phase transition of n-alkanes with more than ten carbon atoms is an interesting phenomenon relevant to many fields, from cosmetics to automotive. Here we report Raman spectroscopy of tetradecane, pentadecane and hexadecane as a function of temperature. In order to gain information on the structural changes that the hydrocarbons undergo during melting, and to determine the te...

the genus hypericum is one of the most important medicinal plants that contain 17 species in iran, three of them are endemics. this paper reports the essential oil composition of six hypericum species from iran. the essential oil analysis of a number of the studied plants has already been reported but their report from iran may be valuable for scientists.  samples collected between june and aug...

We have studied the phase diagrams of brine/oil/AOT mixtures m which the oils are mixtures of octane and tetradecane and the amount of AOT is small In addition, the properties of the AOT monolayer at the brine/oft interface as a function of the volume fraction # of tetradecane in the oil have been measured. The values of the interfacial tension and the phase diagram behaviour show that the Equi...

Non-aqueous Pickering emulsions of 16-240 μm diameter have been prepared using diblock copolymer worms with ethylene glycol as the droplet phase and an n-alkane as the continuous phase. Initial studies using n-dodecane resulted in stable emulsions that were significantly less turbid than conventional water-in-oil emulsions. This is attributed to the rather similar refractive indices of the latt...