We present a novel and simple method for forming hexagonal gold nanoparticle arrays that uses Coulombic interactions between negatively charged gold nanoparticles on positively charged vertically oriented poly(4-vinylpyridine) cylinders formed in a spin cast polystyrene-b-poly(4-vinylpyridine) block copolymer film. Exposure of the block copolymer film to dibromobutane vapor quaternizes and cros...

Reaction of 4-vinylpyridine with AgClO(3) yields a crystalline solid that supports a stereospecific and quantitative [2+2] photodimerisation of two terminal olefins. Structural dynamics of the -CH[double bond, length as m-dash]CH(2) group, nature of the counterion, and extended packing influence the photoreactivity.

We demonstrate stimulated emission depletion microscopy using opposing objective lenses to noninvasively reveal the nanoscale morphology of block copolymers in three dimensions with focused light. This is exemplified in a poly(styrene-block-2-vinylpyridine) model system in which contrast is achieved by specifically staining the vinylpyridine phase with a fluorescent dye. We image swelling induc...

Procedures have been developed for estimating cystine content of proteins by reducing disulfide bonds with mercaptoethanol and selectively alkylating the generated sulfhydryl groups with 4-vinylpyridine or 2-vinylquinoline. 4-Vinylpyridine reacts with cysteine to produce S-,B-(4-pyridylethyl)cysteine (Pe-cysteine), which can be determined in protein hydrolysates either by ion-exchange chromatog...

Disullide bonds in proteins and in seed meals were reduced with /3-mercaptoethanol to sulfhydryl groups. The generated sulfhydryl groups were then alkylated by treatment with 4-vinylpyridine. The cysteine residues were thus derivatized to S-(4-pyridylethyl)-L-cysteine residues. The cysteine derivative is stable to acid hydrolysis and on amino acid analysis by ion exchange elutes just before arg...

Poly(2-vinylpyridine 1-oxide) inhibits the cytotoxic effects of quartz in cell cultures but the syndiotactic polymer behaves differently from the isotactic and atactic polymers. In each case approximately 1-0 mg/m2 of the polymer represents the adsorption maximum. No difference has been found between the adsorption isotherms of the stereoisomeric polymers or the stability of the adsorbed layers...

Polyoxometalates can serve as active components to induce and modulate the micellization behavior of polystyrene-block-poly(4-vinylpyridine).

Poly (vinylpyridine-N-N-methylenebisacrylamide-acrylicacid) (2-VP-MBAm-AA) was prepared from the reaction of TiO2-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (TiO2-MAPTMS) with 2-vinylpyridine, methylenbisacrylamide (MBAm) and tert-butyl acrylate (t-BuA). Subsequently (2-VP-MBAm-AA) was reacted with CuI to give the Cu(I) NPs supported onto the above polym...