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Photo-driven One And Two-electron Processes Of Tetraazatetrapyridopentacene And Substituted Dipyridophenazine Ligands In The Presence Or Absence Of Zinc And Ruthenium Complexation
Herein, we report the interaction of light with Zn(II) and Ru(II) adducts of the polypyridal ligands tetraazatetrapyridopentacene (tatpp) and dipyridophenazine (dppz). For examples where Zn(II) is coordinated to tatpp and ... -
Plasma Surface Modifications For Biomedical And Electrical Applications
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2009-09-16)The focus of this work centers on molecular structuring of surfaces. The surface modifications were achieved using plasma polymerization technology, specifically variable duty cycle pulsed plasmas. The results obtained ... -
PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SILVER AND COPPER VANADATES
(2021-08-16)Combining two or more binary compounds to generate a multinary compound is a viable strategy to improve the performance and properties of the parent binary compounds. In this vein, multinary compound semiconductors have ... -
Probing Inter-Subunit Communication of F₄₂₀ NADP Oxidoreductase: A Kinetic Analysis
(2019-05-20)F₄₂₀-dependent enzymes are important in a number of organisms, which play vital roles in methane production, NADPH regulation, nucleic acid biosynthesis, folate biosynthesis and carbon cycling. Until our recent publications ... -
Probing Short-Range Structural Distortion of Stereochemically Active Lone Pairs in Extended Solid-State Materials
(2022-12-20)The structural and electronic effects of the lone pairs play an important role in magnetic, photocatalytic, and semiconducting behaviors of materials. Investigating the role of stereochemically active ns2 lone pairs derived ... -
Proteomic Strategies For Investigation Of Protein/ligand And Peptide/ligand Non-covalent Interactions By Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2008-08-08)Through universal proteomic methods and electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), multiple molecular recognition strategies were investigated as a prospective complementary tool for investigating protein-ligand ... -
Ral Interacting Protein (Ralbp1): Linking Glutathione Conjugate Transport To Oxidative Stress Defenses And Signaling Pathways
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2008-08-08)The glutathione-conjugate transporter protein DNP-SG ATPase was demonstrated to be identical to the independently cloned Ral-effector, Ralbp1. Glutathione-conjugate transport is linked to substrate-stimulated ATPase activity, ... -
Ralbp1 In Stress Resistance
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2008-08-08)Ralbp1 is a multi-specific transporter of glutathione conjugates as well as unconjugated amphiphilic toxins. Because glutathione conjugates are major metabolites of toxic lipid peroxidation products generated as a consequence ... -
Reactive Atmosphere Pyrolysis(RAP) of Silicon Carbo Nitride (SiCN)
(2023-08-17)Polymer Derived Ceramics (PDCs) are synthesized by converting liquid polymer precursors into ceramics through controlled pyrolysis. This study focuses on silicon carbonitride (SiCN) ceramics obtained from Ceraset Polysilazane ... -
Redox Active Lipophilic Ruthenium Complexes As Potential Anti-cancer Drugs
The dinuclear ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes (RPCs) [(phen)2Ru(tatpp)Ru(phen)2][PF6]4 (P4+) and the monomeric [(phen)2Ru(tatpp)]Cl2 (MP2+) are promising candidates for anti-cancer drug development in terms of the ... -
Redox and Non-Redox Reactions Catalyzed by Biomimetic Flavin-based Organocatalysts and the Discovery of Selective Oxidation Methods for the Preparation of N-Heterocycles
(2018-08-08)In nature, flavoproteins (FMN and FAD) are known to catalyze several chemical transformations which play a vital role in the growth, development, and survival of organisms. They are involved in one-electron and two-electron ... -
RENEWED SIGNIFICANCE OF RAS GTPASES
The Ras superfamily of GTPases act as molecular switches and play a critical role in intracellular signal transduction. These GTPases cycle between an active GTP- bound form and an inactive GDP-bound form to regulate a ... -
RHENIUM(I) COMPLEXES OF TETRAAZATETRAPYRIDOPENTACENE (TATPP): SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, REACTIVITY, ANTICANCER POTENTIAL AND LUMINESCENT PROBE TO DETERMINE CELLULAR LOCALIZATION
(2016-05-19)The ruthenium polypyridyl complexes [(phen)2Ru(tatpp)Ru(phen)2]4+ ([P]4+) and [(phen)2Ru(tatpp)]2+ ([MP]2+) are promising anti-tumor agents that arrest H358 NSCLC tumor growth in mouse tumor models and show cytotoxicity ... -
Ring Closing Enyne Metathesis Of Imidazole Derivatives And Subsequent Diels-Alder Reaction
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2008-08-08)The work presented in this thesis describes the development of new synthetic routes to elaborate simple imidazole derivatives into complex imidazole molecules by the application of different sequential transformations. The ... -
Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes As Potential Anticancer Drugs: Synthesis, Characterization, Cell Permeability And Localization
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2013-07-22)Research on biological activities of ruthenium polypyridyl complexes (RPCs) continues to attract interest as these complexes have shown promising anticancer activity both in vitro and in vivo.¹⁻³ The mononuclear ... -
Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes As Potential Anticancer Drugs: Synthesis, Characterization, Cell Permeability And Investigation Of Their Hypoxia-selectivity
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2013-03-20)Research on biological activity of ruthenium polypyridyl complexes (RPCs) continues to attract interest as these complexes have shown promising anti-cancer activity both in vitro and in vivo. The mononuclear RPC, ... -
Scorpionate Supported And Unsupported Carbonyl And Ethylene Complexes Of Group 11 Metals
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2010-03-03)Carbon monoxide (CO) and small olefins represent perhaps the simplest, but most important ligand systems in coordination/organometallic chemistry. Simple carbonyl and ethylene compounds have started to appear in the field ... -
SELF-ASSEMBLING PEPTIDES: FROM FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN TO THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS
(2022-08-16)Supramolecular peptide-based biomaterials have attracted much attention from researchers in various science and engineering fields because of the ease of synthesis and precise control over structures and physicochemical ... -
SENSTIVE ENANTIOMERIC ANALYSIS OF N-ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONES IN BACTERIAL MATRICES
(2023-01-03)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 12/13/2024** ABSTRACT: Communication between unicellular organism has long been studied with many facets yet to be discovered. A specific type of communication in ... -
SEPARATION, DETECTION, AND QUANTITATION OF UNDERIVATIZED CARBOHYDRATES USING LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY- ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION-TRIPLE QUADRUPOLE- TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY
(2018-08-10)Carbohydrate analysis has many important implications in health, consumer products, and industrial processes. Among many possible analytical techniques for their analysis, mass spectrometry (MS) is an attractive approach, ...