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In this study, the CdS nanoparticle in a long fatty chain matrix doped with a metallic positive ion was prepared. The results showed that the nanoparticle prepared had a layered structure similar to LB films and the injection of the metallic ion had obviously changed the luminescent properties of the CdS nanoparticles. The medium confined effect in the composite nanopowder was observed.

Monolayer and multilayer BDN(Bis(4-diethyannodithiobenzil)nickel)-SA(stearyl alcohol) LB (Langmuir–Blodgett) films were prepared and the characteristics of microcrystalline domains were studied using UV–vis.–NIR and AFM. The results indicate that BDN-SA LB films consist of numerous ball-like microcrystalline domains at size scales from a few tens to a few hundreds of nm. AFM images of a multilayer LB film show that well-ordered molecular arrangements exist on the surface of domains which resemble a mosaic structure. The relationship between the mean size of the domain of a BDN-SA LB film with the thickness of the film was also shown.

Novel octasubstituted phthalocyanine derivatives XYSiPc(OR)₈ (X=alkyl, Y=alkoxy, R=alkane or alkene) were synthesized by reaction of alkoxy-substituted diiminoisoindolines with XSiCl₃ followed by quenching with an alcohol YOH. Three synthetic routes for adding anchoring groups to the phthalocyanines were explored: variation of the axial groups X and Y, or incorporation of vinyl groups around the periphery of the phthalocyanine ring. The latter approach yielded silicon and copper phthalocyanines with eight terminal vinyl groups, which reacted cleanly with thioacetic acid/AIBN to give products with eight protected terminal thiols.

Mixed Langmuir–Blodgett films of tri-(2,4-di-t-amylphenoxy)-(8-quinolinolyl) copper phthalocyanine and water-soluble fullerenols are prepared. Their behavior at the air-water interface and the monolayer morphology are studied.

The adsorption of 80S ribosome from rat liver to the surface of lipid monolayers at the air/water interface was examined by electron microscopy (EM) using a negative staining method. The results showed that, a large number of 80S ribosomes can be adsorbed to the lipid monolayers containing positively charged octadecylamine (SA), whereas the adsorption of ribosomes to the surface of neutral or negatively charged lipid monolayers was negligible. There existed a proper ratio of SA to complemented neutral lipids which facilitated the maximum binding of ribosomes. Increasing the subphase pH value will enhance the adsorption of ribosome, but when raising the subphase concentrations of K⁺, Mg²⁺ and glycerol, the adsorption of ribosomes can be weakened, suggesting that the driving forces of the adsorption mainly come from the electrostatic interactions between the ribosome and the lipids. The important characteristics of such interactions between the 80S rat liver ribosomes and the lipid membranes, as revealed by this new technology, which may help in the further understanding of the protein biosynthesis is discussed.

A new macrocyclic heterodinuclear Fe^IIICo^III complex, prepared by the condensation of 2,6-diformylpyridine N-oxide with 1,3-diaminopropane in the presence of FeCl₂.4H₂O and CoCl₂.6H₂O, and formulated as FeCoLCl₆.C₂H₅OH.8H₂O, was characterized by elemental analyses, IR and Mössbauer spectra and investigated electrochemically on an ultramicrodisk platinum electrode. The results show that the electrode reaction can be thought as a nearly reversible transfer process. The diffusion coefficient is 1.93×10^-6 m² s^-1 and E^o ̄ is −0.229V (versus s.c.e) and α=0.877. The average electron transfer rate constant k^o′ is 3.21×10^-3 cm s^-1.

Two types of protein engineering have been developed for self-assembling antibody (IgG) molecules in an oriented manner. The first is to tag a cysteine group to Protein A which has a specific affinity to the Fc part of IgG. The cysteine-tagged Protein A was self-assembled on the gold surface, which was followed by self-assembling of IgG to face the antigen recognition sites to the solution phase. The second is concerned with tailing a single chain antibody by lipid at the one terminal and the hexahistidinyl group at the other. The lipid and histidine-tailed single chain antibody was embedded in a liposome to make the antigen recognition site appear on the outsphere, which was immobilized on the Ni-treated mica surface through chelating of the histidine tail. The individual liposome was clearly imaged by a tapping mode of AFM.

Self-assembly of pyridine base molecules, pyridine and b-picoline, were observed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) on (0 1 0) surfaces of natural zeolites, heulandite and stilbite, respectively. The molecular array structures of the self-assembled adlayers were determined from the AFM images, and they showed well-ordered, two-dimensional (quasi-) hexagonal lattice structures. Orientations of the molecules within the 2D adlayers were also estimated from the AFM images, and their energetics were calculated by means of a semiempirical molecular orbital method.

The electrochemical behavior of poly(2-methoxy-5-dodecyloxy-1,4-phenylene vinylene) (MD-PPV) is investigated by cyclic voltammetry and in situ spectroelectrochemical measurement. The energy gap of MD-PPV is determined to be 2.05 eV based on the onset potentials of electrochemical p-doping and n-doping. That PEO affects the electrochemical behavior of MD-PPV/PEO blend positively is also observed.

In this paper, the monolayer behavior of a new symmetrically substituted ytterbium bisphthalocyanine derivative Yb-octa-4-(2,4-di-tert-pentylphenoxyl) bis phthalocyanine was investigated, its phase change morphology at the air/water interface was directly observed by Brewster Angle Microscopy (BAM). Its molecular orientation in an LB film was determined by polarized UV–Vis spectra.