ANTIMONY(V) OXIDE GRAFTED ONTO A SILICA-GEL SURFACE - ACIDIC PROPERTIES AND THERMAL-STABILITY

Antimony(v) oxide grafted onto a silica gel surface was obtained in highly dispersed form, with antimony density of 0.65 atoms nm-2. The material presents Bronsted and Lewis acid properties different from pyrochlore, Sb2O5. These sites disappear upon thermal treatment at 500-degrees-C owing to reaction ot antimony oxide with the silica surface.88213193319

CRYSTALLITE SIZE DETERMINATION IN MU-C-GE FILMS BY X-RAY-DIFFRACTION AND RAMAN LINE-PROFILE ANALYSIS

Experimental Raman spectra were used to evaluate the average crystallite size of muc-Ge films. The experimental curves were fitted with a theoretical expression obtained by Richter et al. assuming a Gaussian size distribution. X-Ray Diffraction line profile analysis was performed to obtain crystallite size and shape information. Comparison of the results from both techniques proves that the crystallite dimensions obtained can only be expected to be similar in those cases in which the approximation of ''spherical'' grains is valid.85430731

Thermotropic phase behavior of DPPC liposome systems in the presence of the anti-cancer agent 'Ellipticine'

This letter presents our first results on the structural changes in DPPC multilamellar vesicles dispersed in water in the presence of the anti-cancer agent Ellipticine. The thermotropic phase transitions of the lamellar packing inside lipid vesicles were characterized in situ by small angle X ray diffraction. The results lead to the determination of a critical concentration value for drug loading on the vesicle system around 4% molar fraction of Ellipticine, an indication of the localization of the drug in the alkyl chains and the influence of the drug on the decreasing rate of the bilayer period after the main phase transition.361677

Lipid model membranes for drug interaction study

The present work shows a structural study on the process of incorporation of a hydrophobic drug, Ellipticine (ELPT), into lipid model membranes for drug targeting purpose. The ELPT is an alkaloid that showed an anti-proliferation activity against several types of tumor cells and against the HIV1 virus. We used the zwitterionic lipid dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and four different anionic lipids: cardiolipin (CL), dipalmitoyl phosphatidic acid (DPPA), dipalmitoyl phosphatidylglycerol (DPPG) and dipalmitoyl phosphatidylserine (DPPS), both spread on a Langmuir monolayer and deposited on a solid substrate to mimic a model membrane and study the interaction with the drug ELPT. X-ray reflectivity results pointed toward an increase in drug loading efficiency up to 13.5% mol/mol of ELPT into mixed systems DPPC/CL. This increase in loading efficiency was also accompanied by a slight distortion in the stacking of the bilayers less evidenced after optimization of the molar ratio between the co-lipids. Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction measurements revealed an in-plane lattice distortion due to the presence of hydrocarbon chain backbone ordering in pure systems of DPPC doped with ELPT. The same was not observed in mixed membranes with DPPC/CL and DPPC/DPPA.35543143

Poly(n-alkylsilsesquioxane)s: Synthesis, Characterization, and Modification with Poly(dimethylsiloxane)

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Self-supported translucent films constituted of poly(n-octylsilsesquioxane) or poly(n-dodecylsilsesquioxane) were obtained from the hydrolysis and condensation of n-octyltriethoxysilane (OTES) or n-dodecyltriethoxysi lane (DTES), respectively. Dense films were obtained in the absence of organic solvents, with dibutyltin diacetate as catalyst. These films exhibited good optical transparency and thermal stability. The incorporation of oligomeric dimethylsiloxane units (D(Me,Me)) in these materials, derived from silanol-terminated poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) or 1,1,3,3-tetramethyl-1,3-diethoxydisiloxane (TMDES), was carried out during the hydrolysis and condensation of OTES and DTES and was confirmed by solid-state (29)Si NMR. Poly(n-octylsilsesquioxane) showed a glass-transition temperature at -65 degrees C, due to the increase in the free volume, promoted by the bulky n-octyl groups. The differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) curves of the polymer derived from DTES were characterized by first-order transitions at temperatures ranging from -15.8 to -0.7 degrees C. Further studies of these networks by low-temperature XRD evidenced narrowing of the diffraction halos suggesting a partial order-disorder transition for these materials at lower temperatures. Good thermal stability up to 350 degrees C and the solvent-free production process make these polymers potential candidates for the development of self-supported hydrophobic protective coatings. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 1220-1229, 201048512201229Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)FAPESP [03/09, 962-1]CNPq [305916/2006-8

INFLUENCE OF THE SUBSTRATE ON THE CRYSTALLINE PROPERTIES OF SPRAYED TIN DIOXIDE THIN-FILMS

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