Graphene on quartz modified with rhenium oxide as a semitransparent electrode for organic electronic

Our research shows that commercially available graphene on quartz modified with rhenium oxide meets the requirements for its use as a conductive and transparent anode in optoelectronic devices. The cluster growth of rhenium oxide enables an increase in the work function of graphene by 1.3 eV up to 5.2 eV, which guarantees an appropriate adjustment to the energy levels of the organic semiconductors used in OLED devices.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figure

Polymers with π-Electrons Delocalised along Pendant Group Stacks

Recently developed photoconductive polymer systems, polyparacyclophanes doped with low-molecular-weight acceptors, combine high charge carrier mobility provided by extended π-electron systems along cofacially arrayed aromatic rings, with effective photogeneration in visible range due to formation of charge-transfer complexes with the dopants. In a series of polyparacyclophane complexed with different benzoquinones it was found that the photoconductivity gain coefficient in the visible range increases with increasing electron affinity of the dopant and that the gain coefficient is higher for higher dopant concentration. The influence of the charge-transfer complex formation between various polyparacyclophanes and various acceptors on the charge carrier generation both in the dark and under illumination is discussed

Optical Absorption of Polymer Films Doped with BEDT-TTF Polyiodides

Conducting reticulate doped polymeric films containing BEDT-TTF iodide crystalline network were annealed in order to transform the crystallites into crystal phases with metallic conductivity. Measured optical absorption spectra show that annealing shifts the absorption band to higher frequencies and increases the transparency of the films. This behavior corresponds to the transformation of the α-phase into the superconducting α$\text{}_{t}$-phase observed in (BEDT-TTF)$\text{}_{2}$I$\text{}_{3}$ single crystals

Microwave Conductivities of Polymer Films Doped with BEDT-TTF Polyiodides

Conducting reticulate doped polymeric films containing BEDT-TTF iodide crystalline networks have been annealed in order to transform the crystallites into crystal phases with metallic conductivity. The microwave conductivity of these films was measured before and after annealing. The temperature dependence of the conductivity changes dramatically with optimal annealing temperatures and times. This change in the behavior corresponds to the transformation of the α-phase into the superconducting α$\text{}_{t}$-phase observed in (BEDT-TTF)$\text{}_{2}$I$\text{}_{3}$ single crystals

The effect of poly(ε-caprolactone) on the expression and activity of alkaline phosphatase in human osteogenic cells

Poli(ε-kaprolakton) jest materiałem wykorzystywanym jako rusztowanie dla komórek w inżynierii tkankowej kości. Na podstawie danych z literatury oraz naszych własnych badań nad reakcją komórek osteogennych na bezpośredni kontakt z poli(ε-kaprolaktonem) można przypuszczać, iż materiał ten może wpływać na poziom markerów różnicowania komórek w kierunku osteoblastów. Celem niniejszej pracy było zbadanie wpływu poli(ε-kaprolaktonu) na ekspresję oraz aktywność wczesnego markera procesu różnicowania komórek osteogennych, jakim jest fosfataza zasadowa. Przy użyciu reakcji łańcuchowej polimerazy DNA z analizą ilości produktu w czasie rzeczywistym (real-time PCR) analizowano ekspresję genu fosfatazy zasadowej natomiast aktywność enzymu oznaczono kolorymetrycznym testem firmy Sigma. Otrzymane wyniki wskazują, iż kontakt ludzkich osteoblastów z powierzchnią poli(ε-kaprolaktonu) powoduje podwyższoną ekspresję genu fosfatazy zasadowej oraz podwyższoną aktywność tego enzymu. Fosfataza zasadowa nie jest specyficznym markerem osteoblastów, jednakże jej podwyższony poziom towarzyszy wczesnym etapom różnicowania w kierunku fenotypu komórek osteogennych. Uzyskane wyniki uzasadniają podjęcie dalszych badań nad możliwym wpływem poli(ε-kaprolaktonu) na różnicowanie osteoblastów.Poly(ε-caprolactone) is a material used as a scaffold for cells in bone tissue engineering. On the basis of data from literature as well as own research it was concluded that this material can influence the levels of markers of cell differentiation towards osteoblasts. The aim of this paper was to investigate the effect of poly(ε-caprolactone) on the expression and the activity of the early marker of the cell osteogenic differentiation process – alkaline phosphatase (ALP). Using the quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR) gene expression of the alkaline phosphatase was analyzed; however, the activity of the enzyme was determined with colorimetric assay from the Sigma company. The obtained results indicated that the contact of human osteoblasts with the surface of poly(ε-caprolactone) causes an increased gene expression of alkaline phosphatase and an increased activity of this enzyme. Although a high level of ALP does not prove the PCL influence on the osteogenic differentiation of cells into mature osteoblasts, because this enzyme is a non-specific marker of the differentiation process. The obtained results justify undertaking further studies on the possible impact of poly(ε-caprolactone) on osteoblast differentiation

D.C. Conductivity of Polymer Composites with (BEDT-TTF)2\text{}_{2}I3\text{}_{3} Superconductor

Electrical properties of conducting reticulate doped polymeric films containing BEDT-TTF iodide crystalline network were investigated. Conditions of preparation of this kind of films i.e. time of doping by iodine vapours and time and temperature of annealing and their influence on transformation of the BEDT-TTF iodide crystallites into superconducting phase are discussed