Anatase TiO adsorption on 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane-modified Al or glass surfaces.

Herein, anatase titanium dioxide (TiO) nanoparticles were prepared by boiling anatase TiO in water without using hydrothermal synthesis. This changed the particle diameter because boiling caused particle collision convection. Substrates were then prepared by assembling anatase nanoparticles on 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTMS)-functionalized Al surfaces.

A near-infrared organic photosensitizer for use in dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical water splitting.

Dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells (DSPECs) composed of a new near-infrared BODIPY dye D1 that is co-deposited with a ruthenium water oxidation catalyst C1 have been fabricated. The devices at pH 7.2 showed an excellent Faradaic efficiency of H production (65.

Indium-catalyzed annulation of 3-aryl- and 3-heteroarylindoles with propargyl ethers: synthesis and photoluminescent properties of aryl- and heteroaryl[c]carbazoles.

Treatment of 3-aryl- and 3-heteroarylindoles with propargyl ethers under indium catalysis successfully provided aryl- and heteroaryl[c]carbazoles, which were found to be more efficient emitters compared with the corresponding [a]-analogs.

Indium-catalyzed annulation of 2-aryl- and 2-heteroarylindoles with propargyl ethers: concise synthesis and photophysical properties of diverse aryl- and heteroaryl-annulated[a]carbazoles.

Treatment of 2-aryl- and 2-heteroarylindoles with propargyl ethers in the presence of a catalytic amount of indium nonafluorobutanesulfonate [In(ONf)(3)] gave aryl- and heteroaryl-annulated[a]carbazoles in good yields. The synthetically attractive feature is reflected by its applicability to a wide range of 2-aryl- and 2-heteroarylindoles. In the annulation reaction, propargyl ethers act as C3 sources (HC[triple bond]C-CH(2)OR).

Quasi-living surface graft polymerization with phosphorylcholine group(s) at the terminal end.

A surface graft polymer with one or two phosphorylcholine (PC) polarheads at the terminus of the growing chain end was prepared by sequential reactions on a glass substrate. The dithiocarbamate group covalently bound to glass surfaces was derivatized with one or two PC groups and then irradiated with ultraviolet light in the presence of N,N-dimethylacrylamide (DMAAm). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, wettability measurements and dye staining experiment for the PC group showed that the resultant graft copolymers were produced via iniferter-based quasi-living radical polymerization, in which the polyDMAAm graft chain contains one or two PC groups at the terminal end of the graft chain.

Synthesis and properties of triply-bridged syn-carbazolophanes.

The intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition of alpha,omega-bis(3,6-divinyl-N-carbazolyl)alkanes 3 afforded triply bridged syn-[2.2.n](3,6,9)carbazolophanes 4a-6a (n = 4) and 4b,5b (n = 5) composed of isomers derived from the difference in the direction of cyclobutane rings.