Tailoring the resonant modes in liquid crystal based all-dielectric metasurfaces.

High refractive index dielectic metasurfaces are being increasingly studied for their novel light-matter interactions such as Huygen's lens, absolute transmission and complete absorption. Liquid crystal is a versatile medium with high dielectric anisotropy and hence interaction of light with the dielectric metasurfaces immersed in liquid crystal medium show complex behaviour compared to isotropic media. Most of the investigations on liquid crystal based electromagnetic response of dielectric metasurfaces focus on tunability of resonant frequencies and switching between the resonant states as a function of external stimuli such as electric field, temperature, etc.

Dermoscopic Characterization of Dermatophytosis: A Preliminary Observation.

Introduction: Dermatophytosis has become resistant and relapsing infection in India. Diagnosis of dermatophytosis is easy, however, poses diagnostic challenge in partial treatment, steroid abuse. Dermoscopy is noninvasive tool for diagnosis of many infestations and infections.

Serendipitous Synthesis of Pyridoquinazolinones an Oxidative C-C Bond Cleavage.

A direct one-pot copper-catalyzed oxidative C-C bond cleavage route to the synthesis of pyridoquinazolinones is described. This one-pot strategy involves a copper-catalyzed C-N coupling followed by concomitant C(sp)-H oxidation and amidation oxidative C-C bond cleavage under an O atmosphere to deliver the target molecules in high yields.

Copper Catalyzed Oxidative C-C Bond Cleavage of 1,2-Diketones: A Divergent Approach to 1,8-Naphthalimides, Biphenyl-2,2'-dicarboxamides, and N-Heterocyclic Amides.

We report here a simple and efficient copper catalyzed oxidative C-C bond cleavage of stable aromatic cyclic-fused and acyclic 1,2-diketones to deliver amides and imides in high yields. This newly developed protocol provides an excellent tool to transform structurally different 1,2-diketones into different products under the same reaction conditions. The key synthetic features of this methodology are the formation of 1,8-naphthalimides and biphenyl-2,2'-dicarboxamide motifs in high yields.