Theoretical and experimental exploration of the energy landscape of the quasi-binary cesium chloride/lithium chloride system.

As a case study, the energy landscape of the cesium chloride/lithium chloride system was investigated by combining theoretical and experimental methods. Global optimization for many compositions of this quasi-binary system gave candidates for possible modifications that constitute promising targets for subsequent syntheses based on solid-state reactions. Owing to the synergetic and complementary nature of the computational and experimental approaches, a substantially better efficiency of exploration was achieved.

Homoatomic stella quadrangula [Tl8]6- in Cs18Tl8O6, interplay of spin-orbit coupling, and Jahn-Teller distortion.

Cs(18)Tl(8)O(6) was synthesized reacting the binary compounds CsTl and Cs(2)O. According to single crystal X-ray analysis, the title compound crystallizes as a novel structure type in the cubic space group I23 and is diamagnetic. The electronic structure of the extended solid and of excised Cs(6)Tl(8) clusters has been examined by relativistic density functional calculations including spin-orbit coupling.

[Effect of interferon on clinico-laboratory indicators in patients with acute viral hepatitis B].

A study was made of the therapeutic efficacy of human leukocytic alpha-interferon obtained at the N. F. Gamaleya Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology in the treatment of grave viral hepatitis B.