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ABSTRACTS '99

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  1. Theoretical & Computational

    1. Non-destructive Discrimination of Plastic Wastes by Combining Near-Infrared Spectra Measurement and Neural Network Analysis

    2. Is Large-Scale Ab initio Hartree-Fock Calculation Chemically AccurateH Toward Improved Calculation of Biological Molecule Properties

    3. Thoretical Study of the Mechanism of Electron Transfer at Photosynthetic Reaction Centers: I. Singlet Excited States of Free Base Porphin

    4. Thoretical Studies on VPI-5: 3. The MS-Q Force Field for Aluminophosphate Zeolites

    5. An Ab initio MO Study on Metal Oxide Catalytic Surfaces

    6. Development of MOEC Molecular Orbital Calculation Engine

    7. Molecular Mechanics with QEq-CS: Change Equilibration Method Generalized for Charge Separation System

    8. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Fluid Carbon Dioxide Using the Model Potential Based on Ab initio MO Calculation

    9. The Automatic Generation of Quadrilateral Mesh Utilizing Bucket Method for Finite Element Method

    10. Fictitious Boundary Analysis Utilizing Sub-structure for Three-Dimensional Elastic Problem

    11. Torsional Potential of Biphenyl: Ab initio Calculation s with the Dunning Correlation Consisted Sets

    12. Automatic Generation of Triangular Mesh Utilizing the Bucket Method for Finite Element Method

    13. High-Level Ab initio Computation of Structures and Relative Energies of Two Isomers of the CO2 Trimer

    14. Solution-Phase Energy Profiles for Trigonal Bipyramidal Species Postulated as Intermediates for the Hydrolysis of Methyl Ethylene Phosphate

    15. Effects of Basis Set and Electron Correlation on the Calculated Interaction Energies of Hydrogen Bonding Complexes: MP2/cc-pV5Z calculations of H2O-MeOH, H2O-Me2O, H2O-H2CO, MeOH-MeOH, and HCOOH-HCOOH Complexes

    16. Hydrogen Abstraction from Methane and Hydrofluoromethanes by EOH Radical: Modified GAUSSIAN-2 Study

    17. Preliminary Investigation of Self-Organization Pattern Mapping System Based on Photochromism

    18. Theory for Water Management in Membranes for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells: Part 1. The Effect of Impurity Ions at the Anode Side on the Membrane Performances

    19. Theory for Water Management in Membranes for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell: Part 2. The Effect of Impurity Ions at the Cathode Side on the Membrane Performances

    20. Activation Energies for Addition of Fluoromethyl Radicals to Fluoroethylenes: A Density Functional Study

    21. Computing the Partial Charge of Huge Molecular System by Distributed Parallel Processing

    22. Sequential Multistep Energy Transfer: Enhancement of Efficiency of Long-Range Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer

    23. The Mutual Polarization of Reactants: Fukui Function Description of the Charge Reorganization

    24. Diffusion-Assisted Long-Range Reactions in Confined Systems: Projection Operator Approach

    25. Structure Elucidation from Infrared Spectra by Neural Network

    26. Aromatic beta-Silylethenylation Reactions via Organogallium Compounds

    27. Ab initio Study of Isomerization Reaction from c-OSiH2O to t-OSiHOH

    28. Ab initio Study of PH2+O2 Reaction by Gaussian-2 Theory

    29. High-Level Ab initio Calculations of Interaction Energies of C2H4-CH4 and C2H6-CH4 Dimers: A Model Study of CH/pi Interaction

    30. Computational Chemical Prediction for the Position of Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange in Hydroxyindole Derivatives

    31. Two-Electron Transfer Reactions Involving Three Paraboloidal Potential Surfaces in Solvents with Multiple Solvation Time Scales

    32. Electron-Ion Recombination Rate Constant in Dense Gaseous Argon and Krypton

    33. Theory of Diffusion-Assisted Reactions of Micelle Surfaces: Photoinduced Electron Transfer Followed by Back Transfer

    34. Electron Transfer Transitions among Many Electronic States Coupled to Multidimensional Diffusive Nuclear Modes: A Supramolecular Triad System

    35. Discrimination of Plastic Wastes for Recycling

    36. Protonation and Deprotonation Enthalpies of Guanine and Adenine and Implications for the Structure and Energy for Their Complexes with Water: Comparison with Uracil, Thymine, and Cytosine

    37. Theory of Spin Echo in Restricted Geometries under a Step-wise Gradient Pulse Sequence

    38. An Ab initio Investigation of the Reactions of 1, 1- and 1, 2-Dichloroethanes with Hydroxyl Radical

    39. Development of a Computer-Aided Organic Synthesis Design System CASINO

    40. Regiochemistry of 1, 3-Dipolar Cycloadditions between Azides and Substituted Ethylenes: A Theoretical Study

    41. Photo-Induced Surface Relief Gratings on Azopolymer Films: Analysis by a Fluid Mechanics Model

    42. Ab and Density Functional Studies of Substituted Effects of an A-U Base Pair on Stability of Hydrogen Bonding

    43. Exact Solution of the Torrey-Bloch Equation for a Spin Echo in Restricted Geometries
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  2. Physical Chemistry

    1. Five-Coordinate Aluminium in Allophane

    2. Hydrogen-Bond Symmetrization and Molecular Dissociation in Hydrogen Halides

    3. NMR Study of Kaolinite Intercalation Compounds with Formamide and Its Derivatives: 1. Structure and Orientation of Guest Molecules

    4. NMR Study of Kaolinite Intercalation Compounds with Formamide and Its Derivatives: 2. Dynamics of Guest Molecules

    5. Thermal Behavior of alpha-Alkylated Oligothiophenes

    6. Self-Assembly of Alkylsubstituted Oligothiophenes

    7. Water, Ion, and Entropy Transport in Ion-Exchange Membranes

    8. The Effect of Impurity Cations in the Transport Characteristics of Perfluorosulfonated Ionomer Membranes

    9. Characterization of Nanocomposite Materials Prepared via Laser Ablation of Pt/TiO2 Bicombinant Targets

    10. Differential Broadening between the Signals Split by the Residual Dipolar Interaction with 14N in 13C CP/MAS NMR Spectra of Nitroanilines

    11. Catalytic Decomposition of N2O over NaY-Supported and USY-Supported Rh Catalysts

    12. Pulse-Gradient Spin-Echo 1H, 7Li, and 19F NMR Diffusion and Ionic Conductivity Measurements of 14 Organic Electrolytes Containing LiN(SO2CF3)2

    13. Dynamics of Benzene, Cyclohexane and n-Hexane in KL Zeolite Studied by 2H NMR

    14. Microscopic Solvent Structure of Subcritical and Supercritical Methanol from Ultraviolet/Visible Absorption and Fluorescence Spectroscopies

    15. Electronic Spectrum of AgNH3 Complex

    16. Trasient Effect in Fluorescence Quenching by Electron Transfer: 4. Long-Range Electron Transfer in a Nonpolar Solvent

    17. Equilibrium Aggregation in Perfluorinated Ionomer Solutions

    18. Stochastic Resonance under Two-Parameter Modulation in a Chemical Model System

    19. Sonochemical Production of Carbon Nanotube

    20. Raman and Infrared Study of Phase Transitions in Solid HBr under Pressure

    21. Kinetic and Mechanistic Study on Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Photodimerization of 2-Benzyl-5-Benzylidenecyclopentanone Utilizing X-Ray Diffraction

    22. Strategies for Diagnosing and Alleviating Artifactual Attenuation Associated with Large Gradient Pulses in PGSE NMR Diffusion Measurements

    23. Modeling of Nonlinear Chemical Reaction Systems and Two-Parameter Stochastic Resonance

    24. Investigation on the Hydrogen Bond Interaction in the Aniline-Furan Complex and Its Cation by Infrared Depletion Spectroscopy

    25. Preparation and Properties of Mixed Anion TTF Conductors

    26. Effect of Anion Disorder on the Peierls Transition in the Commensurate One-Dimensional Conductors (TTF)(SCN)0.56 (C104)0.01, (TTF)(NO3)0.59(C1)0.28, and (TTF)(SCN)0.09(Br)0.59

    27. Spontaneous Spiral Formation in Two-Dimensional Oscillatory Media

    28. Direct Evidence of Positron Trapping at Polar in A Polymer-Blend System

    29. Infrared Absorption Study of Fermi Resonance and Hydrogen-Bond Symmetrization of Ice Up to 141 GPa

    30. Hydrogen Bonds in Crystalline Imidazoles Studied by 15N NMR and Ab initio MO Calculations

    31. Zero Kinetic Energy Spectroscopy of AINH3 Complex

    32. Collision-Induced Dissociation of Cr2(CO)y+(Y = 4-7)

    33. Sites and Dynamics of Hydrogen and Deuterium in V-H-D Alloys Studied by 1H and 2H NMR

    34. FT-ICR Study on Hydrogenation of Niobium Cluster Cations Nbn+(n = 2-15) in Seeded Supersonic Jet and Multiple-Collision-Induced Dissociation of NbnHm+ Hydrides

    35. Characterization of Allophanes Synthesized by the Use of Organic Sources and Organic Solvent

    36. Optical and Electrical Properties of Fullerenes

    37. Temperature Dependence of Fullerene Electroabsorption Spectra: Model Calculations

    38. NMR of Hectorite Containing Organotin Cations Intercalated by Ion Exchange

    39. Nonlinear Effects of Electrolyte Diodes and Transistors in a Polymer Gel Medium

    40. Unprecedented Effect of Impurity Cations on the Oxgen Reduction Kinetics at Platinum Electrodes Covered with Perfluorinated Ionomer

    41. Third Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Gold Halide Complexes with Long Alkyl Chains

    42. Amphoteric Doping of Single-Wall Carbon-Nanotube Thin Films as Probed by Optical Absorption Spectroscopy

    43. Aspects of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction in Polymer Gels

    44. Differential Broadening Caused by Dipolar Interaction with 1H 13C MAS NMR Signals Split by Residual Dipolar Interaction with 14N

    45. A Numerical Study on the Effect of Second Harmonics in the Perturbation to the Belousov-Zhabotinsky System

    46. Compact Optical Setup Forward-Box Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing Measurement

    47. Comprehensive Analysis of Intermolecular Charge-Transfer Excited States in C60 and C70 Films

    48. Optical Properties from Composites of C60 and FAU Zeolite

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  3. Surface Science

    1. Recognition Properties of the Nanostructures in Bis(mercaptomethyl)terthiophene Monolayers on Au(V)

    2. XPS Depth Profiling of Powdered Materials

    3. Langmuir-Blodgett Multilayers of Imidazoles

    4. Geometric and Electronic Structures of Molecularly Adsorbed NO at Low Surface Coverage on Polycrystalline Rh Studied by NEXAS and Resonant Auger Spectroscopy

    5. Cross-Sectional Characterization of the Interfacial Zone of SiTiC1/C/TiAl Composites by Transmission Electron Microscope

    6. Spontaneous Formation of Helically Twisted Fibers from 2-Glucosamide Biolaamphiphiles: Energy-Filtering Transmission Electron Microscopic Observation and Even-Odd Effect of Connecting Bridge

    7. Real-Time Observation of the Diffusive Motion of 2 ~ 2 Adlayer Formed on Ag(100) Nanoparticle Face by Nitric Acid Adsorption

    8. Adsorption State of Diethyldisulfide on Au(V) Studied with a Combined System of HREELS and STM

    9. Molecular Process of Adsorption and Desorption of Alkanethiol Monolayers on Au(V)

    10. Deposition of Low Substrate Temperatures of High-Quality TiO2 by Radical Beam-Assisted Evaporation

    11. Synthesis of Epitaxial TiO2 Thin Films on MgO(100) Using a Combination of an Oxygen-Radical Beam and a TetraIsopropoxy Titanium Molecular Beam

    12. Low-Temperature Ordered Phase of Methylthiolate Monolayers on Au(V)

    13. AFM Observation of Double 4-Rings on Zeolite LTA Crystals Surface

    14. Formation of Novel Honeycomb Structure Consisting of 2-Mercaptomethylthiophene Derivatives on Au(V): Building Unit to Form the Unique Structure

    15. Structure of SAMs Generated from Functionalized Thiols on Gold

    16. Aluminium Deposition by Using MOCVD on Pitch Based Carbon Fibers

    17. X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Grazing Incidence X-Ray Reflectivity Study of Silicon Nitride Thin Films

    18. Influence of External Stimuli on the Nano-orderd Rows and Honeycombs in Mercaptomethyloligothiophene Monolayers on Au(V)

    19. Correlation between Surface Morphology and Surface Forces of Protein A Adsorbed on Mica

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  4. Analytical Chemistry

    1. Preparation of SiO2/Si Multilayer Thin and Its Usage as a Standard Reference Material for Depth Profiling

    2. Separation and Determination of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography withb a Hydrophilic Polymer Column and Conductometric Detection

    3. XPS Analysis of Zeolitic Materials

    4. UV-Visible Slab Optical Waveguide Spectroscopy of Cytochrome-c Adsorbed on a Liquid-Solid Interface

    5. Arsenic Accumulation in Organs of Fresh Water Fish, Tribolodon hakonensis

    6. Endcapping of Octadecylsilyl-Silica Gels Using Supercritical Fluid as Reaction Medium

    7. Estimating Measurement Error Values Resulting from the Peak Position Error: When Using the Abel Inversion and the Numerical Method in Argon Inductively Coupled Plasma Diagnostics

    8. Determination of Trace Levels of Aluminium in Biological Materials(Fish) by Graphite-Furnace AAS

    9. Accelerated Solvent Extraction of Organochlorine Pollutants from Fish Matrix

    10. Differential Signal Detection System for Improved Analysis of Overlapping Signals in Liquid Chromatography

    11. Composition Dependence of the Initial Oxidation Behavior of Ti1-xAlxN( X = 0.20, 0.45, 0.65 ) Films Studied by XAS and XPS

    12. Local Analysis of Zinc in Ocular Tissues of Fish

    13. Local Analysis of Trace Amount of Aluminum in Tissues of Rats Treated with Several Aluminum Compounds

    14. Local Analysis of Trace Amount of Zinc and Cadmium in Biological Tissues

    15. Preparation and Chiral Recognition of (S)-Binaphthol Derivative-Bonded Phase for High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

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  5. Inorganic Chemistry

    1. Investigation of Diffusion Mechanism in Lanthanum Chromites

    2. Oxygen Surface Exchange and Diffusion in LaGaO3 Based Perovskite Type Oxides

    3. Determination of the Oxygen Permeation Flux through La0.75Ca0.25CrO3-d by an Electrochemical Method

    4. Hydrogen Solubility in Pr-Doped and un-Doped YSZ for a One Chamber Fuel Cell

    5. Determination of Hydrogen Solubility in Oxide Ceramic by Using SIMS Analyses

    6. One-Step Syntheses of Polyhalogenometal Complexes by Direct Dissolution of the Metals in Halogen-Halide-Acetonitrile Systems

    7. Sensitive Detection of Trace Aluminium in Biological Tissues by Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy after Staining with Lumogallion

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  6. Organic Chemistry

    1. Mercaptomethylation of Aromatics

    2. Synthesis of the Formyl Nitrocalix[4]arene Bearing a Hydrophobic Cavity Fixed in the Cone Conformation

    3. Silver(T) Ion-Mediated Desulfurization-Cyclization of Isothiocyanates with Several Hydroxy Acids and N-Substituted Amino Acids

    4. Silicon-Bridged Metacyclophanes as Parent Compounds of Silacalix[n]arenes, Structures, and Conformational Analysis by Semiempirical MO Calculations

    5. Synthesis of Glucosylamino Heterocycles by Desulfurization-Condensation of Glucosyl Isothiocyanates with N-Substituted Amino Acids

    6. Reaction of 1, 2-Disilylbenzene with Bis[1, 2-bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane]nickel(0): Isolation and Characterization of the First Silylnickel(W) Complex

    7. Synthesis and Evaluation of Superior Calcium and Mercury Transport by Simple Monocarboxylic Acids of Kemp's Triacid

    8. Artificial Glycoconjugate Polymers Carrying Regioselectively Sulfated Sugars: Chemo-enzymatic Synthesis and Application as Potential Selectin Family Antagonists

    9. Synthesis, X-ray Structure, and Electronic Properties of Oligosilanes Containing Pentacoordinate Silicon Moieties at Internal Positions

    10. A Metal-Organic Molecular Box Obtained from Self-Assembling round Uranyl lons

    11. Utility of Silicon Tetrafluoride as a Catalyst of Reactions with Xenon Difluoride: Fluoriations of Phenyl Alkenes and Benzaldehydes

    12. Preparation of 4, 13, 19, 28-Tetrahydroxy-9, 9, 24, 24-tetaramethyl[2. 1. 2. 1]metacyclophane: A Novel exo-Hydroxycalixarene Analogue

    13. Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Novel Phytosphingosine-Type Glucosaminocerebrosides

    14. Preparation of Polymer-Supported Selenocyanates and Their Application to Solid-Phase Oxyselenenylation-Deselenenylation

    15. Synthesis of an Artificial Glycoconjugate Polymer Carrying Pk-Antigenic Trisaccharide and Its Potent Neutralization Activity against Shiga-Like Toxin

    16. Highly Efficient Palladium Catalyst System for Addition of Trihydrosilanes to Acetylenes and Its Application to Thermally Stable Polycarbosilane Synthesis

    17. Sytheses and Solid-State Polymerization of Diacetylene Derivatives Bearing Dodecylthio Groups Directly Bound to sp-Carbon

    18. Design of Optically Active Selenium Reagents and Thir Application to Asymmetric Oxyselenenylations

    19. Palladium-Catalysed Borylsilylation and Borylstannylative Dimerization of 1, 2-Dienes

    20. Synthesis and Mesomorphism of 1, 10-Dialkylpermethyl-Decasilanes

    21. vic-Difluorination of Fluoroalkenes with Xenon Difluoride: the Effect of Fluorine Substituent on the Reaction of Alkene with Xenon Difluoride

    22. Synthesis of Chiral Crownophanes via Tandem Claisen Rearrangement

    23. A Facile Synthesis of 1, 2-Benzisothiazolin-3-ones from Thiosalicylates

    24. Fluorination of n-Dodecan Adsorbed on Porous Aluminium Fluoride by Gaseous Fluorine

    25. Transition Metal-Catalysed Addition Reaction of H-Heteroatom and Inter-heteroatom Bonds to Carbon-Carbon Unsaturated Linkages via Oxidative Additions

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  7. Biochemistry

    1. Photoinactivation of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus with Fullerene Conjugated with Methoxy Polyethylene Glycol Amine

    2. Formation and Characterization of Planar Lipid Bilayer Membranes from Synthetic Phytanyl-Chained Glycolipids

    3. Formation of Glycolipid Biosurfactant, Mannosylerythritol Lipid, by Candida antarctica from Aliphatic Hydrocarbons via Subterminal Oxidation Pathway

    4. Excretion of Radio-active in Vivo by Carbonydrates-Formazan Derivatives

    5. Mannosylerythritol Lipids Induced Differentiation of Human Myelogenous Leukemia Cell Line K-562

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  8. Photochemistry

    1. Photoinduced Dimerization of p-Phenylenediacrylic Acid Derivative in a Langmuir Monolayer Mixed Stearic-d35 Acid on a Water Surface

    2. Stability of a Photoreactive Polymer LB Film

    3. A Study on the Photoreactivity and Structure of LB Films of p-Phenylenediacrylic Acid with an Amide Bond

    4. Synthesis and Photochemical Behavior of Polymethylene Bis(p-Phenylenediacrylate)

    5. Synthesis and Properties of Novel Ru-Ni and Ru-Cu Dinuclear Complexes

    6. CO2 Laser Photosensitized Decomposition of 1, 3-Diphenyldisiloxane in the Liquid Phase: Formation of Poly(Phenylsiloxanes) via Extrusion/Insertion of Phenylsilanone

    7. Deposition of Nanostructured Te and Te/C Particles by Excimer Laser-Induced Photolysis of Organotelluriums in the Liquid Phase

    8. Synthesis and Photochemical Properties of Ruthenium-Cobalt and Ruthenium-Nickel Dinuclear Complexes

    9. UV-Laser-Induced Photolysis of Silacyclopent-3-Ene: Unseparable Photochemistry of Reactant and Product for Chemical Vapour Deposition of Si/C/H Polymer

    10. UV-Laser-Induced Photolysis of Trimethyl(vinyloxy)silane for Chemical Vapour Deposition of Polysiloxane Films

    11. Dehydrochlorination of 1, 2-Dichloropropane by CO2 Laser-Induced Breakdown: Comparison with Thermal Elimination

    12. Theory of Diffusion-Assisted Reactions on Micelle Surfaces: Exact Results and Approximations for the Kinetics of Reactions between Neutral Species

    13. A Heavy-Atom Effect on the cis-trans Photoisomerization of Bisformyl-Substituted trans, trans, trans-1, 6-Diphenyl-1, 3, 5-hexatriene

    14. UV Phtoinduced Reduction of Water to Hydrogen in Na2S, Na2SO3, and Na2S2O4 Aqueous Solutions

    15. A Non-Covalent Assembly for Electron Transfer Based on a Calixarene-Porphyrin Conjugate: Tweezers for a Quinone

    16. Laser Ablation of Phenylazide in an Argon Matrix: Direct Observation and Chemical Reactivity of Ablated Fragments

    17. Multi-step Photolysis of Benzenetetracarboxylic Dianhydrides in Low-Temperature Argon Matrices: Exploration of Reactive Intermediates Containing Benzdiynes Produced Stepwise during Photochemaical Reactions

    18. Excimer Laser Ablation and Morphology of Uniaxially Stretched Poly(ethylene-2, 6-naphthalate)films

    19. Generation of Ketenes by Photolysis of Naphthol[1, 8-de]-1, 3-dichalcogeninylidence 1-Oxides

    20. Surface Modification of Polymer by Dual Laser Beam Irradiation

    21. One-Step Microfabrication of Fused Silica by Laser Ablation of an Organic Solution

    22. Microfabrication of Fluoropolymer Film Using Conventional XeCl Excimer Laser by Laser-Induced Backside Wet Etching

    23. Effect of Irradiation Timing and Wavelength in the Time-Delayed, Two-Color Photolysis of 1, 2-Bis[(Phenylseleno)-methyl]benzene: Transient of o-Quinodimethane in Room-Temperature Solutions

    24. Effects of Protic Solvents upon Intramolecular Interaction of Polymethylene Bis-p-phenylenediacrylates

    25. Influence of a Magnetic Field on Laser Ablation of Graphite in a Nitrogen Atomosphere

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  9. Catalysis

    1. Direct Synthesis of Diphenyl Carbonate by Oxidative Carbonylation of Phenol Using Pd-Cu based Redox Catalyst System

    2. Preparation and Activity Evaluation of Y-Zeolites with or without Mesoporosity

    3. Rhodium Catalysts Promoted by Cerium Oxide in the CO2 Hydrogenation to Ethanol

    4. Hydrocracking of Tetralin over NiW/USY Zeolite Catalysts: For the Improvement of Heavy-Oil Upgrading Catalysts

    5. Dehydrogenation on Ethane into Ethylene by Carbon Dioxide over Chromium Supported on Sulfated Silica

    6. Novel Palladium-Catalyzed Thiophosphorylation of Alkynes with Phosphorothioate: An Efficient Route to (Z)-1-(Diphenoxyphosphinyl)-2-(Phenylthio)alkenes

    7. Propane Oxidative Dehydrogenation over Nickel Supported on Sulfated Zirconia

    8. Lithium Chloride Promoted Sulfated Zirconia Catalysts for the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane

    9. Excellent Performance of Lithium Doped Sulfated Zirconia in Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane

    10. Oxygen Reduction on Pyrolytic Graphite Electrodes Modified with Electropolymerized Cobalt Salen Compounds

    11. No Deactivated Production of Hydrogen by Pyrolysis of Ethane over Graphite-Based Catalysts Using Membrane-Type Reactors

    12. Mechanical Milling of Metal Sulfide Particles and Their Catalytic Activity-Hydrogenation of 1-Methylnaphthalene with Molybdenum Sulfide

    13. Reation of Dialkyltin Methoxide with Carbon Dioxide Relevant to the Mechanism of Catalytic Carbonate Synthesis

    14. Improvement of Coal Liquefaction Process by Using the Ultra Fine Particles of Molybdenum Sulfide

    15. Effect of Grinding Atmosphere on Characteristics of Molybdenum Sulfied Particles Mechanically Activated in a Media Agitating Mill

    16. Metal-Catalyzed Dimethyl Carbonate Synthesis from Carbon Dioxide and Acetals

    17. Photocatalyzed Degradation of Lignin on TiO2

    18. Deactivation of External Acid Sites of H-Mordenite with Ceria Modification in the Isopropylation of Biphenyl

    19. Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane by Carbon Dioxide over Sulfate Modifield Cr2O3/SiO2 catalysts

    20. Performance of Metal Oxide Promoted LiCl/Sulfated-Zirconia Catalysts in Ethane Oxidative Dehydrogenation into Ethene

    21. Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis over Co-SiO2 Catalysts, Noble-Metal-Added by Alkoxide Method

    22. Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane with Carbon Dioxide over Sulfated Zirconia Supported Metal Oxide Catalysts

    23. Highly Active MoS2-Based Dispersed with a Novel Morphology

    24. Effects of Reaction Temperature on the Isopropylation of Biphenyl over H-Mordenite

    25. Effects of Ceria-Modification of H-Mordenite on the Isopropylation of Naphthalene and Biphenyl

    26. Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane over Alkali-Metal-Doped Sulfated Zirconia Catalysts

    27. Selective Photocatalytic Transfer-Hydrogenation to 1, 5-Cyclooctadience with Light Transition Metal Modified Rhodium Colloid Catalyst

    28. HY Zerolite-Based Catalysts for Hydrocracking Heavy Oils

    29. Activity Enhancement of SnO2-Doped Ga2O3-Al2O3 Catalysts by Coexisting H2O for the Selective Reduction of NO with Propene

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  10. Polymer Chemistry

    1. Synthesis and Spectral Properties of Novel Si-Ru-Ru-Si-C6H4 Polymers

    2. Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Function Polysilanes: Modification of Optical Properties in Polysilane Monolayer at the Air/Water Interface

    3. Soluble Conjugated Copolymers Constituted of Pyridine and Phenylene Units

    4. Synthesis of a New Poly(carboxybetaine) with Peptide Main Chain

    5. A Positive- Working Alkaline Developable Photosensitive Polyimide for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics

    6. Preparation and Properties of Poly(benzonitrile-2, 5-diyl)

    7. Synthesis and Properties of Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Side-Chain Polyimide

    8. Living Polymerization of 1, 3-Butadiene with the Catalyst System Composed of Cyclopentadientyltitanium Trichloride and Methylaluminoxane

    9. Ultrathin Films of Polymerized Smectic Liquid Crystals: A Study of the Polymerization Process

    10. Conformational and Orientational Behavior of Functional Polysilanes at the Air/Water Interface

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  11. Polymer Physics

    1. An Appearance of Heterogeneous Structure in a Single-Phase State of the Miscible PVME/PS Blends

    2. Vitrification Phenomena in Polysulfone/NMP/Water System

    3. Synthesis of Poly(dimethylsilane)-d6 and -d3, and Their Infrared Spectra

    4. Orientation Behavior in a Comblike Polysilane Having Long Alkyl Side Chains

    5. Largest Heat of Fusion of Organic Polymer Crystals

    6. Electronic Energy Transfer in Compatible of Poly(di-n-hexylsilane) and Poly(methyl-n-propylsilane)

    7. Dynamics of the Inclusion Complex Formation between Molecular Nanotubes and Flexible Polymer Chains

    8. Orientation-Induced Chromism in Poly(methylhexysilane)

    9. Effects of Temperature and Molecular Weight on the Porous Structure Formation of Polymer Chemical Gels

    10. Effect of a Functional Triblock Elastomer on Morphology in Polyamide6/Polycarbonate Blend

    11. Systematic Study on Photofabrication of Surface Relief Grating on High-Tg Azobenzene Polymers

    12. Morphological Variations of Polyamide6/Polycarbonate Blends Achieved by the Incorporation of Reactive Graft Copolymers

    13. Analysis of an Interface between an Immiscible Polymer Pair by Electron Spectroscopic Imaging

    14. Preparation of Pigment-Polymer Hybrid Particles for Plastic Colorants by Dry Impact Blending Method

    15. Conformational Changes during the Crystallization of Poly(di-n-hexylsilane)

    16. Electronic Energy Transfer in Oriented Films of Polysilanes

    17. Molecular Orientation Dependent Photoconductivity of Liquid Crystalline Oligosilanes

    18. Rheological, Thermal, and Mechanical Properties of Poly(ethylene Naphthalate)/Poly(ethylene Terephthalate) Blends

    19. Structural, Rheological, and Mechanical Properties of Ternary Blends of PEN, PET, and Liquid Crystalline Polymer

    20. Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Rolled Polypropylene Sheets

    21. Beating Polymer Gels Coupled with a Nonlinear Chemical Reaction

    22. Mechanical and Viscoelastic Properties of Extruded Sheets from Blends Containing Liquid Crystalline Copolyesters and Polycarbonate

    23. Helical Polyacetylene Synthesized with a Chiral Nematic Reaction Field

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  12. Applied Physics

    1. Temperature Dependence of SiO2/Si Interfacial Structure Formed by Radio-Frequency Magnetron Sputter Deposited SiO2 Thin Films on Si(V)

    2. Carbon Nitride Thin Films Prepared by Nitrogen Ion Assisted Pulsed Laser Deposition of Graphite Using KrF Excimer Laser

    3. Soil Cratering Surface Explosions of Cylindrical TNT Changes

    4. Control of Growth Mechanism and Optical Properties of p-Sexiphenyl Thin Films on Ionic Crystal Substrates

    5. Electric-Field-Induced Orientation of Organic Microcrystals with Large Dipole Moment

    6. Heterogeneous Fullerene Thin Films as Unconventional Light Emitters

    7. Improved Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Polydiacetylene Derivatives

    8. Photoconductivity of C60 Derivatives with a Long Alkyl Chain

    9. Luminescence Enhancement by Blending PVK with Blue PPV Copolymer

    10. Synthesis and Enhancement of Quantum Efficiency of a Series of Novel PPV Derivative Copolymers

    11. Bright Green Organic Electroluminescent Devices Based on a Novel Thermally Stable Terbium Complex

    12. Large Near-Resonance Third-Order Nonlinear Response of a Side-Chain Azobenzene Polymer Film to Picosecond Pulse

    13. Evaluation of Explosion Effect from a Underground Magazine

    14. High Resolution Thickness and Interface Roughness Characterization in Multilayer Thin Films by Grazing Incidence X-Ray Reflectivity

    15. Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy Studies of Amorphous Carbon Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition

    16. Explosive Behavior of KCIO4/Charcoal Mixture

    17. Study on Blast Propagation from Underground Magazine Models(U): Field Explosion Experiments

    18. Study of Micro Blast Wave Generated in Air

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  13. Membranes

    1. Permeation Properties to CO2 and N2 of Poly(ethylene oxide)-Containing and Crosslinked Polymer Films

    2. The Effect of Additives on the Ionic Conductivity Performances of Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonated Ionomer Membranes

    3. Effect of Preparation Methods of Silicalite Membrance in the Hydrothermal Synthesis

    4. Investigation of Factors Concerning Pervaporation Performance Using Silicalite Membranes in the Separation of an Ethanol/Water Solution

    5. Development of a Fast Response Molecular Recognition Ion Gating Membrane

    6. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Flat Surfaces of Amphoteric-Charged Poly(acrylonitrile) Membaranes: Attenuated Total Reflection Mode

    7. Extractive Separation of Dissolved Carbon Dioxide with Hydrophobic Microporous Membranes in a Liquid-Liquid Direct Contact System

    8. Highly Concentrating Aqueous Ethanol Solution by Prevaporation Using Silicalite Membrane: Improvement of Ethanol Selectivity by Addition of Sugars to Ethanol Solution

    9. Decline in Hydrogen Permeation Due to Concentration Polarization and CO Hindrance in a Palladium Membrane Reactor

    10. Effects of Preparation Condition of Photo-Induced Graft Filling-Polymerized Membranes

    11. Premeation Properties to Hydrocarbons, Perfluorocarbons of Cross-Linked Membrans of Polymethacrylates with Poly(ethylene oxide) and Perfluorononyl Moieties

    12. Preparation of Polyimides Composite Membrane by Dip Coating Process

    13. Characterization of an Amphoteric-Charged Layer Grafted to the Pore Surface of a Porous Membrane

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  14. Organic Materials

    1. Synthesis and Characterization of Structurally Defined Head-to-Tail Coupled Oligo(3-alkylthiophenes)

    2. Chiral Recognition Using Plasma-Polymerized Films

    3. pH-Induced Structural Changes of a Polymer Micelle Composed of Amphiphilic Polyallylamine Containing Hydrophilic Poly(L-glutamic Acid) in the Side Chain

    4. Pressure-Induced Structural Change of the Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Squarylium Dye and Arachidic Acid

    5. Specific Binding of L-Alanine onto a Monolayer Composed of Polyallylamine Containing Poly(L-alanine) Graft Chains

    6. Phase Behavior of the Discotic Mesogen 5, 10, 15, 20-tetrakis(4-n-dodecylphenyl)porphyrin under Pressure

    7. Photoactive Azobenzene-Containing Supramolecular Complexes and Related Interlocked Molecular Compounds

    8. Salt Formation in the Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Arachidic Acid Mixed with Amphiphilic Ammonium Ions and an Amphiphilic Amine

    9. Observation on Fine Morphology of Organic High-Axial-Ratio Microstructures

    10. Enantiotropic and Monotropic Transitions of the Discotic Mesogen 5, 10, 15, 20-Tetrakis(4-n-dodecylphenyl)-porphyrin under Pressure

    11. Pseudorotaxanes and Catenanes Containing a Redox-Active Unit Derived from Tetrathiafulvalene

    12. Construction of Molecular Switches Based on Catenanes and Rotaxanes

    13. Optical and Thermal Properties of Cholesteric Solid from Dicholesteryl Esters of Diacetylenedicarboxylic Acid

    14. Galectins-1 and -3 and Their Ligands in Tumor Biology

    15. Synthesis, Lectin-Binding Affinity, and Biodistribution of Novel Neoglycoprotein-Liposome Conjugates Bearing 6`-Sialy-N-acetyllactosamines and Lewis x Tisaccharides

    16. Structure of Vacuum-Deposited Permethyldecasilane Thin Films

    17. Effect of Target Modification on Deposition Rates of Hexaphenyldisilane by Laser Ablation

    18. Optical and Liquid Crystalline Properties of Dicholesteryl Derivatives Having Different Configurations of the Hydrocarbon Linkages

    19. Fetuin-Liposome Conjugates and Immobilized Lectins as a Model System for Studying Multivalent Carbohydrate-Lectin Interactions

    20. Thermal Behaviour of Dimesogenic Liquid Crystal Compounds under Pressure

    21. Preparation of the Gemini Detergent-Lipase Complexes and Their High Enzymatic Activities in the Transesterifications in Homogeneous Organic Solvents

    22. Electrical Conduction in Monolayers and LB Films of BEDOTTF-C10TCNQ/Arachidic Acid Mixed Systems

    23. Preparation, Properties, and Cell Attachment/Growth Behavior of PVA/Chitosan-Blended Hydrogels

    24. Acoustic Wave Sensors for Clinical Tests: Development of Latex Piezoelectric Immunoassay (LPEIA) and Piezoelectric Immunosensor

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  15. Inorganic Materials

    1. Postsynthesis Hydrothermal Restructuring of M41S Mesoporous Molecular Sieves in Water

    2. Dense and Smooth Expitaxial BaTiO3 Thin Films by the Dipping-Pyrolysis Process

    3. Topotaxy of Croundum-Type Tetramagnesium Diniobate and Ditantalate Layers on Rock-Salt-Type Magnesum Oxide Substrates

    4. Sr-Substitution Limit at 760-800 in Epitaxial Yb(Ba1-xSrx)2 Cu4O8 Films Prepared by Coating-Pyrolysis Process

    5. Preparation of Zeolite Films Using Electrophoretic Deposition Method

    6. Modulated Structure of Incommensurate Coposite Crystal, (SnS)1.17NbS2

    7. Preparation of Epitaxial SrBi2Nb2O9 and SrBi2Ta2O9 Thin by the Coating-Pyrolysis Process

    8. Preparation of Fe-Si Thin Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition

    9. Synthesis of Heterofullerenes by Laser Ablation

    10. Magnetic Properties of Epitaxial Spinel Bilayer and Mutilayers

    11. Efect of Substrate Material on the Crystallinity and Epitaxy of Pb(Zr, Ti)O3 Thin Films

    12. Improved Oxide Ion Conductivity in La0.8Sr0.2Ga0.8Mg0.2O3 by Doping Co

    13. Zeolite Synthesis Using 1, 6-Diaminohexane-Based Organic Diammonium Salts as Templates

    14. Epitaxy of (106)-oriented SrBi2Ta2O9 and SrBi2Nb2O9 Thin Films

    15. X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Epitaxial La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 Thin Films Prepared by the Dipping-Pyrolysis Process

    16. Microstructure and Phase Transformation Behavior of Doped Nanostructured Titania

    17. Effects of Cooling Mode and Cation Substitution on Crystal Structure of Epitaxial YbBa2Cu4O8 Films Prepared by Coating Pyrolysis Process

    18. A Gas-Sensing CoO/SiO2 Nanocomposite

    19. Nanostructure and Photoluminescence Property of Si/MgO and Si/ZnO Co-sputtered Films

    20. Preparation of M/TiO2 (M = Au, Pt) Nanocomposite Films Using Co-sputtering Method

    21. Pressure Effect on Magneto-optical Properties in CdTe/(Cd, Mn)Te Single Quantum Wells with High Mn Concentration

    22. Corrosion Resistance of the Die Casting AZ91D Magnesium Alloys with Paint Finishing

    23. Atomospheric Galvanic Corrosion Behavior of AZ91D Coupled to Other Metals

    24. New Synthesis Technique of Carbon Nanotube Growth by Ion Beam Irradiation

    25. High Magnetic Field Photoluminescence Study of Pressure Effect on Spin Exchange Interaction in a CdTe/Cd1-xMnxTe Single Quantum Well Structure

    26. High Magnetic Field Study of Pressure Effect on the Spin-Spin Coupling among Excitions and Mn Ions in 2D- and 3D-CdMnTe Systems

    27. Obsevation of 3-Dimensional Morphology of the Subscale Formed in Fe-Ni Oxidized at High Temperature by an Organic Solvent System Dissolution Technique

    28. Electronic Energy of Fe-Si Alloys Calculated by a Density-Functional Method Using a Pseudo-potential Approach

    29. Fabrication of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles by Pulsed-Laser Ablation

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  16. Chemical Engineering

    1. Decomposition of Polyethylene 2, 6-Naphthalene Dicarboxylate to Constituent Monomers Using Supercritical Methanol

    2. Chemical Recycling of Laminate Films Composed of Polyamide and Polyethylene with Water at High Temperature and Pressure

    3. Homogenizing Effect of Addition of Ethers to Immiscible Binary Fuels of Ethanol and Oil

    4. Critical Properties of Fluorinated Compounds as Alternative Refrigerants

    5. Development of a New Distillation Unit Combined with Compressed Heat Punm (Heat Integrated Distillation Column(HIDiC)): (Eco-Energy City Project)

    6. Configuration of Control Systems for a Heat Intergrated Distillation Column

    7. Crystal Modification of Wax Precipitated from Fuel Oil Using Surface Active Agent

    8. Palladium-Coated Amorphous Zr36Ni64 Membranes for Hydrogen Separation

    9. Prevention of Agglomeration of Ice Slurry by Addition of Surfactant

    10. Enthalpy and Exergy Analysis of an Ideal Heat-Integrated Distillation Column(HIDiC)

    11. Amorphous ZrNi Alloys for Gaseous Hydrogen Separation

    12. Kinetics and Hydrogen Removal Effect for Methanol Decomposition

    13. A Case Study of HIDiC Design and Energy Saving

    14. Development on a Coaxial Heat Integarted Distillation Column(HIDiC)

    15. Effect of Physical Properties on Solubility Elevation of Absorbent in the H2O-LiBr-Salt System

    16. Dynamic Modelling and Control of Ideal Heat Inegrated Distillation Columns

    17. Evaluating Control Structures for a General Heat Integrated Distillation Column(General HIDiC)

    18. Simulation and Nonlinear Control of an Ideal Heat Integrated Distillation Column(HIDiC)

    19. Examination of Crystallization Temperature of Three-Component Solution with Respect to Density Change

    20. Dechlorination of PCBs with Supercritical Water Hydrolysis

    21. The Effect of Antifreeze Agents on the Phase Equilibria of HFC-134a Gas Hydrate

    22. Effect of Additives on Secodary Crystallization of Paraffin Layer

    23. Effect of Crystallization Condition on Physical Property Change of Solidified Paraffin

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  17. Energy & Environment

    1. Stability Operation for Laboratory Apparatus of Coal Liquefaction

    2. Measurement of the OH Reaction Rate Constants for CF3CH2OH, CF3CF2CH2OH, and CF3CH(OH)CF3

    3. Removal of Environmental Pollutants (Heavy Metals) by Chelating Agents

    4. Structure Refinement of Rb4Mg3D10 on Neutron Powder Diffraction Data

    5. Effect of Fe3+ on UV-Illuminated Ozonation of Nitrophenolic Compounds

    6. Removal of Arsenic(V) and Arsenic(X) Ions from Aqueous Solution with Lanthanum(V) Salt and Comparison with Aluminum(V), Calcium(U), and Iron(V) Salts

    7. New Approach for Synthesizing Mg-Based Alloys

    8. Proposal of New Dispersed Catalysts for the Primary Upgrading of Residual Oils

    9. Energy Distribution of Hydrogen Sites for MgNi0.86M10.03(M1 = Cr, Fe, Co, Mn) Alloys Desorbing Hydrogen at Low Temperature

    10. Photodegradation of Fungicide Triadimefon and Pesticide Pirimicarb in Aqueous TiO2 Suspension

    11. A Study of Synthesis of Adsorbents for Removal of Heavy Metal Ions Using Inorganic Waste Materials

    12. Rate Constants for the Reactions of OH Radicals with CH3OCF2CHFCl, CHF2OCF2CHFCl, CHF2OCHC1CF3, and CH3CH2OCF2CHF2

    13. Cubic CsCaH3 and Hexagonal RbMgH3: New Examples of Fluoride-Related Perovskite-Type Hydrides

    14. Phase Components and Hydriding Properties of the Sintered Mg-xwt.% LaNi5(x = 20-50) Composite

    15. Remediation of Heavy-Metal Contaminated Soils with Saponin

    16. Effect of Sulfuric Acid on Underpotential Deposition of Lead at Pt(V)

    17. The Hydrogen Storage Charateristics of Ti-Cr-V Alloys

    18. Improved Kinetics by the Multiphase Alloys Prepared from Laves Phases and LaNi5

    19. Hydrogen Storage Charateristics of Ti-Zr-Cr-V Alloys

    20. Recent Development of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells in Japan

    21. Non-reforming SOFC with High Efficiency

    22. Research Project of Supercritical Fluids: Promising Sustainable Chemical Processes

    23. Fabrication and Characteristics of Anode-Supported Tube for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

    24. Sorption of Arsenate and Arsenite Anions by Iron(V)-Poly(hydroxamic Acid) Complex

    25. Petrographic Changes in Compaction Thermal Treatment of Recent Plant Materials, Peat, and Coals

    26. Preparation and Structural, Thermal and Hydriding Characteristics of Melt-Spun Mg-Ni Alloys

    27. Catalysed Reactive Milling

    28. Characterization of Aescin as a Biosurfactant for Environmental Remediation

    29. A Facile Procedure of Remediation for Oily Waste with Rhamnolipid Biosurfactant

    30. Synthesis and Hydriding/Dehydriding Properties of Amorphous Mg2Ni1.9M0.1 Alloys Mechanically Alloyed from Mg2Ni0.9M0.1(M = None, Ni, Ca, La, Y, Al, Si, Cu, and Mn) and Ni Powder

    31. Rate Constants for the Reactions of OH Radicals with CH3OCF2CF3, CH3OCF2CF2CF3, and CH3OCF(CF3)2

    32. Treatment of Waters Containing Hazardous Anions Using Rare-Earth Based Materials

    33. Using Aspergillus niger to Bioremediate Soils Contaminated by Heavy Metals

    34. Drawing and Rolling of Poly(ethylene Terephthalate) Sheets Prepared from Used PET Bottles

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  18. General

    1. Damage Monitoring of Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Plastic with Michelson Interferometric Fiber-Optic Sensors

    2. Pitch-Based Carbon Fiber Microstructure and Texture and Compatibility with Aluminum Coated Using Chemical Vapor Deposition

    3. Reinvestigation of Flammability Limits Measurement of Methane by the Conventional Vessel Method with AC Discharge Ignition

    4. Fusing Ignition of Various Metal Wires for Explosion Limits Measurement of Methane/Air Mixture

    5. Feasibility of Wearable Artificial Kidney Using Presently Commercially Available Hollow-Fiber Membrane

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