- Metal-organic fireworks: MOFs as integrated structural scaffolds for pyrotechnic materials
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A new approach to formulating pyrotechnic materials is presented whereby constituent ingredients are bound together in a solid-state lattice. This reduces the batch inconsistencies arising from the traditional approach of combining powders by ensuring the key ingredients are 'mixed' in appropriate quantities and are in intimate contact. Further benefits of these types of material are increased safety levels as well as simpler logistics, storage and manufacture. A systematic series of new frameworks comprising fuel and oxidiser agents (group 1 and 2 metal nodes & terephthalic acid derivatives as linkers) has been synthesised and structurally characterised. These new materials have been assessed for pyrotechnic effect by calorimetry and burn tests. Results indicate that these materials exhibit the desired pyrotechnic material properties and the effect can be correlated to the dimensionality of the structure. A new approach to formulating pyrotechnic materials is proposed whereby constituent ingredients are bound together in a solid-state lattice. A series of Metal-organic framework frameworks comprising fuel and oxidiser agents exhibits the desired properties of a pyrotechnic material and this effect is correlated to the dimensionality of the structure.
- Blair,Colakel,Vrcelj,Sinclair,Coles
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(2015/07/27)
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- Design, synthesis and in-vitro cytotoxicity of novel platinum (II) complexes with phthalate as the leaving group
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Three platinum (II) complexes (6-8) with phthalate as the leaving group were synthesized and characterized by FTIR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, mass spectrometry and elemental analysis. In-vitro cytotoxicity of all three complexes was evaluated using COLO 205 (human colon cancer cell line) against the parent drug "oxaliplatin". The compound 4-amino-(transcyclohexane-1,2-diamine) platinum(II) (8) showed potent cytotoxicity with IC50 = 0.12 μM as compared to oxaliplatin (IC50 = 0.19 μM) and its aqueous solubility was found to be 16 mg/mL which is higher than oxaliplatin (8 mg/mL). The acute toxicity showed that the platinum complex (8) was less toxic than oxaliplatin. Molecular oxaliplatin-DNA complex structure indicates that the diaminocyclohexane (DACH) and Pt (II) showed interactions with N7 and O6 of GG base pairs of DNA helix. In this present study, it is interesting to note that all three platinum based anticancer agents with phthalate as the leaving group exhibited great cytotoxicity, less toxicity, good lipophilicity as well as better aqueous solubility. 2013 Bentham Science Publishers.
- Sharma, Rajiv,Rawal, Ravindra K.,Malhotra, Manav,Gaba, Tripti,Sharma,Bhardwaj
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p. 872 - 878
(2013/12/04)
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