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to be done in this area. Face recognition is a problem that scarcely clamoured for attention before the computer age but, having surfaced, has involved a wide range of techniques and has attracted the attention of some fine minds (David Mumford was a Fields Medallist in 1974). This singular application of mathematical modelling to a messy applied problem of obvious utility and importance but with no unique solution is a pretty one to share with students: perhaps, returning to the source of our opening quotation, we may invert Duncan's earlier observation, 'There is an art to find the mind's construction in the face!'.

Linear and nonlinear waves, by G. B. Whitham. Pp.636. £50. 1999. ISBN 0 471 35942 4 (Wiley).

Light-Emitting Diodes. (Monographs in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.) By A. A. Bergh and P. J. Dean. Pp. viii+591. (Clarendon: Oxford; Oxford University: London, 1976.) £22.

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Light-emitting diodes

The main purpos e of this chapter is to present a direct and systematic way of finding exact solutions and Backlund transformations of a certain class of nonlinear evolution equations. The nonlinear evolution equations are transformed, by changing the dependent variable(s), into bilinear differential equations of the following special form 
 
$$ F\left( {\frac{\partial }{{\partial t}} - \frac{\partial }{{\partial {t^1}}},\frac{\partial }{{\partial x}} - \frac{\partial }{{\partial {x^1}}}} \right)f(t,x)f({t^1},{x^1}){|_{t = {t^1},x = {x^1}}} = 0 $$ 
 
, which we solve exactly using a kind of perturbational approach.

Direct Methods in Soliton Theory (非線形現象の取扱いとその物理的課題に関する研究会報告)

The development of clean and renewable energy materials as alternatives to fossil fuels is foreseen as a potential solution to the crucial problems of environmental pollution and energy shortages. Hydrogen is an ideal energy material for the future, and water splitting using solar/electrical energy is one way to generate hydrogen. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of porous materials with unique properties that have received rapidly growing attention in recent years for applications in water splitting due to their remarkable design flexibility, ultra-large surface-to-volume ratios and tunable pore channels. This review focuses on recent progress in the application of MOFs in electrocatalytic and photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen generation, including both oxygen and hydrogen evolution. It starts with the fundamentals of electrocatalytic and photocatalytic water splitting and the related factors to determine the catalytic activity. The recent progress in the exploitation of MOFs for water splitting is then summarized, and strategies for designing MOF-based catalysts for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic water splitting are presented. Finally, major challenges in the field of water splitting are highlighted, and some perspectives of MOF-based catalysts for water splitting are proposed.

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Recent Progress in Metal-Organic Frameworks for Applications in Electrocatalytic and Photocatalytic Water Splitting.

Abstract There is considerable scientific literature on MOF-based antibacterial textiles, especially with in situ methodologies for their synthesis. On the contrary, the ex situ synthesis of MOFs on fabrics has been little explored. Although, the latter may have more significant advantages when the expectation is to scale up the process industrially. The present study describes the synthesis of ex situ obtained MOF-199 and MOF-UiO-66-NH 2 onto carboxylated polyester/cotton (PETco) textile fibers and their preliminary-qualitative analysis as potential antibacterial textiles. For this, free synthesized MOFs were anchored on a previously carboxylated PETco fiber, using conditions that seek the formation of coordination bonds between the carboxyl groups of the fiber and the metal in the MOF. After soxhlet purification with water and methanol for more than 48 h, analysis by FTIR-ATR and XRD shows the superposition of signals typical of the fiber and the MOF, resembling what was previously reported for cotton-MOF systems. XPS showed 4.47% Cu, with Cu–O-C interactions for MOF-199@PETco, and 12.06% Zr, with Zr-O-C interactions for MOF UiO-66-NH 2 @PETco. Results corroborated by the SEM micrographs, which show the expected morphology for MOF-199, and homogeneously distributed MOF UiO-66-NH 2 crystals when they are anchored to the fiber. 

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Ex situ synthesis of MOF@PET/cotton textile fibers as potential antibacterial materials

Among conducting polymers, poly-p-phenylenevinylenes (PPVs) have attained a special place in polymer electronics. The optoelectronic properties initially exposed by PPVs in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) turned these organic electronic conjugated systems from the solo academic interest into a technologically very promising area. The easiness of the tuning of their optoelectronic properties through synthetic modifications make PPVs an outstanding and suitable compound for technological applications and fundamental science development. Unfortunately, the synthesis and structural optoelectronic characterization of novel PPVs is a long and difficult task that sometimes yields unclear results. However, phenylenevinylene oligomers (oPV) can be synthesized and characterized in a very straightforward manner, and their performance in novel applications can be directly related to their structural analogue polymer, methodology designated as the oligomer approach. Herein, we describe the oligomer approach using the Mizoroki-Heck reaction as a synthetic route for oPVs and PPVs, and the importance of an extensive characterization for novel applications, such as photocatalysis and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) matrices, where these electronic conjugated systems have very promising applications.

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Phenylenevinylene Systems: The Oligomer Approach

The synthesis of new terpyridine (Tpy) derivatives has been subject of extensive research due to its potential as functional materials for solar energy conversion, among other applications. In this contribution, the 4-([2,2':6',2''-terpyridin]-4'-yl)phenol (TpyOH) has been synthesized, characterized and studied through several methods, including X-ray crystallography and computational approaches. Single crystal X-ray structure analysis shows that TpyOH is essentially planar, with dihedral angles of about 5.03° between the central pyridinyl and the phenolic ring, and also 6.05 and 12.2° in the terpyridine moiety. In the crystal, molecules are linked by intermolecular hydrogen bonds and through π-π stacking interactions. Using a time-dependent density functional theory approach and taking into account bulk solvent effects, the absorption and fluorescence spectra of TpyOH were investigated and compared. The TD-DFT S0 → Sn and S1 → S0 transition energies are in good agreement with experimental results. The frontier molecular orbitals analysis showed that the low-energy absorption band has an intraligand charge transfer character (ICT), while the high-energy band is a common feature of π-π* transitions of the Tpy moiety. The S1→S0 emission transition also has an ICT character, with a 90% contribution from the HOMO→LUMO transitions.

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Synthesis, characterization, X-ray crystal structure and DFT calculations of 4-([2,2':6',2''-terpyridin]- 4'-yl)phenol

Conventional methods to detect pathogenic microorganisms can be wasteful, expensive, and not very sensitive. Due to these limitations, approaches based on nanotechnology and the development of new diagnostic tests are emerging as alternative methods. Resulting from the unique electrical, magnetic, luminescent, and catalytic properties of nanomaterials, rapid and cost-effective diagnostic tests have been developed to recognize the presence of microbial pathogens or some of their components in different samples. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview and an update regarding the use of several nanomaterials as biosensors, among which are gold nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, magnetic nanoparticles, and quantum dots. The application of these biosensors has opened a new interdisciplinary frontier between biological detection and materials science.

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Nanobiosensors for Pathogenic Agents Detection

The title compound 1,4-di(2-butoxycarbonyl-trans-vinyl)-2,5-dimethoxybenzene was synthesized in 94% yield through the Heck reaction between 2,5-diiodo-1,4-dimethoxybenzene and n-butyl acrylate, using bis(dibenzylideneacetone) palladium(0) as homogeneous catalyst.

Cesar A. Sierra

Papers

Ex situ synthesis of MOF@PET/cotton textile fibers as potential antibacterial materials

Phenylenevinylene Systems: The Oligomer Approach

Synthesis, characterization, X-ray crystal structure and DFT calculations of 4-([2,2':6',2''-terpyridin]- 4'-yl)phenol

Nanobiosensors for Pathogenic Agents Detection

1,4-Di(2-butoxycarbonyl-trans-vinyl)-2,5-dimethoxybenzene