tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post4001250651278111667..comments2024-03-28T04:15:44.459-05:00Comments on nanoscale views: This week in cond-matDouglas Natelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-43491250823813133112009-09-11T10:45:19.079-05:002009-09-11T10:45:19.079-05:00The program for your meeting looks pretty interest...The program for your meeting looks pretty interesting. <br />If you find some time away from the meeting or are looking for a place to have a nice dinner discussion, check out the "Schlachte" - it's a street right by the river that hosts several good restaurants and bars. I can especially recommend the Japanese place (can't come up with the name right now) and the Pancake ship. It's located very central and Bremen's inner city somehow survived ww2 pretty nicely, so it's well worth a visit apart from science.Tobiashttp://atomcool.rice.edunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-15468668888220017412009-09-10T21:57:27.731-05:002009-09-10T21:57:27.731-05:00Al, the point is to use a very simple conjugated m...Al, the point is to use a very simple conjugated molecule w/ thiol linkers to bind it to the Ag. The S-H bond is meant to be problematic, since the hydrogen is supposed to come off and the S is then supposed to bind to the Ag.Douglas Natelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-70213734681955019362009-09-10T19:11:52.321-05:002009-09-10T19:11:52.321-05:00Benzenethiol is cute, but the ring carbon connecti...Benzenethiol is cute, but the ring carbon connection to the sulfur is a rotor and the S-H bond is problematic. Wouldn't rigidized fluorenethione be nicer? It would be a prettier color and not stink In-between we have benzophenonethione. Both are easily available from the respective ketones via H2S and HCl continuously added to toluene solvent, progressively azeotroping out water to drive the equilibrium. Perhaps phosphorus pentasulfide in refluxing toluene would do both.Uncle Alhttp://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/noreply@blogger.com