Synthesis and Luminescent Property of Poly(9-(3-vinyl-phenyl)-anthracene).

Polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) have attracted much attention from academia and industry field because of their various applications such as large area flat-panel displays and lightings. In this paper, we suggest new blue emitting polymer based on anthracene, Poly(9-(3-Vinyl-phenyl)-anthracene) (PVPA). From NMR data, vinyl group protons were disappeared and aromatic protons showed broad proton peaks because of polymer characteristics. PVPA had film property well and it exhibited vivid PL maximum values of 431, 455, 482 nm and broad PL spectrum. Three dopants for green, red, yellow were used to PVPA, all energy transfer was happened well. By using rubrene dopant of yellow emission, doped film provided white PL.

Ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy in optically dense fireballs using broadband second-harmonic generation of a pulsed modeless dye laser.

Broadband frequency doubling of a modeless dye laser pulse is used to enable single-shot absorption spectroscopy in the ultraviolet for optically dense, energetic-materials fireball applications. Band widths of approximately 1-3 nm are generated in the 226 and 268 nm regions using a doubling crystal. Strong focusing of the fundamental beam onto the crystal is found to be sufficient to achieve 1-5% conversion efficiency with a pulse intensity sufficient to saturate the array detector even after 75% attenuation through the fireball. The technique is demonstrated with nitric oxide (NO) absorption in a gas cell and is then used to perform the first detection and temperature fitting of aluminum monofluoride (AlF) and magnesium monofluoride (MgF) in a fireball environment.

A quantitative high-throughput in vitro splicing assay identifies inhibitors of spliceosome catalysis.

Despite intensive research, there are very few reagents with which to modulate and dissect the mRNA splicing pathway. Here, we describe a novel approach to identify such tools, based on detection of the exon junction complex (EJC), a unique molecular signature that splicing leaves on mRNAs. We developed a high-throughput, splicing-dependent EJC immunoprecipitation (EJIPT) assay to quantitate mRNAs spliced from biotin-tagged pre-mRNAs in cell extracts, using antibodies to EJC components Y14 and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4aIII (eIF4AIII). Deploying EJIPT we performed high-throughput screening (HTS) in conjunction with secondary assays to identify splicing inhibitors. We describe the identification of 1,4-naphthoquinones and 1,4-heterocyclic quinones with known anticancer activity as potent and selective splicing inhibitors. Interestingly, and unlike previously described small molecules, most of which target early steps, our inhibitors represented by the benzothiazole-4,7-dione, BN82685, block the second of two trans-esterification reactions in splicing, preventing the release of intron lariat and ligation of exons. We show that BN82685 inhibits activated spliceosomes' elaborate structural rearrangements that are required for second-step catalysis, allowing definition of spliceosomes stalled in midcatalysis. EJIPT provides a platform for characterization and discovery of splicing and EJC modulators.