2. The zygosity using HumanCytoSNP-12 BeadChip (Illumina) microarray analysis suggested monozygosity. This observation indicates that altered size of the deletion may be the underlying etiology for the discordance in phenotype in monozygotic twins. We think early post zygotic events (mitotic non-allelic homologous see more recombination) could have been played a role in the alteration of 22q11.2 deletion size and, thus phenotypic variability in the monozygotic twins.”
“We have studied photocurrent transients in all-polymer bulk-heterojunction solar cells based on poly(3-hexylthiophene) and poly ((9,9-dioctylfluorene)-2,7-diyl-alt-[4,7-bis(3-hexylthien-5-yl)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole]-2′,2

”-diyl). By illuminating devices with square pulses of light of varying intensity, we reveal nonlinear photocurrent transients on the timescale of tens of microseconds. These microsecond photocurrent transients are attributed to the effects of trapping and detrapping of charges on this timescale,

in particular, electrons. selleck The buildup of trapped electrons results in the appearance of a peak in the photocurrent at high intensities at similar to 10 mu s after turn on. This trapped charge produces a local reduction in the strength of the internal electric field near the anode resulting in a net decrease in charge separation efficiency and an increase in the likelihood of bimolecular recombination due to increased and overlapping electron

and hole densities. After turn off, a long photocurrent tail is observed with charge still being extracted after 0.5 ms consistent with the detrapping of deeply trapped charges. We are able to reproduce the observed transient photocurrent features using a time-dependent drift-diffusion Apoptosis inhibitor model incorporating the trapping and detrapping of electrons. (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3177337]“
“Magnetic poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) microspheres were prepared by double-miniemulsion polymerization. First, oleic acid coated magnetite particles synthesized by means of coprecipitation were dispersed into octane to obtain a ferrofluid. The ferrofluid and MMA were emulsified to form O/W emulsion, respectively. Subsequently two miniemulsions were mixed together for polymerization. The obtained magnetic polymer particles were characterized by, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, and thermogravimetry. The results showed that oleic acid coated magnetite particles were well encapsulated in PMMA. The effects of initiator dosage and monomer concentration on the conversion of MMA were also investigated. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.