Aerosol matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) has been combined with a reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer for improved mass resolution. A methanol solution of matrix and analyte was sprayed directly into a reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer, and the aerosol particles were irradiated and ionized with a frequency-tripled Nd:YAG laser at 355 nm. Mass resolution of over 300 was observed for the peptides bradykinin, angiotensin II, and gramicidin D and for vitamin B(12). This represents a resolution enhancement of approximately 10-fold over that previously reported for aerosol MALDI with a linear time-of-flight instrument.

Our study provides evidence that the SNP in the miRNA binding site of the SET8 3'-untranslated region seems to influence survival of NHL. It may have possible prognostic and survival value in the clinic.

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Solvothermal reactions of cadmium chloride and 1,2,4-triazole (Htrz) in different solvent mediums have successfully synthesized five ternary Cd(II)/trz/Cl(-) complexes, [Cd(trz)Cl]·H(2)O (1·H(2)O), [Cd(4)(trz)(5)Cl(3)(H(2)O)]·(THF)(1.25)·(H(2)O)(2.5) (2·1.25THF·2.5H(2)O), [Cd(3)(trz)(2)Cl(MeCN)] (3), [Cd(3)(trz)(4)Cl(2)]·(H(2)O)(0.5) (4·0.5H(2)O), and [Cd(4)(trz)(6)Cl(2)(H(2)O)(0.5)]·(H(2)O)(3.5) (5·3.5H(2)O). All of these five coordination polymers have three-dimensional (3-D) structural features, which are constructed by distinct substructures including clusters, chains, rings, and even 3-D frameworks. In all cases, 1,2,4-triazolate adopts a μ(1,2,4) bridging mode, and chloride ions display a μ(2), μ(3), μ(4) bridging mode, respectively, which makes the structural diversity in the assembling system, for example, μ(4)-Cl and cadmium triazolate, build up an unprecedented tetranuclear cluster [Cd(4)(trz)(8)Cl](-) in 2. All of the materials exhibit intense blue fluorescent emission and high thermal stability, wherein 1 presents an interesting guest-responsive photoluminescent property.

Three cupric coordination assemblies [Cu(btca)(H(2)O)(2)] (1), [Cu(btca)(H(2)O)(3.5)](8)·16H(2)O (2), and [Cu(2.5)(btca)(1.5)(Hbtca)(0.5)(μ-Cl)(0.5)(μ(3)-OH)(H(2)O)]·H(2)O (3) have been solvothermally synthesized by cupric salts and a bifunctional ligand benzotriazole-5-carboxylic acid (H(2)btca) in different solvent medium. These complexes were structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction analyses and further identified by infrared spectra (IR), elemental analyses, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), and thermogravimetric analyses (TGA). Single crystal structural analysis shows that these coordination compounds assembled by the almost same reactants present diverse dimensional crystal structures, wherein 1 possesses two-dimensional (2D) layers with (4.8(2)) topology, the zero-dimensional (0D) neutral metallomacrocycle with flat octagonal geometry in 2 connects each other through hydrogen bonding to extend to be a three-dimensional (3D) nanotubular network, and 3 exhibits 3D framework with 1D honeycomb channels constructed by the strip-shaped chains containing [Cu(5)(μ(3)-OH)(2)(btca)(4)](-) pentaclusters bridging to the adjacent Cu(6)(btca)(12)(6-) cages. The diversity of these structures mainly stems from the versatile coordination modes of the anionic ligand in each compound, especially the 1,2,3-triazolate group: bidentate μ(1,2) bridging mode in 1, bidentate μ(1,3) bridging mode in 2, and tridentate μ(1,2,3) bridging mode in 3, respectively. Furthermore, the magnetic properties of 1-3 have been investigated as well.