Anthracene-boronic acid ester as a new class of fluorescence PET sensors for detection of a trace amount of water in organic solvents has been designed and developed.

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A simple and safe technique which is based on glow discharge is demonstrated for stable encapsulation of H atoms in cage-shaped silsesquioxanes at room temperature, leading to the encapsulation yield of ca. 10(-4) H atoms per molecule for 10-minute discharging, much faster than the conventional gamma-ray irradiation technique.