This letter reports the field emission measurements from the nanotubes of aluminum nitride which were synthesized by gas phase condensation using the solid-vapor equilibria. A dc arc plasma reactor was used for producing the vapors of aluminum in a reactive nitrogen atmosphere. Nanoparticles and nanotubes of aluminum nitride were first characterized by transmission electron microscope and tube dimensions were found to be varying from 30 to 200 nm in diameter and 500 to 700 nm in length. These tubes were mixed with nanoparticles of size range between 5 and 200 nm in diameter. Tungsten tips coated with these nanoparticles and tubes were used as a field emitter. The field emission patterns display very interesting features consisting of sharp rings which were often found to change their shapes. The patterns are attributed to the open ended nanotubes of aluminum nitride. A few dot patterns corresponding to the nanoparticles were also seen to occur. The Fowler-Nordheim plots were seen to be nonlinear in nature, which reflects the semi-insulating behavior of the emitter. The field enhancement factor is estimated to be 34 500 indicating that the field enhancement due to the nanometric size of the emitter is an important cause for the observed emission.

The organization of nanoparticles into superstructures of predefined geometry is an important challenge in the area of nanoscale architecture. Attractive Coulombic interaction between positively charged amine groups on gold particle surfaces and negatively charged phosphate backbones of DNA molecules (see Figure) drives the self‐assembly of gold nanoparticles into linear supercluster structures.

Novel bis-andrographolide ether (1) and six known compounds andrographolide, 14-deoxy-11,12-didehydroandrographolide, andrograpanin, 14-deoxyandrographolide, (+/-)-5-hydroxy-7,8-dimethoxyflavanone, and 5-hydroxy-7,8-dimethoxyflavone have been isolated from the aerial parts of Andrographis paniculata and their structures were established by spectral data. All the isolates were tested for the anti-HIV and cytotoxic activity.

[structure: see text] The synthesis of ethyl cis-(1S,2R/1R,2S)-2-aminocyclohex-1-yl-N-(thymin-1-yl-acetyl) glycinate (10a and 10b) via enzymatic resolution of the key racemic intermediate trans-2-azido cyclohexanols 3 is reported. The crystal structures of 10 show equatorial disposition of the tertiary amide group, with the torsion angle beta in the range 60-70 degrees. The PNA oligomers incorporating these show differential effects in hybridizing with complementary DNA and RNA.

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myo-Inositol hexabenzoate having meso configuration produces chiral polymorph (form I) when crystallized rapidly but yields achiral polymorph (form II) when allowed to crystallize slowly; in the mother liquor form I slowly but completely disappears to give form II.

3,5'-ether-linked pseudooligopentose derivatives were synthesized for the first time from readily available carbohydrate precursors. The 1,2-isopropylidene-protected ether-linked oligopentoses are potentially important as precursors of novel RNA analogues. Intramolecular cycloaddition of the nitrile oxides prepared from these derivatives led to the diastereoselective formation of chiral isoxazolines fused to 10-16-membered oxacycles. The stereochemistry of some of these isoxazolines was established by X-ray diffraction and NOESY analysis.