The electrically neutral compounds (including solvents and crowns) have been denoted by
capital letters while the anions use lower-case letters; the crown-related macrocycles have …

0009-2665/79/0779-0389505.00/0 reasons for the delayed interest in this field are the
following:(i) the chemistry of M24 had been considered simple and dis-cernible only with the …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the physical organic aspects of crown-ether
chemistry. It discusses the thermodynamic and kinetic stabilities of crown-ether complexes …

This review of ion-selective electrodes is arranged in the same way as Parts I and II. The
continuous growth of the whole subject should be noted. Theory has particularly progressed …

A novel fluorescence method for the determination of the critical micelle concentration (cmc)
is reported. The cmc values of nonionic and anionic surfactants were evaluated utilizing a …

Solvent extraction is a convenient and useful method in solution and analytical chemistry. It
can be employed to concentrate and separate metal ions, and to determine stoichiometries …

The flame-retardant properties of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/oxidised multi-walled
carbon nanotubes (MWCNT–COOH) nanocomposite films were dispersed using a nonionic …

Novel monoazacryptand-type fluorescent chemosensors, 1 (derived from an 18-crown-6)
and 2 (derived from a 15-crown-5) both with a pyrene ring as their photoresponsive moiety …

The effect of the nonionic surfactants Brij 35 and Triton X-100 on the selectivity of neutral
carrier-based ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) commonly used for measurements of …

Thirty years of ion-selective electrode (ISE) researches at the University of Wales, Cardiff are
outlined. They summarize developments of PVC membrane ISEs, first for calcium and then …