meso-C6F5 substituted BODIPYs with distinctive spectroscopic properties and their application for bioimaging in living cells

A series of meso-C₆F₅ BODIYs have been successfully synthesized and characterized. Some of them displayed excellent spectroscopic properties, such as relatively large Stokes shift, high fluorescence quantum yield, far-red or near infrared region (NIR) emission, and good photostability. In particular, the dye functionalized with oligo(ethylene glycol) ether-phenyl groups at the 3,5-position of BODIPY core became water-soluble and its emission located in the NIR region with large Stokes shift. Time-dependent density functional theory calculations were conducted to understand the structure–optical properties relationship. Furthermore, cell staining tests demonstrated that the meso-C₆F₅ BODPY derivative with oligo(ethylene glycol) ether-phenyl group was membrane permeable and selectively stained cytosol in living cells.     

Shear viscosity from Kubo formalism: NJL model study

The European Physical Journal A - The neutron capture cross-sections and the radiative capture gamma-ray spectra from the broad resonances of 56Fe and 57Fe in the neutron energy range from 10 to...     

Spatial frequency range analysis for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

An analysis of the spatial frequency ranges for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS), subject to initial conditions with Gaussian and band-limited spatial frequency spectra, is presented in this paper. The analysis is based on a Volterra series representation of the NLS equation. This study reveals the relationship between the spatial frequency ranges of the solution, along with the evolution of the system, and the spatial frequency ranges of the initial conditions, and extends previous results in linear and nonlinear finite dimensional systems. The analysis also reveals a variety of nonlinear phenomena including self-phase modulation, cross-phase modulation and Raman effects modelled using the NLS equation.     

Suzuki–Miyaura reactions promoted by a PdCl2/sulfonate‐tagged phenanthroline precatalyst in water

This work reports Suzuki–Miyaura cross‐coupling reactions of arylboronic acid with aryl halide or aryl dibromide mediated by PdCl₂ (0.05 mol%) and sodium 4‐(1H‐imidazo[4,5‐f][1,10]phenanthrolin‐1‐yl)butane‐1‐sulfonate (0.05 mol%) at 100 °C in water. The corresponding cross‐coupling products were obtained in good to excellent yields. The catalytic system was recovered from the organic products by extraction with ether and the residual aqueous catalyst phase showed high activity after reuse of at least four cycles. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Pointwise Efficiency in Multiobjective Stochastic Linear Programming

In most of the approaches to the Multiobjective Stochastic Linear Programming problem that have been proposed in the literature, the notion of quality of a solution is not adequately defined. We reconsider this problem from a decision point of view, in contexts where either the decision maker's preference structure cannot be described by a utility function, or where this structure is expressed by an unknown non-decreasing utility function and the probability distribution of the random parameters is unknown. We define a fundamental set of ‘pointwise admissible’ solutions, as well as several subsets of particular interest. We discuss the relevance of these various pointwise efficient sets, their interrelations, and their practical identification.     

Vibration and stability of rectangular strip-plates

The problem considered is that of free vibration and stability of a simply supported rectangular strip-plate subjected to constant in-plane forces. The relevant continuity conditions at the interface between the adjacent regions, which play a significant role in this type of problem, are derived. The eigenfrequencies and the buckling load are estimated by the method of the new quotient which is based on a variational statement proposed by Nemat-Nasser. The results are compared with those obtained by means of the usual Rayleigh quotient and the exact solution. The good accuracy obtained by the application of the method of the new quotient is demonstrated by means of numerical examples.