EPR and optical studies on transition metal doped LiRbB4O7 glasses

Electron paramagnetic resonance and optical investigations of copper and chromium doped LiRbB₄O₇ glasses are carried out. From the results and discussions, it is predicted that both the transition metal ions exhibit octahedral environment. In the case of Cr³⁺, the site symmetry is near octahedral, whereas in the case of Cu²⁺, it is tetragonally distorted octahedral environment. Crystal field, spin-Hamiltonian and bonding parameters are evaluated. The bonding parameters are suggesting ionic.     

Oxygen stability in YBa2Cu3O7−x

The highT _c superconductor YBa₂Cu₃O_7?x has been found to lose appreciable amount of oxygen in a surprisingly low temperature range (～425–630 K), which drastically degrades the superconducting property. Accompanying this oxygen loss, the resistance behaviour has also been found to change from metallic to semiconducting.     

Stannoxanes and phosphonates: New approaches in organometallic and transition metal assemblies

Phosphonate ligands, [RPO₃]^2-, are extremely versatile in the assembly of multi-tin and multi-copper architectures. We have used organostannoxane cores for supporting multi-ferrocene and multi-porphyrin peripheries. The copper-metalated multi-porphyrin compound is an excellent reagent for facile cleavage of DNA, even in the absence of a co-oxidant. Reaction oft-BuPO₃H₂ with Cu(C10₄)₂. 6H₂O in the presence of 2-pyridylpyrazole (2-Pypz) leads to the synthesis of a decanuclear copper (II) assembly.     

Picosecond time-resolved laser emission of coumarin 102: Solvent relaxation

The time-resolved laser emission of coumarin 102 was investigated in various aprotic and protic solvents at picosecond resolution by frequency upconversion technique. The spectral shift of the transient emission spectrum is attributed to solvent reorientation and the results are discussed.     

NDDO MO calculations: isotropic hyperfine coupling constants and nuclear spin-spin coupling constants

The nonempirical NDDO MO method in its unrestricted form has been used to evaluate isotropic hyperfine coupling constants and nuclear spin-spin coupling constants. Satisfactory agreement with INDO and experimental results is obtained.     

Some recent studies of liquid crystals: A review

The following topics are reviewed briefly: (i) The first experimental determination of the decrease in the smectic A-nematic transition temperature brought about by a twist deformation, an effect which is the analog of the influence of a magnetic field on the superconductor-normal metal transition; (ii) the similarity between the hydrodynamics of cholesteric liquid crystals and superfluid hydrodynamics, and some of its consequences, e.g., the possibility of a temperature wave attending second sound in the cholesteric phase; and (iii) the nematicsmectic A-smectic C multicritical point.     

Comparative substoichiometric extraction of silver with potassium salts of ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl and benzyl xanthates

A rapid and sensitive substoichiometric radiochemical method has been developed for the comparative extraction and quantification of silver with potassium salts of ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl and benzyl xanthates from hydrochloric, nitric and sulfuric acid media into chloroform. The effect of 0.1–4M H⁺ ion concentration of the respective acid on the substoichiometric extraction of silver was critically studied. The efficiency of the method developed was tested by the determination of 10–100 g silver in standard solutions with an average percentage of error better than 2. The methods developed have been utilized to determine silver content in photofilm washing collected from various photostudios in Tirupati, India.