Synthèse et propriétés photochimiques de modèles imides et amides contenant des structures norbornadiènes pentaméthylés

Four pentamethylated norbardiene (NBD) models containing imide, bis-imide and diamides were synthesized in the first step of this work with a good yield and characterized by IR, ¹HNMR and ¹³CNMR spectroscopies. These models were used for study, by UV-Visible spectrophotometry, of the photochemical isomerisation under solar radiations of NBD residues, which they contain to quadricyclane (QC). Acquired results show, for all these models, that more than 70 % of NBD are transformed into QC after only 30 minutes of solar radiations and following a first order rate.     

On the Discrete Spectrum of a Spatial Quantum Waveguide with a Disc Window

In this study we investigate the bound states of the Hamiltonian describing a quantum particle living on three dimensional straight strip of width d. We impose the Neumann boundary condition on a disc window of radius a and Dirichlet boundary conditions on the remained part of the boundary of the strip. We prove that such system exhibits discrete eigenvalues below the essential spectrum for any a > 0. We give also a numeric estimation of the number of discrete eigenvalue as a function of \fracad\frac{a}{d}. When a tends to the infinity, the asymptotic of the eigenvalue is given.     

Losses evaluation in converters using the calorimetric technique

In this paper, a measurement technique of losses in the switching cell, based on calorimetric technique is presented. A special calorimeter was designed to be able to access the heat generated by an operating converter. Power component losses are studied according to the cyclic ratio and to operating frequency and an extraction method of the different terms of these losses, using calorimetric measurements, is presented. An accurate expression of the switching losses in the power semiconductors devices is proposed.     

Time-dependent behavior of a pulsed high power xenon flashlamp. Application to the Mega-Joule laser pumping

A numerical model has been developed for studying the time-dependent behavior of cylindrical high power xenon flashlamp. The equations of local energy conservation and mass conservation are solved using the finite volume method to give plasma parameters such as radial temperature profiles, instantaneous emission spectra, pressure, velocity, arc conductance, etc. In a first approximation the plasma is described under local thermodynamic equilibrium, LTE. The results are given as a function of time over the pulse and for several nodes in the cross section. Then the detailed spectral and temporal calculations of the output radiation from xenon flashlamp and radiation efficiencies are provided.     

Existence and universality of the blow-up profile for the semilinear wave equation in one space dimension

In this paper, we consider the semilinear wave equation with a power nonlinearity in one space dimension. We exhibit a universal one-parameter family of functions which stand for the blow-up profile in self-similar variables at a non-characteristic point, for general initial data. The proof is done in self-similar variables. We first characterize all the solutions of the associated stationary problem, as a one parameter family. Then, we use energy arguments coupled with dispersive estimates to show that the solution approaches this family in the energy norm, in the non-characteristic case, and to a finite decoupled sum of such a solution in the characteristic case. Finally, in the case where this sum is reduced to one element, which is the case for non-characteristic points, we use modulation theory coupled with a nonlinear argument to show the exponential convergence (in the self-similar time variable) of the various parameters and conclude the proof. This step provides us with a result of independent interest: the trapping of the solution in self-similar variables near the set of stationary solutions, valid also for non-characteristic points. The proof of these results is based on a new analysis in the self-similar variable.     

Tolerance of glucose electrocatalytic oxidation on NiO x /MnO x /GC electrode to poisoning by halides

This paper is devoted to the investigation of the tolerance of glucose oxidation on NiO _x /MnO _x /GC binary catalyst to poisoning by halide ions. NiO _x /MnO _x /GC electrode was prepared by the consecutive electrodeposition of MnO _x followed by the deposition of NiO _x nanoparticles atop the previously deposited MnO _x nanoparticles. The electrode was characterized electrochemically and morphologically. Interestingly, experimental results showed that the NiO _x /MnO _x /GC electrode shows a superior electrocatalytic activity compared with the NiO _x /GC electrode and a behavior comparable to the NiO _x /GC electrode regarding tolerance to poisoning by halides, even in the presence of high concentrations of Cl^? and Br^? up to 0.3 M. On the other hand, it was found that iodide ions have a significant effect on glucose electrooxidation under the prevailing operating conditions and even at concentrations lower than those of the other two halide ions.     

Lifshitz Tails for Acoustic Waves in Random Quantum Waveguide

In this study, we consider acoustic operators in a random quantum waveguide. Precisely we deal with an elliptic operator in the divergence form on a random strip. We prove that the integrated density of states of the relevant operator exhibits Lifshitz behavior at the bottom of the spectrum. This result could be used to prove localization of acoustic waves at the bottom of the spectrum. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 81Q10, 35P05, 37A30, 47F05     

Microwave-assisted solution-phase synthesis and DART-mass spectrometric monitoring of a combinatorial library of indolin-2,3-dione schiff bases with potential antimycobacterial activity

A combinatorial library composed of eleven hydrazides A-K and eleven indolin-1,2-dione derivatives 1-11 has been designed to formally generate sublibraries of 22 mixtures, M(1)-M(22) comprising of 121 Schiff bases, A-K(1-11). The designed library has been synthesized by the solution-phase method and microwave-assisted synthetic techniques. The formation of individual compounds of each mixture was confirmed by Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART) as ionization technique connected to an Ion Trap as a mass detector. The synthesized mixtures were evaluated for their antimycobacterial activity against four Mycobacterium strains; M. intercellulari, M. xenopi, M. cheleneoi and M. smegmatis. Variable antimycobacterial activity was revealed with the investigated mixtures and maximum activity was shown by M(8), M(10), M(11), and M(15) with MIC values of 1.5, 3.1, 6.2 and 0.09 μg/mL, respectively. Application of the indexed method of analysis on these active mixtures revealed that compounds D(8), D(10) and D(11) may contribute to the activity of the tested mixtures.