Thermal Properties of Cobalt(II) β-Iminoketonates

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - Thermogravimetry, differential scanning calorimetry, and flow methods were used to investigate thermal properties of a series of cobalt(II)...     

Comparative Safety Assessment of Packaged Mineral Waters

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - The technical legal acts that regulate the quality and safety parameters of mineral waters out were analyzed. Seven samples of mineral waters produced in...     

A molecular fluorophore in citric acid/ethylenediamine carbon dots identified and quantified by multinuclear solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance

The composition of fluorescent polymer nanoparticles, commonly referred to as carbon dots, synthesized by microwave-assisted reaction of citric acid and ethylenediamine was investigated by ¹³C, ¹³C{¹H}, ¹H─¹³C, ¹³C{¹⁴N}, and ¹⁵N solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments. ¹³C NMR with spectral editing provided no evidence for significant condensed aromatic or diamondoid carbon phases. ¹⁵N NMR showed that the nanoparticle matrix has been polymerized by amide and some imide formation. Five small, resolved ¹³C NMR peaks, including an unusual ═CH signal at 84 ppm (¹H chemical shift of 5.8 ppm) and ═CN₂ at 155 ppm, and two distinctive ¹⁵N NMR resonances near 80 and 160 ppm proved the presence of 5-oxo-1,2,3,5-tetrahydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-7-carboxylic acid (IPCA) or its derivatives. This molecular fluorophore with conjugated double bonds, formed by a double cyclization reaction of citric acid and ethylenediamine as first shown by Y. Song, B. Yang, and coworkers in 2015, accounts for the fluorescence of the carbon dots. Cross-peaks in a ¹H─¹³C HETCOR spectrum with brief ¹H spin diffusion proved that IPCA is finely dispersed in the polyamide matrix. From quantitative ¹³C and ¹⁵N NMR spectra, a high concentration (18 ± 2 wt%) of IPCA in the carbon dots was determined. A pronounced gradient in ¹³C chemical-shift perturbations and peak widths, with the broadest lines near the COO group of IPCA, indicated at least partial transformation of the carboxylic acid of IPCA by amide or ester formation.     

Nanostructure Evolution of Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Steels under Fe Ion Irradiation at 350°C

Physics of Atomic Nuclei - Improved mechanical properties of oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) steels, the advanced materials for the reactor core, are due to the high density of uniformly...     

Limiting Velocity and Dispersion Law of Domain Walls in Ferrimagnets Close to the Spin Compensation Point

JETP Letters - The motion of domain walls in GdFeCo-type ferrimagnets near the point of compensation of sublattice spins s1 and s2, when the effects of the exchange increase in the limiting wall...     

Elemental distribution by synchrotron X-ray microfluorescence of prostate 3D cell culture

Prostate cancer is a highly prevalent disease and ranks second among malignant neoplasms that affect men around the world, behind lung cancer alone. Trace elements are very important and are involved in many cellular processes. The X-ray microfluorescence technique is an advanced tool of high spatial resolution, sensitivity, multielemental analysis, and nondestructiveness for trace element study. This study aimed to investigate the elemental distribution in spheroids obtained through the following human prostate cell lines using synchrotron X-ray microfluorescence: tumor cell line androgen independent (DU145), tumor cell line androgen dependent (LNCaP), and normal cell line (RWPE-1). The measurements were performed with a standard geometry of 45° of incidence, excited by a white beam using a pixel of 25 μm and an acquisition time of 300 ms/pixel at the X-ray fluorescence beamline at the Synchrotron Light National Laboratory (Campinas, Brazil). The synchrotron X-ray microfluorescence results showed differences between groups in all elements analyzed and suggested that further studies should be performed to understand the relationship of these trace elements with the progression and development of the disease.     

Bremsstrahlung Effect at Resonant Compton Scattering of a Photon by a Multielectron Atom

JETP Letters - The leading role of the bremsstrahlung at resonant Compton scattering of a hard X-ray photon by a multielectron atom has been theoretically predicted. This result can be important in...     

Artificial Precipitation of Energetic Electrons in a Magnetically Conjugate Region of the Ionosphere Relative to the Sura Facility

Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics - We analyze the features of energetic electron precipitation (with the maximum energy E ≥ 150 keV) from the Earth’s radiation belt into a...