Specifics of scattering of nonrelativistic electrons in nanosized films

The specifics of energy exchange by nonrelativistic electrons (electron energy of ∼10²–10³ eV) during their travelling through a dielectric layer have been studied depending on the thickness of the layer applied on substrates with different parameters. Electron travelling across a dielectric (pyrene) layer with a thickness of up to 10 nm deposited on a metal (bismuth) mirror is accompanied by the following effects dependent on the dielectric-layer thickness and the electric parameters of the boundary: a nonmonotonic change in the pyrene luminescence intensity and variation in secondary electron emission.     

On one-point functions for sinh-Gordon model at finite temperature

Using fermionic basis we conjecture the exact formulae for the expectation values of local fields in sinh-Gordon model. The conjecture is checked against previously known results.     

Diagnostics of the atmospheric-pressure plasma parameters using the method of near-field microwave sounding

A method of resonant near-field microwave probing is developed for contactless diagnostics of a high-pressure plasma. The efficiency of this method in measuring the parameters of the plasma of an rf capacitive discharge in argon under atmospheric pressure is demonstrated. The experimental results are compared with the data obtained using the independent method, the microwave radiation “cutoff,” and with theoretical estimates.     

Precipitation of yellowcake from pregnant regenerate by various reagents

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - In the present paper the development and application of a novel somatostatin radioimmunoassay are described. 125I-labeling of...     

Kinetics of a bimolecular chemical reaction in the liquid phase with association of both reactants

Mathematical modeling of a bimolecular chemical reaction in the liquid phase was carried out taking account of association of both reactants. The formally simple chemical reaction is thus transformed into a multistage process, which results in the formation of temporal dissipative structures. It was found that, apart from the usual dynamic modes, there appear oscillations of the concentrations of intermediates, characterized by two considerably differing periods.     

Heat capacity of the white pine biocarbon preform and the related biocarbon/copper composite

This paper reports on measurements in the 80–300-K temperature interval of the heat capacity at constant pressure C _p (T) of high-porosity amorphous white pine carbon preforms (biocarbon) prepared by pyrolysis (carbonization) at T _carb = 1000 and 2400°C in an argon flow. The dependences C _p (T) for biocarbon/copper composites based on the carbon preforms obtained have also been determined. It is shown that the mixture rule holds for the composites, i.e., that C _p (T) of the composite is a sum of the heat capacities of the constituent materials taken in the corresponding ratios. Phonon mean free paths for the white pine carbon preforms prepared at T _carb = 1000 and 2400°C have been calculated and used to estimate the size of the nanocrystallites contributing to formation of the carbon frameworks of these preforms.     

A library of spectral patterns as a tool for the rapid and reliable identification of highly toxic O-alkyl-S-2-(N,N-dialkylamino)ethyl alkyl thiophosphonates based on electron-ionization mass spectra

A rapid and reliable method for group identification based on the fragmentation of highly toxic O-alkyl-S-2-(N,N-dialkylamino)ethyl alkyl thiophosphonates using electron-ionization mass spectra was proposed. This method makes it possible to relate a test substance to one of the four groups of compounds containing two identical alkyl substituents at the nitrogen atom (methyl, ethyl, propyl, or isopropyl). The essence of this method is that the mass spectrum of the test substance is compared with the generalized mass-spectrometric patterns of each of the four groups of this class with the aid of a standard procedure utilized in the NIST information retrieval program.     

An effect of heat processing on catalytic activity of a system MnO x ,SiO2/TiO2/Ti

An effect of annealing in air at temperatures 250, 350, 500, and 700°C on composition, surface structure, and catalytic activity in CO oxidation of a system MnO _x ,SiO₂/TiO₂/Ti formed by combining methods of plasma electrolytic oxidation and impregnation was examined.