UV-visible spectroscopic study of the salicyladehyde benzoylhydrazone and its cobalt complexes

Salicyladehyde benzoylhydrazone (SBH) has three groups suitable for forming coordination bond with transition metal. The UV-vis absorption spectra of SBH and its Co(II) complexes in various media were studied by using the deconvolution method. It is found that the structure of complex in solution is different from those in solid crystals. The nature of complexes in solution depends on acidity of the phenolic proton of SBH and on the medium. In neutral or slightly acid medium, the SBH is a non-charged bidentate ligand. And the "free" hydroxyl group on the SBH molecule makes it possible to form hydrogen bonds in solution. In basic medium, the SBH is a mono, negatively charged tridentates ligand.     

Squark Pair Production at Muon Colliders in the MSSM with CP Violation

We study the pair production of scalar quark in a muon collider within the MSSM with CP violation. We show that including the CP phases can strongly affect the cross section of the process: \(\mu^{+}\mu^{-}\rightarrow \tilde{q}_{i}\bar{\tilde{q}}_{j}\). This could have an important impact on the search for squarks and the determination of the MSSM parameters at future colliders.     

Laboratory singing sand avalanches

Some desert sand dunes have the peculiar ability to emit a loud sound up to 110 dB, with a well-defined frequency: this phenomenon, known since early travelers (Darwin, Marco Polo, etc.), has been called the song of dunes. But only in late 19th century scientific observations were made, showing three important characteristics of singing dunes: first, not all dunes sing, but all the singing dunes are composed of dry and well-sorted sand; second, this sound occurs spontaneously during avalanches on a slip face; third this is not the only way to produce sound with this sand.More recent field observations have shown that during avalanches, the sound frequency does not depend on the dune size or shape, but on the grain diameter only, and scales as the square root of g/d - with g the gravity and d the diameter of the grains - explaining why all the singing dunes in the same vicinity sing at the same frequency.We have been able to reproduce these singing avalanches in laboratory on a hard plate, which made possible to study them more accurately than on the field. Signals of accelerometers at the flowing surface of the avalanche are compared to signals of microphones placed above, and it evidences a very strong vibration of the flowing layer at the same frequency as on the field, responsible for the emission of sound.Moreover, other characteristics of the booming dunes are reproduced and analyzed, such as a threshold under which no sound is produced, or beats in the sound that appears when the flow is too large. Finally, the size of the coherence zones emitting sound has been measured and discussed.     

A remark on ψ–Hilfer fractional differential equations with non-instantaneous impulses

We present a reasonable concept for solutions of non-instantaneous impulsive Cauchy problems with a ψ–Hilfer fractional derivative. Also, we provide a new sufficient condition for the existence, uniqueness, and stability of solutions for the given problem.     

Existence of Infinitely Many Solutions for Δ<Subscript>γ</Subscript>-Laplace Problems

In this article, we study the existence of infinitelymany solutions for the boundary–value problem

$$ - {\Delta _\gamma }u + a\left( x \right)u = f\left( {x,u} \right)in\Omega ,u = 0on\partial \Omega $$

, where Ω is a bounded domain with smooth boundary in ? ^N (N ≥ 2) and Δ_γ is a subelliptic operator of the form

$${\Delta _\gamma }: = \sum\limits_{j = 1}^N {{\partial _{{x_j}}}\left( {\gamma _j^2{\partial _{{x_j}}}} \right)} ,{\partial _{{x_j}}}: = \frac{\partial }{{\partial {x_j}}},\gamma = \left( {{\gamma _1},{\gamma _2}, \cdots ,\gamma N} \right)$$

. Our main tools are the local linking and the symmetric mountain pass theorem in critical point theory.

     

On the global exponential stability of a projected dynamical system for strongly pseudomonotone variational inequalities

We investigate the global exponential stability of equilibrium solutions of a projected dynamical system for variational inequalities. Under strong pseudomonotonicity and Lipschitz continuity assumptions, we prove that the dynamical system has a unique equilibrium solution. Moreover, this solution is globally exponentially stable. Some examples are given to analyze the effectiveness of the theoretical results. The numerical results confirm that the trajectory of the dynamical system globally exponentially converges to the unique solution of the considered variational inequality. The results established in this paper improve and extend some recent works.     

The Bhattacharya Function of Complete Monomial Ideals in Two Variables

We give explicit formulas for the Bhattacharya function of 𝔪-primary complete monomial ideals in two variables in terms of the vertices of the Newton polyhedra or in terms of the decompositions of the ideals as products of simple ideals.     

Activated Carbon by KOH and NaOH Activation: Preparation and Electrochemical Performance in K2SO4 and Na2SO4 Electrolytes

Russian Journal of Electrochemistry - Activated carbons were successfully prepared from rice husk (RH) by chemical activation using KOH (RH-K4) or NaOH (RH-N3) as activating agents and...     

Synthesis and Magnetic Characteristics of Neodymium Ferrite Powders with Perovskite Structure

Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry - Nanopowders of neodymium ferrite with perovskite structure were synthesized by co-precipitation precipitation via hydrolysis of iron(III) and neodymium(III)...     

Acoustic energy harvesting using an electromechanical Helmholtz resonator

This paper presents the development of an acoustic energy harvester using an electromechanical Helmholtz resonator (EMHR). The EMHR consists of an orifice, cavity, and a piezoelectric diaphragm. Acoustic energy is converted to mechanical energy when sound incident on the orifice generates an oscillatory pressure in the cavity, which in turns causes the vibration of the diaphragm. The conversion of acoustic energy to electrical energy is achieved via piezoelectric transduction in the diaphragm of the EMHR. Moreover, the diaphragm is coupled with energy reclamation circuitry to increase the efficiency of the energy conversion. Lumped element modeling of the EMHR is used to provide physical insight into the coupled energy domain dynamics governing the energy reclamation process. The feasibility of acoustic energy reclamation using an EMHR is demonstrated in a plane wave tube for two power converter topologies. The first is comprised of only a rectifier, and the second uses a rectifier connected to a flyback converter to improve load matching. Experimental results indicate that approximately 30 mW of output power is harvested for an incident sound pressure level of 160 dB with a flyback converter. Such power level is sufficient to power a variety of low power electronic devices.