Phosphorylated mesoporous carbon as effective catalyst for the selective fructose dehydration to HMF

Phosphorylated mesoporous carbons (PMCs) were investigated as catalysts in the dehydration of fructose to hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). The acidic PMCs show better selectivity to HMF compared to sulfonated carbon catalyst (SC) despite lower activity. The concentration of P-O groups on the PMC was correlated with the activity/selectivity of the catalysts; the higher the P-O concentration, the higher the activity. However, the higher the P-O content, the lower the selectivity to HMF. Indeed, a lower concentration of the P-O groups minimized the degradation of HMF to levulinic acid and the formation of by-products, such as humines. Stability tests showed that these systems deactivate due to the formation of humines and water insoluble by-products derived from the dehydration of fructose which blocked the catalytically active sites.     

Synthesis and functionalization of carbon xerogels to be used as supports for fuel cell catalysts

The synthesis and properties of carbon xerogels are briefly described in this mini-review, emphasizing the methods used for tuning their surface chemistry and textural properties in order to design efficient electrocatalysts for fuel cells. In particular, the role played by the surface functional groups in determining the loading, dispersion, oxidation state and stability of the metal phases is addressed.     

H→γγ: a comment on the indeterminacy of non-gauge-invariant integrals

We reanalyze the recent computation of the amplitude of the Higgs boson decay into two photons presented by Gastmans et al. [1, 2]. The reasons for why this result cannot be the correct one have been discussed in some recent papers. We address here the general issue of the indeterminacy of integrals with four-dimensional gauge-breaking regulators and to which extent it might eventually be solved by imposing physical constraints. Imposing gauge invariance as the last step upon Rξ-gauge calculations with four-dimensional gauge-breaking regulators, allows us to recover the well known H→γγ result. However we show that in the particular case of the unitary gauge, the indeterminacy cannot be tackled in the same way. The combination of the unitary gauge with a cutoff regularization scheme turns out to be non-predictive.     

Extended breakdown of Simpleman approximation

In this letter, we solve three-dimensional time-dependent Newton equations for atoms interacting with a ten-cycle elliptically polarized laser pulse. The ionized electron momentum distributions show a tilt angle between the distribution density peak and the main polarization axis. The tilt angle’s behavior changes with an increasing laser intensity. We show that this behavior change is directly related to the release time of the electron from the atom.     

Multilayers with high-reflectivity at 19.5 nm and low-reflectivity at 30.4 nm

The multilayer （ML） mirror with high-reflectivity （HR） at a specific emission line of 19.5 nm （Fe line） and low-reflectivity （LR） at 30.4 nm （He line） is needed to be designed and fabricated for observing the image of sun. Based on a variety of optimizations utilized different structures, the design is performed and the final results demonstrate that the reflectivity at 30.4 nm does not achieve minimum value when the reflectivity at 19.5 nm reaches the maximum value. The tradeoff should be done between the HR at 19.5 nm and LR at 30.4 nm. One optimized mirror is fabricated by direct current magnetron sputtering and characterized by grazing-incident X-ray diffraction （XRD） and synchrotron radiation （SR）. The experimental results demonstrate that the ML achieves the reflectivity of 33.3% at 19.5 nm and of 9.6× 10-4 at 30.4 nm at the incident angle of 13°.     

Global Parametric Sufficient Efficiency Conditions for Semiinfinite Multiobjective Fractional Programming Problems Containing Generalized （a,n,p）-V-Invex Functions

In this paper, we discuss numerous sets of global parametric sufficient efficiency conditions under various generalized (α, η, ρ)-V-invexity assumptions for a semiinfinite multiobjective fractional programming problem.     

An approximate solution of the DKP equation under the Hulthén vector potential

Using the analytical NU technique as well as an acceptable physical approximation to the centrifugal term, the bound-state solutions of the Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau equation are obtained for arbitrary quantum numbers. The solutions appear in terms of the Jacobi Polynomials. Various explanatory figures and tables are included to complete the study.     

Deformed soliton,breather,and rogue wave solutions of an inhomogeneous nonlinear Schrdinger equation

We use the 1-fold Darboux transformation (DT) of an inhomogeneous nonlinear Schro¨dinger equation (INLSE) to construct the deformed-soliton, breather, and rogue wave solutions explicitly. Furthermore, the obtained first-order deformed rogue wave solution, which is derived from the deformed breather solution through the Taylor expansion, is different from the known rogue wave solution of the nonlinear Schro¨dinger equation (NLSE). The effect of inhomogeneity is fully reflected in the variable height of the deformed soliton and the curved background of the deformed breather and rogue wave. By suitably adjusting the physical parameter, we show that a desired shape of the rogue wave can be generated. In particular, the newly constructed rogue wave can be reduced to the corresponding rogue wave of the nonlinear Schro¨dinger equation under a suitable parametric condition.     

Comparative study using MS and XRD of Fe80Al20 alloy produced by mechanical alloying

An X-ray diffraction and 57Fe M ssbauer effect study of mechanically alloyed Fe 80 Al 20 is presented. X-ray measurements indicate that the disordered bcc α-Fe(Al) solid solution was formed after 2 h of milling, while the analysis of M ssbauer spectra suggested that total dissolution of aluminium is achieved after 10 h of milling. These differences can be attributed to: (i) rapid nanocrystallization of aluminium and/or (ii) small particles with small amounts of aluminium cannot be detected by the X-ray diffraction technique.     

Flexural response of doubly curved laminated composite shells

In the present work, analytical solutions for laminated composite doubly curved panels on rectangular plan form undergoing small deformations and subjected to uniformly distributed transverse load have been obtained. The problem is formulated using first order shear deformation theory. The spatial descretization of the linear differential equations is carried out using fast converging finite double Chebyshev series. The effect of panel thickness, curvature, boundary conditions, lamination scheme as well as material property on the static response of panel has been investigated in detail.