Phonon Spectroscopy of Oriented hcp Iron

High-pressure phonon spectroscopy was performed on iron in the bcc and hcp phase up to 40 GPa using the nuclear inelastic scattering (NIS) of synchrotron radiation (SR). In hcp iron we observe differences in the density of phonon states for spectra measured with different orientations of the diamond anvil cell (DAC) with respect to the SR beam. These differences are attributed to a preferred orientation of the hexagonal c -axis along the load axis of the DAC. These texture effects are used, in conjunction with theoretical calculations, to extract density of phonon states as seen parallel and perpendicular to the c -axis of hcp iron.     

CE Determination of Monosaccharides in Pulp Using Indirect Detection and Curve-Fitting

In the present work a capillary electrophoretic method for the analysis of monosaccharides utilizing indirect UV-detection has been developed. Different probes for indirect detection have been assessed using model carbohydrate samples. Background electrolytes with or without addition of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide have also been evaluated regarding the separation power. Furthermore, a curve-fitting algorithm has been introduced to increase the separation resolution. The optimized method has been used for analysis of monosaccharides from an acidically hydrolyzed pulp sample.     

Time-resolved fluorescence polarization anisotropy of multimodal samples: the asphaltene case

In this work we describe an application of the time-resolved fluorescence polarization anisotropy (TRFPA) technique to the analysis of asphaltenes, complex mixtures of high-molecular weight compounds, typically present in petroleum oils. Our asphaltene samples consist of nanometer-sized polydispersed particles, whose lighter fraction showed a relatively high fluorescence quantum yield. Most of the fluorescence intensity observed from the complex sample originated from a well defined sample fraction presenting a large fluorescence yield. Consequently, the TRFPA analysis only provided the average size of more fluorescing particles, that, in our case, were the smaller ones. Larger and less fluorescing aggregates did not significantly contribute to the TRFPA signal. Hence, to overcome intrinsic limitations of the TRFPA technique in characterizing multimodal samples, we preliminarily fractionated our complex samples by means of size exclusion chromatography (SEC), thus obtaining nearly monomodal fractions of the original samples. This procedure allowed to estimate also the size of less fluorescing and larger particles. A comparison of particle size estimate by means of TRFPA and SEC methods was also used to acquire information about occurrence of aggregation phenomena, and about the kind and strength of the chemical bonds linking chromophores to each other or to their parent particle. PACS 82.53.Uv; 82.80.Bg; 47.57.E-     

Untersuchung von Butter, Margarine, Tran und anderen Fetten

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Quasi-measures with image transformations as generalized variables

We introduce an image transformation as a generalization of measurable maps. Structure properties of the image transformation is given. Unique extension of image transformations from solid sets is proven. The multidimensional median and sample median are presented as image transformations, providing a construction suitable for probability theorists.     

Rates of convergence for the laws of large numbers for independent Banach-valued random variables

In this paper, results of Lai, Heyde, and Rohatgi concerning the convergence rates for the laws of large numbers are extended for the case of independent random variables taking values in a separable Banach space.