High spin level structure of 63 143 Eu80

The level scheme of ¹⁴³ Eu has been extended to I=75/2 in an experiment with the NORDBALL Compton-suppressed Ge detector array and the ¹¹⁰ Pd(³⁷ Cl, 4n) reaction. Most of the scheme shows irregular structure of multiparticle excitations. A strongly populated straight cascade of more than 10 stretched E2 transitions suggests the onset of collectivity.     

Toward the responsible innovation with nanotechnology in Japan: our scope

The societal impacts of nanotechnology have attracted growing attention in the United States and Europe in recent years. In Japan, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Technology Information Department) has played a central role in promoting discussions on this topic by collecting information from Japan and overseas, creating a network of the interested parties, and providing a forum for discussion. This paper presents a summary of recent activities in Japan relating to the societal impacts of nanotechnology, fro the launch of the “Nanotechnology and Society” open forum (August 2004) until the “Nanotechnology Debate” discussion forum (February 2007), and outlines the policy recommendations that came out of a project entitled “Research on Facilitation of Public Acceptance of Nanotechnology” (March 2006).     

Large optical nonlinearity of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes under resonant excitations

We measured third-order nonlinear susceptibility (chi(3)) spectra in semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) by the Z-scan method. |Imchi(3)| is remarkably enhanced under resonant excitation to the lowest interband transition, reaching 4.2 x 10(-6) esu and 1.5 x 10(-7) esu in SWNTs grown by the laser ablation and HiPco methods, respectively. A comparison of the transient absorption changes evaluated by degenerate and nondegenerate pump-probe measurements suggests that the resonant enhancement of |Imchi(3)| is dominated by a coherent process rather than by saturation of absorption.     

Adhesion between Nanoscale Rough Surfaces

In this investigation, the adhesion between particles and plates with root-mean-square, rms, surface roughness of 0.17-10.5 nm was measured by atomic force microscopy. Measurements obtained with particles both larger and smaller than the surface asperities are presented. Results indicate adhesion force decreases sharply with increasing surface roughness in the nanometer scale (<2 nm), followed by a gradual and slow decrease with further increase in roughness. Existing models were found to significantly underestimate adhesion force. Hence, a new model based on a geometry that considers both the height and breadth of asperities yielding an increased asperity radius compared to previous approaches, as detailed in Part I of this series, is applied using both van der Waals and elastic deformation/work of adhesion based approaches. For the system studied in this investigation, the adhesion forces predicted by the proposed model are considerably more accurate than those predicted by past models. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.     

Mechanical characterisation of a viscoplastic material sensitive to hydrostatic pressure

The present paper deals with the characterisation of the static mechanical behaviour of an energetic material all along its lifespan. The material behaviour is viscoplastic, damageable and sensitive to hydrostatic pressure. For such materials, existing models have generally been developed in the framework of transient dynamic behaviour. These models are not suitable for a static study. Therefore a specific experimental protocol and an associated model are developed. Characterisation is derived from both uniaxial compressive, tensile tests and triaxial tests. Plastic behaviour is described by means of a parabolic yield criterion and a new hardening law. Non-associated plastic flow rule and isotropic damage complete the model. The performance of the model is illustrated through the simulation of various loading paths.     

X-ray peak profiling,optical parameters and catalytic properties of pure and CdS doped ZnO–NiO nanocomposites

Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry - In the current study, XRD peak profile analysis, optical and catalytic properties of pure ZnO–NiO and CdS doped ZnO-NiO nanocomposites were...     

Synthesis,Structural Stability Calculation,and Antibacterial Evaluation of Novel 3,5-Diphenylcyclohex-2-en-1-one Derivatives

Starting with 3,5-diphenylcyclohex-2-en-1-one, 3,5-diphenylcyclohex-2-en-1-semicarbazone, 1-chloro-3,5-diphenylcyclohex-2-en-2-carbaldehyde, and 3,5-diphenylcyclohex-2-en-1-hydrazone were synthesized via the reactions with semicarbazide hydrochloride, POCl₃/ dimethylformamide, and hydrazine hydrate, respectively. These products were used as key intermediates for the preparation of novel series of tetrahydrobenzothiadiazol-1-oxide, indazole, benzo-thiazepines, pentahydroxyhexylidene and N-thiazines. Some of these derivatives exhibit high antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria.     

Synthesis of New Polyfused Thienopyrimidine,Thienopyridine, Thienothiazine,Thienoxazine, and Thienodiazepine Derivatives

3,4-Diamino-2-carbethoxy-5-cyanothieno(2,3-b)thiophene (1) was treated with ethylenediamine to afford 3,4-diamino-2,5-bi[2-(4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole-2-yl]-thieno(2,3-b)thiophene 2 , which in turn was treated with chloroacety chloride to give bis[imidazolothieno diazepine] derivative 3 and with each of p-chlorobenzaldehyde, triethyl orthoformate, and Lawesson's reagent (LR) to yield bis[imidazolothienopyrimidine] derivatives 4-6 . Compound 1 was subjected to Mannich reaction to afford Mannich bases 7 and 8a , b . The later products ( 8a , b ) were treated with malononitrile yielding 9a and 9b . Treatment of compound 1 with CS 2 , NaOH and CH 3 I produced compounds 10 and 11 . The reaction of compound 10 with each of o-aminothiphenal, o-phenylenediamen, hydrazine hydrate, and phenylhydrazine afforded compounds 12a , b , 13a , b . Compound 1 was allowed to react with CS 2 , phenyl (benzoyl)isothiocyanate and phenylisocyanate to get the described products 14-19 , respectively. On reacting compound 1 with ethylcyanoacetate thieno(2,3-b)pyridine derivative 21 was obtained through the intermediate 20 . Finally, compound 1 was treated with malononitrile to yield compound 22 .