Quantum teleportation and entanglement swapping of electron spins in superconducting hybrid structures

We present schemes for quantum teleportation and entanglement swapping of electronic spin states in hybrid superconductor–normal-metal systems. The proposed schemes employ subgap transport whereby the lowest order processes involve Cooper pair-electron and double Cooper-pair cotunneling in quantum teleportation and entanglement swapping protocols, respectively. The competition between elastic cotunneling and Cooper-pair splitting results in the success probability of 25% in both cases. Described implementations of these protocols are within reach of present-day experimental techniques.     

Synthesis,spatial structure and spectral properties of pyrylo‐4 (thio) squaraines variously substituted in cyclobutene moiety

Synthetic routes have been developed to a number of (thio) squaraine dyes containing the residues of CH‐acids at the central cyclobutene ring. The electronic and spatial structure as well as the chemical conversions and optical behaviour of the compounds obtained have been studied both theoretically and by X‐ray diffraction analysis, ¹H NMR and electronic spectroscopy. As shown, the electronic nature and sterical characteristics of the central ring substituents give rise to some general conformational features and crystal packing regularities and also govern the spectral position of the first π–π^* absorption band. The structure–property relationships established in the study provide guidance for the purposeful design of deeply coloured (thio) squaraines. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The Most Unstable Profiles of a Plane-Parallel Flow in a Channel

It is well known (after Rayleigh) that a plan-parallel flow in a channel can be unstable only if the basic velocity profile U(z) possesses inflection points. The profile determines (via the Rayleigh equation) the maximal increment c _i of small perturbations and 'eigenvalues' c (see Equation (1)). The increment and the imaginary parts c _i of the eigenvalues c provide a quantitative characterization of the basic stability properties of the flow. Here we find some best possible bounds for these values. The bounds are determined by the following parameters: wave number ; enstrophy of the basic flow; width of the channel L. A similar approach can be applied to models of atmosphere, ocean, plasma etc.     

Flow Structure of Swirling Turbulent Propane Flames

Flow structure of premixed propane–air swirling jet flames at various combustion regimes was studied experimentally by stereo PIV, CH* chemiluminescence imaging, and pressure probe. For the non-swirling conditions, a nonlinear feedback mechanism of the flame front interaction with ring-like vortices, developing in the jet shear layer, was found to play important role in the stabilisation of the premixed lifted flame. For the studied swirl rates (S = 0.41, 0.7, and 1.0) the determined domain of stable combustion can be divided into three main groups of flame types: attached flames, quasi-tubular flames, and lifted flames. These regimes were studied in details for the case of S = 1.0, and the difference in the flow structure of the vortex breakdown is described. For the quasi-tubular flames an increase of flow precessing above the recirculation zone was observed when increased the stoichiometric coefficient from 0.7 to 1.4. This precessing motion was supposed to be responsible for the observed increase of acoustic noise generation and could drive the transition from the quasi-tubular to the lifted flame regime.     

Effective bimetallic composite catalysts for the synthesis of arylated furans and thiophenes in aqueous media

Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds - N-(4,6-Dimethylpyrimidin-2-yl)-5-phenylisoxazole-3-carboxamide was used as a ligand for obtaining bimetallic boron-containing heterogeneous catalysts...     

Hierarchical structure of SERS substrates possessing the silver ring morphology

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