Dynamical crossover in an Ising spin glass above T(g): a muon-spin-relaxation investigation of Fe0.05TiS2

We investigate the temperature dependence of the spin-spin dynamical autocorrelation function of the Ising spin glass Fe0.05TiS2 through field dependent muon-spin lattice relaxation measurements. We successfully analyze the results using the Ogielski function, namely, t(-x)exp((-[t/tau](y)) as employed in numerical simulations. The experimental estimates of x, y, and tau are compared with those from simulations. Our major finding is that in this system the correlation function changes its nature from Ogielski to a form indistinguishable from pure stretched exponential upon cooling close to T(g), indicating a dynamical crossover.     

Reaction of 5-aryl-2,3-dihydrofuran-2,3-diones with ketene acetals

Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, p. 1567, November, 1991.     

Selective Catalytic Oxidation of Methane to Syngas over Supported Mixed Oxides Containing Ni and Pt

The activity of Ni, Pt, and LaNiO₃ supported on -Al₂O₃ is studied in the selective catalytic oxidation of methane to syngas at 900°C and a contact time of 0.002 s using dilute mixtures (1000 ppm CH₄ + 500 ppm O₂ in He). The grain size was 100 m. The method of X-ray phase analysis shows that supported LaNiO₃, both pure and containing Pt, has a perovskite hexagonal structure with altered lattice parameters. Using temperature-programmed reduction by hydrogen, it was found that the reduction of supported LaNiO₃ is simplified in the presence of Pt and/or Ce_0.2Zr_0.8O₂. The activity and selectivity of the catalysts in the reaction of selective catalytic oxidation of methane depends on their composition and oxidative-reductive treatment. It was found that, in the presence of catalysts based on LaNiO₃ and containing Pt and/or Ce_0.2Zr_0.8O₂, the reaction occurs with an induction period. It was assumed that the value of the induction period depends both on the dynamics of phase LaNiO₃ reduction to Ni, which is associated with the accumulation of carbonate complexes and surface hydroxylation, and on slow changes in the defect structure of Ce_0.2Zr_0.8O₂, which are associated with oxidation-reduction.     

Synthesis and structure of heterospin compounds based on the [Mn6(O)2Piv10]-cluster unit and nitroxide

Reaction of [Mn6(O)2Piv10(Thf)4].Thf with 2,4,4,5,5-pentamethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazolyl-3-oxide-1-oxyl (NIT-Me) produces different heterospin compounds depending of the solvent used in the synthesis. Among the latter a new molecular magnet [Mn6(O)2Piv10(Thf)2(NIT-Me)Mn6(O)2Piv10(Thf)(CH2Cl2)(NIT-Me)] with Tc = 3.5 K has been found.     

On the Absolutely Continuous Spectrum of Stark Operators

 The stability of the absolutely continuous spectrum of the one-dimensional Stark operator