Fast oxygen ion migration in Cu–In–oxide bulk and its utilization for effective CO2 conversion at lower temperature

Efficient activation of CO₂ at low temperature was achieved by reverse water–gas shift via chemical looping (RWGS-CL) by virtue of fast oxygen ion migration in a Cu–In structured oxide, even at lower temperatures. Results show that a novel Cu–In₂O₃ structured oxide can show a remarkably higher CO₂ splitting rate than ever reported. Various analyses revealed that RWGS-CL on Cu–In₂O₃ is derived from redox between Cu–In₂O₃ and Cu–In alloy. Key factors for high CO₂ splitting rate were fast migration of oxide ions in the alloy and the preferential oxidation of the interface of alloy–In₂O₃ in the bulk of the particles. The findings reported herein can open up new avenues to achieve effective CO₂ conversion at lower temperatures.

Efficient activation of CO₂ at low temperature was achieved by reverse water–gas shift via chemical looping (RWGS-CL) by virtue of fast oxygen ion migration in a Cu–In structured oxide, even at lower temperatures.     

Controlled release of DNA from zinc and magnesium ion-doped hydroxyapatites

Research on Chemical Intermediates - Hydroxyapatite (HA) is a biocompatible and porous material that is useful for gene delivery. In this study, various Zn- and Mg-doped HA samples were produced by...     

Influence of solution pH and reaction atmosphere on the morphology of SrTiO<Subscript>3</Subscript> nanocubes synthesized by thermohydrolysis

The influence of synthetic conditions on the shape and size of SrTiO₃ (STO) nanocubes was studied. These were synthesized in aqueous solution using Sr(OH)₂ as the Sr²⁺ source and titanium(IV) bis(ammonium lactate)dihydroxide (TALH) as the Ti^IV source in the presence of oleic acid and hydrazine. A large excess of OH^? at a pH of the precursor solution higher than 12 is necessary for the formation of STO nanocubes without the need for any calcination. Performing the synthesis in a N₂ atmosphere additionally prevents the formation of SrCO₃ impurity, leading to the creation of uniformly sized STO nanocubes in a reproducible manner. Such size-regulated STO nanocubes are found to align over a large area.     

Interplay of Correlation,Randomness and Dimensionality Effects in Weakly-Coupled Half-Filled Random Hubbard Chains

Abstract

We study interplay of electronic correlation, randomness and dimensionality effects in half-filled random Hubbard chains weakly coupled via an interchain one-particle hopping. Based on the two-loop renormalization-group approach, phase diagrams are given in terms of temperature vs. strengths of the intrachain electron-electron umklapp scattering, the random scattering and the interchain one-particle hopping.     

Charge current driven by spin dynamics in disordered Rashba spin-orbit system

Pumping of charge current by spin dynamics in the presence of the Rashba spin-orbit interaction is theoretically studied. Considering a disordered electron, the exchange coupling and spin-orbit interactions are treated perturbatively. It is found that the dominant current induced by spin dynamics is interpreted as a consequence of the conversion from spin current via the inverse spin Hall effect. We also find that the current has an additional component from a fictitious conservative field. The results are applied to the case of a moving domain wall.     

An unusual six-co-ordinate platinum(II) complex containing a neutral I2 ligand

The present paper deals with a rare platinum(II) complex containing the kappa-I2 ligand, which is an unusual example of a six-co-ordinated octahedral platinum(II) complex.     

Color digital holography using a single monochromatic imaging sensor

Color digital holography utilizing the Doppler effect is proposed. The time variation of holograms produced by superposing images at three wavelengths is recorded using a high-speed monochromatic imaging sensor. The complex amplitude at each wavelength can be extracted from frequency information contained in the Fourier transforms of the recorded holograms. An image of the object is reconstructed by the angular spectrum method. Reconstructed monochromatic images at the three wavelengths are combined to produce a color image for display.     

The alpha effectiveness of the dating ESR signal in barite

The alpha effectiveness was investigated for an ESR signal due to ${\text{SO}}_3^{?}$ in barite by comparing the dose responses of the signal for gamma irradiation and for He ion implantation with an energy of 4 MeV. The value was obtained to be 0.043 ± 0.018 for samples from Morocco and to be 0.0089 ± 0.0006 for Kanehira Mine. The dose response for He ion implantation for the latter sample better fits to a correlation line but the signal shape changes with gamma ray dose, indicating contribution from an unknown radiation sensitive signal, while the former sample shows the same signal shapes. A value of 0.043 ± 0.018 is adopted as the alpha effectiveness of ${\text{SO}}_3^{?}$ signal in barite, which is used for ESR dating of submarine hydrothermal activity.     

Interfacial Interaction of Polymer/Liquid Crystal Molecules and Electrooptical Properties of their Composite Systems

Polymer/liquid crystal composite films were prepared from a solution of polymer and nematic liquid crystal (LC) by a solvent casting method. The phase-separated structure of the composite film was controlled by the solvent evaporation rate. The light-scattering profile of a poly(diisopropyl fumarate)/LC: 40/60 w/w solution during solvent evaporation exhibited a periodic structure, indicating that the phase-separated structure was formed by spinodal decomposition. The aggregation structure of the composite film was investigated with a scanning electron microscope (SEM). SEM observation of the composite film suggested the presence of periodicity and dual connectivity of polymer and LC phases. The faster the solvent was evaporated, the smaller the LC channel (domain) size in the composite film. The composite film, composed of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and a nematic LC (E44) with a positive dielectric anisotropy, exhibited remarkable and reversible light-scattering-light-transmission switching, under the modulation of an ac electric field. The light-scattering state was dependent on such optical heterogeneities as spatial distribution of the nematic directors and/or mismatching in the refractive indices of the components. The electrooptical behavior of the composite film was strongly dependent on the LC channel (domain) size in the composite film. The transmittance increased and the rise and decay response times (τ_R and τ_D), decreased and increased, respectively, with an increase in the size of the LC channel (domain).

The electrooptical switching properties for the polymer/LC composite film should be influenced by miscibility between the polymer and the LC phases. The miscibility between both phases was evaluated from a distribution of relaxation time for interfacial polarization. The anchoring effect was also investigated by measuring the nonlinearity of the dielectric constant for the composite system.