Study of the Electric Strength of Pressed Polyoxide Powdered Materials Obtained by Oxidation of Hard Alloys

The electric strength of a polyoxide mass obtained on the surface of hard alloy composite materials by their high-temperature heating in an electric furnace with direct access of atmospheric air is studied.     

Relativistic correction to the triton binding energy in the framework of relativistic Hamiltonian dynamics

The relativistic correction to the triton binding energy approximated to the order (v/c)² is calculated in the framework of relativistic Hamiltonian dynamics. We discuss the generator representation of the Poincaré group for three relativistic particles and its connection with the Feynman diagrams in the infinite-momentum frame (the light-front dynamics). The relativistic correction enhances the attraction in the three-nucleon system. The five-channel calculation with the Reid soft-core potential yeilds the result =–0.54 MeV, which is governed mainly by theD-wave contribution. TheS-wave contributions to are only –0.10 MeV.     

Adsorption of CF4 on the internal and external surfaces of opened single-walled carbon nanotubes: a vibrational spectroscopy study

Infrared spectroscopy has been used to make the first experimental discrimination between molecules bound by physisorption on the exterior surface of carbon single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) and molecules bound in the interior. In addition, the selective displacement of the internally bound molecules has been observed as a second adsorbate is added. SWNTs were opened by oxidative treatment with O(3) at room temperature, followed by heating in a vacuum to 873 K. It was found that, at 133 K and 0.033 Torr, CF(4) adsorbs on closed SWNTs, exhibiting its nu(3) asymmetric stretching mode at 1267 cm(-1) (red shift relative to the gas phase, 15 cm(-1)). Adsorption on the nanotube exterior is accompanied by adsorption in the interior in the case of opened SWNTs. Internally bound CF(4) exhibits its nu(3) mode at 1247 cm(-1) (red shift relative to the gas phase, 35 cm(-1)). It was shown that, at 133 K, Xe preferentially displaces internally bound CF(4) species, and this counterintuitive observation was confirmed by molecular simulations. The confinement of CF(4) inside (10,10) single-walled carbon nanotubes does not result in the production of lattice modes that are observed in large 3D ensembles of CF(4).     

n - \bar n transitions in nuclei and mixing of nuclear states with A and A−22

A new lower limit on the period of oscillations, sec, which follows from the stability of Fe, is found. This limit is almost 10 times larger than previous estimations. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 64, No. 7, 456–461 (10 October 1996) This paper is an extended version of the talk presented at the Workshop on Baryon Instability Searches, Oak Ridge, March 1996. Published in English in the original Russian journal. Edited by Steve Torstveit.     

Synthesis and some properties of 4-phosphorylated derivatives of 5-mercapto-1,3-oxazoles

Various approaches to the synthesis of new derivatives of diethyl 5-mercapto-2-R-1,3-oxazole-4-ylphosphonates were considered. The behavior of these compounds in the presence of mineral acids and alkalis resulting in the synthesis of previously unknown 5-mercapto-2-R-1,3-oxazole-4-ylphosphonic acids was studied.     

New heteroleptic palladium(II) dithiocarbamates: synthesis,characterization, packing and anticancer activity against five different cancer cell lines

Two new heteroleptic palladium(II) complexes have been synthesized by reacting equimolar quantities of palladium(II) chloride, sodium 4‐(2‐methoxyphenyl)piperazine‐1‐carbodithioate and diphenyl‐p‐tolylphosphine ( 1 ) or tri‐p‐tolylphosphine ( 2 ). Complexes 1 and 2 have been characterized using elemental analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, multinuclear NMR (¹H, ¹³C and ³¹P) spectroscopy and single‐crystal X‐ray analysis. The latter technique confirms a pseudo square‐planar geometry in which two adjacent positions are occupied by bidentate dithiocarbamate while chloro and substituted triphenylphosphine are present at the remaining two positions. The anticancer activity of both complexes against five different cancer cell lines (LU – human lung carcinoma, established at UIC, Department of Surgical Oncology; MCF7 – human breast adenocarcinoma, ATCC number HTB‐22?; MDA‐MB‐231 – human breast adenocarcinoma, ATCC number HTB‐26?; Hepa‐1c1c7 – mouse liver hepatoma, ATCC number CRL‐2026?; PC‐3 – human prostate adenocarcinoma, ATCC number CRL‐1435?) was determined by MTT assay, revealing 2 has higher activity than 1 . A drug–calf thymus DNA binding study with UV–visible spectroscopy reveals a higher DNA binding affinity of 2 (3.511 × 10⁴ M^?1) than 1 (4.213 × 10³ M^?1). Density functional theory studies confirm the relatively more stable nature of 2 than 1 . Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Relativistic correction to the deuteron magnetic moment and angular condition

The relativistic correction (RC) to the deuteron magnetic moment is calculated using the light-cone dynamics. The restrictions imposed by the angular condition on the electromagnetic current operator of the deuteron are discussed in detail. It is shown that the additive model for the current operator of interacting constituents is consistent with the angular condition only for the two first terms of the expansion of the “good” current component $\text{j}{}_{\mathrm{+}}\text{=}\text{1}\text{2}\text{(j}{}_0\text{+ j}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>z</mtext>}}\text{)}$ in powers of the momentum transfer q. The RC to μ_d is expressed through the matrix element of the “good” component j₊ and is found to be equal to $\text{(0.6–0.8) × 10}{}^{\mathrm{?2}}\text{e}\text{h}\text{?}\text{/2m}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>p</mtext>}}\text{c}$ for realistic NN potentials. Taking account of RC decreases essentially the discrepancy between the theoretical and experimental values of μ_d. Possible solutions of the angular condition for squared q-terms of the j₊ current component are also discussed.