Anomalous thermopower in the metalliclike phase of a 2D hole system

We report very low temperature ( T) thermopower and resistivity ( rho) measurements on variable-density, two-dimensional hole systems confined to GaAs quantum wells. As the hole density is lowered from 1.49x10(11) cm(-2) to 0.14x10(11) cm(-2), the system crosses from an insulating ( drho / dT less, similar0) to a metallic regime ( drho / dT>0) and finally displays insulating behavior ( drho / dT<0). Diffusion thermopower shows a striking sign reversal in a narrow range of density in the metallic regime, suggesting a qualitative change in the conduction or the scattering mechanism.     

Chiral stationary phases for separation of intermedine and lycopsamine enantiomers from Symphytum uplandicum

Enantioseparation of the pyrrolizidine alkaloid isomers intermedine and lycopsamine, isolated from Symphytum uplandicum, is discussed. The separatory power of two immobilized carbohydrate‐based chiral HPLC columns, Chiralpak IA and IC, in different chromatographic conditions is compared. The study demonstrated the importance of solvent and column selection while developing such chiral HPLC separation methods. The baseline HPLC separation of the two alkaloid isomers in preparatory scale is reported for the first time. The optimized separations were achieved on a Chiralpak IA column with mobile phases of ACN/methanol (80:20) and methanol/methyl‐t‐butyl ether (90:10), both containing 0.1% diethylamine.     

Direct determination of total mercury in phosphate rock using alkaline fusion digestion

The aim of this work was to develop a new method to determine the mercury (Hg) concentrations in phosphate rock using a dedicated analytical instrument (the DMA80 Tricell by Milestone) that employs an integrated sequence of thermal decomposition followed by catalyst conversion, amalgamation and atomic absorption spectrophotometry. However, this instrument underestimates Hg concentrations when phosphorite and apatite rocks are investigated with a classic thermal decomposition treatment that complies with US EPA method 7473.     

Trapping a labile adduct formed between an ortho-quinone methide and 2'-deoxycytidine

Selective oxidation by bis[(trifluoroacetoxy)iodo]benzene (BTI) provides an effective trap for quenching adducts formed reversibly between dC and an ortho-quinone methide (QM) under physiological conditions. A model adduct generated by 4-methyl-o-QM and 2'-deoxycytidine is rapidly converted by intramolecular cyclization and loss of aromaticity to a characteristic product for quantifying QM alkylation. However, BTI induces a surprising rearrangement driven by overoxidation of a derivative lacking an alkyl substituent at the 4-position of the QM.     

Phosphorus–nitrogen rotation barriers: Further studies

Phosphorus–nitrogen rotation barriers have been determined by low temperature NMR methods in a variety of compounds of the type RP(X)NR₂′. The observed activation parameters are concentration and solvent independent. Increasing the bulk of substituents on nitrogen increases the barrier. Phosphonamidous fluorides (X = F) have lower barriers than the corresponding chlorides (X = Cl). Increasing the bulk of substituents on phosphorus decreases the barrier.     

Arithmétique fonctorielle des topologies de Grothendieck

Riassunto Il punto di partenza di questo lavoro è l'interpretazione delle topologie di Grothendieck nel linguaggio dei sistemi relazionali (cfr. [5]); ciò permette uno studio aritmetico di tali topologie. Attraverso nuove tecniche, qui introdotte, si ottengono risultati non privi di interesse, tra i quali una caratterizzazione degli spazi topologici noetheriani, ed ulteriori strutture topologiche di tipo locale (siti tangenti), per le quali vengono dimostrate numerose proprietà. Vengono, infine, date alcune applicazioni alla teoria degli schemi, utilizzando il funtore inviluppo affine.

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Summary The starting point of this paper is the interpretation of Grothendieck's topologies in the language of relational systems (cfr. [5]); this permits an arithmetical study of these topologies. By applying new techniques introduced here, we have achieved interesting results. These include a new characterization of Noetherian topological spaces, and further topological structures of local type (tangent sites) for which we have shown numerous properties. Finally, we have used the affine-envelope functor to illustrate some applications to the theory of schemes.