Doping of KDP single crystals with cerium: Growth and optical properties

The features of doping of KDP crystals with cerium ions and organocerium complexes with alizarin complexon and arsenazo III have been investigated. It is established that “direct” doping by introducing cerium salts into the initial solution cannot be implemented. The effect of organometallic complexes of cerium on the crystal growth has been studied. Organocerium complexes predominantly enter the prismatic or pyramidal growth sectors. It is shown that the complex arsenazo III + Ce blocks the growth of the prismatic sector. Cerium-doped KDP crystals exhibit a photoluminescence band peaking at the wavelength λ_max= 350 nm.     

Internal segregation of nanoparticles irradiated by laser radiation

The effect of the removal of zinc from brass nanoparticles has been experimentally discovered upon irradiating their suspension in ethanol by laser radiation. The analysis of the absorption spectra of nanoparticles shows that brass nanoparticles are transformed to copper nanoparticles during irradiation. The results are interpreted in terms of the high-pressure-induced modification of the phase diagram of nanoparticles. This pressure is caused by, first, the small radius of nanoparticles and, second, the pressure of the surrounding-liquid vapors upon the laser heating of nanoparticles.     

Damping width of double resonances

Damping width of the double giant dipole resonance of ¹³⁶Xe excited in relativistic heavy ion collisions is calculated by diagonalizing a microscopic Hamiltonian in a basis containing one-, two- and three-phonon states. The coupling between these states is determined making use of the fermion structure of the phonons. The resulting width of the double giant dipole resonance is close to \(\left( {3_1^ + } \right)\) times the width of the single giant dipole resonance.     

The complexing ability and structure of Si-substituted silatranes

The proton NMR spectra of Si-substituted silatranes, a new class of biologically active compounds, measured in the presence of Co²⁺, Ni²⁺ and Eu³⁺ ions are examined. These silatranes coordinate with Co²⁺ and Ni²⁺ through a nitrogen atom and with Eu³⁺ through an oxygen atom mainly without transition to the exo-form. The electronic structure of nitrogen in silatranes is the same as that of pyrrol nitrogen. This suggests that in silatranes a nitrogen lone pair and oxygen lone pairs form common electron system analogous, for example, to the π-system of unsaturated cycles.     

Structures of 2-hydroxypyridine and its vinyl derivatives

The PMR, Raman, and UV absorption spectra of 2-hydroxypyridine and its vinyl derivatives were investigated. Their electrochemical reduction was studied, and a quantum-chemical analysis of them was performed. It was concluded that the structure of 2-hydroxypyridine in proton-donor solvents is mesomeric, and its wave function, to a first approximation, is a linear combination of the wave functions of the 2-pyridone and zwitterion models. The contribution of the wave functions of each of the models depends substantially on the concentration of the solution and the nature of the solvent. An assumption was made regarding the presence of dynamic conjugation between the vinyl group and the ring in vinyl derivatives of 2-hydroxypyridine.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 95–102 January, 1972.     

Determination of the Isotopic and Elemental Composition of the Core of an Armor-Piercing Projectile

The elemental and isotopic composition of the core material of a hard-core projectile that had fallen onto the ground was studied by secondary-ion mass spectrometry, alpha and gamma spectrometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy with X-ray microanalysis. The environmental aspect of the use of depleted uranium ammunition in Yugoslavia is discussed.     

Pyrroles from ketoximes and acetylene

2-(2-Furyl)pyrroles and 1-vinyl-2-(2-furyl)pyrroles were obtained in up to 80% yields in the reaction of ketoximes of the furan series with acetylene in MOH—dimethyl sulfoxide (M = Li, K) Superbase media.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1058–1061, August, 1981.     

Fast etching and metallization of SiC ceramics with copper-vapor-laser radiation

The etching of polycrystalline SiC is studied with the help of radiation of a copper-vapor laser either in air or under the layer of a liquid (H₂O, DMSO). The etching rate in air is as high as 0.24 m/pulse, in DMSO 0.07 gm/pulse at an energy density of 16 J/cm². The etched surface is characterized with Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffractometry. Etching of SiC ceramics in air revealed the partial amorphization of SiC and the formation of microcrystals of elementary Si with an average size of 300 Å. The etched surface of SiC ceramics takes on the ability to reduce Cu from a corresponding electroless plating solution. The adherence of the deposit is as high as 30 N/mm² and is a function of the scanning velocity of the laser beam.