Model of Dynamics of the IBR-2M Pulsed Reactor with Temperature and Power Fast Feedback Effects

Physics of Atomic Nuclei - A model of dynamics with separate temperature feedback formed by average temperatures of the fuel and the coolant is constructed for the IBR-2M pulsed reactor of periodic...     

[Nb@Ge13/14]3−: New Family Members of Ge-Based Intermetalloid Clusters

During the past two decades, single-atom-centered medium-sized germanium clusters [M@Ge_n] (M=transition metals, n>12) have been extensively explored, both from theoretical perspectives and experimental gas-phase syntheses. However, the actual structural arrangements of the Ge₁₃ and Ge₁₄ endohedral cages are still ambiguous and have long remained an unresolved problem for experimental implementation. In this work, we successfully synthesize 13-/14-vertex Ge clusters [Nb@Ge₁₃]³⁻ ( 1 ) and [Nb@Ge₁₄]³⁻ ( 2 ), which are structurally characterized and exhibit unprecedented topologies, neither classical deltahedra nor 3-connected polyhedral structures. Theoretical analysis indicates that the major stabilization of the Ge backbones arises due to the substantial interaction of Ge 4p-AOs with the endohedral Nb 4d-AOs through three/four-center two-electron bonds with an enhanced electron density accumulated over the shortest Nb−Ge13 contact in 1 . Low occupancies of the direct two-center two-electron (2c–2e) Nb−Ge and Ge−Ge σ bonds point to a considerable degree of electron delocalization over the Ge cages revealing their electron deficiency.     

X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Nanodiamonds Obtained by Grinding and Detonation Synthesis

Technical Physics - The initial composition and chemical state of nanopowder primary particles obtained by grinding natural diamond and detonation synthesis have been studied by X-ray photoelectron...     

Raman Scattering Enhancement Based on High-Pressure High-Temperature Diamonds†

Journal of Russian Laser Research - We discuss the use of high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) diamonds for the determination of trace amounts of various Raman active substances. The amount of the...     

Finding any given 2‐factor in sparse pseudorandom graphs efficiently

Given an $n$‐vertex pseudorandom graph $G$ and an $n$‐vertex graph $H$ with maximum degree at most two, we wish to find a copy of $H$ in $G$, that is, an embedding $\phi :V\left(H\right)\to V\left(G\right)$ so that $\phi \left(u\right)\phi \left(v\right)\in E\left(G\right)$ for all $uv\in E\left(H\right)$. Particular instances of this problem include finding a triangle‐factor and finding a Hamilton cycle in $G$. Here, we provide a deterministic polynomial time algorithm that finds a given $H$ in any suitably pseudorandom graph $G$. The pseudorandom graphs we consider are $\left(p,\lambda \right)$‐bijumbled graphs of minimum degree which is a constant proportion of the average degree, that is, $\mathrm{\Omega }\left(pn\right)$. A $\left(p,\lambda \right)$‐bijumbled graph is characterised through the discrepancy property: $|e\left(A,B\right)?p|A||B||<\lambda \sqrt{|A||B|}$ for any two sets of vertices $A$ and $B$. Our condition $\lambda =O(p^{2}n/\log n)$ on bijumbledness is within a log factor from being tight and provides a positive answer to a recent question of Nenadov. We combine novel variants of the absorption‐reservoir method, a powerful tool from extremal graph theory and random graphs. Our approach builds on our previous work, incorporating the work of Nenadov, together with additional ideas and simplifications.     

Three-Dimensional Structure of Thermostable D-Amino Acid Transaminase from the Archaeon Methanocaldococcus jannaschii DSM 2661

Crystallography Reports - Pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP)-dependent transaminases catalyze the stereospecific amino-group transfer from an amino acid or amine to ketone or keto acid....     

High Blocking Temperature of Magnetization and Giant Coercivity in the Azafullerene Tb2@C79N with a Single‐Electron Terbium–Terbium Bond

The azafullerene Tb₂@C₇₉N is found to be a single‐molecule magnet with a high 100‐s blocking temperature of magnetization of 24 K and large coercivity. Tb magnetic moments with an easy‐axis single‐ion magnetic anisotropy are strongly coupled by the unpaired spin of the single‐electron Tb?Tb bond. Relaxation of magnetization in Tb₂@C₇₉N below 15 K proceeds via quantum tunneling of magnetization with the characteristic time τ_QTM=16 462±1230 s. At higher temperature, relaxation follows the Orbach mechanism with a barrier of 757±4 K, corresponding to the excited states, in which one of the Tb spins is flipped.     

Experimental Study of Space Charge Structure and Expansion Dynamics of Laser Ablation Plasma

Russian Physics Journal - Using the method of spectrally selective photorecording in a nanosecond temporal resolution, the distribution of neutral atoms and single- and double-charged gallium ions...     

Structure,Spectral Properties,and Complexing Ability of 1-Phenyl-3-methylpyrazol-5-one Ferrocenoyl Hydrazone

A potentially tridentate coordinating chelating ligand system, 1-phenyl-3-methylpyrazol-5-one ferrocenoylhydrazone, has been synthesized. Structure of the obtained ligand and its equilibrium forms in the solution has been elucidated from the data of elemental analysis, IR, electronic absorption and NMR (1H, 13C, and 15N NMR including 1H–1H COSY, 1H–1H NOESY, 1H–13C HSQC, 1H–13C HMBC, and 1H–15N HMBC 2D correlation techniques) spectroscopy as well as quantum chemistry methods. The reactions of 1-phenyl-3-methylpyrazol-5-one ferrocenoylhydrazone with selected transition metal ions have afforded metal chelates, their composition, the mode of coordination, and type of tautomeric form of the coordinated ligand being dependent on the metal nature.     

Molecular and crystal structure of iron(III) and nickel(II) complexes with 1′-phthalazinylhydrazones of heterocyclic carbonyl compounds

Journal of Structural Chemistry - The structures of iron(III) and nickel(II) complexes with the composition [FeL2]Cl·H2O (1) and [Ni(HL′2)]·DMSO·0.5H2O (2), where L and...