An efficient catalytic method for fulvene synthesis

The effects of the nature and amount of base, substrate structure, amount of added water and solvent on the condensation of carbonyl compounds with cyclopentadiene in the presence of secondary amines were investigated. Based on these studies, a new efficient and green synthesis of fulvenes was developed.     

Living fungal hyphae-templated porous gold microwires using nanoparticles as building blocks

Abstract  

A simple and environmentally benign green method is reported to decorate growing fungal hyphae with high loading of gold nanoparticles, which were initially produced using aqueous tea extract as a sole reducing/stabilizing agent. Inoculation of fungal spores in aqueous suspension of nanoparticles led to the growth of intensely red-coloured fungal hyphae due to the accumulation of gold nanoparticles. Heat treatment of these hybrid materials led to the formation of porous gold microwires. This report is thus an interesting example of using green and sustainable approach to produce nanostructured materials which have potential applications in catalysis, sensing and electronics.     

A novel approach for strong S-Box generation algorithm design based on chaotic scaled Zhongtang system

Nonlinear Dynamics - Substitution Box (S-Box) is one of the most significant structures used to create an encryption which is strong and resistant against attacks in block encryption algorithms....     

Generalization of Popoviciu-Type Inequalities Via Fink’s Identity

We obtained useful identities via Fink’s identity, by which the inequality of Popoviciu for convex functions is generalized for higher order convex functions. We investigate the bounds for the identities related to the generalization of the Popoviciu inequality using inequalities for the ?eby?ev functional. Some results relating to the Grüss- and Ostrowski-type inequalities are constructed. Further, we also construct new families of exponentially convex functions and Cauchy-type means by looking at linear functional associated with the obtained inequalities.     

Synthesis of tetraaryl-p-benzoquinones by Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of tetrabromo-p-benzoquinone

Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of tetrabromo-p-benzoquinone provide a convenient approach to tetraaryl-p-benzoquinones.     

Analysis,synchronization and circuit design of a novel butterfly attractor

This research paper introduces a novel three-dimensional autonomous system, whose dynamics support periodic and chaotic butterfly attractors as certain parameters vary. A special case of this system, exhibiting reflectional symmetry, is amenable to analytical and numerical analysis. Qualitative properties of the new chaotic system are discussed in detail. Adaptive control laws are derived to achieve global chaotic synchronization of the new chaotic system with unknown parameters. Furthermore, a novel electronic circuit realization of the new chaotic system is presented, examined and realized using Orcad-PSpice program and physical components. The proposed novel butterfly chaotic attractor is very useful for the deliberate generation of chaos in applications.     

New quasi-planar surfaces of bare boron

New very stable quasi-planar clusters of bare boron are found by systematic ab initio density functional and quantum chemical methods. They are composed of dove-tailed hexagonal pyramids different from the classical forms of - or β-rhombohedral boron crystallines. The quasi-planar structures are considered to be fragments of quasi-planar surfaces, which can easily be obtained and constructed from a basic unit of hexagonal pyramids. A new investigation on double layers of boron quasi-planar surfaces shows an increase in the stability of the system which can be related to the overlap of π-orbitals between the layers. Therefore, we predict the existence of a series of parallel boron layers, as in graphite. These proposed surfaces can serve as lightweight protective armor, as a neutron-absorber material in fission reactions, or as very high temperature semiconductors.     

Studies on platinum(II) and palladium(II) complexes of some N,N′-disubstituted thiourea derivatives

Summary A series of new Pt^II and Pd^II complexes of N,N-disubstituted thiourea derivatives of general formulae [MLCl₂]₂, [ML₂Cl₂] and [ML₄]Cl₂ have been prepared and characterised by physicochemical and spectroscopic methods. The reaction of these ligands with [M(DMSO)₂Cl₂], M = Pt, cis- or Pd, trans-, in CHCl₃ and EtOH at ambient temperature or under reflux, is described.