Micellar spheres in a high frequency oscillatory field

The viscoelasticity of aqueous micellar solutions of two oxyethylene/oxybutylene block copolymers (E(92)B(18) and B(20)E(510)) has been investigated using a torsional resonator operated at 26 kHz. For both systems considered, values of the dynamic viscosity (eta'(infinity)) point to partial draining of the micellar corona induced by the high-frequency oscillatory field. At low effective volume fractions, values of the elastic modulus (G'(infinity)) indicate that the repulsive interactions between micelles can be modeled by a power law function u(r) proportional to 1/r(nu) with exponents close to 13 and 6 for copolymers E(92)B(18) and B(20)E(510) respectively. At a critical copolymer concentration (c*) plots of log(G'(infinity)) against log(c) deviate from the straight lines established at low concentrations, implying that the systems undergo ergodic/nonergodic transitions.     

Condensed film formation of binary mixtures of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and cetyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride in a wide potential region at the mercury/electrolyte interface

The adsorption of binary mixtures of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and cetyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride (CDBACl) at the mercury/electrolyte interface was studied in various electrolyte systems. The optimum surfactant concentration and electrolyte ratio was searched for, to obtain the formation of a condensed film at as wide a potential range as possible at the highest temperature possible. The optimum conditions found were 2 x 10(-4) M CTAB and 2 x 10(-4) M CDBACl in 0.07 M KF and 0.03 M KBr at 2 degrees C. The capacitances vs time curves were used for the reconstruction of isochronous capacitance vs potential curves. These curves showed that in that system the condensed film was formed in the potential range from -0.4 to -1.9 V vs Ag/AgCl in less than 220 s. The stability of this film, following the removal of the mercury drop from the solution, was also studied.     

Extension of Rayleigh–Ritz method for eigenvalue problems with discontinuous boundary conditions applied to vibration of rectangular plates

The Rayleigh–Ritz (R–R) method is extended to eigenvalue problems of rectangular plates with discontinuous boundary conditions (DBC). Coordinate functions are defined as sums of products of orthogonal polynomials and consist of two parts, each satisfying the BC in its respective region. These parts are matched by minimizing the mean square error of functions and their x-derivatives at the interface between regions. Matching defines a positive definite 2N²×2N² matrix Q whose eigenvectors form the orthogonal coordinate functions. The corresponding eigenvalues measure the matching error of the two parts at the interface. When applying the R–R method, the total error is the sum of the matching error and that arising from the finite number of coordinate functions. Although most of the coordinate functions correspond to the zero eigenvalue, these do not suffice and additional functions corresponding to small but finite eigenvalues must be included. In three examples with discontinuous BC of the clamped, simply supported and free kind, the calculated frequencies match closely those from a finely discretized finite element method.     

Magnetic anisotropy and engineering of magnetic behavior of the edges in Co embedded graphene nanoribbons

Using first-principles calculations, we demonstrate the existence of anisotropic ferromagnetic interactions in Co embedded graphene nanoribbons (GNRs). Spin polarization of the edge states is found to alter significantly compared to the metal-free cases. Our findings can all be well-justified as the output of the interplay between the development of an induced spin polarization in the neighborhood of the Co atoms and the maintaining of the polarization picture of the Co-free GNR. Based on our results, we propose an efficient pathway for graphene-based spintronics applications.     

Optimal and equilibrium balking strategies in the single server Markovian queue with catastrophes

We consider a Markovian queue subject to Poisson generated catastrophes. Whenever a catastrophe occurs, all customers are forced to abandon the system, the server is rendered inoperative and an exponential repair time is set on. We assume that the arriving customers decide whether to join the system or balk, based on a natural reward-cost structure. We study the balking behavior of the customers and derive the corresponding Nash equilibrium and social optimal strategies.     

Lactate Biosensor Based on the Adsorption of Polyelectrolyte Stabilized Lactate Oxidase into Porous Conductive Carbon

 In this work the development a lactate biosensor is illustrated. Lactate oxidase is stabilized with the cationic polyelectrolyte diethylaminoethyl-dextran, and the resulting enzyme-polyelectrolyte complexes are physically absorbed into a highly porous and conductive carbon electrode for the construction of the biosensor. The amount of diethylaminoethyl-dextran used is optimized with respect to the sensor sensitivity and stability. Optimum results obtained with enzyme solution containing 0.5% w/v diethylaminoethyl-dextran and 200 U/ml lactate oxidase. The resulting biosensors present increased operational (over 240 hours of continuous polarization) and storage stability (more than 5 months), while the reproducibility was calculated to be better than 5.0% RSD.     

Synthesis of 6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-N,N-di-n-propyl-1H-benz[g] indol-7-amine,a potential dopamine receptor agonist

In this work, the synthesis of 6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-N,N-di -n-propyl-1H-benz[g]indol-7-amine (1) is described. This compound was designed as an indole bioisostere to the known dopamine receptor agonist 5-OH-aminotetraline 2 . The key step of the synthesis was a Mukaiyama type aldol condensation between the dimethyl acetal of 1-(p-toluenesulfonyl)pyrrole-3-acetaldehyde ( 4 ) and 4-di-n-propylamino-1-trimethylsilyloxycyclohexene ( 8 ) followed by cycloaromatization to afford 1-p-toluenesulfonyl-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-N,N-di-n- propyl-1H-benz[g]indol-7-amine ( 10 ). Scission of the sulfonamide bond in 10 gave the target compound 1 . A byproduct which was isolated was assigned to the structure of 1-(p-toluenesul-fonyl)-6-[3-[1-(p-toluenesulfonyl)]pyrrolyl]indole ( 11 ). This compound was also synthesized in good yield by an acid catalyzed dimerization of the dimethyl acetal of 1-(p-toluenesulfonyl)pyrrole-3-acetaldehyde ( 4 ). Preliminary screening of 1 indicated that it possesses central dopamine receptor agonist properties.     

On the adsorption and condensed film formation of dodecyl-, tetradecyl-, hexadecyl-, and octadecyltrimethylammonium bromides at the mercury/electrolyte interface

The adsorption and condensed film formation of dodecyl (DTAB)-, tetradecyl (TTAB)-, hexadecyl (CTAB)-, and octadecyl (OTAB)-trimethylammonium bromides on the hanging mercury electrode is studied in KBr as supporting electrolyte, at various temperatures from 5 to 45 degrees C. A condensed film is formed at negative potentials and at room temperature only in the presence of CTAB. The decrease of the temperature favors the formation of the condensed film. A transition temperature is observed for the film formation. Capacity-time curves at the potentials where the film is formed show a nucleation and growth mechanism, with induction time depending not only on the final potential but also on the initial potential range, although it is in the desorption region. In this temperature range no film is observed for DTAB and TTAB. However, the film is observed for OTAB, but only at higher temperatures, and is more easily formed with increasing temperature. The film is formed in a certain potential region and the nucleation rate increases while moving toward more negative potentials. Hysteresis phenomena are observed during changes of scan direction. The capacity vs time curves for OTAB, where condensed film is formed, are treated using an Avrami plot formulation and have been explained as progressive one-dimensional nucleation with a decrease of the nucleation rate during the overall film formation. The results show a marked effect of the chain length of the alkyl chain on the film formation.     

Volumetric behavior of a bolaamphiphile in different amides-water and ethylene glycol-water mixtures

The effect of binary aqueous mixtures of ethylene glycol (EG), formamide (FA), N-methylformamide (NMF), dimethylformamide (DMF), and their pure phase on the apparent molar volume phi(V) of the bolaamphiphile decamethonium bromide (C10Me6) has been investigated at 298.15 K. The behavior of standard molar volumes V2(0) and transfer volumes Delta(t)phi(V) of C10Me6 from water to solvent/water (S/W) binary mixtures, shows different minima and maxima depending on the composition of the solvent. This behavior is influenced by the nature of the cosolvent and on the type of the solute and more or less corresponds to volumetric changes in the S/W mixture. The investigation of the transfer volumes in different fixed concentrations reveals an inversion of Delta(t)phi(V) values between the compositions, which suggests a differentiation of the effects of different volume contributions on the partial molar volume of ions. The correlation of Delta(t)phi(V) with the dielectric constant of the aqueous amide mixtures shows that the behavior of Delta(t)phi(V) vs x(amide) reflects the changes of epsilon(E) vs x(amide).