Effective photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutant by ZnS nanocrystals synthesized via thermal decomposition of single-source precursor

2-Aminocyclopentene-1-dithiocarboxylate complex of zinc(II) has been synthesized and found to be an effective single-source precursor for the preparation of ZnS NCs (rod and sphere) by the use of ethylenediamine and hexadecylamine as structure directing solvents. Structural characterizations were carried out using XRD, TEM and BET measurements and the optical properties by UV-Vis and PL spectroscopic techniques. The prepared ZnS NCs show effective photocatalytic activity towards the degradation of Rose Bengal dye (RB) under light irradiation for their probable application in waste water treatment. The degradation mechanism of RB dye under light irradiation is established by terephthalic acid photoluminescence probing technique.     

Temperature dependence of the coefficient of self-diffusion in liquids

The effect of the hydrogen bonding on the magnetic anisotropy of o-halogenobenzoic acids and some derivatives of phenol, namely 2-aminophenol, 2,3-dimethylphenol and 2-methyl-3-bromophenol, is studied. These molecules are of known crystal structures. The crystal susceptibilities (x ₁, x ₂ and x ₃) of each compound were measured. From these measurements and the molecular orientation, the principal molecular susceptibilities (K ₁, K ₂ and K ₃) have been calculated. The observed magnetic data are interpreted in the light of the structures of these molecules and their hydrogen bonding systems.     

Theoretical analysis for the transient behaviour of radiative cooling of cavities in superconducting LINAC cryomodule

For the superconducting linear accelerator program, three cryomodules each houses eight superconducting cavities were successfully developed at IUAC, New Delhi. In each cryomodule, the cold mass at 4.2 K is surrounded by the liquid nitrogen cooled thermal shield maintained at 100 K. Three stages of cooling namely, radiation cooling followed by liquid nitrogen pre-cooling and finally liquid helium (LHe) cooling, are followed to reduce the temperature of cold mass from 300 to 4.2 K. The cold mass at 4.2 K consists of cavities, LHe vessel and the support structure. The temperature of cavity and helium vessel reaches to 210–220 K in 40 h of time by the natural radiation from the thermal shield. The radiative cooling rates for the cavities, helium vessel and support structure are found to be 3.0, 4.0 and 2.0 K/h respectively. A detailed analytical calculation has been done to understand the transient cool-down phenomenon for each component and compared with the experimental measured values. The experimental values are in agreement with the analytical data within 5 % variation considering the correction factor of radiation funneling. This paper presents the role of different thermal parameters like shield temperature, conduction load and radiation funneling area in the transient radiative cool-down behaviour of different components.     

Law of large numbers for the many-server earliest-deadline-first queue

A many-server queue operating under the earliest deadline first discipline, where the distributions of service time and deadline are generic, is studied at the law of large numbers scale. Fluid model equations, formulated in terms of the many-server transport equation and the recently introduced measure-valued Skorohod map, are proposed as a means of characterizing the limit. The main results are the uniqueness of solutions to these equations, and the law of large numbers scale convergence to the solutions.     

New opportunities for double rotation NMR of half-integer quadrupolar nuclei

A combined approach is presented which expands the applicability of double rotation (DOR) by overcoming its most prominent disadvantages: spinning stability and sensitivity. A new design using air-bearings for the inner rotor and a computer-assisted start-up procedure allows DOR operation over in principle unlimited time at outer rotor speeds of up to 2000Hz. Sensitivity enhancement of the DOR experiment is achieved by applying amplitude-modulated adiabatic pulses such as the double frequency sweep (DFS) before pulse excitation. Repeating the DFS enhancement and signal readout several times without allowing for spin-lattice relaxation leads to sensitivity enhancements of a factor 3 for (27)Al in various minerals. As a result, it becomes possible to study low sensitivity quadrupolar nuclei and various long duration 2D measurements can be performed routinely. Spinning is adequate to suppress residual homonuclear dipolar couplings in the spectral dimension of typical quadrupolar spin systems. In 2D-exchange spectroscopy, however, homonuclear correlation can still be established through dipolar-quadrupolar cross-terms.     

Study and analysis of a two‐dimensional nonconservative fractional order aerosol transport equation

The shifted Legendre collocation method is used to solve the two‐dimensional fractional order aerosol equation with initial and boundary conditions. The solution profile of the equation is presented graphically for different cases. The important feature of the article is graphical exhibitions of the effect of the size of the aerosol particles and also the temporal derivative on the solution profile. The salient feature of the article is the demonstration of lower variation of mass concentration with the change in time level in fractional order systems than that in integer order system. A drive has been taken towards the tabular and pictorial presentations of a comparison of the numerical solution of our proposed method with an analytical solution of an existing problem through error analysis which conforms super‐linearly convergence rate of the proposed method to validate its efficiency and effectiveness.     

All-optical conversion scheme from binary to its MTN form with the help of nonlinear material based tree-net architecture

In the field of optical computing and parallel information processing, several number systems have been used for different arithmetic and algebraic operations. Therefore an efficient conversion scheme from one number system to another is very important. Modified trinary number (MTN) has already taken a significant role towards carry and borrow free arithmetic operations. In this communication, we propose a tree-net architecture based all optical conversion scheme from binary number to its MTN form. Optical switch using nonlinear material (NLM) plays an important role.     

Directional ordering of fluctuations in a two-dimensional compass model

In the Mott insulating phase of the transition metal oxides, the effective orbital-orbital interaction is directional both in orbital space and in real space. We discuss a classical realization of directional coupling in two dimensions. Despite extensive degeneracy of the ground state, the model exhibits partial orbital ordering in the form of directional ordering of fluctuations at low temperatures stabilized by an entropy gap. Transition to the disordered phase is shown to be in the Ising universality class through exact mapping and multicanonical Monte Carlo simulations.     

Synchronized double rotation 2D NMR

Analytical expressions for multi-quantum signal generation of quadrupole nuclei have been derived. Combined with numerical simulation of the double rotor motion, a strategy is suggested for partial sideband suppression in multi-quantum NMR spectra. Synchronization of multi-quantum excitation and selective flip pulses with outer rotor motion increase outer rotor speed effectively two times. This is also demonstrated experimentally by triple–single quantum correlation spectra of ²³Na and ⁶⁷Rb.     

Crystallization kinetics of tellurium-rich Se–Te–Sn glassy alloys

The objective of this study was to explore an innovative type of form-stable phase-change materials (PCMs) with flexible cellulose acetate (CA) nano-fibrous felts (nano-felts) absorbed with capric–myristic–stearic acid ternary eutectic mixture for thermal energy storage/retrieval. Capric–myristic–stearic acid (CMS) ternary eutectic mixture as model PCM was firstly prepared. The developed CA nano-felts as supporting material was mechanically flexible and was made from CA/polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) precursor composite nanofibers followed by removal of PVP components. The effects of original mass ratio of CA/PVP on absorption capacities of CA nano-felts were studied. The modified CA nano-felts with groove/porous structure and rough surfaces were capable of absorbing a large amount of PCMs. The morphological structures, as well as the properties of thermal energy storage, thermal stability and reliability, and thermal insulation of composite PCMs were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and thermal performance measurement, respectively. The results showed that CMS eutectic was absorbed in and/or supported by modified CA nano-felts. The heat enthalpy values of composite PCMs have slightly decreased in comparison with the corresponding theoretical values. The composite PCMs demonstrated good thermal stability and reliability after thermal cycles. The composite PCMs had high thermal insulation capability for temperature regulation.