Dynamic pressure based prediction of spray cooling heat transfer coefficients

An important goal of spray cooling research is the ability to predict local heat transfer from the spray hydrodynamics. It is postulated that the local normal pressure exerted by the spray onto the heated surface can be used to obtain the local heat transfer coefficient. This hypothesis was tested using data obtained from hollow cone, full cone, and linear sprays at four nozzle pressures and three stand-off distances. A correlation between the pressure and heat transfer coefficient was determined from the data, then used to “predict” the heat transfer coefficient to verify the accuracy of the correlation. The area averaged heat transfer coefficient could be predicted within 25%, indicating that pressure can be used to predict the local heat transfer coefficient in the single-phase regime.     

A new Pd‐Schiff‐base complex on boehmite nanoparticles: Its application in Suzuki reaction and synthesis of tetrazoles

Boehmite nanoparticles are not air or moisture sensitive, therefore have been prepared in water without inert atmosphere using inexpensive materials. Pd‐isatin‐boehmite was synthesized and used as heterogeneous organometallic catalyst for the synthesis of 5‐substituted 1H‐tetrazoles and C‐C band formation. Pd‐isatin‐boehmite characterized by XRD, TGA, SEM and ICP‐OES techniques. This catalyst was reused for several times without significant loss of its catalytic efficiency or palladium leaching. Heterogeneity of this catalyst has been studied using ICP‐OES technique.     

Antibacterial and antioxidant properties of phyto-synthesized silver nanoparticles using Lavandula stoechas extract

Due to environmentally friendly and cost- effective issues, biological methods for silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) synthesis are advantageous over chemical and physical ones. In this study, AgNPs synthesized using Lavandula stoechas extract as a reductant and its antioxidant capacity, antibacterial property and cytotoxicity effect were investigated. The phyto-synthesized AgNPs were characterized using various analyses such as transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), x-ray diffraction (XRD) as well as Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR). The prepared nanoparticles were spherical on shape with the size about 20–50 nm. Antibacterial studies through agar disk diffusion method confirmed the antibacterial potential of phyto-synthesized AgNPs toward two clinical Staphylococus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria, although MTT assay demonstrated that S. aureus (MIC = 125 μg/ml) was more susceptible to AgNPs than P. aeruginosa (MIC = 250 μg/ml). Moreover, the cytotoxicity assay of phyto-synthezied AgNPs showed a low cytotoxic effect on RAW264 cell line at 62.5 μg/ml as an effective concentration. Also the considerable antioxidant capacity of the AgNPs confirmed through DPPH assay. Great antibacterial and antioxidant properties along with biocompatibility make the suggested phyto-synthesized AgNPs a great candidate for different biomedical applications including wound healing.     

TEDETA@BNPs as a basic and metal free nanocatalyst for Knoevenagel condensation and Hantzsch reaction

In this work, Boehmite nanoparticles (BNPs) were synthesized in water using commercially available materials and further N,N,N′,N′-tetraethyldiethylentriamin (TEDETA) was supported on the surface of BNPs, and used as organo-basic catalyst in four-component Hantzsch reaction that provides access to pharmaceutically polyhydroquinoline derivatives and Knoevenagel reaction to afford α,β-unsaturated compounds. All products were obtained in excellent yields (89–98%) and good reaction times under green condition such as water and ethanol solvents. This catalyst was characterized using FT-IR, SEM, EDS, and TGA techniques. This catalyst was reused for several times without the significant loss of their catalytic efficiency. In addition, stability of catalyst after recycling was confirmed by TGA, SEM, EDS and FT-IR techniques.     

On Bernstein's Inequality and Kahane's Ultraflat Polynomials

The investigation of norm Bernstein inequalities for polynomials with unimodular coefficients, leads to unexpected results. Some phenomena here upset our intuition. This paper closely revisits the ultraflat polynomials whose existence was conjectured by Littlewood in 1966 and proved by Kahane in 1980. A major role in this study is also played by arbitrary ultraflat polynomials, that is, including those that are not necessarily obtained by variations or refinements of Kahane's method.     

Synthesis of New (Pyrimido[4,5-e][1,3,4] thiadiazin-7-yl)hydrazine Derivatives

New (pyrimido[4,5-e][1,3,4]thiadiazin-7-yl)hydrazines were synthesized via the cyclocondensation of alkyl-2-phenylhydrazinecarbodithioates as bidentate nucleophiles with 5-bromo-2,4-dichloro-6-methylpyrimidine as an electrophile and further replacement of chlorine atom on the seven number position of pyrimido[4,5-e][1,3,4]thiadiazin by hydrazine in boiling ethanol.