Hydrogels based on polycarboxylic acid-agar-agar complexes

IR spectroscopy and viscometry data have shown that poly(acrylic acid) and poly(methacrylic acid) form complexes with agar-agar in aqueous solutions as they do with other polysaccharides. The polyacid-agar-agar complexes are typical hydrogels. The swelling index of hydrogels based on the poly(methacrylic acid)-agar-agar complex has been found to be markedly lower than that of poly(acrylic acid)-agaragar complex. The hydrogels based on the complex of cross-linked poly(acrylic acid) with agar-agar can be of practical interest as polymeric carriers for drugs.     

Sodium self-diffusion coefficient in sodium silicate glass by quasielastic neutron scattering

Using pulsed neutrons of 19.8 Å wavelength a quasielastic line broadening as low as 0.03 eV (FWHM) has been observed due to Na⁺ diffusion in the glass Na₂O·2SiO₂. From the linewidths a Na⁺ self-diffusion coefficient of 3.1·10^–8 cm²/s at 420°C was obtained in excellent agreement with the diffusion coefficient determined for the same sample batch using²²Na radioactive tracers. The experimental Q dependence of the quasielasic linewidths gives a hint for deviations from a purely random walk in an ionic glass.     

Critical behavior of electric field gradient in MnSi studied by muon level-crossing resonance

The electric quadrupole interaction of⁵⁵Mn nuclei was studied in the weakly ferromagnetic system MnSi using muon level-crossing resonance (LCR) technique. The temperature dependence of the electric field gradient (EFG) shows a critical behavior near the ferromagnetic transition temperature, indicating that the EFG due to the conduction electron is strongly correlated with the magnetic susceptibility in the itinerant electron magnetism. The temperature dependence of EFG is in reasonable agreement with the self-consistent renormalization theory developed by Moriya and coworkers.We gratefully acknowledge helpful discussion with Dr. N. Nishida. We also wish to thank Keith Hoyle and Curtis Ballard for technical support.     

Investigation of the NMR enhancement factor in CuMn spin glasses

The NMR enhancement factor of a frozenCuMn spin glass has been measured at a temperatureT?T _g /5. The measurements were performed as function of static magnetic fields of different directions. A two component model of a spin glass has been outlined. One component being a “system of single spins” and the other one being a “subsystem of clusters”. Both components were attributed to different kinds of interaction being RKKY and dipole interaction respectively. The effective anisotropy field of the single spin system consists of two unidirectional contributionsH _a ^s andH _a ^c , which have been measured for different conditions. A second anisotropy fieldH _d binds the cluster system to the system of single spins. All anisotropy fields depend on the annealing temperature of the alloys.     

Analysis of Prigogine's theory of subdynamics

We discuss in full detail the basic results of the theory of subdynamics. We analyse the regularity requirements of the projective components of the resolvent in the theory and correct a recent mathematical result of M. Courbage regarding the impossibility of simultaneous analytic continuation of the collision and creation operators. We offer further some critiques on the interpretation of the various results of the subdynamics formalism.     

The magnetic structure of HoCo2Si2

We have carried out neutron diffraction on a HoCo₂Si₂ powder sample at 4.2 K. The magnetic structure of this compound is collinear antiferromagnetic with the holmium magnetic moments parallel to the c-axis of the crystal. The magnetic moment value of holmium is 9.85 μ_B. The magnetic space group is I4/mm'm' (Sh⁴¹⁰₁₂₈) k = 000 The ordering temperature is t_n = 12(1) K.     

Green's temperature functions of massive scalar particles for finite matter density

An explicit expression is obtained for the Green's functions of a massive scalar field for nonnull temperatures and density in the form of a series in powers of m/T. The equivalence of the spectral-geometric approach and the temperature technique of Matsubara and Bernard is demonstrated. Corrections to the Stefan-Boltzmann law are obtained on the basis of the calculated Green's functions. The energy density is calculated in regions of high and low temperatures. The formulas obtained can prove to be useful in the discussion of the phase transition hadrons-quark-gluon plasma.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 7, pp. 32–40, July, 1991.     

Influence of crystal defects on the irreversibility line of YBa2Cu3O7-x single crystals

High quality flux grown and defect enriched peritectically grown YBa₂Cu₃O_7–x single crystals have been investigated by an ac-susceptibility technique. This method allows to determine an irreversibility line from the temperature and field dependence of the peaked imaginary part of the susceptibility, which is due to magnetic losses. For magnetic fieldsH _ac perpendicular to thec-axis of the crystal, the irreversibility line of the defect enriched crystal shows a shift to higher field values as compared to the perfect crystal, a sign that crystal defects like Y₂BaCuO₅(211)-precipitates and microcracks act as strong pinning centers. ForH _ac parallel to thec-axis no clear evidence for a stronger pinning is found. From these results we conclude that different pinning mechanisms are dominating at different field orientations.     

Efficiency of the multiwave method of determination of the ozone content in the atmosphere by UV spectrometry-ozonometry

Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 472–477, September, 1991.     

Kink propagation induced by multiplicative noise

The influence of spatio-temporal external multiplicative fluctuations on a single kink in a bistable distributed system is studied. For this purpose we derive a stochastic dynamic equation for the position of the shifted kink. An analytical estimate for spatio-temporally uncorrelated fluctuations is represented and discussed. We draw the conclusion that multiplicative noise induces a propagation of the most probable kink into the region of larger noise. This effect is demonstrated in numerical simulations.