Synthesis and crystal structure of BaFe[PO<Subscript>4</Subscript>](OH), a new orthophosphate with a mixed framework related to alumosilicates of the nepheline group

A new orthophosphate BaFe[PO₄](OH) is obtained by hydrothermal synthesis. The unit cell parameters are as follows: a = 9.711(6), b = 8.991(5), and c = 4.912(2) Å; space group P2₁2₁2₁. The structure has no features in common with the structures of three Ba-Fe phosphates studied. At the same time, the mixed framework, which is composed of five-vertex polyhedra of Fe and P-tetrahedra, exhibits a similarity to the frameworks of a number of alumosilicates belonging to the group of nepheline (nepheline NaAlSiO₄, kalsilite KAlSiO₄, and RbAlSiO₄), as well as the beryllonite NaBePO₄ beryllophosphate and H₃O · ZnPO₄ zin-cophosphate. All the frameworks contain six-membered rings which consist of alternating tetrahedra of different kinds with compensating cations at the ring centers. The topology of the new framework is most closely related to that of nepheline. Structures of this type are of interest as potential ion exchangers and ion-conducting materials.     

Two-dimensional S-N-S junction with Rashba spin-orbit coupling

The effect of Rashba spin-orbit coupling on the supercurrent in S-2DEG-S proximity junctions is investigated in the clean limit. A generalization of Beenakker’s formula for Andreev levels to the case of spin-orbit scattering is presented. Spin-orbit induced splitting of Andreev bound states is predicted for an infinite-width junction with nonvanishing normal backscattering at S-N interfaces. However, a semiclassical average of the Josephson current is insensitive to the Rashba coupling as long as the electron-electron interaction in 2DEG is neglected. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

THERMODYNAMIC AND PARTICLE-DYNAMIC STUDIES ON SYNTHESIS OF SILICA NANOPARTICLES USING MICROWAVE-INDUCED PLASMA CVD

1. Introduction1.1 Silica nanoparticles and synthesis methods Silica (SiO2) nanoparticles are widely used in industry asan active filler for polymer reinforcement, a rheologicaladditive in fluids, a free flow agent in powders, and anagent for chemical mechanical polishing during IC (inte-grated circuit) fabrication (Sniegowski & de Boer, 2000).Silica powder is also used for producing silicon carbide(Koc & Cattamanchi, 1998) or opaque silica aerosols (Leeet al., 1995). Many methods can …     

Contribution of the surface dipole moment and the contact potential-induced disjoining pressure to the stress balance at a three-phase contact

The contact between three insulators results in a set up of contact potentials related to the adsorbed dipole moment at each surface. The produced electric field applies force (disjoining pressure) on each interface. This disjoining pressure is a long-ranged force (1/distance²) which is proportional to the difference between the dielectric permittivities of the phases on the two sides of the interface and, for small angles, to the square of the contact angle. The contact potential leads to a logarithmic perturbation of the profile of the three-phase contact zone.     

On the maximal regular subsemigroups of ideals of order-preserving or order-reversing transformations

We characterize the maximal regular subsemigroups of the ideals of the semigroup of all order-preserving transformations as well as of the semigroup of all order-preserving or order-reversing transformations on a finite ordered set.     

Experimental and theoretical study on the absorption and fluorescence properties of substituted aryl hydrazones of 1,8-naphthalimide

Absorption and fluorescence spectra in acetonitrile for a series of substituted aryl hydrazones of N-hexyl-1,8-naphthalimide are studied with the aim of potential application of the compounds for enzyme activity localization. The influence of the substituents on the spectral characteristics has been evaluated. The absorption and fluorescence energies of substituted aryl-1,8-naphthalimide hydrazones have been calculated with the PCM TDDFT formalism. The M06 and PBE0 functionals, combined with the 6-31+G(d) atomic basis set, have been found to accurately model the excited state properties of the present set of solvated fluorophores. Absorption and fluorescence spectral characteristics have been rationalized in terms of experimental and theoretical electronic indices in order to assess their predictive abilities for application in designing analogues with good emitting properties. An excellent linear dependence is established between the experimental fluorescence and Hammett σ(p)(+) substituent constants and on the other hand σ(p)(+) constants correlate with the theoretically calculated values for the electrostatic potential at nuclei (EPN). A model for predicting the fluorescence properties of substituted hydrazones by means of EPN is drawn, including the polysubstituted derivatives, where Hammett constants are not applicable.