Rapid analysis of hydrocarbons and inert gases by a multidimensional gas chromatograph

A combination of a pressure switching system with multiple columns and photoionization detectors makes possible rapid analysis of a mixture of inorganic gases and hydrocarbons. Hydrocarbons are separated by a narrow bore capillary column. An alumina PLOT column is used for the separation of lower molecular weight hydrocarbons, especially C4 isomers, while a combination of a micro-packed column with Porapak N and a PLOT capillary column with Molecular Sieve 5A is used for the fast separation of inorganic gases. A photoionization detector is a powerful additional tool for organic gas analysis.     

Aggregation-induced photocatalytic activity and efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of amphiphilic rhodamines in water

The development of photocatalysts is an essential task for clean energy generation and establishing a sustainable society. This paper describes the aggregation-induced photocatalytic activity (AI-PCA) of amphiphilic rhodamines and photocatalytic functions of the supramolecular assemblies. The supramolecular assemblies consisting of amphiphilic rhodamines with octadecyl alkyl chains exhibited significant photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation in water, while the corresponding monomeric rhodamines did not exhibit photocatalytic activity. The studies on the photocatalytic mechanism by spectroscopic and microscopic analyses clearly demonstrated the AI-PCA of the rhodamines. Moreover, the supramolecular assemblies of the rhodamines exhibited excellent photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rates (up to 5.9 mmol g⁻¹ h⁻¹).

Simple amphiphilic rhodamines formed supramolecular assemblies and exhibited aggregation-induced photocatalytic activity and hydrogen evolution in water.     

An inverse problem for pseudoparabolic equation of filtration: the stabilization

In this article, the properties of the solution to the inverse problem on the identification of the leading coefficient of the multi-dimensional pseudoparabolic equation are studied. The stabilization of its strong solution to the solution of the inverse problem for an elliptic equation is established.     

Crystal-like periodic mesoporous organosilica bearing pyridine units within the framework

Periodic mesoporous organosilica with densely packed pyridine units within the framework and crystal-like molecular-scale periodicity was synthesized. The framework pyridines were chemically active and fully accessible for protonation and Cu(2+) adsorption.     

Sorption of Pu(IV) on biogenic Mn oxide and complexation of Pu(IV) with organic ligands secreted by fungal cells

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - We investigated the sorption of Pu(IV) on biogenic Mn oxide, composed of Mn(IV) oxide and hyphae, produced by Mn(II)-oxidizing fungus. The...     

Computer simulation of solid and liquid benzene with an atomistic interaction potential derived from ab initio calculations

Molecular dynamics atomistic simulations of solid and liquid benzene have been performed, employing a model intermolecular potential derived from quantum mechanical calculations. The ab initio database includes approximately 200 geometries of the benzene dimer with interaction energies computed at the MP2 level of theory. The accuracy of the modeled force field results is satisfactory. The thermodynamic and structural properties, calculated in the condensed phases, are compared with experimental data and previous simulation results. Single particle and collective dynamical properties are also investigated through the calculation of translational and rotational diffusion coefficients, reorientational dynamics, and viscosities. The agreement of these data with experimental measurements confirms the reliability of the proposed force field.     

Terabit all-optical logic based on ultrafast two-dimensional transmission gating

Terabit all-optical complementary logic is proposed using two successive time slots to represent a unique logical status. An organic molecular thin film is used as an array of optically controlled optical switches. By utilizing the planar structure of the film and its ultrafast optical response, proof-of-principle fully optical NOT and AND logic operations were demonstrated with 400-fs interval pulses.