The effect of UV irradiation on the reduction of Au(III) ions adsorbed on manganese dioxide.

The effect of UV (ultraviolet) irradiation on the adsorption of Au(III) ions on manganese dioxide and their reduction to Au(0) (gold with 0 valence state) was investigated using XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) and 197Au M?ssbauer spectroscopy. The UV irradiation accelerated the adsorption and the reduction. From the fact that the proportion of Au(0) estimated from Au 4f XPS spectra for surface analysis was significantly smaller than that from 197Au M?ssbauer spectra for bulk analysis, we deduced that Au(0) was interpenetrated to the inside of manganese dioxide (into deeper places than about 30 A) where XPS is impossible to detect. The content of surface hydroxyl groups on manganese dioxide also increased due to the UV irradiation. The relationship between the charge in the content of hydroxyl groups and the interpenetration of Au(0) is discussed.     

Crystal structure ofmer,trans-[Ru(NO2)(trpy)(PPr3) 2 + ][ClO 4 − ], a species with disordered PPr3 and NO2 ligands

The complexmer,trans-[Ru(NO₂)(trpy)(PPr₃) ₂ ⁺ ][ClO ₄ ^– ]crystallizes in the centrosymmetric orthorhombic space group Pnma withZ=4. Both the ruthenium(II) cation and the perchlorate ligand lie about crystallographic mirror planes. The nitro ligand is not coplanar with the Ru(trpy) moiety and suffers from two fold disorder about its Ru–N bond such that the two sets of oxygen atoms have symmetry-related sites above or below the crystallographic mirror plane. The n-propyl groups within the PPr₃ ligands suffer from disorder of their C() and C() atoms but share common C() sites. Ruthenium-ligand distances are: Ru–PPr₃=2.398(2)Å, Ru–NO₂=2.053(7) Å, Ru–N(trpy, outer)=2.078(6) and 2.092(6) Å and Ru–N(trpy, central) =1.965(6) Å.     

Structural analysis of AlGaAs quantum wires on vicinal (110)GaAs by transmission electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy

Giant step structures consisting of coherently aligned multi-atomic steps were naturally formed during the molecular beam epitaxy growth of Al_0.5Ga_0.5As/GaAs superlattices (SLs) on vicinal (110)GaAs surfaces misoriented 6° toward (111)A. The growth of AlAs/Al_xGa_1−xAs/AlAs quantum wells (QWs) on the giant step structures realized Al_x0Ga_1−x0As (x₀<x) quantum wires (QWRs). We studied the giant step structures and the QWRs by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). TEM observations revealed that the QWRs were formed at the step edges. The cross sections of the QWRs were as small as 10 nm×20 nm and the lateral distances between them were about 0.15 μm. We clarified the roles of the SLs to form the coherent giant step structures. From EDX analysis, it was estimated that the AlAs composition in the Al_0.5Ga_0.5As layers varied from 0.5 (terrace) to 0.41 (step edge). In the AlAs/Al_xGa_1−xAs/AlAs QWs, the AlAs compositional modulation and the confinement by the AlAs barriers led to the embedded Al_x0Ga_1−x0As regions. These results supported the existence of the Al_x0Ga_1−x0As QWRs on the giant step structures.     

Am,Cm recovery from genuine HLLW by extraction chromatography

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - The extraction chromatography experiments for Am(III) and Cm(III) recovery from genuine HLLW were carried out in order to demonstrate modified 2...     

Inelastic scattering on 12Be and disappearance of the N = 8 magic number

Experimental studies on in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy using a ¹²Be radioactive beam are presented. Inelastic scattering of the neutron-rich ¹²Be nucleus on ²⁰⁸Pb, ¹²C, and (CH₂)_n targets has been studied by measuring de-excitation γ-rays in coincidence with scattered particles. The level schemes and transition probabilities are determined for low-lying excited states in ¹²Be. The present paper presents a brief review of the spectroscopic results, which may be associated with the N = 8 shell quenching near the drip line. Received: 1 May 2001 / Accepted: 4 December 2001     

Full-scale fatigue test of twin-turboprop transport

When the design work was commenced on the YS-11 transport airplane in 1959, the fatigue behavior of the structure was one of the most cardinal problems in the structural design, then the various design principles were introduced in order to overcome the fatigue problems, and the fatigue test of the full-scale airplane structure was planned to guarantee a fatigue life of 30,000 flight hours. In order to perform the fatigue test of the full-scale air-plane structure, the equipment for the wing fatigue test and for the fuselage fatigue test was developed separately. The former consisted of sixteen hydraulic actuators, controlled automatically, and a program device, being able to program the four different repeated loads; the latter was a familiar water tank in which the fuselage was pressurized by water and loaded, the external loads corresponding to gust loads, standing on the ground loads and the others by actuators. Concerning these tests, the following problems will be explained in our report:

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   The structure and operation of the equipment of the full-scale fatigue test.     

Copolymerization of ethylene or propylene with α‐olefins containing hydroxyl groups with zirconocene/methylaluminoxane catalyst

Copolymerization of olefins (ethylene and propylene) and 5‐hexen‐1‐ol pretreated with alkylaluminum was performed using [dimethysilylbis(9‐fluorenyl)]zirconium dichloride/methylaluminoxane as the catalyst. The copolymerization required extra addition of alkylaluminum to prevent deactivation of the catalyst when 5‐hexen‐1‐ol was pretreated with trimethylaluminum, whereas the triisobutylaluminum‐treated system did not require any addition of alkylaluminum. The molecular weight of the copolymer depended on the kind of alkylaluminum compound (masking reagent, additive, and cocatalyst). ¹³C NMR analysis proved that poly(ethylene‐co‐5‐hexen‐1‐ol) containing 50 mol % of 5‐hexen‐1‐ol acted as an alternating copolymer, whereas the poly(propylene‐co‐5‐hexen‐1‐ol) acted as a random copolymer. The surface property of the copolymers was simply evaluated by means of water drop contact angle measurement. It was found that the copolymers containing large amounts of 5‐hexen‐1‐ol units showed good hydrophilic properties. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 52–58, 2004     

Chemical shifts in methylcyclohexane

In order to determine the effect of a single methyl group on the chemical shifts of protons in a cyclohexane ring, methylcyclohexane-1,2,3,3,5,5,-d₆ has been synthesized. The protons in the 4-position and the 2,6-equatorial protons are not significantly different from those in ring-frozen cyclohexane. The 2,6-axial protons, however, experience an up-field shift of about 15 Hz from the position of the other axial protons. These observations are discussed in terms of the structure of methylcyclohexane.