Calculation of the relaxation time from the frequency spectra of ferrites

A method for determining the relaxation times of the magnetic moments of ferrites from inverse Fourier transforms is suggested. The effect of the alternating external magnetic field strength on the relaxation times was studied. It was found that the dispersion and absorption ranges in the magnetic spectra are associated with changes in the relaxation times of magnetic moments of ferromagnets.     

Overview of the application of nanosecond electron beams forradiochemical sterilization

Problems concerning the use of nanosecond electron beams for sterilization of hermetically packed objects, and powdered or granulated materials, are discussed. The advantages and disadvantages of this type of radiation sterilization are demonstrated. The results are of interest to researchers who study the mechanism by which nanosecond electron beams act on microorganisms. It is worth considering repetitively pulsed electron accelerators as highly promising systems for use in commercial sterilization applications. Technologies and setups for the radiochemical sterilization (RCS) of medical glassware for blood products, beer bottles, bone meal used in food industry, medical instruments (surgical needles, systems for human kidneys), and of the external packaging for some biological materials used in ophthalmology are discussed. Such applications have been developed based on the use of the URT-0.2 and URT-0.5 repetitively nanosecond-pulsed electron accelerators. The observed sterilization of areas shaded from line-of-site irradiation and of the bottoms of, for example, glassware cannot be attributed to radiation sterilization alone, since the glass thickness was much larger than the range of electrons. Therefore, it can be conjectured that the demonstrated sterilization effect is due both to the electron beam and to the ozone and chemical radicals produced by the beam. Thus, one may introduce the notion of RCS     

Normal Glow Discharge: Comparison of Calculated and Experimental Data

Doklady Physics - The combined numerical and physical modeling of a glow discharge between plane disk electrodes in molecular nitrogen is performed at pressures р = 3 and 5 Torr. The...     

Experimental Study of the Impact and Penetration of A Cone in Frozen Sand

A reverse experiment technique is used along with the technology of measuring rods to study the impact and penetration of a steel conical body in frozen sandy soil. This paper presents the dependences of maximum values of the force of resistance of cones with base diameters of 10.0, 12.0, and 19.8 mm to penetration into sand on the impact velocity in the range of values 100–400 m/s. The numerical solution of the problem in an axisymmetric formulation with the use of the “Dinamika-2” software package is used to show the effect of waves reflected from the walls of the container on the contact force. A comparative analysis of the forces of resistance to penetration of the shocker into compacted dry, water-saturated, and frozen sandy soils is carried out.     

Energy spectrum of isomer no. 3 of C82 fullerene of C 2 symmetry

Physics of the Solid State - The energy spectrum of C82 fullerene (isomer no. 3 of C 2 symmetry) is calculated within the Hubbard model in the approximation of static fluctuations. Based on the...     

Spectroscopic and structural study of novel 8-aminoquinoline derivative embedded in nematic host

We have reported a novel derivative of 8-aminoquinoline, which represents ester-amide of squaric acid ethyl ester (1). The novel derivative was characterized by both the conventional and linear polarized IR-spectroscopy of oriented colloid suspensions in nematic host, UV-spectroscopy, ¹H-NMR and mass spectrometry. The correlation between the structure and spectroscopic properties was estimated by using the known crystallographic data of the compound studied.     

Spontaneous CdTe --> alloy --> CdS transition of stabilizer-depleted CdTe nanoparticles induced by EDTA

CdTe nanoparticles stabilized by l-cysteine are chemically transformed into CdS nanoparticles of the same diameter via an intermediate CdTeS alloy without any auxiliary source of sulfur. The reaction is induced by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid dipotassium salt dehydrate (EDTA), which was demonstrated experimentally to act as a catalyst by partially removing thiol stabilizers from the nanoparticle surface. It is hypothesized that addition of EDTA facilitates Te(2-) release, and oxidation of Te(2-) drives the nanoparticle transition process. Unlike many reports on reactions catalyzed by nanocolloids, this is likely to be the first observation of a catalytic reaction in which nanoparticles function as a substrate rather than a catalyst. It opens new pathways for the synthesis of novel nanoscale II-VI and other semiconductors and represents an interesting case of chemical processes in nanocolloids with reactivity increased by depletion of the surface layer of thiol stabilizers. This includes but is not limited to accurate control over the particle composition and crystallization rate. The slow rate of the CdTe --> alloy --> CdS transition is important for minimizing defects in the crystal lattice and results in a substantial increase of the quantum yield of photoluminescence over the course of the transition.     

The radical-cation salt (DOEO)4[HgBr4] · TCE: Synthesis, structure and conductivity

Crystals of a new radical-cation salt (DOEO)₄[HgBr₄] · TCE (I) (DOEO = (1,4-dioxanediyl-2,3-dithio)ethylenedioxotetrathiafulvalene, TCE = 1,1,2-trichloroethane) were synthesized by electrocrystallization method at constant current (i=5×10^?6 A/cm²). Crystal structure was studied at room (293 K) and low (30 K) temperatures and was found to consist of the radical-cation layers alternating along the z-axis with tetrahedral HgBr ₄ ^2? anions and TCE molecules. The anion is disordered over three positions at room and over two positions at low temperatures with occupancy factors 87, 11, 2 and 98, 2%, respectively. The poorly occupied positions of the anion are overlapped with positions of the TCE molecule disordered over two equally occupied positions. The DOEO ethylene groups disordered at 293 K were found ordered at 30 K. The conductivity of I exhibits the following peculiarity: in a temperature interval of 120–140 K, the temperature dependence of resistivity has a pronounced maximum.     

Anomalously strong relaxation of the polarization of muons in the magnetically ordered and paramagnetic states of the TbMnO<Subscript>3</Subscript> multiferroic

An anomalously strong relaxation of the muon polarization in a magnetically ordered state in the TbMnO₃ multiferroic has been revealed by the method below the μSR Néel temperature (42 K). Such a relaxation is due to the muon channel of relaxation of the polarization and the interaction of the magnetic moment of the muon with inhomogeneities of the internal magnetic field of an ordered state in the form of a cycloid. Above the Néel temperature, beginning with temperatures depending on the applied magnetic field, a two-phase state has been revealed where one phase has an anomalously strong relaxation of the muon polarization for a paramagnetic state. These features of the paramagnetic state are due to short-range magnetic order domains that appear in strongly frustrated TbMnO₃. A true paramagnetic state has been observed only at T ≥ 150 K.     

Gallium vacancy ordering in Ga<Subscript>2</Subscript>Se<Subscript>3</Subscript> thin layers on Si(100), Si(111), and Si(123) substrates

Thin Ga₂Se₃ layers deposited on silicon substrates with the (100), (111), and (123) orientations are studied by transmission electron microscopy and X-ray microanalysis. Some features and regularities of the stoichiometric gallium vacancy ordering at different substrate orientations are discussed. The Ga₃Se₄(100)с(2 × 2) and Ga₂Se₃(111)(√3 × √3)-R30° ordered structures are formed on the Si(100) and Si(111) surfaces, respectively.