Preferential suppression of high-energy upconverted emissions of Tm3+ by Dy3+ ions in Tm3+/Dy3+/Yb3+-doped LiYF4 colloidal nanocrystals

The intensity of high energy UV and blue upconverted emissions of Tm(3+) ions in Tm(3+)/Yb(3+) co-doped LiYF(4) colloidal nanocrystals was selectively reduced compared to the NIR emission at 802 nm. This was achieved by doping a small amount of Dy(3+) ions into the host matrix.     

Prodrugs of aza nucleosides based on proton transfer reaction

DFT calculation results for intramolecular proton transfer reactions in Kirby’s enzyme models 1–7 reveal that the reaction rate is quite responsive to geometric disposition, especially to distance between the two reactive centers, r _GM, and the angle of attack, α (the hydrogen bonding angle). Hence, the study on the systems reported herein could provide a good basis for designing aza nucleoside prodrug systems that are less hydrophilic than their parental drugs and can be used, in different dosage forms, to release the parent drug in a controlled manner. For example, based on the calculated log EM, the cleavage process for prodrug 1ProD is predicted to be about 10¹⁰ times faster than that for prodrug 7ProD and about 10⁴ times faster than prodrug 3ProD: rate _1ProD  > rate _3ProD  > rate _7ProD . Hence, the rate by which the prodrug releases the aza nucleoside drug can be determined according to the structural features of the linker (Kirby’s enzyme model).     

Existence and Nonexistence of Weak Positive Solution for a Class of p-Laplacian Systems

In this work, we are interested to obtain some result of existence and nonex- istence of positive weak solution for the following p-Laplacian system
{-△piui=λifi（u1,^…,um）,inΩ, i=1,...,m, ui=0,
on δΩ,Vi=1,…,m,
where △piz = div（｜△z｜^pi-2△Z）, Pi ≥ 1,λi,1 ≤ i ≤ m are a positive parameter, and Ω is a bounded domain in IR^N with smooth boundary δΩ. The proof of the main results is based to the method of sub-supersolutions.     

Inhibition Effect of Hydantoin Compounds on the Corrosion of Iron in Nitric and Sulfuric Acid Solutions

Summary.  The inhibition of corrosion of iron in 2 M nitric acid and 2 M sulfuric acid solutions by substituted phenylhydantoin, thiohydantoin, and dithiohydantoin compounds was measured using thermometric, weight loss, and polarization methods. The three methods gave consistent results. The polarization curves indicated that the hydantoin compounds act as mixed-type inhibitors. The adsorption of the inhibitors were found to obey the Temkin adsorption isotherm. The higher inhibition efficiency of the additives in nitric with respect to sulfuric acid solution may be attributed to the reduced formation of soluble quaternary nitrogen salts in nitric acid medium, favouring adsorption of the parent additive on the metal surface. The obtained results indicate that the corrosion rate of iron in both acids increases with increasing temperature, both in absence and presence of the tested inhibitors. Kinetic-thermodynamic model functions and Temkin isotherm data are compared and discussed. The synergistic effect of halide anions on the inhibition efficiency of the hydantoin compounds was also investigated. Received June 5, 2000. Accepted (revised) September 13, 2000     

PMR Determination of Camphor and Parachlorophenol in Camphorated Parachlorophenol

A PMR analytical procedure is described for the quantitation of camphor and parachlorophenol in camphorated parachlorophenol. The method is simple, rapid and accurate with standard deviations of ±1.13, ± 1.01 for camphor and ± 0.62, ± 0.89 for parachlorophenol, in standard mixtures and in camphorated parachlorophenol, respectively. The PMR spectrum, in addition, provides a very specific means for identification of camphor and parachlorophenol.     

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Numerical modeling of multiphase flow generally requires a special procedure at the solid wall in order to be consistent with Young's law for static contact angles. The standard approach in the lattice Boltzmann method, which consists of imposing fictive densities at the solid lattice sites, is shown to be deficient for this task. Indeed, fictive mass transfer along the boundary could happen and potentially spoil the numerical results. In particular, when the contact angle is less than 90 degrees, the deficiencies of the standard model are major. Various videos that demonstrate this behavior are provided (Supporting Information). A new approach is proposed and consists of directly imposing the contact angle at the boundaries in much the same way as Dirichlet boundary conditions are generally imposed. The proposed method is able to retrieve analytical solutions for static contact angles in the case of straight and curved boundaries even when variable density and viscosity ratios between the phases are considered. Although the proposed wetting boundary condition is shown to significantly improve the numerical results for one particular class of lattice Boltzmann model, it is believed that other lattice Boltzmann multiphase schemes could also benefit from the underlying ideas of the proposed method. The proposed algorithm is two‐dimensional, and the D2Q9 lattice is used. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.