Magnetoelectric effect in cobalt ferrite-barium titanate composites and their electrical properties

CoFe₂O₄-BaTiO₃ composites were prepared using conventional ceramic double sintering process with various compositions. Presence of two phases in the composites was confirmed using X-ray diffraction. The dc resistivity and thermoemf as a function of temperature in the temperature range 300 K to 600 K were measured. Variation of dielectric constant (ɛ′) with frequency in the range 100 Hz to 1 MHz and also with temperature at a fixed frequency of 1 kHz was studied. The ac conductivity was derived from dielectric constant (ɛ′) and loss tangent (tan δ). The nature of conduction is discussed on the basis of small polaron hopping model. The static value of magnetoelectric conversion factor has been studied as a function of magnetic field.     

Researches ok heterocyclic rings containing nitrogen and sulfur II. Orotylamino acids, their esters, and salts of orotic acid with amines

Esters of orotylamino acid are synthesized by reacting orotyl chloride with glycine and- and-alanine esters. Orotylamino acids are prepared by reducing the benzyl ester of orotylglycine, or by reacting orotyl chloride with sodium salts of amino acids. A series of salts of orotic acid are prepared by reacting orotic acid with amines.For Part I see [8].     

Investigation of nitrogen- and sulfur-containing heterocyclic compounds

The halogenation of 2,3-dimethylpyrazino[2,3-b][1,4]thiazin-6-one with bromine or 1 mole of sulfuryl chloride gives 7-bromo-and 7-chloropyrazino[2,3-b][1,4]thiazin-6-ones, while 2 moles of sulfuryl chloride give 7,7-dichloropyrazino[2,3-b][1,4]thiazin-6-one. A number of 7-amino-and 7,7-diaminopyrazino[2,3-b][1,4]thiazin-6-ones were obtained by the reaction of the appropriate halo derivatives with amines. Some of the pyrazino[2,3-b][1,4]thiazin-6-one derivatives inhibit the growth of interweavable tumors in animals.See [3] for communication XX.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1498–1501, November, 1971.     

Investigation of nitrogen- and sulfur-containing heterocycles

The reaction of o-aminomercapto derivatives of pyrimidine, pyrazine, and pyridine, with -halo acid nitriles was investigated. The corresponding cyanoalkylthio heterocycles, which were converted to 6-amino derivatives of pyrimido[4,5-b]-, pyrazino[2,3-b]-, and pyrido-[2,3-b]-1,4-thiazines, were obtained. The structures of the substances obtained were confirmed by IR, UV, and PMR spectroscopy.See [10] for communication XXII.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 944–948, July, 1972.     

Ring-chain tautomerism of S-acylalkylmercapto-substituted aminoquinoxalines

The ring-chain tautomerism of S-acylalkylmercapto-substituted aminoquinoxalines was studied by means of IR and PMR spectroscopy. It was established that, depending on the substituants,the investigated compounds have open or cyclic structures or exist in the form of mixtures of these forms. Mixtures of diastereomeric forms were detected for two of the investigated compounds.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 114–120, January, 1979.     

Comparing Nonsmooth Nonconvex Bundle Methods in Solving Hemivariational Inequalities

Hemivariational inequalities can be considered as a generalization of variational inequalities. Their origin is in nonsmooth mechanics of solid, especially in nonmonotone contact problems. The solution of a hemivariational inequality proves to be a substationary point of some functional, and thus can be found by the nonsmooth and nonconvex optimization methods. We consider two type of bundle methods in order to solve hemivariational inequalities numerically: proximal bundle and bundle-Newton methods. Proximal bundle method is based on first order polyhedral approximation of the locally Lipschitz continuous objective function. To obtain better convergence rate bundle-Newton method contains also some second order information of the objective function in the form of approximate Hessian. Since the optimization problem arising in the hemivariational inequalities has a dominated quadratic part the second order method should be a good choice. The main question in the functioning of the methods is how remarkable is the advantage of the possible better convergence rate of bundle-Newton method when compared to the increased calculation demand.     

Interaction between explosive and analyte layers in explosive matrix-assisted plasma desorption mass spectrometry

An HMX/insulin two-layer system was chosen as a model for further investigation of the matrix properties of explosive materials for protein analytes in plasma desorption mass spectrometry. The dependencies of the molecular ion yield and average charge state as a function of the analyte thickness were studied. An increase in the charge state of multiply protonated molecular species was confirmed as the major matrix effect, with the average charge state z at the smallest thickness studied being higher than in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization and closer to the value obtained in electrospray ionization under standard acidic conditions. Observed charge state distributions are significantly narrower than the corresponding Poisson distributions, which suggests that the protonation of insulin is limited in plasma desorption by the number of basic sites in the molecule, similar to electrospray ionization. Both the curve displaying total molecular ion yield and the one showing the total charge (proton) yield as a function of the insulin thickness have maxima at a thickness different from an insulin monolayer. These observations diminish the significance of a matrix/analyte interface mechanism for the explosive matrix assistance. Instead, a mechanism related to the chemical energy release during conversion of the explosive after the ion impact is proposed. As additional mechanisms, enhanced protonation of the analyte through collisions with products of the explosive decay is considered, as well as electron scavenging by other products, which leads to a higher survival probability of positively charged protein molecular ions. Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.