Influence of Non-Maxwellian Particles on Dust Acoustic Waves in a Dusty Magnetized Plasma

In this paper an investigation into dust acoustic solitary waves(DASWs) in the presence of superthermal electrons and ions in a magnetized plasma with cold dust grains and trapped electrons is discussed. The dynamic of both electrons and ions is simulated by the generalized Lorentzian(κ) distribution function(DF). The dust grains are cold and their dynamics are studied by hydrodynamic equations. The basic set of fluid equations is reduced to modified Korteweg-de Vries(mKdV) equation using Reductive Perturbation Theory(RPT). Two types of solitary waves, fast and slow dust acoustic soliton(DAS) exist in this plasma. Calculations reveal that compressive solitary structures are possibly propagated in the plasma where dust grains are negatively(or positively) charged. The properties of DASs are also investigated numerically.     

The application of a strain gauge technique to the measurement of the power characteristics of five impellers

The work described in this paper establishes the accuracy with which the power number can be measured within a mixing vessel and presents measurements for five impellers (Rushton, bucket, 45°-pitched blade, 60°-pitched blade and hyperboloid) as a function of rotational speed. The technique uses strain gauges and the telemetric transmission of the strain and is, therefore, more accurate than methods which involve mechanical determination of torque and that allows power measurements to be carried out in relatively small and more cost-effective models of mixing vessels. In the cases where previous data exists the results of this study compare well. This work provides new data for the bucket, 45°-pitched blade and hyperboloid (low Reynolds numbers) impellers and represented a systematic study for all five impellers with one measurement system.The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of the EPSRC during the course of this work.     

Radar Absorption Properties of Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4/PANI/epoxy Nanocomposites

A nitrate? citrate gel was prepared from metallic nitrates and citric acid by sol? gel process and was further used to synthesize Ni_0.5Zn_0.5Fe₂O₄ nanocrystalline powder by auto‐combustion. Then, two novel 15 and 35% (w/w) magnetic Ni_0.5Zn_0.5Fe₂O₄ containing polyaniline nanocomposites, named as PANI‐Ni15 and PANI‐Ni35, respectively, were prepared via in‐situ polymerization of aniline in an aqueous solution containing proper amount of Ni_0.5Zn_0.5Fe₂O₄ magnetic powder. The incorporation of the nanopowders to PANI matrix was confirmed by X‐ray diffraction (XRD), IR and SEM. Synthesized PANI‐NiZn ferrite composite particles were subsequently added to an epoxy resin matrix to produce related nanocomposites. The morphological properties of these nanocomposite materials were investigated by SEM and TEM. The electromagnetic‐absorbing properties were studied by measuring the reflection loss in the frequency range of 8.0 to 12.0 GHz. Results showed the reflection loss of the PANI‐Ni35 composite is higher than pure polyaniline and PANI‐Ni15. The good reflection loss of the nanocomposites suggests their potential applicability as radar absorber.     

A Cauchy inequality for the Boltzmann equation

The distance to a set of Maxwellians is determined for a family of functions with bounded mass, energy and a small entropy production term. Functions with small masses are close to the null Maxwellian. Functions with masses bounded from below by a constant are approached by functions proportional to the gain term of the Boltzmann operator, taking advantage of its regularity. For these regularizations, the integrands of the entropy production term are small everywhere. Hence classical arguments can be used to obtain the closedness to the set of Maxwellians. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Total synthesis and determination of the absolute configuration of coscinosulfate. A new selective inhibitor of Cdc25 protein phosphatase.

The first total synthesis of coscinosulfate 1, a metabolite isolated from a sea sponge, starting from (+)-sclareolide 3 is described. The convergent synthesis strategy relies on the coupling of sulfone 21 with the bromide 26. The sulfone fragment 21 was obtained by successive asymmetric aldol reaction with aldehyde 2 to introduce the stereocenters at C-12 and C-13, followed by one-carbon homologation via Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons olefination. The selective sulfatation at C-12 was accomplished through the quinone intermediate 31 obtained by selective oxidation of hydroquinone 30; this, when followed by reduction, furnished the desired coscinosulfate 1. X-ray analysis of the intermediate aldehyde 18 confirmed the proposed structure.     

Synthesis,spectral characterization,properties and structures of copper(I) complexes containing novel bidentate iminopyridine ligands

Four new ligands, (4-methyl-phenyl)-pyridin-2-ylmethylene-amine (A), (2,3-dimethyl-phenyl)-pyridin-2-ylmethylene-amine (B), (2,4-dimethyl-phenyl)-pyridin-2-ylmethylene-amine (C) and (2,5-dimethyl-phenyl)-pyridin-2-ylmethylene-amine (D), and their corresponding copper(I) complexes, [Cu(A)₂]ClO₄ (1a), [Cu(B)₂]ClO₄ (1b), [Cu(C)₂]ClO₄ (1c), [Cu(D)₂]ClO₄ (1d), [Cu(A)(PPh₃)₂]ClO₄ (2a), [Cu(B)(PPh₃)₂]ClO₄ (2b), [Cu(C)(PPh₃)₂]ClO₄ (2c) and [Cu(D)(PPh₃)₂]ClO₄ (2d), have been synthesized and characterized by CHN analyses, ¹H and ¹³C NMR, IR and UV–Vis spectroscopy. The crystal structures of [Cu(B)₂]ClO₄ (1b), [Cu(C)₂]ClO₄ (1c) and [Cu(A)(PPh₃)₂]ClO₄ · 1/2CH₃CN (2a) were determined from single crystal X-ray diffraction. The coordination polyhedron about the copper(I) center in the three complexes is best described as a distorted tetrahedron. A quasireversible redox behavior is observed for the complexes.