Thalassaemic human spleen ferritin and haemosiderin in applied magnetic fields

Mössbauer spectra of the microcrystalline cores of thalassaemic human spleen ferritin and haemosiderin in applied magnetic fields have shown that the magnetic anisotropy dominates over the energy term arising from the net magnetic moments of the microcrystals in the applied field. The spectra have been analysed to give information on the net magnetic moments of the protein cores.     

An Efficient Synthesis of 2,3,5,6-Tetramethylidene-7-oxanorbornane

Palladium-catalyzed double carbomethoxylation of the Diels-Alder adduct of furan and maleic anhydride yielded the methyl all-exo-7-oxanorbornane-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylate (7) which was transformed in three steps into 2,3,5,6-tetramethylidene-7-oxanorbornane (1) , a useful synthon. Six isomeric methyl 7-oxanor-bornane-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylates (7–12) have been isolated and their ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR. data are compared.     

Decatungstate (W10O)/Silane: A New and Promising Radical Source Under Soft Light Irradiation

The use of decatungstate in combination with silanes to generate silyl radicals under green fluorescence bulb irradiation as well as sunlight exposure is described. The mechanisms are investigated by ESR and laser flash photolysis experiments. The high potential of this reaction is evidenced here when using a decatungstate/silane/diphenyl iodonium salt combination as an initiating system for the ring opening photopolymerization of epoxides.

     

Synthesis of Clicked Imidazolium‐Containing Biosourced Copolymers and Application in Carbon Nanotube Dispersion

New polyesters incorporating a variable quantity of imidazolium rings along the backbone are synthesized by Huisgen 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition (“click” reaction). Subsequently, the imidazolium‐grafted copolymers reveal an efficient dispersing ability toward the carbon nanotubes (CNTs) through supramolecular interactions in organic media. Interestingly, these compounds offer a simple and reliable strategy to control the quantity of dispersed CNTs as a function of imidazolium content. This approach is particularly suitable for the elaboration of biosourced and biodegradable materials based on poly(butylene succinate) with high‐performance properties.     

Slow and fast light: basic concepts and recent advancements based on nonlinear wave‐mixing processes

After a review of the basic concepts of slow and fast light, recent advancements based on nonlinear wave‐mixing processes are described. As a nonlinear medium, the authors focus on a liquid crystal light valve showing that it allows obtaining a large control of the group delay, with a maximum fractional delay of 1, and a deceleration of light pulses down to group velocities as small as 0.2 mm/s. A theoretical model accompanies the observations and accounts for them in the general framework of two‐wave mixing in the light valve. At the end, a high‐sensitivity interferometer is presented as an example of slow light applications.     

On a sharp lower bound on the blow-up rate for the critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We consider the critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation with initial condition in the energy space and study the dynamics of finite time blow-up solutions. In an earlier sequence of papers, the authors established for a certain class of initial data on the basis of dispersive properties in a sharp and stable upper bound on the blow-up rate: .

In an earlier paper, the authors then addressed the question of a lower bound on the blow-up rate and proved for this class of initial data the nonexistence of self-similar solutions, that is,

In this paper, we prove the sharp lower bound

by exhibiting the dispersive structure in the scaling invariant space for this log-log regime. In addition, we will extend to the pure energy space a dynamical characterization of the solitons among the zero energy solutions.