Mossbauer f factor for 35.5 keV-Te125 transition in zinc-blende type crystals

The phonon frequency distribution for Zn, Cd and Hg tellurides calculated on the basis of the rigid ion model are used to calculate the Mossbauer f factor for these compounds. The available experimental result for ZnTe is compared with the theoretically calculated value.     

Photo-orthotropic-elasticity

A method of producing transparent model materials for photo-orthotropic-elastic studies is presented. This material fabricated from glass fibers and a modified polyester matrix exhibits continuous relatively smooth fringe patterns which are linearly related to the state of stress. As such, the heterogenous material can be treated as a homogenous medium with orthotropic properties. Three photoelastic constantsf _L ,f _T andf _LT are necessary to describe the photoelastic response of the orthotropic materials to a general state of stress. Methods are established for predicting these photoelastic constants from the properties of the constituents. These methods are based on stress proportioning between the fibers and the matrix and upon the linear summation of the retardation from each constituent. The relations derived forf _L ,f _T andf _LT were verified experimentally and found to be in close agreement with measured values. A stress-optic law is derived on the basis of stress partitioning between the two constituents in a unidirectionally fiber-reinforced laminate. The adequacy of this stress-optic relation is confirmed by experimental verification. Comparison of this stress-optic relation with the expression advanced by Pih and Knight shows the validity of their initial concepts but the inadequacy of their partitioning functions. Detailed comparison of the stress-optic law with the analog relation proposed by Sampson shows excellent agreement. Indeed, the use of Sampson's stress-optic law is recommended and the law based on stress partitioning is to be considered as a fundamental theoretical proof of the Sampson relation. Finally, the applicability of Sampson's stress-optic law to bidirectionally reinforced materials was confirmed with a thorough experimental verification.     

Application of the least-squares method to elastic and photoelastic calibration of orthotropic composites

New experimental methods continue to be proposed for determining the in-plane elastic constants of orthotropic composite materials, as no single method has been found completely satisfactory. In particular, the in-plane shear modulus is difficult to measure. In this paper, an orthotropic half-plane subjected to a concentrated edge load is proposed as a calibration specimen. Photoelastic calibration of orthotropic-birefringent composites is also difficult due to the need to conserve the commercially unavailable, difficult-to-make model materials and the absence of many closed-form solutions. In this paper, the orthotropic half-plane specimen is proposed for photoelastic calibration of birefringent-orthotropic model materials also. For elastic and photoelastic calibration of orthotropic materials, the least-squares procedure is used for processing the experimental data.     

Analysis of mass transfer effects on the performance of journal bearings using micropolar lubricant

In this paper the static and dynamic characteristics of a finite hydrodynamic journal bearing with micropolar lubricant are analyzed. The effects of mass transfer of solid additives and contaminants in the lubricant oil, on the bearing characteristics are considered in this study. A generalized form of Reynolds equation is derived from the fluid flow equations with the effects of mass transfer across the fluid film considered. The generalized Reynolds equation is solved using Galerkin's weighted-residual finite element method to obtain the fluid pressure distribution in the bearing. The various static and dynamic characteristics are subsequently obtained and presented.     

On the stress-optic law for orthotropic-model materials in biaxial-stress fields

The stress-optic law for othotropic-model materials, proposed by Sampson on the basis of a simple analogy to the isotropic-model materials, is examined for biaxial-stress fields. The stress-optic law is reduced to a simple form for special cases. It is also shown that the zero-order isochromatic fringe corresponds to an isotropic state of stress only in the case of balanced laminates. A glass-fiber-reinforced plastic disk with the glass fibers in only one direction is examined under diametral compression photoelastically and by means of strain-gage rosettes, with the loading direction perpendicular and at 45 deg to the reinforcement direction. The fringe order along the horizontal diameter is computed from the simplified stress-optic law making use of stress values from strain-gage readings and compared with the observed fringe order. Based on a fairly good agreement of the fringe orders, it is shown that a circular-disk specimen can be used to calibrate an orthotropic-model material. The three independent material-fringe values,f _L ,f _T ,f _LT , can be found from measurements of the fringe order and the strains at the center of the disk for the three cases of loading perpendicular, parallel and at 45 deg to the reinforcement direction.     

Application of carbon-powder-polymer composite as a continuous crack-length sensor

This paper explores the application of carbon-powder-impregnated polymeric composites for measuring crack extensions. The strain sensitivity of the gage material is shown to be very small. In the first series of tests, the gage material is characterized by measuring the change in electrical resistance due to machined slits for various gage lengths. The measured response is compared with the response predicted from a very simple electrical model. On the basis of good correlation and repeatability, the usefulness of such gages to measure crack extensions is assessed by a second series of tests. Further work to improve the gage response by optimizing the shape of the gage and making the gage and the adhesive layer thinner is proposed. The presented concept, with improvements, can result in a reliable, inexpensive crack gage requiring inexpensive instrumentation. Paper was presented at the 1990 SEM Spring Conference on Experimental Mechanics held in Albuquerque, NM on June 3–6.     

Shorter Alkyl Chains Enhance Molecular Diffusion and Electron Transfer Kinetics between Photosensitisers and Catalysts in CO2-Reducing Photocatalytic Liposomes

Covalent functionalisation with alkyl tails is a common method for supporting molecular catalysts and photosensitisers onto lipid bilayers, but the influence of the alkyl chain length on the photocatalytic performances of the resulting liposomes is not well understood. In this work, we first prepared a series of rhenium-based CO₂-reduction catalysts [Re(4,4’-(C_nH_2n+1)₂-bpy)(CO)₃Cl] ( ReC_n ; 4,4’-(C_nH_2n+1)₂-bpy=4,4’-dialkyl-2,2’-bipyridine) and ruthenium-based photosensitisers [Ru(bpy)₂(4,4’-(C_nH_2n+1)₂-bpy)](PF₆)₂ ( RuC_n ) with different alkyl chain lengths (n=0, 9, 12, 15, 17, and 19). We then prepared a series of PEGylated DPPC liposomes containing RuC_n and ReC_n , hereafter noted C_n , to perform photocatalytic CO₂ reduction in the presence of sodium ascorbate. The photocatalytic performance of the C_n liposomes was found to depend on the alkyl tail length, as the turnover number for CO (TON) was inversely correlated to the alkyl chain length, with a more than fivefold higher CO production (TON=14.5) for the C₉ liposomes, compared to C₁₉ (TON=2.8). Based on immobilisation efficiency quantification, diffusion kinetics, and time-resolved spectroscopy, we identified the main reason for this trend: two types of membrane-bound RuC_n species can be found in the membrane, either deeply buried in the bilayer and diffusing slowly, or less buried with much faster diffusion kinetics. Our data suggest that the higher photocatalytic performance of the C₉ system is due to the higher fraction of the more mobile and less buried molecular species, which leads to enhanced electron transfer kinetics between RuC₉ and ReC₉ .     

Progress in PET Imaging of Neuroinflammation Targeting COX-2 Enzyme

Neuroinflammation and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) upregulation are associated with the pathogenesis of degenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), epilepsy, and a response to traumatic brain injury (TBI) or stroke. COX-2 is also induced in acute pain, depression, schizophrenia, various cancers, arthritis and in acute allograft rejection. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging allows for the direct measurement of in vivo COX-2 upregulation and thereby enables disease staging, therapy evaluation and aid quantifying target occupancy of novel nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs. Thus far, no clinically useful radioligand is established for monitoring COX-2 induction in brain diseases due to the delay in identifying qualified COX-2-selective inhibitors entering the brain. This review examines radiolabeled COX-2 inhibitors reported in the past decade and identifies the most promising radioligands for development as clinically useful PET radioligands. Among the radioligands reported so far, the three tracers that show potential for clinical translation are, [11CTMI], [11C]MC1 and [18F]MTP. These radioligands demonstrated BBB permeablity and in vivo binding to constitutive COX-2 in the brain or induced COX-2 during neuroinflammation.     

Synthesis and thermal characterization of poly(1,3-phenyl octanoate)

Poly(1,3-phenyl octanoate) (polyHPOA) was prepared by melt and solution polycondensation methods from 8-(3-hydroxyphenyl)octanoic acid (HPOA), a novel monomer useful as a chain disruptor in liquid crystalline copolyesters. The melt polycondensation technique gave a polyester of higher inherent viscosity (0.80 dL/g in p-chlorophenol) than that (0.75 and 0.56 dL/g, respectively, for the Ogata method and thionyl chloride/pyridine method in the same solvent) of solution techniques. The solubility of the polyesters was limited to strongly acidic and polar solvents. The polyester was characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, WAXD, TGA, isothermal TGA and DTA. x-ray diffraction pattern of the polyesters indicated that it is amorphous in nature. TGA of the polyesters gave a thermal stability of 470°C in nitrogen atmosphere at 50% decomposition. The available thermal data suggest that the polyester undergoes thermal decomposition by a pyrolytic cleavage involving the ester linkage with the formation of ketene and phenol ended groups as intermediates. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Compressive Properties of Pultruded Composites

The compressive properties of E-glass fiber/polyester resin matrix pultruded composites were measured using a short-block compression test fixture. Twenty specimens were tested in the pultrusion (longitudinal) direction and twenty more specimens in the transverse direction. Six specimens were tested at 30, 45, and 60° orientations to the pultrusion direction. Compressive properties such as the compressive modulus, compressive strength, Poisson ratio, and compressive failure strain were measured for both 6.3 and 12.7 mm thick pultruded sheet materials. The test specimens were rectangular with a length of 44.4 mm, width of 25.4 mm, and gage length of 25.4 mm. The test fixture was initially validated by measuring the axial strain distribution across the width of the specimen; from the beginning of loading up to the final failure, the distribution of strains across the specimen width was found to be very uniform. Back-to-back strain gages were also mounted on representative specimens. The end shortening was also measured on all specimens. The compressive strength data were analyzed both for the longitudinal and transverse directions using a two-parameter Weibull, lognormal, and normal distributions. The compressive properties are presented as functions of the specimen orientation angle for both thicknesses.