Silica-coated MgAl2O4 nanoparticles supported phosphotungstic acid as an effective catalyst for synthesis of α-aminophosphonates

Research on Chemical Intermediates - In this research, a recoverable catalyst (MgAl2O4@SiO2–PTA) was prepared by a simple utilization method. The prepared catalyst was characterized by XRD,...     

Effective and selective aerobic oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols using CoFe2O4@HT@Imine‐CuII and TEMPO in the air atmosphere

In this study, we present a versatile and easy procedure for modifying a cobalt ferrite nanoparticle step by step. A new nanocatalyst was prepared via Cu^II immobilized onto CoFe₂O₄@HT@Imine. The catalyst was fully characterized by Fourier‐transform infrared (FT‐IR), energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (EDX), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE‐SEM), X‐ray diffraction (XRD), and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) analyses. The current procedure as a green protocol offers benefits including a simple operational method, an excellent yield of products, mild reaction conditions, minimum chemical wastes, and short reaction times. Without any significant reduction in the catalytic performance, up to five recyclability cycles of the catalyst were obtained. The optimization results suggest that the best condition in the oxidation of benzyl alcohol derivatives is 0.003 g of the CoFe₂O₄@HT@Imine‐Cu^II catalyst, TEMPO, at 70°C under solvent‐free condition and air.     

Magnetic properties in three electrons under Rashba spin-orbit interaction and magnetic field

In this work, we study three-electron magnetic susceptibility in quantum dots under Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI) and magnetic field by an analytical methodology. The Hamiltonian of the system is separated to center of mass and relative terms using the Jacobi transformations and the hyperspherical coordinates. By solving Schrodinger equation, energy levels and thereby the susceptibility are calculated using canonical ensemble. At zero temperature, the magnetization reduces with increasing magnetic field with and without Rashba SOI in three-electron-quantum dot without electron-electron (e-e) interaction. Also, SOI slightly changes the magnetization for three-electron-quantum dot without e-e interaction. At nonzero temperature, the magnetization shows a paramagnetic peak when the magnetic field increases. This peak position changes under the SOI. In the presence of e-e interaction, the susceptibility enhances with raising magnetic field and it shows a maximum. The susceptibility at low magnetic field is negative and then it becomes positive. The susceptibility with e-e interaction and without SOI is always diamagnetic and its magnitude reduces with enhancing magnetic field. The susceptibility shows a transition between diamagnetic and paramagnetic with e-e interaction and SOI.     

Effective Mass of Radion via GW Mechanism with a Non-Minimally Coupled Bulk Scalar Field

In the Randall-Sundrum braneworld scenario via the Goldberger-Wise mechanism, the effective mass of 4D radion, where the bulk scalar field is coupled to 5D gravity, has been investigated in two different case of the self-coupling constants, infinite and finite cases. It is shown that in the finite case, the modulus parameter should be greater than the finite coupling constants.     

Synthesis and characterization of the novel diamine‐functionalized Fe3O4@SiO2 nanocatalyst and its application for one‐pot three‐component synthesis of chromenes

Fe₃O₄@SiO₂@propyltriethoxysilane@o‐phenylendiamine as an environmentally‐benign functionalized silica‐coated magnetic organometallic nanomaterial has been synthesized and characterized by Fourier transforms infrared (FT‐IR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images and energy dispersive X‐ray (EDX) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) analyses. Then, its catalytic activity was investigated for the one‐pot three‐component condensation reaction between dimedone, malononitrile and various substituted aromatic aldehydes to afford the corresponding 2‐amino‐4H‐chromene derivatives under mild reaction conditions. This nanocatalyst can be easily recovered from the reaction mixture by using a magnet and reused for at least five times without significant decrease in catalytic activity.     

Fabrication of ZnSe Thin Solid Films on the Cu Substrate and Investigation of Electrochemical,Adhesion and Solar Cell Properties by a New Technique

Russian Journal of Electrochemistry - Zinc selenide has applications in the fabrication of low-cost solar cells and optoelectronic devices. Due to its optical properties and large direct bandgap,...     

A Simple Synthesis of Stable Phosphoranes Derived from Imidazole Derivatives

Stable crystalline phosphorus ylides were obtained in excellent yields from the 1:1:1 addition reaction between triphenylphosphine and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates, in the presence of strong NH-acids, such as imidazole, 2-methylimidazole, 4-methylimidazole, 2-ethylimidazole, benzimidazole, and 5,6-dimethylbezimidazole. These stable ylides exist in solution as a mixture of two geometrical isomers as a result of restricted rotation around the carbon–carbon partial double bond resulting from the conjugation of the ylide moiety with the adjacent carbonyl group.     

Electrochemical platform for simultaneous determination of levodopa,acetaminophen and tyrosine using a graphene and ferrocene modified carbon paste electrode

Microchimica Acta - A carbon paste electrode (CPE) was modified with graphene and ethyl 2-(4-ferrocenyl-[1,2,3]triazol-1-yl) acetate (EFTA) and used for electrocatalytic oxidation of levodopa....     

Effect of the External Mirror Feedback Strength in the Dynamics and Spectrum of the Injected Semiconductor Lasers

We analytically investigate the effect of an external mirror on the stability of an injected semiconductor laser, the latter treated as injected damped oscillators. In the studied configuration, the injected semiconductor laser with an external mirror is under the influence of a chaotic oscillating optical signal that is generated by a similar semiconductor master laser. We derive our results in terms of the damping rate and resonance frequency. We show that the external mirror can eliminate the unstable modes of the injected laser at low frequencies. Furthermore, the mirror can enhance the damping of the oscillation modes of the injected semiconductor laser; consequently, the driven response of the injected laser may have a broad spectrum, even wider than that of the chaotic driving signal. We also show results for the bandwidths of the injection amplitude and phase increment as functions of the injection rate and feedback strength of the external mirror. In addition, we use bifurcation and time-series curves to describe the dynamical behavior of the injected laser. We identify the feedback strength of injected laser, relative to that of the master laser, which induces synchronization between the injected-laser oscillation modes and the master laser.