Chemical Composition and Biological Activity of Essential Oil of Phoebe wightii

Chemistry of Natural Compounds -     

Effect of rare-earth elements on nanophase evolution, crystallization behaviour and mechanical properties in Al-Ni-R (R = La/Mischmetal) amorphous alloys

The crystallization behaviour and evolution of nanoparticles in amorphous Al-Ni-Mischmetal (Mm) and Al-Ni-La alloys during heat treatment have been studied. Rapidly solidified ribbons were obtained by induction melting and ejecting the melt onto a rotating Cu wheel in an Ar atmosphere. The crystallization behaviour of the melt-spun ribbons was investigated using differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffractometry (XRD). XRD studies confirmed that all the ribbons were fully amorphous. Al-Ni-Mm systems showed a three-stage crystallization process whereas Al-Ni-La system, in general, showed a two-stage crystallization process on annealing. Crystallization kinetics was analysed by Kissinger and Johnson-Mehl-Avrami approaches. In Al-Ni-La alloys, the crystallization pathways depend on the La concentration. Microhardness of all the ribbons was examined at different temperatures and correlated with the corresponding evolution of phases.     

AbsoluteN qα -summability of the series conjugate to a Fourier series

The object of the paper is to study the absolute N_qα-summability of the series conjugate to a Fourier series, generalising a known result.     

Hartree-Fock cluster investigation of location and hyperfine properties of normal muonium in silicon-trend with respect to diamond

Using the first-principles Hartree-Fock Cluster procedure employed earlier for normal muonium (Mu) in diamond, the total energy and hyperfine field at the muon site in silicon have been studied as a function of muon position along the <111> direction. The muon was found to be localized in the tetrahedral interstitial region, although the potential was significantly shallower as compared to diamond. The vibrationally averaged hyperfine constant for the muon shows a correct trend compared to diamond but is somewhat larger than experiment, possible reasons for which will be discussed. Results for the superhyperfine constants in silicon will be presented and compared with those for diamond.     

Temperature effects on the structure of liquid D-methanol through neutron diffraction

The study of changes in the structure (H-bonded) of liquid alcohols at elevated temperatures is rare probably due to low flash points of these liquids. An indigenously devised special quartz cell is now used to carry out the structural studies of these liquids at elevated temperatures through neutron diffraction. Here, the liquid consists of deuterated methanol and neutron data was collected on the high-Q diffractometer at Dhruva, BARC. The corrected data at elevated temperatures (BP (boiling point) and double the BP) show that there is a large change in the H-bonded structure of this liquid. The pre-peak or hump, known to be signature of H-bonded clusters appears to be present at all the three temperatures studied. In the low-Q (scattering vector) data Ornstein-Zernike (OZ) behaviour is also observed. It is, however, seen that the intramolecular structure does not change very much at higher temperatures. A detailed model analysis is in progress and would be reported later.     

On the absolute<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis><Subscript>qα</Subscript>-summability of<Emphasis Type="Italic">r</Emphasis>th derived conjugate series

The object of the present paper is to study the absoluteN _qα-summability of rth derived conjugate series generalizing a known result.     

Elastic strain at the interface in Ge clusters on Si substrate—a Raman spectroscopic measurement

Ge clusters are grown on Si substrate at room temperature (Ge-RT) and also at liquid nitrogen temperature (Ge-LNT) by cluster evaporation technique. These clusters show blue luminescence. Raman measurement demonstrates the increase in strain with annealing in diffused disordered Si at the interface between Ge-LNT clusters and Si substrate. This manifests in strain-relaxation in the clusters as observed by Photoluminescence (PL) measurements. The decrease in PL intensity for Ge-RT with annealing has been attributed to reduction in surface oxide species, which is supported by Raman spectroscopic measurements. The objective of the paper is to understand the effect of thermal annealing on both interfacial strain and interdiffusion of elemental Si at the interface, together with luminescence characteristics of the clusters.     

Steric effects on complex formation between nickel(II) and (2-imidazoleazo) benzene, 2,2′-biimidazole and 2,2′-bibenzimidazole

Summary The kinetics and mechanism of reversible complexation of Ni^II with (2-imidazoleazo)benzene (IAB), 2,2-biimidazole (Biim) and 2,2-bibenzimidazole (Bibzm) have been investigated at 15–35 °C, I = 0.30 mol dm^–3. The stability constants, K _M, of the [NiL]²⁺ species vary in the sequence: [Ni(IAB)]²⁺ < [Ni(Bibzm)]²⁺ < [Ni(Biim)]²⁺. The values of the spontaneous dissociation rate constant (k _r) at 25 °C decrease in the sequence: [Ni(IAB)]⁺ > [Ni(Biim)]²⁺ > [Ni(Bibzm)]²⁺. The aquation of [Ni(IAB)]²⁺ is insensitive to acid catalysis, whilst [Ni(Biim)]²⁺ is relatively more susceptible towards acid-catalysed aquation than [Ni(Bibzm)]²⁺. The chelate ring in [NiL]²⁺ (L = IAB, Biim or Bibzm) is sterically strained. The formation of [Ni(IAB)]²⁺ and [Ni(Bibzm)]²⁺ may be chelation controlled while the normal I _d mechanism is supported by our data for [Ni(Biim)]²⁺.     

General Solution of Two Functional Equations Concerning Measures of Information

In the characterization of multidimensional sum form information measures the two functional equations $$f(pq) + f(p(1 - q)) = f(p)\lbrace f(q) + f(1 - q)\rbrace \ \ \ p,q,\in I,$$ $$f(pq) + f(p(1 - q)) = f(p)\lbrace M(q) + M(1 - q)\rbrace \ \ \ p,q,\in I,$$ arise. For the one-dimensional case, these equations were studied by Maksa [2] and Kannappan and Sahoo [1], respectively. This paper extends their results to the n-dimensional case.     

Influence of SO 4 2− doping and Y-irradiation on the thermal decomposition of barium bromate

The effects of SO ₄ ^2– doping and Y-irradiation on the isothermal (563 K) decomposition of barium bromate have been investigated gasometrically with a vacuum apparatus. Plots of the fraction decomposed avs. timet for pure, doped and irradiated crystals exhibited characteristic stages: initial gas evolution (initial puff), an induction period, linear reaction, an acceleratory period and decay. The data are considered in the light of various kinetic models, e.g. linear rate equation, Prout-Tompkins and Avrami-Erofeev. The plausible mechanism of the reaction and the effects on this of anion vacancies and Y-irradiation are discussed briefly.

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Zusammenfassung Die Wirkung von Versetzen mit SO ₄ ^2} - und -Bestrahlung auf die isotherme (563 K) Zersetzung von Bariumbromat wurde gasometrisch untersucht. Es zeigte sich, daß die Zeitcharakteristiken für die reinen, die versetzten und bestrahlten Kristalle verschiedene Stufen durchlaufen, nämlich anfängliche Gasentwicklung (Aufblähen), Induktionsperiode, lineare Reaktion, Beschleunigung und Abklingen. Die Daten wurden unter dem Gesichtspunkt verschiedener kinetischer Modelle betrachtet, z. B. lineare Geschwindigkeitsgleichung, das Modell von Prout-Tompkins und Avrami-Erofeev. Es werden kurz ein einleuchtender Reaktionsmechanismus und der Einfluß von Anionengitterlücken und -Bestrahlung darauf diskutiert.

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The authors thank the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, for financial support. M.K.S. also gratefully acknowledges the award of a Research Fellowship by the same agency, which made the work possible.