On dynamical behavior for optical solitons sustained by the perturbed Chen–Lee–Liu model

This study investigates the perturbed Chen–Lee–Liu model that represents the propagation of an optical pulse in plasma and optical fiber. The generalized exponential rational function method is used for this purpose. As a result, we obtain some non-trivial solutions such as the optical singular, periodic, hyperbolic, exponential, trigonometric soliton solutions. We aim to express the pulse propagation of the generated solutions, by taking specific values for the free parameters existed in the obtained solutions. The obtained results show that the generalized exponential rational function technique is applicable, simple and effective to get the solutions of nonlinear engineering and physical problems. Moreover, the acquired solutions display rich dynamical evolutions that are important in practical applications.     

Enhanced stability of electrohydrodynamic jets through gas ionization

Theoretical predictions of the nonaxisymmetric instability growth rate of an electrohydrodynamic jet based on the measured total current overestimate experimental values. We show that this apparent discrepancy is the result of gas ionization in the surrounding gas and its effect on the surface charge density of the jet. As a result of gas ionization, a sudden drop in the instability growth rate occurs below a critical electrode separation, yielding highly stable jets that can be used for nano- to microscale printing.     

Optical solitons to the fractional perturbed Radhakrishnan–Kundu–Lakshmanan model

This study reaches the dark, bright, mixed dark-bright, singular, mixed singular optical solitons and singular periodic wave solutions to the time-fractional Radhakrishnan–Kundu–Lakshmanan equation. The parametric conditions that guarantee the existence of valid solitons and other solutions are stated. By choosing some suitable values of parameters, the 2- and 3-dimensional surfaces to some of the reported solutions are plotted. The reported solutions may be useful in expalining the physical meaning of the Radhakrishnan–Kundu–Lakshmanan equation and other related nonlinear models arising in nonlinear sciences.     

B2O3 reinforced polylactic acid/thermoplastic polyethylene glycol shape memory composites

Recently, there has been a great demand for boron-containing compounds (BCCs) with unique biological properties. The demand for the use of these compounds not alone but as additives in composite materials is increasing day by day. In this study, the effect of adding B₂O₃ compound to the blend of PLA and PEG polymers, which is an important biocompatible shape memory polymer, was investigated. In order to examine the effect of increasing B₂O₃ additive on the thermal properties of PLA-PEG blend, it was determined by using a Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA), and it was seen that while the melting temperature of PEG decreased, the melting temperature of PLA increased. In addition, when the thermal stability of the composites was examined, increasing of thermal stability was observed with the addition of B₂O₃ and a three-step degradation occurred. It was determined that the B₂O₃/PLA-PEG composite was homogeneous by taking X-ray measurements and SEM measurements. The antimicrobial property of the PLA-PEG blend improved with the increasing B₂O₃ contribution were observed from the antimicrobial activity measurements of the composite against 4 different bacteria. However, it was determined that the PLA-PEG blend preserved its shape memory effect with increasing diboron trioxide contribution.