Silver nanoparticles modified with thiomalic acid as a colorimetric probe for determination of cystamine

Microchimica Acta - The authors describe a colorimetric method for highly selective determination of cystamine using silver nanoparticles capped with thiomalic acid (TMA-AgNPs). The TMA-AgNPs...     

Some results in BL ‐algebras

We define the set of double complemented elements in BL‐algebras and state and prove some theorems which determines properties of these sets. We introduce the notion of an almost top element and study the properties of these elements (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Equilibrium modeling of xylene adsorption on molecular sieves

The separation of xylene isomers is an important application in separation processes that is based on their adsorption properties on different adsorbents. In this work, the Price and Danner method was employed with a neural network to investigate the adsorption behavior of binary systems of p-xylene/m-xylene, p-diethyl benzene/m-xylene, and p-diethyl benzene/p-xylene and the ternary system of p-diethyl benzene/m-xylene/p-xylene at 130 and 175 °C. The Redlich–Kister, Wilson, and NRTL models were used to determine the activity coefficients in the adsorbed phase. Comparison with experimental data from the literature indicated that the proposed thermodynamic model would best determine surface excess when it is used along with the Redlich–Kister activity coefficient model.     

Ordered mesoporous SBA‐15 functionalized with yttrium(III) and cerium(III) complexes: Towards active heterogeneous catalysts for oxidation of sulfides and preparation of 5‐substituted 1H‐tetrazoles

Mesoporous SBA‐15 was synthesized and modified with 3‐chloropropyltrimethoxysilane and then used in immobilization of creatinine groups, which were employed to introduce Y³⁺ and Ce³⁺ to give rise to two novel yttrium and cerium catalysts: SBA‐15@Creatinine@M (M = Y and Ce). The structures of the SBA‐15@Creatinine@M catalysts were determined using various techniques. These catalysts offered outstanding catalytic performances in the oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides and in the preparation of 5‐substituted 1H‐tetrazoles. An important characteristic of the SBA‐15@Creatinine@M catalysts is that they are very stable without a considerable decrease in their catalytic performance lasting seven cycles.     

Deuterium-tritium fuel impact ignition in the presence of degenerate plasma

The impact ignition model is proposed based on the collision of a deuterium-tritium (DT) layer accelerated to high velocities in a conical target. Simple mechanism, low cost, high coupling efficiency, and lack of the need for Petawatt laser pulses are the prominent advantages of this model. However, an increase in the productivity of this ignition mechanism is an important issue. In this regard, in this paper, the idea of impact ignition using the plasma degeneracy mechanism has been investigated. For this purpose, first, the ignition energy gain and stopping power of the DT beam in pure and impure fuels, by employing both degenerate and non-degenerate plasmas, have been examined numerically. Then, in order to assess the penetration depth and range of the incident beam, simulations have been carried out using a three-dimensional (3D) Monte Carlo code for two states of degenerate and non-degenerate pre-compressed pure fuel. The results imply that the state of degeneracy causes an increase by about 63% in the energy gain of impact ignition. In addition, the degeneracy condition leads to an approximate enhancement of 60% in the energy deposition of the pure fuel and about 67% for the impure fuel, with a mixed density ratio of 1.5%; therefore, the range and penetration depth decrease significantly in comparison to the non-degenerate one. This can be indicative of the increasing efficiency of impact ignition conditions in the presence of degenerate plasma. The results of the range for the pure fuel have also been confirmed by a 3D Monte Carlo simulation code.     

Design and Synthesis of Some Novel Oxiconazole‐Like Carboacyclic Nucleoside Analogues,as Potential Chemotherapeutic Agents

The syntheses of some novel carboacyclic nucleosides, 17a – 17o , containing oxiconazole‐like scaffolds, are described (Schemes 1–3). In this series of carboacyclic nucleosides, pyrimidine as well as purine and other imidazole derivatives were employed as an imidazole successor in oxiconazole. These compounds could be prepared in good yields by using two different strategies (Schemes 1 and 2). Due to Scheme 1, the N‐coupling of nucleobases with 2‐bromoacetophenones was attained for 18a – 18e , and their subsequent oximation affording 19a – 19e and finally O‐alkylation with diverse alkylating sources resulted in the products 17a – 17g, 17n , and 17o . In Scheme 2, use of 2‐bromoacetophenone oximes 20 , followed by N‐coupling of nucleobases, provided 19f – 19j whose final O‐alkylation produced 17h – 17m (Scheme 2). For the rational interpretation of the dominant formation of (E)‐oxime ethers rather than (Z)‐oxime isomers, PM3 semiempirical quantum‐mechanic calculations were discussed and the calculations indicated a lower heat of formation for (E)‐isomers.     

Sensitive,Fast, Solution‐Processed Ultraviolet Detectors Based on Passivated Zinc Oxide Nanorods

Solution‐processed ultraviolet photodetectors based on passivated and unpassivated zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods, in which the ZnO nanoparticles are synthesized by a hydrothermal method, are demonstrated and characterized. Photoconductive photodetectors fabricated using simple solution processing have recently been shown to exhibit high gains and outstanding sensitivities. One ostensible disadvantage of exploiting photoconductive gain is that the temporal response is limited by the release of carriers from trap states. Herein, specific chemical species are introduced onto the surfaces of ZnO nanoparticles to produce desired trap states with a carefully selected lifetime. Compared with conventional photodetectors based on ZnO nanoparticles, the proposed UV photodetectors have much higher photoresponses and faster response times in the UV region. The photoconductive gain of the fabricated photodetectors varies from 26.83 to 2.32×10² for passivated samples, which indicates high gain. The best temporal response for the fabricated detectors is 34 ms rise time and 132 ms decay time for ZnO nanoparticles passivated by hexamethylenetetramine.     

An efficient three-component synthesis of new barbiturate salts

An efficient synthesis of new barbiturate salts consist of 2-aminopyridinium moiety by a?n uncatalyzed three-component condensation reaction of C–H acids, pyrimidine-tetraones, and 2-aminopyridines? in refluxing chloroform is reported. The reaction of pyrimidine-tetraones and 2-aminopyridines with ninhydrin in the formation of new barbiturate salts consist of 2-aminopyridinium moiety is also investigated.     

Multiple Positive Solutions for Semilinear Elliptic Equations Involving Subcritical Nonlinearities in RN

In this paper, we study how the shape of the graph of a（z） affects on the number of positive solutions of -△v＋μb（z）v=a（z）vp-1＋λh（z）vq-1,inRN.（0.1） We prove for large enough λ,μ〉 0, there exist at least k＋ 1 positive solutions of the this semilinear elliptic equations where 1 ≤ q 〈 2 〈 p 〈 2＊ = 2N/（N-2） forN ≥ 3.     

A conductometric study of complexation reaction between dibenzo-24-crown-8 with yttrium cation in some binary mixed non-aqueous solvents

The complexation reaction of macrocyclic ligand, dibenzo-24-crown-8 (DB24C8) with Y⁺³ cation was studied in some binary mixtures of methanol (MeOH), ethanol (EtOH), acetonitrile (AN) and tetrahydrofuran (THF) with dimethylformamide (DMF) at different temperatures using the conductometric method. The conductance data show that in all solvent systems, the stoichiometry of the complex formed between DB24C8 and Y⁺³ cation is 1:1 (ML). The stability order of (DB24C8.Y)⁺³ complex in pure non-aqueous solvents was found to be: AN > EtOH > MeOH > DMF. A non-linear behaviour was observed for changes of log K_f of (DB24C8.Y)⁺³ complex versus the composition of the binary mixed solvents, which was explained in terms of solvent–solvent interactions and also the heteroselective solvation of the species involved in the complexation reaction. The obtained results show that the stability of (DB24C8.Y)⁺³ complex is sensitive to the mixed solvents composition. The values of thermodynamic parameters (?H°_c and ?S°_c) for formation of (DB24C8.Y)⁺³ complex were obtained from temperature dependence of the stability constant using the van’t Hoff plots. The results show that in most cases, the (DB24C8.Y)⁺³ complex is enthalpy destabilized but entropy stabilized and the values and also the sign of thermodynamic parameters are influenced by the nature and composition of the mixed solvents.