Fluidic shear-assisted formation of actuating multilamellar lipid tubes using microfabricated nozzle array device

Molecular self-assemblies exhibiting automatic motions have received much attention as potential artificial models of living organisms. We have developed a microfluidic picolitre nozzle-array device to form multilamellar lipid tubes (MLTs) under fluidic shear stress, which transformed into different two patterns (yarn-balls and double-helixes) and also exhibited unique self-actuation behaviors.     

Observation of micropores in hard-carbon using Xe NMR porosimetry

The existence of micropores and the change of surface structure in pitch-based hard-carbon in xenon atmosphere were demonstrated using ¹²⁹Xe NMR. For high-pressure (4.0 MPa) ¹²⁹Xe NMR measurements, the hard-carbon samples in Xe gas showed three peaks at 27, 34 and 210 ppm. The last was attributed to the xenon in micropores (<1 nm) in hard-carbon particles. The NMR spectrum of a sample evacuated at 773 K and exposed to 0.1 MPa Xe gas at 773 K for 24 h showed two peaks at 29 and 128 ppm, which were attributed, respectively, to the xenon atoms adsorbed in the large pores (probably mesopores) and micropores of hard-carbon. With increasing annealing time in Xe gas at 773 K, both peaks shifted and merged into one peak at 50 ppm. The diffusion of adsorbed xenon atoms is very slow, probably because the transfer of molecules or atoms among micropores in hard-carbon does not occur readily. Many micropores are isolated from the outer surface. For that reason, xenon atoms are thought to be adsorbed only by micropores near the surface, which are easily accessible from the surrounding space.     

Intermolecular core-potential depth versus critical temperature

Two constants, U₀ and ?₀, characterizing the convex-core potential of intermolecular forces are revised on the basis of a new compilation of virial coefficients of gases by Dymond and Smith. The mean potential depths U₀ for non-polar gases are compared with the critical temperatures. T_c.     

Adiabatic treatment of inelastic deuteron-nucleus scattering

Inelastic scattering of 80 MeV deuterons from ⁵⁸Ni and ¹²⁰Sn is analyzed in terms of an adiabatic coupled-channels Born approximation (ACCBA) method. The ACCBA method is a practical means to treat deuteron plus nucleus as a three-body system. Inclusion of the breakup modes significantly reduces the inelastic cross section. The significance of considering both the s-wave and d-wave breakup modes is pointed out.     

Core potential of intermolecular forces applied to third virial coefficients and transport coefficients of polyatomic gases

The three-molecular cluster integrals for oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon tetrafluoride and the coefficients of viscosity and self-diffusion for nitrogen and carbon dioxide are discussed on the basis of the Kihara convex-core potential of intermolecular forces. For the equilibrium property, the relative size of the core is essential; for the transport properties, the nonspherical character of the molecule plays an important role.     

Attractivity in non-autonomous systems

We discuss some sufficient conditions for attractivity of a closed set by using Liapunov functions and show how to apply our results to the study of asymptotic behaviors of solutions in nonautonomous systems. We also discuss the convergence of solutions by the same idea. These results are extendable to functional differential equations.