Metal-organic frameworks incorporating Cu3(mu3-OH) clusters

Interaction of 4,4-bi(1,2,4-triazole) (btr) with copper(II) chloride (bromide) in aqueous or aqueous alcohol media led to a series of coordination polymers featuring the formation of mu 3-hydroxotricopper(II) clusters and their integration into 3D frameworks. These unprecedented structures originate in the propagation of trigonal hydroxotricopper(II) clusters bridged by tri- or tetradentate organic ligands. Complex [{Cu3(mu3-OH)}{Cu3(mu3-O)}(mu4-btr)3(H2O)4(OH)2Cl6]Cl.0.5H2O adopts a structure of SrSi2 topology, with eight-fold interpenetration of the coordination frameworks. The structure of [{Cu3(mu3-OH)}2(mu3-btr)6(mu4-btr)(mu-X)X4]X5.nH2O (X = Br, n = 6; X = Cl, n = 8) involves 2D coordination layers [{Cu3(mu3-OH)}(mu3-btr)3]n with an exceptional (3,6)-net topology, which are cross-linked by tetradentate btr ligands and bridging chloride (bromide) ions.     

Investigation of the influence of silver and tin on the luminescence of trivalent europium ions in glass

Europium-doped aluminophosphate glasses prepared by the melt-quenching technique have been studied by photoluminescence (PL) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The effects of silver and tin doping, and of further thermal processing on Eu³⁺ ions luminescence have been assessed. For the glass system containing only europium, Eu³⁺ PL observed under UV excitation is suggested to occur through energy transfer from the excited glass host. After silver and tin doping, an enhanced UV excited Eu³⁺ PL has been indicated to occur essentially due to radiative energy transfer from isolated Ag⁺ ions and/or two fold-coordinated Sn centers. Since thermal processing of the material leads to a quenching effect on Eu³⁺ PL and Ag nanoparticles (NPs) formation due to reduction of silver ions by tin, XPS was employed in order to investigate the possibility for Eu³⁺→Eu²⁺ reduction during HT as a potential source of the PL decrease. The data points towards Ag NPs as main responsible for the observed weakening of Eu³⁺ PL.     

Scattering of surface plasmon-polaritons and volume waves by thin gold films

The specific features of elastic scattering of volume waves and surface plasmon polaritons by polycrystalline gold films have been investigated. An analysis of the relative scattered energy, power spectral density of surface roughness, and integral and angular dependences of scattering of waves of different nature indicates a strong nonradiative multiple scattering of surface plasmon polaritons in gold films. When roughness increases, this scattering leads to an increase in scattering isotropy and to a partial loss of structural information about gold films. The analysis of the scattered energy of surface plasmon polaritons with application of the data on multifractal dimension of gold surface indicates also that the radiative scattering of surface plasmon polaritons depends on both the rms surface roughness and the surface wave propagation length.     

Extended Antipodal Theorems

In infinite-dimensional Hilbert spaces, we prove that the iterative sequence generated by the extragradient method for solving pseudo-monotone variational inequalities converges weakly to a solution. A class of pseudo-monotone variational inequalities is considered to illustrate the convergent behavior. The result obtained in this note extends some recent results in the literature; especially, it gives a positive answer to a question raised in Khanh (Acta Math Vietnam 41:251–263, 2016).     

Use of cyclopropanols as conformational constraints in RCM

[reaction: see text] Sequential application of the Kulinkovich cyclopropanation of carboxylic esters and RCM of the resulting cis-dialkenyl-tethered cyclopropanols provides an expedient route to functionalized medium-sized carbocycles. Subsequent elaboration of the cyclopropanol functionality, such as one-carbon ring expansion, to afford synthetically useful alpha,beta-enones is also worth noting.     

Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Alkoxysilyl Derivatives of Dibenzoylmethanatoboron Difluoride

Alkoxysilyl derivatives of dibenzoylmethanatoboron difluoride (DBMBF₂) are synthesized by the hydrosilylation reaction of the corresponding O‐allyl derivatives of DBMBF₂ with triethoxysilane. The photophysical properties of the synthesized O‐allyl and alkoxysilyl derivatives are investigated. It is found that the absorption and fluorescence spectra of the DBMBF₂ derivatives essentially depend on the position of the O‐allyl or O‐propyl alkoxysilyl substituent. The highest fluorescence quantum yield is obtained for the para‐position, whereas the substitution at the meta‐position gives the largest bathochromic shift in the fluorescence spectrum. Density functional theory calculations of the structures and time‐dependent density functional theory calculations of the gas‐phase excitation and emission energies of alkoxysilyl derivatives are performed at the PBE0/SVP level of theory. Some spectral features of para‐, ortho‐, and meta‐substituted derivatives can be adequately explained by the overlapping of two absorption bands.     

Modeling microstructure evolution of binary systems subjected to irradiation and mechanical loading

We study a change in mechanical properties of binary systems subjected to irradiation influence described by ballistic flux of atomic mixing having regular and stochastic contributions. By using numerical modeling based on the phase field approach we study dynamics of deformation fields in a previously irradiated system and in the binary system deformed during irradiation. An influence of both deterministic and stochastic components of ballistic flux onto both yield strength and ultimate strength is studied. We have found that degradation of mechanical properties relates to the formation of percolating clusters of shear bands. Considering a hardening coefficient we analyze stages of plastic deformation of both initially irradiated alloy and alloy subjected to sustained irradiation. Stability of binary alloy under mechanical loading in the form of shear strain with a constant rate and cyclic deformation is discussed.     

Thermomagnetometric analysis of lithium ferrites

In this work, the magneto-phase transitions in pure lithium (Li_0.5Fe_2.5O₄), lithium–zinc (Li_0.4Fe_2.4Zn_0.2O₄) and lithium–titanium (Li_0.6Fe_2.2Ti_0.2O₄) ferrites were studied by the thermogravimetric analysis in magnetic field, which is known as the thermomagnetometry method. The ferrites were prepared by the solid-state synthesis from oxides and carbonates. The Curie point of magnetic phase in ferrites and their composite mixtures was determined from the derivative thermogravimetric curve in the region of ferrite mass change associated with the ferrimagnet–paramagnet transition in the magnetic phase. The method based on the analysis of ferrite mass change at Curie temperature was developed to estimate the ferrite phase concentrations in composite magnetic materials.

     

The kinetics of structural relaxation of bulk and ribbon glassy Pd40Cu30N10P20 monitored by resistance and density measurements

Density and in situ high precision electrical resistance measurements on bulk and ribbon glassy Pd₄₀Cu₃₀Ni₁₀P₂₀ in the initial state, after cold rolling and quenching from the supercooled liquid state are performed. Three relaxation stages resulting in different signs of the electrical resistance relaxation are determined. It is shown that the resistance change upon structural relaxation is predominantly controlled by the resistivity relaxation while the volume change has a minor effect on the resistance. Cold rolling has a complex impact on the electrical relaxation similar to the effect of plastic deformation on the dislocation anelasticity in crystals. Quenching of fully relaxed samples from the supercooled liquid state recovers structural relaxation and the amount of the resistance relaxation can be several times bigger than that in the initial state. It is concluded that relaxation of the electrical resistance as dependent on different conditions (bulk/ribbon samples, thermocycling, rolling and the parameters of quenching from the supercooled liquid state) is rather complex but it is unlikely that the degree of the relaxation is governed by the amount of the free volume. This conclusion agrees with the established fact of equal density of initial glassy and crystallized bulk samples and earlier findings of nearly equal shear viscosity of bulk and ribbon samples different by four orders of magnitude in the production quenching rate.     

Contribution of Aqueous Component to Technogenic Waters in Technogenic Mining Systems of the Dalnegorsk District

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - The influence of the aqueous component on the formation of slurry and drainage waters during the dry period, snowmelt, and heavy rains in the mining...