Long-wavelength optical phonons in the ZnTe/Zn<Subscript>0.8</Subscript>Cd<Subscript>0.2</Subscript>Te superlattice

The lattice IR reflection spectra of a ZnTe/Zn_0.8Cd_0.2Te superlattice measured at temperatures of 300 and 10 K are analyzed. The ZnTe/Zn_0.8Cd_0.2Te superlattice is grown by molecular-beam epitaxy on a GaAs substrate with a ZnTe buffer layer. It is found that the lattice IR reflection spectra of the studied structure exhibit only one reflection band. Dispersion analysis of the experimental spectrum has revealed the presence of one lattice TO mode close in frequency to the mode of pure ZnTe. This result is explained by a shift in the frequency of the lattice modes of the ZnTe and Zn_0.8Cd_0.2Te layers of the superlattice toward each other. In turn, this shift is caused by internal elastic stresses in the superlattice due to a mismatch between the lattice parameters of the materials of these layers.     

Beryllium (boron) clustering quest in relativistic multifragmentation (BECQUEREL Project)

A physical program of irradiation of emulsions in beams of relativistic nuclei named the BECQUEREL Project is reviewed. It is destined to study in detail the processes of relativistic fragmentation of light radioactive and stable nuclei. The expected results would make it possible to answer some topical questions concerning the cluster structure of light nuclei. Owing to the best spatial resolution, the nuclear emulsions would enable one to obtain unique and evident results. The most important irradiations will be performed in the secondary beams of He, Be, B, C, and N radioactive nuclei formed on the basis of JINR Nuclotron beams of stable nuclei. We present results on the charged state topology of relativistic fragmentation of the ¹⁰B nucleus at low energy-momentum transfers as the first step of the research.     

Solid-phase approach towards the synthesis of functionalized imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazol-2-ones

The solid-phase synthesis of a series of imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazol-2-ones, an interesting 5,5-fused ring system, based on diverse set of hydrazine acids and malanonitriles is described. The method involves formation of 5-aminopyrazoles on solid support and subsequent cyclizative cleavage off the resin. Compounds were obtained in acceptable to excellent yields and are suitable for biological evaluation without further purification.     

Crystallographic report: A new polymorph for bis[bis(N,N‐dibenzyldithiocarbamato)cadmium(II)]

The title compound is a centrosymmetric dimer with each cadmium in a distorted CdS₅ square pyramidal geometry. The Cd–S bond distances range from 2.5626(11) to 2.8459(11) Å. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Gas-Chromatographic Study of the Polarity and Selectivity of Nematic Liquid Crystals

The sorption properties of stationary phases based on nematic p-substituted azoxybenzenes were studied. Correlations were revealed between the structural selectivity of mesogens, chemical nature of terminal substituents, capability for dispersion interactions and polarity of the sorbents, temperature gradient of the retention indices, and thermodynamic parameters of solution of xylene isomers in the sorbents.     

On the equivalence of linear equations under nonlocal transformation

Linear nth order (n?3) ordinary differential equations have been shown to possess n+1, n+2 or n+4 Lie point symmetries. Each class contains equations which are equivalent under point transformation. By taking the example of third order equations, we show that all linear equations are equivalent if the class of transformation is broadened to include nonlocal transformations and hence the representative of this class of equations is y⁽ⁿ⁾=0.     

Amorphization of Al32Ge68 in a slow heating run studied by NMR

Amorphization of Al₃₂Ge₆₈ at normal pressure, starting from the thermobarically quenched high-pressure crystalline metallic γ-phase, was studied in a slow heating run by performing NMR field-sweep experiments. In the temperature interval from 77 to 300 K the ²⁷Al central line exhibits a continuous broadening and a positive frequency shift. Close to 300 K rather abrupt changes were observed, where the shift changed its sign, and the line width jumped to its highest value. The discontinuous course of the phase changes indicates that the amorphization process proceeds via a sequence of intermediate metastable states, which can be ‘overheated’ in a slow heating run and consequently transform in an explosion-like manner to the final amorphous state at a well-defined temperature. The frequency shift could be decomposed into the negative second-order quadrupolar shift and the positive Knight shift. The change of the shift sign from positive to negative at 300 K reflects the vanishing tendency of the Knight shift upon heating and is compatible with the conduction-electron localization upon structure amorphization.