Solvent extraction of no-carrier-added 103Pd from irradiated rhodium target with a-furyldioxime

Summary Solvent extraction of no-carrier-added ¹⁰³Pd was investigated from irradiated rhodium target with a-furyldioxime in chloroform from diluted hydrochloric acid. Extraction yield was 85.3% for a single extraction from 0.37M HCl and ¹⁰³Pd purity was better than 99%.     

Silk fibroin solution properties related to assembly and structure

The impact of physiological factors on silk fibroin solution properties was studied. Specifically, the impact of fibroin concentration, protein purity, cation type and concentration, and pH on aqueous solution viscosity, shear behavior, and surface tension were assessed in the context of silk protein assembly. The results demonstrate that in vitro results could be correlated to in vivo processing events during silk spinning. Rheological properties with reference to the amphiphilic block structure of the protein are described, pH dependency of shear response was quantitatively correlated to the predicted pI values of the fibroin protein, and cooperativity among environmental factors such as pH and salts was identified. Stabilization of silk fibroin solution states by calcium was identified as a mode to control shear sensitivity of the fibroin solution. The cooperativities identified suggest tight control of fibroin aqueous solution rheological properties to gain a window of protection against premature crystallization of the fibroin during processing, assuring safe storage, transport, and finally successful fiber spinning.     

One-pot synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones,thiones and 2-selenoxo DHPMs using 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate as non-halogenated ionic liquid

Abstract

1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate ([BMIM][HSO₄]) as a non-halogenated ionic liquid (IL) was used for the synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones and thiones or 2-selenoxo DHPMs in a Biginelli type multi-component reaction. By using this ionic liquid, the reaction time was significantly reduced and the products were obtained in good to high yields. Also, in this method, the synthesis of novel 2-selenoxo DHPMs is introduced in the presence of this ionic liquid and their structures were determined by ¹H and ¹³C NMR, FT-IR, and Elemental analysis.     

Calculation of on-state I–V characteristics of LDMOSFETs based on an accurate LDD resistance modeling

In this paper, we present an I–V model for LDMOSFETs. It is based on modeling the Lightly-Doped Drain (LDD) region of the device as voltage-controlled resistors where velocity saturation effect is also taken into account. Using the LDD region model along with a model for the channel region of the device, the on-state I–V characteristic of the transistor is accurately calculated. The models for the LDD region resistors can be incorporated into a circuit simulator such as HSPICE which has an accurate model for the channel region of the transistor. The accuracy of the models is verified by comparing its results with those of a device simulator. The results show a maximum error of 1% for a wide range of voltages and overlapped LDD region lengths.     

Condensation of an ideal gas with intermediate statistics on the horizon

We consider a boson gas on the stretched horizon of the Schwartzschild and Kerr black holes. It is shown that the gas is in a Bose?CEinstein condensed state with the Hawking temperature T _c =T _H if the particle number of the system be equal to the number of quantum bits of space-time $N \simeq{A}/{l_{p}^{2}}$ . Entropy of the gas is proportional to the area of the horizon (A) by construction. For a more realistic model of quantum degrees of freedom on the horizon, we should presumably consider interacting bosons (gravitons). An ideal gas with intermediate statistics could be considered as an effective theory for interacting bosons. This analysis shows that we may obtain a correct entropy just by a suitable choice of parameter in the intermediate statistics.