Particle shape in thixotropic aluminium and thorium molybdates gels

Summary Electron microscope examination of thixotropic aluminium and thorium molybdate gels shows that one hour after formation they are constituted by short fibrils of small axial ratio. The fibrils of the aluminium molybdate gels, with ageing at room temperature or with boiling, increase in diameter and length; the fibrous shape of the particles is maintained after two and a half years of ageing; all fibrils are crystalline by electron diffraction. The fibrils of the thorium molybdate gels, except in the gels containing hydrochloric acid, change with ageing at room temperature or with boiling, into plates of hexagonal, elliptical or rectangular profile; the fibrils and plates are crystalline and have the same electron diffraction pattern as the fibrils.This work was aided, in part, by grants from Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas and the Rockefeller Foundation.     

The cardinalities of the Green classes of the free objects in varieties of bands

We compute the cardinalities of the Green classes of the free objects in the varieties of bands. We also compare the cardinalities obtained and analyse the “collapsing” of the finitely generated free objects. We deduce corresponding results for varieties of band monoids.     

Surface Science: Foundations of Catalysis and Nanoscience

Journal of Nanoparticle Research -     

On some Nikolski - and Oswald-type inequalities

Inequalities of Nikolski (Trudy Mat. Inst. Steklova 38 (1951), 2.3, p. 255) in L_2π^p, p 1, and of Oswald (Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Mat. 7 (1976), (3.4), p. 71; Theorem 1, p. 69), 0 < p < 1, are extended to the case of Orlicz spaces L_2π.     

The equality of fractal dimension and uncertainty dimension for certain dynamical systems

[MGOY] introduced the uncertainty dimension as a quantative measure for final state sensitivity in a system. In [MGOY] and [P] it was conjectured that the box-counting dimension equals the uncertainty dimension for basin boundaries in typical dynamical systems. In this paper our main result is that the box-counting dimension, the uncertainty dimension and the Hausdorff dimension are all equal for the basin boundaries of one and two dimensional systems, which are uniformly hyperbolic on their basin boundary. When the box-counting dimension of the basin boundary is large, that is, near the dimension of the phase space, this result implies that even a large decrease in the uncertainty of the position of the initial condition yields only a relatively small decrease in the uncertainty of which basin that initial point is in.Research in part supported by AFOSR and by the Department of Energy (Scientific Computing Staff Office of Energy Research)     

Advances in constant-velocity Mössbauer instrumentation

A prototype of a programmable constant-velocity scaler is presented. This instrument allows the acquisition of partial Mössbauer spectra in selected energy regions using standard drivers and transducers. It can be fully operated by a remote application, thus data acquisition can be automated. The instrument consists of a programmable counter and a constant-velocity reference. The reference waveform generator is amplitude modulated with 13-bit resolution, and is programmable in a wide range of frequencies and waveforms in order to optimize the performance of the transducer. The counter is compatible with most standard SCA, and is configured as a rate-meter that provides counts per selectable time slice at the programmed velocity. As a demonstration of the instrument applications, a partial Mössbauer spectrum of a natural iron foil was taken. Only positive energies were studied in 512 channels, accumulating 20 s per channel. A line width of 0.20 mm/s was achieved, performing with an efficiency of 80%.     

New fused pyrroles with rA1/A2A antagonistic activity as potential therapeutics for neurodegenerative disorders

Molecular Diversity - In a pilot study, eleven pyrrolopyridine and pyrrolopyrimidine derivatives (specifically, 7-azaindole and 7-deazapurine derivatives) were synthesised by Suzuki cross-coupling...     

Yttrium aluminate crystals for slabs

The methods of growing YAG:Nd crystals with a flat interface and YAP:Nd crystals with a sharp conical interface are described. The form of the interface was controlled by the He and H₂O content in the reducing atmosphere composed mainly of Ar and H₂ as well as by axial temperature gradient above the melt level. The crystals of 120–180 mm in length were machined to the high-quality slabs.