Cavity formation at indium impurities in bcc metals

The defect formation in the bcc metals W and Mo above annealing stage III and the influence of rare gases on this process were investigated by means of the perturbed angular correlation technique using¹¹¹In as radioactive probe. In both metals a relatively high electric field gradient (EFG) could be observed at the indium site, characterized by the quadrupole interaction frequencies υ_Q=263 MHz, ν=0 and υ_Q=220 MHz, ν≈0.15 for W and Mo, respectively. The observations are assigned to the growth of threedimensional vacancy clusters at the probe atoms with the indium atoms situated in the inner surface of this cavities, thus experiencing the corresponding surface EFG.     

Measurement of the G asymmetry for the γp↦Nπ channels in the Δ(1232) resonance region

The G asymmetry of the γp↦Nπ reaction has been measured for the first time for E_γ = 340±14 MeV. This observable, for which very scarce published data exist, plays an important role to disentangle the contributions of the various nucleon resonances. The experiment, performed at the Mainz microtron MAMI, used a 4π-detector system, a linearly polarized, tagged photon beam, and a longitudinally polarized proton target.     

Mechanistic Insights into the Post‐Cyclization Isomerization in Gold‐Catalyzed 7‐exo‐dig‐Hydroarylations

The subsequent double‐bond isomerization in the synthesis of dibenzocycloheptenes and their heteroaromatic analogues was investigated. In the case of biphenyls, a basic additive completely prevented an isomerization to the thermodynamic product. With electron‐rich intramolecular heteroaromatic nucleophiles, the isomerization was still observed, but the kinetic product can be obtained by careful control of the reaction times in most cases. Mechanistic studies demonstrated that a slow isomerization is also possible with the gold catalyst at elevated temperatures, but much faster isomerization rates were observed with acidic additives. An observed initiation period for the gold‐catalyzed isomerization indicates that not the homogenous catalyst, but a decomposition product of it may be the catalytically active species.     

Thermal and environmental stability of poly(4-ethynyl-p-xylylene-co-p-xylylene) thin films

The aim of this paper was to test the thermal and environmental stability of poly(4-ethynyl-p-xylyleneco-p-xylylene) thin films prepared by chemical vapor deposition(CVD) and to optimize the reaction conditions of the polymer.Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy(FTIR),thermogravimetric analysis(TGA) and fluorescence microscopy were employed to investigate the stability of the reactive polymer coatings in various environmental conditions.Chemical reactivity of the thin films were then tested by Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction(‘‘click' reaction).The alkyne functional groups on poly(4-ethynyl-p-xylylene-co-p-xylylene) thin films were found to be stable under ambient storage conditions and thermally stable up to 100 8C when annealed at 0.08 Torr in argon.We also optimized the click reaction conditions of azide-functionalized molecules with poly(4-ethynyl-p-xylylene-co-p-xylylene).The best reaction result was achieved,when copper concentration was 0.5 mmol/L,sodium ascorbate concentration to copper concentration was 5:1.In contrast,the azide concentration and temperature had no obvious effect on the surface reaction.     

On the calculation of Topological Derivatives considering an exemplary nonlinear material model

In this contribution, a new approach for dealing with material nonlinearities in structural optimization is presented. The method combines the advantage of the calculation of the Topological Derivatives in elasticity problems with the use of meta-modelling for capturing complex correlations. For an exemplary nonlinear material model, the calculation of the Topological Derivative and the resulting difference to the linear elastic material model is shown. An academic example shows the difference between the linear and the nonlinear material model. © 2016 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)