Classification of live, untethered zooplankton from observations of multiple-angle acoustic scatter

A broadband, multiple-angle acoustic array was used to classify millimeter to centimeter sized live zooplankton in a laboratory tank. Reflections in the frequency range from 1.5 to 2.5 MHz were recorded from untethered 1-4 mm calanoid copepods and 8-12 mm mysids over an angular range of 0 degrees -47 degrees . A synchronized, coregistered video system recorded animal location and orientation. To highlight differences between animals, a frequency correlation matrix was computed from the observed wide-band power spectra of the scattered sound. Significant differences in the slopes and shapes of the eigenvalue spectra of this matrix were found for mysids versus copepods. These results support the idea that broadband, multiple-angle scatter can be used to classify organisms of different sizes and shapes.     

On distributive residuated groupoids

In this note we extend the well-known fact (see [1], p. 45) that an implicative (or Brouwerian) lattice is distributive to a large class of residuated groupoids.     

First example of high loaded polymer-stabilized nanoclusters immobilized on hydrotalcite: effects in alkyne hydrogenation

Poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone)-stabilized Pd-nanoclusters, for the first time exclusively supported on the hydrotalcite lateral surface, showed a remarkable catalytic performance in the selective hydrogenation of 3-hexyn-1-ol, which can be ascribed to both the influence of the protecting polymer PVP as well as the nature of the support.     

A Single Bioinspired Hexameric Nickel Catechol–Alloxazine Catalyst Combines Metal and Radical Mechanisms for Alkene Hydrosilylation

Mechanisms combining organic radicals and metallic intermediates hold strong potential in homogeneous catalysis. Such activation modes require careful optimization of two interconnected processes: one for the generation of radicals and one for their productive integration towards the final product. We report that a bioinspired polymetallic nickel complex can combine ligand- and metal-centered reactivities to perform fast hydrosilylation of alkenes under mild conditions through an unusual dual radical- and metal-based mechanism. This earth-abundant polymetallic complex incorporating a catechol-alloxazine motif as redox-active ligand operates at low catalyst loading (0.25 mol%) and generates silyl radicals and a nickel-hydride intermediate through a hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) step. Evidence of an isomerization sequence enabling terminal hydrosilylation of internal alkenes points towards the involvement of the nickel-hydride species in chain walking. This single catalyst promotes a hybrid pathway by combining synergistically ligand and metal participation in both inner- and outer- sphere processes.