Entropy and dynamics of water in hydration layers of a bilayer

We compute the entropy and transport properties of water in the hydration layer of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer by using a recently developed theoretical scheme [two-phase thermodynamic model, termed as 2PT method; S.-T. Lin et al., J. Chem. Phys. 119, 11792 (2003)] based on the translational and rotational velocity autocorrelation functions and their power spectra. The weights of translational and rotational power spectra shift from higher to lower frequency as one goes from the bilayer interface to the bulk. Water molecules near the bilayer head groups have substantially lower entropy (48.36 J/mol/K) than water molecules in the intermediate region (51.36 J/mol/K), which have again lower entropy than the molecules (60.52 J/mol/K) in bulk. Thus, the entropic contribution to the free energy change (TΔS) of transferring an interface water molecule to the bulk is 3.65 kJ/mol and of transferring intermediate water to the bulk is 2.75 kJ/mol at 300 K, which is to be compared with 6.03 kJ/mol for melting of ice at 273 K. The translational diffusion of water in the vicinity of the head groups is found to be in a subdiffusive regime and the rotational diffusion constant increases going away from the interface. This behavior is supported by the slower reorientational relaxation of the dipole vector and OH bond vector of interfacial water. The ratio of reorientational relaxation time for Legendre polynomials of order 1 and 2 is approximately 2 for interface, intermediate, and bulk water, indicating the presence of jump dynamics in these water molecules.     

A Dark Energy Model with Generalized Uncertainty Principle in the Emergent, Intermediate and Logamediate Scenarios of the Universe

This work is motivated by the work of Kim et al. (Mod. Phys. Lett. A 23:3049, 2008), which considered the equation of state parameter for the new agegraphic dark energy based on generalized uncertainty principle coexisting with dark matter without interaction. In this work, we have considered the same dark energy interacting with dark matter in emergent, intermediate and logamediate scenarios of the universe. Also, we have investigated the statefinder, kerk and lerk parameters in all three scenarios under this interaction. The energy density and pressure for the new agegraphic dark energy based on generalized uncertainty principle have been calculated and their behaviors have been investigated. The evolution of the equation of state parameter has been analyzed in the interacting and non-interacting situations in all the three scenarios. The graphical analysis shows that the dark energy behaves like quintessence era for logamediate expansion and phantom era for emergent and intermediate expansions of the universe.     

Generalized second law of thermodynamics for FRW cosmology with power-law entropy correction

In this work, we have considered the power-law correction of entropy on the horizon. If the flat FRW Universe is filled with the n components fluid with interactions, the GSL of thermodynamics for apparent and event horizons have been investigated for equilibrium and non-equilibrium cases. If we consider a small perturbation around the de Sitter spacetime, the general conditions of the validity of GSL have been found. Also if a phantom dominated Universe has a pole-like type scale factor, the validity of GSL has also been analyzed. Further we have obtained constraints on the power-law parameter α in the phantom and quintessence dominated regimes. Finally we obtain conditions under which GSL breaks down in a cosmological background.     

Dilaton Dark Energy Model in f(R), f(T) and Ho?ava-Lifshitz Gravities

In this work, we have considered dilaton dark energy model in Weyl-scaled induced gravitational theory in presence of barotropic fluid. It is to be noted that the dilaton field behaves as a quintessence. Here we have discussed the role of dilaton dark energy in modified gravity theories, namely f(R),f(T) and Hořava-Lifshitz gravities and analyzed the behavior of the dilaton field and the corresponding potential in respect to these modified gravity theories instead of Einstein’s gravity. In f(R) and f(T) gravities, we have considered some particular forms of f(R) and f(T) and we have shown that the potentials always increase with the dilaton fields. But in Hořava-Lifshitz gravity, it has been seen that the potential always decreases as dilation field increases.     

Iridoid glucosides from Wendlandia tinctoria roots

Four new iridoid glucosides, 5-dehydro-8-epi-adoxosidic acid, 5-dehydro-8-epi-mussaenoside, 10-O-dihydroferuloyldeacetyldaphylloside, and wendoside, together with one known iridoid glucoside, 8-epi-mussaenoside, beta-D-glucose, D-mannitol and beta-sitosterol have been isolated from the roots of Wendlandia tinctoria. On the basis of chemical and spectral analyses, the structures of new iridoid glucosides have been elucidated.     

Variation of multiplicities of the secondary charged particles on the geometry of collision

The total charge of the projectile spectator fragments, Q_pf is taken as a measure of the degree of centrality of collision thus defining the collision geometry. In this paper the mean multiplicities of the different charged secondaries emitted in the interaction of ²⁴Mg-Em at 4.5A GeV have been investigated as a function of the total charge Q_pf of the projectile spectator fragments. It has been observed that the average number of the produced particles, 〈N^s〉 and the heavily ionizing particles, 〈N_h> decreases exponentially with the increase of Q_pf showing strong correlation with the geometry of the collision. An attempt has also been made to compare these results with ⁸⁴Kr-Em interaction at 0.95A GeV.     

Interaction Between DBI-Essence and Other Dark Energies

The present work considers interaction between DBI-essence and other candidates of dark energies like modified Chaplygin gas, hessence, tachyonic field, and new agegraphic dark energy. The potentials of the fields have been reconstructed under interaction and their evolutions have been viewed against cosmic time t and scalar field φ. Equation of state parameters have also been obtained. The nature of potentials and the equation of state parameters of the dark energies have been found graphically in presence of interaction (both small and large interaction).     

Room temperature ppb level Cl2 sensing using sulphonated copper phthalocyanine films

We present room temperature chemiresistive gas sensing characteristics of drop casted sulphonated copper phthalocyanine (CuTsPc) films. It has been demonstrated that these films are highly selective to Cl₂ and the sensitivity in the 5-2000 ppb range varies linearly between 65 and 625%. However, for concentrations ≥2000 ppb, the response becomes irreversible, which is found to be due to the chemical bond formation between Cl₂ and SO₃Na group of CuTsPc films. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) data confirms the oxidation of SO₃Na group by Cl₂ gas.     

Propagation of surface waves on irregular bed topography

This paper deals with the exact solution of surface gravity waves in an ocean with irregular bed topography. In order to obtain water surface elevation and run-up of infra-gravity waves when the bed is either wavy or exponential, closed form solutions are obtained. Numerical computations indicate that when solitary wave or sinusoidal wave conditions are applied at the boundary, water surface elevation attains near Gaussian profile.     

InSb epilayers on GaAs(100) for spintronic and magneto-resistive sensor applications

Both magneto-resistive sensors and spintronic hybrid semiconductor devices require thin epitaxial layers of high-mobility InSb. Here we study unintentionally doped InSb epilayers grown on semi-insulating GaAs(100) substrates by molecular-beam epitaxy. We have introduced an initial low-temperature growth step extending the work that the NTT group reported in 2000. We find significant improvement in the room temperature mobility for epilayer thickness between 60 and 300 nm. The importance of the initial growth step to the epilayer mobility performance is discussed.