Antiferromagnetic interactions in single crystalline Zn1-xCoxO thin films

In a rather contradictory situation regarding magnetic data on Co-doped ZnO, we have succeeded in fabricating high-quality single crystalline Zn(1-x)Co(x)O (x=0.003-0.07) thin films. This gives us the possibility, for the first time, to examine the intrinsic magnetic properties of ZnO:Co at a quantitative level and therefore to address several unsolved problems, the major one being the nature of the Co-Co interaction in the ZnO structure.     

3-Cyanoazolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazines: synthesis and antiviral activity

Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds - A series of azolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazines containing a cyano group were prepared as analogs of the drug Triazavirin (riamilovir). Sodium...     

Magnetoactive elastomer based on magnetically hard filler: Synthesis and study of viscoelastic and damping properties

This work is focused on the magnetic response of magnetoactive elastomer (MAE) based on silicone polymer matrices filled with magnetic particles of magnetically hard NdFeB-alloy. Viscoelastic properties of MAE were studied by the method of oscillation shear. After magnetization in an external magnetic field of 2 T MAE samples demonstrate more than two-time increase in the storage and loss moduli and 25% increase in the loss factor. Performed study of the damping properties of the materials has shown that the oscillation time of the pendulum hammering the magnetized sample is in two times shorter than in case of the non-magnetized sample. Viscoelastic and damping properties of MAE are defined by magnetic interactions between the magnetized particles of the magnetic filler.     

Kinetics and Mechanism of Thermal Decomposition of 1-(Dinitromethyl)-3-R-1H-1,2,4-triazoles

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - Kinetic regularities and the mechanism of thermal decomposition of 3-substituted 1-(dinitromethyl)1H-1,2,4-triazoles in the solid phase and in dibutyl...     

Underground Physics and the Nonlinear Delayed Barometric Effect of the Gamma-Ray Background

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics - The electronic, magnetic, and optical properties of MnGa2O4 in the structure of the normal and inverse spinels are subjected to an ab initio...     

A Study of the Protective Properties of a Combined Cermet Material upon a High-Speed Impact

Technical Physics - The ballistic resistance of a combined cermet material based on a high-hardness ceramic bound with an intermetallide on a high-strength metal substrate, (TiB2 + NiTi) + Ti, is...     

Translational Motion of Water Molecules near the Interface between Gas and Condensed Matter Using the Self-Similarity Effect and 4D Space

Bulletin of the Lebedev Physics Institute - Abstract—The self-similarity effect during rarefied water vapor flow between two finite-volume vessels is repeatedly recorded with a similarity...     

Ion synthesis and optical properties of gold nanoparticles in an Al2O3 matrix

Single-crystal Al₂O₃(0001) and Al₂O₃(1120) substrates are implanted by 160-keV Au⁺ ions with doses from 10¹⁵ to 10¹⁷ cm^?2. Some of the implanted samples are air-annealed at 800–1200°C. The properties of the synthesized composite layers are studied by Rutherford backscattering and linear optical reflection measurements, and their nonlinear optical characteristics are examined by RZ-scanning using a picosecond Nd: YAG laser operating at a wavelength of 1064 nm. The Rutherford backscattering spectra indicate that the implanted impurity concentrates near the surface of the Al₂O₃. The formation of gold nanoparticles in the Al₂O₃ can be judged from the characteristic optical plasmon resonance band in the reflectance spectra of the samples irradiated to a dose higher than 6.0 × 10¹⁶ cm^?2. The synthesized particles are shown to be responsible for nonlinear optical refraction in the samples. The nonlinear refractive index, n ₂, and the real part of the third-order susceptibility, Rex⁽³⁾, of the composite layers are determined.     

Viktor Anatol’evich Akulichev (On his 70th birthday)

Acoustical Physics -