Top-down synthesis of polyoxometalate-like sub-nanometer molybdenum-oxo clusters as high-performance electrocatalysts

The top-down fabrication of catalytically active molecular metal oxide anions, or polyoxometalates, is virtually unexplored, although these materials offer unique possibilities, for catalysis, energy conversion and storage. Here, we report a novel top-down route, which enables the scalable synthesis and deposition of sub-nanometer molybdenum-oxo clusters on electrically conductive mesoporous carbon. The new approach uses a unique redox-cycling process to convert crystalline Mo^IVO₂ particles into sub-nanometer molecular molybdenum-oxo clusters with a nuclearity of ∼1–20. The resulting molybdenum-oxo cluster/carbon composite shows outstanding, stable electrocatalytic performance for the oxygen reduction reaction with catalyst characteristics comparable to those of commercial Pt/C. This new material design could give access to a new class of highly reactive polyoxometalate-like metal oxo clusters as high-performance, earth abundant (electro-)catalysts.

The top-down synthesis and deposition of polyoxometalate-like clusters on porous carbon is reported together with the high electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reactivity of the composite.     

On <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">r</Emphasis></Superscript>-closing for flows on orientable and non-orientable 2-manifolds

We provide an affirmative answer to the C ^r -Closing Lemma, r ≥ 2, for a large class of flows defined on every closed surface.     

Spherical T-Duality

We introduce spherical T-duality, which relates pairs of the form (P, H) consisting of a principal SU(2)-bundle \({P \rightarrow M}\) and a 7-cocycle H on P. Intuitively spherical T-duality exchanges H with the second Chern class c ₂(P). Unless \({dim(M) \leq 4}\), not all pairs admit spherical T-duals and the spherical T-duals are not always unique. Nonetheless, we prove that all spherical T-dualities induce a degree-shifting isomorphism on the 7-twisted cohomologies of the bundles and, when \({dim(M) \leq 7}\), also their integral twisted cohomologies and, when \({dim(M) \leq 4}\), even their 7-twisted K-theories. While spherical T-duality does not appear to relate equivalent string theories, it does provide an identification between conserved charges in certain distinct IIB supergravity and string compactifications.     

涉及差分算子的亚纯函数的唯一性

本文研究涉及差分算子的亚纯函数的唯一性问题,得到一个唯一性定理:设f是一个级不小于2的有限级整函数,η是非零复数,a(z)是不恒等于0的整函数,满足ρ(a)ρ(f)和λ(f-a)ρ(f).若f-a与Δnηf-a(n=1或2)CM分担0,则f(z)是整数级的,且ρ(a)=1或ρ(a)≥ρ(f)-1,f(z)=a(z)+[Δnηa(z)-a(z)]eA(z),其中A(z)是一个次数和ρ(f)相等的多项式.     

Synthesis of nanoplate bismuth oxychloride—a visible light active material

We have synthesized bismuth oxychloride (BiOCl) by wet chemical route. Characterization of the synthesized samples has been carried out using XRD, SEM with EDAX, HRTEM, FT-IR, Raman Spectroscopy, PL and UV. XRD and SEM analysis confirms crystallite size varying from 20–40 nm. FTIR spectrum indicates that the prepared material is highly pure and there is no water molecule present. Raman and photoluminescence spectrum of the bismuth oxychloridenanoplate demonstrated strong blue light emission which brings them in a special class of materials which work under visible light exposure. UV-Vis spectroscopy shows very less charge carriers transit time under visible light thus confirming excellent photocatalytic properties of material.     

On cutting sequences of the <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis>-shaped translation surface tiled by three squares

We consider a symbolic coding of bi-infinite non periodic geodesics on the L-shaped translation surface tiled by three squares. Each bi-infinite non periodic geodesic is associated with a cutting sequence corresponding to the sequence of labeled saddle connections hit. We prove that there is a relationship between the cutting sequences and the actions of some affine automorphisms of the translation surface. We also get an explicit formula to determine the direction of a bi-infinite non periodic geodesic by using the corresponding cutting sequence.