Studies of silicophosphate derivatives by 31P-->29Si CP MAS NMR

We show that it is possible to efficiently transfer magnetization from ³¹P to ²⁹Si, using variable amplitude CP MAS experiment. This experiment is demonstrated by using Si₅O(PO₄)₆, the synthesis protocol of which is described. From the obtained results, we show that the experiment allows the spectral edition of ²⁹Si spectra from ³¹P→²⁹Si CP, enabling the studies of derivatives involving Si–O–P linkages, such as phosphosilicate glasses, microporous silicoaluminophosphates (SAPO) and bioactive phosphosilicates.     

The loss of tightness of time distributions for homeomorphisms of the circle

For a minimal circle homeomorphism we study convergence in law of rescaled hitting time point process of an interval of length 0$">. Although the point process in the natural time scale never converges in law, we study all possible limits under a subsequence. The new feature is the fact that, for rotation numbers of unbounded type, there is a sequence going to zero exhibiting coexistence of two non-trivial asymptotic limit point processes depending on the choice of time scales used when rescaling the point process. The phenomenon of loss of tightness of the first hitting time distribution is an indication of this coexistence behaviour. Moreover, tightness occurs if and only if the rotation number is of bounded type. Therefore tightness of time distributions is an intrinsic property of badly approximable irrational rotation numbers.

     

Giant Barkas effect observed for light ions channeling in Si

Measurements of the electronic energy loss are presented for (4)He and (7)Li ions channeling along the Si main axial directions at intermediate to high projectile energies. The Barkas effect, an energy-loss enhancement proportional to the third power of the projectile charge at high energies, is clearly separated from other processes. It reaches about 50% for Li ions channeling along the Si [110] direction. The observed Barkas contribution from the valence-electron gas is in fair agreement with the Lindhard model.     

Finite-time blowup for a complex Ginzburg–Landau equation with linear driving

In this paper, we consider the complex Ginzburg–Landau equation ${u_t = e^{i\theta} [\Delta u + |u|^\alpha u] + \gamma u}$ on ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ , where ${\alpha > 0,\,\gamma \in \mathbb{R}}$ and ${-\pi /2 < \theta < \pi /2}$ . By convexity arguments, we prove that, under certain conditions on ${\alpha,\theta,\gamma}$ , a class of solutions with negative initial energy blows up in finite time.     

Derivatives of M(η5-C5H5)2 (M = Mo,W) with alkenylpyridines and related ligands

Reactions of ligands 2-vinylpyridine 1, 4-vinylpyridine 2, 2-allylpyridine 3, 1-allylpyrazole 4, acrylonitrile 5 and allylcyanide 6 with the metallocene derivatives [Mo(η⁵-C₅H₅)₂H₃][PF₆] 7, [Mo(η⁵-C₅H₅)₂HI] 8, [W(η⁵-C₅H₅)₂H₃] [PF₆] 9, [Mo(η⁵-C₅H₅)₂H₂] 10, [M(η⁵-C₅H₅)₂Br₂], M = Mo 11, M = W 12 are described. Reaction of 7 with 1, 8 with 1, 3 with 8 and 4 with 8 gave mixtures of metallocyle isomers resulting from coordination of the nitrogen atom to molybdenum followed by internal hydrometallation; reaction of 11 with 1 gave an olefinic π complex; reaction of either 9 or 11 with 1 gave intractable oils; reactions of 8 with 2, 11 with 5, 12 with 5, 11 with 6 and 12 with 6 yielded monosubstituted products in which the ligand is N-coordinated.     

Endogenous phosphorus excretion by sheep fed hydrolyzed sugarcane bagasse, lucerne hay and citrus pulp

Summary The objective of this study was to determine endogenous phosphorus excretion in sheep fed with different diets. Sixteen male growing sheep, received a basic diet with: 42% hydrolyzed sugarcane bagasse (HSB), 45% lucerne hay (LH) plus 14% hydrolyzed sugarcane bagasse, and 30% citrus pulp (CTP) plus 40% hydrolyzed sugarcane bagasse. A dose of 7.7 MBq ³²P was injected into the left jugular vein of each animal. The P endogenous fecal losses were: 1.69, 2.50, 2.33 and 1.45 g/animal for treatments HSB, LH, and CTP respectively (P>0.05). The type of diet influenced slight endogenous P excretion but altered excretion of P in urine. Endogenous P excreted in feces (P_F) comes mainly from saliva and represents an important loss of P. The estimation of net requirements of phosphorus (P) for ruminants includes endogenous losses, which is also essential for calculating true absorption of this mineral. Physical structure of the feed may influence endogenous losses, altering the metabolism of P and also the demand of this mineral, therefore being important to know how different feeds affect endogenous P losses.     

Cycloparaphenylene (CPP) series are molecular models for graphene armchair edges: trends in their aromaticity and cyclic conjugation are evaluated

Cycloparaphenylene ([r]CPP) and cyclacene ([r]CA) series are models for short carbon nanotubes. It is shown that armchair edges in model cycloparaphenylenes possess greater aromaticity and cyclic conjugation than do zigzag edges in model cyclacenes. According to Aihara’s bond resonance energy (BRE) and Bosanac and Gutman energy effect (ef) measurements, cycloparaphenylenes are twice as aromatic as cyclacenes. The general solution of all eigenvalues of all members of the cycloparaphenylene series is given. The origin of the recurrence of some eigenvalues are determined.