The measurement of slope using shearography

This paper presents an optical method which is based on speckle-shearing interferometry for the measurement of the slope at any point of an object. The object under study is illuminated by an expanded laser beam and its image is recorded on a photographic plate placed at the image plane of an image-shearing camera. A second exposure on the photographic film is made after the light source is moved slightly. The resulting photograph yields a fringe pattern which represents lines of constant displacement gradients. Theory of the method as well as some experimental results are presented.     

Fluororganische Synthesen V Darstellung und Abwandlung von Chlorfluorcyclopropanen - Ein gezielter Zugang zu Fluorallylalkoholen

Fluoroorganic Syntheses V. Preparation and Transformation of Chlorofluorocyclopropanes. – A Selective Approach to Fluoroallylic Alcohols Chlorofluorocarbene addition to unsaturated compounds is particularly convenient and efficient in a two-phase system. This method works satisfactorily even if the olefin carries base-sensitive substituents. The resultant chlorofluorocyclopropanes can be ring-opened by silver-salt assisted acetolysis affording 2-fluorallylacetates, which yield 2-fluorallylic alcohols upon saponification.     

Fluororganische Synthesen IV, 1-Fluor-1-organyl-cyclopropane und andere Cyclopropan-Derivate durch Anlagerungsreaktion von «Nachfolge-Carbenen»

Fluoroorganic Syntheses IV: 1-Fluoro-1-organyl-cyclopropanes and other Cyclopropane Derivatives by Addition of ?Successor-Carbenes”? Treatment of chlorodifluormethane or dichlorodifluoromethane with methyllithium in the presence of an olefin affords 1-fluoro-1-methylcyclopropanes in fair yields. Depending on the particular reaction conditions, 1,1-difluorocyclopropanes, 1,1-dimethylcyclopropanes and 1-chloro-1-methylcyclopropanes may be obtained as well. Butyllithium and phenyllithium give rise to analogous products.     

Étude de l'adsorption électrochimique de l'oxygène sur des lames minces d'or par la mesure de leur résistance électrique

The electrical resistance changes of thin gold film electrodes of preferential orientation [111] with film thickness and potential have been studied. The applicability of the Fuchs-Sondheimer (FS) relation to the decrease of resistance observed at the first negative polarization and the first few potential sweeps for different thicknesses have shown that this phenomenon is due to a surface process, interpreted as a cleaning of the electrodes. The resistance changes observed during the electrochemical adsorption and desorption of oxygen also obey the FS relation. The analysis of the resistance variation with the charge exchanged during these reactions has allowed us to show that the electrochemical adsorption of oxygen, on these gold films occurs by a two-dimensional island mechanism with formation of different structures of the surface layer. The values of the resistivity change caused by the adsorption of 1% oxygen atoms (with respect to the total number of metal atoms in the films) at low coverage have been compared with those observed in other systems (metal-gas, metal-metal).     

Three-dimensional reproduction of shadowgrams

A method of generating a 3-D image of an object from its shadowgraphs is described. Unlike the previous techniques, this method involves a process of phase implantation into the shadowgrams by means of holography. We emphasize the reconstruction of a real image, so that precise measurements of its structure are possible. Results of the experiment are shown.     

Selectivity and sensitivity of a reagentless electrochemical DNA sensor studied by square wave voltammetry and fluorescence

Poly(5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone-co-5-hydroxy-3-thioacetic acid-1,4-naphthoquinone)-modified electrode is used for the direct electrochemical detection of oligonucleotide hybridization. The polymer film presents well-defined electroactivity in the cathodic potential domain (between 0 and -0.8 V/SCE), due to the quinone group embedded into the polymer structure. The detection can be performed simply by square wave voltammetry. This sensor is a "signal-on" device and works with different oligonucleotide lengths, from 10 to 30 bases. Quantitative results from fluorescence are consistent with electrochemical data. It is confirmed that the signal increase in square wave voltammetry is unambiguously due to hybridization. The biosensor presents a detection limit of target of ca. 25 nM and is highly selective as it can discriminate single mismatch base.     

Arbitrage and utility maximization in market models with an insider

We study arbitrage opportunities, market viability and utility maximization in market models with an insider. Assuming that an economic agent possesses an additional information in the form of an \(\mathscr {F}_T\)-measurable discrete random variable G, we give criteria for the no unbounded profits with bounded risk property to hold, characterize optimal arbitrage strategies, and prove duality results for the utility maximization problem faced by the insider. Examples of markets satisfying NUPBR yet admitting arbitrage opportunities are provided. For the case when G is a continuous random variable, we consider the notion of no asymptotic arbitrage of the first kind (NAA1) and give an explicit construction for unbounded profits if NAA1 fails.