An investigation of the proton conductivities of hydrated poly(vinyl alcohol)/boric acid complex electrolytes

Proton-conducting polymer complex electrolytes were prepared by incorporation of boric acid, H₃BO₃ into poly(vinylalcohol), PVA, to form hydrated PVAxH₃BO₃ where x denotes the number of moles of boric acid per polymer repeat unit. The dried materials were characterized via Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetry, and X-ray diffraction. The proton conductivity of the hydrated complex electrolytes was measured by AC impedance spectroscopy. PVA2H₃BO₃ with RH ∼25% was found to be optimum composition that exhibited proton conductivity of 1.3 × 10⁻³ S/cm at 80 °C.     

A novel turn-on fluorometric “reporter-spacer-receptor” chemosensor based on calix[4]arene scaffold for detection of cyanate anion

Herein, a novel calix[4]arene compound, which was modified by the 2-(2-aminophenyl)benzothiazole fragment with cyanate recognition function was designed based on the reporter-spacer-receptor sensing system. The construction was done via two-step reaction, and the desired sensor 4 was characterized by FT-IR, ¹H-, ¹³C-NMR, and fluorescence spectroscopy along with HRMS data. The sensor candidate showed distinct fluorometric cyanate detection by means of reporter feature of selected benzothiazole constituent. In the presence of cyanate, the sensor gave a turn-on-type fluorescence at 482 nm with a large stokes' shift. Furthermore, it was observed that our fluoroionophore 4 is highly selective toward cyanate over remaining anions such as sulfate, phosphate, fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide, chlorate, and nitrate in 10% aqueous solution of DMSO. The 1:2 stoichiometric ratio of the 4 -cyanate complex was given the best fit with Job's plot based on the titration data. The association constant (K_a) of sensor 4 with cyanate is determined to be 1.64 × 10⁵ M⁻². The obtained limit of detection (LOD) value for cyanate anion, 312 nM, clearly revealed the remarkable sensitivity of the chemosensor 4 . This supramolecular method provides a highly adaptive technique for the detection of cyanate and so cyanide ions by current international standard methods.     

Hessenberg matrices and the Pell and Perrin numbers

In this paper, we investigate the Pell sequence and the Perrin sequence and we derive some relationships between these sequences and permanents and determinants of one type of Hessenberg matrices.     

Renal replacement lipomatosis: MR findings in one case

Replacement lipomatosis of the kidney is the result of severe atrophy or destruction of the renal parenchyma, often caused by calculous disease with secondary marked proliferation of renal sinus, renal hilus, and perirenal fatty tissue. Different diagnostic tools have been used to define this entity, with ultrasonography (US), i.v. pyelography (IVP) and computed tomography (CT) used most commonly. We report MR urography and MR appearance of replacement lipomatosis in a 38-year-old man. We think that it combines the advantages of IVP, US and CT.     

On the energy and Estrada index of strongly quotient graphs

In this paper, we consider the strongly quotient graphs and obtain some better results for the energy and Estrada index of these graphs, as well as some relations between Estrada index and the graph energy.     

Exclusive electroproduction of K+Λ and K+Σ0 final states at Q2 = 0.030–0.055 (GeV/c)2

Cross-section measurements of the exclusive p(e, e??K ⁺)??, ?? ⁰electroproduction reactions have been performed at the Mainz Microtron MAMI in the A1 spectrometer facility using for the first time the KAOS spectrometer for kaon detection. These processes were studied in a kinematical region not covered by any previous experiment. The nucleon was probed in its third-resonance region with virtual photons of low four-momenta, Q ² = 0.030?C0.055 (GeV/c)². The MAMI data indicate a smooth transition in Q² from photoproduction to electroproduction cross-sections. Comparison with predictions of effective Lagrangian models based on the isobar approach reveal that strong longitudinal couplings of the virtual photon to the N^* resonances can be excluded from these models. Modern isobar and Regge-plus-resonance models are in agreement with the data.