Evaluation the pozzolanic reactivity of sonochemically fabricated nano natural pozzolan

Natural pozzolans are appropriate supplementary cementitious materials in cement and concrete industry. A simple sonochemical method was developed to synthesize nanostructures of natural pozzolan. Chemical composition, crystallinity, morphology and reactivity of the natural pozzolan samples were compared before and after the sonochemical process, by using powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Thermal Gravimetry and Differential Thermal Analysis (TG/DTA). Compressive strength tests were performed to evaluate the properties of blended cements incorporating nano natural pozzolan. Under optimized conditions, the nano natural pozzolans showed a superior reactivity as compared with the bulk natural pozzolan. Also higher compressive strength was obtained for the cement specimen incorporating nano natural pozzolan.     

Scheduling in network flow shops

We consider the general problem of static scheduling of a set of jobs in a network flow shop. In network flow shops, the scheduler not only has to sequence and schedule but also must concurrently determine the process routing of the jobs through the shop. In this paper, we establish the computational complexity of this new class of scheduling problem and propose a general purpose heuristic procedure. The performance of the heuristic is analyzed when makespan, cycle time and average flow time are the desired objectives.This research has been supported by the UCLA Academic Senate Grant #95.     

Dynamics of Entropy and Nonclassicality Features of the Interaction between a ◊-type Four-Level Atom and a Single-Mode Field in the Presence of Intensity-Dependent Coupling and Kerr Nonlinearity

The interaction between a ◊-type four-level atom and a single-mode field in the presence of Kerr medium with intensity-dependent coupling involving multi-photon processes has been studied. Using the generalized (nonlinear) Jaynes-Cummings model, the exact analytical solution of the wave function for the considered system under particular condition, has been obtained when the atom is initially excited to the topmost level and the field is in a coherent state. Some physical properties of the atom-field entangled state such as linear entropy showing the entanglement degree, Mandel parameter, mean photon number and normal squeezing of the resultant state have been calculated. The effects of Kerr medium, detuning and the intensity-dependent coupling on the temporal behavior of the latter mentioned nonclassical properties have been investigated. It is shown that by appropriately choosing the evolved parameters in the interaction process, each of the above nonclassicality features, which are of special interest in quantum optics as well as quantum information processing, can be revealed.     

SCR脱硝中各物质热力学性质的预测

选择性催化还原脱硝技术效率高,有望应用于汽车尾气中NO_x的排放控制.本文采用5种不同的密度泛函理论,计入色散校正项的影响,预测了选择性催化还原脱硝反应体系中各种气体的标准生成焓以及温度从0 K到1000 K时各气体的焓变。与实验比较结果表明,广义密度梯度近似中的BLYP泛函和B3LYP泛函对标准生成焓的预测偏差最小,而本文检验的所有密度泛函理论都能很好地预测气体在0~1000 K温度范围内的焓变,可以用于选择性催化还原脱硝反应体系的热量恒算。     

Phase transition in a self-gravitating planar gas

We consider a gas of Newtonian self-gravitating particles in two-dimensional space, finding a phase transition, with a high temperature homogeneous phase and a low temperature clumped one. We argue that the system is described in terms of a gas with fractal behaviour.     

Comparison of Carbon Dots Prepared in Deep Eutectic Solvent and Water/Deep Eutectic Solvent: Study of Fluorescent Detection of Fe3+ and Cetirizine and their Photocatalytic Antibacterial Activity

In this study, two solvents (deep eutectic and water/deep eutectic solvents) were used for N-doped carbon dots (N-CDs) preparation by microwave irradiation. The solvent can influence surface chemical composition, quantum yield, morphology, and fluorescence of CDs. N-CDs synthesized in water/deep eutectic solvent (DES) had better quantum yield (24.5%) with respect to N-CDs synthesized in deep eutectic solvent (17.4%). These carbon dots were used as a rapid and high sensitive “off–on” fluorescent probe for the determination of Fe³⁺ ion and cetirizine. Morphology and structure of the N-CDs were characterized by FT-IR, UV–Vis, XRD and TEM. Linear range and detection limit for N-CDs synthesis in deep eutectic solvent for cetirizine were 0.08–48 µM and 15 nM, respectively and for N-CDs synthesis in water/deep eutectic solvent were 0.03–50 µM and 10 nM, respectively. Applicability of this nanoprobe was tested in cetirizine determination in serum sample. Antibacterial activities of the two synthesized N-CDs were also investigated using agar disk diffusion method.

     

PANI-Fe3O4@ZnO nanocomposite as magnetically recoverable organometallic nanocatalyst promoted synthesis of new Azo chromene dyes and evaluation of their antioxidant and antimicrobial activities

Molecular Diversity - A new series of azo chromene dyes were synthesized via a facile cyclocondensation reaction of (E)-1,2-diphenyl-1-diazene and 4-aminocoumarin with 1:2 molar ratio catalyzed by...     

Employing of Fe3O4/CuO/ZnO@MWCNT MNCs in the solvent-free synthesis of new cyanopyrroloazepine derivatives and investigation of biological activity

Molecular Diversity - In this research, we synthesized the Fe3O4/CuO/ZnO@MWCNT magnetic nanocomposites using water extract of Petasites hybridus rhizome, and the high performance of synthesized...     

Continuous-wave mid-infrared frequency conversion in silicon nanowaveguides

We report the first demonstration of cw wavelength conversion from the telecommunications band to the mid-IR (MIR) region via four-wave mixing in silicon nanowaveguides. We measure a parametric bandwidth of 748 nm by converting a 1636 nm signal to produce a 2384 nm idler and show continuously tunable wavelength conversion from 1792 to 2116 nm. This report indicates that the advantages of silicon photonics may be leveraged to create devices for a large range of MIR applications that require cw operation.     

Experimental verification of subwavelength acoustic focusing using a near-field array of closely spaced elements

A linear array of closely spaced sound transducers is presented that can produce a subwavelength-focused intensity profile at a distance of a quarter wavelength. This work is related to research on super-resolution using metamaterials in both the acoustic and optical domains. It is designed using the principle of shifted beams, a near-field antenna array theory developed for the subwavelength focusing of electromagnetic waves. Once the spatial sound pattern is characterized for each source, the optimal weights for a minimum beam width can be calculated. An experiment operating at 4 kHz was able to successfully construct a super-focused beam.