Development of modulating permanent magnet sextupole lens for focusing of pulsed cold neutrons

Modulating permanent magnet sextupole lens (PMSx) for focusing pulsed cold neutrons is under development. The synchronized modulation of its field gradient suppresses the chromatic aberration which arises from the Time Of Flight method. The strength of the magnetic field, the torque, and the rise of temperature during its operation are studied on a fabricated prototype. Experiments on focusing pulsed very cold neutrons (VCN) at ILL (Institute of Laue Langevin, France) were carried out and VCN with around λ=40 Å were focused by the PMSx at a focal length of about 0.5 m. The experimental results are presented in conjunction with the principle of the neutron focusing and the modulating method of the focal strength of permanent magnet lens with the double ring structure.     

Efficient catalytic insertion of acetylenes into a carbon-carbon single bond of nonstrained cyclic compounds under mild conditions

A rhenium complex, [ReBr(CO)3(thf)]2, catalyzes the reaction of a 1,3-dicarbonyl cyclic compound with an acetylene to give a medium-sized cyclic compound in excellent yield. By using isocyanide as an additive, the catalytic activity of the rhenium complex changes dramatically, and the insertion of acetylenes into a carbon-carbon single bond occurs under mild conditions. A plausible mechanism is that the reaction proceeds via the formation of a rhenacyclopentene intermediate, ring opening by a retro-aldol reaction, isomerization, and reductive elimination.     

Reversible redox behavior between stannole dianion and bistannole-1,2-dianion

The reversible redox behavior between the stannole dianion and the bistannole-1,2-dianion is demonstrated. Reaction of the stannole dianion with oxygen (1 eq) gives the 1,2-bistannole-1,2-dianion which is a tin-analogue of the cyclopentadienyl anion in 94% yield. Reaction of the stannole dianion with ferrocenium tetrafluoroborate (1 eq) also gives the 1,2-dianion. The 1,2-bistannole-1,2-dianion has a nonaromatic nature as evidenced by X-ray and NMR analysis. Reduction of the 1,2-dianion with lithium gives the starting dianion.     

Dispersive-diffusion-controlled distance-dependent recombination in amorphous semiconductors

The photoluminescence in amorphous semiconductors decays according to the power law t(-delta) at long times. The photoluminescence is controlled by dispersive transport of electrons. The latter is usually characterized by the power alpha of the transient current observed in the time-of-flight experiments. Geminate recombination occurs by radiative tunneling which has a distance dependence. In this paper, we formulate ways to calculate reaction rates and survival probabilities in the case carriers execute dispersive diffusion with long-range reactivity. The method is applied to obtain tunneling recombination rates under dispersive diffusion. The theoretical condition of observing the relation delta=alpha/2+1 is obtained and theoretical recombination rates are compared to the kinetics of observed photoluminescence decay in the whole time range measured.     

Preparation of thin plate-like calcium phosphate particles with slit-shaped micropores and their molecular sieve effect

The formation of plate-like calcium phosphate particles with slit-shaped micropores produced from the forced hydrolysis reaction of 10?mM Ca(OH)₂, 3.2?mM triphosphate(tripolyphosphate, tpp; $ {{\text{P}}_3}{\text{O}}_{{10}}^{{5 - }} $ ) and 20?mM HCl mixed solution at 100?°C for 2?h were investigated. The molecular sieve effect of produced particles was also explored by using five kinds of adsorptives with various molecular diameters. The large thin plate-like particles as prepared exhibited a large and sharp peak at 2θ?=?6.929° with small diffraction patterns of β-Ca₂P₂O₇. This characteristic peaks at 2θ?=?6.929° suggested that the particles possess a layer structure with ordered basal plane and the large thin plate-like particles are made up of thin sheets. However, the large peak at 2θ?=?6.929° shifted to higher 2θ value after evacuated the particles at 50～200?°C, and these characteristic peak was diminished after treated over 300?°C. The interlayer distances of basal plane were estimated to be 1.280 to 0.980?nm. TG and FTIR measurements disclosed that large amounts of water molecules exist in the particles. It was also revealed that tpp molecules are not completely hydrolyzed to phosphate (orthophosphate, op; $ {\text{PO}}_4^{{3 - }} $ ) ions but still remain tpp and diphosphate (pyrophosphate, pp: $ {{\text{P}}_2}{\text{O}}_7^{{4 - }} $ ) ones, and are adsorbed in slit-shaped micropores. The N₂ adsorption isotherms for the particles were of Type II and they did not change significantly by changing the evacuation temperature from 25?°C to 300?°C. On the contrary, the amount of adsorbed H₂O molecules on the particles after evacuated at 25 and 50?°C steeply increased at ca. 0.3?<?p/p ⁰ ?<?0.6 to provide a step-like adsorption isotherm, but it disappeared after evacuated over 75?°C. From the molecular adsorption experiments employing adsorptives with different molecular diameters, it was indicated that the slit-shaped micropores possess a width less than 0.353?nm being exhibits a high selective adsorption of H₂O molecules into slit-shaped ultramicropores that are accessible to H₂O molecules but not to N₂ and other adsorptive ones. It was indicated that ultramicropores can be formed by the narrowing effect of residual tpp and pp ions unhydrolyzed in the slit-shaped micropores. The residual tpp and pp ions may serve for the adsorption of H₂O molecules by their strong hydrogen bonding nature.     

亲水作用色谱柱与阳离子交换树脂柱结合分离无机离子（英文）

A combination of hydrophilic interaction chromatographic(HILIC) column and a weakly acidic cation-exchange resin(WCX) column was used for simultaneous separation of inorganic anions and cations by ion chromatography(IC).Firstly,the capability of HILIC column for the separation of analyte ions was evaluated under acidic eluent conditions.The columns used were SeQuant ZIC-HILIC(ZIC-HILIC) with a sulfobetaine-zwitterion stationary phase(ZIC-HILIC) and Acclaim HILIC-10 with a diol stationary phase(HILIC-10).When using tartaric acid as the eluent,the HILIC columns indicated strong retentions for anions,based on ion-pair interaction.Especially,HILIC-10 could strongly retain anions compared with ZIC-HILIC.The selectivity for analyte anions of HILIC-10 with 5 mmol/L tartaric acid eluent was in the order of I-> NO-3 > Br-> Cl-> H2PO-4.However,since HILIC-10 could not separate analyte cations,a WCX column(TSKgel Super IC-A/C) was connected after the HILIC column in series.The combination column system of HILIC and WCX columns could successfully separate ten ions(Na+,NH+4,K+,Mg2+,Ca2+,H2PO-4,Cl-,Br-,NO-3 and I-) with elution of 4 mmol/L tartaric acid plus 8 mmol/L 18-crown-6.The relative standard deviations(RSDs) of analyte ions by the system were in the ranges of 0.02%-0.05% in retention times and 0.18%-5.3% in peak areas through three-time successive injections.The limits of detection at signal-to-noise ratio of 3 were 0.24-0.30 μmol/L for the cations and 0.31-1.2 μmol/L for the anions.This system was applied for the simultaneous determination of the cations and the anions in a vegetable juice sample with satisfactory results.     

Electronic structure analysis of Mn- and Fe-codoped In2O3 by photoemission yield measurements

The valence band electronic structures of Mn- and/or Fe-doped In₂O₃, i.e., In₂O₃:Mn, In₂O₃:Fe, and In₂O₃:(Mn, Fe), are investigated by photoemission yield measurements. Significant changes are observed in the threshold energy of photoemission, depending on the doped magnetic ions, which indicates that an additional occupied band appears above the top of the valence band of In₂O₃ owing to doping with Mn and/or Fe ions. It is confirmed that the order of the threshold energies of photoemission, E_PET, is E_PET(In₂O₃:Mn)<E_PET(In₂O₃:(Mn, Fe))<E_PET(In₂O₃:Fe)<E_PET(In₂O₃). To gain a better understanding of these results, first-principles molecular orbital calculations are also carried out, which successfully explain the observed changes in the photoemission threshold energies.     

Specific uptake of aromatic compounds from aqueous solution by montmorillonite modified with tetraphenylphosphonium

Montmorillonite (MT) modified with tetraphenylphosphonium (TPP·MT) had specific uptake behavior for aromatics in aqueous solution. This is attributed to the extent of π–π stacking interactions between the benzene rings of intercalated TPP⁺ and the benzene rings of aromatics with different electronic states. The uptake order of aromatics by TPP·MT was in contrast to that by layered double hydroxide (LDH) intercalated with 2,7-naphthalene disulfonate. The selective uptake of target aromatic compounds from aqueous solution can be achieved by combining appropriate inorganic layered compounds and modified aromatic ions.     

Stochastic process model for solute transport and the associated transport equation

A mathematical model of Lagrangian motions of a particle in turbulent flows is developed on the basis of a stochastic differential equation. The model expresses uncertainties involved in turbulence by standard Brownian motion. Because the model does not guarantee smoothness of the path of the particle, local velocity is newly defined so as to be suitable for observation of a velocity time series at a fixed point. Then, it is shown that the newly defined local velocity is governed by a Gaussian distribution. In addition, an estimation method of the turbulent diffusion coefficient involved in the model is proposed by using the local velocity. The estimation method does not require tracer experiments. In order to assess the validity of the proposed local velocity, velocity measurements with three-dimensional acoustic Doppler velocimeters were conducted in agricultural drainage canals. Also, the turbulent diffusion coefficient was estimated by the derived time series of the observed local velocity. Finally, a transport equation of conservative solute is derived by using the linearity of the Kolmogorov forward equation without using gradient-type lows.