Toward a practical and waste-free synthesis of thioureas in water

An operationally simple and entirely green protocol for the synthesis of thiourea derivatives by the reaction of carbon disulfide with primary amines in pure water is developed. This reaction is a highly atom-economic process for production of highly pure, hindered thioureas without any catalyst and tedious work-up.     

Analysis of coir fiber acoustical characteristics

Coir fiber from coconut husk is an important agricultural waste in Malaysia. Acoustic absorption coefficient of the fiber as a porous material is studied in this paper. Two types of fiber are investigated, fresh from wet market and industrial prepared mixed with binder. Moreover two analytical models, namely; Delany–Bazley and Biot–Allard are used for analysis. Experimental measurements in impedance tube are conducted to validate the analytical outcomes. Results show that fresh coir fiber has an average absorption coefficient of 0.8 at f > 1360 Hz and 20 mm thickness. Increasing the thickness is improved the sound absorption in lower frequencies, having the same average at f > 578 Hz and 45 mm thickness. Delany–Bazley technique can be used for both types of fiber while Biot–Allard method is compensated for the industrial prepared fiber considering the binder additive. This form generally shows poor acoustical absorption in low frequencies. Inevitably, fiber has to be mixed with additives in commercial use to enhance its characteristics such as stiffness, unti-fungus and flammability. Hence other approaches such as adding air gap or perforated plate should be used to improve the acoustical properties of industrial treated coir fiber.     

Lack of anomalous diffusion in linear translationally-invariant systems determined by only one initial condition

It is shown that as far as the linear diffusion equation meets both time- and space-translational invariance, the time dependence of a moment of degree α is a polynomial of degree at most equal to α, while all connected moments are at most linear functions of time. As a special case, the variance is an at most linear function of time.     

N2O同位素的紫外光解：同位素分馏和产物的转动量子态分布

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Analysis of the AC electrical data in the Davidson-Cole dielectric representation

The representation of the AC electrical data in the complex plane reveal two major classifications of the relaxation processes known as ideal (Debye) and non-ideal (non-Debye) types. The non-Debye relaxation has been empirically observed via Cole-Cole (C-C), Davidson-Cole (D-C), and Havriliak-Negami (H-N) responses. Each of these non-Debye relaxations is visualized with an equivalent circuit similar to the ideal relaxation. Both ideal and C-C relaxations reveal semicircular behavior in the complex plane while D-C and H-N relaxations deviate from the usual semicircular loci known as skewed behavior. The extracted equivalent circuit elements are essentially non-Debye for both D-C and H-N relaxations possessing complexity in the relaxation time. The analytical method of extracting these elements in conjunction with the empirical parameters of the D-C relaxation is described using conventional (real) domain and complex domain. The curve fitting procedure provided extremely small error for the complex domain analysis. The behavior of the D-C relaxation function and the depression parameter β are also discussed using ωτ=1 and ωτ≠1 corresponding to the maximum of the imaginary part of the impedance (Z^*) or permittivity (ε^*).     

Z-scan measurement for the nonlinear absorption and the nonlinear refraction of poly1,4-diazophenylene-bridged-tris(8-hydroxy-quinoline) aluminum (PDPAlq3)

The nonlinear optical properties of the poly1,4-diazophenylene-bridged-tris(8-hydroxy-quinoline) aluminum (PDPAlq₃) solution were studied using single beam Z-scan technique with a continuous-wave Diode laser radiation at 657.2 nm with 10 Hz repetition rate. The results show that the solution of PDPAlq₃ exhibits large nonlinear refractive index (n₂ = −1.7642 × 10⁻¹² m²/W) and nonlinear absorption coefficient (β = 1.12 × 10⁻⁶ m/W). The negative sign of the nonlinear refractive index n₂ indicates that the material exhibits self-defocusing optical nonlinearity. The evaluation of the figure of merit (W = 1.8) shows that the solution of PDPAlq₃ is sufficient for application in all-optical switching technology. These results show that the solution of PDPAlq₃ have potential application in nonlinear optics.     

Polyaniline-coated cerium oxide nanoparticles as an efficient adsorbent for preconcentration of ultra-trace levels of cadmium (ІІ) followed by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

For the first time, polyaniline-coated cerium oxide nanoparticles were synthesized in alkaline media and applied for preconcentration of ultra-trace levels of cadmium (??) in different real samples followed by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. Cerium oxide nanoparticles were synthesized by a microwave method and modified by polyaniline to produce polyaniline-coated cerium oxide nanoparticles. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy were used to characterize the synthesized adsorbent. To optimize the critical experimental conditions; surface response methodology—Box–Behnken experimental design was used. On the basis of the results, pH 8.4, 10?mg of polyaniline-coated cerium oxide nanoparticles, 14.4?min extraction time, and 4.3?min desorption time were selected as the optimum conditions. Under the optimum conditions the calibration curve of cadmium (??) was linear in the range of 0.02–0.4?ng?mL^?1 with a correlation coefficient of 0.9976. The relative standard deviation based on seven replicate analysis of 0.1?ng?mL^?1 cadmium (??) was 4.2% and limit of detection was 0.005?ng?mL^?1 cadmium (??). The analysis of certified reference material shows very good agreement with the certified value. Finally, the proposed method was applied for the determination of ultra-trace levels of cadmium (??) in different water, rice, and tea samples.     

Bidirectional Quantum Teleportation of a Class of <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-Qubit States by Using (2<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis> + <Emphasis Type="Bold">2</Emphasis>)-Qubit Entangled States as Quantum Channel

A new protocol of bidirectional quantum teleportation (BQT) is proposed in which the users can transmit a class of n-qubit state to each other simultaneously, by using (2n + 2)-qubit entangled states as quantum channel. The state of the art approaches can only transmit two-qubit states in each round. This scheme is based on control-not operation, single-qubit measurements and appropriate single-qubit unitary operations. It is shown that the protocol is secure in preparation phase.     

An integrated structure- and pharmacophore-based MMP-12 virtual screening

MMP-12 belongs to a large family of proteases called matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) that degrades elastin. The main pathologic role of MMP-12 overexpression was suggested to be associated with pathogenesis mechanism of inflammatory respiratory diseases and atherosclerosis. An integrated ligand- and structure-based virtual screening was employed in hope of finding inhibitors with new scaffolds and selectivity for MMP-12. Seven compounds among 18 experimentally tested compounds had a measurable effect on the inhibition of MMP-12 enzyme. Our results demonstrated the applicability of the developed pharmacophore model and selected crystal structure (PDB code: 3F17) to discover new MMP-12 inhibitors. The receptor structure was selected based on cross-docking results. Here, we report the discovery of new class of MMP-12 inhibitors that could be used for lead optimization. For the inhibition of MMP-12, the significance of its interactions with the catalytic residues Glu219 and Ala182 was emphasized through the inspection of the docking poses.