Thapsigargin,constitution of a sesquiterpene lactone histamine liberator from thapsia garganica

The major skin irritating constituent of the root of Thapsia garganica L. has been shown to be a hexaoxygenated-C₆-guaianolide esterificated with four carboxylic acids.     

Carbaporphyrinoid chemistry has a silver lining! silver(III) oxybenzi-, oxynaphthi-, tropi-, and benzocarbaporphyrins

[structure: see text] Carbaporphyrinoid systems with semiquinone, cycloheptatriene, or indene subunits react under mild conditions with silver(I) acetate to give stable silver(III) organometallic derivatives.     

Structural and magnetoelectric properties of MFe<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>4</Subscript>–PZT (M = Ni,Co) and La<Subscript>x</Subscript>(Ca,Sr)<Subscript>1-x</Subscript>MnO<Subscript>3</Subscript>–PZT multilayer composites

Thick-film layered magnetoelectric composites consisting of ferromagnetic and ferroelectric phases have been synthesized with nickel ferrite (NFO), cobalt ferrite, La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃ (LSMO), or La_0.7Ca_0.3MnO₃ (LCMO) and lead zirconate titanate (PZT). Structural, magnetic, and ferromagnetic resonance characterization shows evidence for defect-free ferrites, but deterioration of manganite parameters. The resistivity and dielectric constants are smaller than expected values. The magnetoelectric effect (ME) is stronger in ferrite–PZT than in manganite–PZT. The ME voltage coefficient _E at room temperature is the highest in NFO–PZT and the smallest for LCMO–PZT. The transverse ME effect is an order of magnitude stronger than the longitudinal effect. The magnitude of _E correlates well with magnetic permeability for the ferrites. PACS 75.80.+q; 75.70.Gg; 75.60.-d     

Preparation of a novel diphosphine-palladium macrocyclic complex possessing a molecular recognition site. Oxidative addition studies

A disphosphine-palladium(0) complex capable of recognising barbiturates has been prepared. Oxidative addition studies with a barbitiurate:aryl iodide conjugate provided new Pd(ii) complexes where the positioning of the Pd-bound aryl group is controlled by the molecular recognition event.     

Improved convergence in block copolymer self-consistent field theory by Anderson mixing

A modification to real space polymeric self-consistent field theory algorithms that greatly improves the convergence properties is presented. The method is based on Anderson mixing [D. G. Anderson, J. Assoc. Comput. Mach. 12, 547 (1965)], and each iteration computed takes negligibly longer to perform than with other methods, but the number of iterations required to reach a high accuracy solution is greatly reduced. No a priori knowledge of possible phases is required to apply this method. We apply our approach to a standard diblock copolymer melt, and demonstrate iteration reductions of more than a factor of 5 in some cases.     

Shifted identical bands: A new phenomenon

The levels in ¹⁶²Gd were identified in spontaneous fission studies. Its transition energies are remarkably similar to those in ¹⁶⁰Gd. From that work, an analysis of yrast bands in even-even proton to neutron-rich Ba to Pb nuclei led to the discovery of a new phenomenon, shifted identical bands (SIB). SIBs are yrast bands in neighboring nuclei (a, b) with moments of inertia which are identical when shifted by a constant amount κ, so J _1a (1+κ)=J _1b , from 2⁺ to 8⁺ and higher to 16⁺. Out of over 700 comparisons, 55 SIBs were found from stable to the most neutron-rich Ce-W nuclei with $\left| {\bar k} \right|$ between 1.5% and 13%, where the spread in κ is less than ±1%, and only four identical bands ( $\bar k \cong 0$ ). As examples, we found for ¹⁵⁸Sm-¹⁶⁰Gd, $\bar k = \left( { - 3.2_{ - 0.2}^{ + 0.1} } \right)\%$ (where the ± is the total spread in κ from ?3.1 to ?3.4); ¹⁵⁶Nd-¹⁶⁰Gd, (?10.6 _?0.2 ^+0.4 )%; ¹⁵⁸Sm-¹⁶⁰Sm, (3.4 _?0.3 ^+0.5 )%. The J ₁ values were fitted to a variable moment of inertia model with parameters J ₀ and C whose values correlate with the SIB J ₁ values. The SIBs are not correlated either with deformation or with the N _p N _n product of the IBA model.     

Visualization of flameholding mechanisms in a supersonic combustor using PLIF

Laser-induced fluorescence of OH and CH₂O was imaged to investigate the flame stabilization mechanism in a flameholder with a Mach 2.4 free stream. Ethylene was burned in a rectangular cavity with two points of injection: the aft wall and the cavity floor. When injected from the aft wall, the fuel came into immediate contact with hot combustion products from the reaction zone under the shear layer. Primary combustion occurred under the shear layer and in the aft region of the cavity volume. In contrast, when fuel was injected from the floor, a jet-driven recirculation zone of hot products near the upstream wall of the cavity served as a flameholder. The reaction then occurred on the underside of the shear layer. In conditions near lean blowout, significant changes in the flameholding mechanisms were observed. Improved CH₂O fluorescence signal was obtained by taking advantage of the long fluorescence lifetime at low pressures and delaying the camera gate to reduce the background signal.     

All-time Morse decompositions of linear nonautonomous dynamical systems

Morse decompositions provide inside information about the global asymptotic behavior of dynamical systems on compact metric spaces. Recently, the existence of Morse decompositions for nonautonomous dynamical systems was proved by restricting attention to the past or the future of the system, but in general, such a construction is not realizable for the entire time. In this article, it is shown that all-time Morse decompositions can be defined for linear systems on the projective space. Moreover, the dynamical properties are discussed and an analogue to the Theorem of Selgrade is proved.

     

Fe-contacts on InAs(100) and InP(100) characterised by conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy

We have grown 4 nm thin films of ⁵⁷Fe on InAs(100) and InP(100) surfaces by use of MBE and studied the samples by ⁵⁷Fe conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy. In the case of InAs, the Mössbauer spectrum showed a sextet due to α-Fe and a further magnetically split component with slightly smaller hyperfine field, which is attributed to interface components. This result indicates that there is a relatively sharp interface between Fe and InAs. On the contrary, the spectrum of the InP sample showed a sextet with very broad lines and a smaller average hyperfine field. This suggests a strong chemical reaction between iron and the substrate, which results in the formation of a poorly crystalline phase.