Synthesis of benzosuberone-tethered spirooxindoles: 1-3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides and arylidene benzosuberones

Molecular Diversity - Expedient synthesis of benzosuberone-tethered spirooxindoles was accomplished by a three-component 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between azomethine ylide (generated in...     

Microscopic study of electromagnetic properties and band spectra of neutron deficient ~(133,135,137)Sm

A microscopic high spin study of neutron deficient and normally deformed ~(133,135,137)Sm has been carried out in projected shell model framework.The theoretical results have been obtained for the spins,parities and energy values of yrast and excited bands.Besides this,the band spectra,band head energies,moment of inertia and electromagnetic transition strengths are also Predicted in these isotoPes.The calculations successfully give a deeper understanding of the mechanism of the formation of yrast and excited bands from the single and multi-quasi particle configurations.The results on moment of inertia predict an alignment of a pair of protons in the proton(1 h_(11/2))~2 orbitals in the yrast ground state bands of ~(133-137)Sm due to the crossing of one quasiparticle bands by multi-quasiparticle bands at higher spins.The discussion in the present work is based on the deformed single particle scheme.Any future experimental confirmation or refutation of our predictions will be a valuable information which can help to understand the deformed single particle structure in these odd mass neutron deficient ~(133-137)Sm.     

Investigation of nonlinear optical parameters of zinc based amorphous chalcogenide films

Third order nonlinear optical properties of amorphous Zn_x–S_y–Se_100−x−y chalcogenide films have been investigated using single beam transmission z-scan technique at 1064 nm of Nd:YAG laser. Measurement of optical properties of amorphous Zn_x–S_y–Se_100−x−y chalcogenide films prepared by thermal evaporation technique has been made. X-ray diffraction patterns of chalcogenide films confirm the amorphous nature. Optical band gap (E_g) has been estimated using Tauc's plot method from transmission spectra that is found to decrease with increase in content due to valence band broadening and band tailing the system. Nonlinear refractive index (n₂), nonlinear absorption coefficient (β) and third order nonlinear susceptibility (χ³) of chalcogenide films have been estimated. Self-focusing effect has been observed in closed aperture and reverse saturable absorption in open aperture scheme. Limiting threshold and dynamic range have been calculated from optical limiting studies. The increase in nonlinearity with increase in Zn content has been observed that is understood to be due to decrease in band gap on Zn doping. High nonlinearity makes these films a potential candidate for waveguides, fibers and two photon absorption in optical limiters.     

Magnetic and microstructural characterizations of CoFe and CoFeB nanowires

Magnetic and microstructural characterizations of cobalt-rich CoFe and CoFeB nanowires fabricated in commercially available alumite templates were investigated. The modifications in magnetic and microstructural behaviors of crystalline CoFe and amorphous CoFeB nanowires were observed after magnetic field annealing and reannealing of the samples.     

Survivability strategies with backup multiplexing in WDM optical networks

In this paper, we have presented four variations of applying the same routing algorithm for primary and backup lightpaths, wavelength assignment strategy for survivability. The simulation results show that although everything is the same, yet how and when they are applied leads to variations in results in terms of number of connections accepted. The backup multiplexing technique has been incorporated to reduce the blocking probability in all the strategies. The results have been calculated both for the systems that require 100% degree of survivability, i.e. critical, and for those that do not. The variation to be used depends upon whether the application is critical or not.     

Equal matrix languages and Kleene closure

It is shown that the family of equal matrix languages (EML) which intersects the family of context-sensitive and context-free languages is not closed under Kleene closure, intersection and complementation. The family of bounded EML whose generative power lies between that of bounded context-sensitive languages and bounded context-free languages is shown to be a class of unambiguous languages. Operations that preserve unambiguity and certain decidability questions are discussed.     

Phonon dispersion in thorium: A pseudopotential approach

A one parameter model pseudopotential is used in investigating the phonon dispersion in thorium. A very good agreement has been obtained between theory and experiment, especially, in transverse branches. This is attributed to the removal of the discontinuity in the pseudopotential in r-space.     

Volumetric and ultrasonic behaviour of binary mixtures of 1-nonanol with o-cresol,m-cresol,p-cresol and anisole at T = (293.15 and 313.15) K

Densities, ρ, and speeds of sound, u, of binary liquid mixtures of 1-nonanol with o-cresol, m-cresol, p-cresol and anisole have been measured over the entire range of composition at T = (293.15 and 313.15) K and at atmospheric pressure. Using these data, the excess molar volume, V^E, molar free volume, V_f, parameters related to space-filling ability, V_f/V, non-linearity parameters, B/A, isentropic compressibility, κ_S, molar isentropic compressibility, K_S,m, deviation of molar isentropic compressibility, $K_{S\text{,}m}^E$, deviations of the speed of sound, u^D, and limiting excess partial molar volume, ${\overline{V}}_{m\text{,}i}^{E\text{,}0}$, and isentropic compressibility, ${\overline{K}}_{m\text{,}i}^{E\text{,}0}$, have been calculated. The calculated excess and deviation functions have been fitted to the Redlich–Kister polynomial equations and the results analyzed in terms of molecular interactions and structural effects.     

The total synthesis of a ganglioside Hp-s1 analogue possessing neuritogenic activity by chemoselective activation glycosylation

The total synthesis of ganglioside 2, an analogue of the ganglioside Hp-s1 (1) which displays neuritogenic activity toward the rat pheochromocytoma cell line PC-12 cell in the presence of nerve growth factor (NGF) with an effect (34.0%) greater than that of the mammalian ganglioside GM 1 (25.4%), was accomplished by applying a chemoselective-activation glycosylation strategy. Moreover, we also demonstrate that the synthesized ganglioside 2 exhibited neuritogenic activity toward the human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y without the presence of NGF.     

Solvable k-essence cosmologies and modified Chaplygin gas unified models of dark energy and dark matter

This paper is devoted to the investigation of the modified Chaplygin gas model in the context of solvable k-essence cosmologies. For this purpose, we construct equations of state parameter of this model for some particular values of the parameter n. The graphical behavior of these equations are also discussed by using power law form of scalar field. The relationship between k-essence and the modified Chaplygin gas model shows viable results in the dark energy scenario. We conclude that the universe behaves as a cosmological constant, quintessence phase or phantom phase depending upon n.