Experimental characterization of transition to chaos in the presence of noise

Transition to chaos in the presence of noise is an important problem in nonlinear and statistical physics. Recently, a scaling law has been theoretically predicted which relates the Lyapunov exponent to the noise variation near the transition. Here we present experimental observation of noise-induced chaos in an electronic circuit and obtain the fundamental scaling law characterizing the transition. The experimentally obtained scaling exponent agrees very well with that predicted by theory.     

Tritium recovery from co-deposited layers using 193-nm laser

Recovery of tritium from co-deposited layers formed in deuterium–tritium plasma operations of the TFTR (Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor) was investigated by the use of an ArF excimer laser operating at the wavelength of 193 nm. At the laser energy density of 0.1 J/cm², a transient spike of the tritium-release rate was observed at initial irradiation. Hydrogen isotopes were released in the form of hydrogen-isotope molecules during the laser irradiation in vacuum, suggesting that tritium can be recovered readily from the released gases. In a second experiment, hydrogen (tritium) recovery from the co-deposited layers on JT-60 tiles that had experienced hydrogen-plasma operations was investigated by laser ablation with a focused beam of the excimer laser. The removal rate of the co-deposited layers was quite low when the laser energy density was smaller than the ablation threshold (1.0 J/cm²), but reached 1.1 μm/pulse at the laser energy density of 7.6 J/cm². The effective absorption coefficient in the co-deposited layers at the laser wavelength was determined to be 1.9 μm^-1. The temperature of the surface during the irradiation at the laser energy density of 0.5 J/cm² was measured on the basis of Planck’s law of radiation, and the maximum temperature during the irradiation decreased from 3570 K at the initial irradiation to 2550 K at the 1000th pulse of the irradiation. Received: 5 August 2002 / Accepted: 7 August 2002 / Published online: 28 October 2002 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author. Fax: +81-29/2825917, E-mail: shu@tpl.tokai.jaeri.go.jp     

A tandem metal carbene cyclization-cycloaddition approach to the pseudolaric acids

An approach toward the synthesis of the antifungal and cytotoxic pseudolaric acids based on the tandem metal carbene cyclization-cycloaddition reaction is described. Using this strategy, the advanced intermediate 3a bearing three of the four stereocenters of the target molecules has been synthesized. The substrate-controlled diastereoselectivity of the tandem carbene cyclization-cycloaddition was preferential for the undesired diastereomer, but reagent control through the use of Hashimoto's chiral rhodium catalyst Rh(2)(S-BPTV)(4) reversed the selectivity in favor of 3a. Ring opening of the oxabicyclic nucleus to give a hydroxycycloheptene has been demonstrated in a model study.     

Rapid,high yield,solution-mediated transformation of polycrystalline selenium powder into single-crystal nanowires

Single-crystal selenium nanowires were successfully synthesized for the first time by a convenient solution-mediated transformation of polycrystalline powder, and characterized by SEM, XRD, TEM and HRTEM.     

Protonation and bromination of an osmabenzyne: reactions leading to the formation of new metallabenzynes

The reactivities of benzynes and metal-carbyne complexes are normally associated with the triple bond units. However, we have now found that electrophiles do not attack the formal osmium-carbon triple bond of osmabenzyne complex 1. Instead, 1 undergoes electrophilic substitution reactions-the typical reactions of aromatic systems.     

A chemically modified carbon paste electrode with d-lactate dehydrogenase and alanine aminotranferase enzyme sequences for d-lactic acid analysis

An amperometric biosensor was constructed for the analysis of d-lactic acid based on immobilizing d-lactate dehydrogenase(d-LDH), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), NAD(+), a redox polymer and polyethylenimine in carbon paste. The effect of addition of ALT in the paste, using enzyme sequences of ALT/d-LDH, was insignificant for d-lactic acid analysis. The responses of d-lactic acid in ALT/d-LDH paste electrode are the same as those in d-LDH paste electrode. However, the interference effect of pyruvate in the sample can be substantially reduced if sodium glutamate was applied in the carrier solution. When ALT immobilized in control porous glass as an immobilized enzyme reactor (IMER) was mounted in flow injection analysis system with the d-LDH paste electrode as detector for d-lactate analysis, the interference of the pyruvate can be significantly eliminated. The adverse effect of pyruvate in the samples for d-lactic acid analysis was reduced more effectively in ALT IMER with d-LDH electrode than in ALT/d-LDH electrode.