Sub- and above-barrier fusion of loosely bound 6Li with 28Si

Fusion excitation functions are measured for the system ⁶Li + ²⁸Si using the characteristic $ \gamma$ -ray method, encompassing both the sub-barrier and above-barrier regions, viz, E _lab = 7-24 MeV. Two separate experiments were performed, one for the above-barrier region ( E _lab = 11-24 MeV) and another for the below-barrier region ( E _lab = 7-10 MeV). The results were compared with our previously measured fusion cross-section for the ⁷Li + ²⁸Si system. We observed the enhancement of the fusion cross-section at sub-barrier regions for both ⁶Li and ⁷Li , but the yield was substantially larger for ⁶Li . However, for well-above-barrier regions, a similar type of suppression was identified for both the systems.     

Potentiometric titration of hydrogen peroxide with an electropolished stainless steel electrode

The preparation and use of a stainless steel indicator electrode in the accurate potentiometric titration of aqueous hydrogen peroxide are described. The results agree excellently with those obtained by a standard colorimetric weight-titration procedure. The nature of the titration curves, potential changes and the factors affecting them are discussed. Rapid potentiometric titrations directly to the equivalence-point potential are possible, owing to the nature of the titration curve.     

Studies in [3, 3] Sigmatropic Rearrangement: Regioselective Cyclization of 5-(Cyclohex-2-Enyl)-6-Hydroxy-1-Methylquinolin-2(1H)-One

Thermal [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement of 6-cyclohex-2-enyloxy-1-methylquinolin-2(1H)-one (3) afforded 5-cyclohex-2-enyl-6-hydroxy-l-methyl-quinolin-2(1H)-one (4) in 86% yield. Compound 4 on treatment with pyridine hydrotribromide in CH₂Cl₂ gave exclusively non-bridged product 6 (85%) whereas compound 4 by a different route viz., acetylation followed by bromine addition and cyclization gave the bicyclic product 7 (80%). Compound 4 also furnished a bicyclic product 11 (80%) on treatment with cone. H₂SO₄.     

Transport of U(VI) from sulphuric acid medium across supported liquid membrane (SLM) containing di-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (D2EHPA)/n-dodecane as a carrier

This paper reports on the supported liquid membrane (SLM) based transport studies of U(VI) from sulphate medium using di-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid/n-dodecane as carrier. Polytetrafluoroethylene membrane was used as solid support and H₂SO₄ as receiver phase. The effects of various parameters such as receiver phase concentration, feed acidity, carrier concentration, U(VI) concentration, membrane thickness and membrane pore size on U(VI) transport had been investigated. With increase in H₂SO₄ concentrations and pH of feed solution there is an increase in U(VI) transport across the SLM. Similarly with increase in membrane thickness the U(VI) transport decrease whereas in case of pore size variation reverse results are obtained. The membrane thickness variation results showed that the U(VI) transport across the SLM is entirely diffusion controlled and the diffusion coefficient the D _(o) was calculated as 1.36 × 10^?7 cm² s^?1. Based on optimized condition, a scheme had been tested for selective recovery of U(VI) from ore leach solution containing a large number of other metal ions.     

Flexible carbon nanostructures with electrospun nickel oxide as a lithium-ion battery anode

Carbon nanostructures (CNS) with high electrical conductivity and unique branched structure of carbon nanotubes combined with NiO nanofibers (NFs) were used as anode for lithium-ion batteries. CNS works as a framework substrate for the anodic conversion reaction of nickel oxide (NiO). Electrochemical performance and behavior of CNS/NiO anodes is compared with the conventional carbon (C)/NiO anodes. CNS/NiO NF-based anode retains high specific capacity under different current densities compared to C/NiO anode. Moreover, specific capacity as high as 450 mAh/g for CNS/NiO NF anode is observed compared to only 90 mAh/g for C/NiO NFs using a current density of 500 mA/g after 500 cycles. This improved performance is attributed to the highly conductive network of CNS leading to efficient charge transfer. The high porosity, electrical conductivity as well as the branched and networked nature of CNS reveal to be of critical importance to allow the electrochemical conversion reactions.     

Phase-shift controlling of three solitons in dispersion-decreasing fibers

Nonlinear Dynamics - Phase-shift controlling can attenuate the interactions between solitons and gives practical advantage in optical communication systems. For the variable-coefficient nonlinear...     

CO2 laser assisted removal of UO2 and ThO2 particulates from metal surface

Pulsed laser assisted removal of uranium dioxide and thorium dioxide particulates from stainless steel surface have been studied using a TEA CO₂ laser. Decontamination efficiency is measured as a function of laser fluence and number of pulses. Threshold fluence for the removal of UO₂ particulates has been found to be lower than that required for the removal ThO₂ particulates. Usage of a ZnSe substrate, that is transparent to the laser wavelength used here, enabled us to decouple the cleaning effect arising out of absorption in the particulates from that in the substrate and has contributed towards understanding the mechanism responsible for cleaning. The experimental observations are also corroborated by simple theoretical calculations.     

1-Soliton solution and conservation laws for nonlinear wave equation in semiconductors

This paper obtains the 1-soliton solution of a nonlinear wave equation that arises in the study of semiconductors. The conserved quantities are also calculated from this equation. Furthermore, additional non-trivial conserved quantities are computed using the invariance and multiplier approach based on the well known result that the Euler-Lagrange operator annihilates the total divergence.     

Monodromy for principal bundles

Given a strongly semistable principal bundle E_G over a curve, in Biswas et al. (2006) [4], a group-scheme for it was constructed, which was named as the monodromy group-scheme. Here we extend the construction of the monodromy group-scheme to principal bundles over higher dimensional varieties.     

Sub-barrier fission fragment angular distributions for the system19F+232Th

The measurements of fission fragment angular distributions for the system¹⁹F+²³²Th have been extended to the sub-barrier energies of 89.3, 91.5 and 93.6 MeV. The measured anisotropies, within errors are nearly the same over this energy region. However, the deviation of the experimental values of anisotropies from that of standard statistical model predictions increases as the bombarding energy is lowered.