Membrane transport of metal ions with lipophilic aminomethylphosphine oxides

The processes of membrane transport of ions of scandium(III), samarium(III), gadolinium(III), neodymium(III), aluminum(III), and a number of alkali and alkaline earth metals through liquid membrane impregnated with aminophosphoryl carriers of different structures were studied. Selectivity of bis (dialkylphosphinyl)amines towards scandium was found to be significantly higher than the selectivity of diphosphinylpiperazine and monophosphinylamine in particular. The dependence of transfer efficiency on the concentration of substrates and carriers was revealed. Optimal conditions for transporting rare and trace metal ions through the membrane were found, and the mechanism of transmembrane transport was discussed.     

Relaxation in polycrystalline ferroelectric ceramics upon the simultaneous impact of mechanical stresses and electric field

The motions of domain walls at low stresses are known to result in the relaxation of structural over-stresses and their balancing, while at high stresses we observe overstress increases and microcrack formation, i.e., the changing of resonance frequencies and emerging of spurious resonances of piezoelectric elements [1, 2]. In view of the above, the influence of electromechanical impacts on ceramics of compositions PZT-19 and PZT-35 are investigated in order to estimate the resonance curve changes.     

Gallium-doped zinc oxide films deposited using an unbalanced magnetron sputtering system

Gallium-doped zinc oxide films are deposited using an unbalanced magnetron sputtering system. The films are deposited by dc sputtering of a conducting ceramic target in an argon atmosphere. The substrate temperature is 150°C. The film surface morphology is studied by scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. As the degree of magnetron unbalance increases, the electrophysical properties of the films deposited along the system axis are shown to improve, and the distribution of the film electrical resistivity over the substrate surface becomes more uniform.     

Ethylene Polymerization in the Presence of Iron(II) 2,6-Bis(imine)pyridine Complex: Structures of Key Intermediates

The structures of intermediates generated by the activation of 2,6-bis[1-(2,6-dimethylphenylimino)ethyl]pyridineiron(II) chloride (1) with various cocatalysts, methylalumoxane (MAO), trimethylaluminum (TMA), and TMA in combination with B(C₆F₅)₃and Ph₃CB(C₆F₅)₄, is studied by ¹H and ²HNMR spectroscopy. The 1/AlMe₃system exhibits a higher catalytic activity in ethylene polymerization than the 1/MAO system. The activity of the latter decreases sharply with a decrease in the amount of AlMe₃in MAO. Neutral Fe(II) complexes rather than cationic intermediates are suggested to be active components in both catalytic systems.     

Freely decaying weak turbulence for sea surface gravity waves

We study the long-time evolution of deep-water ocean surface waves in order to better understand the behavior of the nonlinear interaction processes that need to be accurately predicted in numerical models of wind-generated ocean surface waves. Of particular interest are those nonlinear interactions which are predicted by weak turbulence theory to result in a wave energy spectrum of the form of [k](-2.5). We numerically implement the primitive Euler equations for surface waves and demonstrate agreement between weak turbulence theory and the numerical results.     

Estimation of the underwater explosion depth from the modified cepstral analysis of sea reverberation

A mathematical model of the signal produced by an underwater explosion is used to obtain the dependence of the explosion depth on the argument T_k at which the cepstrum of the signal reaches its maximum. The algorithm evaluating the parameter T_k on the basis of the cepstral analysis of reverberation is substantiated. The proposed method of estimating the explosion depth is tested by experimental data to demonstrate its high accuracy.     

Macroscopic Maxwell's equations of the general theory of relativity

Covariant Maxwell's equations of the general theory of relativity for a system of electromagnetically and gravitationally interacting particles of the form

Synthesis and crystal structure of triphenyl[tris(tetrahydrofuran)]ytterbium, Ph3Yb(THF)3

Triphenyl[tris(tetrahydrofuran)]ytterbium, Ph₃Yb(THF)₃ (1), was synthesized in high yields by the reaction of Yb with an excess of Ph₂Hg or Ph₃Bi in the presence of catalytic amounts of YbI₂(THF)₄ as well as by the reaction of Ph₂Yb(THF)₂ (2) with Ph₂Hg or Ph₃Bi. The crystal structure of complex1 was studied by X-ray structural analysis. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 163–166, January, 1998.