Synthesis and activity measurement of some water-gas shift reaction catalysts

The effect of calcination temperature on the activity and some properties of low temperature water gas shift reaction catalysts has been investigated. The activities of catalysts have been determined using a fixed bed catalytic reactor. The following results may be deduced from the present study. 1. The catalysts' total surface area decreased with increasing calcination temperature, presumably due to the partial sintering of the catalysts particles. 2. The presence of an amorphous CuO phase within the structure of some catalysts may be related to the desirable conditions prevailing during synthesis of the latter. 3. Observation of a similar trend between the increase in copper crystallite particle size and enhancement of catalyst activities with increasing calcination temperature demonstrates the important contribution made by the copper crystallite phase to the overall activities of water gas shift reaction catalysts. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Monolithic biocompatible and biodegradable scaffolds for tissue engineering

The state of the art in polymeric materials for tissue engineering as well as the needs and concerns for future medical applications are outlined and discussed and brought into relation to recent developments in polymer chemistry. Particularly, the recent developments in micro‐ and nano‐structured polymeric monoliths designed for these purposes will be discussed. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 2219–2227, 2009     

Oxidation and annealing of thin FeTi layers covered with Pd

The hydrogen storage material FeTi has the disadvantage to lose its sorption capacity in contact with impurities such as O₂ and H₂O. A possibility to overcome this problem is to coat it with an anti-corrosive layer which is permeable for hydrogen. In this study we prepared FeTi layers covered with a (4 or 20 nm) thin Pd layer. We used ion beam and sputter profiling techniques, X-ray photoelectron spectrometry and scanning probe techniques to investigate the response of these bi-layers upon annealing up to 300°C in vacuum, air and 10⁻⁵ mbar O₂. The layered structure remains intact up to 150°C. At 200°C in air and O₂, Fe and (some) Ti move towards the Pd surface where they form oxide regions. At higher temperatures thicker oxide regions, presumably along the Pd grains, are formed. These processes are more pronounced for the case of 4 nm Pd. A model is presented to explain the observed phenomena. We conclude that up to 150°C 4 nm of Pd is sufficient to act as a protective layer. For a temperature of 200°C, 20 nm Pd may still provide sufficient protection against oxidation.     

Dynamics of coupled systems

A survey in the form of a review of the author’s research results in the area of dynamics of coupled rotations and coupled systems is presented. The theorem on the existence of a trigger of the coupled singularities and the separatrix in the form of the number eight is presented with a few examples of coupled rotations of the simple systems with debalances. Also, a survey of models and dynamics of coupled systems composed of a number of deformable bodies (plates, beams or belts) with different properties of materials and discrete layer properties is presented and mathematically described. The constitutive stress–strain relations for materials of the coupled sandwich structure elements are presented for different properties: elastic, viscoelastic and creeping. The characteristic modes of the coupled system vibrations are obtained and analyzed for different kinds of materials and structure composition. The visualization of the characteristic numbers and modes and eigenamplitude forms are presented. Structural analysis of sandwich structure vibrations is done.     

Radiation forces of highly focused Bessel–Gaussian beams on a dielectric sphere

The radiation force of highly focused Bessel–Gaussian beams (BGBs) on a dielectric sphere in the Rayleigh scattering regime is theoretically investigated. Numerical results demonstrate that the focused BGBs can be used to trap and manipulate the particles with the refractive index lower than that of the ambient. The radiation force caused by the low-order focused BGBs has been studied under different input parameters and different focus lengths of thin lens. The stability conditions of trapping the particles are also analyzed.     

Substitute Effect on the Structure,Stability of Valence Isomers and Aromaticity of 1‐H‐Boratabenzene

Density functional theory (B3LYP) calculations were performed on the Me and F substituted valence isomeric forms of 1‐H‐boratabenzene. The calculations revealed that the planar benzene analog is the lowest energy isomer. Its aromaticity is analyzed in the light of the nucleus‐independent chemical shift (NICS) and shows that aromaticity increases in F substituted, but decreases in Me substituted. These calculations indicate substitution of BH with BMe and BF doesn't cause significant variation in bond length.     

Focusing properties of Gaussian beam by a nonspiral phase plate system

In this article, a nonspiral plate is investigated numerically by vector diffraction theory to observe the focusing properties of Gaussian beams. Both low- and high-numerical-aperture (NA) optical systems are considered in the investigation. It is found that the parameter of NA and the phase vary rate of the phase plate influence the focal intensity distribution considerably. When a nonspiral plate is used to provide linear phase variation on one half of the Gaussian beam, it may adjust the focal spot considerably and conveniently. Changing the vary rate of the phase plate or the parameter of NA can alter optical intensity distribution; some novel focal spots and focal switch may also occur.     

方解石棱镜分束角高度对称性的设计

研究ｏ、ｅ双输出棱镜分束角的对称性。指出经特殊设计的双渥拉斯顿棱镜产生的ｏ、ｅ光的分束角具有高度的对称性。     

Intensity Moments of Hermite-Cosh-Gaussian Laser Beams

In this paper,attention is focused on the intensity moments of the Hermite-Cosh-Gaussian (HChG) laser beams from the zero-order to the fourth-order.The frequently used parameters such as the power in bucket (PIB),the beam width,the curvature radius,the far field divergence,the M2-factor,the Rayleigh length and the kurtosis are calculated in terms of the intensity moments.Figures show the influence of the mode index and the decentered parameter,which are the critical parameters of the HChG beams.Moreover,the center of the gravity of the radiation field and the symmetry are discussed along with the propagation axis.Finally,the power fraction within the beam width defined by the second moments is illustrated with numerical method.     

13C Nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of cyclodextrin monomers,derivatives and their complexes with methyl orange

Low molecular mass fractions of water soluble -, -, and -cyclodextrin epichlorohydrin polymer products (cdx-Ep) were characterized by¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance. The derivatives proved not to be polymers, but substituted cdx having one or two glyceryl groups per one glucose at the C-2, C-3 and C-6 positions. Spectra of analogous hydroxy-propyl -cdx indicate that the degree of substitution is rather higher at the C-6 position. Methyl orange (MO) was included into nine kinds of cdx having different inner diameters and hydrophobic torus heights; -, -, and -cdx monomers, 2, 6-dimethyl and 2, 3, 6-trimethyl -cdx, water soluble -, -, and -cdx-Ep and ethyleneglycol-bis(epoxy-propyl) ether products. The inclusion shifts were compared with each other and with the dioxane-induced solvent shift of MO. TheN, N-dimethyl-aniline side of MO shifted to a higher field site with the increase of the inner diameter in cdx. By substituting cdx with ether groups of different length, the mechanism of inclusion formation remains substantially the same, but by lengthening the hydrophobic cavity, the hydrophobic interaction becomes stronger, as a better resemblance of inclusion shifts and solvent shifts can be observed.Presented at the Fourth International Symposium on Inclusion Phenomena and the Third International Symposium on Cyclodextrins, Lancaster, U.K., 20–25 July 1986.