Development of a Solid-Phase Extraction Procedure for the Simultaneous Determination of Polyphenols, Organic Acids and Sugars in Wine

A solid-phase extraction (SPE) procedure that fractionates wine samples into 2 sub-samples containing sugars and organic acids (sub-sample 1) and low molecular weight polyphenols (sub-sample 2), respectively, together with rugged LC procedures for their analyses are described. Wine is adjusted to pH 2.5 and loaded on a styrene-divinylbenzene (SDB) cartridge. The organic acids and sugars are eluted with 20 mM sulphuric acid and the monomeric polyphenols with ethyl acetate. Glucose and fructose are analysed by normal phase LC with evaporative light scattering detection and the organic acids by ion exclusion chromatography with UV detection at 210 nm. Analysis of the phenolic fraction is performed by reversed phase LC with diode array detection. Recoveries and repeatabilitys for 27 standard compounds (2 sugars, 7 organic acids and 18 polyphenols) are presented. The method represents an improvement in terms of productivity and robustness compared to currently used procedures.     

Singular Integral Operators,Morrey Spaces and Fine Regularity of Solutions to PDE's

Boundedness in Morrey spaces is studied for singular integral operators with kernels of mixed homogeneity and their commutators with multiplication by a BMO-function. The results are applied in obtaining fine (Morrey and Hölder) regularity of strong solutions to higher-order elliptic and parabolic equations with VMO coefficients.     

Diode-laser measurements and calculations of H2-broadening coefficients in the ν3 band of CH3D

Using a tunable diode-laser spectrometer, we have measured at room temperature the H₂-broadening coefficients of for 36 lines belonging to QP and QR branches in the ν₃ parallel band. The recorded lines with J values ranging from 1 to 15 and K from 0 to 9 (K?J) are located between 1196 and 1412 cm⁻¹. The H₂-broadening coefficients were determined by fitting each spectral line with Voigt, Rautian, and Galatry profiles. They were also calculated on the basis of a semiclassical model of interacting linear molecules performed by considering in addition to the weak electrostatic contributions the atom-atom Lennard-Jones potential. The theoretical results are in reasonable agreement with the experimental data, except for high J transitions where they are overestimated and for K approaching or equal to J with J?3 where they are underestimated. The latter discrepancy may be caused by the assumption to consider only ΔK=0 collision-induced transitions, associated with |ΔJ| transitions up to 4.     

Low-Temperature Anti-Stokes Luminescence in Zn1-xMgxSe Mixed Crystals

Investigations of photoluminescence and Raman scattering in the ternary Zn_1-xMg_xSe compounds at 4.2 K were performed both in the Stokes and anti-Stokes regions using cw laser excitation with various wavelengths within the transparency band of the crystals. The anti-Stokes luminescence was observed for the first time in the ternary Zn_1-xMg_xSe compounds. We have found variations in the shape and position of the Stokes and anti-Stokes luminescence bands with an increase in the band gap energy, which depends on magnesium content. We assume that the anti-Stokes emission is generated by two-step excitation via deep-level centers. It is shown that the low-temperature anti-Stokes photoluminescence can probe the spatial distribution profiles of impurities in the bulk of crystals.     

Calculation of Two-Center Nuclear Attraction Integrals over Integer and Noninteger n-Slater Type Orbitals in Nonlined-Up Coordinate Systems

Two-center nuclear attraction integrals over Slater type orbitals with integer and noninteger principal quantum numbers in nonlined up coordinate systems have been calculated by means of formulas in our previous work (T. Özdoan and M. Orbay, Int. J. Quant. Chem. 87 (2002) 15). The computer results for integer case are in best agreement with the prior literature. On the other hand, the results for noninteger case are not compared with the literature due to the scarcity of the literature, but also compared with the limit of integer case and good agreements are obtained. The proposed algorithm for the calculation of two-center nuclear attraction integrals over Slater type orbitals with noninteger principal quantum numbers in nonlined-up coordinate systems permits to avoid the interpolation procedure used to overcome the difficulty introduced by the presence of noninteger principal quantum numbers. Finally, numerical aspects of the presented formulae are analyzed under wide range of quantum numbers, orbital exponents and internuclear distances.     

基于相干散射模型箔条云团散射截面研究

采用箔条云团的相干散射模型^[l]研究了自由空间中云团散射截面与其空间分布的依赖关系,定量地给出了几种典型空间分布箔条云团的极化散射截面与其空间分布参数的关系曲线或曲面,计算机仿真结果表明：箔条云团散射截面因其空间分布形式的不同而有较大的差异,某些情况下,不同空间分布的散射截面之间的差异可达8～12dB之多,通过设计箔条云团的空间分布形状及其密度分布,可有效地增大箔条云团的有效散射截面,进而提高于扰效果。     

散射参考光法制作真彩色全息图

本文提出了用散射参考光制作2D真彩色全息图的原理,按本原理制作的全息图比用散射物光法制作的图像清晰得多,并且使记录激光能量得到充分利用,特别适用于记录大幅面彩色全息图。     

Jerk Influence Coefficients,via Screw Theory,of Closed Chains

In this paper a novel method for determining the kinematic influence coefficients up to the jerk analysis of closed chains with multiple degrees of freedom by means of screw theory, also known as motor algebra, is introduced. A closed chain is obtained by rigidly attaching the end-effector of a serial chain to the base link. This condition ensures that the velocity, acceleration, and jerk, both angular and of any point fixed to the end-effector are zero. Afterwards, a comparison between the kinematic equations of motion, up to the jerk analysis, obtained by traditional methods with those obtained by means of screw theory reveals the corresponding influence coefficients associated to the generalized coordinates employed to represent the motion of the closed chain. Finally, a numerical example is provided. Sommario. In questo lavoro viene proposto un nuovo metodo per la determinazione dei coefficienti che consentono di sviluppare l'analisi cinematica (jerk incluso) di catene chiuse a molti gradi di liberta' per mezzo della screw theory o algebra dei moti spaziali. La catena chiusa e' ottenuta attaccando rigidamente l'end-effector di una catena seriale al membro di base. Questa condizione assicura che velocita' accelerazione e jerk, sia nel moto angolare che per ciascun punto solidale con l'end-effector siano nulli. Un confronto tra le equazioni cinematiche del moto, inclusa l'analisi del jerk, ottenute con metodi tradizionali e quelle ottenute dalla screw theory, mostra i corrispondenti coefficienti di influenza associati alle coordinate generalizzate impiegate per descrivere il moto della catena chiusa. Un esempio numerico conclude il lavoro.     

Detailed structural analysis of semiconductors with X-ray scattering

Some of the most important material systems, GaInN alloys and quantum dot structures create interesting and complex challenges for structural analysis. This paper concentrates on the interpretation of the microstructure of both these materials, the former to assess the defect separation and the latter to obtain the shape and composition of the quantum dots. The methods used are based on mapping the X-ray intensity in reciprocal space and simulating proposed models to achieve good agreement with the experimental results. An indication of the reliability of these methods is presented.The simulation of the 0002 reciprocal space map of a 0 0 0 1 orientated InGaN/GaN sample yielded a range of dimensions of the perfect regions between defects of 60 and 220 μm. This comes from careful fitting of the tails of the scattering parallel to the surface plane. The average composition within an InGaAs quantum dot has been determined to a reliability of ±3% and the dimensions of these buried dots evaluated from simulating the reciprocal space maps using the in-plane scattering geometry.     

Characteristic variations in the effect of diluents on polymer crystallization and melting observed for a sample of poly(ethylene-co-octene)

Melting points in mixtures of a crystallizable polymer with a low-molar-mass diluent depend on both, the diluent fraction and the crystal thickness. A differentiation of the two factors can be achieved by temperature-dependent SAXS experiments. A corresponding study, complemented by DSC, dilatometry, microscopy and AFM-imaging, was carried out for mixtures of a poly(ethylene-co-octene) with n-C₁₆H₃₄, c-C₁₆H₃₂ and methyl-anthracene, respectively. All diluents lead for a constant crystal thickness to melting point depressions in agreement with Raoult's law. On the other hand, the effect of the diluents on the thickness of the crystals formed at a fixed crystallization temperature varies. While in the presence of the two alkanes thicker crystals form, no effect arises for the methyl-anthracene—as was previously found for the octene-co-units. We consider these observations as a further support for our view that polymer crystallization follows a multi-stage route which includes a passage through an intermediate mesomorphic phase. Under such conditions crystal thicknesses would only be affected if the diluent is still present in the mesomorphic phase and stay invariant if the diluent molecules are already rejected when this intermediate phase forms.