Kinetics of the cis,cis to trans,trans isomerization of 1,1,2,2,5,5,6,6-octamethyl-1,2,5,6-tetrasilacycloocta-3,7-diene

The kinetics of the ruthenium-promoted cis,cis to trans,trans isomerization of 1,1,2,2,5,5,6,6-octamethyl-1,2,5,6-tetrasilacycloocta-3,7-diene were investigated. Incubation of a ruthenium alkylidene complex, (Cy(3)P)RuCl(2)(==CHPh)Ru(p-cymene)Cl(2), in CD(2)Cl(2) for 5 days at 40 degrees C afforded a catalytically active ruthenium species that was shown to be responsible for promoting the isomerization. The isomerization was observed to proceed in two steps: (1) conversion of the starting cis,cis isomer to a proposed cis,trans intermediate and (2) subsequent conversion of the intermediate to the product trans,trans isomer. Kinetic studies demonstrated that the two steps are first-order with respect to the concentrations of the cis,cis isomer, the intermediate, and the ruthenium alkylidene complex. The data were further consistent with a mechanism involving bimolecular hydride addition-elimination during the two isomerization steps.     

FPGA-Implemented Fractal Decoder with Forward Error Correction in Short-Reach Optical Interconnects

Forward error correction (FEC) codes combined with high-order modulator formats, i.e., coded modulation (CM), are essential in optical communication networks to achieve highly efficient and reliable communication. The task of providing additional error control in the design of CM systems with high-performance requirements remains urgent. As an additional control of CM systems, we propose to use indivisible error detection codes based on a positional number system. In this work, we evaluated the indivisible code using the average probability method (APM) for the binary symmetric channel (BSC), which has the simplicity, versatility and reliability of the estimate, which is close to reality. The APM allows for evaluation and compares indivisible codes according to parameters of correct transmission, and detectable and undetectable errors. Indivisible codes allow for the end-to-end (E2E) control of the transmission and processing of information in digital systems and design devices with a regular structure and high speed. This study researched a fractal decoder device for additional error control, implemented in field-programmable gate array (FPGA) software with FEC for short-reach optical interconnects with multilevel pulse amplitude (PAM-M) modulated with Gray code mapping. Indivisible codes with natural redundancy require far fewer hardware costs to develop and implement encoding and decoding devices with a sufficiently high error detection efficiency. We achieved a reduction in hardware costs for a fractal decoder by using the fractal property of the indivisible code from 10% to 30% for different n while receiving the reciprocal of the golden ratio.     

Application of Chromium-Containing Silica for Synthesising Functional Glasslike Materials by the Sol–Gel Method

A new variant of the sol–gel method for synthesising silica glasses and optical composites containing nanoparticles of chromium oxide has been designed. Monolithic gels are produced by mixing preformed silica modified with chromium oxide (Cr₂O₃/SiO₂), with a sol–gel solution containing Si(OC₂H₅)₄, and gelation catalyst ((CH₂)₆N₄ or NH₃). Highly dispersed Cr₂O₃/SiO₂ samples were synthesised through a step-by-step controlled adsorption of vapours of CrO₂Cl₂ and C₆H₁₄ on the surface of fumed silica (A-300) and a subsequent thermal decomposition. With increasing chromium concentration in samples from 0.9 to 5.1 wt.%, the size of chromium oxide nanoparticles increases from 10 to 46 nm. XRD, DTA, TG, IR-spectroscopy and measurements of specific surface area have been used to investigate structural and physico-chemical properties of Cr₂O₃/SiO₂ and xerogels during the course of their thermal transformations up to formation of glasses. A study has also been carried out of optical properties of transparent samples (distribution of refractive index values through cross section of a preform). The glasses synthesised with the aid of Cr₂O₃/SiO₂ have a more uniform distribution of doping constituents and exhibit a larger refractive index in comparison to glasses synthesised through impregnation of silica matrices with a solution of (NH₄)₂Cr₂O₇.     

A TPD‐MS study of the interaction of coumarins and their heterocyclic derivatives with a surface of fumed silica and nanosized oxides CeO2/SiO2, TiO2/SiO2, Al2O3/SiO2

The interactions between coumarins and the surface of fumed SiO₂, CeO₂/SiO₂, TiO₂/SiO₂ and Al₂O₃/SiO₂ were assessed by means of temperature‐programed desorption mass spectrometry. The different stages of the thermolysis of coumarin were identified and an analysis of the underlying reactions was performed. The kinetic parameters of the involved reactions were thus obtained. The decomposition of thiazolyl‐substituted coumarins was found to proceed through a ‘thiazole–thiazine’ ring expansion in the adsorbed state. A linear correlation between the sigma constants (Σσ) of the coumarin substituents and the activation energy of CO₂ formation was obtained. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The catalytic efficiency of Fe-containing nanocomposites based on highly dispersed silica in the reaction of CO2 hydrogenation

Research on Chemical Intermediates - Oxide Ni(80)Fe(20)/SiO2, Co(93)Fe(7)/SiO2, and Ni(19)Co(77)Fe(4)/SiO2 nanocomposites (NCs) were prepared using highly dispersed silica. It was modified by...     

Study of Water,Methanol And Isopropanol Adsorption on The Surface of Titanosilicas of Different Structure

The adsorption of water, methyl and i-propyl alcohol vapours has been studied on the surface of titanosilicas produced by various methods, as well as on the surface of pure silicon and titanium oxides. Based on findings of the studies, it was concluded that the presence on the surface of pyrogenic titanosilicas (TAS) of hydrolytically unstable Si-O-Ti bonds is responsible for their increased adsorption activity towards water molecules. A dissociative adsorption of H₂O on titanosiloxane bridges is accompanied by an appearance of additional groups ≡SiOH and ≡TiOH, which, in turn, become sites of adsorption of subsequent water molecules. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Defects in thin film silicon at the transition from amorphous to microcrystalline structure

Defects in thin film silicon with different structure all the way from amorphous to microcrystalline were investigated by electron spin resonance with emphasis on amorphous material prepared close to the transition to crystalline growth. Electron beam irradiation and stepwise annealing is used for reversible variation of the defect density over three orders of magnitude. The electron irradiation enhances mainly the native paramagnetic defects. Additional resonances are found as satellites to the central line, which anneal rapidly at temperatures below 100 °C. These features are most pronounced for the amorphous material prepared close to the transition to crystalline growth. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Single-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering on a transversely polarized hydrogen target

Single-spin asymmetries for semi-inclusive electroproduction of charged pions in deep-inelastic scattering of positrons are measured for the first time with transverse target polarization. The asymmetry depends on the azimuthal angles of both the pion (phi) and the target spin axis (phi(S)) about the virtual-photon direction and relative to the lepton scattering plane. The extracted Fourier component sin((phi+phi(S))(pi)(UT) is a signal of the previously unmeasured quark transversity distribution, in conjunction with the Collins fragmentation function, also unknown. The component sin((phi-phi(S)(pi)(UT) arises from a correlation between the transverse polarization of the target nucleon and the intrinsic transverse momentum of quarks, as represented by the previously unmeasured Sivers distribution function. Evidence for both signals is observed, but the Sivers asymmetry may be affected by exclusive vector meson production.     

The relationship between hydrogen and paramagnetic defects in thin film silicon irradiated with 2 MeV electrons

After irradiation of hydrogenated amorphous and microcrystalline silicon (a-Si:H and μc-Si:H) with 2 MeV electrons at 100 K, we observe satellite-like components close to the dominating electron spin resonance (ESR) signal of these materials. The satellites overlap with the commonly observed dangling bond resonance and are proposed to originate from a hyperfine interaction with the nuclear magnetic moment of hydrogen atoms in a-Si:H and μc-Si:H. Our present study is focused on the verification of this hypothesis. Equivalent hydrogenated and deuterated a-/μc-Si:H/D materials have been investigated with ESR before and after 2 MeV electron bombardment. From the difference between ESR spectra of hydrogenated and deuterated samples we identify the doublet structure in the ESR spectra as a hyperfine pattern of hydrogen-related paramagnetic centers. The observations of H-related paramagnetic centers in a-/μc-Si:H are of particular interest in view of metastability models of a-Si:H, which include H-related complexes as precursors for the stabilization of the metastable Si dangling bonds. The nature of the observed center is discussed in the light of known H-related complexes in crystalline Si and suggested H-related dangling bonds in a-Si:H.     

About some new integral inequalities of Wendroff type for discontinuous functions

In this article, we obtain some new nonlinear integral inequalities for discontinuous functions of two independent variables (Wendroff type) by including also inequalities with delay. We deduce new generalizations of earlier results given by R.P. Agarwal, R. Bellman, I. Bihari, B.K. Bondge, V. Lakshmikantham, S. Leela, B.G. Pachpatte for continuous and discrete functions. Furthermore, generalizations of some results for integro-sum inequalities are obtained as well.