Visible luminescence of Er2O3 induced by CO2 laser radiation with a wavelength of 10.6 µm

The visible luminescence of Er₂O₃ powder induced by CO₂ laser radiation with a wavelength of 10.6 μm is observed and spectrally studied. The mechanisms for the CO₂ laser radiation’s conversion into the luminescence are discussed. The experimental results can be used for the creation of large-screen devices for displaying, visualization, and digital photo and video detection of the intensity distributions, spectra, and interferograms of laser radiation. Original Text ? Astro, Ltd., 2006.     

The diffraction of plane gravitational waves by the edge of an ice cover

The diffraction of plane surface gravitational waves by the edge of an ice cover lying on the surface of an incompressible fluid of infinitely great depth is considered. The ice cover is simulated by a thin elastic plate. The wave reflection and transmission coefficients are determined when it interacts with the ice cover. A wave field is constructed in the fluid under the conditions that a periodic lumped force and a lumped moment act on the edge of the ice cover. It is shown that as the incident wavelength increases the reflection coefficient tends to zero and the transmission coefficient tends to unity.     

Application of quasi-steady-state plasma streams for simulation of ITER transient heat loads

The paper presents experimental investigation of energy characteristics of the plasma streams generated with quasi—steady—state plasma accelerator QSPA Kh-50 and adjustment of plasma paramenters from the point of view its applicability for simulation of transient plasma heat loads expected for ITER disruptions and type I ELMs. Possibility of generation of high-power magnetized plasma streams with ion impact energy up to 0.6 keV, pulse length 0.25 ms and heat loads varied in wide range from 0.5 to 30 MJ/m² has been demonstrated and some features of plasma interaction with tungsten targets in dependence on plasma heat loads are discussed.     

Axisymmetric Collision Problem for Two Identical Elastic Solids of Revolution

A direct central collision of two identical bodies of revolution is studied. A nonstationary mixed boundary-value problem with an unknown moving boundary is formulated. Its solution is represented by a series in term of Bessel functions. An infinite system of Volterra equations of the second kind for the unknown expansion coefficients is derived by satisfying the boundary conditions. The basic characteristics of the collision process are determined depending on the curvature of the frontal surface of the bodies     

Mark Grigor'evich Krein

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Mark Grigor'evich Krein     

Structural evolution of hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene adlayers in heteroepitaxy on n-pentacontane template monolayers

The growth and structure of self-assembled adlayers of hexakis(n-dodecyl)-peri-hexabenzocoronene (HBC-C12) adsorbed on highly ordered pyrolitic graphite (HOPG) decorated by an n-pentacontane (n-C50H102) monolayer have been investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Whereas on HOPG the HBC-C12 molecules readily self-assemble into a unique stable 2D structure, on the [n-C50H102 monolayer/graphite] system we observe morphological phase transitions with formation of time dependent alpha, beta, and gamma phases (alpha-->beta-->gamma). The initial alpha-phase is similar to that obtained on bare graphite, while intermediate beta- and final gamma-structures present molecular dimers and rows, respectively. The observed two-dimensional polymorphism is due to weak interaction between HBC-C12 molecules and n-C50H102-modified graphite substrate. Our results constitute an important step toward the control of the growth and structure of highly ordered monolayers of functional conjugated molecules by modifying the graphite surface with an n-alkane monolayer of appropriate chain length.     

Kinetics and mechanism of nitration of cellulose with the HNO3-CH2Cl2 mixture

Complexing in the HNO₃-CH₂Cl₂ system was confirmed tensimetrically. The kinetics of nitration of wood cellulose by the HNO₃-CH₂Cl₂ mixture were investigated. A large part of the cellulose is nitrated in a first fast reaction in comparison to the HNO₃-H₂SO₄ mixture with the same concentration of HNO₃. The rate of the process is determined by the rate of diffusion of the HNO₃, the rate of the process decreases more rapidly in the case of HNO₃-CH₂Cl₂ than in the HNO₃-H₂SO₄ mixture, which is probably due to the effect of CH₂Cl₂ on the diffusion coefficient of HNO₃.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2445–2450, November, 1989.     

Synthesis and stereoisomerism of N-oxides of the decahydroquinoline series

The results of the oxidation of a number of 4-substituted 1,2-dimethyldecahydro-4-quinolones with hydrogen peroxide in methanol are in conformity with the results obtained by us earlier and confirm that the stereochemistry of the oxidation of nitrogen depends on the configuration of the methyl substituent in the 2 position of the decahydroquinoline ring. Under these conditions, the epimeric 1,2-dimethyl-trans-decahydro-4-quinolones undergo partial interisomerization at the 2 position to give a mixture of three N-oxides that correspond to both amino ketones. The oxidation of the corresponding ketals proceeds like the oxidation of amino alcohols without epimerization. It is thereby shown that the epimerization of the C₂ center during the formation of the N-oxides from epimeric 1,2-dimethyl-trans-decahydro-4-quinolones occurs with the participation of the carbonyl group.