(e, 3e) test on e-e correlations in helium

The angular variations of the five-fold differential cross section obtained by using different wave functions of helium are compared with experimental data. It is found that in the coplanar geometry two kinematical arrangements, (i) equal energy sharing between the two ejected electrons with one of them ejected along the momentum transfer direction and the other along varying direction and (ii) the Bethe ridge condition with fixed sum of ejected electron energies and varying angle between them, are very sensitive to e-e correlations contained in the target wave function. This comparison has been used to show that open-shell class of wave functions better incorporate e-e correlations than the closed-shell class.     

Optically detected zero-field triplet state magnetic resonance in photosynthetic bacteria

Triplet state transitions of the photosynthetic bacteria Rhodospirillum Rubrum, Rhodopseudomonas Spheroides and Chromatium Vinosum in chemically reduced preparations have been observed by zero-field optical detection of magnetic resonance at 2 K. For each bacterial preparation two sharp, structureless, zero-field EPR transitions were observed as microwave-induced decreases in the fluorescence intensity of the frozen cellular preparations. The depopulating rate constants for the spin sublevels of the triplet states observed in R Rubrum and R Spheroides were also measured. The similarities of the triplet state frequencies, spectral features and intersystem crossing rates suggest a common structure for the reaction centers in the photosynthetic bacteria.     

An investigation of the triplet state dynamics of zinc chlorophyll b by microwave-induced changes in the intensity of fluorescence and singlet-singlet absorption

Optical detection of magnetic resonance experiments on the triplet state of zinc-substitution chlorophyll b has provided the zero-field splitting and depopulation rate constants for the individual triplet spin sublevels. The zero field triplet state EPR transitions could be observed at 890 MHz and 1085 MHz as either microwave-induced changes in the fluorescence intensity or in the intensity of S₀ → S_n absorption. The dynamics experiments show that intersystem crossing from the Zn chlorophyll b triplet state into the ground state occurs primarily through the out-of-plane (lowest energy) spin sublevel.     

On the effect of covalently appended quinolones on termini of DNA duplexes

Quinolones are gyrase inhibitors that are widely used as antibiotics in the clinic. When covalently attached to oligonucleotides as 5'-acylamido substituents, quinolones were found to stabilize duplexes of oligonucleotides against thermal denaturation. For short duplexes, such as qu-T*GCGCA, where qu is a quinolone residue and T is a 5'-amino-5'-deoxythymidine residue, an increase in the UV melting point of up to 27.8 degrees C was measured. The stabilizing effect was demonstrated for all quinolones tested, namely nalidixic acid, oxolinic acid, pipemidic acid, cinoxacin, norfloxacin, and ofloxacin. The three-dimensional structure of (oa-T*GCGCA)2, where oa is an oxolinic acid residue, was solved by two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy and restrained molecular dynamics. In this complex, the oxolinic acid residues disrupt the terminal T1:A6 base pairs and stack on the G2:C5 base pairs. The displaced adenosine residues bind in the minor groove of the core duplex, while the thymidine residues pack against the oxolinic acid residues. The "molecular cap" thus formed fits tightly on the G:C base pairs, resulting in increased base-pairing fidelity, as demonstrated in UV melting experiments with the sequence oa-T*GGTTGAC and target strands containing a mismatched nucleobase. The structure of the "molecular cap" with its disrupted terminal base pair may also be helpful for modeling how quinolones block re-ligation of DNA strands in the active site of gyrases.     

Magnetic resonance investigations of the infrared levels of photoexcited Nd+3 in LaCl3

The observation of a photoexcited EPR signal from the lowest Stark level of the ⁴I_{$\text{11}\text{2}$} state of Nd⁺³ in LaCl₃ crystal at 4.2°K suggests a rapid relaxation process within the infrared states of Nd⁺³.     

Theory of sheath in a collisional multi-component plasma

The aim of this brief report is to study the behaviour of sheath structure in a multi-component plasma with dust-neutral collisions. The plasma consists of electrons, ions, micron size negatively charged dust particles and neutrals. The sheath-edge potential and sheath width are calculated for collisionally dominated sheath. Comparison of collisionless and collisionally dominated sheath are made.     

Perfluorovinyl Morpholine and Perfluorovinyl Pyrrolidine with Nucleophiles and Electrophiles

In this study, both monofunctional and bifunctional nucleophiles, as well as the electrophile FNO, are reacted with perfluorovinyl amines. The perfluorovinyl amines CF?CF₂ and CF?CF₂ have been reacted with dimethylamine and diethylamine in the presence of small amounts of water to give CHFC(O)N(CH₃)₂ ( 1 ), CHFC(O)N(CH₃)₂ ( 2 ), and CHFC(O)N(C₂H₅)₂ ( 3 ). With perfluorovinyl pyrrolidine and perfluorovinyl morpholine, ethanolamine gives the cyclized products CHF ( 4 ) and CHF ( 5 ), respectively. Reaction of the vinyl amines with (CH₃)₃SiOCH₂CF₃ in the presence of catalytic amounts of CsF results in the formation of cis- ( 6 ) and trans- ( 7 ) CF?CF(OCH₂CF₃) and cis- ( 8 ) and trans- ( 9 ) CF?CF(OCH₂CF₃). The electrophile FNO reacts slowly with perfluorovinyl pyrrolidine and perfluorovinyl morpholine, and more rapidly with (CF₃)₃CCF?CF₂ to give CF(NO)CF₃ ( 10 ), CF(NO)CF₃ ( 11 ) and (CF₃)₃CF(NO)CF₃ ( 12 ), respectively. Single crystal X-ray analysis is used to confirm the identity of the product obtained from the controlled hydrolysis of the sultone of perfluorovinyl pyrrolidine as the sulfonic acid anhydride C(O)CF₂OS(O)₂OCF₂C(O) ( 13 ). The X-ray crystal structure of perfluorosuccinic acid monohydrate ( 14 ), which is obtained when the perfluorovinyl pyrrolidine sultone is hydrolyzed in excess water, is also reported for the first time.     

Solvent effects on chemical processes. 4. Complex formation between naphthalene and theophylline in binary aqueous-organic solvents

The standard free energy change for complex formation is written as a sum of effects arising from solvent-solvent interactions (the general medium effect), solvent-solute interactions (the solvation effect), and solute-solute interactions (the intersolute effect). The general medium effect is given by gA(–_o), where g is a curvature correction factor to the solvent surface tension , A is the change in surface area as the two solvent cavities containing the substrate (naphthalene) and ligand (theophylline) collapse into a single cavity containing the complex, and _o is the value of surface tcnsion at which there is no net solvophobic interaction; is defined to be the value appropriate to the equilibrium mean solvation shell composition. The solvation effect is modeled by equilibrium stoichiometric formation of solvated species. All data are related to the fully aqueous system to give _MG^o, the solvent effect on the free energy change, as an explicit function of solvent composition. Solvent effects on bimolecular association are related to solvent effects on the solubilities of the substrate, ligand, and complex. Approximation methods for interpreting such systems are described and are applied to the naphthalene-theophylline complex. It is shown that complex destabilization in mixed aqueous-organic solvents (relative to the fully aqueous system) may receive contributions from both the general medium and the solvation effects, and that these contributions can be quantitatively estimated.     

Convergence analysis and computational testing of the finite element discretization of the Navier–Stokes alpha model

This report performs a complete analysis of convergence and rates of convergence of finite element approximations of the Navier–Stokes‐α (NS‐α) regularization of the NSE, under a zero‐divergence constraint on the velocity, to the true solution of the NSE. Convergence of the discrete NS‐α approximate velocity to the true Navier–Stokes velocity is proved and rates of convergence derived, under no‐slip boundary conditions. Generalization of the results herein to periodic boundary conditions is evident. Two‐dimensional experiments are performed, verifying convergence and predicted rates of convergence. It is shown that the NS‐α‐FE solutions converge at the theoretical limit of O(h²) when choosing α = h, in the H¹ norm. Furthermore, in the case of flow over a step the NS‐α model is shown to resolve vortex separation in the recirculation zone. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2010