Ag-induced atomic structures on the Si(110) surface

We report the results of STM investigation of the initial stage of Ag adsorption on an Si(110) surface. At 0.21 ML Ag coverage, the size and orientation of the unit cell correspond to the parameters of a 16 × 2 unit cell of clean Si(110) surface. With increasing of the Ag coverage up to 0.42 ML, the type of surface reconstruction changes to a 4 × 1-Si(110)-Ag structure. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

The application of the construction of Kolmogorov complexity and of a theorem by Maslov to semiotic systems

The results obtained in V. P. Maslov’s article [1] can automatically be carried over to arbitrary semiotic systems if the string of signs is sufficiently long. We shall show in this article, by using arguments based on the ideas of Kolmogorov complexity and by applying the theorem of V. P. Maslov from [2], that one can obtain similar formulas for the distribution of various semiotic objects. In order to do this, we must introduce notions generalizing the occurrence frequency of words in corpora of texts. We also interpret a formula due to Maslov (appearing in [3]) from the point of view of the general semiotic notions introduced here.     

Precipitation of Titanium(IV) and Iron(III) Phosphates from Sulfuric Acid Solutions

Conditions for the precipitation of phosphates from solutions of titanium(IV) sulfate containing iron(III) were studied. The precipitation of components and the mechanism of the phase formation in the system under study were considered in relation to the TiO₂ : Fe₂O₃ ratio in the starting solution.     

Barrier-discharge plasma treatment of surface water to remove organic compounds

Barrier-discharge plasma treatment of real surface water to remove organic pollutants was studied. Plasma treatment decreases the potential toxicity of snowmelt and rainfall runoff containing ammonium and chloride ions, oil products, phenols, and carboxylic acids (as recalculated for CH₃COOH).     

On diffuse reflection at the boundary for the Boltzmann equation and related equations

The paper considers diffuse reflection at the boundary with nonconstant boundary temperature and unbounded velocities. The solutions obtained are proved to conserve mass at the boundary. After a preliminary study of the collisionless case, the main results obtained are existence for the Boltzmann equation in a DiPerna-Lions framework with the above boundary conditions in a bounded measure sense, and existence together with uniqueness for the BGK equation with Maxwellian diffusion on the boundary in anL framework.Deceased.     

Reaction of sphene with sulfuric acid solutions

The kinetics of titanium(IV) extraction from sphene with boiling 4–6 M sulfuric acid was studied. The rate constants of the sphene dissolution were determined. The influence of the particle size of the starting mineral on the rate of its dissolution was established. The feasibility of performing sphene dissolution by a liquid-phase procedure yielding stable titanium-containing sulfate solutions suitable for the synthesis of multifunctional composite materials was examined.     

Non-stationary effects in the coupled quantum dots influenced by the electron-phonon interaction

We analyzed time evolution of the localized charge in the system of two interacting single level quantum dots coupled with the continuous spectrum states in the presence of electron-phonon interaction. We demonstrated that electron-phonon interaction leads to an increase in localized charge relaxation rate. We also found that several time scales with different relaxation rates appear in the system in the case of non-resonant tunneling between the dots. We revealed the formation of oscillations in the filling numbers time evolution caused by the emission and adsorption processes of phonons.     

Boyle temperature as a point of ideal gas in gentile statistics and its economic interpretation

Boyle temperature is interpreted as the temperature at which the formation of dimers becomes impossible. To Irving Fisher’s correspondence principle we assign two more quantities: the number of degrees of freedom, and credit. We determine the danger level of the mass of money M when the mutual trust between economic agents begins to fall.