CoSm(SeO3)2Cl, CuGd(SeO3)2Cl, MnSm(SeO3)2Cl, CuGd2(SeO3)4 and CuSm2(SeO3)4: Transition Metal containing Selenites of Samarium and Gadolinum The reaction of CoCl2, Sm2O3, and SeO2 in evacuated silica ampoules lead to blue single crystals of CoSm(SeO3)2Cl (triclinic, , Z = 4, a = 712.3(1), b = 889.5(2), c = 1216.2(2) pm, α = 72.25(1)°, β = 71.27(1)°, γ = 72.08(1)°, Rall = 0.0586). If MnCl2 is used in the reaction light pink single crystals of MnSm(SeO3)2Cl (triclinic, , Z = 2, a = 700.8(2), b = 724.1(2), c = 803.4(2) pm, α = 86.90(3)°, β = 71.57(3)°, γ = 64.33(3)°, Rall = 0.0875) are obtained. Green single crystals of CuGd2(SeO3)2Cl (triclinic, , Z = 4, a = 704.3(4), b = 909.6(4), c = 1201.0(7) pm, α = 70.84(4)°, β = 73.01(4)°, γ = 70.69(4)°, Rall = 0.0450) form analogously in the reaction of CuCl2 and Gd2O3 with SeO2. CoSm(SeO3)2Cl contains [CoO4Cl2] octahedra, which are connected via one edge and one vertex to infinite chains. The Mn2+ ions in MnSm(SeO3)2Cl are also octahedrally coordinated by four oxygen and two chlorine ligands. The linkage of the polyhedra to chains occurs exclusively via edges. Both, the cobalt and the manganese compound show the Sm3+ ions in eight and ninefold coordination of oxygen atoms and chloride ions. In CuGd(SeO3)2Cl the Cu2+ ions are coordinated by three oxygen atoms and one Cl— ion in a distorted square planar manner. One further Cl— and one further oxygen ligand complete the [CuO3Cl] units yielding significantly elongated octahedra. The latter are again connected to chains via two common edges. For the Gd3+ ions coordination numbers of ?8 + 1”? and nine were found. Single crystals of the deep blue selenites CuM2(SeO3)4 (M = Sm/Gd, monoclinic, P21/c, a = 1050.4(3)/1051.0(2), b = 696.6(2)/693.5(1), c = 822.5(2)/818.5(2) pm, β = 110.48(2)°/110.53(2)°, Rall = 0.0341/0.0531) can be obtained from reactions of the oxides Sm2O3 and Gd2O3, respectively, with CuO and SeO2. The crystal structure contains square planar [CuO4] groups and irregular [MO9] polyhedra. 相似文献
Chitosan/hydroxyapatite composite microparticles were prepared by a solid-in-water-in-oil emulsification cross-linking method. The characteristics and activity in presence of simulated body fluid for 14 and 21?days were investigated. The size distribution, surface morphology, and microstructure of these biomaterials were evaluated. The scanning electron microscopy revealed an aggregate of microparticles with a particle size, ranged from 4 to 10???m. The deposited calcium phosphate was studied using X-ray diffraction analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and inductively coupled plasma/atomic emission?spectroscopy analysis of phosphorus. These results show that the mineral, formed on microparticles, was a mixture of carbonated hydroxyapatite and calcite. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that calcium phosphate crystals growth was in form of rods organized as concentric triangular packets interconnected to each other by junctions. Interaction between chitosan and growing carbonated hydroxyapatite and calcite crystals are responsible for a composite growth into triangular and spherical shapes. The results demonstrated that these microparticles were potential materials for bone repair. 相似文献
Although, the effects of ultrasonic irradiation on multiphase flow through porous media have been studied in the past few
decades, the physics of the acoustic interaction between fluid and rock is not yet well understood. Various mechanisms may
be responsible for enhancing the flow of oil through porous media in the presence of an acoustic field. Capillary related
mechanisms are peristaltic transport due to mechanical deformation of the pore walls, reduction of capillary forces due to
the destruction of surface films generated across pore boundaries, coalescence of oil drops due to Bjerknes forces, oscillation
and excitation of capillary trapped oil drops, forces generated by cavitating bubbles, and sonocapillary effects. Insight
into the physical principles governing the mobilization of oil by ultrasonic waves is vital for developing and implementing
novel techniques of oil extraction. This paper aims at identifying and analyzing the influence of high-frequency, high-intensity
ultrasonic radiation on capillary imbibition. Laboratory experiments were performed using cylindrical Berea sandstone and
Indiana limestone samples with all sides (quasi-co-current imbibition), and only one side (counter-current imbibition) contacting
with the aqueous phase. The oil saturated cores were placed in an ultrasonic bath, and brought into contact with the aqueous
phase. The recovery rate due to capillary imbibition was monitored against time. Air–water, mineral oil–brine, mineral oil–surfactant
solution and mineral oil-polymer solution experiments were run each exploring a separate physical process governing acoustic
stimulation. Water–air imbibition tests isolate the effect of ultrasound on wettability, capillarity and density, while oil–brine
imbibition experiments help outline the ultrasonic effect on viscosity and interfacial interaction between oil, rock and aqueous
phase. We find that ultrasonic irradiation enhances capillary imbibition recovery of oil for various fluid pairs, and that
such process is dependent on the interfacial tension and density of the fluids. Although more evidence is needed, some runs
hint that wettability was not altered substantially under ultrasound. Preliminary analysis of the imbibition recoveries also
suggests that ultrasound enhances surfactant solubility and reduce surfactant adsorption onto the rock matrix. Additionally,
counter-current experiments involving kerosene and brine in epoxy coated Berea sandstone showed a dramatic decline in recovery.
Therefore, the effectiveness of any ultrasonic application may strongly depend on the nature of interaction type, i.e., co-
or counter-current flow. A modified form of an exponential model was employed to fit the recovery curves in an attempt to
quantify the factors causing the incremental recovery by ultrasonic waves for different fluid pairs and rock types. 相似文献
Here we present a facile method to fabricate microporous hydrogel scaffolds that can be functionalized with a chemokine gradient. These scaffolds allow studying cellular responses in a 3D environment. 相似文献
The isomerization of perindopril has been investigated using dynamics chromatography and an unified equation introduced by Trapp that was based on stochastic and theoretical plate models to determine the energies. The isomerization rate constants and Gibbs activation energies of isomerization are directly calculated from chromatographic peak parameters, i.e., retention times of the inter-converting species, peak width at half height, and relative plateau height. From the rate constant \( k_{1}^{ue} (T) \), measured at variable temperatures, the kinetic eyring activation parameters ΔG#, ΔH# and ΔS# of isomerization of perindopril were obtained. By variation of the flow rate of the mobile phase, the expected independence of the isomerization barrier from the chromatographic time scale was demonstrated for the first time. The relationships between peak shape and chromatographic conditions, such as flow rate, temperature, pH, organic modifier, and β-cyclodextrin, such as an additive, were investigated. In addition, an NMR investigation on perindopril was described.
In this paper, two speech enhancement algorithms (SEAs) based on spectral subtraction (SS) principle have been evaluated for bilateral cochlear implant (BCI) users. Specifically, dual-channel noise power spectral estimation algorithm using power spectral densities (PSD) and cross power spectral density (CPSD) of the observed signals was studied. The enhanced speech signals were obtained using either Dual Channel Non Linear Spectral Subtraction ‘DC-NLSS’ or Dual-Channel Multi-Band Spectral Subtraction ‘DC-MBSS’ algorithms. For performance evaluation, some objective speech assessment tests relying on Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ) score and speech Itakura-Saito (IS) distortion measurement were performed to fix the optimal number of frequency band needed in DC-MBSS algorithm. In order to evaluate the speech intelligibility, subjective listening tests were assessed with 50 normal hearing listeners using a specific BCI simulator and with three deafened BCI patients. Experimental results, obtained using French Lafon database corrupted by an additive babble noise at different Signal-to-Noise Ratios (SNR), showed that DC-MBSS algorithm improves speech understanding better than DC-NLSS algorithm for single and multiple interfering noise sources. 相似文献
Different functions describing matrix-fracture transfer were tested for counter-current capillary imbibition interaction.
The recovery curves obtained from capillary imbibition experiments were used to fit the transfer functions. The exponential
coefficients yielding the best fit to the experimental data were obtained and correlated to the effective parameters such
as viscosity, IFT, matrix length and diameter, matrix permeability and porosity, and wettability using multivariable regression
analysis. In order to obtain the recovery curves, experiments were conducted on Berea sandstone and Indiana limestone samples.
Cylindrical samples with different shape factors were obtained by cutting the plugs 1, 2.5, and 5 cm in diameter and 2.5,
5, and 10 cm in length. All sides were coated with epoxy except one end. More than fifty static imbibition experiments were
carried out on vertically and horizontally situated samples where the imbibition took place upward and lateral directions,
respectively. Brine–air, brine–kerosene, brine–mineral oil, and surfactant solution–mineral oil pairs were used as fluids.
For many matrix shape factors (especially longer and small diameter ones), dividing the recovery curve into three parts were
needed as the early, intermediate, and late times, which are typically distinguished by the time required for the imbibition
front to reach the closed boundary at the end of the core. Correlations among the exponential coefficients and rock/fluid
properties were developed. It was observed that different rock/fluid properties and transfer mechanisms (capillary imbibition
and gravity drainage) govern the process for each part. Hence, the analyses done in this study were useful not only for developing
explicit transfer functions but also identifying the physics of the counter-current imbibition recovery. 相似文献