Dextran-modified iron oxide nanoparticles

Dextran-modified iron oxide nanoparticles were prepared by precipitation of Fe（Ⅱ） and Fe（Ⅲ） salts with ammonium hydroxide by two methods. Iron oxide was precipitated either in the presence of dextran solution, or the dextran solution was added after precipitation. In the second method, the iron oxide particle size and size distribution could be controlled depending on the concentration of dextran in the solution. The nanoparticles were characterized by size-exclusion chromatography, transmission electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering. Optimal conditions for preparation of stable iron oxide colloid particles were determined, The dextran/iron oxide ratio 0-0,16 used in precipitation of iron salts can be recommended for synthesis of nanoparticles suitable for biomedical applications, as the colloid does not contain excess dextran and does not coagulate.     

4a,6,7,8a-Tetrahydro-1,3-dithiolo[4',5':5,6]-1,4-dithiino [2,3-b]-1,4-dithiine-2-thione as a precursor for synthesis of new organic π-donors

[2+4[-Cycloaddition of 2,3-dihydro-1,4-dithiine and oligomeric 1,3-dithiol-2,4,5-trithione results in the formation of 4a,6,7,8a-tetrahydro-1,3-dithiolo[4',5':5,61-[1,4[dithiino[2,3-b[1,4-dithiine-2-thione, which is a precursor for synthesis of new organic rz-donors.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademi Nauk Seriya Khimicheskaya No. 3, pp. 775–776, March, 1996.     

Proton conductivity of benzoic and 2-sulfobenzoic acids

The dependence of proton conductivity of 2-sulfobenzoic acid trihydrate on the environmental humidity and temperature is studied. It is shown that trihydrate remains solid when exposed to atmosphere with humidity of up to 65 rel. %. The comparison of 2-sulfobenzoic acid trihydrate with bezoic acid shows that the absence of sulfo group in the benzene ring sharply lowers down the hydrophilic properties of the compound and, correspondingly, its hydration and conductivity.     

Simulation of the Glass Transition of a Thin Aluminum Melt Layer at Ultrafast Cooling under Isobaric Conditions

JETP Letters - It is shown that a sharp increase in viscosity, a change in the decay rate of correlations, and the appearance of nonequilibrium and transverse sound in a thin film of aluminum melt...     

Proton conductivity of calix[4]arene-para-sulfonic acids

The proton conductivity of hydrates of calix[4]arene-para-sulfonic acids is studied. The high proton conductivity is observed at ambient temperatures in the wide ranges of environmental humidity and, correspondingly, water content in the hydrate. For the air humidity of 10 rel. %, the conductivity of compounds is 10^?4-10^?3 S cm^?1 and approaches 10^?2-10^?1 S cm^?1 as the humidity increases up to 70 rel. %.     

Deposition of copper coatings in a magnetron with liquid target

Copper coatings were deposited on monocrystalline Si substrates using a magnetron discharge with a liquid cathode in the metal vapour plasma. During the deposition, the bias voltage in the range from 0 V to–400 V was applied to the substrate. The prepared films were investigated by a scanning electron microscope, and their adhesive properties were studied using a scratch tester. It was demonstrated that the adhesion of the deposited films strongly depends on the bias voltage and varies in a wide range.

     

Topography of antiferromagnetic domains using second harmonic generation with an external reference

2 O₃, in which the time-invariant second-harmonic reference can be generated either intrinsically by the crystal or externally by use of the new technique, so that both methods may be compared. The technique is then used to visualize the domain structure of YMnO₃, an antiferromagnetic crystal which does not provide the time-invariant reference wave intrinsically. The experiments demonstrate the wide applicability of the method. Received: 13 June 1997     

Semicoherent elastic pion-carbon scattering at 25 and 40 GeV/c

In the frame of a systematic study of hadron-nucleus interactions performed at the Serpukhov accelerator (CERN-IHEP 5th experiment), semicoherent elastic scattering on carbon $\text{π}{}^{\mathrm{?12}}\text{C}\text{a}\text{?}\text{π}{}^{\mathrm{?12}}\text{C}{}^1\text{(4.44}\text{MeV}\text{)}$ was investigated with 25 and 40 GeV/c incident pions.The experimental data were obtained with a counter technique, looking at the coincidence between the scattered pion and the 4.44 MeV photon from the J^P = 2⁺ carbon excited state detected by a NaI counter.The value obtained for the integrated cross section at 40 GeV/c in the 0.0032 ? |t| ? 0.27 (GeV/c)² four-momentum transfer range isσ = 1.16 ± 0.11 mb.According to the theoretical models, this t-range at 40 GeV/c covers more than 99% of the angular distribution, so the above value almost corresponds to the total semicoherent elastic cross section.