Influence of phosphate precursors on the structures of sodium aluminophosphate sols, gels and glasses

Transparent and homogeneous aluminophosphate gels and glasses have been widely synthesized through an aqueous sol-gel route, extending significantly the glass-forming range compared to that accessible via the melt-cooling route. Different phosphorus precursors, sodium polyphosphate (NaPO3) and orthophosphate species (NaH2PO4 and/or H3PO4) were compared with regard to the macroscopic properties and the microscopic structure of the resultant gels and glasses as characterized by extensive high-resolution liquid- and solid-state NMR. Sodium polyphosphate solution results in a substantially wider composition range of homogenous gel formation than orthophosphate solutions, and the two routes produce significant structural differences in the sol and xerogel states. Nevertheless, the structures of the glasses obtained upon gel annealing above 400 degrees C are independent of the P-precursors used. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Variation saisonniere des structures hydrologique et dynamique du plateau continental ivoirien (VASPI I, II, III)

This data report contains all the meteorological, hydrological and dynamic data gathered during the VASPI cruises (I : from December 8th to December 13th 1982, II : from March 5th to March 9th 1983, and III : from October 6th to October 10th 1983) carried out along the continental shelf of Ivory Coast by the oceanographic ship "Andre NIZERY". These cruises, which represent a part of a coastal programme, are included in the more general scientific program FOCAL, whose main scientific objective is the study of the thermal context of the intertropical atlantic area.

Periodic nanovoid structures via femtosecond laser irradiation

We have observed periodically aligned nanovoid structures inside a conventional borosilicate glass induced by a single femtosecond (fs) laser beam for the first time, to our knowledge. The spherical voids of nanosized diameter were aligned spontaneously with a period along the propagation direction of the laser beam. The period, the number of voids, and the whole length of the aligned void structure were controlled by changing the laser power, the pulse number, and the position of the focal point.

O peso das mãos: morte, memória e afeto em Cal, livro de José Luís Peixoto

Em Cal, livro do escritor português José Luís Peixoto, a morte mostra-se sob diversas perspectivas. Esta dissertação objetiva, primeiramente, reconhecer as singularidades dessas perspectivas, bem como o movimento de identificação entre elas. Considerando que o livro não apenas desvela possibilidades de morte, mas, principalmente, as interseções entre as noções de morte e de vida, buscaremos responder às seguintes questões: é possível saber se, de fato, estamos vivos? A morte é definitiva? Morte e vida são condições excludentes? A temática da memória e dos afetos, inseparável das reflexões acerca da finitude e das noções de presença e ausência, perpassará, inevitavelmente, toda a progressão deste trabalho. Para pensarmos esses temas, assim como seus temas transversais, tomamos como referência conceitos de teóricos da literatura, da filosofia e da psicanálise, como G. Deleuze, J. Derrida, M. Blanchot, F. Nietzsche, S. Freud, B. Spinoza, G. Bataille. O diálogo com e entre pensadores de contextos distintos contribui para dar a esta dissertação seu aspecto fragmentário, na qual as reflexões surgem e resurgem em progressão labiríntica, de limites deslocáveis

First-principles study of the electronic structures and absorption spectra for the PbMoO4 crystal with lead vacancy

The electronic structures and absorption spectra for the perfect PbMoO4 crystal and the crystal containing lead vacancy V-Pb(2-) with lattice structure optimized are calculated using density functional theory code CASTEP. The calculated absorption spectra of the PbMoO4 crystal containing V-Pb(2-) exhibit three absorption bands peaking at 2.0 eV (620 nm), 3.0 eV (413 run) and 3.3 eV (375 nm), which are in good agreement with experimental values. The theory predicts that the 390 nm, 430 nm and 580 run absorption bands are related to the existence of V-Pb(2-) in the PbMoO4 crystal.