Synthesis of acicular hydrogoethite (alpha-FeOOH center dot xH(2)O; 0.1 < x < 0.22) particles using morphology controlling cationic additives and magnetic properties of maghemite derived from hydrogoethite

A method for the preparation of acicular hydrogoethite (alpha -FeOOH.xH(2)O, 0.1 < x < 0.22) particles of 0.3-1 mm length has been optimized by air oxidation of Fe( II) hydroxide gel precipitated from aqueous (NH4)(2)Fe(SO4)(2) solutions containing 0.005-0.02 atom% of cationic Pt, Pd or Rh additives as morphology controlling agents. Hydrogoethite particles are evolved from the amorphous ferrous hydroxide gel by heterogeneous nucleation and growth. Preferential adsorption of additives on certain crystallographic planes thereby retarding the growth in the perpendicular direction, allows the particles to acquire acicular shapes with high aspect ratios of 8-15. Synthetic hydrogoethite showed a mass loss of about 14% at similar to 280 degreesC, revealing the presence of strongly coordinated water of hydration in the interior of the goethite crystallites. As evident from IR spectra, excess H2O molecules (0.1- 0.22 per formula unit) are located in the strands of channels formed in between the double ribbons of FeO6 octahedra running parallel to the c- axis. Hydrogoethite particles constituted of multicrystallites are formed with Pt as additive, whereas single crystallite particles are obtained with Pd (or Rh). For both dehydroxylation as well as H-2 reduction, a lower reaction temperature (similar to 220 degreesC) was observed for the former (Pt treated) compared to the latter (Pd or Rh) (similar to 260 degreesC). Acicular magnetite (Fe3O4) was prepared either by reducing hydrogoethite (magnetite route) or dehydroxylating hydrogoethite to hematite and then reducing it to magnetite (hematite- magnetite route). According to TEM studies, preferential dehydroxylation of hydrogoethite along < 010 > leads to microporous hematite. Maghemite (gamma -Fe2O3 (-) (delta), 0 < < 0.25) was obtained by reoxidation of magnetite. The micropores are retained during the topotactic transformation to magnetite and finally to maghemite, whereas cylindrical mesopores are formed due to rearrangement of the oxygen sublattice from hexagonal to cubic close packing during the conversion of hydrogoethite to magnetite and then to maghemite. Accordingly, three different types of maghemite particles are realized: strongly oriented multicrystalline particles, single crystalline acicular particles with micropores or crystallites having mesopores. Higher values of saturation magnetization ((s) = 74 emu g(-1)) and coercivity (H-c = 320 Oe) are obtained for single crystalline mesoporous particles. In the other cases, the smaller size of particles and larger distribution of micropores decreases sigma (s) considerably ( < 60 emu g(-1)) due to relaxation effects of spins on the surface atoms as revealed by Mossbauer spectroscopy.

Molecular beam epitaxial growth of (11-22) GaN on m-plane sapphire

The structural and optical properties of semipolar (1 1 -2 2) GaN grown on m-plane (1 0 -1 0) sapphire substrates by molecular beam epitaxy were investigated. An in-plane orientation relationship was found to be 1 -1 0 0] GaN parallel to 1 2-1 0] sapphire and -1 -1 2 3] GaN parallel to 0 0 0 1] sapphire for semipolar GaN on m-plane sapphire substrates. The near band emission (NBE) was found at 3.432 eV, which is slightly blue shifted compared to the bulk GaN. The Raman E-2 (high) peak position observed at 569.1 cm(-1), which indicates that film is compressively strained. Schottky barrier height (phi(b)) and the ideality factor (eta) for the Au/semipolar GaN Schottky diode found to be 0.55 eV and 2.11, respectively obtained from the TE model.

Performance limits of transition metal dichalcogenide (MX2) nanotube surround gate ballistic field effect transistors

We theoretically analyze the performance of transition metal dichalcogenide (MX2) single wall nanotube (SWNT) surround gate MOSFET, in the 10 nm technology node. We consider semiconducting armchair (n, n) SWNT of MoS2, MoSe2, WS2, and WSe2 for our study. The material properties of the nanotubes are evaluated from the density functional theory, and the ballistic device characteristics are obtained by self-consistently solving the Poisson-Schrodinger equation under the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism. Simulated ON currents are in the range of 61-76 mu A for 4.5 nm diameter MX2 tubes, with peak transconductance similar to 175-218 mu S and ON/OFF ratio similar to 0.6 x 10(5)-0.8 x 10(5). The subthreshold slope is similar to 62.22 mV/decade and a nominal drain induced barrier lowering of similar to 12-15 mV/V is observed for the devices. The tungsten dichalcogenide nanotubes offer superior device output characteristics compared to the molybdenum dichalcogenide nanotubes, with WSe2 showing the best performance. Studying SWNT diameters of 2.5-5 nm, it is found that increase in diameter provides smaller carrier effective mass and 4%-6% higher ON currents. Using mean free path calculation to project the quasi-ballistic currents, 62%-75% reduction from ballistic values in drain current in long channel lengths of 100, 200 nm is observed.

Numerical study of the impact of inoculant and grain transport on macrosegregation and microstructure formation during solidification of an Al-22%Cu alloy

We investigate the impact of the nucleation law for nucleation on Al-Ti-B inoculant particles, of the motion of inoculant particles and of the motion of grains on the predicted macrosegregation and microstructure in a grain-refined Al-22 wt.% Cu alloy casting. We conduct the study by numerical simulations of a casting experiment in a side-cooled 76×76×254 mm sand mould. Macrosegregation and microstructure formation are studied with a volume-averaged two-phase model accounting for macroscopic heat and solute transport, melt convection, and transport of inoculant particles and equiaxed grains. On the microscopic scale it accounts for nucleation on inoculant particles with a given size distribution (and corresponding activation undercooling distribution)and for the growth of globular solid grains. The growth kinetics is described by accounting for limited solute diffusion in both liquid and solid phases and for convective effects. We show that the consideration of a size distribution of the inoculants has a strong impact on the microstructure(final grain size) prediction. The transport of inoculants significantly increases the microstructure heterogeneities and the grain motion refines the microstructure and reduces the microstructure heterogeneities.

An Algorithmic Characterization of Polynomial Functions over Z(pn)

In this paper we consider polynomial representability of functions defined over , where p is a prime and n is a positive integer. Our aim is to provide an algorithmic characterization that (i) answers the decision problem: to determine whether a given function over is polynomially representable or not, and (ii) finds the polynomial if it is polynomially representable. The previous characterizations given by Kempner (Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 22(2):240-266, 1921) and Carlitz (Acta Arith. 9(1), 67-78, 1964) are existential in nature and only lead to an exhaustive search method, i.e. algorithm with complexity exponential in size of the input. Our characterization leads to an algorithm whose running time is linear in size of input. We also extend our result to the multivariate case.

Sapientia, 1951, Vol. VI, nº 22 (número completo)

Contenido: En el centenario del nacimiento del Cardenal Desiderio Mercier / La Dirección – La actitud del Cardenal Mercier en materia de investigación filosófica / Luis de Raeymaeker – Razones seminales y formas substanciales : agustinismo y tomismo / F. J. Thonnard – El fundamento metafísico de la noción del bien / Fritz Joachim Von Rintelen – Notas y comentarios -- Bibliografía

Prudentia Iuris, 1989, n° 21-22 (número completo)

Contenido: Editorial – Algunas cuestiones sobre el derecho subjetivo / Héctor H. Hernández – Derecho Natural y Ley Natural / Daniel Alejandro Herrera – La historia del derecho romano en Digesto 1, 2, 2 / Alfredo Grieco y Bavio – Matrimonio y divorcio en la Roma primitiva / Rodolfo Jorge De Lorenzi – De la naturaleza del edicto del pretor / Edmundo J. Carbone – La seducción publicitaria subliminal, nuevo vicio del consentimiento contractual / Luis Carlos Consiglieri – Contratos de renta : la renta vitalicia frente a la jubilación privada / Juan Abel Díaz – Instituto de filosofía del derecho y derecho natural, Rosario (memoria de cinco años de actividad) – Ciencias políticas: Las disciplinas políticas / José María Medrano – Condiciones para la persistencia del sistema democrático / Francisco Arias Pelerano – Reflexiones sobre geopolítica y soberanía territorial / Jorge A. Fraga – El V Centenario del descubrimiento de América y los primeros nacionalistas / Elena Piñeiro de Salaverry – Documentos -- Recensiones

太阳活动22周峰年日地系统整体行为研究计划

<正> 在1985年,中国科学院计划局成立天文、空间科学和地球科学综合发展战略研究组。经过一年多的工作,该组的专家们提出进行日地系统整体行为研究的建议,该建议得到了太阳物理、空间物理及地球科学领域广大科技工作者的支持,中科院机关的许多管理专家也表示赞成。中科院院长周光召教授建议加强在太阳峰年期间的跨学科相关研究。太阳活动22周日地系统整体行为研究被列为中国科学院“七•五”重点项目之一,

[Discurso do Deputado Emival Caiado: Sessão da Câmara dos Deputados de 22 de abril de 1963]

Comemoração do terceiro aniversário de Brasília. Reestruturação do Bloco Parlamentar Mudancista. Leitura de documento de definição dos objetivos para a fixação definitiva e consolidação plena de Brasília como capital do Brasil.

[Discurso do Deputado José Cruciano : Sessão da Câmara dos Deputados de 22 de abril de 1963]

Discorre sobre o significado da construção de Brasília e sua irreversibilidade. Apresenta dados sobre os custos desta, que desmentem as notícias sobre o fato. Enumera as medidas que necessitam serem tomadas para a consolidação da capital federal e solicita aos deputados a dar tramitação aos projetos pendentes para este fim.