Order and chaos in soft condensed matter

Soft matter, like colloidal suspensions and surfactant gels, exhibit strong response to modest external perturbations. This paper reviews our recent experiments on the nonlinear flow behaviour of surfactant worm-like micellar gels. A rich dynamic behaviour exhibiting regular, quasi-periodic, intermittency and chaos is observed. In particular, we have shown experimentally that the route to chaos is via Type-II intermittency in shear thinning worm-like micellar solution of cetyltrimethylammonium tosylate where the strength of flow-concentration coupling is tuned by the addition of sodium chloride. A Poincaré first return map of the time series and the probability distribution of laminar length between burst events show that our data are consistent with Type-II intermittency. The existence of a ‘Butterfly’ intensity pattern in small angle light scattering (SALS) measurements performed simultaneously with the rheological measurements confirms the coupling of flow to concentration fluctuations in the system under study. The scattered depolarised intensity in SALS, sensitive to orientational order fluctuations, shows the same time-dependence (like intermittency) as that of shear stress.     

Neutron activation cross-section of zirconium-94

The thermal neutron activation cross-section of⁹⁴Zr was found to be 49.3±0.6 millibarns. It is shown that neutron activation analysis of Zr in silicate samples with a Zr/U ratio<10 has considerable uncertainty due to fission contribution. A correction factor for the fission contribution has been determined experimentally.     

Reagent grade uranium salts: Isotopic composition by neutron activation

A rapid non-destructive neutron activation technique for the determination of the²³⁸U/²³⁵U ratio is described. Reagent grade uranium salts from commercial sources have a widely variable²³⁸U/²³⁵U ratio. The isotopic composition of uranium found in such salts is quite different from the natural value. This difference is largely due to the use of by-product uranium depleted in²³⁵U.     

Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of allyl alcohol byN-bromosuccinimide

The kinetics of oxidation of allyl alcohol byN-bromosuccinimide (NBS) has been studied at 35 °C in aqueous medium. The reaction shows first order dependence on bothNBS and allyl alcohol. In fairly high acid concentration, there is no change in the rate of the reaction but at low acid concentration, the rate is considerably enhanced. There is no primary salt effect. At varying mercuric acetate concentrations, the rate constant remains the same. But in the absence of mercuric acetate, the rate is enhanced. The kinetic parameters,E _a,Arrhenius factorA, H, G and S have been calculated. A rate law in agreement with experimental results has been derived. A mechanism is proposed.

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Kinetik und Mechanismus der Oxidation von Allylalkohol mixN-Bromsuccinimid

Zusammenfassung Die Kinetik der Oxidation von Allylalkohol mitN-Bromsuccinimid (NBS) wurde bei 35 °C in wäßrigem Medium untersucht. Die Reaktion zeigt erste Ordnung gegenüberNBS und Allylalkohol. Bei relativ hoher Säurekonzentration zeigt sich keine Änderung der Reaktionsgeschwindigkeit, bei niedriger Säurekonzentration wird die Reaktionsgeschwindigkeit beträchtlich erhöht. Es wurde kein primärer Salzeffekt festgestellt. Bei varriierender Quecksilberacetatkonzentration bleibt die Reaktionsgeschwindigkeit gleich, bei Abwesenheit von Quecksilberacetat wird jedoch die Geschwindigkeitskonstante erhöht. Die kinetischen Parameter,E _a, derArrheniusfaktorA, H , G und S wurden bestimmt. Ein Geschwindigkeitsgesetz in Übereinstimmung mit den experimentellen Befunden wurde abgeleitet und ein Mechanismus vorgeschlagen.

     

Soliton dispersion management in nonlinear optical fibers

We consider the concept of quasisoliton propagation in a dispersion management fiber and study the soliton dynamics for soliton dispersion management case, soliton energy control case and guiding center soliton case. We also study the interaction scenario in detail for all the cases.     

Synthesis,ABTS-Radical Scavenging Activity,and Antiproliferative and Molecular Docking Studies of Novel Pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoline Derivatives

A new 2,2′-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS)-radical scavenging and antiproliferative agents of pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoline derivatives have been synthesized. An efficient method for the synthesis of 14 novel diversified pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoline derivatives has been described using 4-(1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)quinoline and different phenacyl bromides in acetone and followed by reacting with different acetylenes in dimethylformamide/K₂CO₃. The structure of the newly synthesized compounds was determined by infrared, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, mass spectrometry, and elemental analysis. The in vitro antioxidant activity revealed that among all the tested compounds 5n exhibited maximum scavenging activity with ABTS. Compound 5b has showed good antiproliferative activity as an inhibitor of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase.     

Review on influencing parameters in the performance of concentrated solar power collector based on materials,heat transfer fluids and design

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - The solar collector (reflector and receiver) is the primary device being used in the concentrating solar power technologies for tapping the solar...     

A theoretical investigation of soliton induced supercontinuum generation in liquid core photonic crystal fiber and dual core optical fiber

The supercontinuum generation (SCG) in liquid core photonic crystal fiber (LCPCF) with versatile nonlinear response and the spectral broadening in dual core optical fiber is presented. The analysis is presented in two phase, phase I deals with the SCG in LCPCF with the effect of saturable nonlinearity and re-orientational nonlinearity. We identify and discuss the generic nature of the saturable nonlinearity and reorientational nonlinearity in the SCG, using suitable model. For the physical explanation, modulational instability and soliton fission techniques is implemented to investigate the impact of saturable nonlinear response and slow nonlinear response, respectively. It is observed that the saturable nonlinearity inevitably suppresses the MI and the subsequent SCG. On the other hand, the re-orientational nonlinearity contributes to the slow nonlinear response in addition to the conventional fast response due to the electronic contribution. The phase II features the exclusive investigation of the spectral broadening in the dual core optical fiber.     

Free convective heat and mass transfer flow induced by an instantaneous point source in an infinite porous medium

A simple mathematical theory is proposed for the analysis of the buoyancy-driven heat and mass transfer flow induced by an instantaneous point source in an unbounded fluid-saturated porous medium of uniform porosity, assuming the validity of the Brinkman model. The theory consists of retaining only the leading terms of the series expansions of the dependent variables in terms of the thermal Rayleigh number and is valid within the limit of small Rayleigh numbers only. The heat generating rate is assumed to be not excessive, so that the induced flow is slow. The evolution of the flow field is demonstrated by drawing the streamlines at various times, and the results are delineated by comparing them with those of the Darcy flow model. The significance of the impact of species concentration gradients upon the thermally driven flow has been highlighted. Even though heat was specified to be one of the two diffusion mechanisms, the results apply as well to the case where the source simultaneously generates two different chemical components.