On the Tender X-Ray Flat-Field Spectrograph with a Concave VLS Grating

Journal of Russian Laser Research - We analyze the way of advancing to tender X-rays the short-wavelength bound of the operating range of flat-field grating spectrographs. We design two VLS grating...     

Josephson Spin-Valve Realization in the Magnetic Nodal-Line Topological Semimetal Fe3GeTe2

JETP Letters - Three-dimensional van der Waals ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2 (FGT) is regarded as a candidate for the magnetic topological nodal line semimetal. We investigate lateral electron transport...     

Optical Properties of Single-Crystal Germanium in the THz Range

Optics and Spectroscopy - The transmission of intrinsic, antimony-doped, and gallium-doped Ge single crystals in the THz spectral range have been experimentally investigated. It is shown that the...     

Second-Harmonic Voltage Response for the Magnetic Weyl Semimetal Co3Sn2S2

JETP Letters - We experimentally investigate longitudinal and transverse second-harmonic voltage response to ac electrical current for a magnetic Weyl semimetal Co3Sn2S2. In contrast to the...     

Eco-friendly synthesis of ZnO nanorods using Cycas pschannae plant extract with excellent photocatalytic,antioxidant, and anticancer nanomedicine for lung cancer treatment

The tunable ZnO nanorods (NRs) are produced due to the phytochemicals present in Cycas pschannae leaves which act as reducing and stabilizing agents. The confirmations of the ZnO NRs were validated using different characterization techniques: X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET), scanning electron microscopy–Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis (EDX), UV–visible spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The ZnO NRs show unique surface area and low particle size. Photocatalytic activity was measured and found to be 50.75% at low concentrations and 78.33% at high concentrations. The antioxidant activity of the ZnO NRs also showed promising results for their use in free radical scavenging. In vitro toxicity studies using zebrafish embryos was performed to evaluate the toxic nature of it and the obtained result confirmed its non-toxic nature. In addition, ZnO anticancer potential was verified using the A549 lung cancer cell line. Cytotoxic assessments of ZnO NRs were performed via 2,3-bis-(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide (XTT), 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT), and neutral red uptake assays to examine the cell death cycle on the A549 lung cancer cell. Dose-dependent apoptosis and necrosis were confirmed by Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assay. It was also confirmed that ZnO NRs induce Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and apoptosis inside cancer (A549) cells via different intrinsic gene expression. Thus, based on this research it is evident that an effective ecofriendly, nontoxic potential anticancer drug can be synthesized using C. pschannae leaf extract.     

Standard Bases for the Universal Associative Conformal Envelopes of Kac–Moody Conformal Algebras

We study the universal enveloping associative conformal algebra for the central extension of a current Lie conformal algebra at the locality level N =?3. A standard basis of defining relations for this algebra is explicitly calculated. As a corollary, we find a linear basis of the free commutative conformal algebra relative to the locality N =?3 on the generators.

     

Nanopowders of aluminum-magnesium spinel doped with europium(3+) ions: Synthesis by hydroxocarbonates coprecipitation and study of their physicochemical properties

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Photoswitchable Phosphonate–Fullerene Hybrids with Cholinesterase Activity

Modern progress in photopharmocology calls for new generation of compounds joining bioactivity, photoswitchable properties and high selectivity of response to light wavelength. Introduced here, phosphonate–fullerene hybrids are the first representatives of such compounds. Phosphonate–fullerene hybrids were synthesized on a base of fullerene C₆₀ and organophosphates with the function of photoswitchable cholinesterase activity—phosphorylated thiazolotriazole and aminomalonate compounds and studied with FTIR, UV–VIS spectroscopy and IPC-micro neurotoxin amperometric analysis. As a result of spectroscopic and bioactivity characterization, it was not only demonstrated butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) inhibition increase in phosphonate–fullerene hybrids compared with pure phosphonates but also pronounced response of inhibition degree to laser irradiation of hybrids. It was found opposite behavior of hybrids as a result of laser irradiation—BuChE inhibition drop-off for thiazolotriazole–fullerene and pronounced growth for aminomalonate–fullerene. The other remarkable peculiarity of presented phosphonate–fullerene hybrids is high selectivity of inhibition change degree to laser wavelength (266 or 325 nm).     

Experimental and Theoretical Simulation of Heterogeneous Catalysis in Aerothermochemistry (a Review)

The design of aerospace vehicles has required the solution of radically new scientific and technological problems. One of the important problems has been to create reusable heat shield materials. In [1, 2] information concerning the methods and results of solving these problems, including the development of composites from ultrathin quartz fibers and carbon-carbon materials for the “Buran” orbital vehicle heat shield, was presented. The basic thermophysical characteristics of these materials include both the rate or probability coefficients of heterogeneous nitrogen and oxygen atom recombination and the accommodation coefficients of energy recombination at high surface temperatures. In the present paper the experimental and computational aspects of determining these parameters, which are also of interest for new heat shield materials for future space transport systems, are discussed.