A spectroscopic study of radiation produced in a theta-pinch

Preliminary results of the analysis of the spectra of four times ionized krypton, Kr-V, are presented. 28 transitions were classified and for five of them the classification is new. We also present the UNICAMP theta-pinch for the study of highly ionized atoms. This device is now in testing.     

Genomics of industrial Aspergilli and comparison with toxigenic relatives

Aspergillus oryzae has been used in Japanese fermentation industries for more than a thousand years. The species produces large amounts of various hydrolytic enzymes and has been successfully applied to modern biotechnology. The size of the A. oryzae genome (37.5 Mb) is very close to that of A. flavus and A. niger, and 20-30% larger than that of either A. nidulans or A. fumigatus. A. oryzae and A. flavus have exactly the same number of aspartic proteinase genes, of which each orthologous pair shares highly conserved amino acid sequences. Synteny analysis with A. fumigatus and A. nidulans showed that the A. oryzae genome has a mosaic structure consisting of syntenic and non-syntenic blocks. In the microorganisms to be compared, the density of the genes having homologs was obviously higher on the syntenic than on the non-syntenic blocks. Expression analysis by the DNA microarray supported the significantly lower expression of genes on the non-syntenic than on the syntenic blocks.     

估算本征吸收技术中洁净区宽度的简捷方法

本文研究了在本征吸收技术中,硅片中氧外扩散后其浓度纵向分布的特点,提出了一种根据氧的外扩散时间来估算本征吸收技术中洁净区宽度的简捷方法。根据该方法能够很方便地估算出任意外扩散时间下的洁净区宽度,且在洁净区宽度小于20微米范围内,其结果与理论计算值之绝对误差小于1微米。     

Water vapor solubility of poly(lactic acid) films modified the surface by vacuum ultraviolet irradiation

Surface modification of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) film is performed via 172 nm excimer lamp irradiation. Effects on water vapor solubility and physical properties via vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) irradiation are studied systematically. After VUV irradiation, water vapor solubility increases approximately 11–43% in the low‐pressure region and approximately 20–38% in the high‐pressure region as surface hydrophilicity increased. The increase is attributed to hydrogen bonding with the carboxyl groups because of VUV radiation. The modified layer is significantly swelling after water vapor sorption. The hydrophilic layer forms a thickness of 2–3 μm from the irradiated surface via VUV radiation, but no changes are observed inside the irradiated film. Therefore, PLA film solubility after irradiation is enhanced by hydrophilicity and the swelling effect of the surface. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015 , 132, 42200.     

Organocatalytic Enantioselective Conjugate Addition of Malonic Acid Half Thioesters to Coumarin‐3‐carboxylic Acids Using N‐Heteroarenesulfonyl Cinchona Alkaloid Amides

We disclose herein an efficient enantioselective conjugate addition reaction between coumarin‐3‐carboxylic acids and malonic acid half thioesters (MAHTs). The reaction was catalyzed by N‐heteroarenesulfonyl Cinchona alkaloid amides to afford double‐decarboxylative conjugate addition products in good yield with high enantioselectivity. The reaction of various coumarin‐3‐carboxylic acids with MAHTs gave products in high yield with high enantioselectivity.

     

Decreasing resistances of membrane-electrode assemblies containing hydrocarbon-based ionomers for improving their anodic performances

To improve methanol-oxidation performances of membrane-electrode assemblies composed of a hydrocarbon-based ionomers, the resistances involved in the reaction were decreased. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy revealed that the proton-conductive resistance (R_i) in the anode was decreased from 0.54 to 0.40 Ω cm² by increasing a loading ratio of platinum-ruthenium to carbon support of anode catalyst from 54 to 73 wt.%. In addition, R_i was decreased to be 0.25 Ω cm² by increasing ion-exchange capacity (IEC) of the ionomer from 1.4 to 2.9 mequiv. g⁻¹. Consequently, the polarization resistance of the anode was significantly decreased, in turn, increasing current density of methanol oxidation at the potential of 0.45 V from 0.110 to 0.244 A cm⁻².     

Cover Image,Volume 97, Issue 8

The cover image, by Yuko Shimamura et al, is based on the Research Article Inhibitory effects of Japanese horseradish (Wasabia japonica) on the formation and genotoxicity of a potent carcinogen, acrylamide, DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8055 .

     

Performance Evaluation of Flexible Manufacturing Systems with Finite Local Buffers: Fixed and Dynamic Routings

This article evaluates the performance of flexible manufacturing systems with finite local buffers and fixed or dynamic routing rules, and addresses the optimal design or system configuration problem of maximizing the system throughput. The costs include machine cost, part (or pallet) cost, and local buffers cost. First, the system throughputs and their behaviors are considered with both queueing network analysis and simulation, and it is shown for a fixed routing model that the system throughput in the case of finite local buffers is greater than in the case of infinite local buffers. For a fixed versus dynamic routing rule, it is also found that the throughput in the former case can be close to the one in the latter case by changing the setting parameters. Next, the design problems of maximizing the system throughput are considered numerically for fixed and dynamic routing cases. Then, it is seen that better combination of design variables is a class of the monotonicity in local buffers, service rates, and routing probabilities.     

NO–H2–CO–O2 Reactions Over Pt Catalysts Supported on Ln-incorporated FSM-16 (Ln = La, Ce and Pr)

Catalytic NO–H₂–CO–O₂ reaction was studied over Pt-supported Ln-incorporated FSM-16 (Ln = La, Ce and Pr). Pr-FSM-16 exhibited the highest activity for NO _x reduction at ≤200 °C. Pr has an effect of increasing the basicity to promote the oxidative adsorption of NO, which is a key for efficient de-NO _x .