Highly Efficient Zirconium Based Carbonaceous Solid Acid Catalyst for Selective Synthesis of 5-HMF from Fructose and Glucose in Isopropanol as a Solvent

Catalysis Letters - A new zirconium based carbonaceous solid acid catalyst Zr@CC-PA with both Lewis and Bronsted acidic sites was prepared by simultaneous carbonization and phosphonation of glucose...     

A novel technique to prepare LiNbO3 at low temperature

Fresh niobium hydroxide was first precipitated from NbF₅ solution using an aqueous ammonium hydroxide under basic conditions. Then a simple procedure of mixing lithium and niobium hydroxides together and heating at a low temperature (400 °C) produced pure ultrafine single phase LiNbO₃ (LN). In the literature, this is the lowest temperature so far reported on the formation of LN. The phase content and lattice parameters are determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The average particle size and morphology were studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM).     

Structural and magnetic properties of Co1+ySnyFe2-2y-xCrxO4 ferrite system

The samples of the series Co_1+ySn_yFe_{2- 2y- x}Cr_xO₄ ferrites with x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5 and y = 0.05, were prepared by the usual double sintering ceramic technique. The single- phase spinel structure of the samples was confirmed by using X- ray diffractometry technique. The lattice parameter ’a’ with an accuracy of ± 0.002 Å were determined using Bragg peaks of XRD pattern. The lattice parameter ’a’ decreases with concentration, x, which is due to the difference in the ionic radii of Cr³⁺ and Fe³⁺ ions. The X- ray intensity calculations were carried out in order to determine the possible cation distribution amongst tetrahedral (A) and octahedral [B] sites. The X- ray intensity calculations show Cr³⁺ ions occupying B site. The saturation magnetization, σ_s, and magneton number, n_B (the saturation magnetization per formula unit), measured at 300 K determined from high field hysteresis loop technique decrease with increase in concentration, x, suggesting a decrease in ferrimagnetic behaviour. Thermal variation of low field a.c. susceptibility measurements from room temperature to about 800 K exhibits almost normal ferrimagnetic behaviour and the Curie temperature, T_C determined from a.c. susceptibility data decreases with increase in x.

     

The synthesis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical P1/P1' cyclic ureas as HIV protease inhibitors

Cyclic urea SD146, a potent HIV protease inhibitor bearing a flat resistance profile, possessed poor solubility and bioavailability, which precluded further development of the compound. In an effort to improve upon the pharmacokinetic profile of the compound, several analogs modified at the P1/P1' residues were prepared and evaluated. Several of those compounds displayed significant improvement of physical properties.     

锰离子掺杂对PZT-BCW压电陶瓷性能的影响

本文制备了锰离子掺杂的0．9SPZT-0．05Ba(Cu1／2W1／2)O3压电陶瓷，并对该压电陶瓷进行了XRD、SEM和微区成分分析。结果表明材料为钙钛矿结构，掺锰后材料的晶粒变大．但是该压电陶瓷的机械品质因数Qm大幅度提高，由60提高到490。     

空间机器人姿态稳定方法研究

研究机器人动态优化问题,空间机器人的动力学耦合特性会影响系统的稳定性.空间机器人由于机械运动基座产生扰动,影响姿态稳定.通过建立空间机器人的动力学模型,结合动力学耦合特性分析了空间机器人的零反作用空间.提出基于零反作用空间的基座姿态稳定方法,实现了机械臂与基座的动力学解耦.不采用反作用飞轮或反作用喷气装置,即可使空间机器人的基座姿态达到稳定,达到了节省星上能源,延长空间机器人使用寿命的目的.在Matlab上进行数值仿真实验,结果验证了方法的有效性和可行性.方法能够为空间机器人在轨操作提供理论依据.     

A Comparative Investigation of Optical and Structural Properties of Cu-Doped CdO-Derived Nanostructures

In this report, we studied various structural and optical properties of pure and copper-doped cadmium oxide (CdO) thin films. Nanostructured Cu-doped CdO films were deposited using sol–gel spin-coating technique. The structural and morphological changes have been observed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM) studies. The optical and electrical properties of the pure and Cu-doped CdO thin films were studied by UV–vis spectroscopy and four-point probe method, respectively. The XRD peaks show the formation of nanocrystalline CdO with cubic face-centered crystal structure. The band gaps of the as deposited films were found in the range of 2.32–2.73 eV, while after doping, it decreases due to structural deformation. The electrical resitivity was found to decrease approximately ～10 in Cu-doped CdO thin films.     

Gait recognition based on curvelet transform and PCANet

Conventional gait recognition schemes has poor recognition accuracies in presence of covariates. It is mainly due to ineffective and inefficient representation and discriminative feature extraction schemes. The paper presents new technique to extract discriminative features from masked gait energy image based on curvelet transform and PCANet. The binary gait silhouette video sequence obtained from pre-processing of video sequence is converted in to masked gait energy image and then direction and edge representation ability of fast discrete curvelet transform is employed. Nonlinear and non invertible, image space to feature space mapping scheme of PCANet is used to extract discriminative robust features. The suitability and effectiveness of newly proposed scheme is demonstrated by experimentation on standard publicly available benchmark USF HumanID database.     

Individualized interactive home-based haptic telerehabilitation

We present a haptic telerehabilitation framework for patients with upper-limb dysfunction that is well-suited for deployment in patients' homes. Specifically, a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) haptic force-feedback driving wheel interfaces with a PC to create a haptic Virtual Driving Environment (hVDE). Coupling this framework with parametric exercise/ movement protocols-structured as driving exercises along paths of varying complexity-is the key to the creation of an inexpensive, immersive, and yet individualized personal-movement trainer.     

A Validated Stability Indicating High Performance Reverse Phase Liquid Chromatographic Method for the Determination of Cilostazol in Bulk Drug Substance

ABSTRACT

A simple, rapid and accurate reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatographic (RP-HPLC) method was developed for the quantitative determination of cilostazol. The developed method is also applicable for the related substance determination in bulk drugs. The chromatographic separation was achieved on reversed-phase C-18 column. Eluents were monitored on photo-diode array detector at a wavelength of 210 nm using a mixture (50:50) of water and acetonitrile. Solution concentrations were quantified by external calibration. In the developed HPLC method, resolution between cilostazol and its potential impurities, namely Imp-A, Imp-B, and Imp-C were found greater than two. The drug was subjected to stress condition of hydrolysis, oxidation, photolysis and thermal degradation. Considerable degradation was found to occur in alkaline medium stress condition. The developed RP-HPLC method was validated with respect to linearity, accuracy, precision, stability of analytical solutions, and robustness.