Low-Frequency Acoustic Action on the Kinetics and Mechanism of First-Order and Bimolecular Chemical Reactions in a Structured Liquid Phase

Author(s):  
T. P. Kulagina ◽  
L. P. Smirnov ◽  
Z. S. Andrianova
2021 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 044103
Author(s):  
Chase A. Salazar ◽  
Blaise J. Thompson ◽  
Spring M. M. Knapp ◽  
Steven R. Myers ◽  
Shannon S. Stahl

2012 ◽  
Vol 107 (4) ◽  
pp. 1241-1246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Marsat ◽  
Leonard Maler

To interact with the environment efficiently, the nervous system must generate expectations about redundant sensory signals and detect unexpected ones. Neural circuits can, for example, compare a prediction of the sensory signal that was generated by the nervous system with the incoming sensory input, to generate a response selective to novel stimuli. In the first-order electrosensory neurons of a gymnotiform electric fish, a negative image of low-frequency redundant communication signals is subtracted from the neural response via feedback, allowing unpredictable signals to be extracted. Here we show that the cancelling feedback not only suppresses the predictable signal but also actively enhances the response to the unpredictable communication signal. A transient mismatch between the predictive feedback and incoming sensory input causes both to be positive: the soma is suddenly depolarized by the unpredictable input, whereas the neuron's apical dendrites remain depolarized by the lagging cancelling feedback. The apical dendrites allow the backpropagation of somatic spikes. We show that backpropagation is enhanced when the dendrites are depolarized, causing the unpredictable excitatory input to evoke spike bursts. As a consequence, the feedback driven by a predictable low-frequency signal not only suppresses the response to a redundant stimulus but also induces a bursting response triggered by unpredictable communication signals.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor A. Sipachev

Structural studies are largely performed without taking into account vibrational effects or with incorrectly taking them into account. The paper presents a first-order perturbation theory analysis of the problem. It is shown that vibrational effects introduce errors on the order of 0.02 Å or larger (sometimes, up to 0.1-0.2 Å) into the results of diffraction measurements. Methods for calculating the mean rotational constants, mean-square vibrational amplitudes, vibrational corrections to internuclear distances, and asymmetry parameters are described. Problems related to low-frequency motions, including torsional motions that transform into free rotation at low excitation levels, are discussed. The algorithms described are implemented in the program available from the author (free).


2009 ◽  
Vol 130 (22) ◽  
pp. 221101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Alejandro Carvajal Jara ◽  
Mateus Fontana Michelon ◽  
Alex Antonelli ◽  
Maurice de Koning

1994 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 733-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. T. McDevitt ◽  
J. S. Zabinski ◽  
M. S. Donley ◽  
J. E. Bultman

Crystalline disorder in thin films plays an important role in determining their properties. Disorder in the crystal structure of MoS2 films prepared by magnetron sputtering and pulsed laser deposition was evaluated with the use of Raman spectroscopy. The peak positions and bandwidths of the first-order Raman bands, in the region 100 to 500 cm−1, were used as a measure of crystalline order. In addition, a low-frequency feature was observed at 223 cm−1 that is not part of the normal first-order spectrum of a fully crystalline specimen. Data presented here demonstrate that this band is characteristic of crystalline disorder, and its intensity depends on the annealing history of the film. This behavior seems to be analogous to the disorder found in graphite thin films.


2014 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 2328-2338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mildred Quintana ◽  
Jesús Iván Tapia ◽  
Maurizio Prato

The development of chemical strategies to render graphene viable for incorporation into devices is a great challenge. A promising approach is the production of stable graphene dispersions from the exfoliation of graphite in water and organic solvents. The challenges involve the production of a large quantity of graphene sheets with tailored distribution in thickness, size, and shape. In this review, we present some of the recent efforts towards the controlled production of graphene in dispersions. We also describe some of the chemical protocols that have provided insight into the vast organic chemistry of the single atomic plane of graphite. Controlled chemical reactions applied to graphene are expected to significantly improve the design of hierarchical, functional platforms, driving the inclusion of graphene into advanced functional materials forward.


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