Ipidacrine hydrochloride is pharmaceutically active compound that forms variety of crystalline modifications which differs by solvent type and content in crystalline structure. These crystalline forms analyzed by powder x-ray diffraction, differential thermal analysis, thermogravimetry and Karl Fisher titration. Obtained crystalline forms include two monohydrates, two hemihydrates, two anhydrou...

We discuss a robotic system composed of Crystalline modules. Crystaline modules can aggregate together to form distributed robot systems. Crystalline modules can move relative to each other by expanding and contracting. This actuation mechanism permits automated shape metamorphosis. We describe the crystalline module concept and show the basic motions that enable a crystalline robot system to s...

Evidence that crystalline silica is associated with an increased rate of lung cancer led the International Agency for Research on Cancer to conclude in 1997 that crystalline silica is a known human carcinogen. In Israel too, crystalline silica is considered as such. The decision raised a debate in the scientific arena, and a few scientists have questioned the basis upon which causality was dete...

Highly crystalline TiO(2) nanostructures were prepared through a facile inorganic acid-assisted hydrothermal treatment of hexagonal-structured assemblies of nanocrystalline titiania templated by cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (Hex-ncTiO(2)/CTAB Nanoskeleton) as starting materials. All samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The influence...

Zinc oxide twin nanorods, with two identical crystalline sections connected by an amorphous layer, were reproducibly grown using a simple one-step hydrothermal technique. The thickness of the amorphous layer between the crystalline segments was tunable with growth parameters, as confirmed by high resolution transmission electron microscopy. The photoluminescence spectra of these twin nanorods e...

Figure 1 summarizes the various cloud variables and their interactions. Precipitating cloud species are distinguished from non-precipitating species, and the liquid phase is distinguished from the ice phase. The size of the nonprecipitating cloud particles (which influences both the cloud radiative properties and the conversion of nonprecipitating cloud species to precipitating species) is dete...

In a previous work [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 24, 942-956 (2007)] we showed how to design an optimum multispectral system aimed at spectral recovery of skylight. Since high-resolution multispectral images of skylight could be interesting for many scientific disciplines, here we also propose a nonoptimum but much cheaper and faster approach to achieve this goal by using a trichromatic RGB charge-couple...

“Silica,” is a term which refers broadly to the mineral compound silicon dioxide (SiO2). Silica can be crystalline or amorphous. Crystalline silica is significantly more hazardous to employees than amorphous silica. In addition to causing the disabling and irreversible lung disease known as silicosis, crystalline silica has been classified as a human carcinogen by the International Agency for R...