Absence of gradients and Nernstian equilibrium stripping (AGNES) is a recently developed electroanalytical technique specifically designed for the direct determination of free concentrations of metal ions. AGNES is applied here to the determination of free Zn concentration in a river water sample. The method has been validated with synthetic solutions of low ionic strengths containing Zn and 2,...

A new chelating ligand [4-methyl-2,6-bis-(pyridin-2-yl-hydrazonomethyl)-phenol] (1) was prepared by the condensation of 2-hydrazinylpyridine with 2,6-diformyl-p-cresol. Compound 1 exhibits weak fluorescence due to intramolecular photoinduced electron transfer (PET). The sensor (1) demonstrates Zn(2+)-specific emission enhancement due to the “PET off” process through a 1:1 binding mode with the ...

Zn doped GaN nanowires with different doping levels (0, <1 at%, and 3-5 at%) have been synthesized through a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. The effect of Zn doping on the defect evolution, including stacking fault, dislocation, twin boundary and phase boundary, has been systematically investigated by transmission electron microscopy and first-principles calculations. Undoped GaN nanow...

The paper suggests a simple method of deriving minimax lower bounds to the accuracy of statistical inference on heavy tails. A well-known result by Hall and Welsh (Ann. Statist. 12 (1984) 1079–1084) states that if α̂n is an estimator of the tail index αP and {zn} is a sequence of positive numbers such that sup P∈Dr P(|α̂n − αP | ≥ zn) → 0, where Dr is a certain class of heavy-tailed distributions...

We consider the factorization properties of block monoids on Zn determined by subsets of the form Sa = {1, a}. We denote such a block monoid by Ba(n). In Section 2, we provide a method based on the division algorithm for determining the irreducible elements of Ba(n). Section 3 offers a method to determine the elasticity of Ba(n) based solely on the cross number. Section 4 applies the results of...

At medium energies the distorted-wave Born approximation provides a much less reliable description of transfer reactions induced by composite projectiles. While use of the 3ohnson-Soper adiabatic method includes the dominant contributions from three-body breakup channels, recent experimental data have suggested the need for additional theoretical refinements. The use of Wein-berg or Sturmian st...

In this project by the use of cilicagel as Sorbent for preconcentration of traces of Cu and Zn considered by Solid Phase Extraction prior to determination by flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (FAAS). In this method 4,2 Pyridilazo resorsinol (PAR) as a complexing agent For copper and zinc ion after adsorbed in cilicagel and after that eluted by 5 ml of nitric Acid (3M). Some effective Paramet...

UNLABELLED Cu2O grass-like and ZnO flower-like nanoarchitectures were fabricated directly on Cu powders and Zn powders using a novel thermal oxidation stress-induced (TOS) method based on catalyst assistance at a low temperature of 150°C under moderate humid atmosphere. The experiments of Al powder were also carried out based on TOS method. Overlapping migration (OLM) of Cu and Zn atoms and too...

The composition and stability of the complexes of isatin-β-thiosemicarbazone with Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Pd(II) and Hg(II) have been investigated using spectrophotometric method at 30 °C and constant ionic strength of 0.1 mol dm-3 (KNO3) in 70 % ethanol. Experimental results indicate the formation of MeL and MeL2 complexes for Ni(II) and Co(II), and MeL for Cu(II), Zn(II), Pd(II) and H...

Electroreduction of oxoanions affords hydroxide equivalents that induce selective deposition of crystalline metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) on conductive surfaces. The method is illustrated by cathodic electrodeposition of Zn(4)O(BDC)(3) (MOF-5; BDC = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate), which is deposited at room temperature in only 15 min under cathodic potential. Although many crystalline phases are k...