Ultrafine-grained die-upset Nd-Fe-B magnets are of importance because they provide a wide researching space to redesign the textured structures. Here is presented a route to obtain a new die-upset magnet with substantially improved magnetic properties. After experiencing the optimized heat treatment, both the coercivity and remanent magnetization of the Dy-Cu press injected magnets increased su...

A neutron diffraction study o f the eutectic Cu-Sb-melt containing 37 a/o Cu has been performed using isotopically enriched samples. The three partial structure factors describing the Cu-Cu, Cu-Sb, and Sb-Sb correlations have been determined as well as a second set of partial structure factors relating to the distance correlation o f fluctuations in number density and concentration. Unsmoothed ...

Speciation of copper in waste incineration fly ashes (dry scrubber (DS) and bag filter (BF)) has been studied by X-ray absorption near edge structural (XANES) spectroscopy in the present work. Copper species such as metallic Cu, CuO, Cu(OH)2, and a small amount of CuCO3 in the fly ashes could be distinguished by semi-quantitative analysis of the edge spectra. Interestingly, nano CuO (37%) were ...

Glass is a freezing phase of a deeply supercooled liquid. Despite its simple definition, the origin of glass forming ability (GFA) is still ambiguous, even for binary Cu-Zr alloys. Here, we directly study the stability of the supercooled Cu-Zr liquids where we find that Cu64Zr36 at a supercooled temperature shows deeper undercoolability and longer persistence than other neighbouring composition...

The mol-ecule of the binuclear title complex, [Cu(2)(C(8)H(7)O(2))(4)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)]·2H(2)O, is located on an inversion centre. The Cu atoms are bridged by two O atoms of the monodentate phenyl-acetate groups [Cu-O = 1.9808 (14) and 2.3668 (14) Å]. The longer of the two bridging Cu-O bonds takes the apical position of the distorted square-pyramidal environment of the Cu atom, which is compl...

The large (10 2 − 10 5) and strongly temperature dependent resistive anisotropy η = (σ ab /σc) 1/2 of cuprates perhaps holds the key to understanding their normal state in-plane σ ab and out-of-plane σc conductivities. It can be shown that η is determined by the ratio of the phase coherence lengths ℓ i in the respective directions: σ ab /σc = ℓ 2 ab /ℓ 2 c. In layered crystals in which the out-...

In the context of personality disorder development, theories of typical and atypical development both emphasize social cognition as an important building block for personality development. Prior claims of intact theory of mind (ToM) abilities in psychopathic individuals have relied upon a narrow conception of ToM as equivalent to "cognitive empathy." In this article, the authors make use of a b...

Ethanol synthesis from CH4 and syngas on a Cu-Co/TiO2 catalyst is studied using experiments, density functional theory (DFT) and microkinetic modelling. The experimental results indicate that the active sites of ethanol synthesis from CH4 and syngas are Cu and CoO, over which the ethanol selectivity is approximately 98.30% in a continuous stepwise reactor. DFT and microkinetic modelling results...

In the title compound, [Cu(C(2)H(2)IO(2))(2)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(H(2)O)], the Cu(II) ion is coordinated by two N atoms [Cu-N = 2.013 (4) and 2.024 (4) Å] from a 1,10-phenanthroline ligand and three O atoms [Cu-O = 1.940 (4)-2.261 (4) Å] from two carboxyl ligands and a water mol-ecule in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry. One iodo-acetate O atom [Cu-O = 2.775 (4) Å] completes the coordination to ...

BACKGROUND Chronic urticaria (CU) is a common disabling disorder. The CU-Q2oL (Chronic Urticaria Quality of Life Questionnaire) is a specific questionnaire for evaluating quality of life in CU patients. It consists of 23 items divided into six quality-of-life dimensions. It was initially developed in Italy and later validated in other countries. OBJECTIVES To validate and adapt the CU-Q2oL to...