Aggregation Behavior And Chromonic Liquid Crystal Properties Of An Anionic Monoazo Dye

X-ray scattering and various optical techniques are utilized to study the aggregation process and chromonic liquid crystal phase of the anionic monoazo dye Sunset Yellow FCF. The x-ray results demonstrate that aggregation involves pi-pi stacking of the molecules into columns, with the columns undergoing a phase transition to an orientationally ordered chromonic liquid crystal phase at high dye concentration. Optical absorption measurements on dilute solutions reveal that the aggregation takes place at all concentrations, with the average aggregation number increasing with concentration. A simple theory based on the law of mass action and an isodesmic aggregation process is in excellent agreement with the experimental data and yields a value for the bond energy between molecules in an aggregate. Measurements of the birefringence and order parameter are also performed as a function of temperature in the chromonic liquid crystal phase. The agreement between these results and a more complicated theory of aggregation is quite reasonable. Overall, these results both confirm that the aggregation process for some dyes is isodesmic and provide a second example of a well-characterized chromonic system

Experimental Characterization and Population Balance Modelling of the Dense Silica Suspensions Aggregation Process.

Concentrated suspensions of nanoparticles subjected to transport or shear forces are commonly encountered in many processes where particles are likely to undergo processes of aggregation and fragmentation under physico-chemical interactions and hydrodynamic forces. This study is focused on the analysis of the behavior of colloidal silica in dense suspensions subjected to hydrodynamic forces in conditions of destabilization. A colloidal silica suspension of particles with an initial size of about 80 nm was used. The silica suspension concentration was varied between 3% and 20% of weight. The phenomenon of aggregation was observed in the absence of any other process such as precipitation and the destabilization of the colloidal suspensions was obtained by adding sodium chloride salt. The experiments were performed in a batch agitated vessel. The evolution of the particle size distributions versus time during the process of aggregation was particularly followed on-line by acoustic spectroscopy in dense conditions. Samples were also analyzed after an appropriate dilution by laser diffraction. The results show the different stages of the silica aggregation process whose kinetic rates depend either on physico-chemical parameters or on hydrodynamic conditions. Then, the study is completed by a numerical study based on the population balance approach. By the fixed pivot technique of Kumar and Ramkrishna [1996. On the solution of population balance equations by discretization—I. A fixed pivot technique. Chemical Engineering Science 51 (8), 1311–1332], the hypothesis on the mechanisms of the aggregation and breakage processes were justified. Finally, it allows a better understanding of the mechanisms of the aggregation process under flowing conditions

Temporal aggregation of an ESTAR process

Nonlinear models of deviations from PPP have recently provided an important, theoretically well motivated, contribution to the PPP puzzle. Most of these studies use temporally aggregated data to empirically estimate the nonlinear models. As noted by Taylor (2001), if the true DGP is nonlinear, the temporally aggregated data could exhibit misleading properties regarding the adjustment speeds. We examine the effects of different levels of temporal aggregation on estimates of ESTAR models of real exchange rates.

Weibull-type limiting distribution for replicative systems

The Weibull function is widely used to describe skew distributions observed in nature. However, the origin of this ubiquity is not always obvious to explain. In the present paper, we consider the well-known Galton-Watson branching process describing simple replicative systems. The shape of the resulting distribution, about which little has been known, is found essentially indistinguishable from the Weibull form in a wide range of the branching parameter; this can be seen from the exact series expansion for the cumulative distribution, which takes a universal form. We also find that the branching process can be mapped into a process of aggregation of clusters. In the branching and aggregation process, the number of events considered for branching and aggregation grows cumulatively in time, whereas, for the binomial distribution, an independent event occurs at each time with a given success probability.Comment: 6 pages and 5 figure

Secure Hop-by-Hop Aggregation of End-to-End Concealed Data in Wireless Sensor Networks

In-network data aggregation is an essential technique in mission critical wireless sensor networks (WSNs) for achieving effective transmission and hence better power conservation. Common security protocols for aggregated WSNs are either hop-by-hop or end-to-end, each of which has its own encryption schemes considering different security primitives. End-to-end encrypted data aggregation protocols introduce maximum data secrecy with in-efficient data aggregation and more vulnerability to active attacks, while hop-by-hop data aggregation protocols introduce maximum data integrity with efficient data aggregation and more vulnerability to passive attacks. In this paper, we propose a secure aggregation protocol for aggregated WSNs deployed in hostile environments in which dual attack modes are present. Our proposed protocol is a blend of flexible data aggregation as in hop-by-hop protocols and optimal data confidentiality as in end-to-end protocols. Our protocol introduces an efficient O(1) heuristic for checking data integrity along with cost-effective heuristic-based divide and conquer attestation process which is $O(\ln{n})$ in average -O(n) in the worst scenario- for further verification of aggregated results

Research into the process of preparation of Ukrainian coal by the oil aggregation method

We conducted a study into concentration of Donetsk coal with varying degrees of coalification – anthracite and grade G – by the method of oil aggregation. We determined the character of impact of the following factors on the results of oil aggregation of coal: the ash content of original coal, pulp agitation duration, pulp density, consumption and type of reagent-binder. The research demonstrated a possibility of effective preparation of finely- and thinly dispersed Donetsk coal the size of 0–0.1; 0–1(2) mm and ash content from 10–15 % to 65–70 % by the method of oil aggregation. In this case, it was established that with an increase in the ash content of original coal, the process of oil aggregation displays a capacity of self-leveling. By reducing the speed of aggregation, it is possible to attain practically stable technological results over the entire examined range of ash content of original coal – from 10–15 % to 65–70 %. Obtained results substantiate the possibility of employing the process of oil aggregation for the re-preparation of waste, in particular, waste of flotation and gravitation separation of coal preparation.Досліджено збагачення донецького вугілля різного ступеня вуглефікації масляною агрегацією. Встановлено вплив на результати процесу зольності вугілля, тривалості агітації, густини пульпи, витрат і виду реагенту. Показано можливість ефективного збагачення вугілля крупності 0–0,1 (2) мм, зольності 10–70 % і самовирівнювання масляної агрегації при збільшенні зольності. Обгрунтовано застосування масляної агрегації для перезбагачення відходів флотації

Research into the process of preparation of Ukrainian coal by the oil aggregation method

We conducted a study into concentration of Donetsk coal with varying degrees of coalification – anthracite and grade G – by the method of oil aggregation. We determined the character of impact of the following factors on the results of oil aggregation of coal: the ash content of original coal, pulp agitation duration, pulp density, consumption and type of reagent-binder. The research demonstrated a possibility of effective preparation of finely- and thinly dispersed Donetsk coal the size of 0–0.1; 0–1(2) mm and ash content from 10–15 % to 65–70 % by the method of oil aggregation. In this case, it was established that with an increase in the ash content of original coal, the process of oil aggregation displays a capacity of self-leveling. By reducing the speed of aggregation, it is possible to attain practically stable technological results over the entire examined range of ash content of original coal – from 10–15 % to 65–70 %. Obtained results substantiate the possibility of employing the process of oil aggregation for the re-preparation of waste, in particular, waste of flotation and gravitation separation of coal preparation.Досліджено збагачення донецького вугілля різного ступеня вуглефікації масляною агрегацією. Встановлено вплив на результати процесу зольності вугілля, тривалості агітації, густини пульпи, витрат і виду реагенту. Показано можливість ефективного збагачення вугілля крупності 0–0,1 (2) мм, зольності 10–70 % і самовирівнювання масляної агрегації при збільшенні зольності. Обгрунтовано застосування масляної агрегації для перезбагачення відходів флотації