Amphiphiles with a dendritic structure are attractive materials as they combine the features of dendrimers with the self-assembling properties and interfacial behavior of water-air affinities. We have synthesized three generations of polyester dendrimers and studied their interfacial properties on the Langmuir films. The behavior obtained was, as a rule, the lowest generation dendrimers behavin...

Model-based diagnostic reasoning often leads to a large number of diagnostic hypotheses. The set of diagnoses can be reduced by taking into account extra observations (passive monitoring), measuring additional variables (probing) or executing additional tests (sequential diagnosis/test sequencing). In this paper we combine the above approaches with techniques from Automated Test Pattern Generat...

The fractal interpolation theory was used to the research of road surface roughness, and its simulating method was proposed through the piecewise fractal model. The fractal interpolation model was established for the actual road surface roughness, its influential factors and their laws of influencing were also analyzed, and then the model accuracy was confirmed by the fractal parameters and the...

Fractal and Fractional are two words referring to some characteristics and fundamental problems which arise in all fields of science and technology. These problems are characterized by having some non-integer order features. Fractals are geometrical objects with non-integer dimension, while fractional is the non-integer order of differential operators. Fractals and fractional calculus have been...

this note introduces a new general conjecture correlating the dimensionality dt of an infinitelattice with n nodes to the asymptotic value of its wiener index w(n). in the limit of large nthe general asymptotic behavior w(n)≈ns is proposed, where the exponent s and dt are relatedby the conjectured formula s=2+1/dt allowing a new definition of dimensionality dw=(s-2)-1.being related to the topol...

A fractal is a function or a process in which an identical motif repeats itself on an ever diminishing scale. The motif of a fractal can be a feature influenced by chance. Fractals can be found in nature everywhere, for instance the surface of the moon is a fractal, where the motif of craters is repeated in a scale from inches to miles. It is created by random collisions with space objects. Fra...

The adsorption behaviour of Methyl violet and Auramine yellow from aqueous solution onto Stishovite clay was investigated as a function of parameters such as initial dye concentration, contact time, p and temperature. The Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption models were applied to describe the equilibrium isotherms. Adsorption followed pseudo-second order model. The experimental data fitted well ...

in this study, nano-tio2 was employed for the adsorption of chloroform from aqueous solution in batch equilibrium experiments to investigate its adsorption properties. the effects of ph, initial chloroform concentration and nano-tio2 dosage were also investigated. optimal conditions for chloroform removal by nano-tio2 have been then identified. results of equilibrium experiments showed that the...

The current research of nonlinear seepage theory of shale-gas reservoir is still in its infancy. According to the characteristics of shale gas in adsorption-desorption, diffusion, slippage and seepage during accumulation, migration and production, a mathematical model of unstable seepage in dual-porosity sealed shale-gas reservoir was developed while considering Knudsen diffusion, slip-flow eff...