Influences of Pr and Ta doping concentration on the characteristic features of FTO thin film deposited by spray pyrolysis

The Pr and Ta separately doped FTO（10 at.% F incorporated Sn O2） films are fabricated via spray pyrolysis. The microstructural, topographic, optical, and electrical features of fluorine-doped TO（FTO） films are investigated as functions of Pr and Ta dopant concentrations. The x-ray diffraction（XRD） measurements reveal that all deposited films show polycrystalline tin oxide crystal property. FTO film has（200） preferential orientation, but this orientation changes to（211） direction with Pr and Ta doping ratio increasing. Atomic force microscopy（AFM） and scanning electron microscopy（SEM） analyses show that all films have uniform and homogenous nanoparticle distributions. Furthermore, morphologies of the films depend on the ratio between Pr and Ta dopants. From ultraviolet-visible（UV-Vis） spectrophotometer measurements, it is shown that the transmittance value of FTO film decreases with Pr and Ta doping elements increasing. The band gap value of FTO film increases only at 1 at.% Ta doping level, it drops off with Pr and Ta doping ratio increasing at other doped FTO films. The electrical measurements indicate that the sheet resistance value of FTO film initially decreases with Pr and Ta doping ratio decreasing and then it increases with Pr and Ta doping ratio increasing. The highest value of figure of merit is obtained for 1 at.% Ta- and Pr-doped FTO film. These results suggest that Pr- and Ta-doped FTO films may be appealing candidates for TCO applications.

Impact of antibacterial drugs on human serum paraoxonase-1(hPON1)activity:an in vitro study

Objective:To investigate the in vitro effects of the antihacterial drugs,mcropenem trihydrate.piperacillin sodium,and cefoperazone sodium,on the activity of human serum paraoxonase mPOND.Methods:hPQN1 was purified from human serum using simple chromatographic methods.including DEAE-Sephadex anion exchange and Sephadex G-200 gel filtration chromatography.Results:The three antihacterial drugs decreased in vitro hPON1 activity.Inhibition mechanisms meropcnem trihydrate was noncompetitive while piperacillin sodium and cefoperazone sodium were competitive.Conclusions:Our results showed that antihacterial drugs significantly inhibit hPON1 activity,both in vitro,with rank order meropenem trihydrate piperacillin sodium cefoperazone sodium in vitro.

Exact solutions of conformable time fractional Zoomeron equation via IBSEFM

The nonlinear conformable time-fractional Zoomeron equation is an important mod-el to describe the evolution of a single scalar field.In this paper,new exact solutions of con-formable time-fractional Zoomeron equation are constructed using the Improved Bernoulli Sub-Equation Function Method(IBSEFM).According to the parameters,3D and 2D figures of the solutions are plotted by the aid of Mathematics software.The results show that IBSEFM is an efficient mathematical tool to solve nonlinear conformable time-fractional equations arising in mathematical physics and nonlinear optics.

Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization on Some Turfgrass Characteristics of Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

The paper aimed to study the effects of nitrogen fertilization on the yield and some plant characteristics of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). The study was conducted at Agricultural Research and Application Center of the Faculty of Agriculture in Igdir University in 2013. In the experiment, eight levels of fertilizers: 0, 10.0, 20.0, 30.0, 40.0, 50.0, 60.0 and 70.0 kg N/ha per month were applied in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) during the sixth growing season. A randomized complete block with three replications was used as the experimental design. Nitrogen application affected plant height, green grass yield, plant covering rate, canopy color and turfgrass quality values of perennial ryegrass positively. In both monthly and as the average of nitrogen application, times of application (spring, summer and fall) caused the most uniform turfgrass quality and establishment. Results indicated that although a significant impact was on the character investigated, such as the leaf length, green grass yield, plant cover ratio, canopy color and turfgrass quality, the doses of nitrogen fertilizer have created close to each other in groups. In the stand point of view of all characters, N1, N2 and N3 were located in first group, N4 and N5 in the second group, N6 and N7 in the third group, expect for control (N0). It can be concluded that 40.0-50.0 kg N/ha per month may be more suitable to be used in ryegrass production in the landscape.

The Effect of Different Chemical Agents on the Prevention of Enzymatic Browning in Banana

This study was conducted to test the concept of fresh cut banana slices with the effects of chemical treatments on the surface appearance and selected quality indexes of banana samples right after cutting and during 2-week of storage at refrigeration conditions(0-4°C).Banana slices were treated with an ascorbic acid,sodium chloride,citric acid,calcium chloride,and sodium carbonate,water(room temperature),and hot water(65°C).Quality attributes,e.g.color,PPO(polyphenol oxidase)activities,surface appearance of the cut bananas were compared.Banana slices immersed in sodium chloride,calcium chloride,citric acid and sodium ascorbate showed visual traces of browning during storage at 4°C.After 14 days of storage,only ascorbic acid treated banana samples showed moderate browning,while all other treatments were severely affected.Browning was more severe for the samples immersed in water for all storage times.The browning measurement(a value)became increasingly positive from first to fourteenth day storage.It was observed that the inactivation of PPO enzyme was achieved for the ascorbic acid treated sample most.Rather than ascorbic acid treatment,cut banana samples showed less PPO enzyme activity for sodium chloride,citric acid,calcium chloride,sodium carbonate,hot water,and water(room temperature)treatments,subsequently.There were no significant changes observed on the different chemical treatments(sodium chloride,citric acid,calcium chloride,and sodium carbonate)except ascorbic acid.In overall,ascorbic acid was found to be the most efficient treatment on the inactivation of PPO enzyme activity among all the treatments.Beside the inactivation of the enzyme,ascorbic acid showed a better success to prevent color degradation of bananas.This study showed that ascorbic acid treatment is an effective chemical agent on the inactivation of browning enzymes.

Effects of Nonparabolicity on Electron Thermopower of Size-Quantized Semiconductor Films

Effects of nonparabolicity of energy band on thermopower, in-plane effective mass and Fermi energy are inves- tigated in size-quantized semiconductor films in a strong while non-quantized magnetic field. We obtain the expressions of these quantities as functions of thickness, concentration and nonparabolicity parameter. The influence of nonparabolicity is studied for degenerate and non-degenerate electron gases, and it is shown that nonparabolicity changes the character of thickness and the concentration dependence of thermopower, in-plane effective mass and Fermi energy. Moreover, the magnitudes of these quantities significantly increase with respect to the nonparabolicity parameter in the case of strong nonparabolicity in nano-films. The concentration depen- dence is also studied, and it is shown that thermopower increases when the concentration decreases. These results are in agreement with the experimental data.

Electrical and dielectric characterization of Au/ZnO/n-Si device depending frequency and voltage

Au/Zn O/n-type Si device is obtained using atomic layer deposition（ALD） for Zn O layer, and some main electrical parameters are investigated, such as surface/interface state（Nss）, barrier height（Φb）, series resistance（Rs）, donor concentration（Nd）, and dielectric characterization depending on frequency or voltage. These parameters are acquired by use of impedance spectroscopy measurements at frequencies ranging from 10 k Hz to 1 MHz and the direct current（DC） bias voltages in a range from-2 V to ＋2 V at room temperature are used. The main electrical parameters and dielectric parameters,such as dielectric constant（ε＂）, dielectric loss（ε＂）, loss tangent（tan δ）, the real and imaginary parts of electric modulus（M and M）, and alternating current（AC） electrical conductivity（σ） are affected by changing voltage and frequency. The characterizations show that some main electrical parameters usually decrease with increasing frequency because charge carriers at surface states have not enough time to fallow an external AC signal at high frequencies, and all dielectric parameters strongly depend on the voltage and frequency especially in the depletion and accumulation regions. Consequently, it can be concluded that interfacial polarization and interface charges can easily follow AC signal at low frequencies.

Advanced exergy analysis of the turbojet engine main components considering mexogenous, endogenous, exegenous, avoidable and unavoidable exergy destructions

In this study, exergy dynamic and advanced exergy analyses are applied to theturbojet engine to assess its mexogenous, endogenous, exogenous, avoidable and unavoidableexergies under the environment conditions of 15
C temperature and 1 bar pressure. Themaximum exergy point in the turbojet engine is found for the combustor in which C11H23(Jet-A1) fuel is combusted with air, while the minimum one is determined for the aircompressor head where the free air enters. The combustion chamber has the maximum fuel,product and irreversibility rates and the air compressor has the minimum fuel and product ex-ergy values, while the minimum irreversibility is found for the turbine. Maximum improvementpotential rate is found for the combustion chamber (5141.27 kW), while minimum rate is deter-mined for the turbine of system (6.95 kW). Also, the turbine component has the highest exergyefficiency (97.20%) due to its expansion process, while combustion chamber component hasthe lowest exergy efficiency (55.39%) due to low efficient combustion process of the fuel.Furthermore, the mexogenous exergy destructions from maximum to minimum are found for the combustion chamber, air compressor and gas turbine units, respectively. Considering exergydynamic analysis, the mexogenous exergy destruction rates of the combustion chamber, aircompressor and gas turbine are found as 184.4 kW, 103.97 kW and 9.99 kW, respectively.Considering all results, the combustion chamber is the primer component to be handled for bet-ter efficiency and improvement.