Synthesizing and Characterizing the Hybrid Pigment Fe 0.7 Cr1.3 O3 With High NIR Reflectance for Sustainable Energy Saving Applications

Today, a growing number of the world population face a rise in the cost of living, especially an increase in energy costs. That is why Energy-saving has become a vital issue. In this regard, one of the remarkable ways to reduce energy consumption is using cool pigments; therefore, many kinds of research have been done to improve pigments' infrared reflection capability. In this paper, the role of particle morphology was investigated to boost the infrared reflection property of iron-chromium-based pigments. For this purpose, a series of inorganic pigments based on the Fe0.7Cr1.3O3 formula was prepared via a hydrothermal method. The particles' morphology was altered by using surfactants to improve the pigments' reflecting properties. The IR reflectance results proved that the flaky particles exhibit an enhanced IR reflection, which is significantly higher than in the spherical one. Furthermore, the results have revealed that silica coating leads to a meaningful improvement in the IR reflection property. It was found that the maximum near-infrared solar reflectance of the sample with 2.63% succinic acid surfactant and silica coating was 52.23% compared to that of Fe0.7Cr1.3O3, which was 25.36%.

Reflection properties of zeta related functions in terms of fractional derivatives

We prove that the Weyl fractional derivative is a useful instrument to express certain properties of the zeta related functions. Specifically, we show that a known reflection property of the Hurwitz zeta function ζ(n, a) of integer first argument can be extended to the more general case of ζ(s, a), with complex s, by replacement of the ordinary derivative of integer order by Weyl fractional derivative of complex order. Besides, ζ(s, a) with ℜ(s) > 2 is essentially the Weyl (s − 2)-derivative of ζ(2, a). These properties of the Hurwitz zeta function can be immediately transferred to a family of polygamma functions of complex order defined in a natural way. Finally, we discuss the generalization of a recently unveiled reflection property of the Lerch’s transcendent.

Diamonds, compactness, and measure sequences

We establish the consistency of the failure of the diamond principle on a cardinal [Formula: see text] which satisfies a strong simultaneous reflection property. The result is based on an analysis of Radin forcing, and further leads to a characterization of weak compactness of [Formula: see text] in a Radin generic extension.

Does a nano-scale nipple array (moth-eye structure) suppress the settlement of ascidian larvae?

In some metazoans, the body surface is entirely or partly covered with an array of nipples about 100 nm or less in height. This structure, a nipple array, is sometimes called the moth-eye structure because it serves as an anti-reflection property on the compound eyes of a night moth. The nipple array is supposed to be a multifunctional structure since this structure occurs in various species across different taxa. Here, we hypothesize that the nipple array may prevent the settlement of epibionts that are often a nuisance and potentially cause serious problems for the host. Using a synthetic film that imitates the nipple array, we tested the substrate selection within ascidian larval settlement. The results indicate that the nipple array has anti-fouling properties, since more larvae settled on the flat surface than the nipple array (P < 0.01, paired t-test). The present results demonstrated that the nipple array potentially serves an anti-fouling function on the body surface, which should be important especially for sessile organisms.