Publications by authors named "Frost R"

We have studied the mineral takedaite Ca3(BO3)2, a borate mineral of calcium using SEM with EDX and vibrational spectroscopy. Chemical analysis shows a homogeneous phase, composed of Ca. Boron was not detected.

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Dodecylamine was successfully intercalated into the layer space of kaolinite by utilizing the methanol treated kaolinite-dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) intercalation complex as an intermediate. The basal spacing of kaolinite, measured by X-ray diffraction (XRD), increased from 0.72 nm to 4.

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We have studied aspect of the molecular structure of the phosphate mineral rimkorolgite from Zheleznyi iron mine, Kovdor massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia, using SEM with EDX and vibrational spectroscopy. Qualitative chemical analysis shows a homogeneous phase, composed by P, Mg, Ba, Mn and Ca. Small amounts of Si were also observed.

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The mineral sturmanite is a hydrated calcium iron aluminium manganese sulphate tetrahydroxoborate hydroxide of formula Ca6(Fe, Al, Mn)2(SO4)2(B(OH)4)(OH)12·26H2O. We have studied the mineral sturmanite using a number of techniques, including SEM with EPMA and vibrational spectroscopy. Chemical analysis shows a homogeneous phase, composed by Ca, Fe, Mn, S, Al and Si.

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The constraints that govern acceptable phoneme combinations in speech perception and production have considerable plasticity. We addressed whether sleep influences the acquisition of new constraints and their integration into the speech-production system. Participants repeated sequences of syllables in which two phonemes were artificially restricted to syllable onset or syllable coda, depending on the vowel in that sequence.

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Aim: Auditory hallucinations are hypothesized to be based in distorted sensory perceptions, with increasingly distorted perceptions of reality possibly prompting the first psychotic phase of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Our goal was to examine the association between distorted auditory perceptions and psychotic symptomatology, social functioning and quality of life among individuals with first-episode psychosis.

Methods: Forty individuals with first-episode psychosis completed assessments of distorted auditory perception, psychotic symptomatology, social functioning and quality of life.

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Article Synopsis
  • Four kaolinite samples were analyzed using several techniques such as SEM, XRD, and FTIR to assess their particle size, morphology, crystallinity, and structural defects.
  • The results indicated that the particle size increased across the samples, which also displayed a decrease in structural order as the size grew.
  • Structural defects were identified through various spectroscopic changes, including Raman and FTIR, linked to bond breakages and aluminum substitutions in the kaolinite structure.
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Methyl orange (MO) is a kind of anionic dye and widely used in industry. In this study, tricalcium aluminate hydrates (Ca-Al-LDHs) are used as an adsorbent to remove methyl orange (MO) from aqueous solutions. The resulting products were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared spectroscopy (MIR), thermal analysis (TG-DTA) and scanning electron microscope (SEM).

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The structural characteristics of the raw coal (AY), the H2O2 oxidized coals (AY-H2O2) and the HF acidized AY-H2O2 (AY-H2O2-HF) were investigated by SEM, X-ray diffraction, Raman and FTIR spectroscopy. The results indicate that the derivative coals show an obvious increase in the aromaticity, crystalline carbon content and hydroxyl content, especially the AY-H2O2-HF. The stacking layer number of crystalline carbon decreases and the aspect ratio (La/Lc) remarkably increases for AY-H2O2 and AY-H2O2-HF.

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Raman spectra of two well-defined ferrimolybdite samples, Fe2(3+)(Mo6+O4)3·7-8H2O, from the Krupka deposit (northern Bohemia, Czech Republic) and Hůrky near Rakovník occurrence (central Bohemia, Czech Republic) were studied and tentatively interpreted. Observed bands were assigned to the stretching and bending vibrations of molybdate anions, Fe-O units and water molecules. Number of Raman and infrared bands assigned to (MoO4)(2-) units and water molecules proved that symmetrically (structurally) nonequivalent (MoO4)(2-) and H2O are present in the crystal structure of ferrimolybdite.

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Raman spectroscopy complimented with infrared spectroscopy has been used to study the molecular structure of the mineral of plumbophyllite. The Raman spectrum is dominated by a very intense sharp peak at 1027 cm(-1), assigned to the SiO stretching vibrations of (SiO3)n units. A very intense Raman band at 643 cm(-1) is assigned to the bending mode of (SiO3)n units.

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The mineral beraunite from Boca Rica pegmatite in Minas Gerais with theoretical formula Fe(2+)Fe5(3+)(PO4)4(OH)5⋅4H2O has been studied using a combination of electron microscopy with EDX and vibrational spectroscopic techniques. Raman spectroscopy identifies an intense band at 990 cm(-1) and 1011 cm(-1). These bands are attributed to the PO4(3)(-) ν1 symmetric stretching mode.

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We have studied the borate mineral rhodizite (K, Cs)Al4Be4(B, Be)12O28 using a combination of DEM with EDX and vibrational spectroscopic techniques. The mineral occurs as colorless, gray, yellow to white crystals in the triclinic crystal system. The studied sample is from the Antandrokomby Mine, Sahatany valley, Madagascar.

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We have studied the hydrated hydroxyl silicate mineral inesite of formula Ca2(Mn,Fe)7Si10O28(OH)⋅5H2O using a combination of scanning electron microscopy with EDX and Raman and infrared spectroscopy. SEM analysis shows the mineral to be a pure monomineral with no impurities. Semiquantitative analysis shows a homogeneous phase, composed by Ca, Mn(2+), Si and P, with minor amounts of Mg and Fe.

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Purpose: To demonstrate the feasibility of accelerating measurements of cardiac fiber structure using simultaneous multislice (SMS) imaging.

Methods: SMS excitation with a blipped controlled aliasing (CAIPI) readout was incorporated into a diffusion-encoded stimulated echo pulse sequence to obtain diffusion measurements in three separate slices of the heart (8-mm thickness, 12-mm gap). A novel image entropy-based method for removing image ghosts in blipped CAIPI acquisitions is also introduced that enables SMS imaging of closely spaced slices in the heart.

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Vibrational spectroscopy has been used to study the rare earth mineral churchite of formula (REE)(PO4)⋅2H2O. The mineral contains a range of rare earth metals including yttrium depending on the locality. The Raman spectra of churchite-(REE) are characterized by an intense sharp band at 984cm(-1) assigned to the ν1(PO4(3-)) symmetric stretching mode.

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The mineral lulzacite from Saint-Aubin des Chateaux mine, France, with theoretical formula Sr(2)Fe(2+)(Fe(2+),Mg)(2)Al(4)(PO(4))(4)(OH)(10) has been studied using a combination of electron microscopy with EDX and vibrational spectroscopic techniques. Chemical analysis shows a Sr, Fe, Al phosphate with minor amounts of Ga, Ba and Mg. Raman spectroscopy identifies an intense band at 990cm(-1) with an additional band at 1011cm(-1).

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We have studied the molecular structure of the mineral glaucocerinite (Zn,Cu)(5)Al(3)(SO(4))1.5(OH)16⋅9(H2O) using a combination of Raman and infrared spectroscopy. The mineral is one of the hydrotalcite supergroup of natural layered double hydroxides.

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Copper doped zinc aluminum ferrites CuxZn1-x.(AlxFe2-x)O4 are synthesized by the solid-state reaction route and characterized by XRD, TEM, EPR and non linear optical spectroscopy techniques. The average particle size is found to be from 35 to 90nm and the unit cell parameter "a" is calculated as from 8.

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Phosphohedyphane Ca(2)Pb(3)(PO(4))(3)Cl is rare Ca and Pb phosphate mineral that belongs to the apatite supergroup. We have analysed phosphohedyphane using SEM with EDX, and Raman and infrared spectroscopy. The chemical analysis shows the presence of Pb, Ca, P and Cl and the chemical formula is expressed as Ca(2)Pb(3)(PO(4))(3)Cl.

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A wardite mineral sample from Lavra Da Ilha, Minas Gerais, Brazil has been examined by vibrational spectroscopy. The mineral is unusual in that it belongs to a unique symmetry class, namely the tetragonal-trapezohedral group. The structure of wardite contains layers of corner-linked -OH bridged MO6 octahedra stacked along the tetragonal C-axis in a four-layer sequence and linked by PO4 groups.

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Raman and infrared spectra of two well-defined fluellite samples, Al2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O, from the Krásno near Horní Slavkov (Czech Republic) and Kapunda, South Australia (Australia) were studied and tentatively interpreted. Observed bands were assigned to the stretching and bending vibrations of phosphate tetrahedra, aluminum oxide/hydroxide/fluoride octahedra, water molecules and hydroxyl ions. Approximate O-H⋅⋅⋅O hydrogen bond lengths were inferred from the Raman and infrared spectra.

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Raman spectra of two well-defined types of cobaltkoritnigite and koritnigite crystals were recorded and interpreted. Significant differences in the Raman spectra of cobaltkoritnigite and koritnigite were observed. Observed Raman bands were attributed to the (AsO3OH)(2-) stretching and bending vibrations, stretching and bending vibrations of water molecules and hydroxyl ions.

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Na-dodecylbenzenesulfate (SDBS), a natural anionic surfactant, has been successfully intercalated into a Ca based LDH host structure during tricalcium aluminate hydration in the presence of SDBS aqueous solution (CaAl-SDBS-LDH). The resulting product was characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy combined with near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy technique, thermal analysis (TG-DTA) and scan electron microscopy (SEM). The XRD results revealed that the interlayer distance of resultant product was expanded to 30.

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Hydroxyapatite chromatography is shown to be an excellent method for chromatographically purifying monoclonal antibodies (Mab). Mab contained in eluates from Protein A columns was partially purified on ceramic hydroxyapatite (CHT™) Type I, 40 μm ceramic hydroxyapatite using two scouting methods which provide milligram amounts of Mab typical at laboratory scale. The result from one of the scouting methods was optimized to obtain a high concentration of purified Mab with acceptable clearance of cell culture impurities.

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