Abstract:
Disclosed is a process to produce vanillin or vanillin derivatives carrying out a one-step reaction starting from guaiacol or guaiacol derivatives and at least a superacid.
Abstract:
A process for preparing a magnetic talcous composition including mineral particles, referred to as magnetic talcous particles, having a non-zero magnetic susceptibility, in which, during an oxidative contacting step, talcous particles chosen from the group formed from 2:1 lamellar silicates having a zero electric charge are brought into contact with particles including at least one magnetic iron oxide chosen from the group formed from magnetite and maghemite, the magnetic particles having a mean equivalent diameter of between 1 nm and 50 nm. A magnetic talcous composition including mineral particles, referred to as magnetic talcous particles, having a non-zero magnetic susceptibility, at least 20% by weight of talcous particles and at least 0.5% by weight of magnetic particles is also described.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a multi-layer material comprising a metal or metal alloy substrate, the metal or alloy substrate being coated with an intermediate layer comprising at least one ceramic or crystalline, or partially crystalline, structure, including a metal or a metal alloy, said intermediate layer being coated with a layer of calcium phosphate having a cellular nanometric structure, and uses thereof.The present invention relates to the method for preparing such a material by autocatalytic deposition of a layer of calcium phosphate comprising a cellular nanometric surface structure.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently selected from the group comprising, inter aliae, H, optionally substituted, branched or linear C1-C12 alkyl, halogen atom and C1-C12 haloalkyl, and wherein A represents a single bond or an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkylene radical, notably useful for the treatment of human neoplasms.
Abstract:
A piezoelectric and ferroelectric bulk wave transducer operating at a predetermined frequency includes a block of substrate, having a first thickness and in a first material, and a piezoelectric and ferroelectric transduction plate, having a length, a width and a second thickness, and in a second piezoelectric material, first and second metal electrodes covering the plate in the direction of the length thereof. The plate has first and second ferroelectric domains with alternating polarizations, distributed along the length of the plate according to a periodic pattern of pitch. The plate is attached perpendicularly to the block so that the width of the plate and the first thickness of the block are the same direction. The first and second material, the first thickness of the block, the length, the width, the second thickness, the pitch of the plate are configured for generating and trapping bulk waves at the operating frequency of the transducer, guided between both electrodes.
Abstract:
A field effect transistor (1) including: a semiconducting substrate (2) having two areas doped with electric charge carriers forming a source area (3) and a drain area (4), respectively; a dielectric layer positioned above the semiconducting substrate (2) between the source (3) and the drain (4) and forming the gate dielectric (9) of the field effect transistor (1); a gate (11) consisting of a reference electrode (8) and of a conductive solution (10), the solution (10) being in contact with the gate dielectric (9); and the gate dielectric (9) consists of a layer of lipids (13) in direct contact with the semiconducting layer (2). The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a field effect transistor (1) is disclosed.
Abstract:
Method of determination of an irradiation dose deposited in a scintillator (5) by ionising radiation, comprising the steps of: irradiating the scintillator (5) during a predetermined time; detecting a moment of excitation of the scintillator (5) with a first photodetector (11); then detecting a moment of reception of a scintillation photon with a second photodetector (14), functioning in single photon counting mode; identifying each sequence consisting of the detection of a moment of excitation by the first photodetector (11), and the detection of a moment of reception by the second photodetector (14) with a coincidence event; counting the number of coincidence events; obtaining the irradiation dose deposited during the irradiation time as a function of the number of coincidence events counted and of a predetermined proportionality factor.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a proton-conductive electrochemical cell (10), comprising an electrolytic membrane (13) made of a ceramic and an electrode (11, 12) made of a cermet, said electrochemical cell (10) being obtained directly by a method of co-sintering a ceramic layer, capable of forming the electrolytic membrane (13), and a cermet layer, capable of forming the electrode (11, 12), in a sintering tool at a sintering temperature of the ceramic that makes it possible to render said ceramic layer, capable of forming the electrolyte (13), gas-tight, wherein said cell (10) is characterised in that said cermet consists of the mixture of a ceramic and an electronically conductive passivatable alloy including at least 40 mol % chromium capable of forming a passive layer, the nature and the chromium content of said passivatable alloy enabling said electrochemical cell to be co-sintered with a membrane densification of more than 90% without melting said alloy.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for encoding a video stream, an associated method for decoding a video stream, an associated encoder, an associated decoder and associated computer programs. The encoding method is directed to encoding a video stream comprising at least one video sequence, comprising, for the encoding of a square or rectangular block of a picture of a video sequence of the video stream, selecting a motion information predictor for said block from a list of candidate motion information predictors, and entropic encoding of an index representative of a position of the selected motion information predictor in said list. The encoding method further comprises computing statistics representative of a frequency of selection of each motion information predictor of said list on a first portion of a current video sequence, and, for a current block to encode of a second portion following said first portion of the current video sequence, selecting a current motion information predictor for said current block, and entropic encoding of an item of information representative of said selected current motion information predictor, said item of information and/or said entropic encoding being dependent on said computed statistics.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for encoding a multi-view video stream comprising at least two video sequences, comprising a step of motion information prediction for a square or rectangular block of a current picture of a current view from a list of candidate motion information predictors, a motion information predictor including at least a motion vector, and a step of entropic encoding of an item of information representative of the position of a selected motion information predictor in the list. The method of the invention comprises, for the encoding of a current block, determining in the list of candidate motion information predictors of the current block a motion information predictor comprising a disparity motion vector pointing to a block of a picture of a video sequence corresponding to a view different from the current view, and in case of positive determination, including in the list of candidate motion information predictors at least one refined motion information predictor comprising a refined disparity motion vector predictor obtained from the determined disparity motion vector so as to obtain a refined list of candidate motion information predictors.