Exciton structure in luminescence excitation spectra of ZnS phosphors

Dips and peaks in luminescence excitation spectra of ZnS phosphors at 75 K have been identified as due to intrinsic exciton formation. Excitation spectra for Mn²⁺ emission exhibit an oscillatory structure due to hot exciton creation.     

Electric conductivities of 1:1 electrolytes in liquid methanol along the liquid-vapor coexistence curve up to the critical temperature. II. KBr and KI solutions

The molar conductivities Lambda of KBr and KI in dilute methanol solutions were measured along the liquid-vapor coexistence curve up to the critical temperature (240 degrees C). The concentration dependence of Lambda in each condition was analyzed by the Fuoss-Chen-Justice equation to obtain the limiting molar conductivities and the molar association constants. Using the present data together with the literature ones, the validity of the Hubbard-Onsager (HO) dielectric friction theory based on the sphere-in-continuum model was examined for the translational friction coefficients zeta of the halide ions (the Cl(-), Br(-), and I(-) ions) in methanol in the density range of 2.989rho(c)> or =rho> or =1.506rho(c), where rho(c)=0.2756 g cm(-3) is the critical density of methanol. For all the halide ions studied, the friction coefficient decreased with decreasing density at rho>2.0rho(c), while the nonviscous contribution Deltazeta/zeta increased; Deltazeta was defined as the difference between zeta and the friction coefficient estimated by the Stokes law. The density dependence of zeta and Deltazeta/zeta were well reproduced by the HO theory at rho>2.0rho(c). The HO theory also explained the ion-size dependence of Deltazeta/zeta which decreased with ion-size at rho>2.0rho(c). At rho<2.0rho(c), on the other hand, the HO theory could not explain the density and the ion-size dependences of zeta and Deltazeta/zeta. These results indicated that the application limit of the HO theory lied about rho=2.0rho(c) which is the same as the application limit observed for the alkali metal ions. The present results were also compared with the results in subcritical aqueous solutions.     

Observation of B(0)-->D((*)0)pp

The B meson decay modes B-->Dpp; and B-->D(*)pp; have been studied using 29.4 fb(-1) of data collected with the Belle detector at KEKB. The B;(0)-->D(0)pp; and B;(0)-->D(*0)pp; decays have been observed for the first time with branching fractions B(B;(0)-->D(0)pp;)=(1.18+/-0.15+/-0.16)x10(-4) and B(B;(0)-->D(*0)pp;)=(1.20(+0.33)(-0.29)+/-0.21)x10(-4). No signal has been found for the B+-->D(+)pp; and B+-->D(*+)pp; decay modes, and the corresponding upper limits at 90% C.L. are presented.     

Observation of chi(c2) production in B meson decay

We report the first observation of chi(c2) production in B meson decays. We find an inclusive B-->chi(c2)X branching fraction of (1.80(+0.23)(-0.28)+/-0.26) x 10(-3). The data set, collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB e(+)e(-) collider, consists of 31.9 x 10(6) BB events. We also present branching fractions and momentum spectra for both chi(c1) and chi(c2) production.     

Separation of tanshinones from Salvia miltiorrhiza bunge by multidimensional counter-current chromatography

Non-equilibrium chromatography (NEC) is a chromatographic mode for the rapid separation of polymers. The retention behavior of various proteins (human, chicken, bovine serum albumin) and supercoiled circular double-stranded DNA (plasmids) was investigated using a phosphate buffer as a mobile phase at different velocities and column temperatures with a C₁ column with very low-packing particle diameter as a stationary phase. It was shown that the two factors (temperature and velocity) constituted important parameters in the retention mechanism of plasmids and proteins in NEC. The protein was retained more than the plasmid. At all the temperatures (5, 10, 15, 20, 25 °C) the plasmid retention increased over the entire flow-rate range (0.02–1.8 ml/min). For the protein, the retention curve presented a decrease in the relative retention time until a critical value of the mobile phase flow-rate, followed by an increase. The transition between the two well known NEC methods, slalom chromatography and hydrodynamic chromatography was clearly visualized for proteins at the lowest temperature, but did not appear for plasmids due to their strong compact structure.     

exo‐[N,N′‐Bis(3‐tert‐butyl­salicyl­idene)‐1,2‐di­phenyl‐(RS,SR)‐1,2‐ethane­diyl­diaminato]­oxovanadium(IV)

The title mononuclear oxovanadium(IV) complex, [VO(C₃₆H₃₈N₂O₂)], has a distorted square‐pyramidal coordination. The complex was shown to be the exo isomer.     

[N,N′‐Bis­(salicyl­idene)‐1,2‐di­phenyl‐(RS,SR)‐1,2‐ethane­di­amin­ato]­nickel(II)

In crystals of the title compound, [Ni(C₂₈H₂₂N₂O₂)], the coordination geometry around the Ni atom is square planar with a slight tetrahedral distortion. The five‐membered N,N′‐chelate ring adopts a distorted gauche conformation with the two phenyl groups in axial and equatorial orientations.     

Well‐Posed Treatment of Space‐Charge Layers in the Electroneutral Limit of Electrodiffusion

The electroneutral model describes cellular electrical activity, accounting for ionic concentration dynamics without resolution of the fine spatial scales of the space‐charge layer. This is done by asserting that the ionic solution is electrically neutral at each point in space. However, electroneutrality is inconsistent with the original boundary conditions at cell membranes. We consider three separate methods of resolving this inconsistency that result in well‐posed models that are accurate approximations to a detailed model in which the space‐charge layer is fully resolved. A particular electrodiffusion problem is utilized to make the discussion specific.© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.