Electrical conduction mechanism in a polycrystalline Sb35Se65 sample

Localized state conduction through a variable-range hopping mechanism in the low-temperature region (～180–270 K) and thermally activated phonon-assisted tunneling in the higher-temperature region (～270–320 K) has been observed in a polycrystalline Sb₃₅Se₆₅ sample.     

Contraction and approximate contraction with an application to multi-point boundary value problems

The paper deals with some general iterative methods in n-metric spaces. The obtained results are more explicit than those known in the literature and provides error estimates when the sequence obtained on a floating-point system starts oscillating. A stopping criteria and error estimates at that stage are provided. An application to multi-point boundary value problems is also given.     

On finite anti-plane shear for compressible elastic circular tube

Knowles' theorem for anti-plane shear of compressible, homogeneous, isotropic elastic materials in finite elastostatics is used to determine some restrictions on a strain-energy density function characterizing materials for which two anti-plane shear problems of a circular tube are then solved exactly.

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Resumé Le theorème de Knowles pour le cisaillement anti-plane de matériaux compressibles, homogénes, isotropes, élastiques en élastostatique finie est utilisé afin de déterminer certaines restrictions sur un fonction-densité d'énergie de déformation caractérisant des matériaux pour lesquels deux problèmes de cisaillement anti-plan d'un tube circulaire sont alors résolus exactement.

     

Electronic polarizabilities and sizes of ions in AN B10−N type semiconductors

Electronic polarizabilities and sizes of ions in A^N B^10?N type semiconductors (PbS, PbSe, PbTe and SnTe) have been deduced in the present study. The free ion polarizabilities of Sn²⁺ and Pb²⁺ ions are estimated approximately following the procedure of Pauling. The effect of crystalline potential is then estimated on free cation polarizabilities. An empirical relation between ionic radii and polarizabilities has been applied to deduce the ionic sizes and anion polarizabilities. The calculated molecular electronic polarizabilities agree well with the experimental values. The variation of dielectric constant with strain has also been estimated in each crystal and the results are explained in terms of the optical anisotropy parameter.     

Diffusion-limited energy transfer from Tb3+ → Nd3+ and Tb3+ → Ho3+ in DMSO

The energy transfer phenomenon has been studied from Tb³⁺ → Nd³⁺ and Tb³⁺ → Ho³⁺ in DMSO. A diffusion limited dipole-dipole mechanism of energy transfer is suggested for both systems. At high acceptor concentrations, P_da depends linearly on C² consistent with the Fong and Diestler theory of energy transfer. However, at low acceptor concentrations the observations of time evolutions of Tb³⁺ luminescence decay following flash excitation has enabled us to examine diffusion limited energy transfer from Tb³⁺ to Nd³⁺ and Tb³⁺ to Ho³⁺ in DMSO.     

Novel cyclic amide heterodimer lansamide-2 from Clausena lansium

A new cyclic amide heterodimer has been isolated from Clausena-lansium leaves. The structure of this amide heterodimer was determined by X-ray crystallographic studies and spectrochemical evidence.     

Sub- and superluminal propagation of intense pulses in media with saturated and reverse absorption

We develop models for the propagation of intense pulses in solid state media which can have either saturated absorption or reverse absorption. We model subluminal propagation in ruby and superluminal propagation in alexandrite as three and four level systems, respectively, coupled to Maxwell's equations. We present results well beyond the traditional pump-probe approach and explain the experiments of Bigelow et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 113903 (2003)]Science 301, 200 (2003)]] on solid state materials.     

Three solutions of constant sign for a system of discrete equations

We consider the following system of discrete equations