Melanin‐Containing Films: Growth from Dopamine Solutions versus Layer‐by‐Layer Deposition

Films formed by oxidation of dopamine are of interest for functionalisation of solid–liquid interfaces owing to their versatility. However, the ability to modulate the properties of such films, for example, permeability to ionic species and the absorption coefficient, is urgently needed. Indeed, melanin films produced by oxidation of dopamine absorb strongly over the whole UV/Vis part of the electromagnetic spectrum and are impermeable to anions even for a film thickness as low as a few nanometers. Herein we combine oxidation of dopamine to produce a solution containing dopamine–melanin particles and their alternating deposition with poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) to produce films which have nearly the same morphology as pure dopamine–melanin films but are less compact, more transparent and more permeable to ferrocyanide anions.     

Active to sterile neutrino mixing limits from neutral-current interactions in MINOS

Results are reported from a search for active to sterile neutrino oscillations in the MINOS long-baseline experiment, based on the observation of neutral-current neutrino interactions, from an exposure to the NuMI neutrino beam of 7.07×10(20) protons on target. A total of 802 neutral-current event candidates is observed in the Far Detector, compared to an expected number of 754 ± 28(stat) ± 37(syst) for oscillations among three active flavors. The fraction f(s) of disappearing ν(μ) that may transition to ν(s) is found to be less than 22% at the 90% C.L.     

Measurement of the neutrino mass splitting and flavor mixing by MINOS

Measurements of neutrino oscillations using the disappearance of muon neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI neutrino beam as observed by the two MINOS detectors are reported. New analysis methods have been applied to an enlarged data sample from an exposure of 7.25×10(20) protons on target. A fit to neutrino oscillations yields values of |Δm(2)|=(2.32(-0.08)(+0.12))×10(-3) eV(2) for the atmospheric mass splitting and sin(2)(2θ)>0.90 (90% C.L.) for the mixing angle. Pure neutrino decay and quantum decoherence hypotheses are excluded at 7 and 9 standard deviations, respectively.     

Glass physics: from fundamentals to applications

The European Physical Journal E -     

Elementare Eigenschaften lokaler–Polynom–Schätzer: ein Streifzug durch die lineare Algebra

Zusammenfassung. Der lokale–Polynom–Sch?tzer besteht darin, an eine Sequenz von aufeinanderfolgenden Datenpunkten lokal ein Polynom anzupassen und damit zuf?llige Schwankungen in den Daten wegzugl?tten. Dieser Ansatz gewinnt in der nichtparametrischen Kurvensch?tzung st?ndig an Bedeutung. Es wird gezeigt, wie die Herleitung einiger elementarer Eigenschaften dieses Handwerkszeuges des Datenanalytikers einen Streifzug durch die lineare Algebra erforderlich macht. Eingegangen am 27.03.1998 / Angenommen am 15.06.1998     

Progress on Calorons and Their Constituents

We review the recent progress made in understanding instantons at finite temperature (calorons) with non-trivial holonomy, and their monopole constituents as relevant degrees of freedom for the confined phase.