Propagation of Low-Energy Electrons and the Density of Unoccupied States in Ultrathin TCNQ Layers on the Oxidized Silicon Surface

Physics of the Solid State - The formation of unoccupied electronic states and the boundary potential barrier during thermal deposition of tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) films to 7 nm in thickness...     

Spontaneous Surface Convection and Extraction (Stripping) Rate in Systems with Tributyl Phosphate and Di(2-ethylhexyl) Hydrogen Phosphate

Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry - Extraction of rare earth elements with solutions of di(2-ethylhexyl) hydrogen phosphate or tributyl phosphate in heptane, toluene, or tetrachloromethane is...     

Newtonian plane Couette flow with dynamic wall slip

Meccanica - The occurrence of slip complicates the estimation of the viscosity in rheometric flows. Thus, special analyses and experimental protocols are needed in order to obtain reliable...     

Generalized Ising Model in the Absence of Magnetic Field

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics - The Ising model on an one-dimensional monoatomic equidistant lattice with different exchange interactions between atomic spins at the sites of...     

Barriers to internal rotation and tunnelling splittings of the torsional states in the HO(CH2)OH,DO(CH2)OH and DO(CH2)OD molecules

Torsional states caused by vibrations of hydroxyl groups in the methanediol molecule and its two deuterated analogues – DO(CH₂)OH and DO(CH₂)OD were analysed at MP2/cc-pVTZ and CCSD(T)/cc-pVQZ levels of theory. In the first case, 2D PES and 2D surfaces of kinematic coefficients were calculated with geometry optimisation for all other geometric parameters, and in the second case, only the energy of optimised configurations at the MP2/cc-pVTZ level of theory was determined. Then 2D PES was recounted to the complete basis set (CBS) limit by extrapolating the results of calculations at the MP2/cc-pVTZ and MP2/cc-pVQZ levels of theory The calculated values were then averaged over four equivalent points on the coordinate plane. Hamiltonian matrices were constructed using DVR and Fourier methods. After their subsequent diagonalization, the energies of the stationary torsional states were computed. Their classification by C_2V(M) and C_S(M) molecular symmetry groups has been performed. The splitting values due to the tunnelling of the thirty most deeply located torsional states in the three studied molecules were also determined. The torsional states, internal rotation barriers, and tunnelling frequencies in the molecules of methanediol and hydrogen trioxide were compared.     

On Interpretation of Spectra of Photochemically Induced Circular Dichroism of Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Optics and Spectroscopy - We propose an approach to the analysis and interpretation of spectra of photoinduced circular dichroism (PICD) of semiconductor nanocrystals, in particular, quantum dots,...     

Dependence of the Compton to Rayleigh intensity ratio on the scatterer atomic number in the range of 4(Be) to 31(Ga)

Compton to Rayleigh scattering intensity ratios (I_C/I_R) have been measured using X-rays with energy 17.44 keV for single-component materials with atomic number Z from 4 (Be) to 31 (Ga) and binary compounds of stoichiometric composition. The measurements have been performed using two optical schemes: an energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence scheme with a molybdenum secondary target and wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence one. The processing of the spectra was carried out by fitting with Pearson VII functions. For single-component and binary standards, the experimental dependence of the scattering intensity ratio on the atomic number was found to be the same. This confirms the additivity of the contribution of different atoms to the scattering. The dependence has a complex shape but is well described by the theoretical relationship for I_C/I_R with correction on the difference between Compton and Rayleigh radiation absorption coefficients. Two ranges of atomic number values are defined, in which the effective atomic number Z_eff can be determined by the calibration method using this dependence: for Z from 4 to 7 with low error of ΔZ_eff =±0.15 and for Z_eff from 10 to 18 with low error of ΔZ_eff =±0.69. A change in the shape of the Compton peak and an overestimated value of the of the Compton and Rayleigh peak intensity ratio when passing from a single-component scatterer (Al or Si) to their oxides Al₂O₃ or SiO₂, respectively, have been revealed.     

High Chrome Steel Modified by High-Current Pulsed Electron Beam

Russian Physics Journal - The paper presents the results of the structure and properties modification of 20Cr23Ni18 (AISI 310) high chrome austenitic stainless steel after the exposure to the low...     

Creation of Laser-Induced Long Ionized Channels in Air Suspension

Russian Physics Journal - The paper deals with the propagation of the powerful laser beam in gas-dispersion systems and atmospheric aerosol background, which is accompanied by a wide spectrum of...     

Structural Features of Phosphates Ca9 – xMxDy(PO4)7 (M = Zn2+ or Mg2+)

Physics of the Solid State - Phosphate solid solutions based on the whitlockite family Ca9 – xMxDy(PO4)7 (M = Zn2+ or Mg2+) have been obtained. The samples have been...