Photo-lithographically impregnated and molecularly imprinted polymer thin film for biosensor applications

A voltammetric sensor for albuterol was investigated where we combined the techniques of microfabrication and molecular imprinting to construct on-chip devices using photoirradiation of cross-linkable polymers. Molecularly imprinted polymer was coated as a thin film onto the gold working electrode on chip and the analyte was directly quantified by differential pulse voltammetric measurements.     

Measurement of filament length generated by an intense femtosecond laser pulse using electromagnetic radiation detection

We present a new method to measure the length of a filament induced by the propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses in air. We used an antenna to detect electromagnetic pulses radiated from multipole moments inside the filament oscillating at the plasma frequency. The results are compared with the values detected from the backscattered fluorescence induced by multiphoton ionization of nitrogen molecules excited inside the filament. The values are found to be in good agreement. Received: 6 November 2002 / Revised version: 27 January 2003 / Published online: 24 April 2003 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author. Fax: +1-418/656-2623, E-mail: shosseini@phy.ulaval.ca     

Lasing action in air induced by ultra-fast laser filamentation

The backscattered fluorescence of nitrogen from filaments generated by intense ultra-fast Ti:sapphire laser pulses propagating in air is studied. The backscattered fluorescence from N₂ molecules and ions show an exponential increase with increasing filament length, indicating amplified spontaneous emission. Received: 11 October 2002 / Revised version: 3 December 2002 / Published online: 26 February 2003 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author. Fax: +1-418/6562-623, E-mail: qluo@phy.ulaval.ca     

Feasibility of probing boundary morphology of structured materials by 2D NMR q-space imaging

It is well known that one-dimensional (1D) q-space imaging allows retrieval of structural information at cellular resolution. Here we demonstrate by simulation that boundary morphology of structured materials can be derived from 2D q-space mapping. Based on a finite-difference model for restricted diffusion, 2D q-space maps obtained from water diffusion inside apertures at various levels of asperity were simulated. The results indicate that the observed ring patterns (diffraction minima) reveal the boundary profiles of the apertures but become blurred in the case of significant variation in aperture size. For uniform size distribution of apertures, a quantitative measure of surface roughness can be established by means of spatial autocorrelation analysis. The results suggest that 2D q-space imaging may allow probing of the boundary morphology of structured materials and possibly biological cells.     

Independence of ? in Lafforgue's theorem

Let X be a smooth curve over a finite field of characteristic p, let ?≠p be a prime number, and let be an irreducible lisse -sheaf on X whose determinant is of finite order. By a theorem of L. Lafforgue, for each prime number ?′≠p, there exists an irreducible lisse -sheaf on X which is compatible with , in the sense that at every closed point x of X, the characteristic polynomials of Frobenius at x for and are equal. We prove an “independence of ?” assertion on the fields of definition of these irreducible ?′-adic sheaves : namely, that there exists a number field F such that for any prime number ?′≠p, the -sheaf above is defined over the completion of F at one of its ?′-adic places.     

On Finite Groups and the Small Square Property

Let G be a finite group written multiplicatively and k a positive integer. If X is a non-empty subset of G, write X ² = |xy | x, y X . We say that G has the small square property on k-sets if |X ²| < k ² for any k-element subset X of G. For each group G, there is a unique m = m _G such that G has the small square property on (m + 1)-sets but not on m-sets. In this paper we show that given any positive integer d, there is a finite group G with m _G = d.     

High resolution feshbach spectroscopy of cesium

We measure high-resolution Feshbach resonance spectra for ultracold cesium atoms colliding in different hyperfine and magnetic sublevels. More than 25 resonances are observed for magnetic fields up to 230 G and their positions are measured with an accuracy down to 0.03 G. From these spectra several ground-state molecular interaction parameters can be extracted with sufficient accuracy to permit for the first time an unambiguous and accurate determination of cesium's ultracold collision properties [P. J. Leo, C. J. Williams, and P. S. Julienne, following Letter, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2721 (2000)].     

Multiaxial deformation of polyethylene and polyethylene/clay nanocomposites: in situ synchrotron small angle and wide angle X‐ray scattering study

A unique in situ multiaxial deformation device has been designed and built specifically for simultaneous synchrotron small angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS) and wide angle X‐ray scattering (WAXS) measurements. SAXS and WAXS patterns of high‐density polyethylene (HDPE) and HDPE/clay nanocomposites were measured in real time during in situ multiaxial deformation at room temperature and at 55 °C. It was observed that the morphological evolution of polyethylene is affected by the existence of clay platelets as well as the deformation temperature and strain rate. Martensitic transformation of orthorhombic into monoclinic crystal phases was observed under strain in HDPE, which is delayed and hindered in the presence of clay nanoplatelets. From the SAXS measurements, it was observed that the thickness of the interlamellar amorphous region increased with increasing strain, which is due to elongation of the amorphous chains. The increase in amorphous layer thickness is slightly higher for the nanocomposites compared to the neat polymer. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys, 2011     

采用新型La_(0.07)Sr_(0.93)SnO_3电极制备外延透明BiFe_(0.95)Mn_(0.05)O_3铁电薄膜电容器

本文使用脉冲激光沉积的方法在SrTiO3(STO)单晶衬底上采用一种新型的透明导电氧化物材料La0.07Sr0.93SnO3(LSSO)薄膜作为电极材料制备了BiFe0.95Mn0.05O3(BFMO)铁电薄膜电容器.XRD表征结果证实BF-MO/LSSO/STO外延异质结具有很好的单晶质量.光透过率的测试结果表明在500~2500nm的波长范围内,整个异质结的透光率与单纯STO衬底基片相似.在波长500nm附近BFMO出现吸收边,通过对吸收边进行(hνα)2-hν曲线拟合得到BFMO的直接光学带隙约为2.8eV.利用Pt作为上电极,我们测得了饱和的电滞回线,剩余极化Pr~60μC/cm2.     

Data bank: The PE Spectra of Paracyclophanes with Unsaturated Bridges and of Related Molecules

The PE spectroscopic data for a series of [2.2]paracyclophanes with olefinic and/or aromatic bridges, and of a few related molecules are reported, together with tentative assignments based on simple MO models.