Giant stop bands and defect modes in one-dimensional waveguide with dangling side branches

We investigate both the photonic and electronic band structure of a comb-like waveguide geometry in which dangling side branches are grafted along an infinite one-dimensional waveguide. In a periodic (superlattice like) waveguide, we report the opening-up of stop bands which originate both from the periodicity of the system and the resonant states of the grafted branches (which play the role of resonators). Wide gaps (narrow bands) can be obtained by grafting several dangling side branches at every node. The stop bands still remain even for identical constituent materials. We also propose a tandem structure composed of two or several successive combs which differ by their physical characteristics that allows an ultrawideband filter. This behavior results from the superposition of the bandgaps in the successive structures. The presence of a defect branch in the comb can give rise to localized modes inside gaps. These states appear as very narrow peaks in the transmission spectrum and therefore may have useful applications in the frame of photonic bandgap materials or electronic band engineering of nanostructures.     

胶体光子晶体的平面介电常数缺陷

为引入特殊的光学性质,通常需要在三维光子晶体中人为可控地引入缺陷.通过改变局部结构单元的尺寸或介电常数,相应地引入给体或受体掺杂,带来不同的缺陷态.以前文献报道的向胶体光子晶体中引入缺陷,常会因为同时引入尺寸和介电常数掺杂,给掺杂性质的界定带来困难.本文中,我们结合对流自组装法和L-B膜法,在实心二氧化硅微球组成的三维光子晶体内引入尺寸相同的二氧化硅空心球(与实心球相比具有不同折光率)组成的单层平面缺陷,或者在空心球晶体内引入实心球缺陷层,构成实心-空心-实心或空心-实心-空心的三明治结构,在不破坏整体晶格的同时,在三维胶体光子晶体中引入单一的平面介电常数缺陷.     

Phoxonic crystals—a new platform for chemical and biochemical sensors

A new sensor platform is based on so-called phoxonic crystals. Phoxonic crystals are structures designed for simultaneous control of photon and phonon propagation and interaction. They are characterized by a periodic spatial modulation of the dielectric constant as well as elastic properties on a common wavelength scale. Multiple scattering of photons and phonons results in a band gap where propagation of both waves is prohibited. The existence of photonic and phononic band gaps opens up opportunities for novel devices and functional materials. The usage of defect modes is an advantageous concept for measurement. The defect also acts as point of measurement. We show theoretically that the properties of the defect mode can be tailored to provide very high sensitivity to optical and acoustic properties of matter confined within a defect cavity or surrounding the defect or being adsorbed at the cavity surface. In this paper, we introduce the sensor platform and analyze the key features of the sensor transduction scheme. Experimental investigations using a macroscopic device support the theoretical findings.     

Multifunctional nanoparticles possessing magnetic, long-lived fluorescence and bio-affinity properties for time-resolved fluorescence cell imaging

Multifunctional nanoparticles possessing magnetic, long-lived fluorescence and bio-affinity properties have been prepared by copolymerization of a conjugate of (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane bound to a fluorescent Eu³⁺ complex, 4,4′-bis(1″,1″,1″-trifluoro- 2″,4″-butanedion-4″-yl)chlorosulfo-o-terphenyl-Eu³⁺ (APS-BTBCT-Eu³⁺), free (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APS) and tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) in the presence of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) stabilized magnetic Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles (10 nm) with aqueous ammonia in ethanol. The nanoparticles were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), spectrofluorometry and vibrating sample magnetometry methods. The direct-introduced amino groups on the nanoparticle's surface by using free APS in nanoparticle preparation facilitated the surface modification and bioconjugation of the nanoparticles. The nanoparticle-labeled transferrin was prepared and used for staining the cultured Hela cells. A time-resolved fluorescence imaging technique that can fully eliminate the fast-decaying background noises was developed and used for the fluorescence imaging detection of the cells. A distinct image with the high ratio of signal to noise (S/N) was obtained.     

Syntheses and absolute configurations of the cytokinins 1′-methylzeatin and its 9-riboside

On the basis of the chiral syntheses of (1′R)-I and (1′S)-I and of their 9-ribosides (1″R)-III and (1″S)-III from D- and L-alanines, the structures of the cytokinins 1′-methylzeatin and its 9-riboside have been established to be (1′R)-I and (1″R)-III.     

Notes on Kuhn's ω″ molecular orbital method

(1) It is shown that, contrary to statements sometimes made, it is perfectly possible to obtain consistent sets of charges in Kuhn's ω″ molecular-orbital method, whatever the values of the parameters ω, ω′, ω″.

(2) Particular applications are made to the benzyl cation, and to the non-alternants fulvene, heptafulvene and azulene. It appears that including the ω-terms decreases the magnitude of the largest of the net atomic charges as calculated by the simple Hückel method, and results in an overall smoothing-out process. Further inclusion of the ω′-terms continues this smoothing-out process, but inclusion of the ω″-terms may sometimes slightly reverse this process.

(3) The charge distributions obtained for fulvene and azulene in (1) and (2) lead to molecular dipole moments which are still much too large.

In view of (3) it is not clear that the additional work involved in the inclusion of ω′ and ω″ is justified by the greater accuracy thus obtained.     

Synthesis and molecular structure of the novel monohydrated 3-p-nitrophenylpyrazole derived from 1,3-diketone malonate

The synthesis of dimethyl {2-[3-(4-nitrophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-5-yl]ethyl}malonate monohydrate 1, C₁₆H₁₇N₃O₆·H₂O was performed and the molecular structure has been studied by using NMR, single crystal X-ray diffraction and ab initio calculations. The title compound presents a pyrazole ring (N1 to C5), a phenyl ring (C1″ to C6″) attached to C3 and the ethylene dimethyl malonate frame (C1′ to C7′) attached to C5. The torsion angle defined by N2C3C1″C2″ (−12.26°) showed that pyrazole and phenyl rings are not in the same plane. Monohydration in (1) is present in the structure by a NHOH₂ hydrogen bonding, with a bond length of 1.782 Å. Experimental and theoretical evidences indicated the preference of the 3-tautomer over the corresponding 5-tautomer in the titled pyrazole.     

Annellation effects in the perylene and coronene series

Naphtho(2′:3′, 2:3)perylene (VIII), dinaphtho(2′:3′, 2:3); (2″:3″, 8:9)perylene (VII), anthraceno(1′:4′, 1:12)perylene(IV), 1:12-benzonaphtho(2″:3″, 2:3)perylene(II), 1:12-benzonaphtho (2″:3″, 4:5)perylene (III) and 1:12-benzodinaphtho(2″:3″, 2:3); (2″“:3″”,8:9)perylene (XV) were synthesized. There are two different annellation effects in passing from 1:12-benzoperylene (I) to II or III resp., the one in naphthocoronene (V) lies in between these two effects. The annellation effect in the perylene series cannot be related to the molecular axes but is easily explained by the strict application of Robinsons aromatic sextet.     

Process optimization of sol–gel derived colloidal photonic crystals

Three-dimensional photonic bandgap structures have been synthesized by a colloidal/sol–gel route, starting with the self-organization of polystyrene microspheres into opals by dip-coating, sedimentation or vertical convective self-assembly, followed by sol–gel infiltration of the interstices with silica, titania or a silica-titania mixture, by dip-coating and removal of the polymeric template. The structural and optical properties of the opals and inverse opals prepared by this method have been studied by scanning electron microscopy and visible infra-red spectroscopies to assess the relationship between their structure and the photonic properties obtained. The optical transmission and reflection spectra of the opal and inverse opal structures have also been simulated by the Translight Software code, using the Transfer Matrix method, for different numbers of stacked layers, showing reasonable agreement with the experimental results. By optimizing the fabrication parameters, colloidal photonic crystals of good quality have been obtained, with reduced defect concentrations and increased mechanical strength.     

State-selected reaction and relaxation of CH with H2

The state-selected reaction of CH(X₂Πν″ = 0, 1) with H₂ has been studied, in which CH was generated by IRMPD of a precursor gas, CH₃OH. The subsequent evolution of CH (ν″ = 0, 1) was monitored by the sensitive LIF technique. For the ground state and vibrationally excited state CH, the reaction with H₂ is found to depend on the total pressure in the sample cell at room temperature, which suggests that the reaction proceeds through an intermediate adduct, CH₃. The backward dissociation process is found to depend on the buffer pressure, which can be rationalized via a collision-induced backward dissociation. The decay rates of CH (ν″ = 0, 1) due to collisions with H₂ and Ar at a buffer pressure of 10 Torr are k_H2 (ν″ = 1) = (2.3±0.1) × 10⁻¹ cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹ and k_Ar (ν″ = 1) = (4.4±0.1) × 10⁻¹³ cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹. Possible effects of the vibrational excitation on the reaction rate of CH (ν″ = 1) are discussed.     

Micromodulation of electron-transfer rates in mixed-valence 1′,1″′-dibenzylbiferrocenium cations

X-Ray structures of 1′,1′″-disubstituted biferrocenium triiodide salts have been studied and the dramatic effects of substituents on the intramolecular electron-transfer rates are described.     

Nature of disclination cores in liquid crystals

A disclination is an orientation symmetry-breaking defect and its strength corresponds to the number of rotations (in multiples of 2π) of the director over a path encircling the disclination. The line core plays a considerable role in the disclination energy balance and mobility, however, the detailed nature of the core structure is largely unknown. Here we demonstrate different core structures for different disclinations by using transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy coupled with the nanostripe decoration technique. We show that the molecular distribution in the core of (+1) defects changes from the prolate planar to oblate homeotropic, resembling but not identical to 'escape into the third dimension'. The homeotropic (-1) defect appears to possess an isotropic core, contrary to theoretical predictions.     

具有然陷模的氧化铝光子晶体的光学传感性能

采用在周期性氧化电压信号中插入恒压波形的方法成功制备了具有缺陷模的一维氧化铝光子晶体. 这种晶体的透射光谱研究表明,缺陷的厚度对缺陷模的透过率具有显著影响,当缺陷厚度在180 nm时,光子禁带内部出现透过率为55%、半峰宽约为18 nm的缺陷模. 该缺陷模能够对进入到氧化铝孔道内部的液体物质做出响应,其位置与液体的折射率线性相关.     

Circular dichroism and absorption in a finite cholesteric liquid crystal layer with an isotropic defect layer inside

Circular dichroism and absorption are calculated for one-dimensional chiral soft substance (a cholesteric liquid crystal, CLC) cells with an isotropic defect layer. The photonic density of states (PDS), circular dichroism, absorption and emission dependencies are calculated as functions of the parameters characterising absorption and gain. The absorption and gain effects in chiral photonic systems with a defect layer are established and it is shown that in some cases the subject system can work as: a low threshold laser, a multi-position trigger, a total wide/narrow band absorber, a wide/narrow band filter/mirror, etc. This work demonstrates the effects of absorption and emission in photonic crystal (PC) layers, and offers a novel approach to understanding of tunable soft photonic substances.     

光子晶体的制备及应用

光子晶体（PC）是具有光子带隙的周期性电介质结构，频率落在光子带隙中的光将被禁止传播。本文对光子晶体的能带结构、带隙的产生、制备方法及应用作了简要的介绍，重点介绍了光子晶体的制备技术及其在光电领域中的应用前景。     

The triple fluorescence of benzanilide and the dielectric medium modulation of its competitive excitation

The fluorescence of the benzanilide molecule at 298 K is inferred to consist of three independent electronic transitions associated with the single ground-state molecular species. F₁ (λ_max340 nm), the normal fluorescence is observed weakly and is ascribed to an n,π*,-π,π* mixed state. F′₂ is ascribed to the proton-transfer imidol tautomer fluorescence (previously reported) with unresolved λ_max (inferred at ≈460 nm). F″₂ is ascribed to a charge-transfer state fluorescence to the ground state, and occurs as a resolved CT transition in tetrahydrofuran at λ_max 520 nm. Comparison of the spectra of N-methylbenzanilide exhibiting only F₁ and F″₂ (CT) permitted the analysis of the benzanilide spectra.     

Collective dynamic modes in ferroelectric liquid crystal-aerosil dispersions

The influence of the concentration of hydrophilic aerosil particles on the collective dynamic modes of the ferroelectric liquid crystal S-(-)-2-methylbutyl 4-n-nonanoyloxybiphenyl-4'-carboxylate near the SmA-SmC* phase transition is investigated by means of dielectric spectroscopy in the frequency range 10^-2-10⁷ Hz. For aerosil densities ρ_s = 0.025, 0.05, 0.08 and 0.15 g cm^-3 considerable changes in the dielectric intensities of Goldstone and soft modes are observed. The characteristic frequency of the Goldstone mode slightly increases with increasing concentration of aerosil. The frequency degeneracy occurring in the SmA-SmC* phase transition is lifted in the presence of aerosil and an increase in the frequency gap is observed. Complete disappearance of the Goldstone mode at ρ_s = 0.20 g cm^-3 occurs, along with significant broadening of the soft mode. The results are interpreted as an effect of structure, surface interactions and length scale of the helix in disordered confinement.     

蛋白石及反蛋白石結構光子晶體

光子晶体是由不同介电常数的材料构成的一种空间周期性结构，它能够在特定方向上禁阻、控制和操纵光子的运动。目前，已制备的光子晶体具有几种不同的结构类型，本文主要综述了蛋白石、反蛋白石结构光子晶体的制备方法及其光子带隙的影响因素。     

Doped colloidal photonic crystal structure with refractive index chirping to the [111] crystallographic axis

A three-dimensionally ordered array of close-packed colloidal spheres, a photonic crystal structure in which the refractive index of the medium interstitial lattice in a colloidal crystal spatially changes in the [111] crystallographic axis, is demonstrated. The colloidal photonic crystal structure with refractive index chirping was produced by infiltration of a monomer and organic dopants with a high refractive index into a silica opal, followed by interfacial gel polymerization. The resulting photonic crystal structure has a gradually varying stop band at each different (111) plane in the face-centered cubic (fcc) crystal structure at a normal incidence. This novel structure exhibited optical characteristics that have band-gap broadening by the superposition of stop bands at each plane of the crystal with different dielectric functions. Moreover, the refractive index perturbation in the [111] fcc opal also showed a defect state within a pseudo-photonic band gap. This new type of photonic crystal structure should be useful for the band-gap engineering of photonic-band-gap materials.     

Effect of sulphur on both thermal and dielectric properties of pre-compressed FEF black-loaded SBR vulcanizates

The thermal properties (thermal conductivity λ, thermal diffusivity a, and specific heat C_p) as well as the dielectric constant ε′ and dielectric loss ε′ of conductive styrene butadiene rubber loaded with different concentrations of sulphur were measured. It was found that both λ and C_p increase gradually at around 1 phr of sulphur content. Meanwhile, the dielectric constant ε′, showed a pronounced peak at 2 phr of sulphur content. Moreover, the effect of hydrostatic pressure on the dielectric constant ε′ and dielectric loss ε′ was found to rise with pre-compression.