The ν2 fundamental vibration-rotation band of T2O

The ν₂ fundamental vibration-rotation band of T₂O vapor has been measured at grating resolution, and the rotational structure has been analyzed. The band center and the values of the rotational constants A, B, and C for the ground state and excited state have been determined. These values are consistent with the data for J through 6, and with extrapolation from H₂O and D₂O.     

Detection of T2 changes in an early mouse brain tumor

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of early tumor growth on T₂ relaxation times in an experimental glioma model. A 9.4-T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system was used for the investigations. An animal model (n=12) of glioma was established using an intracranial inoculation of U87MGdEGFRvIII cells. The imaging studies were performed from Day 10 through Day 13 following tumor inoculation. Tumor blood vessel density was determined using quantitative immunochemistry. Tumor volume was measured daily using MR images. T₂ values of the tumor were measured in five areas across the tumor and calculated using a single exponential fitting of the echo train. The measurements on Days 10 and 13 after tumor inoculation showed a 20% increase in T₂. The changes in T₂ correlated with the size of the tumor. Statistically significant differences in T₂ values were observed between the edge of the tumor and the brain tissue on Days 11, 12 and 13 (P=.014, .008, .001, respectively), but not on Day 10 (P=.364). The results show that T₂-weighted MRI may not detect glioma during an early phase of growth. T₂ increases in growing glioma and varies heterogenously across the tumor.     

Temperature dependence of spin diffusion coefficient and T2 for dilute 3He in solid 4He

Spin diffusion coefficients D and NMR line widths 1/T₂ have been measured as a function of temperature for ³He in solid ⁴He at fractional concentrations down to 10^-4. Minima are seen in D and T₂ and the existence of impuritons is confirmed.     

Effect of aggregation on the radiative (T1 → S0) and nonradiative (T1⇝S0 and S1⇝T1) transitions in xanthene dyes

The measurement of triplet decay time (τ_p) and the relative yields of phosphorescence to fluorescence (φ_p/φ_f) have been made in solutions of xanthene dyes. The value of φ_p/φ_f increases while that of τ_p decreases as the concentration of the solution is increased. The rate constants k_p, k_qp and k_is have been estimated. It is found that the values of k_qp and k_is increase while that of k_p remains substantially constant for the entire range of concentration. The deuterium solvent effect is observed in τ_p and φ_p.     

不同能量的氦原子与同位素分子H2(D2，T2)碰撞分波截面的理论计算

用Tang-Toennies势模型和密耦近似方法计算了不同能量下惰性气体原子He与H₂及其同位素D₂,T₂替代碰撞体系的振转激发碰撞截面. 通过分析He-H₂(D₂,T₂)各碰撞体系分波截面的差异,总结出在H₂分子的对称同位素替代情形下He-H₂(D₂,T₂)碰撞体系分波截面随量子数和体系 关键词： 散射截面 密耦方法 同位素     

An NMR investigation of naphthalene nanostructures

The molecular mobility of naphthalene molecules in porous silica has been studied over the temperature range 223?K to 363?K using NMR relaxation times T ₂, T ₁ and T _1ρ. The investigations were conducted in silicas with nominal pore diameters of 4?nm, 6?nm, 10?nm, 20?nm and 50?nm. The confined solid behaved in a way that indicated it formed a dual phase system consisting of a solid core in the centre of the pores surrounded by a mobile surface layer. The core naphthalene had the same line width as the bulk. The surface layer exhibited a narrower line of a width that suggested the onset of motional narrowing. This behaviour was characteristic of a plastic crystal phase for naphthalene that does not exist in the bulk. The T ₁ and T _1ρ results were dominated by surface interactions between the confined naphthalene and the pore wall. Magnetization transfer experiments showed that enhanced relaxation occurred throughout the confined material in a time long compared to T ₂ but short compared to T ₁ and T _1ρ. Since the line shape ruled out diffusional motion through the rigid lattice naphthalene core, the magnetization transfer must have occurred via spin diffusion.     

Two-dimensional critical behaviour in antiferrodistortive Al ur6(CIO4)3 and Ga ur6(ClO4)3

Critical behaviour with dimensionality d = 2 has been observed for the 300 K antiferrodistortive phase transition in Al ur₆(ClO₄)₃ and Ga ur₆(ClO₄)₃ by means of the temperature dependence of the ESR parameter D. The systems exhibited d = 2 behaviour in the static critical behaviour for T<T_c?40 K for T>T_c + 40 K. From the ESR data including line width measurements the local order parameter relaxation rate ω₁ has been obtained for various temperatures above T_c, with a lowest value of ω₁ = 150 MHz at T_c + 15 K     

Pressure dependence of the superconducting transition temperature of T5T9 metallic glasses (T5Nb,Ta; T9Rh,Ir)

The pressure dependence of the superconducting transition temperature, T_c, is determined for eight metallic glasses in the series (Nb_1?xTa_x)₅₅T₄₅, where T Rh, Ir. From these data we estimate the Grüneisen parameter, γ_G, and the volume dependence of the electron-phonon coupling constant, λ. Pressure is observed to affect T_c through both γ_G and λ.     

High pressure study of BaPb0.7Bi0.3O3 films

The resistance R, the superconducting transition temperature T_c and the energy gap Δ(T) have been measured on the BaPb_0.7Bi_0.3O₃ films up to 14 kbar. We have found that up to 14 kbar: (1) pressure suppresses T_c and Δ(T) while enhances R, (2) the value of 2Δ(0)/kT_c is 3.8±0.1, independent of pressure, and (3) the Δ(T)/Δ(0) varies with T/T_c in a BCS fashion but only for T/T_c<0.75 and independent of pressure. The results show that BaPb_1?xBi_xO₃ is a weak-coupling superconductor, but fail to provide information about the cause for the high T_c of the compound.     

Polarisation remanente dans les varietes de basse temperature de (NH4) 3AlF6 ET (NH4) 3FeF6

Dielectric and thermocurrent measurements have been carried out on (NH₄) ₃AlF₆ and (NH₄) ₃FeF₆ ceramic samples. A maximum of permittivity is observed close to the transition temperature (T_{T(NH4) 3AlF6} = 217K; T_T(NH43FeF6 = 264K. In the low-temperature phase a polarization current of about 10^-9A is obtained and can be reversed when the sign of the polarization field is changed, a property which could correspond to a ferroelectric behavior. However, no pyroelectric current is detected when the temperature decreases from T_T. Another hypothesis, based on a field-induced polarization, has been considered : the depolarization current could be due to charge displacements from potential minima favored by rising temperature. In any way, the low-temperature phase is characterized by a remanent polarization.     

The analysing powers iT11, T20, T21 and T22 in deuteron-deuteron elastic scattering between 6 and 11.5 MeV

The angular distributions of the analysing powers iT₁₁(θ), T₂₀(θ), T₂₁(θ) and T₂₂(θ) of the elastic scattering of polarized deuterons on deuterons have been measured at deuteron energies of 6.0, 8.0, 10.0 and 11.5 MeV. The vector component has small but non-zero values which change sign between 6.0 and 10.0 MeV. The tensor components have increasing values with increasing energy. The results are discussed in respect of resonances in ⁴He and a term scheme is proposed for a complete phase-shift analysis.     

Low temperature thermoelectric power of LaB6, PrB6 and NdB6

We have measured the thermoelectric power of LaB₆, PrB₆ and NdB₆ in the temperature range 2–20K. PrB₆ and NdB₆ order antiferromagnetically at T_N = 6.99K and 7.74K respectively, whereas LaB₆ is non-magnetic. The thermoelectric power data have a negative maximum near 5.5K in all three hexaborides. This negative peak is thought to be mainly due to phonon drag in LaB₆. In PrB₆ and NdB₆ there is an additional contribution due to magnon drag. It is expected that the high temperature thermoelectric power is mainly due to an electron diffusion term and a contribution due to spin disorder scattering. The thermoelectric power and the resistivity have been compared in the vicinity of T_N. A qualitative similarity in the temperature derivatives of these two quantities has been found for PrB₆ and NdB₆ near T_N.     

Magnetic susceptibility studies of (CH2)3(NH3)2FeCl2Br2 and (CH2)6(NH3)2FeCl2Br2

The magnetic susceptibility of the layered compounds (CH₂)₃(NH₃)₂FeCl₂Br₂ and (CH₂)₆(NH₃)₂FeCl₂Br₂ has been measured in the range 80 < T < 300 K. The results follow a Curie-Weiss behavior in the range 120 < T < 300 K but are field dependent for T < 120 K. The results are interpreted in terms of a two-dimensional antiferromagnetic interaction which is canted. A comparison with the corresponding pure chloride compounds is given.     

Lithium motion in Li0.33 TiS2 and Li0.94 TiS2

We have studied the motion of lithium ions in Li_xTiS₂ (x = 0.33, 0.94) using pulsed NMR techniques. The temperature dependences of the spin lattice relaxation in the rotating frame (T_1?) suggest comparable activation energies for lithium ion diffusion for both samples, 3370 K, but an appreciably longer hopping time for the x = 0.94 sample. Low temperature values of T₂ agree with calculated and measured second moments for both materials.     

Superconductivity in Hg-substituted BaPb0.75Bi0.25O3

A series of Hg-doped BaPb_0.75Bi_0.25O₃ (BPBO) with a nominal composition of BaPb_0.75 − xHg_xBi_0.25O₃ (x=0-0.40 with 0.05 intervals) has been synthesized by solid state reaction. The system shows a lattice parameter expansion and lattice symmetry distortion with Hg doping. Superconducting transition temperature Tc and superconducting volume fraction of the system decrease with Hg doping level in the low doping level region (0?x?0.25) and are nearly fully suppressed at x=0.25. However, the superconductivity is recovered with further increasing Hg content at x>0.3. The possible mechanisms of the superconductivity in the low doping level region and the recovery of superconductivity in the high doping level region for Hg-doped BPBO system have been discussed.     

Low temperature magnetoresistance in La1.32Sr1.68Mn2O7 layered manganite under hydrostatic pressure

The La_1.32Sr_1.68Mn₂O₇ layered manganite system has been studied by the low temperature electrical resistance and magnetoresistance under hydrostatic pressure up to 25 kbar. We have observe both, a Curie temperature (T_C) and a metal-insulator transition (T_MI) at 118 K in the ambient pressure. The applied pressure shifts the T_MI to higher temperature values and induces a second metal-insulator transition (T²_MI) at 90 K, in the temperature dependence of resistivity measurements. Also, the pressure suppresses the peak resistance abruptly at T_C. When an external field of 5 T is applied, we have observed a large negative magnetoresistance of 300% at the transition temperature and a 128% at 4.5 K. However, the increased pressure decreases the magnetoresistance ratio gradually. When the pressure reaches its maximum available value of 25 kbar, the magnetoresistance ratio decreases at a rate of 1.3%/kbar. From our experimental results, the decrease of magnetoresistance ratio with pressure is explained by the pressure induced canted spin state which is not favor for the spin polarized intergrain tunneling in layered manganites.     

Dielectric dispersion in the incommensurate phases of [N(CH3)4]2CoCl4 and [N(CH3)4]2ZnCl4

The complex dielectric permittivity ?(ω) of [N(CH₃)₄]₂CoCl₄ and [N(CH₃)₄]₂ZnCl₄ along the a-axis was measured between 0.35 MHz and 100 MHz. It has been found that for both substances the relaxation frequencies are about 5 MHz at T_c. The dielectric relaxation of both substances could be described by a polydispersive process β = 0.74 in the vicinity of T_c. However, for the temperature region of (T?T_c) > 0.6 for [N(CH₃)₄]₂CoCl₄ the dielectric absorption seems to be rather monodispersive.     

Electrical resistivity of the pseudo-binary system Ce(Fe1-xAlx)2

The Laves phase pseudo-binary system Ce(Fe_1-xAl_x)₂ for x≤0.20 has been studied by means of electrical resistivity measurements from 1.5 to 300 K. It is shown that with Al addition, the long range magnetic order of CeFe₂ is destroyed and that a spin glass phase brings in a minimum in the total resistivity with T_min proportional to x. The freezing temperatures T_f are always smaller than T_min and there appears a negative coefficient of the T^3/2 dependence below T_f. The minimum in d?/dT is well correlated with T_f.     

1H NMR study of the α phase of Mg2NiHx system

Hydrogen behavior in the α phase of Mg₂NiH_x system was studied by ¹H NMR. ¹H NMR spectra and spin-lattice relaxation times, T₁ and T_1ρ, of Mg₂NiH_0.22 were measured in the temperature range between 100 and 480 K. The drastic change in the linewidth is observed between 170 and 340 K, and ¹H rigid lattice is observed below 170 K, from which it is deduced that the hydrogen atoms are randomly distributed in α-Mg₂NiH_x. The relaxation mechanism for t₁ is the paramagnetic one, while the T_1ρ value is determined partially by hydrogen diffusion. The hydrogen diffusion rate has been determined from the linewidth and the T_1ρ value. The paramagnetic relaxations observed in T₁ and T_1ρ have been discussed relating to the hydrogen diffusion.     

B NMR relaxation in superconductors: YRuB2 and LuRuB2

To investigate the electronic states in YRuB₂ and LuRuB₂, we have carried out ¹¹B NMR measurements. In the normal state, the spin-lattice relaxation rates 1/T₁'s in these compounds are proportional to the temperature T. 1/T₁'s show a small coherence peak just below the superconducting transition temperature T_c and decrease exponentially well below T_c. YRuB₂ and LuRuB₂ are found to be BCS superconductors with the energy gap 2Δ(0)=3.52 k_BT_c.