Influence of Solvent Polarity and Viscosity on Nonradiative Processes in Oligothiophenes with Intramolecular Charge Transfer

By the methods of luminescence, picosecond spectroscopy, and quantumchemical calculations the mechanisms of electron excitation energy deactivation in some oligothiophenes with intramolecular charge transfer depending on the solvent polarity and viscosity have been investigated. While for 2Npiperidino5(2,2dicyanovinyl)thiophene (PDCVT) the main channel of nonradiative deactivation is the transition to a lower intermediate state with a twisted double bond controlled by the medium viscosity, in the case of (E){2[25piperidino2thienyl]6(trifluoridemethyl)4H4pyranylidene}propanedinitryl (PTFDN) fluorescence quenching is initiated by the solvent polarity. For two other oligothiophenes, 2Npiperidino5cyanothiophene (PCT) and 2Npiperidino5cyanoterthiophene (PCTT), differing in the length of the thiophene chain, we have revealed, along with the effective quenching of fluorescence in shortchain PCT (independent of the solvent polarity and viscosity), an increase in the radiation capacity in PCTT with increasing polarity of the solvent. The possible mechanisms of nonradiative deactivation in the investigated oligothiophenes are discussed.     

The influence of oscillations on ionization in a discharge path

The paper solves the problem of gas ionization in a discharge path in a very dilute gas, where the free path of the electrons is much larger than the dimensions of the path and the transit time of the electrons between the electrodes is of the order of the period of the applied h-f voltage. It was found that for a certain ratio of the transit time of the electrons between the electrodes in the discharge path to the period of the h-f oscillation, resonance occurs when the wattless current component is zero. The electron density rises in the path and thus also the gas ionization.

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In conclusion, the author would like to thank F. Benda for preparing the equipment, M. Kivánek for preparing the equipment and some of the measurements, and A. Hrdá for the measurements and for working out the case with equally large a-c and d-c voltages within the framework of her thesis.     

The rotation of bloch walls

A Bloch wall has an integral magnetic moment which is due to the spatial distribution of the magnetic moments of the spin. The external magnetic field thus acts on the wall with a torque, which leads to the rotation of the sub-domains and therefore to deformation of the walls. A theory of this rotation is given and from it a microphysical model of the undulatory surface structure in uniaxial ferromagnets is derived. Experiments performed on magnetoplumbite single crystals fully confirm the theoretical assumptions.

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Our thanks go to J. Fousek and Z. Málek who by reading this paper contributed greatly to the clarity of its presentation.     

On the ferromagnetism of thin films

In this paper the magnetic properties of ferromagnetic thin layers are studied by calculating the partition function for the magnetic system inKirkwood's approximation of the second order. The results obtained for the Curie temperature and the magnetization are in somewhat better agreement with the experiment than those obtained by Valenta.

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The author extends his thanks to the group of research workers who performed the numerical calculation of the Curie temperatures on the computer CIFA 1, as well as gratitude to Dr. l. Valenta for so kindly supplying information on the results of his investigations on the same subject.     

ГАЛЬВАНОМАГНИТНЫИ Э ФФЕКТ В МАРГАНЕЦ-ЦИНК ОВЫХ ФЕРРИТАХ В ОКРЕСТНОС ТИ ТОЧКИ КЮРИ

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The magnetoresistance in zinc-manganese ferrites in the vicinity of the Curie point

The paper describes an exact method for measuring the adiabatic and isothermal magnetoresistant effects in ferrites. It gives the results of studying the temperature dependence of the magnetoresistant effect, which is negative near the Curie point in ferrites and the temperature dependence of which has a maximum of absolute values inT _c . It is also shown that the pronounced maximum of the adiabatic magnetoresistant effect is to a certain extent caused by the magnetocaloric effect. When measuring the dependence of the magnetoresistant effect on the field strength for a temperature equal toT _c , certain small deviations from the theoretically assumed dependence were found; the influence of different factors on these deviations is discussed and a proposal for their explanation is given in analogy to the results known for metals.

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The local sensitivity of photo-multiplier photo-cathodes

The influence of the non-uniform distribution of the sensitivity of a photo-multiplier photo-cathode on the spectrum shape of the output pulses from a scintillation detector is studied. Methods of scanning the local sensitivity and determining its distribution function are described. The theory was compared qualitatively with measurement on a slow-neutron detector from a mixture of zinc sulphate and boric acid.

     

ФОТОЯДЕРНЫЙ ЭФФЕКТ Н А НИКЕЛЕ, МЕДИ И ЦИНКЕ

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ВЛИЯНИЕ ПОЛНОГО ОТРА ЖЕНИЯ НА ДИАФРАГМЕ СОЛЛЕРА НА РАЗРЕШАЮШ УЮ СИЛУ РЕНТГЕНОВСКО ГО СПЕКТРОГРАФА

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Equilibrium state of toroidal electron beam

The paper deals with the collective behaviour of electrons which rotate in a magnetic field used in a betatron. It is shown experimentally that there exists strong interaction between the electrons, which leads to the rapid formation of the equilibrium state with characteristic distribution of the charge density in the cross-section of the toroidal beam. The corresponding relaxation time is of the order of 1 sec. A statistical theory of the equilibrium beam is elaborated. Its main result is that the effective radius of the beam is a function of two parameters, one of which is proportional to the thermal energy of the electrons and the other to the perveance of the beam. The charge contained in a toroidal beam of given effective cross-section is equal to the product of the charge the beam would contain at zero temperature and a coefficient, which is a function of the temperature of the beam. Its value is unity at zero temperature and rapidly decreases with increasing temperature. The cause of cooling of the beam is shown.

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In conclusion the author thanks J. Luká and L. Hyttych for invaluable help in the experiments, A. Rajský for constructing the electronic apparatus and J. Sokol for preparing the miniature probe.     

Particle velocities faster than the speed of light

In connection with another article by the author, we show how it might be possible to travel faster than the speed of light. We show that for clocks and rods moving faster than the speed of light, we get instead of time dilation and Lorentz contraction, respectively, time contraction and Lorentz expansion, respectively. It is shown that this paper is in confirmation with earlier articles dealing with this subject.     

Single crystal diffraction patterns of germanium. Part II

The rocking curves of Ge (111), (220), (333) for CuK ₁ radiation were measured by means of the triple-crystal diffractometer. Perfect silicon single crystals, cut parallel to the (111) plane were used in the monochromator part of the triple-crystal diffractometer. The results prove the suitability of such a monochromator for studying diffraction patterns.

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In conclusion the authors thank A. Haruý for preparing the germanium single crystals and they are indebted to V. Smutná and A. Irra for the care with which they carried out various tasks.     

Die magnetische Suszeptibilität der ternären Systeme halbleitender Verbindungen

Zusammenfassung Im vorliegenden Artikel wird der Versuch unternommen, die für die Suszeptibilität der binären Systeme zutreffenden empirischen Beziehungen auf die ternären halbleitenden Systeme auszudehnen. Die Richtigkeit der Erwägungen wird an den Systemen Zn-Cd-Sb, In-Ga-Te und an einigen festen Lösungen anderer halbleitender Verbindungen überprüft. Im Artikel wird weiter gezeigt, daß sich im Falle, wenn sich die Suszeptibilitäten der Komponenten des ternären Systems additiv verhalten, zur Berechnung der molaren Suszeptibilität einer festen Lösung die Mischungsregel verwenden läßt, was im Gegenteil in diesem Falle als Kriterium dienen kann, ob zwei den Erfordernissen der Additivität der Suszeptibilitäten der Bestandteile Genüge leistende Stoffe eine feste Lösung oder ein mehrphasiges System bilden.

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The thickness dependence of the permittivity of barium titanate single crystals

A thickness dependence of the permittivity ofc-domain barium titanate single crystals was found. The experimental results were explained by means of a model of a dielectric with surface layers. The thickness of the layer and the permittivity of the surface layer and bulk of the crystal were determined.

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Role of time in the sum-over-histories framework for gravity

I sketch a self-contained framework for quantum mechanics based on its path-integral or sum-over-histories formulation. The framework is very close to that for classical stochastic processes like Brownian motion, and its interpretation requires neither measurement nor state-vector as a basic notion. The rules for forming probabilities are nonclassical in two ways: they use complex amplitudes, and they (apparently unavoidably) require one to truncate the histories at a collapse time, which can be chosen arbitrarily far into the future. Adapting this framework to gravity yields a formulation of quantum gravity with a fully spacetime character, thereby overcoming the frozen nature of the canonical formalism. Within the proposed adaptation, the value of the collapse time is identified with total elapsed spacetime four-volume. Interestingly, this turns the cosmological constant into an essentially classical constant of integration, removing the need for microscopic fine tuning to obtain an experimentally viable value for it. Some implications of the V = T rule for quantum cosmology are also discussed.     

ИЗЛУЧЕНИЕ ЧЕРЕНКОВА ПРОСТРАНСТВЕННОГО З АРЯДА В ВОЛНОВОДАХ И В НЕОГР АНИЧЕННОЙ СРЕДЕ

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Elimination of variables in simple laser equations

The usual way of obtaining rate equations (RE) and a single equation for the field amplitude (EFA) from the semiclassical laser equations (Lorenz-Haken model) is reexamined by undertaking a systematic elimination procedure developed in synergetics. The RE and EFA are justified in the case 1 (, ) and case 2 (, ), respectively. We show that, because the eliminated variable happens to contain a considerable contribution from an unstable mode, the usual elimination technique in the case 3 (, ) leads to an inconsistency. As important by-products we obtain the RE and EFA for arbitrary cavity relaxation constant (). Some remarks are given on the direct elimination technique in the non-diagonal representation in the study of instabilities.     

The complex conductivity of the plasma of a d-c glow discharge in Ne

In paper [1] Fang derived an expression for the complex conductivity of plasma assuming that the distribution function of the electrons is Maxwellian and the collision frequency is directly proportional to their velocity. Since the assumptions are approximately satisfied in the positive column of a d-c glow discharge in Ne, the applicability of Fang's relation is investigated for this case.

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