Edge-enhanced imaging with polyvinyl alcohol/acrylamide photopolymer gratings

We demonstrate edge-enhanced imaging produced by volume phase gratings recorded on a polyvinyl alcohol/acrylamide photopolymer. Bragg diffraction, exhibited by volume gratings, modifies the impulse response of the imaging system, facilitating spatial filtering operations with no need for a physical Fourier plane. We demonstrate that Kogelnik's coupled-wave theory can be used to calculate the transfer function for the transmitted and the diffracted orders. The experimental and simulated results agree, and they demonstrate the feasibility of our proposal.     

Validity of the Electronic Transition Moment Functions for the B-X Transition of I2, From Radiative Lifetimes of the Vibrational Levels of the B State

Franck-Condon factors and R-centroids for the B-X transition of I₂ have been calculated from recent molecular parameters. From our radiative lifetimes and others reported in the literature, the validity of several proposed electronic transition moment functions has been checked. Acombination of the Bhale and Koffend functions seems to give the best fitting with the experimental radiative lifetimes.     

Use of 4-bromo pyridazine 3,6-dione for building 3-amino pyridazine libraries

An efficient method for preparation of 4,6 or 5,6 disubstituted 3-aminopyridazines was easily carried out starting from easily available 4-bromo-pyridazine-3,6-dione, and using combination of both amination and Pd(0) cross-coupling reactions under microwave irradiation.     

Off-resonance frequency filtered magnetic resonance imaging

One of the main problems with rapid magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques is the artifacts that result from off-resonance effects. The proposed off-resonance frequency filtered MRI (OFF-MRI) method focuses on the elimination of off-resonance components from the image of the observed object. To maintain imaging speed and simultaneously achieve good frequency selectivity, MRI is divided into two steps: signal acquisition and post-processing.     

Adsorption of carboxymethylester-azobenzene on copper and?gold?single crystal surfaces

The adsorption of 3,3′-di(methoxycarbonyl)azobenzene (CMA) on Au(111) and on Cu(001) substrates was studied by X-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements at the C, N, and O K edges. We find the molecules physisorbed in a planar conformation flat on the Au(111) surface. At higher coverages, a molecular crystal is formed wherein the molecules have the same flat geometry. On Cu(001), additional chemical bonds are formed between the molecules and the surface via the nitrogen atoms. Here the methyl benzoate moieties are tilted out of the surface plane.     

Confinement of monopole field lines in a superconductor at T ≠ 0

We apply the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations to the confinement of a monopole-antimonopole pair in a superconductor. This is related to the problem of a quark-antiquark pair bound by a confining string, consisting of a colour-electric flux tube, dual to the magnetic vortex of type-II superconductors. We study the confinement of the field lines due to the superconducting state and calculate the effective potential between the two monopoles. The monopoles can be simulated in a real experiment inserting two long and thin magnetic rods. At short distances the potential is Coulombic and at large distances the potential is linear, as previously determined solving the Ginzburg-Landau equations. The magnetic field lines and the string tension are also studied as a function of the temperature T. Because we take into account the explicit fermionic degrees of freedom, this work may open new perspectives to the breaking of chiral symmetry or to colour superconductivity.     

ДлИны Boлн и Bepoятнocти пeppexoдoв Для иэoэлeктpoннoЙ пocлeдoбaтэльнocти киcлoпoдa

Energies of the transitions 1s²2s²2p⁴?1s²2s2p⁵?1s²2p⁶ belonging to the isoelectronic sequence of oxygen have been calculated. The Hartre-Fock energy and the correlation energy, as well as relativistic corrections, were taken into account. The results have been compared with experimental data. Agreement was found to be good, thus suggesting that the $\text{(}\text{1}\text{Z}\text{)-}\text{expansion}$ converges rapidly. Perturbation theory was used for calculations of transition probabilities for the transitions 1s²2s²2p⁴?1s²2s2p⁵?1s²2p⁶ of the isoelectronic sequence of oxygen. The results may be useful in interpreting soft X-ray line radiation from these transitions, as observed in the solar corona and in high-temperature laboratory-generated plasmas.     

On Jacobi fields

We define curves on a Riemannian manifold as integrals of generalized Jacobi fields. We show that the force term that deviates the trajectory from the geodesic motion can be constructed as a functional of the metric tensor. These curves can be interpreted as particles (observers) coupled nonminimally with gravitation that can provide a class of residual observers for the inevitable singularity—as shown in the text.This essay received an honorable mention (1976) from the Gravity Research Foundation-Ed.     

Die Stabilität der Kobalt(II)- und Kupfer(II)-Komplexe mit α-, β- und γ-Aminobutyrat

Stability constants of cobalt(II) and copper(II) complexes with α-, β-, and γ-aminobutyrate as well as the protonation constants of these ligands have been determined by potentiometric titration. ΔG ^? values, computed from the stability constants, increase in the orderAABA. The increase in ΔG ^? AABA→BABA amounts approx. 15 per cent. The same difference was observed for α- and β-alaninato complexes with various transition metal ions.     

Investigation of thermal decomposition reactions by means of thermal analysis and dielectric constant measurement

Dielectric constant measurements as a function of temperature and thermal analysis were performed in copper sulphate pentahydrate and sodium nitrite to study the nature of the decomposition reactions. The application of these combined techniques to the study of several possible mechanisms of thermal decomposition is advanced.