Deep-ultraviolet near band-edge emissions from nano-polycrystalline diamond

ABSTRACT

Deep-ultraviolet continuous-wave photoluminescence spectroscopy is performed for nano-polycrystalline diamond (NPD) synthesized by a high pressure high-temperature technique. NPD exhibits clear deep-ultraviolet emissions, which originate from intrinsic excitonic transitions assisted by a momentum-conserving phonon with a photon. Surprisingly, the peak emission energy is about 30?meV higher than that of the single-crystalline diamond. Raman scattering spectroscopy indicates that the energy difference should originate from the excitonic properties of the NPD and not the phonon. Hence, NPD has a large bandgap compared to single-crystalline diamond.     

Polymers and cyclic compounds based on a side‐opening type cage silsesquioxane

Polymers having polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) in the main chains are an important class of organic–inorganic hybrid materials. Despite the increasing attention to the POSS polymers, variation of the monomers is still limited. Herein, we have proposed side‐opening POSS (SO‐POSS) monomers. Platinum‐catalyzed hydrosilylation polymerization proceeded to produce polysiloxanes having SO‐POSS in the main chains. The obtained polysiloxanes showed good solubility, high thermal stability, high transparency, and tunable reflective index. In addition, cyclic compounds were obtained during the investigation of the polymerization, and were synthesized with high selectivity under the slightly diluted conditions. The obtained cyclic compounds showed high thermal stability due to the silsesquioxane backbone, and the high dispersibility as a filler in poly(methyl methacrylate) was demonstrated. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019 , 57, 2243–2250     

Existence of eigenvalues embedded in the spectral bands of Schrödinger operators on carbon nanotubes with impurities

Letters in Mathematical Physics - It is known in Korotyaev and Lobanov (Ann Henri Poincaré 8:1151–1176, 2007) and Parchment (Commun Math Phys 275:805–826, 2007) that spectra of...     

Color representation method using RGB color binary-weighted computer-generated holograms

We propose a method for color electroholography using a simple red–green–blue(RGB) gradation representation method without controlling the respective brightness of the reference RGB-colored lights. The proposed method uses RGB multiple bit planes comprising RGB binary-weighted computer-generated holograms with various light transmittances. The object points of a given three-dimensional(3D) object are assigned to RGB multiple bit planes according to their RGB gradation levels. The RGB multiple bit planes are sequentially displayed in a time-division-multiplexed manner. Consequently, the proposed method yields a color gradation representation of a reconstructed 3D object.     

Development of the radical C–O coupling reaction of phenols toward the synthesis of natural products comprising a diaryl ether skeleton

Compounds comprising a diaryl ether skeleton exist among natural phenols. The diaryl ether skeleton is thought to be biosynthesized through the coupling of two or more phenols. It is an important structural feature in medicines and agrochemicals, and it is imperative to develop methods for constructing such skeletons in organic synthesis. However, by the synthesis method through the coupling of phenols, coupling occurs preferentially at the ortho-substituted carbon atom of phenols. In this study, various radical-generating reagents and conditions were investigated with the aim of developing a short-step construction method of the diaryl ether skeleton by the radical homo-coupling of two phenol molecules. In addition, cross-coupling reactions between radicals of 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenol and p-substituted phenol were conducted to synthesize eight C (ortho)–O coupling products. Based on the results, a computational chemical approach was employed to verify the cause of C (ortho)–O bond formation.     

Synthesis of networked polymer based on ring‐opening addition reaction of 1,3‐benzoxazine with resorcinol

A highly efficient ring‐opening addition reaction of benzoxazine at ambient temperature has been developed with 2‐methylresorcinol as a nucleophilic reagent. In this reaction, 2‐methylresorcinol reacted with two equivalent amount of benzoxazine to give the corresponding 1:2 adduct, demonstrating its potential as a bifunctional nucleophile. Based on this reaction, a new crosslinking system consisting of a polymer bearing benzoxazine moieties in the side chains and 2‐methylresorcinol as a crosslinker has been performed to obtain the corresponding networked polymer. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012