Size- and shape-dependent optical properties of assembled semiconductor spheres

The radiative corrections of nanostructures are investigated by applying a nonlocal theory to a model of semiconductor spheres which are assembled one-, two- and three-dimensionally. An approximate sum rule for radiative corrections and the relation between finite and infinite lattices are given. It is shown that radiative correction strongly depends on the shape as well as the size. For a linear chain, the radiative correction gets saturated when the system length becomes comparable to the wavelength of resonant light. For cubic systems, the radiative width deviates from the size linearity for a surprisingly small size. The two-dimensional case is marginal. This peculiar shape dependence originates from the dipole-dipole interaction.     

Ion chromatographic determination of ammonia in air using a sampling tube of porous carbon.

The ion chromatographic determination of ammonia in air using a sampling tube of porous carbon carbonized at 500 degrees C was examined. When the mean recovery and the reproducibility for a series of five determinations were examined for 1 and 10 ppm ammonia gases, the mean recovery (n = 5) and the relative standard deviation were 97.0% and 3.5% for 1 ppm and 86.9% and 2.8% for 10 ppm, respectively. Furthermore, the recovery from 10 ppm ammonia gas increased with an increase in the extraction time, and a recovery of 99.7% was obtained for 180 min of extraction time. The mean collection efficiency for 1 and 10 ppm ammonia gas was 102.5% and 96.5%, respectively. The relation between the sampling volume and the peak area was linear, and the linearity was 0.999 of the correlation coefficient. The ammonia gas concentration in an actual goat shed could be determined by this sampling device for a sampling volume of 5 L at a flow rate of 1 L/min; 0.79 ppm of the determination value practically agreed as compare with 0.78 ppm from collection by a boric acid solution.     

Silica Films Containing Ordered Pores Prepared by Dip Coating of Silica Nanoparticles and Polystyrene Beads Colloidal Mixture

Silica films containing three dimensionally (3D) ordered pores were prepared by a simple dip coating method. A colloidal sol containing silica particles in the nanometer size range and a polystyrene latex (PSL) colloidal sol containing particles of tens of nanometers to one micrometer in size were used as precursors. The pore periodicity, which in turn produces the dielectric periodicity, can be easily altered by changing the size of the PSL beads. Films having a high surface smoothness were obtained by using small silica particles, large PSL particles, and a low withdrawal speed in the dip-coating. When the films were irradiated with a white light source, the reflective spectrum was changed by varying the incident angle, indicating its possible use as a monochromator. The change in the reflective spectrum was explained using effective medium approximation combined with a simple Bragg reflection equation.     

Dispersion and aggregation of nanoparticles derived from colloidal droplets under low-pressure conditions

Formation of individually dispersed nanoparticles or compactly aggregated nanoparticles from sols via a spray-drying route at low pressure was investigated experimentally. Silica sol was used as a sample material. Effects of operating temperature, colloid size, sol concentration, pressure, pH and zeta potential of sols on the morphology of product particles were investigated. From the experimental results, it was shown that dispersed nanoparticles could be obtained at a relatively low pressure (20 Torr) and low temperature (200 degrees C). The experiment also showed that dispersed nanoparticles could be achieved by careful control of the interfacial energy (pH value) of the colloidal precursor. A possible mechanism of sol-to-dry-particle formation in the spray-drying process at low pressure is suggested, based on the experimental results and the available theories. This mechanism was able to explain the experimental results well.     

Studies on the syntheses of analgesics. Part XXXIX . Synthesis of 1,2,3,4,5,6- Hexahydro-8-hydroxy -2,6-methane-3,6,1 1-trimethyl-2,3-benzo|g| diazocine and 1,2,3,4,5,10,11,12-Octahydro-7-hydroxy-1,5-dimethylpyridazino|2,3-b| isoquinoline |studies on the syntheses of heterocyclic compounds. Part LXI |

1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexahydro-8-hydroxy-2,6-methano-3,6,1 1-trimethyl-2,3-benzo |g| diazocine (IV) and 1,2,3,4,5,10,11,12-octahydro-7-hydroxy-1,5-dimethylpyridazino |2,3-b| isoquinoline (VI) were synthesized from a common intermediate, 3-(3-methoxyphenyl)-2-butanone (VII), through several steps. Reaction of VII with ethyl bromoacetate gave the mixture of ethyl 4-keto-3-(3-methoxyphenyl)-3-methylpentanoate (XIV) and ethyl 4-keto-5-(3-methoxyphenyl)hexanoate (XV) which were hydrolyzed and condensed with methylhydrazine to give the 4,5-dihydro-5-(3-methoxyphenyl)-2,5,6-trimethyl- (XVIII) and 4,5-dihydro-6-(3-methoxy-α-methylbenzyl)-2-methylpyridazine-3(2H)one (XIX). Reduction of XVIII and XIX followed hy cyclization afforded the 2,3-benzo |g| diazocine (XXII) and the pyridazino |2,3-b| isoquinoline (XXIII) which on treatment with 47% hydrobromine acid afforded the phenolic bases (IV and VI), respectively. The mass spectrum of IV, VI, XXII and XXIII was also discussed.     

Multiresidue determination of pesticides in sediment by ultrasonically assisted extraction and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

A gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric (GS/MS) method was developed for the multiple determination of pesticides in sediment. The investigated pesticides included 85 compounds, i.e., 13 fungicides, 43 herbicides, and 29 insecticides. The pesticides were extracted from sediment samples by an ultrasonically assisted procedure. The extract was cleaned up by using reversed-phase column chromatography followed by normal-phase column chromatography. A styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer cartridge and a silica gel cartridge were used as the reversed-phase column and the normal-phase column, respectively. The compounds were determined by GC/MS with 2 internal standard compounds. The overall recoveries were 70-105%, and the relative standard deviations ranged from 1.5 to 18%. The minimum detectable concentrations were 2-10 microg/kg. This method was successfully applied to sediment samples from the Shin River in Niigata, Japan. Twenty-five pesticides (6 fungicides, 11 herbicides, and 8 insecticides) were detected in the sediment samples. The concentrations of the detected pesticides ranged from 3 to 69 microg/kg. Herbicides were found May through July; insecticides and fungicides were found July through August, and during July through September, respectively. The presence of pesticides in the river sediment was correlated with the time of pesticide application in the Shin River basin.     

Synthetic studies on chemotherapeutics. II. Synthesis of phenyl-substituted 1,4-dihydro-4-oxonicotinic acid derivatives. [Studies on the syntheses of heterocyclic compounds. Part 704]

The thermal cyclization of the arninomethylenemalonates (8) gave the 4-hydroxynicotinates ( 9 ), ethylation of which yieldedN-ethylated ( 11 ) and O-ethylated products ( 12 ). Hydrolysis of 9, 11 , and 12 led to the desired nicotinic acids (10, 4, and 13), respectively.     

Control of heme peptide activity by using phase transition polymers modified with inhibitors

Catalytic activity of a heme peptide (HP) modified-electrode for H(2)O(2) reduction was controlled by use of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) modified with an inhibitory moiety, imidazole group. The polymers inhibited the catalytic activity below their lower critical solution temperature (LCST) where the polymers were dissolved and did not inhibit the activity above the LCST where the polymers were precipitated. A polymer with a longer side chain connecting with the imidazole group was more inhibitory than a polymer with a shorter side chain at temperatures below the LCST. Formation constants of dissolved HP-imidazole complexes were evaluated by spectroscopic means, and it was found that the polymers were more inhibitory than the corresponding monomers.     

Bragg diffraction of microcavity polaritons by a surface acoustic wave

Bragg scattering of polaritons by a coherent acoustic wave is mediated and strongly enhanced by the exciton states resonant with the acoustic and optic fields in the intraband and interband transitions, respectively. In this case, in contrast with conventional acousto-optics, the resonantly enhanced Bragg spectra reveal the multiple orders of diffracted light. For polaritons in GaAs microcavities driven by a surface acoustic wave of nu(SAW)=1 GHz and I(ac)< or approximately 100 W/cm(2) the main acoustically induced band gap can be as large as Delta(MC)(ac) approximately equal to 0.6 meV and the Bragg replicas up to n=3 can be observed.