Holographic reconstruction with a 10- mum pixel-pitch reflective liquid-crystal display by use of a light-emitting diode reference light

We reconstructed an animation made from computer-generated holograms with a reflective LCD panel that had a pixel pitch of 10 mumx10 mum and resolution of 1400x1050 . Using a LED as the reference light, we could clearly observe three-dimensional images whose size was approximately 30 mmx10 mm x30 mm . Moreover, we reconstructed a color holograph by use of a simple system with a set of red, green, and blue LEDs as the reference light.     

Charge transport study on single crystals of β-LiAl

Charge transport properties of β-LiAl were studied in the composition range of 48.0–50.2 at.% Li. Measurements were made on single crystal samples and down to the liquid He temperature. The resistivity changes linearly with temperature above 125 K, with a thermal coefficient of 72–95nΩ cm K^?1. The Matthiessen law was obeyed very well. A component dependent on temperature, which was described by the Grüneisen formula, is insensitive to a change of the chemical composition. On the other hand, the residual resistivity depends largely on the composition and contributes up to 58% of the total resistivity in Li_0.498. It is chiefly due to the substituted Li atoms on the Al sublattice.     

On maximal weights of Hadamard matrices

Let $\text{Ω}{}_{\mathrm{n}}$ denote the set of all Hadamard matrices of order n. For $\text{H ? Ω}{}_{\mathrm{n}}$, define the weight of H to be the number of 1's in H and is denoted by w(H). For a subset $\text{Γ ? Ω}{}_{\mathrm{n}}$, define the maximal weight of Γ as w(Γ) = max{w(H) | H?Γ}. Two Hadamard matrices are equivalent if one of them can be transformed to the other by permutation and negation of rows and columns, and the equivalence class containing H is denoted by [H]. In this paper, we shall derive lower bounds for w([H]), which are best possible for n ? 20. We shall also determine the exact value of $\text{w(Ω}{}_{32}\text{)}$.     

A naphtho-tri-t-butyltrisdehydro[16]annulene and related compounds

Synthesis of naphtho-tri-t-butyltrisdehydro[16]annulene containing a hexapentaene and an acetylene units has been described. It was found that the [16]annulene is less stable and the paratropicity is much stronger as compared with previously reported isomeric naphtho[16]-annulene containing a diacetylene and a butatriene linkage.     

Slow neutron scattering and intermolecular excitations in liquid hydrogen

A simple analytical model for inelastic neutron scattering in liquid hydrogen with the effects of delayed diffusion and intermolecular vibrations with a single frequency parameter is proposed. Calculated results show good agreements with experimental results of total and differential scattering cross sections as well as the energy spectra of neutrons in liquid hydrogen moderators, and thus indicate the importance of the consideration of intermolecular excitations in the dynamics of liquid hydrogen.     

Parallel vs. anti-parallel orientation in a curdlan/oligo(dA) complex as estimated by a FRET technique

We already found that beta-1,3-glucan polysaccharides form polymeric complexes with certain polynucleotides, but the parallel vs. anti-parallel orientation in those complexes had remained unsolved. In this paper, this controversial problem has been discussed for curdlan/oligo(dA) complexes utilizing two different energy transfer techniques. The first system consists of a combination of fluorescein-labeled curdlan and 3'-(or 5'-)tetramethyl-rhodamine (TAMRA)-labeled oligo(dA). The second system utilizes gold nanoparticles: that is, two curdlan chains were linked by a disulfide bond and after complexation with oligo(dA), the complex was immobilized on gold nanoparticles. In this system, TAMRA was attached to the 3'(or 5') end of oligo(dA) and the gold particle acted as a fluorescence quencher (energy acceptor). These experiments have led us to conclude that in the curdlan/oligo(dA) complex, parallel orientation is more favourable than anti-parallel orientation. These findings have enabled us to envision a clearer image for the complexation mode between beta-1,3-glucan polysaccharides and polynucleotides.     

Charge-order pattern of the low-temperature phase from a monoclinic single domain of NaV2O5 uniquely determined by resonant x-ray scattering

The present resonant x-ray scattering has been performed on a monoclinically split single domain of NaV(2)O(5). The observation of a critically enhanced contrast between V(4+) and V(5+) ions has led us to the unequivocal conclusion of the charge-order pattern of the low-temperature phase of NaV(2)O(5) below T(c) = 35 K. In spite of the possible four types of configuration of the zigzag-type charge-order patterns in the ab plane (A,A',B and B'), the stacking sequence along the c axis is determined as the AAA'A' type by comparison with model calculations.