Effective mass suppression in dilute, spin-polarized two-dimensional electron systems

We report effective mass (m*) measurements, via analyzing the temperature dependence of the Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations, for dilute, interacting, two-dimensional electron systems (2DESs) occupying a single conduction-band valley in AlAs quantum wells. When the 2DES is partially spin-polarized, m* is larger than its band value, consistent with previous results on various 2DESs. However, as we fully spin-polarize the 2DES by subjecting it to strong parallel magnetic fields, m* is unexpectedly suppressed and falls even below the band mass.     

Nanocomposite Dendrimers Based on Cyclic Phosphazene Cores: Amorphous Materials for Electroluminescent Devices

Summary: A new family of solution‐processable, photoluminescent, nanocomposite dendrimers based on cyclic phosphazene (CP) cores have been prepared and characterized. The synthetic approach is based on the preparation of bromoaromatic‐functionalized CP cores by reacting selected bromophenolic compounds with the commercially available hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene in yields >90%. The bromophenyl‐functionalized CP cores are then reacted with N‐p‐tolylpyren‐1‐amine using Buchwald‐Hartwig amination chemistry to give the dendrimers of interest in yields >90%. The resultant dendrimers have high glass transition (>165 °C) and decomposition temperatures (>465 °C), are monodisperse (PDI < 1.05), have high purity via common chromatographic techniques, have high photoluminescent quantum efficiencies (83%), and form defect‐free amorphous films via spin/dip coating. A comparison to their molecular analogues is also provided to demonstrate the superior properties of the new nanocomposite dendrimers.

Structure of the cyclic phosphazene dendrimers.     

Effect of Chain Stiffness on Nanoparticle Segregation in Polymer/Nanoparticle Blends Near a Substrate

Nanoparticles in a flexible polymer melt film often segregate to the substrate due to attractive depletion interactions between the nanoparticles and the substrate. Here, molecular dynamics simulations are performed to study the effect of chain stiffness on this segregation. The nanoparticles are modeled as spheres and the polymers as semi‐flexible bead‐spring chains. Both purely repulsive and attractive forces are considered, while assuming non‐selective interactions among all species. The nanoparticles are found to be well‐dispersed in the system having repulsive forces only and aggregate into clusters in the completely attractive system. For the repulsive system, adding chain stiffness substantially decreases the nanoparticles' segregation, and hence their concentration, at the substrate.

     

Crystal Structure of N-methyl Crotananinium Iodide — A Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid

The crystal structure of N-methyl crotananinium iodide has been determined by X-ray structure analysis. The compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P2₁2₁2₁ with cell parameters a = 19.37(2), b = 7.70(2), c = 13.38(2) Å. The structure has been solved by Patterson and successive Fourier methods and refined by full matrix least-squares methods to an R-index of 0.075. The structural features of the title compound are noted and are compared with those of similar others of such pyrrolizidine alkaloids.