Very slow surface plasmons: Theory and practice (Review)

The theory and practical applications of very slow (antisymmetric) optical plasmons are described. These plasmons can exist on thin metal films and filaments and (as standing waves) on metal spheres and ellipsoids. The material presented here extends the conventional concepts of electromagnetic modes of spaces, probability of spontaneous emission, construction of optical images, optical focusing, and the photon momentum. The reviewed achievements in this field have been obtained in the last years. The problem of the photon momentum in a medium has been a subject of irreconcilable disputes for nearly 100 years, beginning with Minkowski and Abraham’s famous papers. Various practical applications are considered, including experiments with the significant enhancement of atom spontaneous emission into a plasmon field mode of a nanoparticle; experiments on focusing optical radiation into a spot much smaller than the diffraction-limited one (the so-called almost ideal Pendry lens, which produces an image with details much smaller than the light wavelength); and, finally, a greatly increased (by factors of 10, 100, or more) photon momentum in plasmon.     

Tribromogermyl monochelates — derivatives of N,N-disubstituted 2-hydroxycarboxylic amides

Reactions of GeBr₄ with N,N-dimethyl-2-trimethylsiloxypropionamide (2a), (S)-2-trime-thylsiloxypropionpyrrolidide ((S)-2b), and N,N-dimethyl-O-(trimethylsilyl)mandelamide (2c) afforded pentacoordinated neutral (O,O)-monochelates, viz., N,N-dimethyl-2-tribromoger-myloxypropionamide (3a), (S)-2-tribromogermyloxypropionpyrrolidide ((S)-3b), and N,N-dimethyl-O-(tribromogermyl)mandelamide (3c), respectively. X-ray diffraction study was performed for tribromides 3a, (S)-3b, and 3c, as well as for the N,N-dimethylmandelamide (1c) described earlier. According to the X-ray diffraction data, the Ge atom in tribromides 3a, (S)-3b, and 3c is pentacoordinated and has trigonal bipyramidal configuration with two halogen atoms and oxygen atom of the ether group in the equatorial positions and the halogen atom and the amide oxygen atom in the axial fragment, the bonds in which are somewhat longer as compared to the analogous bonds in tetracoordinated Ge compounds.     

Study of the laser-initiated chlorination of methyltrichlorogermane

Conclusions The high selectivity of the chlorination of CH₃GeCl₃with the formation of CH₂ClGeCl₃ by the action of a UV laser is independent of the emission wavelength in the range from 193 to 308 run. The quantum yield is not less than 10².Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2167–2170, September, 1988.     

Creation of electron-positron pairs in the collision of heavy atomic nuclei. Systematic quantum-mechanical approach

The creation of electron-positron pairs in the collision of two heavy nuclei is considered. A systematic quantum-mechanical approach is developed for the complete electron-nuclear system. The finite size of the nuclei and the possible resonances of the superheavy compound nucleus formed from the initial nuclei are taken into account. The energetic approach known in the theory of the breakdown of quasisteady systems is generalized to the case of the collisional problem. This approach is combined with perturbation theory for the complete electron-nuclear system. The rearrangement of the negative-continuum spectrum is taken into account using the procedure of [14], which is generalized with the aim of introducing additional conditions, in particular, the condition associated with correct choice of the zero approximation. The method is the same for Z < Z_cr and Z > Z_cr, where Z_cr is the minimum nuclear charge at which spontaneous pair creation is possible. The contribution of the spontaneous channel to the amplitude of the process is automatically taken into account.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 8, pp. 97–107, August, 1990.     

Stereo sensitivity of exchange interactions in Ni<Superscript>II</Superscript> and Cu<Superscript>II</Superscript> heterospin complexes with 5-formylpyrrolyl-substituted nitroxides

5-Formylpyrrolyl-substituted nitronyl and imino nitroxide radicals HL¹ and HL² were synthesized. Their solid phases are formed by packing pairs of the molecules. In the {HL¹...HL¹} pairs, the dominant interaction is the ferromagnetic exchange with J/kB = 8.8 K (Hamiltonian \(H = 2J\left( {\overrightarrow {{s_1}} \overrightarrow {{s_2}} } \right)\)). The ferromagnetic exchange occurs also in the heterospin molecules [Ni(L¹)₂], [Cu(L¹)₂], and [Ni(L²)₂(MeOH)₂]. In the complexes [Ni(L¹)₂] and [Cu(L¹)₂], a small change in the mutual orientation of the coordinated ligands has a considerable effect on the value and the sign of the energy of exchange interactions between the unpaired electrons of the metal ion and paramagnetic ligands.     

Once again on the enhanced Raman scattering of light from a molecule near a small object

The effect of a significant (by a factor of more than 10⁷) increase in the rate of a one-photon spontaneous radiative transition is calculated for an excited atom (molecule) located near a metal (silver) nanocylinder. The atom radiates into a surface plasmon wave of the TM⁰ type. The TM⁰ wave is concentrated near the nanocylinder surface rather than spreads infinitely in space. Having a limited length, the nanocylinder efficiently radiates into free space, in contrast to the case of an infinite surface (plane or cylindrical). Under the conditions considered, the duration of the atomic dipole radiation is about a femtosecond. The situation discussed, which can be easily realized in experiments, may help in understanding the significant increase in the intensity of Raman scattering observed experimentally.     

Exchange coupling in polynuclear nickel(II) complexes with pivalate and hexafluoroacetylacetonate ligands: a quantum chemical analysis

The electronic structures of polynuclear different-ligand nickel(ii) complexes [K₂Ni₆Piv₇(hfac)₃(OH)₄(HPiv)₂(Me₂CO)₂], [Ni₆Piv₄(hfac)₄(OH)₄(Me₂CO)₄], and [Ni₈Piv₁₀(hfac)₂(OH)₂(MeO)₂(MeOH)₂(HPiv)₂] were studied within the framework of the DFT approach. For each complex, the isotropic exchange parameters for all pairs of paramagnetic centers were calculated. Based on the results obtained, models for Heisenberg-Dirac-van Vleck exchange interaction (with minimal number of parameters) were proposed, which can be used to describe the magnetic properties of the compounds under study.     

Exchange coupling in alkoxy-polyoxovanadates [VIVnVV6?nO7(OR)12]4?n (n = 4, 3, 2)

The molecular structure and magnetic properties of alkoxy-polyoxovanadates [V^IV _n V^V _6−n O₇(OR)₁₂]⁴⁻ⁿ (n = 4, 3, 2) were studied within the framework of the DFT approach. The equilibrium geometric configurations of all complexes studied in this work are characterized by a distorted octahedral hexavanadate core; the unpaired d-electrons are localized on the metal centers (V^IV). The localized spin density distribution is also retained in the low-temperature crystal structures of the compounds whose magnetic properties are described by the Heisenberg-Dirac-van Vleck exchange spin Hamiltonian. The exchange parameters calculated using the broken symmetry formalism suggest predominance of ferromagnetic coupling between vanadium(IV) ions in the μ-OR bridged dimeric units {V^IVO(OR)V^IV} and in the diagonal pairs {V^IVOV^IV} (n = 4). The results obtained indicate that the magnitude and sign of the exchange parameters in the isostructural dimeric units within the hexavanadate core depend on the total number of unpaired electrons in the system.     

A FLATTENED OCTAHEDRON – THE METAL ENVIRONMENT IN COMPLEXES WITH PYRROLYL-SUBSTITUTED NITROXIDE DIRADICALS

Journal of Structural Chemistry - The structures of Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II) complexes with anions of 2,5-pyrrolyl-disubstituted nitronyl nitroxide (L1) and iminonitroxide (L2) diradicals (HL1 is...