Partition of carotenoid-to-bacteriochlorophyll singlet-energy transfer through two channels in the LH2 complex from Rhodobacter sphaeroides G1C

The excited-state dynamics of both carotenoid (Car) and bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) in the LH2 complex from Rhodobacter sphaeroides G1C were simultaneously probed by subpicosecond time-resolved absorption spectroscopy in the visible and near-infrared regions. By the use of a four excited-state model, where the 1B_u⁺ and 1B_u⁻ states were treated inclusively as the ‘1B_u' state, the time constant and the efficiency partition of Car-to-BChl singlet-energy transfer were determined to be 67–114 fs and 60–74% for the ‘1B_u' channel, and 1.39–1.42 ps and 24–38% for the 2A_g⁻ channel, when a time constant of 170–190 fs was assumed for the 1B_u-to-2A_g⁻ internal conversion.     

Re-examination of the Reactivity of N-Carboxy Amino Acid Anhydrides 1. Polymerisation of Amino Acid NCAs in Acetonitrile and in the Solid State in Hexane

Ring-opening polymerisation of N-carboxy anhydrides of γ-benzyl-L- glutamate, L-alanine and L-leucine by a primary amine initiator in acetonitrile and in hexane was examined, with care taken to avoid contamination by moisture. The polymerisation of amino acid NCAs initiated by butylamine in hexane proceeded in the crystalline state (solid state) because the NCA crystals did not dissolve in hexane. Although amino acid NCAs were believed to polymerise completely in acetonitrile, polymerisation of the amino acid NCAs in acetonitrile was found to stop at around 20% conversion. As resulting polypeptides did not dissolve in acetonitrile, the polymer terminals were considered to be occluded in the polymer precipitate. On the other hand, each amino acid NCA was much more reactive in the solid state in hexane than in acetonitrile. Especially, L-leucine NCA showed remarkable reactivity in the solid state. The reactivity in the solid state was explained with reference to the crystal structure.     

Fringe projection profilometry system verification for 3D shape measurement using virtual space of game engine

Optical Review - Fringe projection profilometry (FPP) is a technique used for obtaining the three-dimensional shape of an object in fields such as reverse engineering, cultural heritage, and...     

Anomalous behaviors in resistivity and magnetization of reduction-treated multi phase ceramics of Pr124/Pr123 and inhomogeneous Pr247

A superconductive sign found in electric resistivity behavior of mixed ceramic Pr124/Pr123 is searched and discussed, to advance preceding discussion about the superconductive region induced by intergrain charge transfer effect in ceramic Pr247 containing the related impurity phases. Observed reduction effects for largely impure ceramic of Pr247 with Pr124 and Pr123 and for simply dual-phase sample of Pr124/Pr123 inform us that the oxygen-reduction brings not only superconductive electron doping but also normal resistivity enhancement. Milder heat treatment condition is expected to assist possible attainment of zero-resistivity for Pr124/Pr123.     

Sharp bounds for multilinear fractional integral operators on Morrey type spaces

A multi-Morrey norm which is strictly smaller than m-fold product of the Morrey norms is introduced and the boundedness property of the Adams type for multilinear fractional integral operators is obtained. The optimality of the results is also discussed.     

Rheology and morphology change with temperature of SEBS/hydrocarbon oil blends

The effect of hydrocarbon oil incorporation on the rheological and phase behaviors of poly(styrene‐b‐(ethylene‐co‐butylene)‐b‐styrene) (SEBS) has been investigated. SEBS‐A1 (neat SEBS) shows a presence of very long relaxation time mode even at the highest temperature carried out here. On the other hand, G′ of SEBS‐A3 (oil concentration = 50 wt %) drastically decreases with increase of temperature at a critical temperature, which can be assigned to be order–disorder transition (ODT). The critical temperature was determined by two rheological criteria. Incorporation of hydrocarbon oil affects the ODT temperature. The rheological response is very sensitive to a few temperature increases around the ODT temperature. Above the critical temperature, G′ finally yields the terminal flow in the low frequency range. The morphological observation at various temperatures was determined using atomic force microscopy (AFM) equipped with environmental controller. This enabled in situ observation of structural change of SEBS induced by temperature and phase transition. We found that the layered texture, mostly aligned along the surface can be seen for SEBS‐A1 ranging from room temperature to 230 °C, though the image contrast reduced by an increase of temperature. SEBS‐A3 showed sphere domains at room temperature and also remains the structure at a critical temperature. The phase separated structure disappeared almost completely above ODT temperature, which was confirmed by the rheologial criteria. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 47: 955–965, 2009     

Dry Reforming of Dimethyl Ether with Carbon Dioxide over a Cu-Containing Hybrid Catalyst

Reforming of dimethyl ether with carbon dioxide into synthesis gas has been carried out over a mixed catalyst containing Cu-based methanol decomposition catalyst and alumina. The catalyst is found to show a high activity and selectivity. Catalyst stability and deactivation mechanism was also examined.