Study of resonant tunneling in Au nanoclusters on the surface of SiO2/Si thin films using the combined scanning tunneling microscopy and atomic-force microscopy technique

The morphology and electronic properties of Au nanoclusters on the surface of SiO₂ thin films on n ⁺-Si substrates are studied using the combined scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic-force microscopy (AFM) technique. The peaks associated with the resonant tunneling of electrons from the states of the valence band of the probe material to the states of the conduction band of the substrate material through Au nanoclusters are observed on the current-voltage characteristics for the contact of a p ⁺-Si AFM probe with Au nanoclusters. Experimental results are interpreted by calculating the tunnel transparency of the SiO₂/Au/SiO₂ double barrier structure in a strong electric field.     

Combined STM/AFM visualization of the local density of states in the InAs/GaAs quantum dots

Combined ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling/atomic-force microscopy (STM/AFM) has been implemented for the first time for the tunneling spectroscopy of the size-quantized states in the InAs/GaAs(001) surface quantum dots (QDs). The tunneling spectra and current images, which reflect the energy and spatial distribution of the local density of the ground and excited states in the QDs have been obtained.     

Complete Radon–Kipriyanov Transform: Some Properties

Doklady Mathematics - The even Radon–Kipriyanov transform (Kγ-transform) is suitable for studying problems with the Bessel singular differential operator $${{B}_{{{{gamma }_{i}}}}} =...     

Supramolecular organization of crown- and phosphoryl-containing magnesium and zinc phthalocyaninates in solutions of synthetic and natural surfactants

Russian Chemical Bulletin - The behavior of crown- and phosphoryl-containing magnesium and zinc phthalocyaninates in solutions of synthetic and natural surfactants is studied. In a phosphate buffer...     

Molecular structure of dipivaloylmethane and the intramolecular hydrogen bond problem

Molecular structure of dipivaloylmethane was investigated by X-ray electron diffraction at 24°C. The C_2v and C_s geometrical models involving an intramolecular hydrogen bond are considered. The C_2v model with enol hydrogen lying symmetrically relative to the oxygen atoms has several advantages over the classical model of the enol tautomer. Translated from Zhumal Struktumoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 58-66, January–February, 2000     

Hypochlorous acid-induced oxidative damage of human red blood cells: effects of tert-butyl hydroperoxide and nitrite on the HOCl reaction with erythrocytes

Hypochlorous acid, one of the most powerful biological oxidants, is believed to be important in the pathogenesis of some diseases. The purpose of this study was to further characterise the membrane and intracellular events which resulted in HOCl-induced oxidative impairments and haemolysis of human erythrocytes and interaction of different oxidative agents, which accumulated during respiratory burst, in the process of RBS oxidation. The sequence of cellular events after red blood cell exposure to HOCl: cell morphological transformations, oxidation of cellular constituents, enzyme modifications, and haemolysis have been evaluated. It was shown that HOCl-treated cells underwent colloid-osmotic haemolysis, preceded by rapid morphological transformations and membrane structural transitions. The activation energy of the process of haemolysis (after removal of the excess of oxidative agent) was estimated to be 146+/-22 kJ/mol at temperatures above the break point of Arrhenius plot (31-32 degrees C). This value corresponds to the activation energy of the process of protein denaturation. Modification of erythrocytes by HOCl inhibited membrane acetylcholinesterase (uncompetitive type of inhibition), depleted intracellular glutathione, activated intracellular glutathione peroxidase, but did not induce membrane lipid peroxidation. The presence of other oxidants, nitrite or tert-butyl hydroperoxide (t-BHP), promoted the oxidative damage induced by HOCl and led to new oxidative reactions.     

Motion of a nonrectilinear fiber in a viscous fluid flow

The plane problem of dynamic interaction of a laminar viscous fluid flow and an inextensible pliable fiber of finite length is solved using the perturbation method. Two types of rheological twodimensional flows — pure shear and simple shear — are considered. Formulas are obtained for the evolution of the tensile force and the shape of the fiber. Results of asymptotic and numerical calculations are compared.     

Reactions of 1-nitrocyclohexene with alicyclic amines

The interaction of 1-nitrocyclohexene with alicyclic amines can proceed via nucleophilic addition at the carbon-carbon double bond (morpholine, piperazine) to form aza-Michael products or as deprotonation (piperidine, azepane) to give ammonium salts, 2-cyclohexene-1-nitronates. The preferred reaction pathway is determined by the amine basicity.     

Reactions of aroylhydrazines with nitrosulfodienes of the 2-benzylidene-3-methyl-4-nitro-3-thiolene-1,1-dioxide series

Reactions of s-trans-nitrosulfodienes of the 2-benzylidene-3-methyl-4-nitro-3-thiolene-1,1-dioxide series with aroylhydrazines occur as nucleophilic 1,4-addition to give the aza-Michael adducts. Activity of the studied substrates depends on the nature of the substituents in the benzene ring of benzylidene fragment. Previously unexplored representatives of the 2-benzylidene-3-methyl-4-nitro-3-thiolene-1,1-dioxides have been synthesized.