New method for measuring the IR surface impedance of metals

A method for measuring the IR optical properties of metals, which implies the analysis of the angular distribution of the photons emitted from the edge of a metal plate due to the conversion of thermal surface plasmons, has been theoretically and experimentally shown. In this work an increased accuracy of the proposed method in the IR region is demonstrated in comparison with more conventional methods based on the Fresnel formulas. This conclusion is supported experimentally with data obtained from the surface impedance measurement of copper in the range from 8 to 9 μm at 185°C.     

On the stimulated scattering threshold in the field of two-dimensionally localized pump wave at arbitrary scattering angles

In the field of two-dimensionally localized pump wave, the dependences of the threshold of various modes of stimulated scattering on the scattering angle were determined for various medium parameters and pump intensities.     

Multielectron approach to the electronic structure and mechanisms of superconductivity in high-Tc cuprates

A review of recent results for the doping dependence of the Fermi surface and mechanism of pairing in LaSrCuO obtained within the LDA+GTB multielectron approach is given. Both magnetic and phonon contributions to the d_x²-y²-gap are considered.     

Luminescence Quantum Yield and Recombination Constants in Colloidal Core/Shell Ag2S/ZnS and Ag2S/SiO2 Quantum Dots

Optics and Spectroscopy - The luminescence properties of colloidal Ag2S quantum dots (QDs) with ZnS or SiO2 shells coated with thioglycolic or 2-mercaptopropionic acids are comparatively analyzed....     

Modification of the Structure of Ti–Al–Si–Cu–N Gradient Coatings by Mechanical Tests

Technical Physics - The structural state in the zones of indentation and scratch testing of Ti–Al–Si–Cu–N gradient coatings has been studied using dark-field electron...     

Ab initio quantum-chemical calculations of interactions of ions and hydrides of alkali metals with C3H6 and C4H8 molecules

Calculations of the C₃H₆ · LiH, C₄H₈ · M⁺, and C₄H₈ · MH systems and of C₂H₂ · MH complexes (M = Li or Na) were carried out by the unrestricted Hartree-Fock-Roothaan (UHF) method with partial optimization of the geometry using fixed geometric parameters of the C₃H₆ and C₄H₈ molecules. The standard 3-21G and 6-31G* basis sets were used. Unlike the C₃H₆ · LiH structure, the C₄H₈ · M⁺ and C₄H₈ · MH systems are typical complexes. It was found that the C₄H₈ · M⁺, C₄H₈ · MH, and C₂H₂ · MH complexes are similar in coordination of M⁺ ions and MH molecules by carbon atoms in spite of considerable differences in the interatomic distances (–1 A) between these atoms in the C₄H₈ and C₂H₂ molecules. The heats of formation (Q), which were calculated in the UHF/6-31G* approximation and using second- and fourth-order Möller-Plesset perturbation theory taking into account the electron correlation energy in the MP2/6-31G*. MP4(SDQ)/6-31G*, and MP4(SDTQ)/6-31G* approximations, satisfy the following relationships: Q(C₂H₃ · MH) < Q(C₄H₈ · MH) < Q(C₄H₈ · M⁺). It was observed that in going from Li to Na the corresponding values of Q tend to decrease.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya. No. 7, pp. 1636–1640, July, 1996.     

Regge oscillations in integral cross sections for proton impact on atomic hydrogen

The integral cross sections for elastic scattering and spin exchange for proton impact on atomic hydrogen show several oscillations in the energy range 0.01-1.0 eV that cannot be associated with resonances or the glory effect. A complex angular momentum analysis using computed Regge trajectories shows that each peak of the oscillatory structure is predominantly associated with at most three trajectories. In this way, the peaks are related to the L=0 bound states of H+ 2. The complex angular momentum theory for integral cross sections that we introduce shows that such oscillations are a general feature of potential scattering.     

Invariant Functions on Simple Orders

It is shown that any continuous invariant function on a doubly homogeneous simple order is a polynomial with respect to supremum and infimum operations.     

Exact topological analogs to orthoposets

An arbitrary orthoposet is shown to be isomorphic to , being a subbasis of a Hausdorff topological space satisfying 1) , 2) , and 3) every covering of by elements of possesses an at most 2-element subcovering. The couple turns out to be unique.

     

Thermochemistry of Heteroatomic Compounds. Enthalpy of Dissolution and Vaporization of Selected Trimethylsilyl Di- and Tetrathiophosphates

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - Enthalpy of vaporization (ΔvapH°) of trimethylsilyl esters of dithio- and tetratiophosphoric acids (RX)2P(S)SSiMe3 (X = O, S) have been determined...