Microscopic quadrupole and hexadecapole moments of rare earth nuclei

The theoretical calculations of multipole moments of even-even rare earth nuclei are presented. The potential energy surface is evaluated by the shell correction method. The condition ensuring the equality of the density distribution of the macroscopic liquid droplet part of the potential energy and the density generated by the single particle potential is added. A single particle Nilsson potential is used. New, less stiff potential surfaces versusε ₄ are obtained while the multipole moments calculated at the equilibrium deformations agree well with experimental data.     

Cathodoluminescent characteristics of green-emitting ZnAl2O4:Mn thin-film phosphors

Thin films of ZnAl₂O₄:Mn were grown on aluminosilicate ceramic plates using spray pyrolysis of aqueous solutions. The cathodoluminescence (CL) properties of the films under low to medium excitation voltage (<5 kV) were investigated. The films exhibited green CL after being annealed at temperatures above 550 °C, which corresponds to the transition between ⁴T₁ and ⁶A₁ of Mn²⁺ ions located in the tetra coordination of the Zn²⁺ site in the spinel structure. The chromaticity coordinates were x=0.150 and y=0.734 with a dominant wavelength of 525 nm and an 82% color purity. The CL luminance and efficiency depended on the excitation voltage and current density. Saturation effects were observed as the current density increased. A luminance of 540 cd/m² and an efficiency of 4.5 lm/W were obtained at an excitation voltage of 4 kV with a current density of 38 A/cm². PACS 78.60.Hk     

The <Emphasis Type="Italic">recombination activation gene 1</Emphasis> (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Rag1</Emphasis>) is expressed in a subset of zebrafish olfactory neurons but is not essential for axon targeting or amino acid detection

Background  

Rag1 (Recombination activation gene-1) mediates genomic rearrangement and is essential for adaptive immunity in vertebrates. This gene is also expressed in the olfactory epithelium, but its function there is unknown.     

Fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy and its artifacts: simulations and tests

Fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy (FFS)[1,2] is a kind of fluorescence detection techniques suitable for monitoring interaction and transportation processes in a small detection zone of biological systems. FFS detects and analyzes the fluorescence signal of the fluorescent molecules in the detection zone to retrieve the dynamical parameters of the system including concentration, diffusion coefficient and interaction constants. FFS utilizes various statistical methods to analyze the data,…     

Loading and release behaviors of compressed polyelectrolyte multilayers for small dye molecules

Loading and release behaviors of compressed polyelectrolyte multilayers composed of poly(styrenesulfonate sodium salt) and poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) were investigated using fluorescein and rhodamine 6G as indicators by confocal laser scanning microcopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, and UV-vis spectroscopy. Compression of the multilayers resulted in a more densely packed microstructure, leading to the decrease of fluorescence intensity of the incorporated probes to 80% of its initial value, and much slower releasing rate as well as smaller releasing amount regardless of the types of the probes and the presence of salt. Utilizing the difference of loading and release rates between the compressed and the uncompressed regions, arrays of dye reservoirs have been fabricated on a chemical homogeneous but physical heterogeneous multilayer film.     

Stimulated and spontaneous optical generation of electron spin coherence in charged GaAs quantum dots

We report on the coherent optical excitation of electron spin polarization in the ground state of charged GaAs quantum dots via an intermediate charged exciton (trion) state. Coherent optical fields are used for the creation and detection of the Raman spin coherence between the spin ground states of the charged quantum dot. The measured spin decoherence time, which is likely limited by the nature of the spin ensemble, approaches 10 ns at zero field. We also show that the Raman spin coherence in the quantum beats is caused not only by the usual stimulated Raman interaction but also by simultaneous spontaneous radiative decay of either excited trion state to a coherent combination of the two spin states.     

Velocity profiles in repulsive athermal systems under shear

We conduct molecular dynamics simulations of athermal systems undergoing boundary-driven planar shear flow in two and three spatial dimensions. We find that these systems possess nonlinear mean velocity profiles when the velocity u of the shearing wall exceeds a critical value u(c). Above u(c), we also show that the packing fraction and mean-square velocity profiles become spatially dependent with dilation and enhanced velocity fluctuations near the moving boundary. In systems with overdamped dynamics, u(c) is only weakly dependent on packing fraction phi. However, in systems with underdamped dynamics, u(c) is set by the speed of shear waves in the material and tends to zero as phi approaches phi(c), which is near random close packing at small damping. For underdamped systems with phi相似文献