Direct photoetching of single crystal SiC by VUV-266 nm multiwavelength laser ablation

2 O₂:H₂O and HF:H₂O. The analysis of the etched samples by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and scanning probe microscopy (SPM) indicates that an array of square holes having well-defined patterned structures and clean substrate surfaces were obtained. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis indicates that the SiC samples etched by VUV-266 nm multiwavelength laser have a similar stoichiometry after chemical post-treatment as the virgin SiC. The mechanism of high-quality ablation using VUV-266 nm multiwavelength laser is discussed in comparison with ablation using 266 nm single wavelength. The chemical post-treatment contributes to removing the residues from the laser photolysis of SiC. Received: 26 August 1996/Accepted: 17 October 1996     

Structure of consistent ground state: Re—derivation of RPA vacuum and inclusion of higher RPA effects

Here is presented a method to determine the consistent ground state (CGS ) which satisfies the so-called killer condition for the excitation operator. This method may be called an extended application of the procedure employed by Weiner and Goscinski in deriving the random phase approximation (RPA ) vacuum. The RPA vacuum is derived by solving the recurrence formula of the configuration coefficients of a multiconfigurational state vector. The role of boson approximation to the primitive p-h excitation operator is also investigated and by using the present formalism the cluster-expansion-type CGS is derived as the RPA vacuum under the boson approximation. Inclusion of the effects of a higher RPA in the CGS leads to the simultaneous equations of the configuration coefficients of the CGS . In including the effect of the second RPA , only the symmetry-broken CGS can exist. When the third RPA effect is involved instead of the second RPA , there can be a symmetry-adapted CGS , in which the picture of electron pairs acquired in the standard RPA vacuum is modified. Thus the exact CGS vectors are analytically obtained in the case of simple model systems of two or four electrons.     

A new simple synthesis of 1,4-benzodiazepines

A convenient synthesis of 1,4-benzodiazepines starting from secondary-2-aminobenzhydrols, which are easily obtained from secondary anilines and benzaldehydes, is described. 7-Nitro-1-methyl-1,4-benzodiazepine 1d can be formed from 5-nitro-2-methylaminomethylacylaminobenzo-phenone 10b and c by using ammonium carbonate instead of ammonia, which gives only the Smiles-rearranged product 11 .     

Retarded transverse current-current response functions of a two-dimensional electron gas

The retarded transverse current-current response functions of an ideal two-dimensional electron gas at zero temperature are calculated. Introducing a new approximation scheme which allows one to take account of the reaction of the electromagnetic field to the induced current, i.e. the influence of the electronic induced current on the dynamics of the electromagnetic field, within the framework of the conventional linear response theory in a self-consistent way, a possible form of the dispersion relation for the transverse plasmon in the system is obtained. It is found that the energy of the transverse plasmon has a gap at k=0, if the thickness of the system is finite, in contrast to the longitudinal case.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Ml2-Intercalated Bi-2212 Cuprates (M=Mn,Fe, Co,Cu, Zn)

Abstract

A series of new layered cuprates with the composition MI_2+xBi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+y (x=0.6–0.9; M=Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn) have been synthesized by the reaction of Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈ with each transition metal under an atmosphere of iodine at 400°C. The new cuprates, lamellar in shape, are crystallized in a tetragonal unit cell with the lattice parameters of a = 5.393–5.402 Å and c = 43.32–43.96 Å. A structure model for these cuprates are proposed in which the monoiodide anions are intercalated in the Bi₂O₂ layer to form a bilayer accompanying 3d metal cations. All of the intercalated cuprates are non-superconducting to be as high as 0.74–2.52 MΩ · cm in resistivity at room temperature.