Electronic surface structure of <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-ML Ag/Cu(111) and Cs/<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-ML Ag/Cu(111) as investigated by 2PPE and STS

We investigated the electronic structure of epitaxially grown silver films on Cu(111) with and without adsorption of cesium by means of scanning tunneling spectroscopy and two-photon photoemission. This system has been chosen as a model system to engineer and measure the dynamics of charge-transfer processes between an adsorbate and a heterogeneous substrate. Special emphasis has been laid on the investigation of the energy shift of the Shockley-type surface state and an excited cesium resonance as a function of Ag film thickness. For the cesium resonance we observe an increase in line width with increasing layer thickness. PACS 68.37.Ef; 68.43.-h; 68.55.Jk; 73.20.-r     

Magnetic hyperfine fields in Heusler alloys Co YZ (Y=Ti,Zr; Z=Al,Ga,Sn)

Magnetic hyperfine fields (mhf) acting on Ta at the Ti and Zr sites have been measured in Heusler alloys Co₂TiAl(Ga,Sn) and Co₂ZrAl(Sn) by the TDPAC technique utilizing the 133–482 keV gamma cascade in¹⁸¹Hf. Curie temperatures of all the alloys have also been measured using a vibrating sample magnetometer. Present data together with the existing results on the Co₂HfAl(Ga,Sn) are discussed and compared with the mhf systematics in Heusler alloys.work partially supported by CNEN and CNPq     

非磁性替代原子对Ce_2Co_(17)居里温度和饱和磁化强度的影响

用真空电弧熔炼法制备了Ce2 Co17-xMx(M =Ga ,Al和Si)化合物。通过X射线衍射和磁性测量手段 ,研究了非磁性替代原子Ga,Al和Si的加入对Ce2 Co17化合物的居里温度和饱和磁化强度的影响 ,其中Si在Ce2 Co17化合物中的固溶度最小 ,并使居里温度和饱和磁化强度下降幅度最大。     

Optical components from a new vitrifying liquid crystal

New low molar mass liquid crystalline vitrifying materials have been synthesized and tested for application in optical films. The molecules were based on spiro compounds derived from pentaerythritol and mesogenic groups derived from cyanobiphenylyl moieties. The resulting materials showed glass transition temperatures as high as 85 degrees C and nematic to isotropic phase transition temperatures up to 222 degrees C. Crystallization from the melt was strongly suppressed. Well-aligned, solid, birefringent layers were obtained from the materials by spincoating. Uniaxially oriented layers with an optic axis tilted with respect to the substrate were obtained by spincoating the liquid crystals on pretilt amplification layers. When an anisotropic dye was incorporated in the liquid crystals, polarizers with a tilted absorption axis were obtained. In addition, the compounds were found to be suitable as hosts for photo-induced reorientation of photo-isomerizable dyes.     

A Study of the Oxidation Pathway of Adrenaline by Cyclic Voltammetry: An Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Exercise

An undergraduate laboratory exercise to be used in an undergraduate instrumental methods course is presented for the electrochemical characterization of oxidation products of adrenaline. An objective of this experiment is to use information obtained through cyclic voltammetry and simulation software to develop a qualitative understanding of the oxidation mechanism of adrenaline.     

Photoacoustic investigation of the effective diffusivity of two-layer semiconductors

The problem of the effective thermal diffusivity of two-layer systems is investigated using the photoacoustic spectroscopy. The experimental results are examined in terms of the effective thermal parameters of the composite system determined from a homogeneous material that produces the same physical response under an external perturbation in the detector device. It is shown that the effective thermal conductivity is not symmetric under exchange of the two layers of the composite, i.e. the effective thermal parameters depend upon which layer is illuminated in the photoacoustic experiments. Particular emphasis is given to the characterization of the interface thermal conductivity between the layer system.