Cyclometallated 1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene iridium(III) complexes: synthesis,structure, and photoluminescence properties

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Hierarchical structure of SERS substrates possessing the silver ring morphology

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Chemical aspects of the radiation stability of macrocyclic extractants designed for 90Sr separation

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Germanium–vacancy color center in isotopically enriched diamonds synthesized at high pressures

We report on the high-pressure synthesis of novel nano- and microcrystalline diamonds with germanium–vacancy (Ge–V) color centers emitting at 602 nm. The synthesis was carried out in non-metallic growth systems C–H–Ge and C–H–O–Ge enriched with germanium and carbon isotopes. We demonstrate germanium and carbon isotope shifts in the fine structure of the luminescence, which allows us to unambiguously associate the center with the germanium impurity entering into the diamond lattice. We show that there are two ground-state energy levels with the separation of 0.7 meV and two excited-state levels separated by 4.6 meV in the electronic structure of the center and suggest a split-vacancy structure of this center. High-intensity and narrow-line emission of high-pressure synthesized small diamonds with Ge–V centers makes them promising candidates for single-photon emitters.     

Return to foundations of wave optics

The Huygens-Fresnel wave principle is found to extend far beyond its traditional use. Using only elementary mathematical means, it is shown in particular that this principle suffices to provide the exact solution of Sommerfeld's problem of plane wave diffraction by a perfectly conducting half-plane. A more exact formulation of the wave principle itself is proposed.     

Reversed steric order of reactivity for tert-butyl and adamantyl-3-cyanomethylene-1,2,4-triazines

Reactions of 2-(6-tert-butyl-5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-1,2,4-triazin-3(2H)-ylidene)-3-oxo-3-R-propanenitriles (R = t-Bu, Ad-1) with tert-butyl bromoacetate gave the corresponding N(2), C(5)O bis-alkylation products. Treatment of the latter with t-BuLi, in the case of R = t-Bu, led to intramolecular condensation at the exocyclic nitrile group. However, in the case of R = Ad-1, the condensation with the sterically more hindered carbonyl group was observed to give diastereomerically pure 8-cyanopyrrolo[1,2-b][1,2,4]triazine-6-carboxylate derivatives. The structures of the isolated products were confirmed by spectral methods and X-ray single-crystal diffraction.     

Surface activity and self-aggregation ability of three cationic quaternized aminocalix[4]arenes

The self-aggregation ability of three amphiphilic cationic calix[4]arenes possessing four quaternary amino groups (aminoCAs) was investigated using a variety of methods. All of the studied compounds possess high aggregation ability. Their critical aggregation concentration (CAC) values in water are in the 0.0009–0.04 % (w/v) concentration range. Several size populations of aggregates were detected by DLS for all three CAs, and restructuring of aggregates was observed to be dependent on concentration. Particles formed above CAC were attributed to formation of vesicular structures (vesicles). The coexistence of other type of aggregates (presumably micelles) with vesicles was observed in the aqueous solution of CAs 2 and 3 from concentrations of 0.5 and 0.8 % (w/v), respectively. The filtration procedure was found to be a significant factor since the obtained data from filtered and unfiltered samples was different. The particle sizes obtained by TEM measurements were somewhat correlated with the DLS data for unfiltered CAs solutions. An analysis of the aggregate composition was undertaken by a size-exclusion method using semi-permeable cellophane membranes with different MWCO. A negative deviation from linearity of permeability flux profile starting from 0.8 % (w/v) concentration of donor phase indicated that the fraction of large aggregates at this point is significant enough that the molecules could not easily permeate through the membranes.     

Monocrystalline Quartz ICP Etching: Road to High-Temperature Dry Etching

Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing - In this study, the dry plasma-chemical etching process of monocrystalline SiO2 (quartz) in a fluoride-based (sulfur hexafluoride, SF6) inductively coupled...