Near-infrared downconversion through energy transfer from \mathrm{VO}_{4}^{3-} group to Yb3+ in Yb3+ doped YP0.9V0.1O4

Through the study of photoluminescence spectra, fluorescence decay curves, concentration-dependent luminescence and low temperature luminescence, the energy transfer from isolated $\mathrm{VO}_{4}^{3-}$ group to Yb³⁺ is investigated in Yb³⁺ doped YP_0.9V_0.1O₄. The experimental results show that the energy transfer from $\mathrm{VO}_{4}^{3-}$ group to Yb³⁺ is very efficient. Cooperative energy transfer, through which one high-energy photon absorbed by $\mathrm{VO}_{4}^{3-}$ group is converted to two near-infrared photons emitted by Yb³⁺ ions, is proposed to be the energy transfer process. This efficient ultra-violet to near-infrared downconversion could have potential application in improving the efficiency of silicon-based solar cell.     

Dependence of delay-induced coherence resonance on time-periodic coupling strength in Newman-Watts neuronal networks

Recently, delay-induced coherence resonance (CR) in neuronal networks with fixed coupling strength has received much attention. In this paper, we study delay-induced CR in Newman-Watts neuronal networks with time-periodic coupling strength, mainly investigating how CR changes with the varying frequency of time-periodic coupling strength. We find that delay-induced CR become more frequent as the frequency is increased. When the frequency exceeds a threshold value, time delay can induce multiple CR more than for constant coupling strength. Furthermore, delay-induced CR occurs more abruptly and becomes more pronounced for time-periodic coupling strength than for constant coupling strength. These results show that delay-induced CR strongly depends on the coupling strength of neurons, and time delay can optimize spiking coherence more frequently and precisely in the presence of time-periodic coupling strength. This implies that time-periodic coupling strength could be more helpful for time delay to enhance and optimize the spiking coherence, and thus it may play a more efficient role in improving the time precision of information processing in neuronal networks.     

Extracting muon momentum scale corrections for hadron collider experiments

The quark condensate is calculated within the world-line effective-action formalism, by using for the Wilson loop an ansatz provided by the stochastic vacuum model. Starting with the relation between the quark and the gluon condensates in the heavy-quark limit, we diminish the current quark mass down to the value of the inverse vacuum correlation length, finding in this way a 64?% decrease in the absolute value of the quark condensate. In particular, we find that the conventional formula for the heavy-quark condensate cannot be applied to the c-quark, and that the corrections to this formula can reach 23?% even in the case of the b-quark. We also demonstrate that, for an exponential parametrization of the two-point correlation function of gluonic field strengths, the quark condensate does not depend on the non-confining non-perturbative interactions of the stochastic background Yang?CMills fields.     

The ring-closing metathesis of vinyl ethers with Grubbs'' catalyst for the synthesis of dihydropyrans

A series of acyclic vinyl ethers have been prepared and treated with Grubbs' ruthenium catalyst ((Cy₃P)₂RuCl₂=CHPh). Contrary to previous findings, it has been shown that certain vinyl ethers are excellent substrates for the ring closing metathesis with ruthenium based catalysts.     

Ground-state and some excited states of Li2 by the half-projected Hartree–Fock method

The half-projected Hartree–Fock wave function (HPHF ) is one of simplest models for introducing some electronic correlation effects. In this model, the wave function is built up with only two Slater determinants. This simple form suggests its application for the direct determination of singlet excited states. On the other hand, because the HPHF model does not mix singlet and triplet states with M_s = 0, it can be used for determining independently singlet and triplet states without any mutual contamination. In the present work, we applied this model to determine nine electronic states of the lithium molecule; one of them exhibits even the same symmetry of the fundamental one. For this purpose, the 6-311G (d) basis was used. Potential energy curves were determined and some spectroscopic constants derived. The numerical results were compared with the available experimental data, as well as with other theoretical values. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

SYNTHESIS,CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND ELECTROCHEMISTRY PROPERTIES OF Cu-COMPOUND BY RIGID LIGAND

Journal of Structural Chemistry - A new novel Cu(II) compound formulated as Cu(C4N6H4)2Cl2 (1) (C4N6H4 = 1H-3,4′-bi-1,2,4-triazole) is successfully synthesized by a...     

Intracavity laser atomic absorption spectrometry with graphite furnace atomizer or pulsed laser sampler

An absorption intracavity laser spectrometer with two types of sample vaporization systems (graphite furnace electrothermal atomizer or laser sampler) is described that can be used for the determination of trace amounts of metals (Al, Cr, Fe and Mn) in liquid samples and at the surface of solid targets. The limits of detection for the elements tested are lower than those obtained by modern conventional spectrometers. The examined technique provides a wide dynamic range of linear standard calibration curves.     

Lipophilicity determination of some potential photosystem II inhibitors on reversed-phase high-performance thin-layer chromatography

The retention characteristics of 25 2-cyano-3-methylthio-3-substituted amine-acrylates are determined using reversed-phase thin-layer chromatography (RP-TLC) with methanol-water mixtures as eluents. The relationship between Rm values and partition coefficients (C log P) are established. The Rm values decrease linearly with increasing methanol concentration in the eluent. The Rm values extrapolated to zero organic modifier concentration (Rm0) in the eluent are highly related to C log P. The Rm0 value can be used to evaluate the lipophilicity of this kind of compound.