Two-electron and four-electron periodicity in single-wall carbon nanotube quantum dots

Single quantum dots have been fabricated in single-wall carbon nanotubes and electrical transport properties have been measured at low temperature. Two- and four-electron periodicities have been clearly observed in the same sample in different gate voltage ranges. The former is an even–odd effect which originates from the spin degeneracy, while the latter is related to the additional two-fold band degeneracy. The results are discussed with the energy scales associated with the dot, and the possibility for a single spin manipulation is suggested.     

Development of magnetically targeted drug delivery system using superconducting magnet

Development of a novel drug delivery system was made to accumulate/navigate magnetic drugs with the help of a superconducting magnet in order to control the drugs in blood vessels located deep inside the body. In the present paper, we tested the feasibility of a novel navigation system, made by applying a strong external (magnetic) field through SmBaCuO and YBaCuO bulk superconductors in order to realize the practice of using externally applied magnetic fields for targeting the magnetic particles to a circumscribed body region.     

Gate-voltage dependence of zero-bias anomalies in multiwall carbon nanotubes

Temperature dependence of zero-bias conductance of the vanadium (V)/multiwall carbon nanotube (MWNT)/V structure is studied. As temperature is reduced, the conductance decreases with a functional form consistent with a power law. For the first time, we find that the exponent depends significantly on gate voltage. This exponent dependence cannot be explained by Luttinger-liquid theory for ballistic MWNTs. We interpret the obtained results within the framework of the nonconventional Coulomb blockade theory for strongly disordered MWNTs.     

Warm-white light-emitting diode with yellowish orange SiALON ceramic phosphor

A warm-white light-emitting diode (LED) without blending of different kinds of phosphors is demonstrated. An approach that consists of a blue LED chip and a wavelength-conversion phosphor is carried out. The phosphor is a newly developed yellowish orange CaEuSiAlON ceramic phosphor with high efficiency. The CIE1931 chromaticity coordinates (x, y) are (0.458, 0.414), the color temperature is 2750 K, and the luminous efficacy of this LED is 25.9 lm/W at room temperature and with a forward-bias current of 20 mA. The chromaticity of the assembled LED is more thermally stable than that of a LED with a conventional oxide phosphor (YAG:Ce) because of the better thermal stability of the oxynitride phosphor.     

Quantum dot-based western blot technology for ultrasensitive detection of tracer proteins

The present study describes two quantum dot-based Western blotting protocols for ultrasensitive detection of "tracer" proteins in cell lysates.     

A phenomenological analysis on γp → π+n, πOp below 1.2 GeV

A phenomenological partial-wave analysis on γp → π⁺n and π^Op reactions has been performed in the energy range 0.25–1.2 GeV with available data, laying special emphasis on the polarization and asymmetry data. A good fit has been obtained.