Preparation of highly crystalline blue emitting MVO4:Tm (M=Gd, Y) spherical nanoparticles: Effects of activator concentration and annealing temperature on luminescence, lifetime and quantum yield

Highly crystalline spherical nanoparticles of MVO₄:Tm³⁺ (M=Gd, Y) having a size of 20–45 nm were prepared using ethylene glycol as both capping agent and reaction medium. X-ray diffraction study shows linear decrease in the unit cell volume with an increase in Tm³⁺ concentrations in MVO₄ (M=Gd, Y; Tm³⁺=0, 2, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 at%), indicative of quantitative substitution of Gd³⁺/Y³⁺ lattice sites by Tm³⁺ ions in MVO₄. Blue light emission at 475 nm is observed after excitation at 310 nm due to energy transfer from VO₄³⁻ absorption band to Tm³⁺. Emission intensity and average decay lifetime increase with an increase in heat treatment from 500 to 900 °C. This has been attributed to an extent of reduction in non-radiative process arising from surface. The emission intensity of Tm³⁺ in GdVO₄ host is higher than that in YVO₄ and thus the former host is better. Quantum yield increases with increase in heat-treatment temperature. This material will be the alternative blue light emitter.     

A ‘stack’ model of rate-independent polycrystals

A novel ‘stack’ model of a rate-independent polycrystal, which extends the ‘ALAMEL’ model of Van Houtte et al. (2005) is proposed. In the ‘stack’ model, stacks of N neighboring ‘ALAMEL’ domains collectively accommodate the imposed macroscopic deformation while deforming such that velocity and traction continuity with their neighbors is maintained. The flow law and consistency conditions are derived and an efficient solution methodology based on the linear programming technique is given. The present model is applied to study plastic deformation of an idealized two-dimensional polycrystal under macroscopically imposed plane-strain tension and simple shear constraints. Qualitative and quantitative variations in the predicted macroscopic and microscopic response with N are presented. The constraint on individual ‘ALAMEL’ domains diminishes with stack size N but saturates for large N. Computational effort associated with the present model is analyzed and found to be well within one order of magnitude greater than that required to solve the classical Taylor model. Furthermore, implementation of the consistency conditions is found to reduce computation time by at least 50%.     

Stabilization of ferromagnetism in Mn doped ZnO with C co-doping

We present a method for stabilizing ferromagnetism in Mn doped ZnO. We find that Mn doped ZnO show anti-ferromagnetic order in the absence of additional carriers. When Mn doped ZnO is co-doped with C atom at O sites ferromagnetic state gets stabilized. The C doping creates holes which leads to stabilization of ferromagnetic state via hole mediated double exchange mechanism.     

Dropping False Packet to Increase the Network Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Network using EFDD Protocol

In Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) sensors are densely deployed where the intruders can compromise some sensor nodes and inject false data in order to raise false alarms, reduce network lifetime, utilize bandwidth resources and so on. False Data Injection can possibly occur in Data Aggregation (DA) and Data Forwarding (DF). This paper analyses EFDD Protocol-Early False Data Detection Protocol which addresses the two possibilities in a simple and secure way considering the constraints of sensor nodes. The main idea is the selection of the network structure; this protocol will work effectively in Spatial/Semantic Correlation Tree Structure (SCT). False Data Detection in DA is done using some monitoring nodes which will monitor the Data Aggregator. EFDD in SCT structure reduce the counterfeit data transmission when compared to other structure in a better way. The result shows that EFDD reduce data transmission by dropping false data earlier and it also reduces computation when compared to the existing schemes.     

Multiple-channel wavelength conversion by use of engineered quasi-phase-matching structures in LiNbO(3) waveguides

We report difference frequency generation-based wavelength converters with multiple phase-matching wavelengths that use engineered quasi-phase-matching structures in LiNbO(3) waveguides. Multiple-channel wavelength conversion is demonstrated within the 1.5-mum band and between the 1.3- and 1.5-mum bands. With simultaneous use of M pump wavelengths, these devices can also be used to perform wavelength broadcasting, in which each of N input signals is converted into M output wavelengths.     

Polymer patterns in evaporating droplets on dissolving substrates

Self-organized polymer patterns resulting from the evaporation of an organic solvent drop on a soluble layer of polymer are investigated. The patterns can be modulated by changing the rate of evaporation and also the rate of substrate dissolution controlled by its solubility. Both of these affect the contact zone motion and its instabilities, leading to spatially variable rates of substrate etching and redeposition that result from a complex interplay of several factors such as Rayleigh-Benard cells, thermocapillary flow, solutal Marangoni flow, flow due to differential evaporation, osmotic-pressure-induced flow, and contact-line pinning-depinning events. The most complex novel pattern, observed at relatively low rates of evaporation, medium solubility, and without macroscopic contact-line stick-slip, consists of a regularly undulating ring made up of a bundle of parallel spaghetti-like threads or striations and radially oriented fingerlike ridges. Increased rate of evaporation obliterates the polymer threads, producing more densely packed fingers and widely separated multiple rings due to a frequent macroscopic pinning-depinning of the contact line. Near-equilibrium conditions such as slow evaporation or increased solubility of the substrate engender a wider and less undulating single ring.     

Lewis acid-promoted annulation of O-quinonediimines by allylstannane: a facile synthesis of quinoxaline derivatives

[reaction: see text] Lewis acid-promoted addition of allyltri-n-butylstannane to o-quinonediimines afforded tetrahydroquinoxaline derivatives or allylated amides depending on the nature of the substituent on imine nitrogen.     

Equivariant Reduction to Torus of a Principal Bundle

Let M be an irreducible projective variety, over an algebraically closed field k of characteristic zero, equipped with an action of a connected algebraic group S over k. Let E _G be a principal G-bundle over M equipped with a lift of the action of S on M, where G is a connected reductive linear algebraic group. Assume that E _G admits a reduction of structure group to a maximal torus TG. We give a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a T-reduction of E _G which is left invariant by the action of S on E _G .     

400-photon-per-pulse ultrashort pulse autocorrelation measurement with aperiodically poled lithium niobate waveguides at 1.55 microm

We demonstrate ultrasensitive intensity autocorrelation measurements of subpicosecond optical pulses in the telecommunication band by using aperiodically poled lithium niobate (A-PPLN) waveguides. The tightly confined optical beam in the waveguides and the chirped poling period facilitate simultaneous high second-harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency and broad phase-matching (PM) bandwidth. The resulting measurement sensitivity is 3.2 x 10(-7) mW2, approximately 500 times better than the previous record for intensity autocorrelations. We also show that chirped A-PPLN waveguides retain nearly the same SHG efficiency as the unchirped guide as long as the PM bandwidth is not significantly broader than the input spectrum.