Unusual thermal conductivity of the negative thermal expansion material, ZrW2O8

In order to investigate the relationship between negative thermal expansion and other thermal properties, the thermal conductivity of the α-phase of ZrW₂O₈ has been determined from 1.9 to 390 K. In addition, the heat capacity was measured from 1.9 to 300 K. The thermal conductivity of ZrW₂O₈ is low, glass-like and close to its theoretical minimum value. The phonon-phonon coupling of the highly anharmonic low-frequency modes which are responsible for negative thermal expansion in ZrW₂O₈ appears to be highly efficient, leading to short phonon mean free paths and exceptionally low thermal conductivity.     

Synchrotron X-ray diffraction and absorption studies of CeM2X2 (M=Cu, Ni and X=Si, Ge) at high pressure

The equations of state of CeCu₂Si₂ and CeCu₂Ge₂ to about 60 GPa, as well as that of CeNi₂Ge₂ to 22 GPa and the valence state of Ce in CeCu₂Ge₂ to 20 GPa have been studied at room temperature in a diamond-anvil cell using synchrotron radiation sources. In each compound, the ambient-pressure phase (tetragonal ThCr₂Si₂-type structure) persisted to the highest pressure studied. The unit cell volumes of CeNi₂Ge₂ at ∼5 GPa and CeCu₂Ge₂ at ∼7 GPa, respectively, approached that of CeCu₂Si₂ taken at ambient pressure. From the equation-of-state data, the bulk modulus was derived to be 112.0±5.1 GPa for CeCu₂Si₂, 125.6±4.3 GPa for CeCu₂Ge₂, and 178.4±14.3 GPa for CeNi₂Ge₂. The valence state of Ce in CeCu₂Ge₂ remained trivalent throughout the pressure range investigated.     

混合新几何体Γ_(-p，i)K的不等式

近来,Lutwak,Yang和Zhang提出了新几何体Γ_(-p)K的概念,获得一些结论.本文引入混合新几何体Γ_(-p,i)K的概念,即新几何体是它的特殊类,得到了混合新几何体的一些性质,并建立了相关的不等式.     

Metallization of the Ge(111) surface at high-temperature probed by energy-loss and Auger spectroscopies

We present new electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) and Auger (AES) experiments aimed to study the structural transition of the Ge(111) surface taking place at high temperatures. Our advanced high-temperature set-up allowed us to collect accurate EELS spectra near the M_2,3 excitation edges and AES MMV and MVV spectra, corresponding to different probing depths ranging from 4 to 10 Å. The metallization of the surface has been clearly detected by the shift of the M_2,3 edge and of the MMV, MVV Auger energies. A detailed study of the transition has been performed using a fine temperature step under thermal equilibrium conditions. The AES and EELS experiments show that a sudden semiconductor-metal transition takes place at about 1000 K involving mainly the topmost layers. Deeper layers within 10 Å are also involved in the metallization process (in a range of 10 above 1010 K) and a smooth change in the topmost layers is also observed at higher temperatures up to 1070 K. These transitions are not fully reversible upon cooling (down to 870 K). Structural and electronic characteristics of the surface transition are discussed in light of available models.     

Impact of the sublinear photoconductivity law on the interpretation of holographic results in BaTiO3

Thick holographic refractive index gratings are written in nominally pure and in iron doped BaTiO₃ crystals. The phase shift between refractive index grating and light pattern is studied as a function of an externally applied electric field by a direct phase shift measuring technique. The choice of the method is suggested by a theoretical analysis which allows for the effect of a nonlinear relation between photoconductivity and light intensity on the holographic writing process.     

Open tubular capillary electrochromatography: A useful microreactor for collagen I glycation and interaction studies with low-density lipoprotein particles

Diabetes, a multifunctional disease and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the industrialized countries, strongly associates with the development and progression of atherosclerosis. One of the consequences of high level of glucose in the blood circulation is glycation of long-lived proteins, such as collagen I, the most abundant component of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in the arterial wall. Glycation is a long-lasting process that involves the reaction between a carbonyl group of the sugar and an amino group of the protein, usually a lysine residue. This reaction generates an Amadori product that may evolve in advanced glycation end products (AGEs). AGEs, as reactive molecules, can provoke cross-linking of collagen I fibrils. Since binding of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) to the ECM of the inner layer of the arterial wall, the intima, has been implicated to be involved in the onset of the development of an atherosclerotic plaque, collagen modifications, which can affect the affinity of native and oxidized LDL for collagen I, can promote the entrapment of LDLs in the intima and accelerate the progression of atherosclerosis.In this study, open tubular capillary electrochromatography is proposed as a new microreactor to study in situ glycation of collagen I. The kinetics of glycation was first investigated in a fused silica collagen I-coated capillary. Dimethyl sulphoxide, injected as an electroosmotic flow marker, gave information about the charge of coating. Native and oxidized LDL, and selected peptide fragments from apolipoprotein B-100, the protein covering LDL particles, were injected as marker compounds to clarify the interactions between LDLs and the glycated collagen I coating. The method proposed is simple and inexpensive, since only small amounts of collagen and LDL are required. Atomic force microscopy images complemented our studies, highlighting the difference between unmodified and glycated collagen I surfaces.     

A Baum–Katz theorem for i.i.d. random variables with higher order moments

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On the inverse scattering approach and action-angle variables for the Dullin-Gottwald-Holm equation

The Poisson brackets for the scattering data of the Dullin-Gottwald-Holm equation are computed. Then, the action-angle variables are expressed in terms of the scattering data. We also discuss on the inverse scattering problem for this equation.     

The physical origin of the electron-phonon vertex correction

In the theory of nonadiabatic superconductivity several features are governed by the electron-phonon vertex correction which has a complex structure both in momentum and frequency. We derive a physical interpretation of such nonadiabatic effects that permits to link them to specific material properties. We show how the nonadiabatic vertex correction can be decomposed into two terms with different physical origins. In particular, the first term describes the lattice polarization induced by the electrons and it is essentially a single-electron process whereas the second term is governed by the particle-hole excitations due to the exchange part of the phonon-mediated electron-electron interaction. We show that by weakening the influence of the exchange interaction the vertex takes mostly positive values giving rise to an enhanced effective coupling in the scattering with phonons. This weakening of the exchange interaction can be obtained by lowering the density of the electrons, or by considering only long-ranged (small <i>qi>) electron-phonon couplings. Received 23 November 1998 and Received in final form 22 January 1999     

Resonant photoemission study ofK-derived valence-band states in K X C60

The electronic structure of K-doped C₆₀ was investigated by photoemission (PE) and X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) studies at the C-1<i>si> and K-2<i>pi> thresholds. In addition, information on the local K-derived partial density of states in superconducting K₃C₆₀ was obtained by resonant PE at the K-2<i>pi> _1/2 threshold. The experimental observations support a complete charge transfer from K to C₆₀ and we clearly observe a finite density of states at<i>Ei> _<i>Fi> . From resonant PE, occupied states with K-<i>p, di> character could be identified in the binding-energy region from 1.5 to 8 eV below, but not directly at the Fermi level. This partial-density-of-states structure agrees well with the results of our band-structure calculations based on the local-density approximation.