Medium effects on fluorescence quantum yields and lifetimes for coumarin laser dyes

Fluorescence quantum yields and lifetimes of coumarin dyes are sharply reduced in polar solvents if amine substituent groups are free to rotate. The polar solvent effect is interpreted in terms of relaxation of excited dye from an initial planar conformation to a twisted zwitterionic state.     

Synthesis and properties of the double perovskites La2NiVO6, La2CoVO6, and La2CoTiO6

The double perovskites La₂CoVO₆, La₂CoTiO₆, and La₂NiVO₆, are described. Rietveld fitting of neutron and powder X-ray diffraction data show La₂NiVO₆ and La₂CoVO₆ to have a disordered arrangement of B-cations whereas La₂CoTiO₆ shows ordering of the B-cations (with ∼5% Co/Ti inversion). Curie-Weiss fits to the linear region of the 1/χ plots reveal Weiss temperatures of −107, −34.8, and 16.3 K for La₂CoVO₆, La₂CoTiO₆, and La₂NiVO₆, respectively, and magnetic transitions are observed. La₂CoTiO₆ prepared by our method differs from material prepared by lower-temperature routes. A simple antiferromagnetic spin model is consistent with the data for La₂CoTiO₆. These compounds are semiconductors with bandgaps of 0.41 (La₂CoVO₆), 1.02 (La₂CoTiO₆) and 0.45 eV (La₂NiVO₆).     

Room temperature deposition of nanocrystalline cadmium peroxide thin film by electrochemical route

Nanocrystalline cadmium peroxide thin film has been electrodeposited on indium doped tin oxide glass substrate from aqueous solution at room temperature. The grain size of the nanocrystals of the film is estimated from XRD and is about 14 nm. The deposits are decomposed at 228 °C by formation of CdO, releasing plentiful heat at same time. The band-gap of the nanocrystalline CdO film made from decomposition of electrodeposited CdO₂ is around 2.4 eV.     

A one-step conversion of isoquinolinium salts into naphthalene derivatives1

Berberine chloride (1) upon treatment with NaOAc-Ac₂O yields naphthalene derivatives 4 and 5 In like fashion, 8 gives naphthalene 10; isoquinoline methiodide leads to β-naphthyl acetate; and 12 provides 14. The reaction has been extended to the 3-carbonyl pyridinium series where 3-acetylpyridine methiodide and 3-pyridinecarboxaldehyde methiodide furnish lactones 16 and 17, respectively. All these transformations proceed by initial nucleophilic attack of the acetic anhydride anion on the immonium carbon atom.     

Spectrophotometric determination of micro amounts of mercury,cadmium, and zinc by stepwise extraction with tribenzylamine

A rapid spectrophotometric method has been developed for the stepwise determination for mercury, cadmium, and zinc in mixtures. Optimal conditions have been established for the extraction efficiency of cadmium and mercury with a chloroform solution of tribenzylamine pre-equilibrated with hydrobromic acid. After addition of dithizone solution to the organic layers the absorbance at 490 nm or 510 nm is measured for mercury or cadmium, respectively. Even when the ratio of mercury, cadmium, and zinc is 10^-1 : 1 : 10^-5 , the metals can be determined successively.     

S-5N全固态重复频率脉冲发生器

 主要介绍S-5N的结构及测试实验结果。S-5N型全固态重复频率脉冲发生器是目前国际上同类源中峰值功率和平均功率均为最大的一台。随负载大小的变化，S-5N脉冲发生器的输出电压为400～600kV，输出电流2～3kA，输出脉冲半高宽40～50ns，单脉冲输出能量40～65J。 S-5N脉冲发生器在300Hz重复频率条件下可连续工作，500Hz重复频率条件下可连续工作3min，平均输出功率高达30kW。     

Ionic liquid assisted sonochemical synthesis of NiS submicron particles

A novel synthesis methodology is reported for the preparation of NiS submicron particles in a green solvent 1-butyl-3methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMImBF₄) ionic liquid (IL), using ultrasonic sonochemical technique. Structural, morphological and optical properties of nickel sulfide powders were obtained by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). Composition was corroborated by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS), both in the SEM and in the TEM. Regular shape particles were obtained under high-intensity ultrasonic irradiation for 105 min from the reaction between nickel nitrate and thioacetamide in ethanol/BMImBF₄ (80:20), respectively. After vacuum annealing treatment at 180 °C overnight, spherical crystalline NiS particles were observed. The powders showed a band gap of 0.74 eV.     

Controlled Radical Polymerization

Various methods which lead to the control of molecular weight and polydispersities, and which allow for the preparation of block copolymers by radical polymerization are discussed. Thermal polymerizationof styrenes in the presence of stable radicals, polymerization of vinyl acetate and methyl methacrylate in the presence of chromium complexed by macrocyclic ligands polymerization of vinyl acetate initiated by organoaluminum compounds complexed by dipyridyl and activated by stable radicals, as well as in the presence of phosphites, are described in detail.     

High-Density Excitons in a Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor: Cd 1 − x Mn x Te

Time-resolved magneto photoluminescence in a diluted magnetic semiconductor Cd 0.9 Mn 0.1 Te has been carried out with varying exciton density from 10 14 to 10 19 cm m 3 . The reduction of the Zeeman shift and that of the magnetic polaron energy was found under strong photoexcitation. The spectral feature is interpreted in terms of the heating of the manganese spin subsystem. Polarization dependence of the spin heating is observed for the first time, revealing the contribution of the spin flip between excitons and magnetic ions to the heating process.     

Photoluminescence and X-ray luminescence of Pb0.30Cd0.70I2 solid solutions. Comparative study

The nature and relative contributions (RCs) of various radiative recombination processes to the photoluminescence (PL) spectra for bulk nanostructured Pb_0.30Cd_0.70I₂ solid solutions have been established at different temperatures. The analysis indicates that the PL is caused by free, bound and self-trapped excitons as well as by donor-acceptor pairs emission with the participation of shallow and deep acceptor centers. It was shown that X-ray luminescence (XRL) spectra are also determined by these recombination processes. However, their RC and the temperature evolution are considerably different. Besides, XRL spectra contain an intense long-wavelength band associated with the emission of many LO-phonons. It was shown that the deep luminescence surface states, associated with the self-trapped excitons and deep intrinsic defects, mainly determine the intensity of XRL spectra both at 80 K and room temperature. The results obtained open the way to the optimization of the scintillator properties of the investigated materials.