Study of palladium nanoparticles synthesized in alkali borosilicate glass pores by the X-ray line shift method

Metallic Pd synthesized in porous glass with an average pore diameter of 7 ± 2 nm has been studied using the X-ray diffraction and X-ray line shift methods for the first time. The irregular dependence of the reflection width in X-ray patterns on the diffraction angle has been revealed. This can be caused by crystallite growth mostly in the [111] direction or by tetrahedral distortions of the fcc lattice. The shift (difference in energy) of K _α1 lines (ΔE _α1 = 19 ± 2 meV) for nanostructured Pd in comparison with the bulk material is first detected. The detected effect is considered within the assumption of the palladium electron redistribution between Pd 5s- and 4d-bands.     

Measurement of the muon capture rate in hydrogen gas and determination of the proton's pseudoscalar coupling gP

The rate of nuclear muon capture by the proton has been measured using a new technique based on a time projection chamber operating in ultraclean, deuterium-depleted hydrogen gas, which is key to avoiding uncertainties from muonic molecule formation. The capture rate from the hyperfine singlet ground state of the microp atom was obtained from the difference between the micro(-) disappearance rate in hydrogen and the world average for the micro(+) decay rate, yielding Lambda(S)=725.0+/-17.4 s(-1), from which the induced pseudoscalar coupling of the nucleon, g(P)(q(2)=-0.88m(2)(micro))=7.3+/-1.1, is extracted.     

Study of the Influence of the Excitation Laser Power Density on the Intermediate-Field Electric Modulation Component of the GaAs Photoreflection E 0-Signal

The influence of the excitation laser power density L on the amplitude A and characteristic time constant of the intermediate-field electric modulation component of photoreflection spectra measured in the region of the E ₀ fundamental transition of GaAs is studied. Crystalline samples with the charge carrier concentration n 10¹⁶ cm^–3 are investigated for L = 100 W/cm²–1 W/cm². A logarithmic dependence of the electric modulation signal on the excitation laser power density has been established for all examined samples. It is demonstrated that the observed change in the characteristic time constant does not have any noticeable effect on the dependence A(L).     

The influence of the conditions of the anodic formation and the thickness of Ag(I) oxide nanofilm on its semiconductor properties

The anodic formation of Ag(I) oxide nanofilms on polycrystalline silver and Ag–Au alloys as well as on low-index single crystals of silver in 0.1?М KOH was examined. By the methods of photocurrent i _ph and photopotential E _ph measurements, the n-type conductivity of Ag₂O film was established. Since the film (6–120 nm) is thinner than the space charge region, the dependence of photocurrent and photopotential appears on the film thickness L: i _ph ~L and E _ph ~L ². The transition from polycrystalline silver to single crystals as well as the addition of a small amount of gold (X _Au?≤?4 at.%) into the silver lattice decreases the degree of deviation from the stoichiometric composition Ag₂O. The parameters of Ag₂O film (optical absorption coefficient α, donor defects concentration N _D, space charge region W, and Debye’s length of screening L _D) depend on the index of a crystal face of silver, volume concentration of gold X _Au in the alloy, and film-formation potential E. At Е?=?0.52 V, the sequences of variation of these parameters correlate with the reticular density sequence. The growth of the potential disturbs these sequences. The band gap in Ag₂O formed on Ag_poly, Ag_hkl, and Ag–Au is 2.32, 2.23, and 2.19 eV. Flat band potential in Ag(I) oxide, formed on Ag_poly in 0.5 M KOH is 0.37 V. The appearance of the clear dependence between the state of the oxide/metal interface and the structure-sensitive parameters of semiconductor Ag(I) oxide phase allows considering the anodic formation of Ag₂O on Ag as a result of the primary direct electrochemical reaction, not of the precipitation from the near-electrode layer.     

High precision study of muon catalyzed fusion in D2 and HD gas

Muon catalyzed dd fusion in D₂ and HD gases in the temperature range from 28 to 350 K was investigated in a series of experiments based on a time-projection ionization chamber operating with pure hydrogen. All main observables in this reaction chain were measured with high absolute precision including the resonant and non-resonant ddμ formation rates, the rate for hyperfine transitions in dμ atoms, the branching ratio of the two charge symmetric fusion channels ³He + n and t + p and the muon sticking probability. The report presents the final analysis of the data together with a comprehensive comparison with calculations based on recent μCF theories. The energy of the loosely bound ddμ state with quantum numbers J = 1, ν = 1, which is central to the mechanism of resonant molecule formation, is extracted with precision ?₁₁(fit) = ?1.9651(7) eV. in impressive agreement with the latest theoretical results ?₁₁(theory) = ?1.9646 eV.     

Combined photoreflectance/photoluminescence studies of the stability of semiconductor surface passivation

Combined photoreflectance/photoluminescence measurements are proposed for the study of the stability of semiconductor surface passivation. With such an approach, laser action on both charged and recombination-active electron states can be investigated. The efficiency of the method proposed is demonstrated with GaAs substrates passivated by selenium.     

Reaction of 4-Nitrochlorobenzene with 2-Methoxyphenylacetonitrile

Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry -     

Influence of the molecular structure on the quenching of triplet states of porphyrins by molecular oxygen

Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 618–623, April, 1989.     

A new project for the investigation of unsolved problems of ddµ and pdµ catalysis in D2 and H/D mixtures

We propose to study a number of open problems in ddµ and pdµ fusion using the new high-pressure ionization chamber for charged particle identification in coincidence with the n-/e-counter array for the detection of neutrons and µ-decay electrons. Our first objective will be a precise measurement of the absolute rates of resonant and non-resonant ddµ formation in D₂ and HD-gases and their temperature dependence from 40 to 350 K. Both output channels of the dd-reaction:³He + n and t + p will be observed and their ratio sensitive to contributions of S and P-waves will be determined. Simultaneously, we shall investigate the pdµ-cycle and determine the absolute pd-fusion yields in different molecular H/D compositions, observing tritons from nuclear muon capture in³Heµ: pdµ ³Heµ + . We have developed a special system for the preparation of HD-gas with high concentration (96%) of HD and a purity (10^–6).