Evidence for an energy scale for quasiparticle dispersion in Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8

Quasiparticle dispersion in $Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8}$ is investigated with improved angular resolution as a function of temperature and doping. Unlike the linear dispersion predicted by the band calculation, the data show a sharp break in dispersion at $50\pm10$ $meV$ binding energy where the velocity changes by a factor of two or more. This change provides an energy scale in the quasiparticle self-energy. This break in dispersion is evident at and away from the d-wave node line, but the magnitude of the dispersion change decreases with temperature and with increasing doping.Comment: 4 figure

The partial oxidation of methane over Pd/Al2O3 catalyst nanoparticles studied in-situ by near ambient-pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Near ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (NAP-XPS) is used to study the chemical state of methane oxidation catalysts in-situ. Al2O3{supported Pd catalysts are prepared with different particle sizes ranging from 4 nm to 10 nm. These catalysts were exposed to conditions similar to those used in the partial oxidation of methane (POM) to syn-gas and simultaneously monitored by NAP-XPS and mass spectrometry. NAP-XPS data show changes in the oxidation state of the palladium as the temperature in- creases, from metallic Pd0 to PdO, and back to Pd0. Mass spectrometry shows an increase in CO production whilst the Pd is in the oxide phase, and the metal is reduced back under presence of newly formed H2. A particle size effect is observed, such that CH4 conversion starts at lower temperatures with larger sized particles from 6 nm to 10 nm. We find that all nanoparticles begin CH4 conversion at lower temperatures than polycrystalline Pd foil

Macroscopic model of formation of the domain of multiple filamentation in glass and water

The results of natural experiments of the propagation of powerful femtosecond laser radiation in glass and water

Oxidation State and Symmetry of Magnesia-Supported Pd 13

Combining temperature-programmed reaction measurements, isotopic labeling experiments, and first-principles spin density functional theory, the dependence of the reaction temperature of catalyzed carbon monoxide oxidation on the oxidation state of Pd 13 clusters deposited on MgO surfaces grown on Mo(100) is explored. It is shown that molecular oxygen dissociates easily on the supported Pd 13 cluster, leading to facile partial oxidation to form Pd 13O 4 clusters with C 4v symmetry. Increasing the oxidation temperature to 370 K results in nonsymmetric Pd 13O 6 clusters. The higher symmetry, partially oxidized cluster is characterized by a relatively high activation energy for catalyzed combustion of the first CO molecule via a reaction of an adsorbed CO molecule with one of the oxygen atoms of the Pd 13O 4 cluster. Subsequent reactions on the resulting lower-symmetry Pd 13O x (x < 4) clusters entail lower activation energies. The nonsymmetric Pd 13O 6 clusters show lower temperature-catalyzed CO combustion, already starting at cryogenic temperature