13 research outputs found
Linear and Nonlinear Light Chromophore Interactions
Polymers play an important role in the field of photochemical applications and photo-electrical applications. In this article we will focus on some typical examples of using polymers in modern technologies taken from the field of photoconductivity, photochemistry, and nonlinear optical
applications. The latter field points towards a new direction, namely using polymers for optoelectronic applications. It will be shown that the technical material requirements for optoelectronic applications are rather different from the requirements which have to be fulfilled for conventional
photochemistry and photophysics. It will be more and more the solid-state and semiconductor aspects which will enter the field of research, and developement and these new aspects will be as important as the aspects of conventional polymer physics
Optical second-harmonic effect of sol-gel inorganic-organic nanocomposites
Communications: Second-order nonlinear optically (NLO) active materials have promising technical applications in optoelectronic devices. A general problem in NLO-active polymeric systems is the decay of orientational order with time. Results are presented which show that using inorganic-organic composite materials produced by the sol-gel process as a rigid matrix for oriented ÷(2) chromophores (Figure) may provide a means of overcoming this problem
Optical second-harmonic effect of sol-gel inorganic-organic nanocomposites
Communications: Second-order nonlinear optically (NLO) active materials have promising technical applications in optoelectronic devices. A general problem in NLO-active polymeric systems is the decay of orientational order with time. Results are presented which show that using inorganic-organic composite materials produced by the sol-gel process as a rigid matrix for oriented ÷(2) chromophores (Figure) may provide a means of overcoming this problem
Nonequilibrium spectral diffusion due to laser heating in stimulated photon echo spectroscopy of low temperature glasses
A quantitative theory is developed, which accounts for heating artifacts in
three-pulse photon echo (3PE) experiments. The heat diffusion equation is
solved and the average value of the temperature in the focal volume of the
laser is determined as a function of the 3PE waiting time. This temperature is
used in the framework of nonequilibrium spectral diffusion theory to calculate
the effective homogeneous linewidth of an ensemble of probe molecules embedded
in an amorphous host. The theory fits recently observed plateaus and bumps
without introducing a gap in the distribution function of flip rates of the
two-level systems or any other major modification of the standard tunneling
model.Comment: 10 pages, Revtex, 6 eps-figures, accepted for publication in Phys.
Rev.
Pervasive and Persistent Redundancy among Duplicated Genes in Yeast
The loss of functional redundancy is the key process in the evolution of duplicated genes. Here we systematically assess the extent of functional redundancy among a large set of duplicated genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We quantify growth rate in rich medium for a large number of S. cerevisiae strains that carry single and double deletions of duplicated and singleton genes. We demonstrate that duplicated genes can maintain substantial redundancy for extensive periods of time following duplication (∼100 million years). We find high levels of redundancy among genes duplicated both via the whole genome duplication and via smaller scale duplications. Further, we see no evidence that two duplicated genes together contribute to fitness in rich medium substantially beyond that of their ancestral progenitor gene. We argue that duplicate genes do not often evolve to behave like singleton genes even after very long periods of time
Cellular requirements for the small molecule forchlorfenuron to stabilize the septin cytoskeleton
Regulation of Distinct Septin Rings in a Single Cell by Elm1p and Gin4p Kinases
Septins are conserved, GTP-binding proteins that assemble into higher order structures, including filaments and rings with varied cellular functions. Using four-dimensional quantitative fluorescence microscopy of Ashbya gossypii fungal cells, we show that septins can assemble into morphologically distinct classes of rings that vary in dimensions, intensities, and positions within a single cell. Notably, these different classes coexist and persist for extended times, similar in appearance and behavior to septins in mammalian neurons and cultured cells. We demonstrate that new septin proteins can add through time to assembled rings, indicating that septins may continue to polymerize during ring maturation. Different classes of rings do not arise from the presence or absence of specific septin subunits and ring maintenance does not require the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons. Instead, morphological and behavioral differences in the rings require the Elm1p and Gin4p kinases. This work demonstrates that distinct higher order septin structures form within one cell because of the action of specific kinases