290 research outputs found
Photophysicochemical and fFluorescence quenching studies of benzyloxyphenoxy substituted zinc phthalocyanines
Photochemical and photophysical measurements were conducted on peripheral and non-peripheral tetrakis- and octakis(4-benzyloxyphenoxy)-substituted zinc phthalocyanines (1, 2 and 3). General trends are described for photodegradation, and fluorescence quantum yields, triplet lifetimes and triplet quantum yields as well as singlet oxygen quantum yields of these compounds in dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) and toluene. The fluorescence of the complexes is quenched by benzoquinone (BQ), and fluorescence quenching properties are investigated in DMSO and toluene. The effects of the solvents on the photophysical and photochemical parameters of the zinc(II) phthalocyanines (1, 2 and 3) are also reported. Photophysical and photochemical properties of phthalocyanine complexes are very useful for PDT applications
Dirac Neutrino Masses from Generalized Supersymmetry Breaking
We demonstrate that Dirac neutrino masses in the experimentally preferred
range are generated within supersymmetric gauge extensions of the Standard
Model with a generalized supersymmetry breaking sector. If the usual
superpotential Yukawa couplings are forbidden by the additional gauge symmetry
(such as a U(1)'), effective Dirac mass terms involving the "wrong Higgs" field
can arise either at tree level due to hard supersymmetry breaking fermion
Yukawa couplings, or at one-loop due to nonanalytic or "nonholomorphic" soft
supersymmetry breaking trilinear scalar couplings. As both of these operators
are naturally suppressed in generic models of supersymmetry breaking, the
resulting neutrino masses are naturally in the sub-eV range. The neutrino
magnetic and electric dipole moments resulting from the radiative mechanism
also vanish at one-loop order.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure, references added, note added on effective
superpotential mass terms generated upon U(1)' breakin
Scalars, Vectors and Tensors from Metric-Affine Gravity
The metric-affine gravity provides a useful framework for analyzing
gravitational dynamics since it treats metric tensor and affine connection as
fundamentally independent variables. In this work, we show that, a
metric-affine gravity theory composed of the invariants formed from
non-metricity, torsion and curvature tensors can be decomposed into a theory of
scalar, vector and tensor fields. These fields are natural candidates for the
ones needed by various cosmological and other phenomena. Indeed, we show that
the model accommodates TeVeS gravity (relativistic modified gravity theory),
vector inflation, and aether-like models. Detailed analyses of these and other
phenomena can lead to a standard metric-affine gravity model encoding scalars,
vectors and tensors.Comment: 13 p
The synthesis and electrochemical behaviour of water soluble manganese phthalocyanines: Anion radical versus Mn(I) species
The following MnPc derivatives were synthesized: 1,(4)-tetra-(2-mercaptopyridine) phthalocyaninato manganese(III)(OH) (5a), quaternized 1,(4)-tetra-(2-mercaptopyridine) phthalocyaninato manganese(III)(OH) (5b), 2,(3)-tetra-(2-mercaptopyridine) phthalocyaninato manganese(III)(OH) (6a) and quaternized 2,(3)-tetra-(2-mercaptopyridine) phthalocyaninato manganese(III)(OH)(6b). Spectro-electrochemistry shows that the reduction of Mn(II)Pc to Mn(I)Pc occurs only when the complexes are in their quaternized form (5b and 6b). The reduction (to Mn(I)Pc(−2)) of the quaternized form occurs at a lower potential than that (to Mn(II)Pc(−3)) of the unquaternized form. This observation suggests that metal reduction (to Mn(I)Pc(−2)) versus ligand reduction (to Mn(II)Pc(−3)) in Mn(II)Pc complexes depends on the nature of the ring substituents
Can Measurements of Electric Dipole Moments Determine the Seesaw Parameters?
In the context of the supersymmetrized seesaw mechanism embedded in the
Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), complex neutrino Yukawa couplings
can induce Electric Dipole Moments (EDMs) for the charged leptons, providing an
additional route to seesaw parameters. However, the complex neutrino Yukawa
matrix is not the only possible source of CP violation. Even in the framework
of Constrained MSSM (CMSSM), there are additional sources, usually attributed
to the phases of the trilinear soft supersymmetry breaking couplings and the
mu-term, which contribute not only to the electron EDM but also to the EDMs of
neutron and heavy nuclei. In this work, by combining bounds on various EDMs, we
analyze how the sources of CP violation can be discriminated by the present and
planned EDM experiments.Comment: 26 pages, 9 figures; added reference
Doubly Charged Higgsinos at Tevatron
Several supersymmetric models with extended gauge structures, motivated by
either grand unification or by neutrino mass generation, predict light
doubly-charged Higgsinos. In this work we study the signals of doubly-charged
Higgsinos at the Tevatron in both pair-- and single--production modes, and show
that it is possible, especially from the events containing same-sign
same-flavor isolated leptons, to disentangle the effects of doubly-charged
Higgsinos in the Tevatron data.Comment: 21 pages, 6 figures, 2 table
The synthesis and electrochemical behaviour of water soluble manganese phthalocyanines: Anion radical versus Mn(I) species
The following MnPc derivatives were synthesized: 1,(4)-tetra-(2-mercaptopyridine) phthalocyaninato manganese(III)(OH) (5a), quaternized 1,(4)-tetra-(2-mercaptopyridine) phthalocyaninato manganese(III)(OH) (5b), 2,(3)-tetra-(2-mercaptopyridine) phthalocyaninato manganese(III)(OH) (6a) and quaternized 2,(3)-tetra-(2-mercaptopyridine) phthalocyaninato manganese(III)(OH)(6b). Spectro-electrochemistry shows that the reduction of Mn(II)Pc to Mn(I)Pc occurs only when the complexes are in their quaternized form (5b and 6b). The reduction (to Mn(I)Pc(−2)) of the quaternized form occurs at a lower potential than that (to Mn(II)Pc(−3)) of the unquaternized form. This observation suggests that metal reduction (to Mn(I)Pc(−2)) versus ligand reduction (to Mn(II)Pc(−3)) in Mn(II)Pc complexes depends on the nature of the ring substituents
Effects of annealing on device parameters of organic field effect transistors using liquid-crystalline tetrasubstituted zinc phthalocyanine
The device performance of organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) employing the solution processed films of room temperature liquid-crystalline tetrasubstituted zinc phthalocyanine derivative was found to depend upon the film morphology. Atomic force microscopic and X-Ray diffraction studies show that the annealing at 70° produced a preferentially unidirectional void-free film with improved surface smoothness. The OTFTs with the annealed films exhibited enhanced conductivity, threefold reduction in threshold voltage, a nearly one order of magnitude increase in the on/off ratio and more than one-third reduction of hysteresis in the transfer characteristics.This work is sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Material Command, USAF, under grant No. FA8655-13-1-3018. TB acknowledges the financial support from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
Effect of Mill Type on Morphology of AA6013 Aluminium Powder
ABSTRACTIn conventional recycling method, metal chips are cast after pressing and melting in electric arc furnace. Material loss occurs during the recycling from liquid metal due to the several reasons. Direct recycling method which produces the aluminium powder from aluminium chips using mechanical mill can be an alternative to conventional recycling method. Thus material and energy losses, and labour cost will be reduced by direct recycling method without melting.In this study, the particle morphology of powder direct recycled from AA6013 aluminium alloy chips with cryogenic, disc and ball type grinders is investigated. Mechanical milling resulted flaky and irregular shaped AA6013 particles. It was ascertained that the chips did not break sufficiently in despite of the long duration milling mechanisms by ball mill. Cryogenic mill provides the energy required for milling mechanisms to act. Disc mill has the highest impact energy was determined. Consequently, efficiency of ball mill is lower than the efficiency of cryogenic and disc type mills. Shape factors of powders produced with ball and cryogenic mills were found greater than that of the powder produced by disc mill. Disc mill has the most efficient and effective impact energy which produces the smaller particles per minute, was determined.Keywords: Direct recycling method, powder production, scrap chips, aluminium alloy.
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