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Integrated Freestanding Single-Crystal Silicon Nanowires: Conductivity and Surface Treatment
Integrated freestanding single-crystal silicon nanowires with typical dimension of 100 nm Γ 100 nm Γ 5 Β΅m are fabricated by conventional 1:1 optical lithography and wet chemical silicon etching. The fabrication procedure can lead to wafer-scale integration of silicon nanowires in arrays. The measured electrical transport characteristics of the silicon nanowires covered with/without SiO2 support a model of Fermi level pinning near the conduction band. The IβV curves of the nanowires reveal a current carrier polarity reversal depending on SiβSiO2 and SiβH bonds on the nanowire surface
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NLO merging in tt+jets
In this talk the application of the recently introduced methods to merge NLO
calculations of successive jet multiplicities to the production of top pairs in
association with jets will be discussed, in particular a fresh look is taken at
the top quark forward-backward asymmetries. Emphasis will be put on the
achieved theoretical accuracy and the associated perturbative and
non-perturbative error estimates.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, proceedings contribution for EPS 2013, Stockholm,
17-24 Jul
Periweaning Failure to Thrive Syndrome (PFTS): Is There a Genetic Component?
Periweaning Failure to Thrive Syndrome (PFTS) is a serious and potentially fatal disorder with variable morbidity and mortality rates that have been reported in US and Canadian farms. A genetic basis has been hypothesized. To investigate what regions of the genome could be linked to that, a total of 70 affected and 37 non-affected piglets were genotyped with over 60,000 genetic markers to investigate genetic differences between the two groups. This allows for the identification of genomic regions that could be linked to resistance to the disease providing new insights and knowledge on the genetic basis of this syndrome
Contrast Agents for Photoacoustic and Thermoacoustic Imaging: A Review
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) and thermoacoustic imaging (TAI) are two emerging biomedical imaging techniques that both utilize ultrasonic signals as an information carrier. Unique advantages of PAI and TAI are their abilities to provide high resolution functional information such as hemoglobin and blood oxygenation and tissue dielectric properties relevant to physiology and pathology. These two methods, however, may have a limited detection depth and lack of endogenous contrast. An exogenous contrast agent is often needed to effectively resolve these problems. Such agents are able to greatly enhance the imaging contrast and potentially break through the imaging depth limit. Furthermore, a receptor-targeted contrast agent could trace the molecular and cellular biological processes in tissues. Thus, photoacoustic and thermoacoustic molecular imaging can be outstanding tools for early diagnosis, precise lesion localization, and molecular typing of various diseases. The agents also could be used for therapy in conjugation with drugs or in photothermal therapy, where it functions as an enhancer for the integration of diagnosis and therapy. In this article, we present a detailed review about various exogenous contrast agents for photoacoustic and thermoacoustic molecular imaging. In addition, challenges and future directions of photoacoustic and thermoacoustic molecular imaging in the field of translational medicine are also discussed
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