Synthesis and Characterization of ZnSe1-xTex Alloy Thin Films Deposited by Electron Beam Technique

ZnSe1-x Tex solid solutions were prepared and films were deposited on glass substrates with x 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8. DTA/TGA analysis was carried out to study the alloy formation temperature. Structural studies by XRD results showed the polycrystalline nature of the films. The Full Width at Half Maximum (FWHM) values were observed from the XRD pattern and used to evaluate the microstructural parameters like crystallite size, strain, dislocation density and stacking fault density for all the films with x 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8. These films were coated with a thickness of about 200 nm on glass substrates keeping the temperature constant at 200 C. All films showed cubic structure and the lattice parameter values are found to vary with „X‟. This confirms the solid solution formation between the ZnSe and ZnTe binary compounds which are found to obey Vegard‟s law. SEM and AFM studies have been arried out to observe their surface modification with solid solution formation. Raman studies confirm the formation of ZnSe1-xTex compound films. When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/3501

Preparation and properties of zinc doped cadmium selenide compounds by e-beam evaporation

Cd1 – xZnxSe films with different zinc content were deposited by electron beam evaporation technique onto glass substrates for the application of solid-state photovoltaic devices. The structural, surface morphological and optical properties of Cd1 – xZnxSe films have been studied in the present work. The host material, Cd1 – xZnxSe, have been prepared by the physical vapor deposition method of electron beam evaporation technique (PVD: EBE) under a pressure of 1 10 – 5 mbar. The X-ray diffractogram indicates that these alloy films are polycrystalline in nature, hexagonal structure with strong preferential orientation of the crystallites along (002) direction. Linear variation of lattice constant with composition (x) is observed. The optical properties shows that the band gap (Eg) values varies from 2.08 to 2.64 eV as zinc content varies from 0.2 to 0.8. The surface morphological studies show the very small, fine and hardly distinguishable grains smeared all over the surface. It is observed that the grain size is decreasing with increasing zinc content. When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/2299

Identification and functional characterization of cis-regulatory elements in the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

Mining of genomic sequence data of the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii identifies putative cis-regulatory elements using a de novo approach

A glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored carbonic anhydrase-related protein of Toxoplasma gondii is important for rhoptry biogenesis and virulence

Carbonic anhydrase-related proteins (CARPs) have previously been described as catalytically inactive proteins closely related to α-carbonic anhydrases (α-CAs). These CARPs are found in animals (both vertebrates and invertebrates) and viruses as either independent proteins or domains of other proteins. We report here the identification of a new CARP (TgCA_RP) in the unicellular organism Toxoplasma gondii that is related to the recently described η-class CA found in Plasmodium falciparum. TgCA_RP is posttranslationally modified at its C terminus with a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor that is important for its localization in intracellular tachyzoites. The protein localizes throughout the rhoptry bulbs of mature tachyzoites and to the outer membrane of nascent rhoptries in dividing tachyzoites, as demonstrated by immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy using specific antibodies. T. gondii mutant tachyzoites lacking TgCA_RP display a growth and invasion phenotype in vitro and have atypical rhoptry morphology. The mutants also exhibit reduced virulence in a mouse model. Our results show that TgCA_RP plays an important role in the biogenesis of rhoptries

A novel point-to-point length measurement concept based on range-resolved interferometry

In many fields of research and high-value industry, the estimation of distances and displacements is crucial. Due to their extremely high spatial resolution and flexible application possibilities interferometers are cross-sectorally used in measurement practice. However, classical length measuring interferometers are subject to two residual restrictions. On the one hand, only displacements that are exactly aligned to the interferometer optical axis can be measured. On the other hand, deviating refractive indices in the measuring and reference arm due to different atmospheric conditions represent an accuracy-limiting disturbance. In this paper, a new interferometric concept for length measurement is presented. The concept is based on the range-resolved interferometry technology which enables the simultaneous readout and evaluation of two symmetrical interferometric signals which result from the superposition of two non-collimated spherical wavefronts. This allows a point-to-point measurement between two optical fiber ends and the separation of undesired changes of the optical path length outside the measurement cavity and within the measurement cavity

Text Organiztion and Structure in Science Textbooks

This study examined the text organization and structure of fourth and sixth grade science textbooks. This included prereading questions, advance organizers, margin notes, and type of text structure. In addition, chapter activities were classified as to the degree of problem solving skills developed by ranking the activities according to Bloom\u27s (1956) taxonomy of cognitive skills

PacBio assembly of a Plasmodium knowlesi genome sequence with Hi-C correction and manual annotation of the SICAvar gene family.

Plasmodium knowlesi has risen in importance as a zoonotic parasite that has been causing regular episodes of malaria throughout South East Asia. The P. knowlesi genome sequence generated in 2008 highlighted and confirmed many similarities and differences in Plasmodium species, including a global view of several multigene families, such as the large SICAvar multigene family encoding the variant antigens known as the schizont-infected cell agglutination proteins. However, repetitive DNA sequences are the bane of any genome project, and this and other Plasmodium genome projects have not been immune to the gaps, rearrangements and other pitfalls created by these genomic features. Today, long-read PacBio and chromatin conformation technologies are overcoming such obstacles. Here, based on the use of these technologies, we present a highly refined de novo P. knowlesi genome sequence of the Pk1(A+) clone. This sequence and annotation, referred to as the 'MaHPIC Pk genome sequence', includes manual annotation of the SICAvar gene family with 136 full-length members categorized as type I or II. This sequence provides a framework that will permit a better understanding of the SICAvar repertoire, selective pressures acting on this gene family and mechanisms of antigenic variation in this species and other pathogens