Study of charge dynamics in transparent single-walled carbon nanotube films

We report the transmission over a wide frequency range (far infrared - visible) of pristine and hole-doped, free-standing carbon nanotube films at temperatures between 50 K and 300 K. Optical constants are estimated by Kramers-Kronig analysis of transmittance. We see evidence in the far infrared for a gap below 10 meV. Hole doping causes a shift of spectral weight from the first interband transition into the far infrared. Temperature dependence in both the doped and undoped samples is restricted to the far-infrared region.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B v3: Fig. 2 replaced, changes in caption of Table II, minor changes in tex

Flexible, organic light-pen input device with integrated display

We report a light-pen input device with an integrated electrochromic display. The former is a photosensor array, based on a blend of bacterioRhodopsin (bR) and the conducting polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), while the latter is based on PEDOT:PSS. The use of organic materials allows the entire device to be deposited on a thin, mechanically flexible plastic substrate. The operation and characteristics of this device are discussed. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

The Greek way to the Register: The establishment and operation of the Register for Clinical Chemists-Clinical Biochemists in Greece

In Greece, there is no officially organized training in clinical chemistry for scientists. The Greek Society of Clinical Chemistry-Clinical Biochemistry (GSCC-CB), following the encouragement of the EC4/RC decided to organize a voluntary Register for specialists in clinical chemistry. The following criteria for registration were defined: 1) University degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Medicine, Pharmacy or other relevant subject. 2) A total of 9 years of university studies and postgraduate specialization in clinical chemistry-clinical biochemistry. 3) A minimum of 4 years of postgraduate specialization in clinical chemistry-clinical biochemistry on the job. 4) The candidate must be practicing clinical chemistry-clinical biochemistry in a laboratory in a medical environment in Greece. The postgraduate specialization in clinical chemistry-clinical biochemistry includes the laboratory training and the theoretical education. The laboratory training is organized by the GSCC-CB according to the Professional Training Dossier. The theoretical education was organized in a series of 18 "Seminars" which was the content of the "Educational program" of the GSCC-CB. Successful completion of the Educational program leads to a Certificate of Competence. The Greek Register has gained equivalence with the EC4 Register and it has 218 members, more than 80 of whom are European clinical chemists. © 2011 by Walter de Gruyter

New series of intramolecularly coordinated diaryltellurium compounds. Rational synthesis of the diarylhydroxytelluronium triflate [(8-Me 2NC 10H 6) 2Te(OH)](O 3SCF 3)

The reaction of 8-dimethylaminonaphthyllithium etherate with the tellurium(II) bis(dithiocarbamate) Te(S2CNEt2)2 provided the diaryltelluride (8-Me2NC10H6)2Te (1). The oxidation of 1 with an excess of H2O2 did not afford the expected diaryltellurium(IV) oxide (8-Me2NC10H6)2TeO (2), but the diaryltellurium(VI) dioxide (8-Me2NC10H6)2TeO2 (3). The preparation of 2 was achieved by the comproportionation reaction of 1 and 3. The protonation of 2 using triflic acid gave rise to the formation of diarylhydroxytelluronium triflate [(8-Me2NC10H6)2Te(OH)](O3SCF3) (4), which features the protonated diaryltellurium oxide [(8-Me2NC10H6)2Te(OH)]+ (4a). Compounds 1, 3&middot;H2O&middot;H2O2, 3&middot;2H2O, and 4 were characterized by X-ray crystallography. The experimentally obtained molecular structures were compared to those calculated for 1&ndash;3, 4a, and (8-Me2NC10H6)2Te(OH)2 (5) as well as the related diphenyltellurium compounds Ph2Te (6), Ph2TeO (7), Ph2TeO2 (8), [Ph2Te(OH)]+ (9a), and Ph2Te(OH)2 (10) at the DFT/B3PW91 level of theory.<br /