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Toward a better understanding of the doping mechanism involved in Mo(tfd-COCF doped PBDTTT-c
In this study, we aim to improve our understanding of the doping mechanism
involved in the polymer PBDTTT-c doped with(Mo(tfd-COCF3)3. We follow the
evolution of the hole density with dopant concentration to highlight the limits
of organic semiconductor doping. To enable the use of doping to enhance the
performance of organic electronic devices, doping efficiency must be understood
and improved. We report here a study using complementary optical and electrical
characterization techniques, which sheds some light on the origin of this
limited doping efficiency at high dopant concentration. Two doping mechanisms
are considered, the direct charge transfer (DCT) and the charge transfer
complex (CTC). We discuss the validity of the model involved as well as its
impact on the doping efficiency.Comment: Accepted manuscript, J. Appl. Phy
Unravelling novel modes of antimicrobial action
Dissertation presented to obtain the Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry at the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de LisboaThe work presented in this thesis aimed at unravelling novel modes of
antimicrobial action through: i) the study of Staphylococcus aureus defences
against nitric oxide, an antimicrobial weapon of the innate immune system, namely
by performing the biochemical characterisation of S. aureus NO-detoxifying
flavohaemoglobin and analysing the conditions under which the enzyme is
operative; ii) the identification of the mechanisms beyond the antibacterial activity
of azole antibiotics towards S. aureus that were shown to include the increase of
endogenous reactive oxygen species triggered by the binding of imidazoles to
flavohaemoglobin; and iii) the discovery of a novel type of bactericides, the carbon
monoxide-releasing molecules, and identification of its potential cellular targets via
analysis of the transcriptional response of Escherichia coli to CORM-2, a carbon
monoxide-releasing molecule known to mimic the physiological function of carbon
monoxide.(...
Towards an optical potential for rare-earths through coupled channels
The coupled-channel theory is a natural way of treating nonelastic channels,
in particular those arising from collective excitations, defined by nuclear
deformations. Proper treatment of such excitations is often essential to the
accurate description of reaction experimental data. Previous works have applied
different models to specific nuclei with the purpose of determining
angular-integrated cross sections. In this work, we present an extensive study
of the effects of collective couplings and nuclear deformations on integrated
cross sections as well as on angular distributions in a consistent manner for
neutron-induced reactions on nuclei in the rare-earth region. This specific
subset of the nuclide chart was chosen precisely because of a clear static
deformation pattern. We analyze the convergence of the coupled-channel
calculations regarding the number of states being explicitly coupled. Inspired
by the work done by Dietrich \emph{et al.}, a model for deforming the spherical
Koning-Delaroche optical potential as function of quadrupole and hexadecupole
deformations is also proposed. We demonstrate that the obtained results of
calculations for total, elastic and inelastic cross sections, as well as
elastic and inelastic angular distributions correspond to a remarkably good
agreement with experimental data for scattering energies above around a few
MeV.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures. Submitted to the proceedings of the XXXVI
Reuni\~ao de Trabalho de F\'{\i}sica Nuclear no Brasil (XXXVI Brazilian
Workshop on Nuclear Physics), held in Maresias, S\~ao Paulo, Brazil in
September 2013, which should be published on AIP Conference Proceeding
Series. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1311.1115,
arXiv:1311.042
Estimação jackknife ponderada do erro quadrático médio de predição do EBLUP temporal
A metodologia baseada na melhor predição linear empírica não enviesada (Empirical Best Linear Unbiased Prediction), consagrada com o acrónimo EBLUP, é muito utilizada na estimação de parâmetros para pequenos domínios. Apesar da relativa facilidade de dedução dos EBLUPs, mesmo num contexto de um modelo longitudinal, a medição da sua qualidade é um problema complexo devido à di culdade de estimação do erro quadrático médio de predição (EQMP) de tais preditores. Neste trabalho utiliza-se um estimador de parâmetros de interesse em pequenos domínios
assistido pelo modelo temporal de Rao-Yu (Rao e Yu, 1994). O EBLUP temporal é apresentado e é revisitada a aproximação analítica assimptótica do EQMP do EBLUP temporal proposta por Rao e Yu (1994). Sob o modelo de Rao-Yu, é proposta uma metodologia jackknife ponderada para estimar o EQMP do EBLUP, desenvolvida a partir dos trabalhos de Chen e Lahiri (2008). Foi realizado um estudo por simulação com o objectivo de comparar o desempenho do estimador proposto com o obtido por via da aproximação analítica do EQMP
Estimação em Pequenos Domínios com modelos que combinam Informação Seccional e Cronológica
O objectivo principal deste artigo consiste na proposta de um novo estimador para parâmetros de interesse em pequenos domínios com dados de nível área
On the width of the last scattering surface
We discuss the physical effects of some accelerated world models on the width
of the last scattering surface (LSS) of the cosmic microwave background
radiation (CMBR). The models considered in our analysis are X-matter (XCDM) and
a Chaplygin type gas. The redshift of the LSS does not depend on the kind of
dark energy (if XCDM of Chaplygin). Further, for a Chaplygin gas, the width of
the LSS is also only weakly dependent on the kind of scenario (if we have dark
energy plus cold dark matter or the unified picture).Comment: 10 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables, accepted to IJMP
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