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Synthesis and properties of Co-doped titanate nanotubes and their optical sensitization with methylene blue
Here we report on a novel chemical route to synthesize homogenous cobalt
doped titanate nanotubes (CoTNT), using an amorphous Co-doped precursor. The
influence of the synthesis temperature, autoclave dwell time and metal doping
on the structural and microstructural as well as on the optical properties of
the synthesized titanate nanotubes is studied and discussed. The optical band
gaps of the CoTNT samples are red shifted in comparison with the values
determined for the undoped samples, such red shifts bringing the absorption
edge of the CoTNT samples into the visible region. CoTNT materials also
demonstrate particular high adsorption ability for methylene blue, the amount
of the adsorbed dye being higher than the one predictable for a monolayer
formation. This suggests the possibility of intercalation of the dye molecule
between the TiO6 layers of the TNT structure. It is also shown that the
methylene blue sensitized Co-doped nanostructures are highly stable under UV
radiation and present a strong and broad absorption in the visible region.Comment: 31 pages, 3 tables, 7 figure
Synthesis of sub-5 nm Co-doped SnO nanoparticles and their structural, microstructural, optical and photocatalytic properties
A swift chemical route to synthesize Co-doped SnO nanopowders is
described. Pure and highly stable SnCoO (0 x
0.15) crystalline nanoparticles were synthesized, with mean grain sizes <
5 nm and the dopant element homogeneously distributed in substitutional sites
of the SnO matrix. The UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectra of the
SnCoO samples reveal red shifts, the optical bandgap
energies decreasing with increasing Co concentration. The Urbach energies of
the samples were calculated and correlated with their bandgap energies. The
photocatalytic activity of the SnCoO samples was
investigated for the 4-hydroxylbenzoic acid (4-HBA) degradation process. A
complete photodegradation of a 10 ppm 4-HBA solution was achieved using 0.02%
(w/w) of SnCoO nanoparticles in 60 min of
irradiation.Comment: 29 pages, 2 tables, 10 figure
Using the critical set to induce bifurcations
For a function between real Banach spaces, we show how
continuation methods to solve may improve from basic understanding
of the critical set of . The algorithm aims at special points with a
large number of preimages, which in turn may be used as initial conditions for
standard continuation methods applied to the solution of the desired equation.
A geometric model based on the sets and substantiate our
choice of curves with abundant intersections with .
We consider three classes of examples. First we handle functions , for which the reasoning behind the techniques is visualizable. The second
set of examples, between spaces of dimension 15, is obtained by discretizing a
nonlinear Sturm-Liouville problem for which special points admit a high number
of solutions. Finally, we handle a semilinear elliptic operator, by computing
the six solutions of an equation of the form studied by
Solimini.Comment: 23 pages, 14 figure
Ferromagnetic Ga₁ˍₓ Mnₓ As produced by ion implantation and pulsed-laser melting
We demonstrate the formation of ferromagneticGa₁ˍₓMnₓAsfilms by Mn ion implantation into GaAs followed by pulsed-laser melting. Irradiation with a single excimer laser pulse results in the epitaxial regrowth of the implanted layer with Mn substitutional fraction up to 80% and effective Curie temperature up to 29 K for samples with a maximum Mn concentration of x≈0.03. A remanent magnetization persisting above 85 K has been observed for samples with x≈0.10, in which 40% of the Mn resides on substitutional lattice sites. We find that the ferromagnetism in Ga₁ˍₓMnₓAs is rather robust to the presence of structural defects.The work at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
was supported by the Director, Office of Science, Office of
Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Sciences and
Engineering, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract
No. DE-AC03-76SF00098. The work at Harvard was
supported by NASA Grant No. NAG8-1680. One of
the authors ~M.A.S.! acknowledges support from an NSF
Graduate Research Fellowship
Curculionidae (Coleoptera) associated with paricá, Schizolobium parahyba (Vell.) S.F. Blake var. amazonicum (Huber ex ducke) Barneby, in Pará, Brazil.
Efeitos da política de concessão de crédito de custeio para produção de sorgo no Brasil, análise de dados.
Estoque carbono na biomassa acima do solo de pastagens e serapilheira em São José de Ubá, estado do Rio de Janeiro.
Characterization of the Hamamatsu S8664 Avalanche Photodiode for X-Ray and VUV-light detection
We present the first operation of the Avalanche Photodiode (APD) from
Hamamatsu to xenon scintillation light and to direct X-rays of 22.1 keV and 5.9
keV. A large non-linear response was observed for the direct X-ray detection.
At 415 V APD bias voltage it was of about 30 % for 22.1 keV and about 45 % for
5.9 keV. The quantum efficiency for 172 nm photons has been measured to be 69
+/- 15 %.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Elsevie
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