2 research outputs found
Coherent spinor dynamics in a spin-1 Bose condensate
Collisions in a thermal gas are perceived as random or incoherent as a
consequence of the large numbers of initial and final quantum states accessible
to the system. In a quantum gas, e.g. a Bose-Einstein condensate or a
degenerate Fermi gas, the phase space accessible to low energy collisions is so
restricted that collisions be-come coherent and reversible. Here, we report the
observation of coherent spin-changing collisions in a gas of spin-1 bosons.
Starting with condensates occupying two spin states, a condensate in the third
spin state is coherently and reversibly created by atomic collisions. The
observed dynamics are analogous to Josephson oscillations in weakly connected
superconductors and represent a type of matter-wave four-wave mixing. The
spin-dependent scattering length is determined from these oscillations to be
-1.45(18) Bohr. Finally, we demonstrate coherent control of the evolution of
the system by applying differential phase shifts to the spin states using
magnetic fields.Comment: 19 pages, 3 figure
Silica Microspheres with Fibrous Shells: Synthesis and Application in HPLC
Monodispersed silica spheres with
solid core and fibrous shell
were successfully synthesized using a biphase reaction. Both the thickness
and the pore size of the fibrous shell could be finely tuned by changing
the stirring rate during synthesis. When stirring was adjusted from
0 to 800 rpm, the thickness of the shell could be tuned from 13 to
67 nm and the pore size from 5 to 16 nm. By continuously adjusting
the stirring rate, fibrous shells with hierarchical pore structure
ranged from 10 to 28 nm and thickness up to 200 nm could be obtained
in one pot. We demonstrate that fibrous shells with controllable thickness
and pore size could be coated on silica cores with diameters from
0.5 to 3 μm while maintaining the monodispersity of the particles.
As a result of the unique fibrous structure, the BET surface area
could reach ∼233 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>–1</sup> even though
the shell thickness was less than 150 nm. The core–shell particles
were modified with C18, packed, and then used in high-performance
liquid chromatography (HPLC) separation, showing separation performance
as high as 2.25 × 10<sup>5</sup> plates m<sup>–1</sup> for naphthalene and back pressure as low as 5.8 MPa. These silica
microspheres with fibrous shells are expected to have great potential
for practical applications in HPLC