TEM investigation of YBa2Cu3O7 thin films on SrTiO3 bicrystals

YBa2Cu3O7 films in c-axis orientation on bicrystalline SrTiO3 substrates are investigated by TEM. The films and the substrates are examined in cross-section and in plane view. The grain boundary of the bicrystal substrate contains (110) faceted voids, but is otherwise straight on a nanometer scale. Contrary to this, the film grain boundary is not straight grain boundary can be up to 100 nm for a 100 nm thick film. The deviation from the intended position of the YBCO grain boundary can already occur at the film/substrate interface where it can be as much as ±50 nm

Ising cubes with enhanced surface couplings

Using Monte Carlo techniques, Ising cubes with ferromagnetic nearest-neighbor interactions and enhanced couplings between surface spins are studied. In particular, at the surface transition, the corner magnetization shows non-universal, coupling-dependent critical behavior in the thermodynamic limit. Results on the critical exponent of the corner magnetization are compared to previous findings on two-dimensional Ising models with three intersecting defect lines.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures included, submitted to Phys. Rev.

Nucleon-nucleon momentum correlation function for light nuclei

Nucleon-nucleon momentum correlation function have been presented for nuclear reactions with neutron-rich or proton-rich projectiles using a nuclear transport theory, namely Isospin-Dependent Quantum Molecular Dynamics model. The relationship between the binding energy of projectiles and the strength of proton-neutron correlation function at small relative momentum has been explored, while proton-proton correlation function shows its sensitivity to the proton density distribution. Those results show that nucleon-nucleon correlation function is useful to reflect some features of the neutron- or proton-halo nuclei and therefore provide a potential tool for the studies of radioactive beam physics.Comment: Talk given at the 18th International IUPAP Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics (FB18), Santos, Brasil, August 21-26, 2006. To appear in Nucl. Phys.

Spontaneous magnetization of aluminum nanowires deposited on the NaCl(100) surface

We investigate electronic structures of Al quantum wires, both unsupported and supported on the (100) NaCl surface, using the density-functional theory. We confirm that unsupported nanowires, constrained to be linear, show magnetization when elongated beyond the equilibrium length. Allowing ions to relax, the wires deform to zig-zag structures with lower magnetization but no dimerization occurs. When an Al wire is deposited on the NaCl surface, a zig-zag geometry emerges again. The magnetization changes moderately from that for the corresponding unsupported wire. We analyse the findings using electron band structures and simple model wires.Comment: submitted to PHys. Rev.

Unusual effects of anisotropy on the specific heat of ceramic and single crystal MgB2

The two-gap structure in the superconducting state of MgB_2 gives rise to unusual thermodynamic properties which depart markedly from the isotropic single-band BCS model, both in their temperature- and field dependence. We report and discuss measurements of the specific heat up to 16 T on ceramic, and up to 14 T on single crystal samples, which demonstrate these effects in the bulk. The behavior in zero field is described in terms of two characteristic temperatures, a crossover temperature Tc_pi ~ 13 K, and a critical temperature Tc = Tc_sigma ~ 38 K, whereas the mixed-state specific heat requires three characteristic fields, an isotropic crossover field Hc2_pi ~ 0.35 T, and an anisotropic upper critical field with extreme values Hc2_sigma_c ~ 3.5 T and Hc2_sigma_ab ~ 19 T, where the indexes \pi and \sigma refer to the 3D and 2D sheets of the Fermi surface. Irradiation-induced interband scattering tends to move the gaps toward a common value, and increases the upper critical field up to ~ 28 T when Tc = 30 K.Comment: 31 pages, 9 figures. Accepted in the Physica C special issue on MgB

Relationship between HPV16/18 E6 and р53, р21waf1, MDM2, Ki67 and cyclin D1 expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: comparative study by using tissue microarray technology

Aim: To investigate the role of human papillomavirus (HPV) HPV16/18 E6 oncogene in the carcinogenesis of esophageal cell carcinoma (ESCC). Materials and Methods: Tissue microarray (TMA) block was constructed from 60 cases of paraffin-embedded ESCC tissues and pair-matched controls (adjacent normal epithelium). Immunohistochemistry (IHC) methods were applied to detect the expression of HPV16/18 E6, p53, p21Waf1, MDM2, Ki67 and cyclin D1 proteins on TMA slides. In situ hybridization (ISH) targeting HPV gene was also used. Results: In ESCC samples, 18.3% (11/60) were revealed HPV16/18 E6 positive by IHC, while 40.0% (24/60) HPV positive by ISH; HPV16/18 E6 expression was significantly higher than that of control samples. In ESCC samples, the expressions of p53, p21Waf1, Cyclin D1, MDM2 and Ki67 were recorded in 60.0% (36/60), 40.0% (24/60), 51.7% (31/60), 65.0% (39/60) and 88.3% (53/60) cases respectively, In ESCC samples, p53, MDM2 and Ki67 expression correlated with the HPV16/18 E6 expression (p < 0.01), p21Waf1 expression — with these of MDM2 and cyclin D1 (p < 0.01) whilst expression of Ki67 — with ESCC grade (p < 0.01). Conclusion: HPV might be one of etiological factor of esophageal carcinoma in Shantou, China. p53, MDM2 proteins may play important roles in the pathogenesis of HPV-associated ESCC.Цель: исследовать роль онкогена HPV16/18 E6 вируса папилломы человека (HPV) в развитии плоскоклеточной карциномы пищевода (ESCC). Материалы и методы: исследованы 60 образцов ESCC и контрольные образцы нетрансформированной ткани (парафиновые блоки). Для выявления экспрессии белков HPV16/18 E6, p53, p21Waf1, MDM2, Ki67 и циклина D1 в срезах для тканевых микрочипов (tissue microarray, TMA) применен метод иммуногистохимии (IHC), для определения экспрессии генов HPV применяли гибридизацию in situ (ISH). Результаты: методами IHC, экспрессия HPV16/18 E6 выявлена в 18,3% (11/60) случаев ESCC, в то время как по результатам метода ISH, 40,0% (24/60) образцов признаны HPV-позитивными. В образ­цах ESCC экспрессия p53, p21Waf1, циклина D1, MDM2 и Ki67 выявлена в 60,0% (36/60), 40,0% (24/60), 51,7% (31/60), 65,0% (39/60) и 88,3% (53/60) случаев соответ­ственно, причем экспрессия p53, MDM2 и Ki67 коррелировала с экспрессией HPV16/18 E6 (p < 0,01), экспрессия p21Waf1 — с таковой MDM2 и циклина D1, а экспрессия Ki67 — со стадией развития опухоли (p < 0.01). Выводы: HPV может являться одним из этиологических факторов развития рака пищевода в провинции Шанту, Китай. Белки p53 и MDM2 могут принимать участие в патогенезе плоскоклеточного рака пищевода, ассоциированного с вирусом папилломатоза

Distributed phase-covariant cloning with atomic ensembles via quantum Zeno dynamics

We propose an interesting scheme for distributed orbital state quantum cloning with atomic ensembles based on the quantum Zeno dynamics. These atomic ensembles which consist of identical three-level atoms are trapped in distant cavities connected by a single-mode integrated optical star coupler. These qubits can be manipulated through appropriate modulation of the coupling constants between atomic ensemble and classical field, and the cavity decay can be largely suppressed as the number of atoms in the ensemble qubits increases. The fidelity of each cloned qubit can be obtained with analytic result. The present scheme provides a new way to construct the quantum communication network.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure

Partial Wave Analysis of J/ψ→γ(K+K−π+π−)J/\psi \to \gamma (K^+K^-\pi^+\pi^-)

BES data on $J/\psi \to \gamma (K^+K^-\pi^+\pi^-)$ are presented. The $K^*\bar K^*$ contribution peaks strongly near threshold. It is fitted with a broad $0^{-+}$ resonance with mass $M = 1800 \pm 100$ MeV, width $\Gamma = 500 \pm 200$ MeV. A broad $2^{++}$ resonance peaking at 2020 MeV is also required with width $\sim 500$ MeV. There is further evidence for a $2^{-+}$ component peaking at 2.55 GeV. The non-$K^*\bar K^*$ contribution is close to phase space; it peaks at 2.6 GeV and is very different from $K^{*}\bar{K^{*}}$.Comment: 15 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, Submitted to PL