243 research outputs found
Josephson Junctions defined by a Nano-Plough
We define superconducting constrictions by ploughing a deposited Aluminum
film with a scanning probe microscope. The microscope tip is modified by
electron beam deposition to form a nano-plough of diamond-like hardness, what
allows the definition of highly transparent Josephson junctions. Additionally a
dc-SQUID is fabricated to verify appropriate functioning of the junctions. The
devices are easily integrated in mesoscopic devices as local radiation sources
and can be used as tunable on-chip millimeter wave sources
Microwave spectroscopy on a double quantum dot with an on-chip Josephson oscillator
We present measurements on microwave spectroscopy on a double quantum dot
with an on-chip microwave source. The quantum dots are realized in the
two-dimensional electron gas of an AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructure and are weakly
coupled in series by a tunnelling barrier forming an 'ionic' molecular state.
We employ a Josephson oscillator formed by a long Nb/Al-AlO/Nb junction as
a microwave source. We find photon-assisted tunnelling sidebands induced by the
Josephson oscillator, and compare the results with those obtained using an
externally operated microwave source.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Spin polarization of the L-gap surface states on Au(111)
The electron spin polarization (ESP) of the L-gap surface states on Au(111)
is investigated theoretically by means of first-principles electronic-structure
and photoemission calculations. The surface states show a large spin-orbit
induced in-plane ESP which is perpendicular to the in-plane wavevector, in
close analogy to a two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit
interaction. The surface corrugation leads to a small ESP component normal to
the surface, being not reported so far. The surface-states ESP can be probed
qualitatively and quantitatively by spin- and angle-resolved photoelectron
spectroscopy, provided that the initial-state ESP is retained in the
photoemission process and not obscured by spin-orbit induced polarization
effects. Relativistic photoemission calculations provide detailed information
on what photoemission set-ups allow to conclude from the photoelectron ESP on
that of the surface states.Comment: 22 pages with 8 figure
Unusual formation of a N-heterocyclic germylene via homolytic cleavage of a C-C bond
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [RO 224/60-1]; Danish National Research Foundation [DNRF93]; Centre for Materials Crystallography; Norwegian Research Council through the CoE Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (CTCC) [179568/V30]; China Scholarship Council; Norwegian Supercomputing Program (NOTUR) [NN4654K]Reaction of the monoanionic radical salt IP center dot-K+ (IP = (Py)CH(=NR); Py = C5H4N, R = 2,6-iPr(2)C(6)H(3); alpha-iminopyridine) with GeCl2(dioxane) afforded compound (IPGeCl)(2) (1) which produced red blocks of IPGe: (2), when treated with KC8 in toluene. 1 is a digermylene formed via C-C coupling between two carbon-centered radicals. 2 can be considered as an analogue of a N-heterocyclic carbene, which exhibits a five-membered GeC2N2 ring with one CQC double bond. 2 is formed by two-electron reduction of 1 with cleavage of the two Ge-Cl bonds and the central C-C single bond
Bronze Age population dynamics and the rise of dairy pastoralism on the eastern Eurasian steppe
Recent paleogenomic studies have shown that migrations of Western steppe herders (WSH) beginning in the Eneolithic (ca. 3300-2700 BCE) profoundly transformed the genes and cultures of Europe and central Asia. Compared with Europe, however, the eastern extent of this WSH expansion is not well defined. Here we present genomic and proteomic data from 22 directly dated Late Bronze Age burials putatively associated with early pastoralism in northern Mongolia (ca. 1380-975 BCE). Genome-wide analysis reveals that they are largely descended from a population represented by Early Bronze Age hunter-gatherers in the Baikal region, with only a limited contribution (∼7%) of WSH ancestry. At the same time, however, mass spectrometry analysis of dental calculus provides direct protein evidence of bovine, sheep, and goat milk consumption in seven of nine individuals. No individuals showed molecular evidence of lactase persistence, and only one individual exhibited evidence of >10% WSH ancestry, despite the presence of WSH populations in the nearby Altai-Sayan region for more than a millennium. Unlike the spread of Neolithic farming in Europe and the expansion of Bronze Age pastoralism on the Western steppe, our results indicate that ruminant dairy pastoralism was adopted on the Eastern steppe by local hunter-gatherers through a process of cultural transmission and minimal genetic exchange with outside groups
RNAseq analysis of Aspergillus fumigatus in blood reveals a just wait and see resting stage behavior
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