A model of inversion of DNA charge by a positive polymer: fractionization of the polymer charge

Charge inversion of a DNA double helix by an oppositely charged flexible polyelectrolyte (PE) is considered. We assume that, in the neutral state of the DNA-PE complex, each of the DNA charges is locally compensated by a PE charge. When an additional PE molecule is adsorbed by DNA, its charge gets fractionized into monomer charges of defects (tails and arches) on the background of the perfectly neutralized DNA. These charges spread all over the DNA eliminating the self-energy of PE. This fractionization mechanism leads to a substantial inversion of the DNA charge, a phenomenon which is widely used for gene delivery.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures. Improved figures and various corrections to tex

Investigation of the properties of quantum-dimensional semiconductor particles A3B5 by scanning probe microscopy, obtained by liquid chemical etching

The study was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in the framework of scientific projects 17-07-00407-а and 17-07-00139

Polaron and bipolaron transport in a charge segregated state of doped strongly correlated 2D semiconductor

The 2D lattice gas model with competing short and long range interactions is appliedused for calculation of the incoherent charge transport in the classical strongly-correlated charge segregated polaronic state. We show, by means of Monte-Carlo simulations, that at high temperature the transport is dominated by hopping of the dissociated correlated polarons, where with thetheir mobility is inversely proportional to the temperature. At the temperatures below the clustering transition temperature the bipolaron transport becomes dominant. The energy barrier for the bipolaron hopping is determined by the Coulomb effects and is found to be lower than the barrier for the single-polaron hopping. This leads to drastically different temperature dependencies of mobilities for polarons and bipolarons at low temperatures

Localized charged states and phase separation near second order phase transition

Localized charged states and phase segregation are described in the framework of the phenomenological Ginzburg-Landau theory of phase transitions. The Coulomb interactions determines the charge distribution and the characteristic length of the phase separated states. The phase separation with charge segregation becomes possible because of the large dielectric constant and the small density of extra charge in the range of charge localization. The phase diagram is calculated and the energy gain of the phase separated state is estimated. The role of the Coulomb interaction is elucidated

The structure of 2D semi-simple field theories

I classify all cohomological 2D field theories based on a semi-simple complex Frobenius algebra A. They are controlled by a linear combination of kappa-classes and by an extension datum to the Deligne-Mumford boundary. Their effect on the Gromov-Witten potential is described by Givental's Fock space formulae. This leads to the reconstruction of Gromov-Witten invariants from the quantum cup-product at a single semi-simple point and from the first Chern class, confirming Givental's higher-genus reconstruction conjecture. The proof uses the Mumford conjecture proved by Madsen and Weiss.Comment: Small errors corrected in v3. Agrees with published versio

Comparison of perturbative expansions using different phonon bases for two-site Holstein model

The two-site single-polaron problem is studied within the perturbative expansions using different standard phonon basis obtained through the Lang Firsov (LF), modified LF (MLF) and modified LF transformation with squeezed phonon states (MLFS). The role of these convergent expansions using the above prescriptions in lowering the energy and in determining the correlation functions are compared for different values of coupling strength. The single-electron energy, oscillator wave functions and correlation functions are calculated for the same system. The applicability of different phonon basis in different regimes of the coupling strength as well as in different regimes of hopping are also discussed.Comment: 24 pages (RevTEX), 12 postscript figures, final version accepted in PRB(2000) Jornal Ref: Phys. Rev. B, 61, 4592-4602 (2000

Range of the t--J model parameters for CuO2_{2} plane: experimental data constraints

The t-J model effective hopping integral is determined from the three-band Hubbard model for the charge carriers in CuO$_{2}$ plane. For this purpose the values of the superexchange constant $J$ and the charge-transfer gap $E_{gap}$ are calculated in the framework of the three-band model. Fitting values of $J$ and $E_{gap}$ to the experimental data allows to narrow the uncertainty region of the three-band model parameters. As a result, the $t/J$ ratio of the t-J model is fixed in the range $2.4 \div 2.7$ for holes and $2.5 \div 3.0$ for electrons. Formation of the Frenkel exciton is justified and the main features of the charge-transfer spectrum are correctly described in the framework of this approach.Comment: 20pp., REVTEX 3.0, (11 figures), report 66

Условия на ложе и поверхности ледникового купола Вавилова (Северная Земля) во время его подвижки по данным аэрорадиозондирования

The glacier surge at Vavilov Ice Cap, Severnaya Zemlya, Russia (79°18′ N, 94°40′ E) began as early as the mid-1960s with a slow advance of its margin in the western part. Since 2012, the advance switched to the phase of catastrophic movement, which reached its climax in 2016, when the glacier velocity reached 9.2 km a‒1. An ice fan with an area of about 140 km2 advanced into the Kara Sea water area 11 km from the shore, and a strongly crevassed ice stream was formed in the ice cap itself, which continues to move now with speeds of about 2 km a‒1. The dynamic instability of Vavilov Ice Cap can be triggered by changes in basal conditions, which are still poorly known. In this study, we used airborne radio-echo sounding data acquired in September 2014 over the ice cap to characterize its surface and bedrock conditions. Based on the delay time and reflection amplitudes, the power reflection coefficient (PRC) from glacier surface and bedrock was estimated. For its calibration, we used the amplitude of reflections from the sea surface registered from different altitudes. The bedrock PRC values were converted to dielectric permittivity and compared with the glacier surface velocities in 2014 obtained from Landsat-7 images. We found a high positive correlation between the bedrock PRCs and velocities in the area with glacier speed higher than 1000 m a-1. In this area, the PRC is 20 dB higher than in the neighboring slower moving areas. Such a difference may be because the ice stream advanced on marine loose sediments with higher dielectric permittivity and conductivity and a higher reflection coefficient. The range of estimated bedrock PRCs corresponds to bed materials with relative dielectric permittivity from 5 to 10 and electrical conductivity from 10–5 to 10–2 Sm m‒1.По данным измерений времени запаздывания и амплитуд радиоотражений от ложа ледникового купола Вавилова, полученным в период быстрой подвижки его западной части, определены значения коэффициента отражения от ложа по мощности, которые коррелируют с высокими скоростями (более 1000 м/год) движения ледника в области, наступившей на участок мелководья

Revealing the high-energy electronic excitations underlying the onset of high-temperature superconductivity in cuprates

In strongly-correlated systems the electronic properties at the Fermi energy (EF) are intertwined with those at high energy scales. One of the pivotal challenges in the field of high-temperature superconductivity (HTSC) is to understand whether and how the high energy scale physics associated with Mott-like excitations (|E-EF|>1 eV) is involved in the condensate formation. Here we show the interplay between the many-body high-energy CuO2 excitations at 1.5 and 2 eV and the onset of HTSC. This is revealed by a novel optical pump supercontinuum-probe technique, which provides access to the dynamics of the dielectric function in Y-Bi2212 over an extended energy range, after the photoinduced suppression of the superconducting pairing. These results unveil an unconventional mechanism at the base of HTSC both below and above the optimal hole concentration required to attain the maximum critical temperature (Tc)

Structural, electronic and magnetic properties of ferroelectric/dielectric heterostructures

The reported study was funded by Russian Scientific Foundation according to the research project No. 18-12-00260. The work is partially performed according to the Russian Government Program of Competitive Growth of Kazan Federal University