Characterisation and optimisation of alternating current thin film electroluminescent displays

This Thesis presents research undertaken to investigate the electro-optical characterisation and optimisation of Thin Film Electroluminescent (TFEL) devices and Laterally Emitting Thin Film Electroluminescent (LETFEL) devices with respect to device lifetime and aging. Post deposition localised laser annealing as an alternative to thermal annealing has been previously described in the literature. The effects of laser annealing on various devices is investigated and described within this Thesis. In particular, the novel use of ArF laser annealing at a wavelength of 193nm as a post deposition annealing process for ZnS:Mn thin films deposited by RF magnetron sputtering has been presented and compared to KrF laser annealing (248nm wavelength). Additionally the use of KrF laser annealing on a new deposition method, High Target Utilisation Sputtering (HiTUS) is presented, with successful results obtained on heat sensitive substrates. Results presented show that the use of KrF produces slightly better performance in respect to maximum luminance, however the use of ArF laser annealing can allow for achievement of higher luminance at lower applied voltages

Entanglement between living bacteria and quantized light witnessed by Rabi splitting

We model recent experiments on living sulphur bacteria interacting with quantised light, using the Dicke model. The strong coupling achieved between the bacteria and the light indicates that during the experiment the bacteria (treated as dipoles) and the quantized light are entangled. The vacuum Rabi splitting, which was measured in the experiment for a range of different parameters, can be used as an entanglement witness

Public Justice, Private Dispute Resolution and Democracy

This paper is about the widespread and systematic privatization of the public civil justice system. In particular, it: (1) documents the move to privatize civil disputes across all aspects of the justice system (including courts, administrative tribunals and state-sanctioned arbitration regimes), (2) looks at some of the benefits and drawbacks of privatization, specifically including negative impacts on systems of democratic governance, and (3) identifies justice - rather than efficiency - as the primary benchmark by which civil justice reform initiatives should be judged

The Negotiator-as-Professional: Understanding the Competing Interests of a Representative Negotiator

This article is about lawyers as negotiators, and in particular, it is about identifying and understanding the influential and potentially competing interests that are - or at least should be - in the minds of lawyers (and potentially other third party representatives) during the overall negotiation process. While there continues to be an increasing amount of literature on the mechanics and strategies of negotiation, the underlying interests that are typically at stake in representative negotiations from the perspective of representatives - particularly negotiations involving lawyers - have not been adequately studied. And until all interests are identified and placed squarely on the table as active parts to the overall process, representative negotiation will be less than fully effective, ethical and satisfying as a process for all those involved, including clients, lawyers and the public

The Negotiator-as-Professional: Understanding the Competing Interests of a Representative Negotiator

This article is about lawyers as negotiators, and in particular, it is about identifying and understanding the influential and potentially competing interests that are - or at least should be - in the minds of lawyers (and potentially other third party representatives) during the overall negotiation process. While there continues to be an increasing amount of literature on the mechanics and strategies of negotiation, the underlying interests that are typically at stake in representative negotiations from the perspective of representatives - particularly negotiations involving lawyers - have not been adequately studied. Current accounts of the representative negotiator do not paint a full picture of what is typically going on inside the representative\u27s mind, and as such, provide an impoverished view of his or her role, both in terms of its responsibilities and its potential opportunities. To address these deficiencies, this article advances an alternative, expansive model of the representative negotiator: the negotiator-as-professional model. It is a model that sees the role of the representative negotiator as being defined by at least four sets of interests: client interests, a broad understanding of the representative\u27s self-interests (that may include, but are not limited to, interests vis-a-vis the representative negotiator\u27s bargaining opposite), ethical interests and the public\u27s interests

The Negotiator as Professional: Understanding the Competing Interests of a Representative Negotiator

This article is about lawyers as negotiators, and in particular, it is about identifying and understanding the influential and potentially competing interests that are - or at least should be - in the minds of lawyers (and potentially other third party representatives) during the overall negotiation process. While there continues to be an increasing amount of literature on the mechanics and strategies of negotiation, the underlying interests that are typically at stake in representative negotiations from the perspective of representatives - particularly negotiations involving lawyers - have not been adequately studied. Current accounts of the representative negotiator do not paint a full picture of what is typically going on inside the representative\u27s mind, and as such, provide an impoverished view of his or her role, both in terms of its responsibilities and its potential opportunities. To address these deficiencies, this article advances an alternative, expansive model of the representative negotiator: the negotiator-as-professional model. It is a model that sees the role of the representative negotiator as being defined by at least four sets of interests: client interests, a broad understanding of the representative\u27s self-interests (that may include, but are not limited to, interests vis-a-vis the representative negotiator\u27s bargaining opposite), ethical interests and the public\u27s interests