The bandstructure of gold from many-body perturbation theory

The bandstructure of gold is calculated using many-body perturbation theory (MBPT). Different approximations within the GW approach are considered. Standard single shot G0W0 corrections shift the unoccupied bands up by ~0.2 eV and the first sp-like occupied band down by ~0.4 eV, while leaving unchanged the 5d occupied bands. Beyond G0W0, quasiparticle self-consistency on the wavefunctions lowers the occupied 5d bands by 0.35 eV. Globally, many-body effects achieve an opening of the interband gap (5d-6sp gap) of 0.35 to 0.75 eV approaching the experimental results. Finally, the quasiparticle bandstructure is compared to the one obtained by the widely used HSE (Heyd, Scuseria, and Ernzerhof) hybrid functional

Efeito da radiação UV-B sobre a capacidade antagônica de Clonostachys rosea a Botrytis cinerea em discos de folha de morango.

Resumo:: As atividades antrópicas estão alterando a concentração de gases na atmosfera, o ozônio da troposfera é um dos afetados e consequentemente a incidência de raios ultravioleta B (UV-B) na superfície da Terra tem sido alterada. A sensibilidade à radiação UV-B é uma das limitações do uso de agentes de biocontrole a campo. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito da radiação UV-B em um isolado de Clonostachys rosea e quantificar a capacidade antagônica a Botrytis cinerea em discos de folhas de morango. Foram utilizadas quatro concentrações de conídios de C. rosea e quatro diferentes doses de radiação UV-B, sendo metade dos discos irradiados desafiados com conídios de B. cinerea. As concentrações de conídios de C. rosea acima de 105 conídios mL-1 apresentaram maior tolerância a radiação UV-B e apresentou nível de controle do patógeno superior a 75%, mesmo com a exposição à radiação. De acordo com os resultados, além de mostrar menor crescimento sob radiação UV-B, conídios de C. rosea apresentaram menor capacidade antagônica ao patógeno. Estudos adicionais são necessários para observar a tolerância de isolados de B. cinerea à radiação UV-B e assim, sugerir que um ambiente com radiação UV-B aumentada possa favorecer o patógeno

Linking host morphology and symbiont performance in octocorals

Octocorals represent an important group in reef communities throughout the tropical seas and, like scleractinian corals, they can be found in symbiosis with the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium. However, while there is extensive research on this symbiosis and its benefits in scleractinians, research on octocorals has focused so far mainly on the host without addressing their symbiosis. Here, we characterized and compared the photophysiological features of nine Caribbean octocoral species with different colony morphologies (sea fan, plumes, whips and rods) and related key morphological features with their respective symbiont photobiology. Colony features (branch shape and thickness), as well as micromorphological features (polyp size, density), were found to be significantly correlated with symbiont performance. Sea fans and plumes, with thinner branches and smaller polyps, favor higher metabolic rates, compared to sea rods with thicker branches and larger polyps. Daily integrated photosynthesis to respiration ratios > 1 indicated that the autotrophic contribution to organisms’ energy demands was important in all species, but especially in sea whips. This information represents an important step towards a better understanding of octocoral physiology and its relationship to host morphology, and might also explain to some extent species distribution and susceptibility to environmental stress