Optical fine structure of II-VI and III-V nanocrystals: the role of d orbitals in a tight-binding approach

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 3823-3826 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. G. Díaz ◽  
G. W. Bryant ◽  
W. Jaskólski
Keyword(s):  
Fine Structure ◽  
Tight Binding ◽  
D Orbitals

Tight binding modeling of CdSe/ZnS and CdZnS/CdS II–VI heterostructures for solar cells: Role of d-orbitals

2008 ◽  
Vol 516 (20) ◽  
pp. 7098-7104 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Hakan Gürel ◽  
Özden Akinci ◽  
Hilmi Ünlü
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Tight Binding ◽  
D Orbitals

Fine structure and possible functions of the hermaphrodite duct of some pulmonate snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 68-69
Author(s):  
Alan N. Hodgson
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Fine Structure ◽  
Seminal Vesicle ◽  
Reproductive Biology ◽  
Light Microscope ◽  
Light Microscope Level ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Standard Techniques

The hermaphrodite duct of pulmonate snails connects the ovotestis to the fertilization pouch. The duct is typically divided into three zones; aproximal duct which leaves the ovotestis, the middle duct (seminal vesicle) and the distal ovotestis duct. The seminal vesicle forms the major portion of the duct and is thought to store sperm prior to copulation. In addition the duct may also play a role in sperm maturation and degredation. Although the structure of the seminal vesicle has been described for a number of snails at the light microscope level there appear to be only two descriptions of the ultrastructure of this tissue. Clearly if the role of the hermaphrodite duct in the reproductive biology of pulmonatesis to be understood, knowledge of its fine structure is required.Hermaphrodite ducts, both containing and lacking sperm, of species of the terrestrial pulmonate genera Sphincterochila, Levantina, and Helix and the marine pulmonate genus Siphonaria were prepared for transmission electron microscopy by standard techniques.

scholarly journals Cystatin M/E (Cystatin 6): A Janus-Faced Cysteine Protease Inhibitor with Both Tumor-Suppressing and Tumor-Promoting Functions

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1877
Author(s):  
Gilles Lalmanach ◽  
Mariana Kasabova-Arjomand ◽  
Fabien Lecaille ◽  
Ahlame Saidi
Keyword(s):  
Prognostic Significance ◽  
Tight Binding ◽  
Cysteine Protease Inhibitor ◽  
Tumor Promoter ◽  
Regulatory Mechanisms ◽  
Placental Development ◽  
Cysteine Cathepsins ◽  
Cystatin M

Alongside its contribution in maintaining skin homeostasis and its probable involvement in fetal and placental development, cystatin M/E (also known as cystatin 6) was first described as a tumor suppressor of breast cancer. This review aims to provide an update on cystatin M/E with particular attention paid to its role during tumorigenesis. Cystatin M/E, which is related to type 2 cystatins, displays the unique property of being a dual tight-binding inhibitor of both legumain (also known as asparagine endopeptidase) and cysteine cathepsins L, V and B, while its expression level is epigenetically regulated via the methylation of the CST6 promoter region. The tumor-suppressing role of cystatin M/E was further reported in melanoma, cervical, brain, prostate, gastric and renal cancers, and cystatin M/E was proposed as a biomarker of prognostic significance. Contrariwise, cystatin M/E could have an antagonistic function, acting as a tumor promoter (e.g., oral, pancreatic cancer, thyroid and hepatocellular carcinoma). Taking into account these apparently divergent functions, there is an urgent need to decipher the molecular and cellular regulatory mechanisms of the expression and activity of cystatin M/E associated with the safeguarding homeostasis of the proteolytic balance as well as its imbalance in cancer.

ZERO AND FINITE TEMPERATURE STUDY OF SINGLE FULLERENE CAGES AND CARBON “ONIONS” — GEOMETRY AND SHAPE

1993 ◽  
Vol 07 (29n30) ◽  
pp. 1883-1895 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. MAITI ◽  
C.J. BRABEC ◽  
J. BERNHOLC
Keyword(s):  
Interatomic Potential ◽  
Critical Size ◽  
Tight Binding ◽  
Configurational Entropy ◽  
Electronic Structure Calculations ◽  
Carbon Onions ◽  
Three Body ◽  
Structure Calculations ◽  
Scaling Arguments

Scaling arguments are used to show that above a critical size of several thousand atoms, there is a stability crossover from single to multilayer cages. Conjugate gradient minimization using a classical three-body interatomic potential, as well as tight-binding electronic structure calculations yield ground-state configurations for large fullerene shells that are polyhedral with clearly faceted geometry. The structure, energetics and configurational entropy associated with low-energy defects are calculated and the number of defects estimated as a function of temperature. The role of these thermally generated defects on the shape of large fullerenes is investigated in order to explain the nearly spherical shapes of the newly discovered carbon “onions”.

Insight into the exciton fine structure, the role of phonons and depolarization effects in halide perovskite nanocrystals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
jacky even ◽  
philippe tamarat ◽  
philipe bourges ◽  
guido roma ◽  
claudine katan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fine Structure ◽  
Perovskite Nanocrystals ◽  
Halide Perovskite ◽  
Insight Into

Fine Structure of Swarmers of Cladophora and Chaetomorpha

1971 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 581-601
Author(s):  
D. G. ROBINSON ◽  
R. D. PRESTON
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Fine Structure ◽  
Spatial Arrangement ◽  
Cell Wall Synthesis ◽  
Fibrous Layer ◽  
Etching Technique ◽  
Freeze Etching

Naked swarmers of both Cladophora rupestris and Chaetomorpha melagonium have been examined by the freeze-etching technique. The swarmers of Cladophora, collected just after settling, reveal several layers of granules external to the plasmalemma and internal to the so-called ‘fibrous-layer’. Chaetomorpha swarmers collected just before settling show extrusion of vesicles through the plasmalemma. The structures associated with the membranes are discussed in relation to known features of these swarmers already observed by sectioning. The role of granules in the synthesis of cell wall microfibrils is strengthened though the spatial arrangement of the granules seen in this investigation does not completely fulfil the ‘ordered granule’ hypothesis. Description of, and comments on, features related to cell wall synthesis, particularly the Golgi and vacuolar systems, are given.

scholarly journals Temporal fine structure influences voicing confusions for consonant identification in multi-talker babble

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vibha Viswanathan ◽  
Barbara G. Shinn-Cunningham ◽  
Michael G. Heinz
Keyword(s):  
Fine Structure ◽  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Background Noise ◽  
Speech Intelligibility ◽  
Temporal Fine Structure ◽  
Vast Literature ◽  
Listening Environments ◽  
Intact Condition ◽  
Speech Content

To understand the mechanisms of speech perception in everyday listening environments, it is important to elucidate the relative contributions of different acoustics cues in transmitting phonetic content. Previous studies suggest that the energy envelopes of speech convey most speech content, while the temporal fine structure (TFS) can aid in segregating target speech from background noise. Despite the vast literature on TFS and speech intelligibility, the role of TFS in conveying additional speech content over what envelopes convey in complex acoustic scenes is poorly understood. The present study addresses this question using online psychophysical experiments to measure consonant identification in multi-talker babble for intelligibility-matched intact and 64-channel envelope-vocoded stimuli. Consonant confusion patterns revealed that listeners had a greater tendency in the vocoded (versus intact) condition to be biased towards reporting that they heard an unvoiced consonant, despite envelope and place cues being largely preserved. This result was replicated when babble instances were varied across independent experiments, suggesting that TFS conveys important voicing cues over what envelopes convey in multi-talker babble, a masker that is ubiquitous in everyday environments. This finding has implications for assistive listening devices that do not currently provide TFS cues, such as cochlear implants.

scholarly journals Детерминизм локального атомного упорядочения в монослоях золота в формировании их электронной структуры

2022 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 303
Author(s):  
В.Л. Карбовский ◽  
А.А. Романский ◽  
Л.И. Карбовская ◽  
В.В. Стонис
Keyword(s):  
Coordination Sphere ◽  
Electronic States ◽  
Mutual Arrangement ◽  
Quantum Mechanical ◽  
Quantum Mechanical Calculations ◽  
The Third ◽  
Long Range Interactions ◽  
Valence Bands ◽  
D Orbitals

The total and partial densities of electronic states of gold monolayer structures of different symmetry are calculated by the quantum mechanical calculations methods in the DFT approximation. It is shown that the first coordination sphere is determinant in the formation of the fine structure and the extent of the valence bands of the monolayer gold structures under study. The peaks splitting of the TDOS curve, which leads to its finer structure, is influenced not only by the lengths of interatomic bonds but also by the mutual arrangement of atoms. The influence of long-range interactions on the electronic structure of gold monolayers has been established. For example, for the (110) plane, a change in the atomic ordering in the third coordination sphere as a result of the introduction of a vacancy leads to noticeable changes in the TDOS curve, which indicates either a significant role of the atoms of the third coordination sphere or a significant redistribution of the interaction of d-orbitals of different symmetries of close neighbours. A correlation between the packing density, as well as the number of neighbours in the first coordination sphere, and the width of the energy band of gold monolayers has been established.

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