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Spatial Diagnostics of Hg/Ar and Hg/Xe Discharge Lamps by Means of Tomography
2011
In this work, the diagnostics using tomography in Hg/Xe and Hg/Ar capillary lamps is presented. First, the imaging of the lamps was performed using selected emission lines of mercury, argon and xenon in different operation conditions. Thus the tomographic reconstruction was made, to determine the spatial distribution of the emitting Hg and rare gas atoms. Significant differences of the distribution of the emitting atoms have been found in vertical and horizontal operation positions. The emitting mercury atoms in the state 73S1 were differently distributed within the lamp in the vertical and horizontal lamp positions. The radial profile has demonstrated a substantial depletion of the popula…
Estimation of the emission temperature of an electrodeless discharge lamp and determination of the oscillator strength for the I(2P3/2) 183.038 nm re…
2001
Abstract The 183.038 nm resonance absorption transition of I( 2 P 3/2 ) has been studied using a flash photolysis set-up for gas-phase chemistry and a radio frequency powered electrodeless discharge lamp filled with iodine. The dependence of self-absorption and self-reversal on iodine partial pressure in the discharge volume was measured. The optimum iodine partial pressure, with self-absorption minimized and acceptable intensity, is determined to be approximately 2.5×10 −3 mbar. A method is described to estimate the temperature of the emitting atoms using direct measurements of relative absorption at different absorber concentrations. This yields an emission temperature of 923±50 K. Using …
On-line coupling of gel electrophoresis and inductively coupled plasma-sector field-mass spectrometry for the determination of dsDNA fragments.
2005
The on-line coupling of gel electrophoresis (GE) and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICPMS) is described for the first time. The new method combines the separation power of GE for large biomolecules and the high sensitivity and elemental selectivity of ICPMS. This coupling has been achieved by means of gels housed in glass tubes (length 2.5-20 cm; i.d. 0.5-5 mm). The gel is fixed by glass frits permeable for the analytes. After the electrophoretic separation at voltages up to 500 V, the analytes are transferred to the nebulizer of the ICPMS by an eluent stream, which is separated from the electrode chamber by a membrane. This filter blocks molecules with molecular masses large…
Localization of the two constitutively expressed nitric oxide synthase isoforms (nNOS and eNOS) in the same cell types in the saccule maculae of the …
2003
There is growing evidence for a nitric oxide/cyclic GMP pathway of signal transduction in the vestibular system. Recently, two isoforms of nitric oxide (NO) synthase (nNOS and eNOS) and NO itself have been identified at the light microscopic level in the vestibulocochlear system of mice using specific antibodies and a new fluorescence indicator. In order to acquire more information about signal transduction and tissue modulation in this neuroepithelium at the cellular and subcellular levels, ultrathin sections of London Resin White-embedded saccule maculae of the frog Rana pipiens were incubated with various concentrations of commercially available antibodies to nNOS and eNOS. The immunorea…
Vanadium‐Doped Zircon and Zirconia Materials Prepared from Gel Precursors as Site‐Selective Electrochemical Sensors
2003
Abstract Polymer film electrodes incorporating vanadium‐doped zircon (V x ZrSiO4, 0.00 < x < 0.10) and vanadium‐doped monoclinic and tetragonal zirconias (V x ZrO2, 0.00 < x < 0.15), prepared by heat treatment of gel precursors, exhibit a significant site‐selective electrocatalytic activity towards the oxidation of amino acids, polyalcohols, and polyhydroxycarboxylic acids in alkaline media. Catalysis of the oxidation of carboxylate and alcohol groups involves a relatively slow chemical reaction between the substrate and vanadium centers, while the oxidation of thiolate in cysteine can be attributed to the oxidation of an adduct formed by vanadium centers and the substrate.
HyperLabelMe : A Web Platform for Benchmarking Remote-Sensing Image Classifiers
2017
HyperLabelMe is a web platform that allows the automatic benchmarking of remote-sensing image classifiers. To demonstrate this platform's attributes, we collected and harmonized a large data set of labeled multispectral and hyperspectral images with different numbers of classes, dimensionality, noise sources, and levels. The registered user can download training data pairs (spectra and land cover/use labels) and submit the predictions for unseen testing spectra. The system then evaluates the accuracy and robustness of the classifier, and it reports different scores as well as a ranked list of the best methods and users. The system is modular, scalable, and ever-growing in data sets and clas…
Study of a new direct current atmospheric pressure glow discharge in helium
2011
Abstract In this study a new DC-APGD operated in He was developed and characterized. The discharge is operated at 0.9 kV and about 25–35 mA and at a gas flow of 100 ml/min. The source was spectroscopically studied and parameters such as the rotational temperature (Trot), the excitation temperature (Texc), the ionization temperature (Tion) and the electron number density (ne) were determined. The current–voltage characteristic of the source was studied as well. At optimized conditions the discharge operates in the normal region of the current–voltage characteristic. Rotational and excitation temperatures determined with the use of OH band and Fe I lines as thermometric species were of the or…
Microscale Marangoni actuation: All-optical and all-electrical methods
2006
We present experimental results from an all-optical microfluidic platform that may be complimented by a thin film all-electrical network. Using these configurations we have studied the microfluidic convective flow systems of silicone oil, glycerol, and 1,3,5-trinitrotoluene on open surfaces through the production of surface tension gradients derived from thermal gradients. We show that sufficient localized thermal variation can be created utilizing surface plasmons and/or engaging individually addressable resistive thermal elements. Both studies manipulate fluids via Marangoni forces, each having their unique exploitable advantages. Surface plasmon excitation in metal foils are the driving …
Photoinduced dissociation of anionic and electron detachment of dianionic gold clusters by use of a laser pointer
2002
Abstract Size-selected anionic and dianionic gold clusters have been stored in a Penning trap and irradiated with the green light of a laser pointer. As examples of special interest, the systems Au 7 − and Au 29 2− have been chosen. In particular, Au 7 − , a small gold cluster with closed electron shell, is observed to decay into Au 6 − and Au 5 − with a decay pathway branching ratio similar to that of Au 9 + . The dianionic cluster Au 29 2− shows electron detachment upon photoexcitation. This observation is in agreement with independent experiments [Stoermer et al., Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 201 (2001) 63], where Au 29 2− is found to be the smallest dianion produced by neutral monomer evapora…
The influence of the trapping potential on the attachment of a second electron to stored metal cluster and fullerene anions
2002
Abstract Singly charged anionic clusters are exposed to a bath of simultaneously stored electrons in ion cyclotron resonance (Penning) traps and thus, dianions are produced. The dianion yield is found to be a function of the potential well depth. As an example, the attachment of electrons to size-selected gold cluster anions Au 25 1− from a laser vaporization source has been studied in detail by time-of-flight mass analysis after ejection of all ions from the trap. Furthermore, the investigation is extended to fullerene anions C 70 1− that are produced by laser desorption from a fullerene target in the external source of a Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometer…