In the persistent photoconductivity (PPC) phenomena, illumination of a material with light leads to a long-lived photoconductive state. During illumination of oxygen deficient YBCO near the insulator–metal transition, the illuminated material may even become superconducting. Accompanying the large relative changes in resistance are transport and structural changes as well as changes in the phot...

The experimental process is a fundamental technique used to determine the nature and behavior of many materials under study. In order to evaluate the fundamental properties of many engineering materials the use of mechanical testing techniques frequently play a crucial role. The development of new materials and the control of material quality are essential in the process of design and in their ...

aqueous polymer quenchants are being used increasingly in steel heat treatment industries as a substitution for conventional quenchants. by adjusting the quench parameters of the polymeric media, it is possible to achieve desirable microstructure and mechanical properties in addition to reduction in distortion and cracking. in this work, polyalkylene glycol (pag) aqueous solution was used as th...

Residual stresses resulted from carburizing and quenching were measured dy the etching method, using plate specimens of two kinds of steels. The microstructure after quenching is likely to include retained austenite due to high carbon content of the carburized layer, which may decompose into martensite in time at room temperature. To investigate the effect of aging on the distribution of residu...

Laser quenching is one of the most outstanding gear tooth surface methods due to its high efficiency, environmental friendliness, and performance consistency. Since laser requires repeated scanning, changing scanning velocity power by program control can meet needs variable depth quenching. The effects output on Rockwell hardness after were studied experimentally analyzed. result shows that adj...

The effect of ionic strength of agarose solution and quenching temperature of the emulsion on the structure and mechanical strength of agarose-based chromatographic adsorbents was investigated. Solutions of agarose containing different amounts of NaCl were emulsified at elevated temperature in mineral oil using a high-shear mixer. The hot emulsion was quenched at different temperatures leading ...

In oxygenic photosynthetic eukaryotes, the hydroxylated carotenoid zeaxanthin is produced from preexisting violaxanthin upon exposure to excess light conditions. Zeaxanthin binding to components of the photosystem II (PSII) antenna system has been investigated thoroughly and shown to help in the dissipation of excess chlorophyll-excited states and scavenging of oxygen radicals. However, the fun...

Automatic, inexpensive, simple and sensitive methods for DNA sensing and quantification are highly desirable for biomedical research. The rapid development of both the fundamentals and applications of electrochemiluminescence (ECL) over the past years has demonstrated its potential for analytical and bio-analytical chemistry. This paper reports the quenching effect of DNA on the ECL of luminol ...

Consider the parabolic problem u t div (a(u;ru)ru) = u p (1) for t > 0, x 2 R n under initial and boundary conditions u = 1, say. Since p is assumed positive, the right hand side becomes singular as u ! 0. When u reaches zero in nite or in nite time, one says that the solution quenches in nite or in nite time. This article gives a survey of results on this kind of problem and emphasizes those t...