Visible and near-IR photoluminescence (PL) is reported from sub-10 nm silicon nanopillars. Pillars were plasma etched from single crystal Si wafers and thinned by utilizing strain-induced, self-terminating oxidation of cylindrical structures. PL, lifetime, and transmission electron microscopy were performed to measure the dimensions and emission characteristics of the pillars. The peak PL energ...

We report the photo-induced transmission change of the photonic crystal slab in which an active semiconductor, (C6H5C2H4NH3)2PbI4, is introduced. In the transmission spectrum without irradiating the pump light, sharp dips are observed, which are attributed to the excitation of exciton-polaritons (mixed modes of excitons in the embedded semiconductor and quasi-guided optical modes) in the slab. ...

Although dielectric relaxation can significantly affect the intrinsic fluorescence properties of a protein, usually it is fast compared to fluorescence timescales and needs to be slowed down by adding viscogens or lowering temperature before its impact on fluorescence can be studied. We report here a remarkable blue shift in fluorescence upon bimolecular quenching in the single-tryptophan therm...

The effect of adding nucleic acids to gold seeds during the growth stage of either nanospheres or nanorods was investigated using UV-Vis spectroscopy to reveal any oligonucleotide base or structure-specific effects on nanoparticle growth kinetics or plasmonic signatures. Spectral data indicate that the presence of DNA duplexes during seed ageing drastically accelerated nanosphere growth while t...

In this paper the influence of ZnO shell thickness on the luminescence properties of Mn-doped ZnS nanoparticles is studied. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images showed that the average diameter of ZnS:Mn nanoparticles is around 14 nm. The formation of ZnO shells on the surface of ZnS:Mn nanoparticles was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns, high-resolution TEM (HRTEM) images,...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the contribution of actual cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, as well as, individual, psychosocial, and work-related factors as predictors of CVD risk perception among Korean blue-collar workers. METHODS The participants were 238 Korean blue-collar workers who worked in small companies. Data were collected through a survey; anthropometric a...

We present two-dimensional spectral observations of two closely located small sunspots in chromospheric lines. Line asymmetries and shifts are derived for the Ca ii K line in particular. It is found that the majority of Ca ii K profiles show a blue asymmetry. Red asymmetry may also appear, but only in some tiny regions. Some ephemeral blue asymmetry patches are found in the umbrae, which seem t...

Plants can be adapted to the changing environments through tropic responses, such as light and gravity. One of them is root negative phototropism, which is needed for root growth and nutrient absorption. Here, we show that the auxin efflux carrier PIN-FORMED (PIN) 1 is involved in asymmetric auxin distribution and root negative phototropism. In darkness, PIN1 is internalized and localized to in...

Years ago Einstein and Straus (ES) showed that it is possible to match a static Schwarzschild region to an external expanding Friedmann universe. This model is extended in this work to a spacetime of arbitrary dimensions. Frequency shift of radiation coming from the boundary of the two spacetimes is calculated. Depending on the relative magnitude of gravitational and doppler effects our model g...

A supersaturation-controlled aqueous synthesis route has been developed for ZnTe quantum dots (QDs) with high monodispersity, size tunability, stability, band-edge luminescence (full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) 10-12 nm) and negligibly small Stokes' shift (2-4 nm). The degree of supersaturation of the initial reaction mixture was varied by increasing the reagent concentration, but keeping the ...