We study the dynamic electronic polarizability of a single nano-scale spherical metallic grain using a quantum mechanical approach. We introduce the model for interacting electrons bound in the grain allowing us numerically to calculate the frequency dependence of the polarizability of grains of different sizes. We show that within this model the main resonance peak corresponding to the surface...

Histochemical reactions and radioautography were used to investigate the sequence of mast cell development in rat embryos. Mast cells arise ubiquitously in and are confined to the loose connective tissue in the embryo. The alcian blue-safranin reaction distinguishes between weakly sulfated and strongly sulfated mucopolysaccharides by a shift from alcian blue to safranin staining. Based on this ...

We have studied photo-induced effects in a p-type transistor based on a [1]benzothieno[3,2-b]benzothiophene (BTBT) derivative. Repetition of blue light irradiation and electrical characterization under dark reveals that its threshold voltage gradually shifts in the positive direction as the cumulative exposure time increases. This shift is slowly reversed when the transistor is stored under dar...

Ceria thin films deposited by spray pyrolysis show a strong preferential 〈200〉 orientation after annealing corresponding to the {100} facet of high catalytic activity. This texture correlates with an unusually blue shift Raman F 2g peak.

When a display of red spots or hearts on a blue surround is moved around under dim light, the spots appear to wobble or flutter relative to the surround (the "fluttering hearts" effect). We explain this as follows: Rods and cones both respond to the hearts. Rods are more sluggish than cones, with a latency of ∼50 ms, and they are also much more sensitive to blue than to red (the Purkinje shift;...

Smalt was commonly used as a pigment by artists between the 16th and 18th centuries. It is a powdered blue potash glass colored by cobalt ions and often degrades causing dramatic changes in the appearance of paintings. The aim of the work presented in this paper was to investigate the changes in the structure and environment around the cobalt ion on deterioration, to further our understanding o...

      In this study, the interaction between NO2+ cation and Hen (n = 1-7) clusters is investigated by means of ab initio calculations at MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ and QCISD/aug-cc-pVTZ computational levels. The first and second solvation shells were obtained while N atom of NO2+ interacts with five and two He atoms, respectively. Stabilizat...

We study thermal annealing effects on the size and composition variations of indium-aggregated clusters in two InGaN thin films with photoluminescence ͑PL͒ in the yellow and red ranges. The methods of investigation include optical measurement, nanoscale material analysis, and theoretical calculation. Such a study is important for determining the relation between the band gap and the average indiu...

The bright X-ray binary X2127+119 in the core of the globular cluster M15 has long been thought to be in an unusual evolutionary state, in which the binary is embedded in a common envelope. Support for this idea comes from X2127+119’s absorption lines, which are blue shifted at all orbital phases, indicating the existence of outflows from the system. A common-envelope scenario implies that the ...

The chemical basis of the blue-black to pink-orange color change on cooking of lobster, due to thermal denaturation of an astaxanthin-protein complex, α-crustacyanin, in the lobster carapace, has so far been elusive. Here, we investigate the relaxation of the astaxanthin pigment from its bound enolate form to its neutral hydroxyketone form, as origin of the spectral shift, by analyzing the resp...