Rhythmic bursting on the order of seconds in a cluster of plastic beads under continuous irradiation of a focused neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser beam (1064 nm) is reported. The oscillatory instability is induced as a result of competition between trapping and scattering forces, where both forces are induced by the focused laser beam. Above a critical power of the laser b...

We have used two neutron-scattering techniques to investigate the magnetic structure of neodymium. By observations of harmonic combinations of its modulation vectors we have deduced that the low temperature magnetic structure is quadruple-q. We have confirmed this by observing a single domain of the structure in a suitably aligned magnetic field. For more than twenty years, the magnetic orderin...

An attempt to synthesize a holmium sulfidotungstate using potassium polysulfides as reactive flux resulted in orange single crystals of K2[WS4], isotypic K2[MoS4] (orthorhombic; Pnma; a=935.10(3), b=694.22(2), c=1221.85(4) pm; Z=4). A similar obtain neodymium with sodium polysulfide yielded violet substance, which underwent hydrolysis yielding orange-yellow Na2[WS4] ⋅ 4 H2O (monoclinic, C2/c, a...

[1] We present new isotopic and micropaleontological data from a depth transect on Shatsky Rise that record the response of the tropical Pacific to global biotic and oceanographic shifts during the mid-Maastrichtian. Results reveal a coupling between the upper ocean, characterized by a weak thermocline and low to intermediate productivity, and intermediate waters. During the earliest Maastricht...

Understanding changes in ocean circulation during the last deglaciation is crucial to unraveling the dynamics of glacial-interglacial and millennial climate shifts. We used neodymium isotope measurements on postdepositional iron-manganese oxide coatings precipitated on planktonic foraminifera to reconstruct changes in the bottom water source of the deep western North Atlantic at the Bermuda Ris...

Transscleral ruby cyclocoagulation has been successfully used to lower intraocular pressure. The recent commercial availability of Nd-YAG lasers with a thermal mode provides a possible alternative by which to perform this procedure. We treated one eye of seven pigmented rabbits using the thermal mode of the Nd-YAG laser. The intraocular pressures were followed up for three months. The treated e...

Nd3+ or Dy3+ salts and borohydride form redox-active [Ln(BH4)4]− complexes that enable room-temperature electrodeposition of neodymium- dysprosium-containing layers from organic electrolytes.

The complex [NdL](III) is based upon a crown ether-appended ditopic cryptate ligand and demonstrates a near-infrared fluorescence response to Ba(II).