This paper is devoted to estimate contribution of structure and morphology of the individual design constituents to performance improvement of multilayer polaritonic photodetector (optochemical sensor). Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) in the surface barrier heterostructure (SBH) with the corrugated interface is used as the basic principle underlying the device operation. The demonstration of co...

We report on the use of bromine intercalation of graphite to perform in situ tuning of the Schottky barrier height (SBH) formed at many-layer-graphene (MLG) semiconductor interfaces. The intercalation of Br into MLG simultaneously increases interlayer separation between the graphene planes, while at the same time giving rise to an increase (decrease) in the free hole carrier density (Fermi ener...

In search of an experimental model that would simulate the association between proteinuria and salt sensitivity in humans, we studied protein excretion in the Sabra rat model of salt susceptibility. Monthly measurements of urinary protein excretion in animals fed standard rat chow revealed that normotensive salt-sensitive SBH/y developed proteinuria that averaged 65 +/- 7 mg/day (n = 10) at 9 m...

Sequencing by hybridization (SBH) is a promising alternative to the classical DNA sequencing approaches. However, the resolving power of SBH is rather low: with 64kb sequencing chips, unknown DNA fragments only as long as 200 bp can be reconstructed in a single SBH experiment. To improve the resolving power of SBH, positional SBH (PSBH) has recently been suggested; this allows (with additional ...

We previously detected by linkage analysis in segregating populations derived from crosses between the Sabra hypertension-prone rat (SBH/y) and the hypertension-resistant strain (SBN/y) two QTLs for salt susceptibility on chromosome 1, with sex specificity: in males SS1a and SS1b, and in females SS1b only. To provide support for a functional role of these QTLs in relation to hypertension, we co...

The ground state density matrix for a massless free field is traced over the degrees of freedom residing inside an imaginary sphere; the resulting entropy is shown to be proportional to the area (and not the volume) of the sphere. Possible connections with the physics of black holes are discussed. ∗ This work was supported in part by the Director, Office of Energy Research, Office of High Energ...

AIM To assess the influence of silane evaporation procedures on bond strength between a dental ceramic and a chemically activated resin cement. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighteen blocks (6 mm Chi 14 mm Chi 14 mm) of ceramic IPS Empress 2 were cemented (C and B) to composite resin (InTen-S) blocks using a chemical adhesive system (Lok). Six groups were analyzed, each with three blocks divided acco...

Heterotopic pancreas is an uncommon developmental anomaly of upper gastrointestinal tract. Heterotopic pancreas tissue is very rarely found in ileum. Intussusception in children is usually idiopathic, but definitive aetiology can be established in 90% of adult cases. We are reporting a case of pancreatic heterotopia presenting as a lead point of ileo-ileal intussusception in a 1year 3month year...