We present hybrid PIC simulations of fast electron transport and energy deposition in pre-compressed fusion targets, taking full account of collective magnetic effects and the hydrodynamic response of the background plasma. Results on actual ignition of an imploded fast ignition configuration are shown accounting for the increased beam divergence found in recent experiments [J.S. Green et al., ...

Phosphopeptides tagging reactions by dinuclear zinc(II) complexes (1,3-bis[bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amino]-propan-2-olato dizinc(II)3+, called tag) were performed with a dual-channel microsprayer in electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The reaction is first studied ex situ and analyzed with a commercial electrospray source. In situ reactions (i.e., inside the Taylor cone) were achieved with a ...

Finite conical electrodes, which are of particular interest as probes for imaging of surfaces using scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM), in kinetic studies and in probing thin films were investigated. Theoretical SECM tip current-distance feedback (approach) curves for a finite conical electrode were calculated by numerical (finite element) analysis and compared to an earlier approximate...

Temporary junctions were observed between developing optic fibers of the chick embryo and were distributed along the entire length of the axons from the cell body to the tip of the growth cone. These junctions were present in all material studied between days E-3 and E-18, the latter being the start of myelin formation of the optic tract. Junctions between adjacent axons were focal in nature an...

We prepared antibodies selective for the C-terminus of the human mGluR6 receptor and used confocal and electron microscopy to study the patterns of immunostaining in retina of monkey, cat, and rabbit. In all three species punctate stain was restricted to the outer plexiform layer. In monkey, stain was always observed in the central element of the postsynaptic "triad" of rod and cone terminals. ...

Very fine needle-electrode arrays potentially offer both low invasiveness and high spatial resolution of electrophysiological neuronal recordings in vivo. Herein we report the penetrating and recording capabilities of silicon-growth-based three-dimensional microscale-diameter needle-electrodes arrays. The fabricated needles exhibit a circular-cone shape with a 3-μm-diameter tip and a 210-μm len...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to evaluate the morphologic surface of gutta-percha cones after cutting with different methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS The apical 3 millimeters of forty standardized, gutta-percha cones size 40 were cut off using scissors or a scalpel against a glass slab. The samples were then examined under scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for topographic deformit...

We study the gravity dual of several wrapped D–brane configurations in presence of 4-form RR fluxes partially piercing the unwrapped directions. We present a systematic approach to obtain these solutions from those without fluxes. We use D=8 gauged supergravity as a starting point to build up these solutions. The configurations include (smeared) M2–branes at the tip of a G2 cone on S 3 × S, D2–...

The active flow control technology by using plasma actuation to manipulate forebody vortices on a slender conical body is being studied based on the previous research. This work is motivated by the need to increase the experimental velocity in the wind tunnel via an effective streamlining created by the actuators. A pair of Single-Dielectric Barrier Discharge (SDBD) plasma actuators is installe...

A non-contact atomic force microscopy-based method has been used to map the static lateral forces exerted on an atomically sharp Pt/Ir probe tip by a graphite surface. With measurements carried out at low temperatures and in the attractive regime, where the atomic sharpness of the tip can be maintained over extended time periods, the method allows the quantification and directional analysis of ...