Photoreactions of the fourth rhodopsin-like pigment, phoborhodopsin (pR480), of Hulobacrerium halobium were studied by low-temperature spectrophotometry. Upon irradiation of pR480 at -80 as well as 170°C with 436 nm light, a new intermediate having a difference absorption maximum at about 520 nm was produced. We designate this intermediate ‘P520’. Prolonged irradiation caused the formation of a...

The ground states and low temperature states of the Falicov-Kimball model are studied in the plane of chemical potentials of the two sort of particles involved, for large values of the coupling constant, near the half lled band. For this study, a cluster expansion is introduced which can be used to investigate the eeective interaction energy between the static particles.

TWRS wastes contain certain chemical components which, either because of their limited solubility or volatilization at high temperatures, present problems for conventional vitrification technologies. The current task completed by BNL concerns the use of low temperature glasses for tank waste remediation. A literature review of existing technologies highlighted lead-iron-phosphate glasses, with ...

We extend the broadened classical master equation (bCME) approach [W. Dou and J. E. Subotnik, J. Chem. Phys. 144, 024116 (2016)] to the case of two electrodes, such that we may now calculate non-equilibrium transport properties when molecules come near metal surfaces and there is both strong electron-nuclear and strong metal-molecule coupling. By comparing against a numerically exact solution, ...

In this project, we developed a low temperature (≤450C) silicon-germanium (SiGe) process using the Thermcopoly1/2 furnaces at SNF. Low stress (≤100MPa) poly SiGe has been successfully demonstrated with a deposition temperature below 450C and desired Si to Ge content ratio. Our SiGe deposition process is CMOS compatible and can enable a number of applications for microelectromechanical systems (...

The possibility of producing bainite at low temperatures by suppressing transformation using substitutional solutes has been investigated, as an alternative to using large carbon concentrations to achieve the same purpose. It is found that although transformation temperatures can indeed be suppressed in this way, the difference between the bainite and martensite start temperatures diminishes. T...