The internally platinized wide bandgap semiconductor K4Nb6O17 can be sensitized by [(bpy)2Ru(4-(2,2′bipyrid-4-yl)-phenylphosphonic acid](PF6)2 (1). In aqueous iodide solutions at pH 2, the visible light photolysis of HI, to form H2 and I3, is catalyzed by 1/K4-xHxNb6O17/Pt. The strong bond between the surface and the phosphonate group of 1 allows one to adsorb other surface species, which decre...

Speech prosody is processed in neither a single region nor a specific hemisphere, but engages multiple areas comprising a large-scale spatially distributed network in both hemispheres. It remains to be elucidated whether hemispheric lateralization is based on higher-level prosodic representations or lower-level encoding of acoustic cues, or both. A cross-language (Chinese; English) fMRI study w...

The papers [20], [10], [9], [11], [4], [1], [2], [17], [8], [19], [7], [16], [13], [21], [22], [5], [18], [3], [15], [6], and [23] provide the terminology and notation for this paper. For simplicity, we adopt the following convention: i, i1, i2, i3, j, a, b, x denote integers, d, e, n denote natural numbers, f , f ′ denote finite sequences of elements of Z, g, g1, g2 denote finite sequences of ...

The spectroscopy and dissociation dynamics of I3 2 were investigated using fast beam photofragment translational spectroscopy. The photofragment yield of I3 2 from 420 to 240 nm was measured, yielding two broadbands at the same energies as in the absorption spectrum of I3 2 in solution. Photodissociation dynamics measurements performed with two-particle time-and-position sensitive detection rev...

The XeI anion and the corresponding neutral X1/2, I3/2, and II1/2 electronic states have been studied by means of zero electron kinetic energy ~ZEKE! and photoelectron spectroscopy. The ZEKE spectra show rich and well-resolved progressions in the low-frequency vibrations of the anion and the neutral van der Waals complexes. From our spectroscopic data we construct model potentials for the anion...

The M1-muscarinic cholinergic receptor (M1AChR) stimulates the release of inositol phosphates (IPs) but does not activate adenylyl cyclase. The beta-adrenergic receptor (beta-AR) stimulates adenylyl cyclase but has no effect on IP release. Amino acid sequences corresponding to the second (I2) and third (I3) intracellular loops of the turkey erythrocyte beta-AR and a 12-amino acid segment near t...

We demonstrated the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect of Ni nanoparticles (NiNPs) on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Our study revealed that NiNPs in a conventional I(-)/I3(-) electrolyte (NiNPs@I(-)/I3(-)) increased the net optical absorption of a N719 dye over a broad wavelength range by LSPR, and concurrently improved the power conversion efficiency (PC...