We calculate the spin relaxation time of conduction electrons in n-doped bulk gallium arsenide. We consider the Elliot-Yafet spin-relaxation mechanism, driven by Coulombic-impurity and electron-electron scattering. We find that these two scattering mechanisms result in relaxation times of equal order of magnitude, but with disimilar dependences on doping density and temperature. Our theoretical...

Thermochemical and phase diagram data for the Ga–N system were assessed by employing the CALPHADmethod. A consistent model representation of available thermodynamic properties agrees well with the critically evaluated experimental data. Thermodynamic extrapolation/interpolation of these data was applied to estimate the sublimation andmelting characteristics of theGaN compound: at atmospheric pr...

Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations are employed to investigate the dominant migration mechanism of the gallium vacancy in GaAs as well as to assess its free energy of formation and the rate constant of gallium self-diffusion. Our analysis suggests that the vacancy migrates by second nearest neighbour hops. The calculated self-diffusion constant is in good agreement with the experimental v...

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage of the upper lobes in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) receiving aerosol pentamidine prophylaxis. Serendipitous availability of a normal premorbid lung gallium scan indicated that pneumocystosis had developed during aerosol pentamidine prophylaxis; at the time of presentation a repeat gallium scan...

Gallium has shown anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating activity in some in vitro and animal models of autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, and allograft rejection. The data suggest that clinical testing of gallium may be warranted for (1) treating autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, lupus, and multiple sclerosis; (2) treating some inflammatory diseases, such as ...

The value of gallium ((67)Ga) scanning in the diagnosis of septic disease of bone or joint was assessed in 34 patients. The results show a sensitivity of 60 per cent and specificity of 64 per cent. The low accuracy of this method for the detection of bone and joint sepsis (62 per cent) means that gallium scanning can be used only as an adjunct to other investigative techniques.

One can mention the importance of the other 13 group elements (triel elements), aluminium, gallium, indium and thallium. For example, aluminium is the second-most used metal after steel, largely because it is so versatile while nearly all gallium is used today in electronics. Numerous advantageous properties of triel elements are a consequence of the acidity of their compounds – the triel centr...

A 40-year-old Japanese man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome was diagnosed with Kaposi sarcoma (KS) on the basis of the results of skin lesion biopsies. In addition, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-position emission tomography-computed tomography revealed abnormal fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in KS lesions, whereas gallium-67 scintigraphy did not show uptake of gallium. These findings indicate that c...

Two semiconducting hybrid gallium selenides, [Ga6Se9(C6H14N2)4][H2O] (1) and [C6H14N2][Ga4Se6(C6H14N2)2] (2), were prepared using a solvothermal method in the presence of 1,2-diaminocyclohexane (1,2-DACH). Both materials consist of neutral inorganic layers, in which 1,2-DACH is covalently bonded to gallium. In 1, the organic amine acts as a monodentate and a bidentate ligand, while in 2, bident...

rapidly, with many new achievements and records reported by research groups at the 2017 Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits in Kyoto, Japan (5–9 June). Most of the reported work involved indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs), particularly integrated with silicon (Si) substrates aiming for low-cost mass production. We report here on those sessions, along with research aimed at gallium nitride (...