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Sol–Gel Derived Photonic Crystals BaTiO3/SiO2
It is shown for the first time that multilayer periodic BaTiO3/SiO2 structures formed by the sol–gel method are tunable photonic crystals with dependence of the photonic band gap from the temperature of the sampl...
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Photovoltaic Properties of Thin Films Based on a Composite of PbS Quantum Dots and a Fullerene Derivative: A Complex Ester of Butyric Acid
A study is made of the effect a surface ligand’s molecules have on the photoconductivity and photovoltaic effect in thin solid layers of structures based on PbS quantum dots. Thin solid layers are prepared of ...
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Quantum Dots Improve Photovoltaic Properties of Purple Membranes under Near-Infrared Excitation
Purple membrane (PMs), in which the photosensitive protein bacteriorhodopsin (bR) naturally occurs, have photovoltaic properties and are promising for optoelectronic applications. However, PMs cannot effective...
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Study and Development of Photovoltaic Structures Based on Quantum Dot Solids of PbS with Various Ligands
The photoconductivity of condensates of lead-sulfide quantum dots (QDs)—QD solids—with various organic ligands is studied. It is demonstrated that the QD solid photoconductivity increases exponentially with a ...
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Optimization of Excitation and Detection Modes to Detect Ultra-Small Amounts of Semiconductor Quantum Dots Based on Cadmium Selenide
At present, fluorescent spectroscopy is a powerful tool that is used in many biology applications. In practice, fluorescent labels based on organic dyes and semiconductor quantum dots are used. It is noteworth...
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The Embedment of Conjugated MDMO−PPV Polymer in Microcavities of Porous Silicon at Excess Pressure from Solution
The results of a controlled embedment of the polymer Poly[2-methoxy-5-(3',7'-dimethyloctyloxy)- 1,4-phenylene vinylene] (MDMO−PPV) in microcavities that are based on porous silicon from a solution in toluene a...
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The Influence of the Annealing Regime on the Properties of Terahertz Antennas Based on Low-Temperature-Grown Gallium Arsenide
Low-temperature gallium arsenide (LT-GaAs) films were grown by the method of molecularbeam epitaxy (MBE) at a reduced temperature (230°C) on GaAs(100) substrates and subjected to postgrowth annealing in variou...
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Influence of the surface ligand molecules length on the optical properties and photoconductivity of PbS quantum dot condensates
The influence of ligands—organic molecules on the quantum dot (QD) surface—on the optical properties of thin-layer condensates of lead sulfide QDs and the photoconductivity of diode structures based on them ha...
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Erratum to: “A highly efficient white-light-emitting diode based on a two-component polyfluorene/quantum dot composite”
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A highly efficient white-light-emitting diode based on a two-component polyfluorene/quantum dot composite
Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are attracting great interest of the scientific community and industry because they can be grown on flexible substrates using relatively simple and inexpensive technologie...
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Modeling of the optical properties of porous silicon photonic crystals in the visible spectral range
Optical devices based on photonic crystals are of great interest because they can be efficiently used in laser physics and biosensing. Photonic crystals allow one to control the propagation of electromagnetic ...
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The effect of plasmon silver and exiton semiconductor nanoparticles on the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle in Halobacterium salinarum membranes
The interaction of semiconductor quantum dots and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) with bacteriorhodopsin (BR), a membrane protein contained in the purple membrane (PM) of Halobacterium salinarum, is studied. It is s...
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Resonant transfer of one- and two-photon excitations in quantum dot–bacteriorhodopsin complexes
Light-sensitive protein bacteriorhodopsin (BR), which is capable of electrical response upon exposure to light, is a promising material for photovoltaics and optoelectronics. However, the rather narrow absorpt...
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Silicon photonic structures with embedded polymers for novel sensing methods
At present time research and development of a new generation of optical sensors using conjugated polymers, in particular sensors of explosives are actively underway. Nevertheless, the problems of the sensitivi...
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The effect of silver nanoparticles on the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin of purple membranes of Halobacterium salinarum
The effect of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) that are adsorbed on the surface of the purple membranes of Halobacterium salinarium bacteria on the optical properties and functional peculiarities of the lightsensitiv...
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Early proterozoic pillow lavas of Suisari as habitats of the earliest microorganisms
Assemblages of fossilized microorganisms from the Paleoproterozoic Suisarian Formation (Ludicovian stratotype of the Karelian Complex) of central Karelia are recognized and investigated. Fossil assemblages of ...
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A laser desorption ion-mobility increment spectrometer for detection of ultralow concentrations of nitro compounds
A compact instrument that implements for the first time a method for analyzing substances, in which laser desorption of analyzed molecules and laser ionization of an air sample are combined with the ionmobilit...
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Sorption of aluminate from alkaline solutions on D-403 anion exchanger
The sorption of aluminate from alkaline solutions on D-403 anion exchanger is studied. The sorption isotherm is described by the Langmuir and Freindlich classical equations and the Redlich-Peterson generalized...
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Sorption thermodynamics of cobalt(II) cations on iron-manganese concretions
Isotherm of ion exchange of Co2+ and Na+ cations on iron-manganese concretions is thermodynamically described using a modified Langmuir equation. The thermodynamic characteristics of the ion exchange are determin...
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A laser spectrometer of field-asymmetric ion mobility
A method for analyzing a substance has been experimentally tested. The method combines the field-asymmetric ion mobility spectrometry and laser ionization of molecules under atmospheric pressure. Pulsed radiat...