... nVoigt and ΔDnVoigt are given by n Equation 2-30 and Equation 2-31, respectively, Δf nmeasured and ΔDnmeasured are the experimental data in f and D σ nf and σ nD are the standard deviation for f and ... of the film and the bulk liquid, ηf and ηl are the viscosity of the film and the bulk liquid Since Δf nVoigt and ΔDnVoigt contain the contribution from the bulk liquid, changes in f and D induced ... film and a bulk Newtonian liquid hf is the thickness of the viscoelastic film, ρf and ρl are the density of the film and the bulk liquid, respectively, ηf and ηl are the viscosity of the film and...
... transport of lipophilic compounds and drugs and of medium and long chain fatty acids; among them, myristic acid is a stereotypic ligand to investigate fatty acid binding and transport properties of ... propionates point toward the interface between domains I and III and are stabilized by salt bridges with His146 and Lys190 residues [6,8] HSA undergoes pH- and allosteric effector-dependent reversible conformational ... Between pH 4.3 and 8, in the presence of allosteric effectors, and at pH greater than 8, in the absence of ligands, HSA changes conformation to the basic (B) form with loss of a-helix and an increased...
... subdomains IIA and IIB [12] Moreover, multiple recognition sites for drug, fatty acid and hormone binding to HSA have also been identified [1,2,8,12,13] Heme endows HSA with peculiar opticaland magnetic ... interface between domains I and III, and are stabilized by salt bridges with Arg114 and Lys190 residues [21,22] Interestingly, the heme site of HSA has a low affinity for long-chain and medium-chain fatty ... and pH 4.3, HSA shows a fast-migrating (F) form, characterized by a dramatic increase in viscosity, low solubility, and a significant loss of the a-helical content Between pH 4.3 and pH 8.0, and...
... showing that all FA7 ligands reduce the affinity of heme by one order of magnitude and, Fig Superimposition of Fe(III)heme and abacavir (A) and nevirapine (B) in binding site FA1 Ligands are coloured ... the absence and presence of three anti-HIV drugs belonging to different pharmacological classes, i.e abacavir, nevirapine and atazanavir (Scheme 1), is reported by means of opticaland magnetic ... their ligands and potentially acting as an allosteric effector By contrast, atazanavir (Fig 5C) could partially enter the binding cavities, although steric clashes between this large ligand and the...
... bonding between noble metals and thiol ligands The desired chemical characteristics and functionality of the nanoparticles is achieved by choosing the capping ligand layer and thus, directing the ... considered and the effects of size and geometry have not been taken into account [85, 86] The layer of the capping ligand also shifts towards higher wavelengths and dampens the plasmon band of individual ... nanoparticle radii nm (figure 3.4 a) and nm (figure 3.4 b) As can be seen, the separation of the two absorption bands, the plasmon band and the longitudinal plasmon band, depends on the distance between...
... Spectral Plane 466 Optical Compression of Color Images by Using JPEG and JPEG2000 Standards 470 Optical JPEG Implementation Results 472 Opticaland Digital JPEG Comparison 473 Optical JPEG2000 ... communication, and security and especially enjoys cross-disciplinary research He has published over 200 papers in journals and conference proceedings, and standardization contributions, and he holds ... Peter Schelkens, o and Hugo Thienpont Opticaland Digital Image Processing Fundamentals and Applications The Editors Dr Gabriel Crist´ bal o Instituto de Optica (CSIS) Imaging and Vision Dept Serrano...
... modes are polar and split into the transverse opticaland longitudinal optical [LO] phonons E2 modes with two modes of low and high frequencies are Raman active only, while the B1 modes are silent ... of optical phonon modes at Γ point of the Brillouin zone, classified as A1 + E1 + 2E modes (Raman active), 2B1 modes (Raman silent), and A1 + E1 modes (infrared active) Moreover, the A1 + E1 modes ... aim of providing further understanding of the optical nature of Mn-doped ZnO HMSs, UV-visible [vis] and PL spectra are used to study their optical characteristics, and the corresponding mechanism...
... impact of three modes of ventilation (AVC, PSV, and SmartCare™) on the quality of sleep in alert and nonsedated patients, and no difference for the architecture, fragmentation, and duration of ... (range, 11.5-22; Table 2) Ventilatory modesand sleep distribution Sleep efficiency and architecture appeared very different for both modes of ventilation (NAVA and PSV) Stage Table Characteristics ... during stage and stages and 4, respectively In NAVA, the trigger delay remained stable during stage and during stages and The expiratory trigger also remained stable in NAVA, during stage and during...
... Thornburg, and A S Spanias, “Combining semantic, social, andacoustic similarity for retrieval of environmental sounds,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and ... to thousands of sound files and overruling subjective decisions made by the users who listened to and labeled to the sounds 6.4 In-Vocabulary Semantic Information Effective annotation and retrieval ... J Xue, H Thornburg, B Mechtley, and A Spanias, “Segmentation, indexing, and retrieval for environmental and natural sounds,” IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, vol 18,...
... of theory and applications which are of interest for diverse classes of opticaland photonic devices Unquestionably, recent successful achievements in modern optical communications and multifunctional ... Wenhui Shi, and Russell DeYoung Opticaland Photonic Devices Single Mode Operation of 1.5-μm Waveguide Optical Isolators Based on the Nonreciprocal-loss Phenomenon 117 T Amemiya and Y Nakano ... realization of high quality lasers andoptical amplifiers that potentially cover the wavelength operation on both 1.31 μm and 1.55 μm of optical communication bands (Wang et al., 2001) Qdash assembly...
... Qdash nanostructures will be at high nonequilibrium and lead to broadband lasing even at room temperature 4.3 Ultrabroadband lasers - as-grown and bandgap tuned devices Fig 11(a) shows the light-current ... broadband emission from intermixed Qdash laser at an injection of J = x Jth 14 Advances in Opticaland Photonic Devices dominant wavelength is shown in longer cavity Qdash lasers of 850 µm and ... Fig Threshold curves A and B from PQR and quantum well formulae, respectively, with corresponding Rayleigh toroid schematics (defined by Rayleigh width between rin and R) and transparency curve...
... convex and concave MCs for focusing and guiding the PQR light through lens media and free space The convex and concave lenses of the MC are designed and fabricated as shown in Figs 19(a) and (b) ... Reconfigurable optical add–drop multiplexers (ROADMs) and wavelength-based routing enable service providers to offer differentiated services, meet the ever-increasing demand for bandwidth and deliver all -optical ... exp −2iβ b Lb (3) ) and tbr = tbl giving a power reflection and transmission is Rbl = (rbl)2 and Tbr = (tbr)2 respectively The reflection and transmission of the back section and slot region is...
... consistently came up with innovative solutions and components, to meet the market demand This in-phase, demand and supply, problem and solution and consumer need and innovation cycle, has ushered us in ... the optical confinement factor of 0.16% brings the optical isolation of 14.7dB/mm (Shimizu & Nakano, 2006) Here, the optical isolation and propagation loss are almost proportional to the optical ... three integrated devices of waveguide optical isolators and DFB LDs by an optical microscope (a) is the whole image and (b) is the magnified image of the optical isolator / DFB LD junction Three...
... utilization in optical networks • They did not emit in the 1.3μm and 1.5μm range: The so-called “Telecoms Wavelengths” This meant not only definition and standardization of new standards at 850nm ... data delivery over medium and short distance links It would not be an exaggeration to state that consumer demand for multimedia and interactive applications and therefore bandwidth has increased ... two optical fields, the phase 80 Advances in Opticaland Photonic Devices difference between the master and follower VCSELs can also be varied to achieve the desired effect (1) (2) Where N(t) and...
... (BTJ) diameter of 20μm and is therefore distinctly multimode Since optical injection-locking favours single-mode operation by eliminating longitudinal modesand since the modes generated in VCSELs ... suppresses only the Fabry-Pérot modes of an optical cavity The transverse modes commonly found in VCSELs remain largely unaffected by optical injection-locking VCSEL-by- VCSEL optical injection-locking ... mJ/pulse, 1kHz) and photon counting for detection and laser with high energy but low PRF (100 mJ, 10 Hz) and conventional analog detection shows that the low energy 104 Advances in Opticaland Photonic...
... electrical andoptical aperiodic waveforms, and as microwave-tooptical subcarrier andoptical subcarrier-to-microwave converters for radio-over-fiber systems, where the integration of electrical andoptical ... infrared applications include intra-band and inter-sub-band photodetection, and infrared emission Below is presented a brief summary of the main progress on opticaland optoelectronic devices whose ... for operation on 900 nm optical window, and InGaAlAs quaternary compound to work on 1300 nm and 1550 nm optical windows, where the optical fibre present zero dispersion and have the lowest losses,...
... electrical and 196 Advances in Opticaland Photonic Devices Fig 22 RTD-LD I relaxation oscillation (a) electrical and (b) photo-detected optical output waveforms at around 600 MHz Fig 23 Electrical and ... current inset) and of two RTD-LD circuits, I and II, measured without the shunt resistorcapacitor RTD-LD circuits I and II analysed here have similar PCB layout designs and LD and shunt components ... Aperiodic and chaotic operation Electro -optical and all -optical solutions for complex chaos generation have attracted considerable attention in the last decade due to their potential applications in optical...
... C- and L-band (C-band: 1530– 1565 nm, and L-band: 1565–1625 nm) The widening of an optical amplifier bandwidth has been intensively studied in the conventional photonic bands of the C- and L-band ... new waveband is important for the construction of photonic transport andoptical communications systems in the all-photonic waveband between and μm It is expected that ultra-broadband optical ... broad optical frequency band with a 4-THz bandwidth and consequently to 40 WDM channels with a 100-GHz grid The tunable frequency of the 4-THz bandwidth is similar to the bandwidth of the C-band...
... material and technologies compatible to the main mass production 258 Advances in Opticaland Photonic Devices technology processes as CMOS technology and more important aspect that materials and technology ... other and both type of carriers electrons and holes could participate in the avalanche process and create self-sustaining avalanche process, so the curriers rises exponentially with time and reach ... in performance and operation conditions and has great future in many areas of applications such as experimental physics, nuclear medicine, homeland security, military applications and other Silicon...
... hazardous, contraband or otherwise important molecules and compounds exhibit their peak rotational and vibrational absorption features over this wavelength range and so can be readily detected and identified ... (2008) Goos-Hänchen shift and localizatioin of opticalmodes in deformed microcavities Phys Rev E, Vol 78, No 1, (Jul 2008) 016201, ISSN 1539-3755 Vahala, K (2003) Optical microcavities, Nature, ... two lower energy photons (denoted the signal and idler); the energy (and hence, frequency) of which add up to that of the pump 294 Advances in Opticaland Photonic Devices (see Fig 1) One of the...