Partial Emergence of the Bivalve Donax Vittatus in Response to Abrupt Changes in Light Intensity and before Spawning

1998 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 669-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan D. Ansell ◽  
Carmen-Pia Günther ◽  
Michael T. Burrows
Keyword(s):  
Light Intensity ◽  
Incident Light ◽  
Visible Range ◽  
Upward Movement ◽  
Incident Light Intensity ◽  
Normal Position ◽  
Subsequent Removal ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Abrupt Changes

Buried individuals of the bivalve Donax vittatus (Bivalvia: Donacidae) respond to change in incident light intensity by adjusting their position in the sediment. Video recordings of activity in aquarium tanks in natural daylight revealed that individuals responded to shading by moving upwards, causing some to partially emerge from the sand. Subsequent removal of the shading stimulated reburial to the normal position. Recordings in laboratory aquaria show similar upward movement and partial emergence occurring when illumination in the visible range is switched off. Upward movement and partial emergence of D. vittatus has also been observed to take place prior to spawning.

scholarly journals Easy Fabrication of Performant SWCNT-Si Photodetector

Electronics ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 271
Author(s):  
Daniele Capista ◽  
Maurizio Passacantando ◽  
Luca Lozzi ◽  
Enver Faella ◽  
Filippo Giubileo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stress ◽  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Light Intensity ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Incident Light ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Visible Range ◽  
Sensitive Area ◽  
Incident Light Intensity ◽  
Simple Method

We propose a simple method to fabricate a photodetector based on the carbon nanotube/silicon nitride/silicon (CNT/Si3N4/Si) heterojunction. The device is obtained by depositing a freestanding single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) film on a silicon substrate using a dry transfer technique. The SWCNT/Si3N4/Si heterojunction is formed without the thermal stress of chemical vapor deposition used for the growth of CNTs in other approaches. The CNT film works as a transparent charge collecting electrode and guarantees a uniform photocurrent across the sensitive area of the device. The obtained photodetector shows a great photocurrent that increases linearly with the incident light intensity and grows with the increasing wavelength in the visible range. The external quantum efficiency is independent of the light intensity and increases with the wavelength, reaching 65% at 640 nm.

scholarly journals All organic multiferroic magnetoelectric complexes with strong interfacial spin-dipole interaction

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuying Yang ◽  
Zhiyan Chen ◽  
Xiangqian Lu ◽  
Xiaotao Hao ◽  
Wei Qin
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Light Intensity ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Incident Light ◽  
Dipole Interaction ◽  
Interfacial Interaction ◽  
Magnetoelectric Coupling ◽  
Incident Light Intensity ◽  
Organic Ferromagnets ◽  
Magnetoelectric Coefficient

AbstractThe organic magnetoelectric complexes are beneficial for the development on flexible magnetoelectric devices in the future. In this work, we fabricated all organic multiferroic ferromagnetic/ferroelectric complexes to study magnetoelectric coupling at room temperature. Under the stimulus of external magnetic field, the localization of charge inside organic ferromagnets will be enhanced to affect spin–dipole interaction at organic multiferroic interfaces, where overall ferroelectric polarization is tuned to present an organic magnetoelectric coupling. Moreover, the magnetoelectric coupling of the organic ferromagnetic/ferroelectric complex is tightly dependent on incident light intensity. Decreasing light intensity, the dominated interfacial interaction will switch from spin–dipole to dipole–dipole interaction, which leads to the magnetoelectric coefficient changing from positive to negative in organic multiferroic magnetoelectric complexes.

A renewable photocatalytic system with dramatic photocatalytic activity for H2 evolution and constant light energy utilization: Eosin Y sensitized ZnWO4 nanoplates loaded with CuO nanoparticles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoluo Bao ◽  
Xiaokun Wang ◽  
Xiangqing Li ◽  
Lixia Qin ◽  
Taiyang Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Light Intensity ◽  
Incident Light ◽  
Cuo Nanoparticles ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Eosin Y ◽  
H2 Evolution ◽  
Incident Light Intensity ◽  
Photocatalytic System

It is necessary for the commercialization of sunlight-driven H2 evolution to develop an efficient photocatalytic system whose energy utilization is independent on incident light intensity. Unfortunately, limited attention has been...

scholarly journals Temperature and Light-Quality-Dependent Regulation of Freezing Tolerance in Barley

Plants ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Ahres ◽  
Krisztián Gierczik ◽  
Ákos Boldizsár ◽  
Pavel Vítámvás ◽  
Gábor Galiba
Keyword(s):  
Light Intensity ◽  
Target Gene ◽  
Light Quality ◽  
Incident Light ◽  
Gene Expression Pattern ◽  
Frost Tolerance ◽  
Light Conditions ◽  
Incident Light Intensity ◽  
Binding Factor ◽  
R:Fr Ratio

It is established that, besides the cold, incident light also has a crucial role in the cold acclimation process. To elucidate the interaction between these two external hardening factors, barley plantlets were grown under different light conditions with low, normal, and high light intensities at 5 and 15 °C. The expression of the HvCBF14 gene and two well-characterized members of the C-repeat binding factor (CBF)-regulon HvCOR14b and HvDHN5 were studied. In general, the expression level of the studied genes was several fold higher at 5 °C than that at 15 °C independently of the applied light intensity or the spectra. The complementary far-red (FR) illumination induced the expression of HvCBF14 and also its target gene HvCOR14b at both temperatures. However, this supplementation did not affect significantly the expression of HvDHN5. To test the physiological effects of these changes in environmental conditions, freezing tests were also performed. In all the cases, we found that the reduced R:FR ratio increased the frost tolerance of barley at every incident light intensity. These results show that the combined effects of cold, light intensity, and the modification of the R:FR light ratio can greatly influence the gene expression pattern of the plants, which can result in increased plant frost tolerance.

A multitrap model for high-intensity reciprocity failure in the photographic grain

1984 ◽  
Vol 21 (03) ◽  
pp. 464-478
Author(s):  
William J. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Light Intensity ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Extreme Values ◽  
Incident Light ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Interval Duration ◽  
Incident Light Intensity ◽  
Deterministic Process ◽  
Reciprocity Law ◽  
Reciprocity Failure

The response of the photographic grain to light is a non-deterministic process which is as yet not completely understood. This response, as measured by the photographic density, is usually taken to be a function of the product of incident light intensity and exposure time interval duration, but at extreme values of either of these two quantities, this is no longer true. This latter effect is called reciprocity-law failure. This paper discusses a probabilistic model, similar to a multiserver queue, for high-intensity reciprocity failure.

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