Role of atomic oxygen produced by ECR plasma in the oxidation of YBa2Cu3O7-Xthin films studied by in-situ resistivity measurement

1991 ◽  
Vol 4 (1S) ◽  
pp. S382-S384
Author(s):  
K Yamamoto ◽  
B M Liarson ◽  
C B Eom ◽  
R H Hammond ◽  
J C Bravman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atomic Oxygen ◽  
Resistivity Measurement ◽  
Ecr Plasma

Oxidation Kinetics of Yba2Cu3OT7-x Thin Films in the Presence of Atomic Oxygen and Molecular Oxygen by In-Situ Resistivity Measurement

1991 ◽  
Vol 230 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Yamamoto ◽  
B. M. Lairson ◽  
J. C. Bravman ◽  
T. H. Geballe
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Molecular Oxygen ◽  
Atomic Oxygen ◽  
Resistivity Measurement ◽  
Oxygen Stoichiometry ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Kinetics Of Oxidation ◽  
Thermally Activated ◽  
Kinetics Of

AbstractThe kinetics of oxidation in Yba2Cu3O7-x thin films in the presence of molecular and atomic oxygen ambients have been studied. The resistivity of c-axis, a-axis, and mixed a+c axis oriented films, deposited in-situ by off-axis magnetron sputtering, was measured as a function of time subsequent to a change in the ambient conditions. The oxidation process is shown to be thermally activated and can be characterized by a diffusion model with an activation energy which varies from approximately 1.2eV in the presence of molecular oxygen to 0.6eV for a flux of 2×1015 oxygen atoms/cm2sec. In both cases, diffusivity is found to be insensitive to oxygen stoichiometry, but the rate of oxidation is found to be sensitive to the microstructure and orientation of the films.

The Role of Ions for the Deposition of Hydrocarbon Films, investigated by In-Situ Ellipsometry

1995 ◽  
Vol 388 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Von Keudell
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Film Surface ◽  
Ion Bombardment ◽  
Floating Potential ◽  
Film Properties ◽  
Ecr Plasma ◽  
Hydrocarbon Films ◽  
Self Bias

AbstractThe growth mechanisms for the deposition of hydrocarbon films (C:H-films) from a methane electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma are investigated by means of in-situ ellipsometry. Ion bombardment during plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of hydrocarbon films mainly governs the properties of the films and the total growth rate. the role of ions for the growth rate and the film properties is discussed in this paper. Films were deposited with varying RF-bias, resulting in a DC self-bias ranging from floating potential up to 100 V. the ion-induced modification of the film properties was investigated by a new technique using a double layer consisting of a polymer-like film with low optical absorption and a hard carbon film with high absorption on top. the interface between these layers was analysed after deposition by a layer-by-layer etching in an oxygen plasma at floating potential. From these data it is possible to determine with high accuracy the range of the ion-induced modification of the optical properties in the underlying polymer-like film. the thickness of this modified layer ranges from 6 Å at 30 V self-bias to 40 Å at 100 V self-bias, which is consistent with the range of hydrogen ions in polymerlike films as calculated by the computer code TRIM.SP.Based on the presented results, the growth of C:H-films and the resulting film properties can be modelled by the growth at activated sites at the film surface. these activated sites are represented by dangling bonds, induced by the ion bombardment. they also show up in the ellipsometric results during the deposition of C:H-films by a change of the optical response of the film surface.

{10-12} Twinning Mechanism During In Situ Micro-Tensile Loading of Pure Mg: Role of Basal Slip and Twin-Twin Boundary Interaction

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolò Maria della Ventura ◽  
Szilvia Kalácska ◽  
Daniele Casari ◽  
Thomas Edward James Edwards ◽  
Johann Michler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Twin Boundary ◽  
Basal Slip ◽  
Tensile Loading ◽  
Boundary Interaction

The role of (bio)surfactant sorption in promoting the bioavailability of nutrients localized at the solid-water interface

1999 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 91-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan N. Jordan ◽  
Eric P. Nichols ◽  
Alfred B. Cunningham
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Cell Membrane ◽  
Substrate Concentration ◽  
Water Interface ◽  
Industrial Systems ◽  
Solid Liquid Interface ◽  
Solid Liquid ◽  
Surfactant Sorption

Bioavailability is herein defined as the accessibility of a substrate by a microorganism. Further, bioavailability is governed by (1) the substrate concentration that the cell membrane “sees,” (i.e., the “directly bioavailable” pool) as well as (2) the rate of mass transfer from potentially bioavailable (e.g., nonaqueous) phases to the directly bioavailable (e.g., aqueous) phase. Mechanisms by which sorbed (bio)surfactants influence these two processes are discussed. We propose the hypothesis that the sorption of (bio)surfactants at the solid-liquid interface is partially responsible for the increased bioavailability of surface-bound nutrients, and offer this as a basis for suggesting the development of engineered in-situ bioremediation technologies that take advantage of low (bio)surfactant concentrations. In addition, other industrial systems where bioavailability phenomena should be considered are addressed.

THE ROLE OF BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES ON IN-SITU ARSENIC AND IRON CYCLING IN RIVERBANKS ALONG THE MEGHNA RIVER, BANGLADESH

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly D. Myers ◽  
◽  
Katrina Lee Jewell ◽  
P.S.K. Knappett ◽  
Mehtaz M. Lipsi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Iron Cycling

How Artefacts Do Leadership: A Ventriloquial Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 089331892199807
Author(s):  
Jonathan Clifton ◽  
Fernando Fachin ◽  
François Cooren
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Communication ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Distributed Leadership ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Human Actors

To date there has been little work that uses fine-grained interactional analyses of the in situ doing of leadership to make visible the role of non-human as well as human actants in this process. Using transcripts of naturally-occurring interaction as data, this study seeks to show how leadership is co-achieved by artefacts as an in-situ accomplishment. To do this we situate this study within recent work on distributed leadership and argue that it is not only distributed across human actors, but also across networks that include both human and non-human actors. Taking a discursive approach to leadership, we draw on Actor Network Theory and adopt a ventriloquial approach to sociomateriality as inspired by the Montreal School of organizational communication. Findings indicate that artefacts “do” leadership when a hybrid presence is made relevant to the interaction and when this presence provides authoritative grounds for influencing others to achieve the group’s goals.

scholarly journals Phosphorylation of GAPVD1 Is Regulated by the PER Complex and Linked to GAPVD1 Degradation

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 3787
Author(s):  
Hussam Ibrahim ◽  
Philipp Reus ◽  
Anna Katharina Mundorf ◽  
Anna-Lena Grothoff ◽  
Valerie Rudenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Circadian Clock ◽  
Transcriptional Repression ◽  
Small Gtpase ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Interacting Proteins ◽  
Casein Kinase 1 ◽  
Bona Fide ◽  
Kinetics Of

Repressor protein period (PER) complexes play a central role in the molecular oscillator mechanism of the mammalian circadian clock. While the main role of nuclear PER complexes is transcriptional repression, much less is known about the functions of cytoplasmic PER complexes. We found with a biochemical screen for PER2-interacting proteins that the small GTPase regulator GTPase-activating protein and VPS9 domain-containing protein 1 (GAPVD1), which has been identified previously as a component of cytoplasmic PER complexes in mice, is also a bona fide component of human PER complexes. We show that in situ GAPVD1 is closely associated with casein kinase 1 delta (CSNK1D), a kinase that regulates PER2 levels through a phosphoswitch mechanism, and that CSNK1D regulates the phosphorylation of GAPVD1. Moreover, phosphorylation determines the kinetics of GAPVD1 degradation and is controlled by PER2 and a C-terminal autoinhibitory domain in CSNK1D, indicating that the regulation of GAPVD1 phosphorylation is a novel function of cytoplasmic PER complexes and might be part of the oscillator mechanism or an output function of the circadian clock.

scholarly journals F/OH ratio in a rare fluorine-poor blue topaz from Padre Paraíso (Minas Gerais, Brazil) to unravel topaz’s ambient of formation

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Precisvalle ◽  
A. Martucci ◽  
L. Gigli ◽  
J. R. Plaisier ◽  
T. C. Hansen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supercritical Fluids ◽  
Fluorine Content ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Hydroxyl Groups ◽  
Exchange Reactions ◽  
Silicate System ◽  
Mullite Phase ◽  
Anomalous Water

AbstractTopaz [Al2SiO4(F,OH)2] is one of the main fluorine-bearing silicates occurring in environments where variably acidic (F)/aqueous (OH) fluids saturate the silicate system. In this work we fully characterized blue topaz from Padre Paraíso (Minas Gerais, Brazil) by means of in situ synchrotron X-Ray and neutron powder diffraction measurements (temperature range 298–1273 K) combined with EDS microanalyses. Understanding the role of OH/F substitution in topaz is important in order to determine the hydrophilicity and the exchange reactions of fluorine by hydroxyl groups, and ultimately to characterize the environmental redox conditions (H2O/F) required for mineral formation. The fluorine content estimated from neutron diffraction data is ~ 1.03 a.f.u (10.34 wt%), in agreement with the chemical data (on average 10.0 wt%). The XOH [OH/(OH + F)] (0.484) is close to the maximum XOH value (0.5), and represents the OH- richest topaz composition so far analysed in the Minas Gerais district. Topaz crystallinity and fluorine content sharply decrease at 1170 K, while mullite phase starts growing. On the basis of this behaviour, we suggest that this temperature may represent the potential initial topaz’s crystallization temperature from supercritical fluids in a pegmatite system. The log(fH2O/fHF)fluid (1.27 (0.06)) is coherent with the fluorine activity calculated for hydrothermal fluids (pegmatitic stage) in equilibrium with the forming mineral (log(fH2O/fHF)fluid = 1.2–6.5) and clearly different from pure magmatic (granitic) residual melts [log(fH2O/fHF)fluid < 1]. The modelled H2O saturated fluids with the F content not exceeding 1 wt% may represent an anomalous water-dominant / fluorine-poor pegmatite lens of the Padre Paraíso Pegmatite Field.

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