Bifunctional monodispersed Fe3O4 particles coated with an ultrathin Y2O3:Tb3+ shell layer were fabricated using a facile urea-based homogeneous precipitation method. The obtained composite particles were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), quantum design vibrating sample magnetometry, and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. TEM revealed uniform sp...

Asymptomatic malaria infection is often associated with subpatent level of parasitaemia and normal clinical examination. Such infection becomes a greater cause for concern when involved in blood transfusion and vector transmission. This study was performed to monitor the situation of asymptomatic malaria among the Afghani immigrants and native residents in Iranshahr district, a malaria endemic ...

MIT, Harvard, and the surrounding areas lost power from 4:26 to 6:37 p.m. yesterday. The outage threw the Institute into darkness — classes were canceled, MBTA service was delayed, and police were dispatched to direct traffic. Emergency power remained on in dormitories and around campus. The problem is thought to be related to a transmission line in the area, said Michael Durand, NStar spokesma...

We report that Müller cells contain bundles of long specialized intermediate filaments, each about 10 nm in diameter; most likely, these filaments are the channels providing light transmission to photoreceptor cells in mammalian and avian retinas. We interpret transmission of light in such channels using the notions of quantum confinement, describing energy transport in structures with electro-...

We observed that when subwavelength-sized holes in an optically opaque metal film are completely covered by opaque metal disks larger than the holes, the light transmission through the holes is not reduced, but rather enhanced. Particularly we report (i) the observation of light transmission through the holes blocked by the metal disks up to 70% larger than the unblocked holes; (ii) the observa...

PURPOSE We evaluated the roles of luminance and fixation in the pathophysiology of dissociated vertical divergence (DVD). METHODS Vertical eye position was measured in 6 subjects with DVD (ages 11-47 years, 5 females) and 6 controls (ages 16-40 years, 5 females) using video-oculography (VOG) under conditions of change in fixation and luminance. RESULTS Subjects with DVD showed the following...

The effect of silicon concentration and annealing temperature on terbium luminescence was investigated for thin silicon rich silicon oxide films. The structures were deposited by means of plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. The structural properties of these films were investigated by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, transmission electron microscopy and Raman scattering. The optic...

Nanostructured PbSnO(3) photocatalysts with particulate and tubular morphologies have been synthesized from a simple hydrothermal process. As-prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Brunauer-Emmet-Teller surface area, transmission electron microscopy, and diffraction spectroscopy. The photoactivities of the PbSnO(3) nanostructures for isopropanol (IPA) degradation under visibl...

Artificial and engineered nanostructures expand the degrees of freedom with which one can manipulate the intricate interplay of light and matter. Certain nanostructural arrangements in the excited state enable the efficient electromagnetic coupling of propagating light with localized fields. Here, we demonstrate that light transmitted through a nanostructured metal thin film without any apertur...