We report on a comprehensive study of the ZnSe(100)-c(232)-Na interface using x-ray and UV photoemission, and x-ray-induced Auger spectroscopy. Spectra were taken after stepwise Na deposition onto a clean c(232)-reconstructed ZnSe~100! surface at room temperature up to a saturation coverage of about 1 ML of Na and after annealing. Based on the analysis of Auger parameters and of the relative in...

We previously demonstrated that CR2 activation on human B lymphocyte surface triggered tyrosine phosphorylation of a p95 component and its interaction with p85 subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3' (PI 3) kinase. Despite identical molecular mass of 95 kDa, this tyrosine phosphorylated p95 molecule was not CD19, the proto-oncogene Vav, or the adaptator Gab1. To identify this tyrosine phosphorylated...

Hybrid semiconductor (SC)/ ferromagnetic (FM) structures have been investigated due to the possibility of using not only the charge but also the spin of electrons to conceive new electronic devices [1-3]. In particular, ZnSe has been pointed out as one attracting candidate to achieve such goal due to their favorable chemical stability in the presence of Fe [4] and theoretical calculations sugge...

Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy of Solid/Solid Interfaces Mohsen S. Yeganeh Arjun G. Yodh Three-wave mixing (3WM) spectroscopy is an exciting and relatively unexplored probe of buried solid interfaces. It possesses long penetration depths characteristic of most optical methods and intrinsic interface specificity characteristic of second-order optical processes. In this thesis we present frequenc...

We report the realization of a prototype solar cell based on a ZnO/ZnSe core/shell nanowire array. The ZnO/ZnSe core/shell nanowire forms a type II heterojunction that can have an effective bandgap much below that of either component. The nanowire array architecture offers strong enhancement in light absorption through increasing the junction area and light trapping. The device shows a photo-re...

Polycrystalline thin films of ZnSe and ZnSxSe1−x have been deposited on glass substrates by Aerosol Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition (AACVD) from bis(diethyldiselenocarbamato)zinc(II) and a 1:1 and 1:0.75 mixtures of bis(diethyldiselenocarbamato)zinc(II) and bis(diethyldithiocarbamato)zinc(II) as precursors. All films were characterized by p-XRD, SEM, EDX, Raman spectroscopy, photoluminescen...

This work reports the use of a near-UV-LED chip in combination with blue, green-yellow and red emitting doped ZnSe QD@silica nanocomposites to construct a novel WLED with reduced scattering and no reabsorption. Blue, green-yellow and red emitting Cu or Mn doped ZnSe QDs with enlarged Stokes shifts and similar absorption peaks (360-410 nm) were synthesized in liquid paraffin in order to solve th...

We report the synthesis of ZnSe:Mn quantum dots (QDs) in the dispersed phase of a microemulsion template consisting of p-xylene as the continuous phase, water as the dispersed phase, and an amphiphilic block copolymer (Pluronic P105) as the surfactant. The Zn and Mn precursors were Zn-acetate and Mn-acetate, respectively, dissolved in the aqueous dispersed phase. Hydrogen selenide gas was bubbl...

Incubation of the human T cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV)-IIIB and HTLV-RF strains of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) with normal seronegative human serum under conditions that allow complement activation resulted in enhancement of infection of the MT2 human T cell line cultured in the presence of low amounts of virus. Infection of MT2 cells was assessed by measuring reverse transcri...

Allergen-IgE complexes are more efficiently internalized and presented by B cells than allergens alone. It has been suggested that IgG Abs induced by immunotherapy inhibit these processes. Food-allergic patients have high allergen-specific IgG levels. However, the role of these Abs in complex formation and binding to B cells is unknown. To investigate this, we incubated sera of peanut- or cow's...