A sTn double C-glycoside, sTn analogue 2, was synthesized using samarium chemistry developed in our laboratory. Complications in the oxidation reaction affording aldehyde acceptor were overcome by double protection of amide and the use of a room-temperature ionic liquid as solvent. Studies are underway to conjugate the sTn double C-glycoside hapten 2 to KLH carrier protein for biological evalua...

We present the first experimental results of the studying of field electron emission from sharp silicon tips covered by thin dielectric CaF2 layers containing Sm dopant ions. Some indications on the resonant tunneling of electrons from sharp silicon tip through dopant samarium ions inside the coating have been observed, which can be regarded as an implementation of one-atom electron source of a...

Studies of the nonlinear Faraday effect (rotation of the plane of polarization in a longitudinal magnetic field) on resonance atomic transitions have been reported in a number of theoretical and experimental papers [1-9]. The nonlinear effect manifests itself at moderate laser intensities in the absence of atomic collisions. It leads to narrow peaks in the magnetic field dependence of Faraday r...

Vertical interfaces in vertically aligned nanocomposite thin films have been approved to be an effective method to manipulate functionalities. However, several challenges with regard to the understanding on the physical process underlying the manipulation still remain. In this work, because of the ordered interfaces and large interfacial area, heteroepitaxial (BaTiO3)1-x:(Sm2O3)x thin films hav...

The high-temperature coercivity of mechanically alloyed and subsequently annealed RCo5 (R= Sm and Y) is studied. The annealed materials have the hexagonal CaCu5 structure with 2 : 17 (or 1 : 7) regions as a minor phase. High-temperature magnetic measurements show that the coercivities of materials decrease with increasing temperature from room-temperature to 873 K, but that the temperature coef...

A fundamental task within the framework of a project searching for new radiopharmaceuticals for systemic therapy was the evaluation of the capabilities of the Portuguese Research Reactor (RPI) for the production of several important radionuclides. The feasibility of producing 64Cu, 77As, 153Sm, 165Dy, 166Ho, 170Tm, 177Lu, 186Re, 199Au and 111Ag in useful quantities was evaluated for the present...

Samarium (Sm) doped aluminum nitride (AlN) thin films are deposited on silicon (100) substrates at 77 K by rf magnetron sputtering method. Thick films of 200 nm are grown at 100-200 watts RF power and 5-8 m Torr nitrogen, using a metal target of Al with Sm. X-ray diffraction results show that films are amorphous. Cathodoluminescence (CL) studies are performed and four peaks are observed in Sm a...

The temperature dependence of the heat capacity nanostructured SmFeO 3 ceramics obtained by mechanical activation in range 120-800 K has been studied. It shown that excess mechanically activated is due to: displacements iron and samarium ions with a change angle between FeO6 oxygen octahedra. Keywords: multiferroics, capacity, ferrite, Schottky ceramics, activation.

OBJECTIVE Magnetic resonance techniques have recently been investigated as tools with which to monitor inflammatory joint disease. Our aim was to use a contrast-enhanced T1-weighted protocol to monitor the short-term changes in knee synovial lining volume in a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial of intra-articular samarium-153 particulate hydroxyapatite (Sm-153 PHYP). METHODS Twenty-fo...

Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3 or BFO) has recently been intensively investigated due to its ability to exhibit a rare combination of both ferroelectric and antiferromagnetic ordering at room temperature [1]. Current literature shows that several solid solutions between BFO and rare-earth (La, Nd, Sm, Gd) ferrites, exhibit morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) between a polar (rhombohedral) and non-polar ...