In this work we present a comprehensive study of the spectroscopic and thermo-optical properties of a set of samples with composition xNd(2)O(3)-(5-x)Y(2)O(3-)40CaO-55B(2)O(3) (0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0 mol%). Their fluorescence quantum efficiency (η) values were determined using the thermal lens technique and the dependence on the ionic concentration was analyzed in terms of energy transfer processes, based...

The low-lying electronic states of yttrium dicarbide have been calculated using highly correlated wave functions and systematic sequences of correlation consistent basis sets. For the (2)A(1) ground electronic state, the near-equilibrium potential energy surface (PES) has been calculated using the coupled cluster method in conjunction with basis sets ranging in size from double to quintuple zet...

Spin-wave devices (SWD), which use collective excitations of electronic spins as a carrier of information, are rapidly emerging as potential candidates for post-semiconductor non-charge-based technology. Isotropic in-plane propagating coherent spin waves (magnons), which require magnetization to be out of plane, is desirable in an SWD. However, because of lack of availability of low-damping per...

The location of the hole and acid proton in neutral nonprotonated and protonated mixed (phthalocyaninato)(porphyrinato) yttrium double-decker complexes, respectively, is studied on the basis of density functional theory (DFT) calculations on the molecular structures, molecular orbitals, atomic charges, and electronic absorption and infrared spectra of the neutral, reduced, and two possible prot...

Terbium-doped layered yttrium hydroxychlorides (LYH:xTb) were explored for the simple and convenient detection of Cr(VI) in aqueous solution, where the effective overlap of excitation bands of LYH:xTb with absorption bands of Cr(VI) constructs a new inner filter effect system. The shielding of excitation light for LYH:xTb by adsorbed Cr(VI) was so effective that a feasible detection sensitivity...

In this paper, we present a new approach for measuring the expected runtimes (hardness) of SMT problems. The required features, the statistical hardness model used and the machine learning technique which we used are presented. The method is applied to estimate the hardness of problems in the Quantifier Free Bit Vector (QFBV) theory and we used four of the contesting solvers in SMTCOMP2011 to d...

First-principles calculations were carried out to elucidate the excellent control of p-n characteristics recently reported for yttrium aluminoborides YxAlyB14 [Formula: see text] with different occupancies of Al sites [Formula: see text]. Such control of the occupancy of metal sites in borides is unusual. Calculations based on detailed x-ray diffraction data reveal a stable configuration of the...

Using a 2,3-diamino pyrazine substrate and yttrium triflate catalyst, various 2-alkyl and aryl substituted 3,8-diaminoimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazines were efficiently prepared through Groebke-Blackburn-Bienaymé MCR. In particular, a novel 2-piperonyl 3,8-diaminoimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine structure was prepared exclusively with this new method and was found to have moderate Hsp90 inhibitory activity. A crys...

In perceptual experiments, within-individual fluctuations in perception are observed across multiple presentations of the same stimuli, a phenomenon that remains only partially understood. Here, by means of thulium-yttrium/aluminum-garnet laser and event-related functional MRI, we tested whether variability in perception of identical stimuli relates to differences in prestimulus, baseline brain...

Deprotonation of the yttrium-arsine complex [Cp'3Y{As(H)2Mes}] (1) (Cp'=η(5)-C5H4Me, Mes=mesityl) by nBuLi produces the μ-arsenide complex [{Cp'2Y[μ-As(H)Mes]}3] (2). Deprotonation of the As-H bonds in 2 by nBuLi produces [Li(thf)4]2[{Cp'2Y(μ3-AsMes)}3Li], [Li(thf)4]2[3], in which the dianion 3 contains the first example of an arsinidene ligand in rare-earth metal chemistry. The molecular struc...