Abstract. We study transport through a double quantum dot with interdot hopping t, intradot repulsion U and interdot repulsion U ′, using the numerical renormalization group (NRG) method. At half-filling, the conductances in two-terminal series and four-terminal parallel configuration are calculated via two phase shifts for quasi-particles of double quantum dot connected to two noninteracting l...

A total of nine singlet structures for Os2(CO)7 and 15 structures (nine singlet and six triplet) for Os2(CO)6 have been found by density functional theory thereby indicating very complicated energy surfaces. The global minimum for Os2(CO)7 is a doubly carbonyl bridged structure Os2(CO)5(μ-CO)2 with an Os=Os distance of 2.67 Å suggesting a formal double bond and hence a 16-electron rather than a...

Long-lived di- and trianions have been formed from fluorofullerenes in the gas phase by electrospray ionization. Fragmentation of multiply charged anions has been induced by multiple low-energy collisions. Two complementary dissociation experiments have been conducted. Firstly, unequivocal connectivity has been established between the precursor ion and the first and second generation of its pro...

in this article we review the application and procedures involved in scanning electron microscope (sem) to observe biological and live tissues through using sem at high resolution. we discuss practical methods for optimizing tissue preservation to achieve the two principal goals of biological specimen preparation: (a) preserving biological structures as close to their living configuration as po...

We conducted a comprehensive Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) study on a classical organic solar cell system consisting of MDMO-PPV/PCBM blends. The KPFM method yields the information of topography and local work function at the nanometer scale. Experiments were performed either in the dark or under cw laser illumination at 442 nm. We identified distinct differences in the energetics on the...

Local environments and valence electron counts primarily determine the electronic states and physical properties of transition metal complexes. For example, square-planar surroundings found in transition oxometalates such as curprates are usually associated with the d or d electron configuration. In this work, we address an exotic square-planar mono-oxoanion [IrO4] as observed in Na4IrO4 with I...

We study the spin filling of a semiconductor quantum dot using excited-state spectroscopy in a strong magnetic field. The field is oriented in the plane of the two-dimensional electron gas in which the dot is electrostatically defined. By combining the observation of Zeeman splitting with our knowledge of the absolute number of electrons, we are able to determine the ground state spin configura...

For some members of the boron isoelectronic series and starting from explicitly correlated wave functions, six low-lying excited states have been studied. Three of them arise from the 1s(2)2p(3) configuration, and the other three from the 1s(2)2s(2)3l, l = s,p,d, configurations. This work follows a previous one on both the 1s(2)2s(2)2p-(2)P ground state and the four excited states coming from t...

In the present paper, a theoretical analysis for predicting the effect of temperature on the performance of a fiber optic SPR sensor has been carried out. The sensor configuration is a three layer Krestchmann configuration consisting of fiber core, thin metallic layer, and bulk sensing layer. The optical fiber considered is a multimoded fiber. The effect of temperature is included in terms of t...