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- Richards, Stephen, et al.
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The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum.
- 2008
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Ingår i: Nature. - 1476-4687. ; 452:7190, s. 949-55
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Tribolium castaneum is a representative of earth’s most numerous eukaryotic order, a powerful model organism for the study of generalized insect development, and also an important pest of stored agricultural products. We describe its genome sequence here. This omnivorous beetle has evolved an ability to interact with a diverse chemical environment as evidenced by large expansions in odorant and gustatory receptors, as well as p450 and other detoxification enzymes. Developmental patterns in Tribolium are more representative of other arthropods than those found in Drosophila, a fact represented in gene content and function. For one, Tribolium has retained more ancestral genes involved in cell-cell communication than Drosophila, and some are expressed in the growth zone crucial for axial elongation in short germ development. Systemic RNAi in T. castaneum appears to use mechanisms distinct from those found in C. elegans, but nevertheless offers similar power for the elucidation of gene function and identification of targets for selective insect control.
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- Yamada, Y., et al.
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Antidazzle effect of switchable mirrors prepared on substrates with rough surface
- 2008
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Ingår i: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. - : Elsevier BV. - 0927-0248 .- 1879-3398. ; 92:12, s. 1617-1620
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- To examine the antidazzle effect of switchable mirrors, mirrors based on a magnesium-nickel alloy were prepared on three kinds of transparent substrates with different surface roughness. The mirrors prepared using a direct-current magnetron sputtering method have nearly the same surface morphology and roughness as the underlying substrates. The diffuse fraction of the total reflectance of the mirrors increases with surface roughness of the mirrors. Thus. by utilizing substrates with rough surfaces, the specular reflectance of the mirrors decreases and consequently it is possible to prepare switchable mirrors with an antidazzle effect.
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- Yamada, Y., et al.
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Optical properties of tungsten oxide thin films with protons intercalated during sputtering
- 2008
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Ingår i: Journal of Applied Physics. - : AIP Publishing. - 0021-8979 .- 1089-7550. ; 103:6, s. 063508-063508-4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Tungsten oxide thin films with protons intercalated during deposition (HxWO3) were prepared using reactive direct-current-magnetron sputtering in a gas mixture of argon, oxygen, and hydrogen. The as-deposited films fabricated under suitable conditions were colored due to the formation of tungsten bronze. The concentration of intercalated protons, given by the x values in HxWO(3), was evaluated by ejecting protons electrochemically from the films. The x value of the films prepared at a constant working pressure was found to be proportional to the hydrogen flow ratio during deposition. On the other hand, the x value of the films prepared at a constant hydrogen flow ratio decreased sharply with increasing working pressure during deposition. The dispersion of the extinction coefficient (kappa) of the films was estimated by analyzing the experimental spectra of psi and Delta measured with spectroscopic ellipsometry using the model composed of a homogeneous tungsten bronze layer with an additional surface roughness layer. As a result of this analysis, the kappa value was found to increase sharply with the number of intercalated protons. There was a linear dependence between the kappa value and the x value for x 0.2, while for x 0.3, the absorption saturated. This indicates that it is possible to evaluate the x value of HxWO3 films using spectroscopic ellipsometry.
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- Yamada, Y, et al.
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Real time characterization of hydrogenation mechanism of palladium thin films by in situ spectroscopic ellipsometry
- 2009
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Ingår i: Journal of Applied Physics. - : AIP Publishing. - 0021-8979 .- 1089-7550. ; 106:1, s. 013523-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The hydrogenation mechanism of Pd thin films was analyzed in real time by measuring the variation in ellipsometric Psi and Delta using in situ spectroscopic ellipsometry. In the initial stage, the hydrogenation proceeded from the film surface and a mixture layer of metal and hydride, not a uniform hydride layer, was formed at the surface. With time evolution, the thickness of the mixture layer increased and that of the Pd metal layer decreased rapidly. After the whole Pd metal layer changed to the mixture layer, the concentration of hydride in the mixture layer increased. Finally, the concentration reached one and hydrogenation of Pd was finished.
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- Alfredsson, Y, et al.
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Phase and molecular orientation in metal-free phthalocyanine films on conducting glass: Characterization of two deposition methods
- 2005
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Ingår i: Thin Solid Films. - : Elsevier BV. - 0040-6090. ; 493:1-2, s. 13-19
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- in this study, metal-free phthalocyanine has been deposited on a conducting glass surface by two methods: by spreading the molecular powder directly on the substrate in air and by vapor sublimation under ultra-high vacuum conditions (evaporation). The films have been characterized by means of core level X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy, X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) and Ultra Violet and Visible absorption spectroscopy (UV-Vis). Our results show that the two deposition methods produce molecular overlayers in different polymorphic phases; the UV-Vis measurements indicate that the film obtained by powder deposition is of x-phase type whereas sublimation leads to an a-polymorph structure. The XAS results show that in the powder deposited film the molecules are mainly oriented parallel to the surface. This is opposite to the case of the vapor deposited film, where the molecules mainly are oriented orthogonal to the surface.
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- Berg, Otto G., et al.
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Thermodynamic Reciprocity of the Inhibitor Binding to the Active Site and the Interface Binding Region of IB Phospholipase A2
- 2009
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Ingår i: Biochemistry. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0006-2960 .- 1520-4995. ; 48:14, s. 3209-3218
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Interfacial activation of pig pancreatic IB phospholipase A(2) (PLA2) is modeled in terms of the three discrete premicellar complexes (E-i(#), i = 1, 2, or 3) consecutively formed by the cooperative binding of a monodisperse amphiphile to the i-face (the interface binding region of the enzyme) without or with an occupied active site. Monodisperse PCU, the sn-2-amide analogue of the zwitterionic substrate, is a competitive inhibitor. PCU cooperatively binds to the i-face to form premicellar complexes ((E) over tilde (i), i = 1 or 2) and also binds to the active site of the premicellar complexes in the presence of calcium. In the (E) over tilde I-i complex formed in the presence of PCU and calcium, one inhibitor molecule is bound to the active site and a number of others are bound to the i-face. The properties of the (E) over tilde (i) complexes with PCU are qualitatively similar to those of E-i(#) formed with decylsulfate. Decylsulfate binds to the i-face but does not bind to the active site in the presence of calcium, nor does it interfere with the binding of PCU to the active site in the premicellar complexes. Due to the strong coupling between binding at the i-face and at the active site, it is difficult to estimate the primary binding constants for each site in these complexes. A model is developed that incorporates the above boundary conditions in relation to a detailed balance between the complexes. A key result is that a modest effect on cooperative amphiphile binding corresponds to a large change in the affinity of the inhibitor for the active site. We suggest that besides the binding to the active site, PCU also binds to another site and that full activation requires additional amphiphiles on the i-face. Thus, the activation of the inhibitor binding to the active site of the E-2(#) complex or, equivalently, the shift in the E-1(#) to E-2(#) equilibrium by the inhibitor is analogous to the allosteric activation of the substrate binding to the enzyme bound to the interface.
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- Céolin, A, et al.
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Study of the Dissociation of Nitrous Oxide Following Resonant Excitation of the Nitrogen and Oxygen K-shells
- 2008
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Ingår i: Journal of Chemical Physics. - : AIP Publishing. - 0021-9606 .- 1089-7690. ; 128:2, s. 024306-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A photochemistry study on nitrous oxide making use of site-selective excitation of terminal nitrogen, central nitrogen, and oxygen 1s -> 3 pi excitations is presented. The resonant Auger decay which takes place following excitation can lead to dissociation of the N2O+ ion. To elucidate the nuclear dynamics, energy-resolved Auger electrons were detected in coincidence with the ionic dissociation products, and a strong dependence of the fragmentation pathways on the core-hole site was observed in the binding energy region of the first satellite states. A description based on the molecular orbitals as well as the correlation between the thermodynamical thresholds of ion formation and the first electronic states of N2O+ has been used to qualitatively explain the observed fragmentation patterns.
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- Madurga, M., et al.
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Study of $[$beta$]$-delayed 3-body and 5-body breakup channels observed in the decay of 11Li
- 2008
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Ingår i: Nuclear Physics A. - : Elsevier BV. ; 810, s. 1-12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The [beta]-delayed charged particle emission from 11Li has been studied with emphasis on the three-body n[alpha]6He and five-body 2[alpha]3n channels from the 10.59 and 18.15 MeV states in 11Be. Monte Carlo simulations using an R-matrix formalism lead to the conclusion that the AHe resonance states play a significant role in the break-up of these states. The results exclude an earlier assumption of a phase-space description of the break-up process of the 18.15 MeV state. Evidence for extra sequential decay paths is found for both states.
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