Sudha Kartha,C(Taylor and francis, October 20, 2003)
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Polymer materials find application in optical storage technology,
namely in the development of high information density and fast access type
memories. A new polymer blend of methylene blue sensitized polyvinyl alcohol
(PVA) and polyacrylic acid (PAA) in methanol is prepared and characterized
and its comparison with methylene blue sensitized PVA in methanol and
complexed methylene blue sensitized polyvinyl chloride (CMBPVC) is presented.
The optical absorption spectra of the thin films of these polymers
showed a strong and broad absorption region at 670-650 nm, matching the
wavelength of the laser used. A very slow recovery of the dye on irradiation was
observed when a 7:3 blend of polyvinyl alcohol/polyacrylic acid at a pHof 3.8
and a sensitizer concentration of 4.67 10 5 g/ml were used. A diffraction
efficiency of up to 20% was observed for the MBPVA/alcohol system and an
energetic sensitivity of 2000 mJ/cm2 was obtained in the photosensitive films
with a spatial frequency of 588 lines/mm.
Sudha Kartha,C(Taylor and francis, March 13, 2005)
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A new photopolymerizable recording media is introduced based on poly
(vinyl alcohol) and vinyl acetate sensitized with methylene blue. It is observed
that this MBPVA/VAc system can be reused a number of times without
significant decrease in diffraction efficiency. The PVA-VAc ratio was optimized
at 2:1. Diffraction efficiency of 6.3% was obtained without any fixing at a dye
concentration of 9.3 10 4 mol/l at an exposure of 750 mJ/cm2. The material is
attractive on account of its reusability.
Sudha Kartha,C(Japan society of applied physica, November 8, 2006)
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Copper doped methylene blue sensitized poly(vinyl alcohol) (MBPVA)–acrylamide films were fabricated to improve the
storage life of recorded gratings. The films were fabricated using gravity settling method and the copper chloride
concentration was optimized as 3:18 10 3 mol/l for a dye concentration of 6:2 10 4 mol/l. The gratings recorded on the
optimized film constitution could be stored for months with stable diffraction efficiency (24%) without any chemical or
thermal fixing techniques. The resolution of the material is found to be unaffected with the addition of copper chloride.
Jayaraj, M K(Electrochemical Society, December 17, 2007)
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Highly transparent, luminescent and biocompatible ZnO quantum dots were prepared in water, methanol, and ethanol using
liquid-phase pulsed laser ablation technique without using any surfactant. Transmission electron microscopy analysis confirmed
the formation of good crystalline ZnO quantum dots with a uniform size distribution of 7 nm. The emission wavelength could be
varied by varying the native defect chemistry of ZnO quantum dots and the laser fluence. Highly luminescent nontoxic ZnO
quantum dots have exciting application potential as florescent probes in biomedical applications.
Heterojunction diodes of n-type ZnO/p-type silicon (100) were fabricated by
12 pulsed laser deposition of ZnO films on p-Si substrates in oxygen ambient at
13 different pressures. These heterojunctions were found to be rectifying with a
14 maximum forward-to-reverse current ratio of about 1,000 in the applied
15 voltage range of -5 V to +5 V. The turn-on voltage of the heterojunctions was
16 found to depend on the ambient oxygen pressure during the growth of the ZnO
17 film. The current density–voltage characteristics and the variation of the
18 series resistance of the n-ZnO/p-Si heterojunctions were found to be in line
19 with the Anderson model and Burstein-Moss (BM) shift.
Anantharaman,M R; V P N Nampoori; Radhakrishnan,P; Girijavallabhan,C P; Sajan,D George; Saravanan, S; Venkatachalam,S(Physical Review, American Physical Society, June 8, 2004)
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Thermal diffusivity of the composites of camphor sulphonic acid (CSA) doped polyaniline (PANI) and its
composites with cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) has been measured using open cell photoacoustic technique.
Analysis of the data shows that the effective thermal diffusivity value can be tuned by varying the relative
volume fraction of the constituents. It is seen that polaron assisted heat transfer mechanism is dominant in CSA
doped PANI and these composites exhibit a thermal diffusivity value which is intermediate to that of CSA
doped PANI and CoPc. The results obtained are correlated with the electrical conductivity and hardness
measurements carried out on the samples
Louis,Godfrey; Santhosh Kumar, A(Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 2008)
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The red cells found in the red rain in Kerala, India are now considered as a possible case of extraterrestrial life form.
These cells can undergo rapid replication even at an extreme high temperature of 300 deg C. They can also be cultured in
diverse unconventional chemical substrates. The molecular composition of these cells is yet to be identified. This paper
reports the unusual autofluorescence characteristic of the cultured red rain cells. A spectrofluorimetric study has been
performed to investigate this, which shows a systematic shift of the fluorescence emission peak wavelength as the
excitation wavelength is increased. Conventional biomolecules are not known to have this property. Details of this
investigation and the results are discussed.
Louis, Godfrey; Varughese, George; Santhosh Kumar, A; Philip, J(Indian Academy of Sciences, 2008)
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The double sulfate family (ABSO4), where A and B are alkali metal cations, is the object of great
interest owing to the complexity and richness of its sequence of phase transition induced by temperature
variation. A new sulfate salt characterized by the presence of water molecule in the unit cell with the chemical
formula, Li2Na3(SO4)2⋅6H2O (LSSW), was obtained. The ultrasonic velocity measurement was done with pulse
echo overlap technique [PEO]. All the six second order elastic stiffness constants, C11 = C22, C33, C44 = C55, C12,
C14 and C13 = C23 are reported for the first time. The anisotropy in the elastic properties of the crystal are well
explained by the pictorial representation of the polar plots of phase velocity, slowness, Young’s modulus and
linear compressibility in a–b and a–c planes.
Louis, Godfrey; Santhosh Kumar, A(Springerlink, January 1, 2006)
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A red rain phenomenon occurred in Kerala, India starting from 25th July 2001,
in which the rainwater appeared coloured in various localized places that are spread
over a few hundred kilometers in Kerala. Maximum cases were reported during
the first 10 days and isolated cases were found to occur for about 2 months. The
striking red colouration of the rainwater was found to be due to the suspension
of microscopic red particles having the appearance of biological cells. These particles have no similarity with usual desert dust. An estimated minimum quantity
of 50,000 kg of red particles has fallen from the sky through red rain. An analysis of this strange phenomenon further shows that the conventional atmospheric
transport processes like dust storms etc. cannot explain this phenomenon. The
electron microscopic study of the red particles shows fine cell structure indicat-
ing their biological cell like nature. EDAX analysis shows that the major elements
present in these cell like particles are carbon and oxygen. Strangely, a test for DNA
using Ethidium Bromide dye fluorescence technique indicates absence of DNA in
these cells. In the context of a suspected link between a meteor airburst event and
the red rain, the possibility for the extraterrestrial origin of these particles from
cometary fragments is discussed.