Lanthanide Coordination Polymers with Soft-Base Ditopic Bisthiazolate Ligands.

In order to prepare the first lanthanide coordination polymers (CPs) based on ditopic sulfide ligands, benzo[1,2-:4,5-']bisthiazole-2,6(3,7)-dithione (HL) was used as a linker. The reactions of lanthanide silylamides Ln[N(SiMe)] (Ln = Nd, Gd, Er, and Yb) with HL result in the formation of soluble dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) ionic salts [Ln(DMSO)][L] [Ln = Nd (), Gd (), Er (), and Yb ()]. Due to the lack of coordination of anionic ligands, compounds , , and do not show sensitized metal-centered photoluminescence (PL), while Gd compound shows weak phosphorescence at 77 K.

Optical Properties and Upconversion Luminescence of BaTiO Xerogel Structures Doped with Erbium and Ytterbium.

Erbium upconversion (UC) photoluminescence (PL) from sol-gel derived barium titanate (BaTiO:Er) xerogel structures fabricated on silicon, glass or fused silica substrates has been studied. Under continuous-wave excitation at 980 nm and nanosecond pulsed excitation at 980 and 1540 nm, the fabricated structures demonstrate room temperature PL with several bands at 410, 523, 546, 658, 800 and 830 nm, corresponding to the H → I, H → I, S → I, F→ I and I→ I transitions of Er ions. The intensity of erbium UC PL increases when an additional macroporous layer of strontium titanate is used beneath the BaTiO xerogel layer.

Hyperprolactinemia and Antipsychotic Therapy in Schizophrenic Patients with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.

Introduction: Hyperprolactinemia (HPRL) is known as a side effect of some antidepressants and antipsychotics. These medicines are common in treatment of schizophrenia. Thus, HPRL is often observed in schizophrenic patients.

Infrared stimulated emission with an ultralow threshold from low-dislocation-density InN films grown on a vicinal GaN substrate.

Near-infrared stimulated emission from a high-quality InN layer under optical pumping was observed with a threshold excitation power density of 0.3 and 4 kW cm at T = 8 and 77 K, respectively. To achieve such a low threshold power density, vicinal GaN substrates were used to reduce the edge-component threading dislocation (ETD) density of the InN film.

Luminescence thermochromism in novel mixed Eu(II)-Cu(I) iodide.

A new mixed Eu(II)-Cu(I) iodide [Eu(DME)][CuI] (1) was synthesized by the reaction of an organosulphide salt of Eu(II) and CuI in DME media. X-ray analysis revealed that 1 is an ate-complex consisting of Eu(DME) dications and tetraiododicuprate dianions. Upon UV light excitation ( = 365 nm), the compound exhibits intense double-peaked photoluminescence (PL) at 445 and 500 nm.