A superconducting switch actuated by injection of high-energy electrons.

Recent experiments with metallic nanowires devices seem to indicate that superconductivity can be controlled by the application of electric fields. In such experiments, critical currents are tuned and eventually suppressed by relatively small voltages applied to nearby gate electrodes, at odds with current understanding of electrostatic screening in metals. We investigate the impact of gate voltages on superconductivity in similar metal nanowires.

Inductive measurement of optically hyperpolarized phosphorous donor nuclei in an isotopically enriched silicon-28 crystal.

We experimentally demonstrate the first inductive readout of optically hyperpolarized phosphorus-31 donor nuclear spins in an isotopically enriched silicon-28 crystal. The concentration of phosphorus donors in the crystal was 1.5×10(15)  cm(-3), 3 orders of magnitude lower than has previously been detected via direct inductive detection.

A method for quantitative analysis of standard and high-throughput qPCR expression data based on input sample quantity.

Over the past decade rapid advances have occurred in the understanding of RNA expression and its regulation. Quantitative polymerase chain reactions (qPCR) have become the gold standard for quantifying gene expression. Microfluidic next generation, high throughput qPCR now permits the detection of transcript copy number in thousands of reactions simultaneously, dramatically increasing the sensitivity over standard qPCR.

Fluorine dynamics in BaF2 crystal lattice as an example of complex motion in a simple system.

Fluorine relaxation profiles for a BaF(2) single crystal collected at several temperatures have been analyzed in terms of essentially different motional models: free rotational and free translational diffusion. The analysis has been performed to critically review the sensitivity of field dependent relaxation studies to mechanisms of molecular motions. The tested motional models do not realistically describe the fluorine dynamics within the crystal lattice.

Field cycling methods as a tool for dynamics investigations in solid state systems: recent theoretical progress.

In this paper physical mechanisms and theoretical treatments of polarization transfer and field-dependent relaxation in solid state systems, containing mutually coupled spins of spin quantum numbers I=12 (spins 12) and S1 (quadrupolar spins), are presented. First, theoretical descriptions of these effects are given in detail for an illustrative, simple system. Next, it is shown how to generalize the theories to much more complex spin systems.