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One of the first requisites for utilization of diode lasers in spectroscopy is its thermal stabilization. In this work, we develop a diode laser temperature controlling system, which yields stabilization better than 0.01&#176C. The controlling is obtained by means of a sensor sys...

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We present some relevant aspects for the realization of a 133Cs fountain, intended to operate as a primary frequency standard to realize the definition of the second. The main goal of this work is the optimization of the experimental setup of the atomic fountain in its most criti...

The authors describe a method for athermalization in atomic force microscope (AFM) based force spectroscopy applications using microstructures that thermomechanically match the AFM probes. The method uses a setup where the AFM probe is coupled with the matched structure and the d...

This work reports measurements in the vibrational bands of the A1∑+u→X1∑+g transition for Sodium dimer, produced in a supersonic expansion of the metal vapor into the vacuum. For the determination of the molecular constants we used righ-resolution laser spectros...

This work consists of a study of the weak 1 S 0 - 3 P 1 calcium transition in an atomic beam. This intercombination transition at 657 nm is a promising unified standard of length, time and frequency. Direct optical detection requires is difficult because it is a weak transition (...

The atomic regime in which the interaction of the electron with an external magnetic field dominates the Coulomb interaction with the nucleus, relevant to pulsars, can be realized at laboratory magnetic fields for discrete autoionized states of hydrogen, at energies above the ion...

We report the study of the dynamics of the unbinding process under a force load f of adsorbed proteins (fibrinogen) on a solid surface (hydrophilic silica) by means of atomic force microscopy spectroscopy. By varying the loading rate rf, defined by f = rf t, t being the time...

Orientador: Cesar José Bonjuani Pagan...

We have combined high-resolution atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging and force spectroscopy to gain insight into the interaction forces between the individual protomers of the hexagonally packed intermediate (HPI) layer of Deinococcus radiodurans. After imaging the HPI layer, t...

We have prepared, by a sol-immobilization method, bimetallic catalysts with different Au:Pt atomic ratios supported on commercial SrCO3. The catalytic performance for the oxidation reaction of benzyl alcohol of such materials was compared to the monometallic counterparts, aiming ...

In this work, the surface morphology of NiOx and MoOx thin films deposited by r.f. sputtering was studied by atomic force microscopy and electrochemical techniques (cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy). For each technique, the surface characterization wa...

The main purpose of this Thesis is the study of the atomic emission spectroscopy, which was performed in order to classify the lines and assign the unknown energy levels of an atom in intermediate and high ionized stage. According this purpose we present the spectral analysis of ...

Atomic force microscopy in a force-spectroscopy mode has been used to investigate the kinetics of the adsorption process of fibrinogen molecules on a silica surface. An original “approach/retraction” cycle of the tip/surface was used for this purpose. Fibrinogen molecules were ad...

Under a stretching force, the sugar ring of polysaccharide molecules switches from the chair to the boat-like or inverted chair conformation. This conformational change can be observed by stretching single polysaccharide molecules with an atomic force microscope. In those early e...

The hydrophobin SC3p of Schizophyllum commune self-assembles into a 10-nm-thick amphipathic membrane at hydrophilic-hydrophobic interfaces. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of the hydrophobic membrane side of SC3p, assembled in vitro, showed an atomic composition similar to the c...

Thin films of polysiloxanes, polysilazanes and polycarbosilanes, synthesized by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD), were irradiated with 170 keV He + , Ne + , Ar + and Kr + ions, at 170 keV at fluences of 1x10 14 , 5 x10 14 , 1x10 15 , 5x10 15 and 1 x10 16 ions/cm ...

Thin films of polysiloxanes, polysilazanes and polycarbosilanes, synthesized by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD), were irradiated with 170 keV He + , Ne + , Ar + and Kr + ions, at 170 keV at fluences of 1x10 14 , 5 x10 14 , 1x10 15 , 5x10 15 and 1 x10 16 ions/cm ...

The aim of this abstract is to study the formulation of Niels Bohrs atomic model in the beginning of the twentieth century, regarding the atomic model of Rutherford. The issues about instability resulting from this model and the observation that the classical mechanic could not e...

The layered precursor of MCM-22 was prepared with different Si/Al ratios: 15, 25, 50, 100 and ¥. Upon heat treatment these precursors form MCM-22 zeolite. Both layered precursor and MCM-22 zeolite were characterized by several techniques: Chemical Analysis by Atomic Absorption Sp...

Chromium and sulfur co-doped nanometer TiO2 hollow glass microspheres (Cr/S/TiO2-HGM) were synthesized by a sol-gel method. Characterization used X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), N2 adsorption-desorption (Bru...