77%.”
“We have investigated the exchange constant A (exchange stiffness D) and the magnetic anisotropy of Co2MnAlxSi1-x (CMAS) Heusler compounds as a function of the film composition. In case of Co2MnSi, A was found to be 23.5 pJ/m (D=5.86 meV nm(2)). Furthermore, A decreased with an increase in the Al content x. In the case of Co2MnAl, it was found to be 4.8 pJ/m (D=1.90 meV nm(2)). Finally, the cubic anisotropy constant K-1 of CMAS films was found to be small (below 10 kJ/m(3)) and did not exhibit simple dependence on x.”
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“Rice flours were treated using a thermostable 4-alpha-glucanotransferase AR-13324 in vivo (GTase) from Thermus aquaticus for 1, 3, and 48 h. Molecular weight of modified rice starch rapidly decreased within 1 h of reaction, then slowed down. As the reaction proceeded, the proportions of short (< DP 11) and long (> DP 30) branched chains of modified starch increased, whereas the proportion

of medium chains decreased. Rice cakes were prepared with native and GTase-treated rice flours (substitution at 5%) and kept for 3 and 21 h. Texture profile analysis indicated

significantly increased hardness, adhesiveness, chewiness, and resilience in rice cakes containing treated rice flours. Sensory analysis revealed that the rice cakes containing 48 h-treated flour had significantly increased springiness, hardness, toughness, and adhesiveness during both storage periods. Meanwhile, it displayed the lowest starch-like attribute and crumbliness. These results suggested STA-9090 mouse that the substitution for 48 h GTase-treated rice flour could retard the retrogradation of rice cakes.”
“Contactless electroreflectance (CER) supported by photoluminescence (PL) has been applied to study (i) the surface band bending, (ii) the band gap bowing, and (iii) the Stokes shift for InGaN layers grown by molecular beam epitaxy with 0.14 < In < 0.36. The type of surface band bending has been investigated on the basis of the shape of CER resonance. It has been found that the surface band bending changes from n-type for layers with low indium content (In < 27%) to flatband (or weak p-type band) for layers with In similar to 35%. The band gap bowing has been determined to be 1.4 +/- 0.2 and 2.1 +/- 0.3 eV for CER data with and without strain corrections, respectively. From this analysis it has been concluded that the reliable value of the bowing parameter for unstrained InGaN should be between 1.4 and 2.1 eV.