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Exploration of the complexation of bulky iminopyridine ligands in novel platinum(II) complexes
Full text linkThe search for new physics signals in observables of rare dileptonic Bs Meson Decays using AdS/QCD correspondence and QCD SR models
Full text linkThe main goal of this theoretical research project aimed to predict decay observables for the rare dileptonic process Bs --> φµ+µ-. Specifically, the differential branching ratio was computed using both QCDSR and AdS/QCD methods. Emphasis was placed on the latter method in order to probe and investigate the model dependence of the theoretical predictions of rare B decays, which are essential in search of New Physics beyond the Standard Model. Our preliminary results indicate that the discrepancies between the experimental results and the AdS/QCD correspondence model predictions are lower than those from the QCD Sum Rules, which are often referred to as the SM predictions. The effects of higher twist distribution amplitudes on the differential branching ratio B --> K*νν of were also investigated
Cloning and enzymatic characterization of Polysiphonie japonica methionine dehydrogenase
Full text linkSynthesis, electrochemistry and chemical reactivity of heteroleptic indium 2-Amidophenolates
Full text linkElectrochemical mechanisms of hydrogen incorporation in electroless copper films
Full text linkHydrogen incorporation in electroless copper films is a well-known source of void formation and embrittlement, which reduces the ductility of copper films and can lead to circuit failure. A non-invasive method for measuring hydrogen incorporation in electroless Cu films was utilized, and a method for driving the surface potential of the substrate is implemented. Films with rougher substrate surfaces incorporate more hydrogen, and take significantly longer to release it, than smoother surfaces of the same substrate. The stabilizer system is the fundamental driver of hydrogen incorporation into electroless Cu films. Additionally, a method for investigating the mechanism by which nickel lowers hydrogen incorporation is put forward
Neutron scalar polarizabilities
Full text linkThe known values for the scalar polarizabilities of the neutron have a relatively large experimental error compared to that of the proton. Previously these values were found by analyzing the results of Compton scattering with a deuterium target, but this method has many causes for uncertainty. The A2 collaboration at the Institut fur Kernphysik at Johannes Gutenberg Universitat in Mainz, Germany, plans to measure
the neutron polarizabilities in a new way. Now, similar Compton scattering based experiments will be carried out with a new active target filled with high-pressure 3He gas. This active target will allow previously unmeasured quantities of the reaction to be analyzed, thus reducing the background noise of the data, and therefore lowering the experimental error. But to do this software has to be used to reconstruct the events within the active target. The new active target and the software used to reconstruct
it are still in development; in particular, I will be aiding in the development of the software
