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Segregation Of Bismuth To Triple Junctions In Copper, K.-M. Yin, Alexander H. King, T.E. Hsieh, F.-R. Chen, J.J. Kai, L. Chang
Segregation Of Bismuth To Triple Junctions In Copper, K.-M. Yin, Alexander H. King, T.E. Hsieh, F.-R. Chen, J.J. Kai, L. Chang
Alexander H. King
Bismuth segregation in copper has been studied using energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX) in a JEOL 2010F transmission electron microscope. In addition to the expected solute enrichment at grain boundaries, we have observed extremely high concentrations of bismuth at certain triple junctions, with significantly greater enrichment factors than in the adjacent grain boundaries. It is shown here that the triple junction segregation is a function of the parameters of the grain boundaries at the triple line, and existence of this type of segregation implies that the affected triple junctions embody excess free energy. At least one of the observed triple junctions …
The S0 State Of The Oxygen-Evolving Complex In Photosystem Ii Is Paramagnetic: Detection Of An Epr Multiline Signal, Johannes Messinger, John H. Robblee, Edward Yu, Kenneth Sauer, Vittal K. Yachandra, Melvin P. Klein
The S0 State Of The Oxygen-Evolving Complex In Photosystem Ii Is Paramagnetic: Detection Of An Epr Multiline Signal, Johannes Messinger, John H. Robblee, Edward Yu, Kenneth Sauer, Vittal K. Yachandra, Melvin P. Klein
Edward Yu
The photosynthetic oxidation of water to molecular oxygen is energetically driven by light-induced charge separations in the reaction center of photosystem II (PS II). The reaction is catalyzed by a tetranuclear manganese cluster contained in the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC). The OEC cycles through five different redox states termed S0 to S4, with S1 being the darkstable state. Oxygen is released during the S4 f S0 transition.1 The removal of one electron from the OEC on each S state transition leads to the idea that alternate S states should be paramagnetic because of their odd-electron number. The multiline EPR signal, which …