Some sulfides of gold and silver: Composition,mineral mineral assemblage,and conditions of formation

Characteristic mineral assemblage and special features of the composition of Au and Ag sulfides of gold-silver deposits have been established. The forms of the occurrence of Au and Ag in the minerals of the early and last stages have been analyzed. The conditions for the formation of uytenbogaardtite and petrovskaite in supergene and low-temperature hydrothermal processes have been considered. A thermodynamic model explaining their genesis in the oxidation zones is presented.     

Optoelectronic charge coupled device (OECCD) using InP MIScapacitor array

An optoelectronic charge coupled device (OECCD) which is directly compatible with an incident optical signal is proposed. The nonlinear partial differential equation consisting of optical generation and recombination is solved in one dimension using the Crank-Nicolson finite-difference scheme. The charge transfer inefficiency is the main parameter considered for the calculation     

Growth,characterization and electrical anisotropy in GaTe—a natural semiconducting superlattice

GaTe is a III–VI semiconductor which has layered structure with large anisotropy in electrical properties. Growth of single crystals by the Bridgman technique permitted the measurement of thermoelectric power in orthogonal directions from which the anisotropy of hole effective masses were determined for the first time. From resistivity and Hall effect measurements the carrier activation energies and scattering mechanisms between 10–300°K were found. Study of the temperature dependence of conductivity revealed a variety of conduction mechanisms including weak localization below 20°K, hopping conduction between 20–50 K and band conduction in and across the layer planes atT>70 K. Weak localization was confirmed through observation of negative magnetoresistance. TheI–V characteristics showed quantized behaviour due to tunneling across potential barriers, which may be due to stacking faults between layer planes as observed by TEM studies.     

Exciton energies of wurtzite CdS nanoparticles

We have determined exciton energies for wurtzite CdS nanoparticles, both theoretically and experimentally. The empirical pseudopotential method has been used to calculate the bulk band structure. The discretization of reciprocal space was considered to get the energy gap and the corresponding exciton energy as a function of the nanoparticles size. The CdS nanoparticles were prepared by colloidal methods and the exciton energies were determined from optical absorption measurements. A good agreement between the calculated and the experimental exciton energies is obtained when an average over the experimental size distribution of the nanoparticles is included in the calculation.     

A lower carbon footprint process for production of metals from their oxide sources

This paper will describe the solid oxide membrane (SOM) process as it applies to the energy-efficient and environmentally sound production of magnesium from magnesium oxide. Also, it will describe the challenges encountered while using this process for the production of transition metals like titanium from its higher oxides. Finally, a novel magnesiothermic SOM process will be proposed that can enable production of transition metals from its higher oxides.