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Bad Pyrmont Spa

Description: Photo depicts the Bad Pyrmont Spa in western Germany which is known for its therapeutic baths and vapor cave. The paragraph on the bottom of page 70 gives details about the photo and the spa.
Date: Winter 2015
Creator: Marshall, James L., 1940- & Marshall, Virginia R.
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20 Mule Team

Description: This photograph from the front cover of an issue of the Hexagon Journal displays the mock 20 mule team that stands outside of the Rio Tinto Borax Museum in Boron, California. The mule team depicts the original mode used to transport the chemical compound, borax, out of Death Valley between 1883 and 1888. A description of the photograph is shown on page 23 of the journal.
Date: Summer 2015
Creator: Marshall, James L., 1940- & Marshall, Virginia R.
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Rediscovery of the Elements: The Rare Earths - The Beginnings

Description: This article explores the rare earths, the chemically similar elements that occupy the f-block of the Periodic Table and the Group III chemical family. The articles shows the locations that certain rare earths were originally found. It also gives details on where the elements can be found currently, as well as major production areas. The cover of the Fall 2015 Hexagon journal (Vol. 106, Issue 3) features the Mountain Pass rare earth ore body in Southern California, which is mentioned in the ar… more
Date: Autumn 2015
Creator: Marshall, James L., 1940- & Marshall, Virginia R.
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Rediscovery of the Elements: The Rare Earths - The Confusing Years

Description: This article gives a timeline of research conducted on the rare earths, 17 elements found in the f-block and Group III chemical family of the Periodic Table. It covers discoveries made after the success of Swedish chemist, Carl Gustaf Mosander. The article describes the categorization of the rare earths that took place after Mosander's time, as well as separation techniques that developed.
Date: Winter 2015
Creator: Marshall, James L., 1940- & Marshall, Virginia R.
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Comments Concerning Solvent Effects on Chemical Processes. Part 7. Quantitative Description of the Composition Dependence of the Solvent Polarity Measure ET(30) in Binary Aqueous-Organic Solvent Mixtures

Description: This article critically examines a two-step solvational model for mathematically describing the spectral properties of the DImroth-Reichardt betaine dye ET in binary aqueous-organic solvent mixures.
Date: November 7, 1994
Creator: Acree, William E. (William Eugene); Powell, Joyce R. & Tucker, Sheryl A. (Sheryl Ann)
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Chloring e6 Sensitized Photovoltaic Cells: Effect of Co-Adsorbents on Cell Performance, Charge Transfer Resistance, and Charge Recombination Dynamics

Description: This article investigates the effect of dye-aggregation-preventing co-adsorbents, cholic acid and deoxycholic acid, on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells constructed using a metal-free sensitizer, chlorin e6 adsorbed onto TiOâ‚‚ surface.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lightbourne, Sherard K.S.; Gobeze, Habtom B.; Subbaiyan, Navaneetha K. & D'Souza, Francis
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Investigation of Structural and Optical Properties of Ag Nanoclusters Formed in Si(100) After Multiple Implantations of Low Energies Ag Ions and Post-Thermal Annealing at a Temperature Below the Ag-Si Eutectic Point

Description: This paper investigates the synthesis of Ag NCs in Si(100) substrate by implanting multiple energies and fluences of Ag ions and subsequent thermal annealing.
Date: April 2, 2014
Creator: Dhoubhadel, Mangal; Rout, Bibhudutta; Lakshantha, Wickramaarachchige J.; Das, Sushanta K.; D'Souza, Francis; Glass, Gary A. et al.
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Surface core-level binding energy shifts for MgO(100)

Description: This article presents theoretical and experimental results for the surface core-level binding energy, BE, shifts, SCLS, for MgO(100) and the anomalous O(1s) SCLS is interpreted in terms of the surface electronic structure.
Date: July 29, 2014
Creator: Nelin, Connie J.; Uhl, Felix; Staemmler, Volker; Bagus, Paul S.; Fujimori, Yuichi; Sterrer, Martin et al.
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Crystal structure of (3E,5E)-3,5-bis[4-(diethylazaniumyl)benzylidene]-1-methyl-4-oxopiperidin-1-ium trichloride dihydrate: a potential biophotonic material

Description: This article describes the crystal structure of the title compound, and examines application as an agent for locating cancer cells with two-photon excited fluorescence as as a potential agent for a photodynamic treatment of cancer. This article includes supporting information with computing details of the study.
Date: November 4, 2015
Creator: Nesterov, Volodymyr V.; Zakharov, Lev N.; Nesterov, Vladimir N. & Shulaev, Vladimir
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