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A novel transistor with a graphene base embedded between two n-type silicon emitter and collector layers (graphene-base heterojunction transistor) is fabricated and characterized electrically. The base voltage controlled current of the device flows vertically from the emitter via graphene to the collector. Due to the extremely short transit time for electrons passing the ultimately thin graphene base, the device has a large potential for high-frequency RF applications. The transistor exhibits saturated output currents and a clear modulation of the collector current by means of the graphene base voltage. The vertical transfer current from the emitter via the graphene base to the collector is much lower than expected from device simulations. A comparison of the graphene-base transistor and a reference silicon n-p-n bipolar transistor is performed with respect to the main DC transistor characteristics. A common-emitter gain of larger than one has been achieved for the reference device while the graphene-base transistor so far exhibits a much lower gain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effect of sulfide on K+ influx pathways was measured in red blood cells (RBCs) of sulfide-sensitive rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss) and sulfide-tolerant crucian carp ( Carassius carassius). In trout RBCs, maximal inhibition of Na+, K+-ATPase was attained at 10 μmol l−1 sulfide and amounted to 32% without being influenced by pH between 6.7 and 8.3. Ouabain-resistant K+ influx in the absence and presence of sulfide was insignificant at pH values between 6.7 and 7.7. At higher pH values ouabain-resistant K+ influx increased, but was inhibited to about 15% by 30 μmol l−1 sulfide. In RBCs of crucian carp neither Na+, K+-ATPase nor ouabain-resistant K+ influx were affected by sulfide concentrations up to 850 μmol l−1. Differences in sulfide-sensitivity of K+ influx between both species can be based upon different properties of the membrane transporter themselves. The reduced Na+, K+-ATPase activity in trout RBCs may also result from a slightly reduced (by 9%) ATP level after sulfide exposure. In addition, intracellular sulfide concentrations were higher in trout RBCs as compared to crucian carp. In trout, intracellular sulfide concentrations reached extracellular levels within 5 min of incubation whereas sulfide concentrations in crucian carp RBCs remained about 2-fold lower than extracellular concentrations. Although the physiological basis of sulfide-insensitive K+ influx in crucian carp RBCs is currently unknown it may contribute to the extremely high sulfide-tolerance of this species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In time-resolved experiments at InGaAs/GaAs quantum-dots-in-a-well (DWELL) semiconductor optical amplifiers, pump-probe of the ground state (GS) population, and complementary measurement of the amplified spontaneous emission of the excited state (ES) population, we are able to separate the early subpicosecond dephasing dynamics from the later picosecond population relaxation dynamics. We observe a 10 ps delay between the nonlinear GS pulse amplification and the subsequent ES population drop-off that supports the dominance of a direct two dimensional reservoir-GS capture relaxation path in electrically pumped quantum-dot-DWELL structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]