Thanks! Let's try to ask Randy what does he think? Peter PS the situiation of his technology is uncertain, as far I understand. Do you have some more direct information?
On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 9:54 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > *http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04461 > <http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04461>* > > > > *or* > > > > > http://www.kurzweilai.net/mystery-material-stuns-scientists?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8648acff91-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-8648acff91-282029005 > > > > This remarkable paper was mentioned on Peter’s blog – but he apparently > did not care to expound on the full implications of it (or else he is > waiting to see who will take the bait J … since it is strongly > suggestive of Mills’ theory. > > > > UV luminescence is extremely rare, mainly because UV radiation is ionizing > and much stronger than visible light, and yes - its appearance could be > indicative of energy gain – which is ultimately due to hydrogen > densification. > > > > In this paper a mysterious UV emission is accidentally seen when water > vapor is spontaneously dissociated, and hydrogen absorbed via chemisorption > from a crystal surface which notable is composed of 4 Mills’ catalysts – > strontium, titanium, lanthanum and oxygen (LaAlO3/SrTiO3). > > > > *Abstract* of “Surface Chemically Switchable Ultraviolet Luminescence > from Interfacial Two-Dimensional Electron Gas.” > > > > We report intense, narrow line-width, surface chemisorption-activated and > reversible ultraviolet (UV) photoluminescence from radiative recombination > of the two-dimensional electron gas with photoexcited holes at > LaAlO3/SrTiO3. The switchable luminescence arises from an electron > transfer-driven modification of the electronic structure via > H-chemisorption onto the AlO2-terminated surface of LaAlO3, at least 2 nm > away from the interface. The control of the onset of emission and its > intensity are functionalities that go beyond the luminescence of compound > semiconductor quantum wells. Connections between reversible chemisorption, > fast electron transfer, and quantum-well luminescence suggest a new model > for surface chemically reconfigurable solid-state UV optoelectronics and > molecular sensing. > > > > Reference: > > > > Mohammad A. Islam, Diomedes Saldana-Greco, Zongquan Gu, Fenggong Wang, > Eric Breckenfeld, Qingyu Lei, Ruijuan Xu, Christopher J. Hawley, X. X. Xi, > Lane W. Martin, Andrew M. Rappe, Jonathan E. Spanier. Surface Chemically > Switchable Ultraviolet Luminescence from Interfacial Two-Dimensional > Electron Gas. Nano Letters, 2015; DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04461 > > > > Side note: since we also have aluminum oxide appearing in a situation > where there is apparent overunity due to contact with hydrogen (as in the > “glow tube” reactor) there is a further implication that tightly bound > oxygen in a ceramic, which can be a Mills catalyst in the rare condition > that it loses two electrons, can temporarily separate from aluminum on a > very short-term basis in order to create the Mills catalytic “hole”. > > > > > -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com
