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I'm surprised to read about B&Bs requiring an advance deposit. We use B&Bs during most of our France travels (maybe a hundred places by now) and only once have we been we asked for an advance deposit (and in that case, credit card wouldn't work; it had to be Paypal). However, be aware that most B&Bs require cash payment, and it's handled quietly between breakfast and your departure.
To keep this food-related, I'll add that B&B breakfasts are usually delicious, often with homemade jam, good butter, croissants and baguette, fruit, yogurt, and sometimes a specialty of the house, crepes or a loaf cake or on a lucky day where the host was an ex-patissier, fresh and delicious pastries.
Our experience with hotels is limited to rural and small-town hotels, but for what it's worth, only once were we asked to provide credit card details when we reserved.
Please help figure out foodie destinations in France (take 2)!
I hope that it's cricket to link to another site. This is the best list of day trips by train from Paris that I've seen. Post #3 is what you want.
I would take a look at that list and then go to viamichelin.com and look for Bib Gourmand restaurants or good value restaurants in a few of the towns that appeal to you. I'd also see if any of these places were on the list of Plus Beaux Villages or Villes Fleuris. I'd check to see when the town's market day is and try to be there for it. Check museum hours and closing days if that's part of the reason for your visit.
If you can rent a car, there are many more options.
This is a long shot, but you won't have to speak French to take the first step.
There's a boulangerie in Bretoncelles that developed the baguette du Perche, using locally grown flour. The baker, David Lambert, trained an American baker who now (?) works at Cafe Le Perche in Hudson, NY, but her stage with him lasted only for two weeks. It sounds to me like an informal arrangement was made. You can read about it here.
Please note that the article is from 2011 but a call to the Cafe would bring you up to date if you want to pursue this particular bread.
An article from 1/22/14 shows David Lambert with another American stagiaire, but the article seems to indicate that he might be taking a break from bread. Again, a call to the Cafe in Hudson might put you on the right track.
You probably know that you can't find good bread just anywhere. My favorite bread of the past six visits to France is not a baguette, but a pain au levain from the Maison du Pain in Laval.
I hope this works out for you and that you eventually open a bakery a few miles from us.
11-13 people for Sat dinner or Sunday lunch
Thanks. I like the looks of the French family dinner. I've sent the link to the group.
11-13 people for Sat dinner or Sunday lunch
Good to know; thanks.
11-13 people for Sat dinner or Sunday lunch
Thanks, cw. I tried Open Table for the first three you mentioned and all were unavailable.
I hope there'll be time for just the two of us to try Tinto. We also have an interest in Tria Cafe which wouldn't work for a group but might work out for two.
I'm waiting for some of the rest of our bunch to look at the Vietnam website before I call there about availability.
11-13 people for Sat dinner or Sunday lunch
Thanks, arepo. The menu looks interesting. What can you tell me about the room at Jake's? Quiet (except for our group)? A table big enough for 11-13?
Getting to Manayunk might be a problem.
11-13 people for Sat dinner or Sunday lunch
We're looking for a restaurant that can seat 11-13 people at one table where we can hear each other talk. This would be for Sat night and/or Sunday lunch Jan 31-Feb 1.
A good meal is actually more important to us than being seated together, so we'd be willing to split up into two tables.
Walking distance of Center City is preferable but not necessary.
Foods unique to France to buy in Paris?
New to us this year was La caramel de pommes dieppoise, a spread in 3 flavors: nature, beurre salé, and cannelle. (I see by their website that they have added more flavors but once I saw "barbe à papa" I stopped reading.)
It was hard to find outside of the Dieppe area this spring, but they have a long list of distributor now, and their website shows it's available at two places in Paris:
We were told it's a fairly new product. We came across it near Dieppe and tried two flavors which we thought were delicious. It may be a little rich and sweet for some people.
Thank you, souphie.
I was starting to believe that Google and wikipedia had met their match with the MOF organization. Given how much is made of the MOF designation, I was surprised how how hard it is to find this information.
I finally got results through your link; the results aren't exactly what I'd hoped for but I now realize that what I wanted is not practical.
Following your link to chocolatiers led me to patissiers which led me through several other links to the album of the 24th Concours.
I noted the names of the winning patissiers and boulangers, which is where our interest lies. Just before the next trip I'll try to find their locations.
I now see that most of the MOFs worked to accomplish a visual effect, and I don't care about that, only about how something tastes, so any corner boulangerie is still in the running for the (coveted) Crumbs award.
How do you find actual Meilleurs Ouvriers throughout France?
While we're planning our travels I'd like to find out where the food-related MOFs in a particular area are.
Ideally the MOF website would show a map of France with all the MOFs marked and we could sort by the particular specialty we're looking for. But I'd settle for a list of names and addresses in each category.
I can't find what I want on the MOF website or Facebook page. Am I overlooking something?
I'm assuming once a Meilleur Ouvrier, always an MO, but maybe MOFs come and go and so the organization doesn't find it worth maintaining a list.
I'm glad you liked it. We don't ever get to Paris, so we're never sure how our tastes would calibrate with Chowhounds who live or eat often in Paris. One thing I know is that good restaurants outside the big cities are much more affordable for us.
I hope you'll write about more of your dining experiences on this trip.
You would not be far from Pont-Audemer, a nice destination for a day trip, a town with canals running through it and lots of half-timbered buildings. There's an excellent cheese and wine shop there. Market day is Friday and it's worth going to. It's not a big market, therefore not a mob scene, but it has everything you'd need for a very good dinner.
I see your list lacks a Tuesday market. Our favorite market in this area is on Tuesday morning at L'Aigle, about 45 min south of Lisieux. I won't claim that L'Aigle is much of a town for tourists, but we love its market. It is claimed to be the 3rd largest in France. (I doubt this; I think they throw in the separate cattle market which is held elsewhere.) But the market is lively and has a lot to offer.
You'll be in very pretty countryside. The mid-sized town of Bernay was my favorite discovery of our last trip.
Pieds dans l'eau can be a little hard to find. I'd suggest you check Google maps beforehand, starting by figuring out which exit to take off the N12.
The owners are not fluent in English, and once when some lost English guests phoned for directions, they wound up bringing the phone to our table. My husband gave them directions, and then we waited. All of us were relieved when they finally showed up!
If you go by way of the N12, there are two really good places near Mortagne-au-Perche.
At Saint Langis-les-Mortagne is Pieds dans l'eau, which changed hands last year. We've had three excellent meals there since the change of proprietorship.
At nearby Le-pin-la-Garenne is La croix d'or, one of Michelin's Bib Gourmands. This is a long-time favorite of ours, with a menu that features local products. The hostess is warm and welcoming, and the dining room is a mildly updated version of a country inn's dining room.
If you were to go a more northerly route, in Gasny we really like L'auberge du prieure normande.
Each of these would require a reservation. You can check websites of La croix d'or and L'auberge, but Pieds dans l'eau doesn't have its own website.
If you're on the N12, avoid Verneuil-sur-Avre's Hotel du Saumon. Michelin was asleep at the switch on this one.
We have recommendations for Fougeres, Laval, and Mayenne, if for some reason you choose to drive that way.
Can you be more specific about the route you plan to take?
Can you explain two words to me?
Thanks to Ptipois, paulj, and maximilien for the definition of cerneaux.
Its absence from my usual online dictionary led me to think "cerneaux" was more exotic than it is.
Can you explain two words to me?
Conviettes is it. Thank you!
Can you explain two words to me?
Now I think I might have misread my writing (how could that happen?) and it was cannette, which might work with the online translation "petite bouteille métallique" if you interpret it to mean a foil-wrapped roll.
As to "cerneaux," I'm using a photo of the menu, okay, a bad photo. "Le chocolat blanc et au lait en deux textures, et cerneaux de noix" is how it appeared.
This may be a case of menu-spelling, which creeps into the best menus.
A little googling shows me that "créneaux" is apparently a buzzword for "time slot or niche".
I also found this gem, which I hope someday will come in handy: "Lorsque l'écrou à créneaux s'est desserré sous l'effet des vibrations, la tringlerie est tombée; As the castellated nut loosened under vibrations, the control linkage fell out."
Possibly a nut fell into our dessert?
Can you explain two words to me?
We returned to a restaurant where a few years ago we had a delicious butter, and this time I came prepared to write down its name. The butter came in a tube, like salt-water taffy.
I wrote it down as "Les Caniettes de Charente-Poitou extra-fin demi sel AOC" but I can't find it online as "caniettes." Should I have written "canettes" and does that refer to its being a foil-wrapped roll?
The other term I need help with is "cerneaux" from a restaurant menu. Could it possibly be creneaux? What would either of these words mean for a dessert? All I can tell you is it was a delicious dessert, somewhat of a highrise construction project, but I didn't notice crenellations.
We'll be in the Perche (Orne) at the start of the week, but from there we could be heading either north to gardens near Dieppe or a bit south of the Loire.
I Googled the Bugey fours banaux and I am flabbergasted. They built for the ages. I'm glad to see they are still in use.
The Fete du Pain is May 12-18 this year. Can anyone here tell me anything about it?
I've checked the national website for the departements where we'll be going and only a few events show up, so it doesn't seem to be widely observed. I'm hoping that more events might pop up closer to the time.
A wild ride around the countryside...need some suggestions on the sprint to CDG from Nice. We'd appreciate suggestions on any other aspects as well.
I'll look forward to hearing what you and your wife think about the Auberge du Prieure Normand. We liked it the one time we ate there.
Michelin restaurant for Saturday lunch?
Here's the Guardian's take on Pudlo's comments.
Michelin restaurant for Saturday lunch?
Steve, that works for places that Chowhounds are able to cover in depth--Paris, mostly. Coverage of the rest of France is spotty.
When we visit France, most of our destinations turn out to be way off the beaten path. I assume it would do me no good to ask here about where to eat in places like Bernay, Souday, and Luneray.
If I lived and worked in Paris, by asking around I might find somebody whose Mamie had a weekend house in Souday and who therefore knows the good places to eat, if there are any.
For us, occasional visitors to France, Michelin fills a need that Chowhound France can't.
Michelin restaurant for Saturday lunch?
Uh, I just noticed s/he didn't say Paris, either.
Michelin restaurant for Saturday lunch?
The OP didn't ask for a star, just "a Michelin lunch spot."
Maybe the OP would be happy to hear about a Bib Gourmand in Paris that's open Saturdays.
I can't say anything about Paris, but Michelin's Bib Gourmands have satisfied us many times when we're in the middle of nowhere. We can usually find something within driving distance in Michelin.
This has turned into a discussion of whether a guidebook is trustworthy or not. One thing about sticking to one guidebook is that over time you can calibrate their tastes and yours. That's something my husband and I have learned to do with Michelin (we never bonded with Pudlo) but just can't do with Chowhound because this board is mostly about Paris and we don't go to Paris. We're saving Paris for our old age, when Autoeurope won't rent a car to us anymore.
Which reminds me of the ferme-auberge thread, so full of riches. I want to make a map of places listed on that thread.
Wood-fired bread, pizza, anything
Thank you both. I'm getting hits using the search terms on google and pages jaunes.
Wood-fired bread, pizza, anything
We usually think there's something extra about anything cooked in a woodburning oven. I made note of smeagol's suggestion of Le four a bois at Reims, where we probably won't go this next trip.
How would we find boulangeries, restaurants, or pizza places that use woodburning ovens as we go around France?
Is there a website? Does Michelin have a dark brown guidebook? Is there a pagesbrunes?
We have two old standbys for part of our trip, but we need some advice on ways of finding wood-based cooking when we go to new territory.
Suggestions of specific places are welcome, no matter where they are. Our upcoming trip is to Normandy, the Mayenne, the Sarthe, and maybe the Loire, but we'd be glad to have your suggestions for any area. There's always next time. Thank you.
favourite French supermarket products
Our favorite finds in French supermarkets are Chimay ale in the small size and Belgian chocolate bars. This may not be what you want to read on Chowhound France.
We also go from one chain to another, looking to see who now carries the savon de marseille bars that we like, that once were from Champion and then from Super U and now I think our latest are from Carrefour.


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Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley reports from the main protest site in the heart of Bangkok
"If they call their people back to Rajprasong there will be no single bullet fired by the soldiers,'' Korbsak said, referring to the three sq km protest area in a commercial district of the capital.
Deadline passed
The Rajprasong area is encircled by troops, and protesters have spilled out into surrounding streets that have become a battleground.
Protesters have set fire to vehicles and fired homemade bombs and firecrackers at the soldiers, who have responded with live ammunition.
On Monday at 3pm local time, a Thai government ultimatum passed for the estimated 5,000 protesters occupying Rajprasong to leave the site or face up to two years in prison.
But the protesters, including 400 elderly and children taking refuge at a temple, stayed in the barricaded area.
"We will keep sending warnings to protesters and will slowly step up pressure if they don't go," Thawil Pliensee, the secretary-general of the National Security Council, said.He said the military had no immediate plans to clear the main camp by force.
The government had offered to provide buses to take the protesters home if they left voluntarily, but some protesters said they refused to board a government bus for fear they would be arrested.
Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay, reporting from Bangkok, said some protesters might also be hesitant to leave because they fear retaliation from protest leaders.
"The leaders have been on stage and told the supporters 'you're free to go, we're not holding you inside this area, if you feel you're in danger you're free to return home'," he said.
"But we've heard reports that some of those supporters, while they may want to go home, feel a bit uneasy about catching one of the government buses because they feel that they may face some kind of recrimination from the red shirts."
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Earlier on Monday, a key military strategist of the red shirts died in a Bangkok hospital.
Major-General Khattiya Sawasdipol, better known as Seh Daeng or Commander Red, had been accused by the government of being a renegade soldier and creating a paramilitary force for the so-called red shirt protesters.
His death came after he was shot in the head - reportedly by a sniper - while talking to journalists inside the perimeter of the protest zone on Thursday.
About 1,000 people attended a funeral for the slain general at a pagoda in the city's historic district.
Days of fighting has disrupted the lives of many of Bangkok's 12 million residents.
Most shops, hotels and businesses near the protest area are shut and supermarkets outside the protest zone have seen long lines as people rush to stock up on supplies.
The government has ordered schools not to reopen after summer holidays, and has declared two days of national holidays to keep civilians off the streets.
Al Jazeera's Aela Callan, reporting from the centre of Bangkok, said the unrest was having a "huge impact" on the city, with the military zone stretching another 5sq km beyond the protest site.
"It's quite a significant portion of Bangkok that has been cordoned off," she said.
"People are very much staying indoors, not going to their offices as normal and those who are finish very early in the afternoon, before nightfall. Public transport isn't working as it usually is."
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Dozens dead as government rejects red shirts' call for UN-brokered talks.
Government dismisses red shirts' call as troops continue to encircle their camp.
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Home > Press > SABIC collaborates with Cima NanoTech on breakthrough technology: industry-first transparent conductive polycarbonate film
With smart materials being one of the fastest growing areas of materials technology, SABIC and Cima NanoTech, a Singapore and US-based company, have announced the joint development of a plastics industry first: a transparent conductive polycarbonate film that has the potential to revolutionize the materials used in consumer electronics, household goods, automotive, architecture and healthcare.
The new material, designed to provide "next generation" functionality, has the potential to further enhance performance, enable new innovative applications and open doors for new product designs, Ernesto Occhiello, SABIC Executive Vice President, Technology and Innovation, explained. This could translate into faster response touch screens for consumer electronics, transparent "no-line" anti-fogging capabilities for automotive windows, better EMI shielding effectiveness for electronics, and transparent WiFi/Bluetooth antennas for mobile devices like smartphones, tablets, laptops and all-in-one computers.
Aligned with SABIC's focus to provide solutions that will solve industry challenges, SABIC engaged in a joint collaboration with Cima NanoTech in the latter half of 2013 to develop the promising new material, which will be available for customer trials later this year.
"Transparent conductive polycarbonate is a breakthrough material that customers in consumer electronics and other important industries have been seeking," Matt Gray, Director of Marketing, Consumer Electronics for SABIC's Innovative Plastics business, said. "Our work with Cima NanoTech is strategically aligned with our commitment to continuous innovation in areas of importance to our customers," Gray noted.
The collaboration, leveraging both Cima NanoTech's proprietary SANTE® nanoparticle technology and SABIC's world-renowned LEXAN™ film, a polycarbonate material, has resulted in the development of a new series of transparent conductive materials that are lightweight with excellent transparency, outstanding conductivity and high flexibility. Cima NanoTech worked with SABIC's world-class team of scientists to jointly develop materials that not only meet the requirements of existing industries, but also stretches the possibilities for exciting opportunities by breaking boundaries faced with current materials.
"We are very pleased to be working with SABIC to bring the key advantages of SANTE® nanoparticle technology forward into a number of diverse consumer and industrial markets," Jon Brodd, Chief Executive Officer, Cima NanoTech, stated. SANTE technology, a patented self-assembling nanoparticle technology platform, stands alone in providing high transparency with ultra-low electrical resistance, which is ten times better than the incumbent indium tin oxide (ITO). "In addition to its ability to meet optical grade specifications for display and touch applications, SANTE® nanoparticle technology is also more cost effective as coating is performed via a wet coating, roll-to-roll process versus sheet-to-sheet," Brodd said. The conductive SANTE network is also mechanically robust, thus allowing it to withstand flexing, stretching, torsion and tension for flexible applications. The substrate can also be thermoformed into various curved and 3D form factors.
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A method and system for magnetic recording using self-organized magnetic nanoparticles is disclosed. The method may include depositing surfactant coated nanoparticles on a substrate, wherein the surfactant coated nanoparticles represent first bits of recorded information. The surfactant coating is then removed from selected of the surfactant coated nanoparticles. The selected nanoparticles with their surfactant coating removed may then be designated to represent second bits of recorded information. The surfactant coated nanoparticles have a first saturation magnetic moment and the selected nanoparticles with the surfactant coating removed have a second saturation magnetic moment. Therefore, by selectively removing the surfactant coating from certain nanoparticles, a write operation for recording the first and second bits of information may be performed. A read operation may be carried out by detecting the different magnetic moments of the surfactant coated nanoparticles and the non-surfactant coated nanoparticles.
1. A magnetic recording system, comprising:
a recording medium including a substrate having adjacent thereto at least one of both surfactant coated nanoparticles and non-surfactant coated nanoparticles, wherein said surfactant coated nanoparticles and said non-surfactant coated nanoparticles are magnetic, said surfactant coated nanoparticles representing first bits of recorded information and said non-surfactant coated nanoparticles representing second bits of recorded information;
means for writing the first and second bits of recorded information; and
means for reading the first and second bits of recorded information.
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The present invention relates to magnetic recording and, more particularly, to a method and system for magnetic recording that utilizes a magnetic recording media having self-organized magnetic nanoparticles.
In the field of magnetic recording, areal density is an important factor driving the design of future magnetic recording systems. Increased storage capacity in magnetic recording has traditionally been addressed through improvements in the ability to store information on a particular storage disc having an increased areal density. Conventional longitudinal and proposed perpendicular recording schemes have been projected to include areal densities of about 1 Tbpsi, but will require extensive modifications to allow further growth.
Accordingly, much attention has been directed toward either improving the various components of a conventional magnetic recording system or developing new types of magnetic recording systems. For example, self-organized magnetic arrays of nanoparticles have been produced and investigated for use as magnetic recording media for future ultra-high density magnetic recording applications. These nanoparticles may provide conceivable solutions to many proposed future recording schemes, e.g., conventional granular media, perpendicular media, thermally assisted recording media, patterned media recording schemes and probe storage systems. While much effort has been directed toward the various potential applications of the self-organized magnetic nanoparticles for use in magnetic recording media, much more effort is needed for incorporating such proposed media into an entire magnetic recording system for performing read and/or write operations.
There is identified, therefore, a need for improved magnetic recording systems that overcome limitations, disadvantages, or shortcomings of known magnetic recording systems.
An aspect of the present invention is to provide a method of magnetic recording that comprises depositing surfactant coated nanoparticles on a substrate, wherein the surfactant coated nanoparticles represent first bits of recorded information. The method also includes removing the surfactant coating from selected of the surfactant coated nanoparticles. The selected nanoparticles with their surfactant coating removed may then be designated to represent second bits of recorded information. The surfactant coated nanoparticles have a first saturation magnetic moment and the selected nanoparticles with the surfactant coating removed have a second saturation magnetic moment. Therefore, by selectively removing the surfactant coating from certain nanoparticles, a write operation for recording the first and second bits of information may be performed. A read operation may be carried out by detecting the different magnetic moments of the surfactant coated nanoparticles and the non-surfactant coated nanoparticles.
Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a magnetic recording system that comprises a recording medium having a substrate with surfactant coated nanoparticles and non-surfactant coated nanoparticles. The surfactant coated nanoparticles represent first bits of recorded information and the non-surfactant coated nanoparticles represent second bits of recorded information. The magnetic recording system also comprises means for writing the first and second bits of recorded information and means for reading the first and second bits of recorded information.
A further aspect of the present invention is to provide a method of magnetic recording that comprises depositing a layer of self-organized magnetic nanoparticles on a substrate. The method also includes altering a magnetic property magnitude of selected of the self-organized magnetic nanoparticles and designating bits of recorded information according to the magnetic property magnitude of either the self-organized magnetic nanoparticles or the magnetic property magnitude of the selected self-organized magnetic nanoparticles that were altered.
These and other aspects of the present invention will be more apparent from the following description.
The invention relates to magnetic recording and, more particularly, to a method and system for magnetic recording that utilizes a magnetic recording media having self-organized magnetic nanoparticles. The invention includes altering a magnetic property magnitude, such as saturation magnetic moment or other magnetic properties of the nanoparticles, of the self-organized magnetic nanoparticles and distinguishing between the unaltered and altered nanoparticles for purposes of recording bits of information.
The layer of nanoparticles 18 may be deposited on the substrate 16 using, for example, dip-coating where the substrate 16 is submerged in a liquid containing the nanoparticles 18 and subsequently controllably extracted. Alternatively, a spin-coating process may be used where a nanoparticles-containing fluid is applied to the surface of the substrate 16 followed by a controlled spinning of the substrate 16 to remove excess materials.
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The writing process utilizing the write element 24 generally involves the local removal of the surfactant coating or shell 22 from individual nanoparticles 18. Each nanoparticle 18, as deposited on the substrate 16, has a first saturation magnetic moment. By turning on the electron current 30, the shell 22 surrounding the core 20 of an individual nanoparticle 18 will dissolve locally leaving behind only the core portion 20. This results in a non-surfactant coated nanoparticle 20 that has a second saturation magnetic moment that is greater than the first saturation magnetic moment of the original nanoparticle 18. The details regarding local removal of the surfactant coating or shell 22 of the nanoparticle 18 in order to alter the saturation magnetic moment thereof will be described in more detail herein.
Accordingly, it will be appreciated that the original nanoparticles 18 may each be designated to represent a first bit of recorded information in the magnetic recording system 10. In addition, the non-surfactant coated nanoparticles 20 having a second saturation magnetic moment may be designated to represent second bits of recorded information for the magnetic recording system 10.
In other embodiments of the invention, the write element 24 may include, for example, a localized heat source, such as a focused laser spot or a near field optical spot for locally removing the surfactant coating or shell 22 from selected nanoparticles 18.
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In another embodiment, the read element 26 rather than utilizing the described magnetic polarizing field, may employ a time varying field using a coil or microscopic electromagnet. The alternating field will polarize the nanoparticles, such as nanoparticles 18 and 20 and provide a read-back signal to the read element 26. The information can be retrieved by demodulation of the signal in the read element 26. It will be appreciated that other configurations may be employed to provide a read operation by detecting the saturation magnetic moment of the individual nanoparticles or by detecting other variable magnetic properties of the nanoparticles as well.
Further details regarding the theory of operation of the recording head 12 illustrated in
For a typical nano-particle with a diameter d=4 nm and a saturation magnetization of Ms=800 emu/cm3, the moment mmod=(π/6) d3Ms=26.8 10−18 emu. For the same nano-particles the measured value was Ms=200 emu/cm3 in the as-prepared state, which would correspond to mini=6.7 10−18 emu for a 4-nm-diameter nano-particle.
The (maximum) applied magnetic field is chosen such that μ0mH/kBT=1 for the modified nano-particles. In the present example and using T=300 K, this results in a relatively easy to achieve field of H=123 kA/m (=1.54 kOe). The moment that will be sensed by the read-back device is Mmod=0.313 mmod=8.39 10−18 emu (per nano-particle). For the non-modified nano-particles, this moment is Mini=0.083 mini=0.56 10−18 emu (per nano-particle). The contrast ratio is (Mmod−Mini)/Mini100%=1400%.
Note that present read-back devices are designed to be sensitive to moments of the order of Mpresent=1.55 10−15 emu (taking 10% of the volume of a bit-cell with an area A=2,581 nm2 [corresponding to a bit-density of 250 Gbit/in2], a thickness t=10 nm, and an Ms=600 emu/cm3), which is 185 times larger than for the signal of a single modified nano-particle. Assuming that the full positive to negative swing of a present medium corresponds to a signal-amplitude of 5 mV, the paramagnetic signal would correspond to a signal-amplitude of 13 μV (or 9 μVrms for ac detection.
The following example explains in detail the concept of removing a surfactant coating from an as deposited nanoparticle structure and, particularly for self-assembled, monodisperse L1 0 FePt nanoparticles for forming a magnetic data storage media, such as magnetic recording medium 14. The chemically ordered L1 0 phase of the FePt system is of particular interest, because of its high bulk magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy density (Ku˜6.6×107 ergs/cm3) at the equiatomic composition that should allow the use of smaller, thermally stable magnetic grains than is generally used in current recording media.
In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a magnetic recording system that alters and detects saturation magnetic moment for recording information. Thus, this example concentrates on the saturation magnetization, MS. In Fe50Pt50 thin films, MS is about 1125 emu/cm3, close to the bulk value MS=1140 emu/cm3. Techniques for these measurements are well established. In chemically synthesized, surfactant-coated FePt nanoparticle systems, however, quantitative Ms measurements are complicated by the difficulty of determining weights or volumes without introducing large errors. We provide a systematic study of MS of FePt nanoparticle systems at different annealing temperatures and constant annealing time (30 minutes). The amount of the material is characterized by weighing the FePt nanoparticles (˜1 mg with 0.1 μg accuracy) after the surfactant coating decomposes at temperatures T≧400° C.
The present assemblies of FePt nanoparticles are synthesized using techniques that are known. Thermally oxidized silicon coupons are used as substrates.
In order to characterize the total mass of the FePt nanoparticles, a Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA) is used to measure the weight and to monitor the weight change of the FePt nanoparticles/surfactant systems as function of annealing temperature. The TGA used is a TA Instrument (TGA-2950) with 0.1 μg weight resolution. Since the range of the FePt solution weight used for magnetization measurements is from 0.5 mg˜3 mg, the error bar due to instrument resolution is negligible. The sample is placed on a Pt sample pan in the TGA chamber and is then heated to temperatures up to 650° C. at controlled scan rate up to 10° C./min. Nitrogen gas is flushed through the TGA chamber to remove oxygen. The weight change is monitored in-situ during heating.
The example first investigates a surfactant-only sample. A few drops (about 16 mg) of the oleyl acid/oleylamine 50:50 surfactant mixture are put directly into the sample pan. The measured weight starts dropping at about 150° C. indicating the onset of surfactant decomposition. A modest weight reduction in the range 150 to 300° C. is followed by a more dramatic drop above 300° C., reaching zero at about 400° C. (shown in
The coercivity HC increases from less than 200 Oe for the as-prepared sample to 22 kOe for the sample annealed at Tanneal=650° C., a sharp onset of coercivity occurring near 350° C. For Tanneal≧450° C., the magnetization at 50 kOe is about 850 emu/cm3, 25% lower than the Ms of bulk FePt. This discrepancy could partly be due to the fact that at 50 kOe magnetic field, the sample is not yet fully saturated. However, for the sample annealed at Tanneal≦450° C., the magnetization is significantly reduced. The as-prepared sample has a magnetization of only about 210 emu/cm3, 19% of the bulk value for FePt. The critical annealing temperature to cause a significant increase of the saturation magnetization is about 450° C., which is consistent with the surfactant decomposition temperature. The annealing temperature dependence of the magnetization, along with the weight reduction for these RTA annealed samples is shown in the inset to
The present findings are interpreted as due to the presence of strong interactions between the surfactant and the nanoparticle surface in the as-prepared state. Preliminary density functional calculations indicate that these surface bonding interactions take place predominately at surface iron sites, which is the primary contributor to the magnetization in FePt. The mechanism of bonding to the nanoparticle surface depends on many parameters; however, surface geometry and electronic structure are perhaps the most important factors which determine the location and strength of the surface bond. Metal surfaces containing available d-bands are known to interact with small molecules having accessible π* states through a Blyholder type interaction. For example, this interaction in carbonyl-based molecules weakens the C—O bond through charge donation from the metal d-band into this unoccupied anti-bonding state, thereby weakening the bond. Preliminary spin polarized density functional theory results from cluster models of the FePt(111) surface, which include a small molecule model of the oleylamine surfactant, show that charge is transferred to the surface Fe site from the model oleylamine, thereby lowering the atomic magnetization by about 60% at the Fe site, which is consistent with the previously described bonding mechanism and the observed decrease in magnetization of the nano-particles described above.
On increasing the annealing temperature to 400° C., the surfactant starts to decompose and leaves the particle surface, breaking the bonding between the surfactant and the particles. Without the dead layer from the surfactant—particle interaction, the nanoparticle system recovers its full magnetization.
It is well established that the "magnetic" particle size can be estimated by fitting to the Langevin function in the superparamagnetic regime. The Zero-Field-Cooled (ZFC) and Field-Cooled (FC) magnetization curves show a blocking temperature TB=12K for as-prepared FePt samples in a magnetic field of 200 Oe. In order to estimate the particle size from the Langevin function, the magnetic field dependence of the magnetization curve is measured at T>TB. In this case, T=30K is used (shown in
In conclusion of this example, it is observed that a 75% magnetization reduction for as-prepared FePt nanoparticle samples in comparison with the samples annealed at high temperatures. The strong correlation between magnetization recovery temperature (≧400° C.) and surfactant decomposition temperature (350° C.˜400° C.) suggests that the chemical interaction between Fe and surfactant at the particle is responsible for this dramatic magnetization reduction. A Langevin function analysis for as-prepared FePt particles suggests a core-shell structure of the 2.7 nm diameter FePt particles with a 0.5 nm non-magnetic shell.
Whereas particular embodiments of this invention have been described above for purposes of illustration, it will be evident to those skilled in the art that numerous variations of the details of the present invention may be made without departing from the invention as defined in the appended claims.
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- Ensembl: ENSG00000167748
- UniProtKB: P06870
Summaries for KLK1 Gene
Kallikreins are a subgroup of serine proteases having diverse physiological functions. Growing evidence suggests that many kallikreins are implicated in carcinogenesis and some have potential as novel cancer and other disease biomarkers. This gene is one of the fifteen kallikrein subfamily members located in a cluster on chromosome 19. This protein is functionally conserved in its capacity to release the vasoactive peptide, Lys-bradykinin, from low molecular weight kininogen. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
GeneCards Summary for KLK1 Gene
KLK1 (Kallikrein 1) is a Protein Coding gene. Diseases associated with KLK1 include vascular dementia and abdominal aortic aneurysm. Among its related pathways are Formation of Fibrin Clot (Clotting Cascade) and Collagen biosynthesis and modifying enzymes. GO annotations related to this gene include serine-type endopeptidase activity. An important paralog of this gene is KLK12.
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot for KLK1 Gene
Glandular kallikreins cleave Met-Lys and Arg-Ser bonds in kininogen to release Lys-bradykinin


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Orumiyeh - Van(Turkey)
at Orumiyeh Terminal you can find some company that leaves Orumiyeh to Van & vice versa.they stop somewhere at beginning of Cumhuriyet Cad. in Van.most buses smuggle gasoil or carry cargo, they just need some passengers (2-5) for crossing border legality.try to find buses with at least 15 passengers, also cargo buses move very slow.costs 180,000...more
Bus, Orumiyeh - Tehran
Orumiyeh - Tehran by Seiro Safar co.Leaves Orumiyeh to Tehran every day on 18:00costs 100,000 IR, 12hours.in the year 2009/88more
From Tabriz we took a Savari(not reccomended!) until Orumiyeh city. After around 1:30 hour we arrived at the bus station. To the center was a big walk but we did it. We visited the Bazaar , a nice small mosque from the Qazar period (Sardar mosque) and St.Mary´s church , claimed as the last resting place where the 3 magi stopped at their trip to...more
Restaurant in Kandovan
Across the river from the cave houses and shops of Kandovan are a few restaurants and tea houses.This restaurant ( I'm afraid that I don't know its name) had the traditional raised platforms (takhts) covered with carpets, that you sit on to eat your meal. This is something that I found quite uncomfortable at times during my trip around Iran. I...more
Kandovan - visit a typical house
We visited a 'typical Kandovan House' This was a 'tourist attraction' a small fee was paid - I'm not sure how much as Majid paid as part of my tour.The ground floor was used to keep the animals- there weren't any animals there at the time, but there was evidence that they'd been there- the aroma from the straw strewn floor was quite pungent!...more
Kandovan - Exploring the village
Climbing the paths and steps up through the village, offers views of village life. Donkey trains transport locals and goods through the winding alleys. Chickens scratch in the dust, sheep can be heard bleating from the nearby pastures. Women emerge from their rock hewn homes to hang out washing or to sweep clean their 'yards' Men sit 'putting the...more
Good food in Takab
This was included in the cost of my tour with Persian Voyages, so not sure of the cost.I was a bit surprised when I met up with Majid prior to our evening meal, that we would be eating in the hotel - I was expecting that We'd be going out to a local restaurant. I was assured that this was the best place to eat in Takab.Well, I really enjoyed my...more
The throne of Salomon
Outside Takab lies the ruinated city of Takht-e-Soleiman. The ruins in itself, lying around a beautiful little lake on a mound are beautifull but not spectacular, despite its historical significance. . What make up the day are the ruins in combination with the trip to them, especialy in early morning or late afternoon. The gentle, farmed land are...more
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Very cute
I liked this, very nice for a second flash. Didn't need to be longer, it was a short sweet one. Keep up the good work :)
Glad you liked the lenght if it, cause so many have been complaining that it is too short :P But our next one will be a lot longer.
It was ok
It was kinda semi funny, you might get a chuckle out of some people. It was kinda lame, but I could see that you put some effort into it, so I gave you a 3 instead of blamming you.
could have been better
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Eggsalent... however it is spelled
I really really liked it.
But my only problem is that the main characters looked eggsactly like those in the comic 'Egg Story' released by SLG.
Anyway, I really liked it.
Glad you like it...but seriously, neither one of us had ever heard of this "Egg Story" comic book until yesterday. I checked it out and the only thing that it has in common with the movie is that both mediums feature eggs as main characters. And the style isn't really that similar.
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The television, radio, print, outdoor and online campaign will be launched in 30 different Midwest markets.
The ads will focus on the "unique and authentic rituals and traditions of each of the universities," according to a press release from the Big Ten Network.
"The Big Ten has a wonderful history of both athletic and academic excellence, and the campaign taps into that history," said Big Ten Network Vice President of Marketing Erin Harvego. "With so many traditions to highlight, it makes for a really rich campaign. To be a Big Ten alum or fan is to hang a flag in front of your house on game day. People live and die for their teams. We wanted to capture this passion in a way that is authentic to each Big Ten university," she said.
The Big Ten also wants to be on your cable system. So far, the Big Ten Network has failed to reach deals with either Comcast or Time Warner, two of the behemoths in cable.
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Join us for spooky storytelling, magic tricks and more. For ages 4-8.
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Community Meeting Room
Local actors bring Banned Books Week to a close. Join Michael Mansfield, Emma Nicholls, Louel Senores and Lisa Klein from UC Berkeley Interactive Theater Project as they perform selections from favorite banned or challenged books. They will share books for all ages in solo and group readings. Celebrate your right to read freely!
Kids and Teens! Come make a Halloween or Day Of The Dead craft at the library with perler beads. You can choose from simple shapes like pumpkins or ghosts, or create something more elaborate like a sugar skull. All school-aged kids and teens are welcome for snacks, music and fun!
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Local actors Lorri Holt, Sarita Ocon and Howard Swain- known for their work with the renowned Berkeley Repeory Theatre- share selections from books for adults, teens and children.


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Dear friends,
It seems to me… you have to wonder what is wrong with the Republican party. They were elected in a landslide to counter Obama's extra constitutional actions, especially on immigration, they have control of the House and Senate, yet they go along with everything Obama is doing to the country in direct violation of their mandate! Take illegal immigration for example, a policy in which the vast majority of the electorate agree needs to be addressed, but the republicans have become accomplices in amnesty! They could have defunded Obama care, but didn't, and so have saddled the US economy with at least another year of that economic train wreck. It makes one wonder what the republicans actually will do? They were happy to attack Ted Cruise, when he stood up for our Constitution, but are unwilling to attack Obama for violating that Constitution. It would seem, the republican elite agree with Obama in moving the country from Constitutional rule, to arbitrary power, they just want to be the ones to run it. However, as opposed to Obama who is doing it out in the open, the republicans are backing Obama's power grab in secret. As I always say, look at someone's actions, not their rhetoric, actions speak the truth where rhetoric is mostly lies.
Amnesty for illegal immigrants is a home run for the republicans. The vast majority of Americans want to put an end to illegal immigration. Secure the boarders is a winner in poll after poll. The average guy and gal know, illegal immigration drives down wages, is an incentive for crime, unbalances the demographics, creates a class that is above the law as well as a permanent underclass, etc… the American people want the boarder secure and don't want more incentives for people to come here illegally. Amnesty, the dream act, releasing alien criminals out on the streets, not enforcing drunk driving laws on illegals, allowing identity theft, etc… sends exactly the wrong message! Yet the Republicans will not fight Obama even on that issue! Despite the backing of the vast majority of the electorate!
In Silicon Valley, American programmers are teaching immigrants to do their jobs, then are laid off! So those new class run, billion dollar highly profitable companies, can lower wages in the high tech sector! In every sector of the economy the new class are using immigrants as a hammer to pound the wages of Americans lower. Americans are becoming very angry at our government for encouraging the destruction of jobs, lowering of our wages and changing the demographics of our nation. Clearly the government is not working in the best interests of citizens. The new class doesn't like how we vote, and so since they can't change how we vote and think, they will change us. Such actions are sinister.
Everyone who is honest with him or herself knows Obama care has been a catastrophe for the American economy. It limits the size of business, it limits the amount of full time work firms can have, it has driven up costs dramatically, while lowering the quality of service, it has nationalized a huge portion of the economy and it is creating a two tiered healthcare system, one for the haves and the other for everyone else. Poll after poll show the American people do not like Obama care, we don't like it in our lives, we don't like it for our wives, we don't like it at our jobs, we don't like it's huge cost. We don't like it in the mall, we don't like Obama care at all. But the republicans can't even bring themselves to defund that widely hated power grab to undermine individual sovereignty.
Who are we to vote for then? If we vote for the democrats we know what we are getting, new class progressives who despise our Constitution and the Rights it guarantees. If we vote for republicans, they will do the exact same things as democrats, just claiming they disagree. At least the democrats are honest that they hate God, our Rights and our Constitution. Republicans are connivers who claim to love those things, but go along with everything the democrats do to undermine them. Is it any wonder the percentage of the American population that doesn't vote is getting ever larger? Obama was elected both times with less than twenty eight percent of the American people's votes! Less then forty percent of Americans eligible to vote are so offended by the lack of real choices they don't even bother to participate in the rigged system the new class has devised.
Our two party system has been perverted. The new class took the soviet example to heart. You have a choice… a choice between this Marxist, or that Marxist. Both options are exactly the same they differ in name only. The new class has engineered a means by which they can move the US away from Constitutional rule… with it's hated limits on government power, Judeo Christian moral structure, and market system, to one where no matter who you vote for, it moves the ball down the road to serfdom. Today, our Constitution means whatever they say it does, just like the barn in Orwell's Animal Farm. All animals are equal, but some animals are MORE equal than others… Perhaps we should vote for and back the Tea party as a real alternative to serfdom? Or, do more of the same and expect different results.
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So, yesterday I decided I´ve waited long enough and had a go at upgrading my pulse to froyo with cyanogen mod 6.
Flashed the recovery image (amon ra) and everything works fine. Lots of new options in the boot menu!
Since I already had the UK 2.1 installed I placed cm6-beta0.40 onto my sd card and selected flash.
But after awhile instalation aborts and the error message Error in /sdcard/CM6.1-Pulse-beta-0.40.zip pops up.
Tried reinstalling 2.1 from sdcard. Reinstall went well. Tried redownloading CM6 yet I still get the same error when attempting to flash?
What am I doing wrong?
edit: Yes, I did a backup and a wipe before attempting the above.
Edited by hunk74, 06 January 2011 - 09:37 AM.