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PACS. 21.65 -Nuclear matter.PACS. 21.10R -Collective structure in levels (inc. rotational bands). PACS. 21.60E -Collective models. PACS. 23.20 -Electromagnetic transitions.Abstract. -Rotational states and electromagnetic transitions among them are studied in a deformed even mass nucleus by a microscopic calculation. Spectra, E2 and M1 matrix elements among different bands are studied by diagonalization-after-projection. The Z Z -1 E 2 and M1 transitions among the p a s t states show a marked dependence on the even and odd angular momenta (signature dependence). The favoured transitions are those for which the angularmomentum change is in phase with the change in the core rotation.

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The anchoring structures of the binary mixture of 4′-n-octyl-4-cyanobiphenyl (8CB) and 4′-n-decyl-4-cyanobiphenyl (12CB) on molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) are directly observed, with molecular resolution, by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) for the first time. The STM images indicate that the technique not only resolves the individual molecules, but it also makes a clear distinction between the 8CB and 12CB molecules by their different alkyl chain lengths. The binary mixture takes a bilayer (double-row) structure, consisting of an 8CB subunit and a 12CB subunit, while the pure 8CB molecules do not show a bilayer, but a monolayer (single-row) structure on MoS2. The ratio of 8CB and 12CB adsorbed on MoS2 substrate is different from that in the bulk.

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Zinc-iron alloys, composed of i (hcp) phase, were electrodeposited on steel substrates from sulfate electrolyte with additions of Sn' ions. The deposit exhibited a morphology of hexagonal columnar crystals and a strong crystallographic texture of (002) planes of i-phase aligned perpendicular to the growth direction. The atomic force microscopy topographical analysis indicates that the hexagonal planes consist of both lateral macro-and numerous nanosize growth

The anchoring structures of smectic liquid crystals, n-alkylcyanobiphenyl (mCB: m=8, 10, 12), on molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) are directly observed by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) in order to analyze the alignment mechanism of liquid crystals. For 8CB, the anchoring structure is of the periodic monolayer type, while 10CB and 12CB take a bilayer structure in which there is no interdigitation of the cyano groups. These structures on MoS2 depend on the length of the alkyl group in contrast to those on graphite. The mechanism of alignment is discussed based on the STM results.