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We report observation of four- and five-photon absorption in the chalcogenide glasses at the telecommunication wavelengths. The nonlinear refractive index is sufficiently large that the optical switching criterion is satisfied.
Electron emission from vertically aligned carbon nanotubes grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition has been measured using a parallel plate anode and a 1 μm tungsten probe. The field emission characteristics were measured as a function of the nanotube diameter, length, and areal density. It was found that l…
Recent experiments indicate that water molecules adsorbed on carbon nanotube tips significantly enhance field-emission current. Through first-principles density-functional theory calculations we show that the water-nanotube interaction is weak in zero electric field. However, under emission conditions large electric f…
Through Quantum Monte Carlo simulation, we study the biquadratic-interaction model with the SU(2) symmetry in two and three dimensions. The zero-temperature phase diagrams for the two cases are identical and exhibit an intermediate phase characterized by finite quadrupole moment, in agreement with mean-field type argu…
Self assembly on suitably chosen substrates is a well exploited root to control the structure and morphology, hence magnetization, of metal films. In particular, the Cu3Au(001) surface has been recently singled out as a good template to grow high spin Fe phases, due to the close matching between the Cu3Au lattice cons…
It is shown that a suspension of particles in a partially-filled, horizontal, rotating cylinder is linearly unstable towards axial segregation and an undulation of the free surface at large enough particle concentrations. Relying on the shear-induced diffusion of particles, concentration-dependent viscosity, and the e…
Methods are reported for the preparation of mixed-carboxylate versions of the [Mn12O12(O2CR)16(H2O)4] family of single-molecule magnets (SMMs). [Mn12O12(O2CCHCl2)8(O2CCH2But)8(H2O)3] (5) and [Mn12O12(O2CHCl2)8(O2CEt)8(H2O)3] (6) have been obtained from the 1:1 reaction of the corresponding homocarboxylate species. Com…
High-quality Zn1−xMgxO(0.00⩽x⩽0.49) thin films were epitaxially grown at 500–650 °C on Al2O3(00⋅1) substrates using metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxy. By increasing the Mg content in the films up to 49 at. %, the c-axis constant of the films decreased from 5.21 to 5.14 Å and no significant phase separation was observed…
Five different iron monocarboxylates were used as catalysts in the two-step preparation route of lactic acid based poly(ester-urethane)s (PEU). In the first step, a hydroxyl-terminated poly(lactic acid) prepolymer was prepared, which in the second step was linked with 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate. The resulting poly…
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) experiments were performed to determine the conformational behavior of unattached deuterated linear poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) chains of M n = 51 000 g mol -1 in uncompressed and compressed end-linked protonated PDMS networks with a minimal amount of defects. The networks were…
Sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy was used to study how linearly polarized UV irradiation could cause bond breaking and alter the surface structure of a polyimide. The spectroscopic results allowed the determination of an approximate orientational distribution of the polymer backbones at a rubbed surface. They al…
Comprehensive X-ray reflectivity (XR) studies were conducted to characterize the structure of thin polyalkylsilicate films made of a poly(methylsilsesquioxane- co -ethylenylsilsesquioxane) precursor containing a star-shaped poly(ε-caprolactone) as a pore generator (porogen). The films were deposited on silicon wafer s…
It is necessary to evaluate the quality of a force field by comparison with known experimental properties before it can be used with confidence in a simulation. Here, such a study is reported for pure 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE) solutions and for TFE/water mixtures at two different compositions. Six literature force…
Polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) fabricated by the layer-by-layer adsorption of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) and poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) are used to selectively bind palladium catalysts for electroless nickel plating. Depending on the pH conditions used during multilayer processing and the polyelectrolyte a…
To more fully understand the potential for transport of nitroaromatic compounds in soils and subsoils,the adsorption of a series of para- and meta-substituted nitrobenzenes (SNBs) by K-smectite clay was measured. Adsorption isotherms were fit to the Freundlich equation, and the resultant Freundlich adsorption coeffici…
Construction of organic−inorganic hybrid materials with controlled mineralization analogous to those produced by nature is now of current interest for both organic and inorganic chemists to understand the mechanism of the natural biomineralization process as well as to seek industrial and technological applications. T…
We report the preparation of polystyrene and silica-coated Au nanorods (aspect ratio 13 with 16 nm short axis). The coating resulted in a modification of the optical properties of the Au nanorods. Dissolution of the Au core from the polystyrene- and silica-coated Au nanorods using KCN enabled the formation of hollow p…
Abstract In designing a gas‐insulated bus (GIB) using N 2 /SF 6 mixtures, there are many application problems, such as the mixture pressure needed in order to maintain the required dielectric and heat transfer performance. Problems of recycling SF 6 are also essential in applying N 2 /SF 6 mixtures. This paper present…
A complete identification and characterization of three distinct capillary instabilities in nematic liquid crystal fibers is presented. Linear stability analysis of capillary instabilities in thin nematic liquid crystalline cylindrical fibers is performed by formulating and solving the governing nematocapillary equati…
Various approaches have been demonstrated for the automatic interpretation of crystallographic data in terms of atomic models. The use of a masked Fourier-based search function has some benefits for this task. The application and optimization of this procedure is discussed in detail. The search function also acquires…