Scott Sides、Glenn H. Fredrickson2004-08-23The Journal of Chemical Physics
An efficient algorithm is presented for numerically evaluating a self-consistent field theoretic (SCFT) model of an AB diblock copolymer that incorporates continuous polydispersity in one of the blocks. An interesting segregation effect is found in which chains of intermediate molecular weight are concentrated at doma…
Polymer Surface Interaction StudiesAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationBlock Copolymer Self-Assembly
Buddhapriya Chakrabarti、Chandan Dasgupta2004-08-23arXiv
We numerically study a one-dimensional conserved growth equation with competing linear (Ehrlich-Schwoebel) and nonlinear instabilities. As a control parameter is varied, this model exhibits a non-equilibrium phase transition between two mounded states, one of which exhibits slope selection and the other does not. The…
cond-mat.stat-mechMaterials Science
T. J. Stasevich、T. L. Einstein、R. K. P. Zia 等 6 位作者2004-08-23arXiv
Within the solid-on-solid (SOS) approximation, we carry out a calculation of the orientational dependence of the step stiffness on a square lattice with nearest and next-nearest neighbor interactions. At low temperature our result reduces to a simple, transparent expression. The effect of the strongest trio (three-sit…
cond-mat.stat-mechMaterials Science
Hiroto Kuninaka、Hisao Hayakawa2004-08-23arXiv
The coefficient of normal restitution in an oblique impact is theoretically studied. Using a two-dimensional lattice models for an elastic disk and an elastic wall, we demonstrate that the coefficient of normal restitution can exceed one and has a peak against the incident angle in our simulation. Finally, we explain…
cond-mat.stat-mechMaterials Science
Katharina Vollmayr-Lee2004-08-23The Journal of Chemical Physics
We study a binary Lennard-Jones system below the glass transition with molecular dynamics simulations. To investigate the dynamics we focus on events (jumps) where a particle escapes the cage formed by its neighbors. Using single particle trajectories we define a jump by comparing for each particle its fluctuations wi…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesTheoretical and Computational Physics
Spyros N. Yannopoulos、Konstantinos S. Andrikopoulos2004-08-23The Journal of Chemical Physics
We report on a detailed, temperature-dependent, off-resonant Raman scattering study of glassy and supercooled selenium. Raman spectra in the frequency regime of the first-order scattering (5-450 cm(-1)) have been recorded over a wide temperature range, i.e., 143-353 K. To facilitate the analysis, the spectra have intu…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesGlass properties and applicationsPhase-change materials and chalcogenides
E. M. Epshtein、E. G. Fedorov、G. M. Shmelev2004-08-23arXiv
Dynamics is studied of an electron in a quasi-one-dimensional ballistic ring under circularly polarized electromagnetic field propagating along the normal to the ring plane. The average emission intensity from the ring is calculated. The value and direction of the electron average angular velocity in the ring depend o…
Mesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsMaterials Science
Shakeel Akbar、S. K. Hasanain、Nasia Azmat 等 4 位作者2004-08-23arXiv
Fe2O3 nanoparticles of different sizes ranging from 22 to 56nm were synthesized chemically by a modified sol-gel method. Pure alpha phase particles as well as particles with admixture of alpha and gamma phase were obtained and identified by x-ray and Mössbauer measurements. Different size and phase controlling paramet…
Materials Science
Dirk-Jan Heijs、Victor A. Malyshev、Jasper Knoester2004-08-23The Journal of Chemical Physics
We theoretically study the trapping time distribution and the efficiency of the excitation energy transport in dendritic systems. Trapping of excitations, created at the periphery of the dendrimer, on a trap located at its core, is used as a probe of the efficiency of the energy transport across the dendrimer. The tra…
Dendrimers and Hyperbranched PolymersSpectral Theory in Mathematical PhysicsRandom lasers and scattering media
Xiaodong Li、Hongsheng Gao、Wally A. Scrivens 等 8 位作者2004-08-23Nanotechnology
Nanomechanical properties of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) reinforced epoxy composites with varying weight percentage (0, 1, 3, and 5 wt%) of nanotubes were measured by nanoindentation and nanoscratch techniques. Hardness and elastic modulus were measured using a nanoindenter. Scratch resistance and scratch dam…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesMetal and Thin Film MechanicsTribology and Wear Analysis
Ferdinando Auricchio、Lorenza Petrini2004-08-23International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Abstract An always increasing knowledge on material properties as well as a progressively more sophisticated production technology make shape memory alloys (SMA) extremely interesting for the industrial world. At the same time, SMA devices are typically characterized by complex multi‐axial stress states as well as non…
High Entropy Alloys StudiesShape Memory Alloy Transformations
Esther Vander Grinten、Stefan Simis2004-08-22Archiv für Hydrobiologie
Published observations, mainly on phytoplankton, suggest that (N 2 -fixing) cyanobacteria can outgrow diatoms under nitrate limitation. This study focussed on the competition for limiting nitrogen between 3 diatom species and 2 cyanobacteria species in biofilms. The potential of the diatom species Nitzschia perminuta…
Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton DynamicsDiatoms and Algae ResearchMarine and coastal ecosystems
G. -H. Gweon、S. Y. Zhou、A. Lanzara2004-08-22arXiv
The sudden change of the velocity, so-called "kink," of the dispersing peak in angle resolved photoelectron spectroscopy is a well-known feature in the high temperature superconducting cuprates. Currently, the origin of the kink is being much debated, but a consensus has not emerged yet. Here, we present a study of th…
SuperconductivityMaterials Science
B. S. Lele、Alan J. Russell2004-08-21Biomacromolecules
Photoexcited TiO2 degrades biomolecules such as nucleic acids, cell membrane proteins, and enzymes. Stabilization of enzyme activity against the deactivation caused by the combination of TiO2-UV is essential if we are to develop novel hybrid materials exhibiting photocatalytic and biocatalytic activities useful for de…
Advanced Nanomaterials in CatalysisTiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar CellsElectrochemical sensors and biosensors
Eunju Kim、Hiroshi Uyama、Yoshiharu Doi 等 5 位作者2004-08-21Macromolecules
Solution-grown lamellar single crystals of poly(11-undecalactone) (PUDL) have been prepared in 1-hexanol. The lozenge and hexagonal-shaped single crystals were grown simultaneously, and these crystals gave well-resolved electron diffraction diagrams from which the orthogonal reciprocal lattice with the parameters a* =…
Catalysis for Biomass ConversionPolymer Nanocomposites and Propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Bin Wei、Jan Genzer、Richard J. Spontak2004-08-21Langmuir
Numerous previous studies have established that the addition of a microphase-ordered AB diblock copolymer to a thin homopolymer A (hA) film can slow, if not altogether prevent, film rupture and subsequent film dewetting on a hard substrate such as silica. However, only a few reports have examined comparable phenomena…
Block Copolymer Self-AssemblyRheology and Fluid Dynamics StudiesFluid Dynamics and Thin Films
G. Kiriakidis、N. Katsarakis2004-08-21Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
In this work, we review the electrical and optical properties of InO x and ZnO films, and their use as dynamic optical materials. The transport properties of these films are analysed and correlated with the growth parameters. We have studied the permanent light-induced refractive index changes in our dc-sputtered InO…
Semiconductor materials and devicesZnO doping and propertiesOptical Coatings and Gratings
L. M. Brown2004-08-21The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics
Assuming that cross-slip by thermally activated migration of jogs can cause annihilation of screw dislocation dipoles without macroscopic crystallographic confinement of cross-slip to the cross-slip plane, an attempt is made to re-derive earlier equations for the saturation stress and the plastic strain amplitude in p…
Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metalsMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsMicrostructure and mechanical properties
Mariko Hatanaka、Hiromu Saito2004-08-21Macromolecules
We investigated the liquid−liquid phase separation behavior of polycarbonate (PC)/carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) systems by high fidelity digital microscope and light scattering apparatus equipped with a high-pressure visualized cell. When the PC/CO 2 system was annealed at a temperature above 200 °C, the spherical domain gre…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPhase Equilibria and ThermodynamicsPolymer Foaming and Composites
С. Д. Кирик、Руслан Ф. Мулагалеев、A.I. Blokhin2004-08-21Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications
The water-insoluble title compound, catena-poly[palladium(II)-di-mu-acetato-kappa4O:O'], [Pd(C2H3O2)2]n, was obtained from a nitratopalladium solution and acetic acid as a pale-pink powder. Ab initio crystal structure determination was carried out using X-ray powder diffraction techniques. Patterson and Fourier synthe…
Crystallography and molecular interactionsChemical Synthesis and CharacterizationX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography