The objective of this study is to clarify the preferential dissolution mechanism of a duplex stainless steel (DSS) at its corrosion potential (about -0.15 V ***) by means of Scanning Electrochemical Microscope (SECM) ...
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The objective of this study is to clarify the preferential dissolution mechanism of a duplex stainless steel (DSS) at its corrosion potential (about -0.15 V ***) by means of Scanning Electrochemical Microscope (SECM) observation of the corrosion reactions on the ferritic phase (α phase) and the austenitic phase (γ phase) of a DSS, respectively. Probe electrode was fixed above α and γ each phase of DSS at corrosion potential in 1 mol/l HCl aqueous solution. Potential of the probe electrode was polarized toward noble direction, from - 0.10 V to 1.4 V (SHE), at a potential scan rate of 20 mV/s, and probe current was measured. In a probe potential range of 0∼0.70 V (SHE), anodic current due to hydrogen oxidation reaction could be detected. This anodic current was larger above y phase than that above α phase. In a probe potential range of 0.70∼1.2 V (SHE), anodic current due to Fe2+ oxidation reaction to Fe3+ could be detected. This anodic current was larger above a phase than that above y phase. On the α phase, the anodic dissolution reaction occurred preferentially at the DSS corrosion potential, while on the γ phase, the cathodic reduction reaction of hydrogen ion occurred preferentially.
Colloidal crystal structures with complexity and diversity rivaling atomic and molecular crystals have been predicted and obtained for hard particles by entropy maximization. However, thus far homochiral colloidal cry...
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Colloidal crystal structures with complexity and diversity rivaling atomic and molecular crystals have been predicted and obtained for hard particles by entropy maximization. However, thus far homochiral colloidal crystals, which are candidates for photonic metamaterials, are absent. Using Monte Carlo simulations we show that chiral polyhedra exhibiting weak directional entropic forces self-assemble either an achiral crystal or a chiral crystal with limited control over the crystal handedness. Building blocks with stronger faceting exhibit higher selectivity and assemble a chiral crystal with handedness uniquely determined by the particle chirality. Tuning the strength of directional entropic forces by means of particle rounding or the use of depletants allows for reconfiguration between achiral and homochiral crystals. We rationalize our findings by quantifying the chirality strength of each particle, both from particle geometry and potential of mean force and torque diagrams.
This paper presents a fine grain parallel version of the 3D Delaunay Kernel procedure using the OpenMP (Open Multi-Processing) API. A set S = { p 1 ,. . ., p n } of n points is taken as input. S is initially sorted al...
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This paper presents a fine grain parallel version of the 3D Delaunay Kernel procedure using the OpenMP (Open Multi-Processing) API. A set S = { p 1 ,. . ., p n } of n points is taken as input. S is initially sorted along a space-filling curve so that two points that are close in the insertion order are also close geometrically. The sorted set of point is then divided into M subsets S i , 1 ≤ i ≤ M of equal size n/M . The multithreaded version of the Delaunay kernel inserts M points at a time in the triangulation. OpenMP barriers provide the required synchronization that is needed after each multiple insertion in order to avoid data races. This simple approach exhibits two standard problems of parallel computing: load imbalance and parallel overheads. Those two issues are addressed using a two-level version of the multithreaded Delaunay kernel. Tests show that triangulations of about a billion tetrahedra can be generated on a 32 core machine (Intel Xeon E5-4610 v2 @ 2.30 GHz with with 128 GB of memory) in less that 3 minutes of wall clock time, with a speedup of 18 compared to the single-threaded implementation.
Spindle-shaped nematic droplets (tactoids) form in solutions of rod-like molecules at the onset of the liquid crystalline phase. Their unique shape and internal structure result from the interplay of the elastic defor...
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Spindle-shaped nematic droplets (tactoids) form in solutions of rod-like molecules at the onset of the liquid crystalline phase. Their unique shape and internal structure result from the interplay of the elastic deformation of the nematic and anisotropic surface forces. The balance of these forces dictates that tactoids must display a continuous variation in aspect ratio and director-field configuration. Yet, such continuous transition has eluded observation for decades: tactoids have displayed either a bipolar configuration with particles aligned parallel to the droplet interface or a homogeneous configuration with particles aligned parallel to the long axis of the tactoid. Here, we report the first observation of the continuous transition in shape and director-field configuration of tactoids in true solutions of carbon nanotubes in chlorosulfonic acid. This observation is possible because the exceptional length of carbon nanotubes shifts the transition to a size range that can be visualized by optical microscopy. Polarization micrographs yield the interfacial and elastic properties of the system. Absorbance anisotropy measurements provide the highest nematic order parameter (S=0.79) measured to date for a nematic phase of carbon nanotubes at coexistence with its isotropic phase.
The deficiency of existing electrical contact materials is currently a significant impediment to the commercialization of nanoelectromechanical (NEM) contact switches - a low power "beyond CMOS technology". ...
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This paper has proposed a new fundamental investigation technique on arc behaviors in decaying and re-ignition processes under gas flow condition. This technique utilizes power semiconductors like insulated-gate bipol...
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Fast slip flow was identified for water inside the interlayer gallery between graphene layers or carbon nanotubes. We report here that this significant flow rate enhancement (over two orders) breaks down with the pres...
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Fast slip flow was identified for water inside the interlayer gallery between graphene layers or carbon nanotubes. We report here that this significant flow rate enhancement (over two orders) breaks down with the presence of chemical functionalization and relaxation of nanoconfinement in graphene oxides. Molecular dynamics simulation results show that hydrodynamics applies in this circumstance, even at length scales down to nanometers. However, corrections to the slip boundary condition and apparent viscosity of nanoconfined flow must be included to make quantitative predictions. These results were discussed with the structural characteristics of liquid water and hydrogen-bond networks.
With multiple elements mixed at equal or near-equal molar ratios, the emerging, high-entropy alloys (HEAs), also named multi-principal elements alloys (MEAs), have posed tremendous challenges to materials scientists a...
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