With continuous increase in production and application of various types of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), the presence of a mixture of different types of CNTs in the environment cannot be neglected. Since distinct types of ...
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In contrast to MgB2 superconducting at 39K, the isostructural AlB2 has no superconductivity due to the absence of metallization driven by the covalent state of boron in MgB2. In this paper, we investigate from first p...
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In contrast to MgB2 superconducting at 39K, the isostructural AlB2 has no superconductivity due to the absence of metallization driven by the covalent state of boron in MgB2. In this paper, we investigate from first principles the superconducting behavior in ultrathin limit of AlB2, and reveal a two-gap superconducting nature with transition temperatures Tcs in the range of 17−26.5K. Our results indicate that the superconductivity in AlB2 films originates mainly from the surface-boron-plane-driven covalent state which crosses the Fermi level because of the quantum confinement. Therefore, the hyperstoichiometric AlB2+x films with the surface boron layer existing on each side of the systems also promise admirable superconductivity. In particular, a high Tc∼47K with an exciting three-gap nature is captured in the thinnest AlB2+x films that possess a stoichiometry of AlB4 and a sandwich configuration of B2−Al−B2. In addition, the effect of external strain on superconducting behavior in the thinnest AlB2 film and sandwich AlB4 film is also involved, which shows that a small compressive strain can further boost the Tcs in both films and a three-gap nature can be also observed in the thinnest AlB2 film under a biaxial tensile strain of 2.0%−2.5%. These findings pave the way not only for study of superconductivity in AlB2-based materials but also the search for multigap superconductors.
Advanced oxidation processes that utilize highly oxidative radicals are widely used in water reuse treatment. In recent years, the application of sulfate radical (SO4•-) as a promising oxidant for water treatment has ...
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Phosphorus has recently received extensive attention as a promising anode for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) due to its high theoretical capacity of 2,596 mAh·g^-1. To develop high-performance phosphorus anodes f...
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Phosphorus has recently received extensive attention as a promising anode for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) due to its high theoretical capacity of 2,596 mAh·g^-1. To develop high-performance phosphorus anodes for LIBs, carbon materials have been hybridized with phosphorus (P-C) to improve dispersion and con- ductivity. However, the specific capacity, rate capability, and cycling stability of P-C anodes are still less than satisfactory for practical applications. Furthermore, the exact effects of the carbon support on the electrochemical performance of the P-C anodes are not fully understood. Herein, a series of xP-yC anode materials for LIBs were prepared by a simple and efficient ball-milling method. 6P-4C and 3P-7C were found to be optimum mass ratios of x/y, and delivered initial discharge capacities of 1,803.5 and 1,585.3-mAh·g^-1, respectively, at 0.1 C in the voltage range 0.02-2 V, with an initial capacity retention of 68.3% over 200 cycles (more than 4 months cycling life) and 40.8% over 450 cycles. The excellent electrochemical performance of the 6P-4C and 3P-7C samples was attributed to a synergistic effect from both the adsorbed P and carbon.
Fluorescence background and light scattering impede all-optical mapping of neural function in intact tissue. Hadamard microscopy enabled simultaneous optogenetic stimulation and fluorescence recording of Ca2+ response...
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The development and utilization of renewable energy sources usually requires a complicated process and often still needs the support from fossil energy sources, so that a system that integrate both energy sources must...
The development and utilization of renewable energy sources usually requires a complicated process and often still needs the support from fossil energy sources, so that a system that integrate both energy sources must be developed. Smart grid is a modern electricity network infrastructure with the ability to integrate alternative (nuclear, geothermal) and renewable energy sources (wind, water, air, diesel, etc.) and the ability to improve reliability, efficiency and security through automatic control and use of modern communication technology. Therefore the Smart Grid implementation will provide greater benefits because the number of renewable and integrated and integrated storage units increases, efficiency increases, operational costs decrease, reliability increases and CO2 emissions decrease. The implementation of the smart grid in the micro scale in this study is for the fulfilment of household electricity needs. The solar power as a renewable energy sources will be integrated to the smart grids so that households can become independent in providing electricity and not dependent on the state electricity company and also reduce monthly electricity costs. This study will discuss the integrating energy supply on the smart home micro grid.
Despite the innate complexity of the cell, emergent scale-invariant behavior is observed in many biological systems. We investigate one example of this phenomenon: the dynamics of large complexes in the bacterial cyto...
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Despite the innate complexity of the cell, emergent scale-invariant behavior is observed in many biological systems. We investigate one example of this phenomenon: the dynamics of large complexes in the bacterial cytoplasm. The observed dynamics of these complexes is scale invariant in three measures of dynamics: mean-squared displacement (MSD), velocity autocorrelation function, and the step-size distribution. To investigate the physical mechanism for this emergent scale invariance, we explore minimal models in which mobility is modeled as diffusion on a rough free-energy landscape in one dimension. We discover that all three scale-invariant characteristics emerge generically in the strong disorder limit. (Strong disorder is defined by the divergence of the ensemble-averaged hop time between lattice sites.) In particular, we demonstrate how the scale invariance of the relative step-size distribution can be understood from the perspective of extreme-value theory in statistics (EVT). We show that the Gumbel scale parameter is simply related to the MSD scaling parameter. The EVT mechanism of scale invariance is expected to be generic to strongly disordered systems and therefore a powerful tool for the analysis of other systems in biology and beyond.
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