In this paper we investigate the effect of disorder on highly correlated electron systems, which exhibit metal-insulator transition (MIT) and structural-phase transition (SPT). We show that the effect of ion irradiati...
In this paper we investigate the effect of disorder on highly correlated electron systems, which exhibit metal-insulator transition (MIT) and structural-phase transition (SPT). We show that the effect of ion irradiation is strikingly different between V2O3 and VO2, two otherwise similar materials. Upon irradiation, the MIT and SPT temperatures in V2O3 decrease drastically at low absolute dosages, much lower than for VO2. At a low threshold dose, the insulating state of V2O3 drastically collapses into a metallic state. Contrary to this, irradiation of VO2 leads to a much milder reduction of the MIT and SPT temperatures and to a weak, gradual decrease of the insulating state resistivity—not suppressed even at one order of magnitude higher doses than the V2O3 threshold. These major differences imply that the phase transition in V2O3 arises from global (rather than local as in VO2) physical mechanisms that are extremely sensitive to disorder. This shows that the MIT and SPT may have substantially different physical origins in different systems, with the consequent major implications for theoretical descriptions of the MIT in highly correlated electron systems.
We report on recent investigations into the mechanical properties of metallic micro-specimens deformed in tension and compression. We will focus on investigations using a custom test apparatus for in-situ focused ion ...
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As the demand for sustainable materials increases, there are unique challenges and opportunities to develop light-weight green composites materials for a wide range of applications. Thus woodbased composite materials ...
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As the demand for sustainable materials increases, there are unique challenges and opportunities to develop light-weight green composites materials for a wide range of applications. Thus woodbased composite materials from renewable forests may provide options for some niche applications while helping to protect our environment. In this paper, the wood-based tri-axial sandwich composite materials either made from hardboard or laminated paper are being studied for various applications having different performance requirements. The wood-based tri-axial sandwich composite is composed of a tri-axial interlocking structural ribbed core bonded to stiff and strong faces with or without reinforced synthetic fiber fabric. Foam can also be selectively filled in the core to achieve specific performance requirements. The geometrical dimension of each component of the tri-axial sandwich composite can be optimized to achieve in the full use of material. Both static and dynamic performance is studied to help determine failure criterion of the wood-based sandwich composite panel. The panel is also being analyzed using compression test, bending test, buckling test, and fatigue test, the results shows these tri-axial composites have excellent mechanical performance. Furthermore, the equivalent analytical and finite analysis models were developed to simulate the mechanical behavior of the wood-based tri-axial sandwich composites for optimal design. The possible options and applications for the woodbased sandwich composite materials were also discussed.
Thermodynamics of(001)epitaxial ferroelectric films completely relaxed due to the formation of elastic domains with a three-domain architecture is *** polydomain structure and electromechanical response of such films ...
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Thermodynamics of(001)epitaxial ferroelectric films completely relaxed due to the formation of elastic domains with a three-domain architecture is *** polydomain structure and electromechanical response of such films are analyzed for two cases corresponding to immobile and mobile elastic domain *** is shown that immobile elastic domains provide additional constraint which increases the mechanical and electrical clamping,thereby significantly reducing the piezoelectric and dielectric *** the other hand,a polydomain ferroelectric film adapts to the variations in the applied electric field by reversible domain wall displacements in the case of mobile domain *** comparison of the theory with experiments shows that the elastic domain walls are mobile in the fully relaxed films of~1μm *** addition,if the substrate constraint is reduced via decreasing lateral size of a polydomain ferroelectric film,its piezoresponse will increase dramatically,as is experimentally verified on small islands of polydomain ferroelectric *** general conclusions can be readily applied to other constrained polydomain films.
A novel plant oil-based polymer technology was developed that enables the production of polyvinyl ether)s with fatty acid ester side chains. Vinyl ether monomers were produced using base-catalyzed transesterification ...
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Packings of hard polyhedra have been studied for centuries due to their mathematical aesthetic and more recently for their applications in fields such as nanoscience, granular and colloidal matter, and biology. In all...
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Packings of hard polyhedra have been studied for centuries due to their mathematical aesthetic and more recently for their applications in fields such as nanoscience, granular and colloidal matter, and biology. In all these fields, particle shape is important for structure and properties, especially upon crowding. Here, we explore packing as a function of shape. By combining simulations and analytic calculations, we study three two-parameter families of hard polyhedra and report an extensive and systematic analysis of the densest known packings of more than 55 000 convex shapes. The three families have the symmetries of triangle groups (icosahedral, octahedral, tetrahedral) and interpolate between various symmetric solids (Platonic, Archimedean, Catalan). We find optimal (maximum) packing-density surfaces that reveal unexpected richness and complexity, containing as many as 132 different structures within a single family. Our results demonstrate the importance of thinking about shape not as a static property of an object, in the context of packings, but rather as but one point in a higher-dimensional shape space whose neighbors in that space may have identical or markedly different packings. Finally, we present and interpret our packing results in a consistent and generally applicable way by proposing a method to distinguish regions of packings and classify types of transitions between them.
Trabecular bone is a porous nanocomposite material with a hierarchical structure. In this study, a multi-scale modeling approach, addressing scales spanning from the nanometer (collagen-mineral) to mesoscale (trabecul...
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Energy storage devices, such as lithium‐ion batteries and supercapacitors, are required for the modern electronics. However, the intrinsic characteristics of low power densities in batteries and low energy densities ...
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Energy storage devices, such as lithium‐ion batteries and supercapacitors, are required for the modern electronics. However, the intrinsic characteristics of low power densities in batteries and low energy densities in supercapacitors have limited their applications. How to simultaneously realize high energy and power densities in one device remains a challenge. Herein a fiber‐shaped hybrid energy‐storage device (FESD) formed by twisting three carbon nanotube hybrid fibers demonstrates both high energy and power densities. For the FESD, the energy density (50 mWh cm −3 or 90 Wh kg −1 ) many times higher than for other forms of supercapacitors and approximately 3 times that of thin‐film batteries; the power density (1 W cm −3 or 5970 W kg −1 ) is approximately 140 times of thin‐film lithium‐ion battery. The FESD is flexible, weaveable and wearable, which offers promising advantages in the modern electronics.
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