The electronic and structural properties of thin LaNiO3 films grown by using molecular beam epitaxy are studied as a function of the net ionic charge of the surface terminating layer. We demonstrate that electronic tr...
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The electronic and structural properties of thin LaNiO3 films grown by using molecular beam epitaxy are studied as a function of the net ionic charge of the surface terminating layer. We demonstrate that electronic transport in nickelate heterostructures can be manipulated through changes in the surface termination due to a strong coupling of the surface electrostatic properties to the structural properties of the Ni—O bonds that govern electronic conduction. We observe experimentally and from first-principles theory an asymmetric response of the structural properties of the films to the sign of the surface charge, which results from a strong interplay between electrostatic and mechanical boundary conditions governing the system. The structural response results in ionic buckling in the near-surface NiO2 planes for films terminated with negatively charged NiO2 and bulklike NiO2 planes for films terminated with positively charged LaO planes. The ability to modify transport properties by the deposition of a single atomic layer can be used as a guiding principle for nanoscale device fabrication.
Data-constrained dynamical ocean modeling for the purpose of detailed forecasting and prediction continues to evolve and improve in quality. Modeling methods and computational capabilities have each improved. The resu...
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Data-constrained dynamical ocean modeling for the purpose of detailed forecasting and prediction continues to evolve and improve in quality. Modeling methods and computational capabilities have each improved. The result is that mesoscale phenomena can be modeled with skill, given sufficient data. However, many submesoscale features are less well modeled and remain largely unpredicted from a deterministic event standpoint, and possibly also from a statistical property standpoint. A multi-institution project is underway with goals of uncovering more of the details of a few submesoscale processes, working toward better predictions of their occurrence and their variability. A further component of our project is application of the new ocean models to ocean acoustic modeling and prediction. This paper focuses on one portion of the ongoing work: Efforts to link nonhydrostatic-physics models of continental-shelf nonlinear internal wave evolution to data-driven regional models. Ocean front-related effects are also touched on.
Variations in plasma density in the ionospheric layer can cause fluctuations in the received amplitude or phase of a trans-ionospherically propagating radio wave. Such fluctuations are termed scintillation, and can le...
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Variations in plasma density in the ionospheric layer can cause fluctuations in the received amplitude or phase of a trans-ionospherically propagating radio wave. Such fluctuations are termed scintillation, and can lead to loss of continuity in radio-navigation for users of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) such as GPS, Beidou, GLONASS, and Galileo. A scintillating signal can cause a user's receiver to lose lock on one or more satellites at a given instant. These satellites are then temporarily unavailable for position, navigation and timing estimates, reducing accuracy. Scintillation is observed most frequently in the equatorial and auroral zones. In these regions, different physical mechanisms are responsible for the formation of ionospheric irregularities that cause scintillation.
Self-lubricating coatings have been widely used to reduce friction in moving machine assemblies. However, the tribological performance of these coatings is strongly dependent on the service temperature. In this paper,...
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Self-lubricating coatings have been widely used to reduce friction in moving machine assemblies. However, the tribological performance of these coatings is strongly dependent on the service temperature. In this paper, an extensive review pertaining to the influence of operating service temperature on tribological performance of self-lubricating coatings has been carried out. Based on the effective lubricating temperature range, the self-lubricating coatings developed in the past have been divided into three groups: low temperature lubricant coating (from ?200°C to room temperature), moderate temperature lubricant coating (from room temperature to 500°C) and high temperature lubricant coating (> 500°C). Ideas concerning possible ways to extend the operating temperature range of self-lubricating coatings have been presented as follows: hybridized tribological coating, adaptive tribological coatings, and diffusion rate limited solid lubricant coating. In addition, a new self-lubricating coating formulation for potential application at a wide operating temperature range has been proposed.
We propose a “phase diagram” for particulate systems with purely repulsive contact forces, such as granular media and colloids. We characterize two classes of behavior as a function of the input kinetic energy per d...
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We propose a “phase diagram” for particulate systems with purely repulsive contact forces, such as granular media and colloids. We characterize two classes of behavior as a function of the input kinetic energy per degree of freedom T0 and packing fraction deviation from jamming onset Δϕ=ϕ−ϕJ using simulations of frictionless disks. Isocoordinated solids (ICS) exist above jamming; they possess an average contact number equal to the isostatic value ziso. ICS display “strict” harmonic response, where the density of vibrational modes from the Fourier transform of the velocity autocorrelation function is a set of sharp peaks at eigenfrequencies ωkd of the dynamical matrix. In contrast, hypocoordinated solids (HCS) occur above and below jamming and possess fluctuating networks of interparticle contacts but do not undergo cage-breaking particle rearrangements. The density of vibrational frequencies for the HCS is not a collection of sharp peaks at ωkd, but it does possess a common form over a range of Δϕ and T0.
We perform molecular dynamics simulations to compress binary hard spheres into jammed packings as a function of the compression rate R, size ratio α, and number fraction xS of small particles to determine the connect...
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We perform molecular dynamics simulations to compress binary hard spheres into jammed packings as a function of the compression rate R, size ratio α, and number fraction xS of small particles to determine the connection between the glass-forming ability (GFA) and packing efficiency in bulk metallic glasses (BMGs). We define the GFA by measuring the critical compression rate Rc, below which jammed hard-sphere packings begin to form “random crystal” structures with defects. We find that for systems with α≳0.8 that do not demix, Rc decreases strongly with ΔϕJ, as Rc∼exp(−1/ΔϕJ2), where ΔϕJ is the difference between the average packing fraction of the amorphous packings and random crystal structures at Rc. Systems with α≲0.8 partially demix, which promotes crystallization, but we still find a strong correlation between Rc and ΔϕJ. We show that known metal-metal BMGs occur in the regions of the α and xS parameter space with the lowest values of Rc for binary hard spheres. Our results emphasize that maximizing GFA in binary systems involves two competing effects: minimizing α to increase packing efficiency, while maximizing α to prevent demixing.
Dielectric spectroscopy,at room temperature(20℃),is used to study the dielectric response of ternary mixtures of commercial nematic liquid crystal mixtures E7 and E33,an organic solvent N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone(NMP)and...
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Dielectric spectroscopy,at room temperature(20℃),is used to study the dielectric response of ternary mixtures of commercial nematic liquid crystal mixtures E7 and E33,an organic solvent N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone(NMP)and a triblock polymers in the frequency range from 0.01Hz to *** results indicate a dielectric relaxation in the hectohertz ***,both E7 and NMP have rather large low frequency conductivities;however,the low frequency(0.01–10Hz)behavior of the mixtures has no such *** attribute this behavior to an ion getter effect of the triblock polymer *** ternary mixtures obtain a real dielectric constant near 230,and loss tangent less than 0.05 at frequencies near 10mHz.
Reducing the number of readout channels of PET detectors with multiplexing can save the cost and complexity for developing a scanner. However, a high multiplexing ratio can also degrade the signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio...
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Reducing the number of readout channels of PET detectors with multiplexing can save the cost and complexity for developing a scanner. However, a high multiplexing ratio can also degrade the signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio of the detector since the noise of the multiplexed channels is summed together. Compressed sensing (CS) was recently shown to be a promising multiplexing method for PET detectors that can achieve high multiplexing ratio while resolving simultaneous hits on multiple pixels with high SNR recovery for PET detectors. In this work, we study the effects of multiplexing and sampling rate on the performance of the CS detectors and the corresponding DAQ system we have developed for a PET insert for simultaneous PET/MR brain imaging. The coincidence time resolution acquired by a pair of single-crystal detectors degraded from 1.4 ns to 3.2 ns when the sampling rate dropped from 20GHz (sampled by the digital oscilloscope) to 65MHz (sampled by the 256-channel DAQ system developed in house). The coincidence time resolution further degraded to 3.7 ns when the coincidence events were acquired by two CS detectors (with a multiplexing ratio of 8:1) and sampled by the DAQ system, indicating the effect of multiplexing on the timing performance. Possible future studies to diagnose and mitigate the causes of timing performance degradation are discussed.
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