In recent years, experimental and computational studies have demonstrated that the dynamics of glass-forming liquids are spatially heterogeneous, exhibiting regions of temporarily enhanced or diminished mobility. Here...
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In recent years, experimental and computational studies have demonstrated that the dynamics of glass-forming liquids are spatially heterogeneous, exhibiting regions of temporarily enhanced or diminished mobility. Here we present a detailed analysis of dynamical heterogeneity in a simulated “bead-spring” model of a low-molecular-weight polymer melt. We investigate the transient nature and size distribution of clusters of “mobile” chain segments (monomers) as the polymer melt is cooled toward its glass transition. We also explore the dependence of this clustering on the way in which the mobile subset is defined. We show that the mean cluster size is time dependent with a peak at intermediate time, and that the mean cluster size at the peak time grows with decreasing temperature T. We show that for each T a particular fraction of particles maximizes the mean cluster size at some characteristic time, and this fraction depends on T. The growing size of the clusters demonstrates the growing range of correlated motion, previously reported for this same system [C. Beneman et al. Nature (London) 399, 246 (1999)]. The distribution of cluster sizes approaches a power law near the mode-coupling temperature, similar to behavior reported for a simulated binary mixture and a dense colloidal suspension, but with a different exponent. We calculate the correlation length of the clusters, and show that it exhibits similar temperature- and time-dependent behavior as the mean cluster size, with a maximum at intermediate time. We show that the characteristic time of the maximum cluster size follows the scaling predicted by mode-coupling theory (MCT) for the β time scale, revealing a possible connection between spatially heterogeneous dynamics and MCT.
We study the effect of magnetic field and geometric confinement on excitons confined to a quantum ring. We use analytical matrix elements of the Coulomb interaction and diagonalize numerically the effective-mass Hamil...
We study the effect of magnetic field and geometric confinement on excitons confined to a quantum ring. We use analytical matrix elements of the Coulomb interaction and diagonalize numerically the effective-mass Hamiltonian of the problem. To explore the role of different boundary conditions, we investigate the quantum ring structure with a parabolic confinement potential, which allows the wave functions to be expressed in terms of center of mass and relative degrees of freedom of the exciton. On the other hand, wave functions expressed in terms of Bessel functions for electron and hole are used for a hard-wall confinement potential. The binding energy and electron–hole separation of the exciton are calculated as function of the width of the ring and the strength of an external magnetic field. The linear optical susceptibility as a function of magnetic fields is also discussed. We explore the Coulomb electron–hole correlation and magnetic confinement for several ring width and size combinations. The Aharanov–Bohm oscillations of exciton characteristics predicted for one-dimensional rings are found to not be present in these finite-width systems.
Multi-segment slant-hole (MSSH) collimators provide much higher detection efficiency of breast lesions at a single view than conventional low-energy high-resolution (LEHR) parallel-hole collimators. The purpose of thi...
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Multi-segment slant-hole (MSSH) collimators provide much higher detection efficiency of breast lesions at a single view than conventional low-energy high-resolution (LEHR) parallel-hole collimators. The purpose of this study is to evaluate rotating MSSH (RMSSH) SPECT mammography using Monte Carlo Simulation methods. We modified the SIMIND Monte Carlo code to generate RMSSH projection data including the effects of attenuation, collimator-detector response and scatter from a realistic NCAT phantom with an attached breast and a lesion placed at locations at the center and at the near and far walls of the breast. The projection data were reconstructed using analytic and iterative image reconstruction methods. For comparison, we examine an LEHR collimator with a resolution of 1 cm at 15.2 cm, which is the same as that of the MSSH at the center of the common volume-of-view. Also, we simulated the inclusion of a lead shield that covers the body to keep photons emitted from the other organs from reaching the MSSH collimator. Our results indicated that RMSSH SPECT provides greater breast lesion contrast than that of a planar image taken using a conventional LEHR collimator at all lesion locations. Depending on the lesion location, the spatial resolution of the RMSSH SPECT images may be comparable or slightly poorer than that of the planar scintimammographic images obtained using a LEHR collimator. Shielding of photon emissions from the other organs substantially improves the RMSSH SPECT image quality. We conclude that the Monte Carlo simulation methods are useful in evaluating the application of RMSSH SPECT to breast imaging as compared to conventional planar scintimammography and that RMSSH SPECT may enhance lesion detectability.
Recoil implantation was performed to create ultra shallow Sb doped layers in an Si (001) substrate. The technique consists of the initial deposition of thin (40 to 140 nm) Sb layers followed by high energy Ar+ ion irr...
Recoil implantation was performed to create ultra shallow Sb doped layers in an Si (001) substrate. The technique consists of the initial deposition of thin (40 to 140 nm) Sb layers followed by high energy Ar+ ion irradiation and final chemical stripping of the residual Sb film. The resulting Sb atoms are recoil implanted into the underlying Si substrate. The results show a linear dependence of Sb concentration with Ar+ ion dose. High resolution Medium Energy Ion Scattering (MEIS) measurements have shown the projected range to be 3.0 nm with a doped layer width of 2.8 nm. The deposited Sb layer thickness is also shown to be a weakly dependent parameter in determining the Sb concentration for a given ion energy and dose.
New low-temperature methods to produce GaN:Eu and Ga 2 O 3 :Eu (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) highly-luminescent powders are presented. These procedures yield finely divided powders through exothermic reactions between the precursors....
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New low-temperature methods to produce GaN:Eu and Ga 2 O 3 :Eu (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) highly-luminescent powders are presented. These procedures yield finely divided powders through exothermic reactions between the precursors. The preparation of Eu-doped Ga 2 O 3 powders was achieved using a new combustion synthesis technique (hydrazine/metal-nitrate method). The process starts with aqueous solutions of Eu(NO 3 ) 3 and Ga(NO 3 ) 3 as the precursors and hydrazine as (non-carbonaceous) fuel. A spontaneous combustion reaction occurs by increasing the temperature to between 150 and 200 °C in a closed vessel filled with argon, and produces (Eu x Ga 1— x ) 2 O 3 directly. The preparation of Eu-doped GaN uses the ammonium hexafluoro-metal method. The powders present strong luminescence associated with the dopant. A sharp and strong GaN luminescence is observed, indicative of high purity and crystallinity as determined by low-temperature cathodoluminescence. The composition and powder morphology have been studied using energy dispersive spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy.
High quality ZnO thin film was grown by Laser MBE. A pure ceramic ZnO target was ablated by the KrF laser pulses (248 nm, 10 Hz, 1 J/cm 2 ) in an ultra high vacuum to deposit ZnO film on sapphire (0001) substrate. The...
High quality ZnO thin film was grown by Laser MBE. A pure ceramic ZnO target was ablated by the KrF laser pulses (248 nm, 10 Hz, 1 J/cm 2 ) in an ultra high vacuum to deposit ZnO film on sapphire (0001) substrate. The lateral grain size was about 50 nm for the sample with thickness of 55 nm. At room temperature, the peak of the exciton absorption and the photoluminescence have the same energy. Under high density excitation (355 nm, 35 ps, 10 Hz), an exciton–exciton collision process was observed as P 2 and P lines where 2S exciton and ionized exciton remain. From the edge of the sample, a very rapid increase of the P line was observed with the increase of the excitation power. A fine structure that comes from the cavity mode was also observed. These facts suggest that the lasing of the exciton was observed at room temperature.
Signals from 12 soprano and mezzo-soprano singers are analyzed with the modal distribution, a high-resolution time-frequency analysis method, to obtain measures of instantaneous amplitude and frequency of the signals...
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In the mid 1960’s, three sets of experiments with lattices of mixed oxide (2 wt. % PuO2) fuel rods were performed at the Critical Approach Facility at Hanford Operations. These experiments have been evaluated as part...
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Motivated by diverse phenomena in cellular biophysics, including bacterial flagellar motion and DNA transcription and replication, we study the overdamped nonlinear dynamics of a rotationally forced filament with twis...
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Motivated by diverse phenomena in cellular biophysics, including bacterial flagellar motion and DNA transcription and replication, we study the overdamped nonlinear dynamics of a rotationally forced filament with twist and bend elasticity. Competition between twist injection, twist diffusion, and writhing instabilities is described by coupled PDEs for twist and bend evolution. Analytical and numerical methods elucidate the twist/bend coupling and reveal two regimes separated by a Hopf bifurcation: (i) diffusion-dominated axial rotation, or twirling, and (ii) steady-state crankshafting motion, or whirling. The consequences of these phenomena for self-propulsion are investigated, and experimental tests proposed.
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