Collective conduction mechanism in a quasi-one-dimensional TiS<Subscript>3</Subscript> compound

The resistance of TiS₃ single crystal whiskers has been measured as a function of temperature and electric field in the range of 4.2–340 K. At temperatures below 60 K, a strong nonlinearity of the current-voltage characteristics has been revealed. Below 10 K, the current-voltage characteristics are of the threshold type. The results are attributed to the transition of electrons to a collective state, probably, with the formation of a charge density wave.     

Thermal conductivity and heat capacity of a ZnWO<Subscript>4</Subscript> crystal

The thermal conductivity of a ZnWO₄ single crystal in the principal crystallographic directions has been studied experimentally in the temperature range of 50–573 K, and the heat capacity of the single crystal has been measured in the range of 81–301 K.     

Heat capacity and entropy of two electrons quantum dot in a magnetic field with parabolic interaction

The thermodynamic properties of two electrons in two dimensional parabolic GaAs quantum dot are studied where both the magnetic field and the e–e interaction are fully considered. The e–e interaction has been treated by a model potential which makes the Hamiltonian exactly solvable. The energy spectrum is used to calculate the canonical partition function, and then we obtain the thermodynamic properties; mean energy, heat capacity and entropy as a function of temperature (T) and magnetic field (B).A steep transition from zero to 4k_B is observed in the heat capacity as a function of temperature for small values of magnetic field and saturates within a small temperature range, also the heat capacity has a peak-like structure at low temperature, while for high magnetic field heat capacity develops a shoulder at 2k_B then it approaches the saturation value with further increase in temperature. The entropy increases with increasing temperature, but at higher temperature, it remains almost independent of the magnetic field. It is shown that, at low magnetic field values, the effect of magnetic field on heat capacity is tangible and it attains a constant value with further increase in magnetic field. Entropy is almost linearly proportional with increasing magnetic field strength.     

Hot electrons and laser optoacoustics in metal nanoparticles

The theory of sound generation and heat transfer in matrix-embedded metal nanoparticles under ultra-short laser irradiation has been developed. The shape and time dependence of acoustic waves generated by a sharp change in the pressure of electrons have been investigated for a single nanoparticle and for the group of nanoparticles located on a 2-D flat matrix plane. The dependence of the electronic temperature and the temperature of the interface between the dielectric matrix and nanoparticle as a function of time has been derived.     

CdS单晶中的绿色电致发光和光致发光

在50-290K温度范围内,研究了在正向电压激发下,用高纯CdS单晶制备的MIS发光二极管的电致发光光谱。在室温时,发射光谱分别由峰值为5135±25Å和5300±15Å的二个绿色谱带所组成,而在低温下,观测到有很多结构的光谱。在50K时,自由和束缚激子的发射实际上占有统治地位。文中提出,在室温时,谱峰为5135±25Å的谱带是与受导带自由电子散射的自由激子的发射有关;而谱峰为5300±15Å的谱带归结为与同时发射二个纵光学声子的自由激子的发射有关。比较了刚生长的高阻CdS单晶以及在熔融镉中热处理的低阻CdS单晶的光致发光光谱。在熔融镉中的热处理抑制了自由到束缚(HES)和束缚到束缚(LES)的边缘发射,也抑制了I2束缚激子谱线,但是增强了自由激子的发射,在电场激发下,也使自由激子的发射增强。     

Electronic contribution to the heat transfer across metal single crystal-He II boundaries

Measurements of the Kapitza conductance by the ac technique are reported for oriented gallium and copper single crystal discs. The data show convincing evidence that conduction electrons participate in the transmission of heat across the metal-He II interfaces for both metals. Measurements of the Kapitza conductance as a function of transverse and longitudinal fields and the influence of temperature, sample thickness and impurities allow a qualitative understanding of the total heat transfer across the sample.     

Electron emission and charging of natural diamond under irradiation with medium-energy electrons

The processes of charging of a natural diamond crystal irradiated by an electron beam with primary electron energies in the range 1–30 keV have been experimentally investigated. The charging kinetics has been studied as a function of the irradiation dose and the electron-emission properties of the crystal. The following fundamental characteristics have been determined: the second crossover equilibrium energy of the beam electrons and the values of high-voltage surface potentials and accumulated charges.     

Calorimetric investigation on the paramagnetic–antiferromagnetic phase transition in CoO

The paramagnetic–antiferromagnetic phase transition of a single crystal of CoO, whose first- or second-order character is controversial, has been studied using a high sensitive calorimetric technique. Although both specific heat and differential thermal analysis (DTA) trace obtained at very low temperature rate (0.1 K h⁻¹) show strong anomalies at the Néel temperature T_N, the DTA trace and that calculated from the specific heat anomaly coincides indicating a continuous phase transition. In agreement with the theoretical predictions, the specific heat follows the 3D Ising model in a temperature range of 3 K below T_N. Fisher relation for antiferromagnets is also obeyed in the same temperature range.     

Thermodynamic properties of Heisenberg model for magnetic ordered graphene sheet

We study the thermodynamic properties of two dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the honeycomb lattice in the presence of anisotropic Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and next nearest neighbor coupling exchange constant. A sublattice antiferromagnetic long range ordering has been considered for localized electrons on honeycomb lattice structure. In particular, the temperature dependence of specific heat has been investigated for various physical parameters in the model Hamiltonian. Using Holstein-Primakoff bosonic transformations, the behavior of thermodynamic properties has been studied by means of excitation spectrum of mapped bosonic gas. Furthermore we have studied the dependence of specific heat and magnetization on Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction strength for various next nearest neighbor interaction strengths. At low temperatures, the specific heat is found to be monotonically increasing with temperature. We have found the dependence of specific heat on Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction strength shows a monotonic increasing behavior for various next nearest neighbor exchange constants. Also we have studied the temperature dependence of staggered magnetization for different next nearest neighbor coupling constants. Our results show the critical temperature moves to higher amounts with reduction of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction strength.     

Low-temperature heat capacity upon the transition from paramagnetic to ferromagnetic Heusler alloys Fe<Subscript>2</Subscript> <Emphasis Type="Italic">Me</Emphasis>Al (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Me</Emphasis> = Ti,V, Cr,Mn, Fe,Co, Ni)

The heat capacity of band magnets Fe₂MeAl (Me = Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) ordered in crystal structure L2₁ has been measured in the range 2 K ≤ T ≤ 50 K. The dependences of the Debye temperature Θ_D, the Sommerfeld coefficient γ, and the temperature-independent contribution to heat capacity C₀ on the number of valence electrons z in the alloys have been determined.     

Molecular-dynamics calculation of the thermal conductivity coefficient of the germanium single crystal

The thermal conductivity coefficient of the germanium crystal lattice has been calculated by molecular dynamics simulation. Calculations have been performed for both the perfect crystal lattice and the crystal lattice with defects such as monovacancies. For the perfect germanium single crystal, the dependence of the thermal conductivity coefficient on the lattice temperature has been obtained in the temperature range of 150–1000 K. The thermal conductivity coefficient of the germanium lattice has been calculated as a function of the monovacancy concentration.     

Optical investigations of the metal-insulator transition in a low-dimensional organic conductor (EDT-TTF)4[Hg3I8]

The polarized reflectance spectra of single crystals of the low-dimensional organic conductor (EDT-TTF)₄[Hg₃I₈] undergoing a metal-insulator phase transition at a temperature T < 35 K have been presented. The spectral region of the study is 700–6000 cm^?1 (0.087–0.74 eV), and the temperature range is 300–9 K. It has been shown that the reflectance spectra are determined by a system of quasi-free electrons of the upper half-occupied molecular π-orbitals, which form a half-filled metallic band in the crystals. A high anisotropy of the spectra and their temperature dependences have been found. For two polarizations, the quantitative analysis of the spectra at 100 and 25 K has been performed in the framework of the phenomenological Drude model, the effective mass and the width of the initial metallic π-electron band have been deter-mined, and it has been found that the conducting system in the crystals has a quasi-one-dimensional character. As temperature decreases, the spectra demonstrate substantial changes indicating the formation of the energy gap (or pseudogap) in the spectrum of electronic states in the range of ～1500–2500 cm^?1. In the low-frequency region (700–1600 cm^?1), a vibrational structure has been observed, and the most intense feature of the structure (ω = 1340 cm^?1) is caused by the interaction of electrons with intramolecular vibrations of the C=C bonds of the EDT-TTF molecule. For temperatures of 15 and 9 K, the analysis of the spectra has been performed in the framework of the theoretical “phase phonon” model taking into account the interaction of electrons with the intramolecular vibrations. It has been concluded that the metal-insulator transition observed in the reflectance spectra of the crystals is similar to the Peierls dielectric transition that occurs in a system of electrons coupled with the intramolecular vibrations of the molecules forming the crystal.     

Reversal of the Hall field in indium

The Hall effect in single crystal has been investigated at 63 kOe over the 6–280 K temperature range. The Hall coefficient reverses sign as a function of temperature. The high temperature value is less negative then theoretical predictions.     

On the microscopic theory of electronic contributions to lattice dynamics of anharmonic crystals

A formalism is set up to study the electronic contribution to the phonon dynamics in an arbitrary crystal, conducting or insulating, without assuming small ionic oscillations. Therefore, in contrast to a harmonic Born-Oppenheimer approximation, such an approach allows for renormalization effects due to phonon-phonon interaction over the complete temperature range of the solid phase. The “weak coupling” approximation between nuclei and electrons is shown to be sufficient in order to obtain the dynamical matrix microscopically in terms of the complete inverse dielectric function of the electrons.     

Magnetic properties of the Nd<Subscript>0.5</Subscript>Gd<Subscript>0.5</Subscript>Fe<Subscript>3</Subscript>(BO<Subscript>3</Subscript>)<Subscript>4</Subscript> single crystal

The magnetic properties of the Nd_0.5Gd_0.5Fe₃(BO₃)₄ single crystal have been studied in principal crystallographic directions in magnetic fields to 90 kG in the temperature range 2–300 K; in addition, the heat capacity has been measured in the range 2–300 K. It has been found that, below the Néel temperature T _N = 32 K down to 2 K, the single crystal exhibits an easy-plane antiferromagnetic structure. A hysteresis has been detected during magnetization of the crystal in the easy plane in fields of 1.0–3.5 kG, and a singularity has been found in the temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility in the easy plane at a temperature of 11 K in fields B < 1 kG. It has been shown that the singularity is due to appearance of the hysteresis. The origin of the magnetic properties of the crystal near the hysteresis has been discussed.     

Optical polarization of nuclei and ODNMR in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells

Optical orientation of electrons was used to polarize the crystal lattice nuclei in quantum-size heterostructures and to study the effect of the conduction band spin splitting on the spin states of quasi-two-dimensional (2D) electrons drifting in an external electric field. High (～1%) nuclear polarization was registered using polarized luminescence and ODNMR in single GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells. Measurement was made of the hyperfine interaction fields created by polarized nuclei on electrons and by electrons on nuclei. The spin-lattice relaxation of nuclei on the non-degenerate 2D electron gas was calculated. A comparison of the theoretical and experimental longitudinal relaxation times permitted the conclusion that the localized charge carriers are responsible for nuclear polarization in quantum wells in the temperature range of 2–77 K. A new effect has been studied, i.e. induction of an effective magnetic field acting on 2D electron spins when electrons drift in an external electric field in the quantum well plane. This effective field B_eff is due to the spin splitting of the conduction band of 2D electrons. The paper discusses possible registration of an ODNMR signal when the field B_eff is modulated by an electric current during optical orientation.     

Microscopic verification of topological electron-vortex binding in the lowest Landau-level crystal state

When two-dimensional electrons are subjected to a very strong magnetic field, they are believed to form a triangular crystal. By a direct comparison with the exact wave function, we demonstrate that this crystal is not a simple Hartree-Fock crystal of electrons but an inherently quantum mechanical crystal characterized by a nonperturbative binding of quantized vortices to electrons. It is suggested that this has qualitative consequences for experiment.     

Dielectric and optical properties of polymer-liquid crystal composite

Dielectric properties of polymer-liquid crystal mixture, having constituent polymer, poly-butyl methacrylate (PBMA) and liquid crystal, cholesteryl nonanoate, are reported as a function of frequency and temperature. The measurement has been done in a temperature range of 300-375 K and frequency range of 100 Hz-10 MHz. The dielectric permittivity and dielectric loss shows significant changes with the addition of polymer molecules in liquid crystal. The significant feature of composite formation is that the pure liquid crystal and polymer do not show dielectric relaxation in the frequency range covered, while the composite shows relaxation peak at a particular frequency. The optical transmittance of pure liquid crystal and composite has also been measured and compared.     

Two-channel Kondo effect in glasslike ThAsSe

We present low-temperature heat and charge transport as well as caloric properties of a ThAsSe single crystal. An extra -AT(1/2) term in the electrical resistivity, independent of magnetic fields as high as 14 T, provides evidence for an unusual scattering of conduction electrons. Additionally, both the thermal conductivity and the specific heat show a glass-type temperature dependence which signifies the presence of tunneling states. These observations apparently point to an experimental realization of a two-channel Kondo effect derived from structural two-level systems.     

Local moment ferromagnetism in CeRu2Ga2B

Magnetization, specific heat, and electrical resistivity measurements for polycrystalline specimens of CeRu(2)Ga(2)B reveal local moment ferromagnetic order at a Curie temperature T(C) = 16.3 K. Specific heat measurements show that the phase transition is second order and the low temperature behavior indicates that the Ce f-electron states do not hybridize strongly with the conduction electron states. Electrical resistivity measurements demonstrate large spin disorder scattering of conduction electrons for T ≥ T(C). Results for a single crystal are also reported, where T(C) = 15.4 K. While results for the polycrystal and single crystal specimens are qualitatively similar, the differences between them suggest that crystalline disorder plays a role in how the magnetism develops.