Pressure dependence electrical resistivity in DVT grown molybdenum dichalcogenides

Abstract

Single crystals of MoS _x Se_2?x (x=0, 1, 2) have been grown by direct vapour transport method. Pressure-dependent d.c. electrical resistivity measurements have been carried out on the grown crystals to check the possibility of phase transition up to 8 GPa. However, no such transition is observed in the present case but a decrease in resistivity is found with increase in pressure. The observed results have been analysed and discussed on the basis of band structure.     

Gold‐Nanoparticle‐Decorated Boron Nitride Nanosheets: Structure and Optical Properties

Synergetic cooperation of individual components of the nanocomposites (NCs) is responsible for their novel properties that lead to various technological applications. A simple chemical process depicting the deposition of functionalized gold nanoparticles on the surface of boron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs) in solution is reported. The structure, chemical composition, and optical properties of nanosheets are systematically studied. The deposition of Au nanoparticles on BNNS (BNNS_Au) results in plasmonic band modulation, thus altering the optoelectronic properties of BNNSs. The intense surface plasmon absorption band of BNNS_Au is narrowed and red‐shifted relative to the absorption band of as synthesized monometallic BNNSs. The observations reflect the strong interfacial interaction between BNNS and Au nanoparticles. This approach constitutes a basis for a simple process leading to the preparation of functionalized BNNSs and their utilization as nanoscale templates for assembly and integration with other nanoscale materials for futuristic optoelectronic devices.     

The partition problem

In this paper we describe several forms of thek-partition problem and give integer programming formulations of each case. The dimension of the associated polytopes and some basic facets are identified. We also give several valid and facet defining inequalities for each of the polytopes.Partial Support from NSF Grants DMS 8606188 and ECS 8800281 is gratefully acknowledged.     

Investigation of the Behaviour of Powders under and after Consolidation

A biaxial tester was utilized in order to characterize mechanical powder behaviour. Tests were aimed at characterizing the virgin consolidation behaviour of CRM 116 limestone powder, standardized by the Community Bureau of Reference (BCR). The tests indicated that the virgin consolidation behaviour of the powder can be represented by means of topographic maps and surface plots in the principal stress space irrespective of the consolidation stress paths. Resulting strains and bulk densities can also be represented in the same manner. Reloading tests were also carried out on samples consolidated by following different stress paths (consolidation procedures). By applying stresses to the previously consolidated samples and determination of points of initial plastic deformations, the yield surface for each specific type of consolidation was drawn. These tests revealed anisotropic behaviour of the powder, depending on the type of consolidation.     

Effect of magnetic field dependent viscosity on ferroconvection in the presence of dust particles

This paper deals with the theoretical investigation of the effect of magnetic field dependent (MFD) viscosity on the thermal convection in a ferromagnetic fluid in the presence of dust particles. For a flat ferromagnetic fluid layer contained between two free boundaries, the exact solution is obtained using a linear stability analysis and a normal mode analysis method. For the case of stationary convection, dust particles always have a destabilizing effect, whereas the MFD viscosity has a stabilizing effect on the onset of convection. In the absence of MFD viscosity, the destabilizing effect of magnetization is depicted but in the presence of MFD viscosity, non-buoyancy magnetization may have a destabilizing or a stabilizing effect on the onset of convection. The critical wave number and critical magnetic thermal Rayleigh number for the onset of stationary convection are also determined numerically for sufficiently large values of buoyancy magnetization parameter M ₁. Graphs have been plotted by giving numerical values to the parameters to depict the stability characteristics. It is observed that the critical magnetic thermal Rayleigh number is reduced solely because the heat capacity of clean fluid is supplemented by that of the dust particles. The principle of exchange of stabilities is found to hold true for the ferromagnetic fluid heated from below in the absence of dust particles. The oscillatory modes are introduced due to the presence of the dust particles, which were non-existent in their absence. A sufficient condition for the non-existence of overstability is also obtained.     

Intensity measurements in the 4·54μ fundamental of CH3D at low temperatures

The integrated intensities of the J-multiples R(4) through P(12), including the Q-branch, of the 4·54μ fundamental of CH₃D have been measured at 100°K, 150°K, 200°K, 250°K, and 298°K. Comparison of the measured line strengths with values calculated using symmetric-top formulae suggests strong intensity anamolies.     

Polarography of cobalt (II) in water and 50% methanol

The polarographic behaviour of cobalt (II) in water and 50% methanol in the presence of various supporting electrolytes has been studied. The kinetic parameters and activation energy for the electrode process have been evaluated and compared. The results have been discussed on the basis of selective hydration of cobaltous ion at the electrode surface.     

Application of the MC SCF method to the π → π* excitation energies of ethylene

The MC SCF method is employed to calculate the N → T and N → V π → π^* vertical excitation energies of ethylene. To obtain accurate excitation energies it is found to be necessary to utilize an expanded valence space containing two π and two π^* orbitals. Relatively small MC SCF calculations, allowing at most one-electron excitations from the sigma space, are found to yield excitation energies and spatial extents of the excited states in excellent agreement with the predictions of large multi-reference or iterative-natural-orbital CI calculations. These results show that within an MC SCF framework σ-σ correlation is unimportant for describing the π → π^* processes. We also conclude that the neglect of the effects of unlinked cluster terms in some of the CI calculations may have introduced small, but important, errors in the excitation energies and predictions of the spatial extent of the V state.     

Theoretical study of the vertical electron affinity and ionization potentials of C3

The electron affinity and first three ionization potentials of C₃ are calculated using the multiconfigurational SCF and configuration interaction methods and by Möller-Plesset perturbation theory. Whereas Koopmans' theorem and SCF calculations indicate that the first cation state is ²Π_u, upon inclusion of correlation effects both the ²Σ_u and ²Σ_g cation states are found to lie lower in energy. CI calculations indicate that the ground state (²Π_g) anion is stable by 1.74 eV. Allowing for the error in the calculated electron affinity of the carbon atom, C₃^? is estimated to be stable by 2.0 eV, in excellent agreement with the 2.05 eV value determined from recent photodetachment measurements. No excited anion states are found to be bound at the equilibrium geometry of the neutral molecule.     

Superposition of special non-abelian potentials

The superposition of the non-abelian potentials of the formA′^μ=Aα^μ+aβ ^μ andB′^μ=Bγ^μ+bη^μ are considered and the necessary as well as the sufficient conditions are obtained. The significance of the conditions is discussed and the constrained isotopic spins of the perturbation potentials (aβ ^μ,bη^μ) are shown to be necessary for the superposition of these potenitals. Work under the projecthcs/dst/1081/81