Controlled Formation of β-Si3N4 on Native Oxidized Silicon Wafers in Ammonia Flow

Crystallography Reports - The formation of β-Si3N4 for subsequent growth of AlGaN and GaN heterostructures of silicon wafers has been studied. It is established that the native oxide layer...     

Modeling of Molten Corium Oxidation in the Presence of an Oxide Crust on the Melt Surface

Technical Physics - In the case of a severe accident at a nuclear power plant with light-water reactors, the most effective method for localization of the formed melt (corium) is its retention in...     

Root-Mean-Square Amplitude of Zero-Point Vibrations in a Crystal

Russian Physics Journal - The paper shows that the values of zero-point energy and vibrations of atoms in a crystal determined by the uncertainty principle, depend on the dynamic response of atoms....     

Effect of Mechanical Stress on the Splitting of Spin Sublevels in 4H-SiC

JETP Letters - The effect of static mechanical strain on the splitting of spin sublevels of color centers based on spin 3/2 silicon vacancies in silicon carbide at room temperature has been shown....     

Valley Magnetization of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers

JETP Letters - It is shown that the intrinsic magnetization of transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers calculated within the two-band model depends significantly on the boundary conditions on...     

Raman and X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Investigations of the Structure and Ru–Mn Valence States of Li2Mn0.9Ru0.1O3

Journal of Applied Spectroscopy - We report the effect of the sintering temperature on the structure and valence states of Ru–Mn in Li2Mn0.9Ru0.1O3. These effects are explored by synchrotron...     

USING EIGENMODULI AND EIGENSTATES TO EVALUATE THE POSSIBILITY OF MARTENSITIC PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS

Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics - The possibility of phase transitions (martensitic transformations) in shape-memory alloys is evaluated using the concept of eigenmoduli...     

Crystallographic Parameters of Special Grain Boundaries in Multicrystalline Silicon

Crystallography Reports - The orientation of grains and the special boundaries formed by them in multicrystalline silicon has been studied by electron backscattered diffraction. It is found that...     

Cumulative $${\pi}$$ -Mesons in $${}^{{12}}{C}{+}{}^{{9}}$$ Be-Interactions at 3.2 GeV/Nucleon

Physics of Atomic Nuclei - In the FRAGM experiment at the heavy-ion accelerator $$-$$ accumulator complex ITEP $$-$$ TWA, yields of cumulative charged $$\pi$$ mesons have been measured in a...     

Purification,Crystallization, and Preliminary Crystallographic Studies of Human As(III) S-Adenosylmethionine Methyltransferase (hAS3MT)

Crystallography Reports - Exposure to environmental arsenic is associated with serious of health issues such as cancer, diabetes and developmental delays in infants and children. In human liver,...