A DMI Guide to Magnets Micro-World

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics - Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction, DMI in short, represents an antisymmetric type of magnetic interactions that favor orthogonal orientation...     

Theoretical Study of the Electronic and Transport Properties of Lateral 2D–1D–2D Graphene–CNT–Graphene Structures

JETP Letters - The electronic and transport properties of new hybrid 2D–1D–2D structures of carbon atoms, which are graphene sheets continuously connected through a fragment of a...     

Wave-Packet Dynamics Study of the Transport Characteristics of Perforated Bilayer Graphene Nanoribbons

JETP Letters - The electrical conduction characteristics of perforated bilayer graphene nanoribbons are studied by the wave-packet dynamics method. The transport characteristics for typical...     

New allotropic forms of carbon based on С<Subscript>60</Subscript> and С<Subscript>20</Subscript> fullerenes with specific mechanical characteristics

New allotropic forms of carbon based on С₆₀ and С₂₀ fullerenes are considered. The most stable carbon compounds are found using an evolution algorithm, and their crystal structure (X-ray diffraction spectra) and electron (band structure) and mechanical (moduli of elasticity, hardness) characteristics are studied. The carbon phase with the tetragonal symmetry with mechanical properties close to those of a diamond crystal and having a narrow band gap is found.     

Formation of graphene quantum dots by “Planting” hydrogen atoms at a graphene nanoribbon

Different technological approaches for creating graphene quantum dots by the adsorption of hydrogen atoms are considered. The adsorption can occur both at convex portions of a distorted graphene nanoribbon and in the structure formed by two distorted graphene nanoribbon rows superimposed on each other at the places free from the ribbon crossings. It is shown that settlement of hydrogen atoms at convex portions of the nanoribbons is energetically favorable. This gives rise to the creation of insulating graphane (CH) nanodomains separating the conducting regions. As a result, a graphene quantum dot appears. The variation of the electron spectra of graphene quantum dots with the length of these graphane regions is discussed.     

Solar modulation of cosmic deuteron fluxes in the PAMELA experiment

The preliminary results from measurements of deuteron fluxes in galactic cosmic rays (GCR) in the vicinity of the Earth in 2006–2009 are presented. The results are obtained by analyzing data from the PAMELA experiment aboard the Resurs DK-1 satellite. High-precision detection instruments provided an opportunity to identify GCR deuterons and measure their spectrum in the energy interval of 90–650MeV/nucleon. Spectra averaged over six-month intervals from the summer of 2006 to the summer of 2009 (the solar activity minimum) are presented. The influence of solar modulation on the observed spectrum is clearly seen in the results.     

Trapped Positrons and Electrons in the Inner Radiation Belt According to Data of the PAMELA Experiment

Measurements of secondary-electron and secondary-positron fluxes below the geomagnetic cutoff in near-Earth space were performed by means of the PAMELA magnetic spectrometer installed on board the Resurs-DK1 satellite launched on June 15, 2006, in an elliptical orbit of inclination 70° and altitude 350 to 600 km. This spectrometer permits measuring the fluxes of electrons and positrons over a wide energy range, as well as determining their spatial distributions to a precision of about 2°. A calculation of particle trajectories in the geomagnetic field makes it possible to separate electrons and positrons originating from cosmic-ray interactions in the Earth’s magnetosphere. The spatial distributions of quasitrapped, trapped, and short-lived albedo positrons and electrons of energy above 70 MeV in the radiation belt were analyzed. The ratio of the electron-to-positron fluxes and the energy spectra of the electrons and positrons in question are indicative of different productionmechanisms for stably trapped and quasitrapped secondary particles.     

Modernization and Methods of Maintaining the Operating Mode of the OGRAN (Optoacoustic Gravity Antenna) Setup

Physics of Atomic Nuclei - An upgraded version of the combined optoacoustic gravitational radiation detector OGRAN is considered. This underground setup located at the Baksan Neutrino Observatory...     

Map of Two-Dimensional Tungsten Chalcogenide Compounds (W–S,W–Se,W–Te) Based on USPEX Evolutionary Search

JETP Letters - New two-dimensional nanostructures of W–X composition (X = S, Se, Te) are predicted using the evolutionary algorithm implemented in the USPEX software package. Based on the...     

Reactions of pyrazinium salts with phenols:from σ<Superscript>H</Superscript>-adducts to S<Subscript>N</Subscript><Superscript>H</Superscript>products and transformations into benzo[<Emphasis Type="Italic">b</Emphasis>]furans

The reaction of 5-(het)aryl-2,3-dicyano-1-ethylpyrazinium salts with phenol derivatives affords relatively stable dihydropyrazines, whereas the reactions of 6-(het)aryl-1,2,5-oxadiazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin-4-ium protic salts, depending on the phenol structure, result in products of nucleophilic substitution of hydrogen or open-chain transformation products: benzo[b]furan-substituted derivatives. The crystallographic data on the spatial structure of all types of the synthesized products were obtained.