On the Relationship between the Properties of Metallic Glasses and Their Maternal Crystals

Physics of the Solid State - It is reasonable to anticipate a relationship between the properties of metallic glasses (MGs) and the properties of their maternal crystals. With few exceptions, this...     

X-Ray Luminescence of Defects in Spinel Single Crystals

The flareup of x-ray luminescence in spinel single crystals (MgAl₂O₄) depending on the time of x-ray irradiation and the decay of fluorescence depending on the time elapsed after the termination of irradiation have been investigated. These dependences were measured at different powers of the irradiation dose (power of the x-ray tube) and at different temperatures of the samples. The experimental results suggest the existence of large-size complexes of defects, which include antisite defects and impurity ions, the exchange of charge carriers between which during and after irradiation leads to luminescence of the impurity ions. Transfer of charge carriers between isolated elements of the pairs of antisite defects (not interacting with the impurity ions) leads to the formation of a competing channel of recombination luminescence in the UV region of the spectra. The decay of fluorescence attributable to transitions in the Mn²⁺ and Cr³⁺ ions depending on the time elapsed after the termination of x-ray irradiation points to the existence of various combinations of antisite defects in the surroundings of these ions.     

Critical Elastic Coefficient of Liquid Crystals and Hysteresis

P. G. de Gennes predicted the analogies between the effect of the elastic coefficients to liquid crystals and the effect of applied magnetic fields to superconductors, and predicted that all elastic coefficients diverge to infinity at smectic-C to nematic transition. One would expect quantitative comparison in the analogies. In the case of equal elastic coefficients (K ₁ = K ₂ = K ₃ = K), we define the critical value K ^c of the elastic coefficients and make comparison of it with the upper critical magnetic field H _{C 3} for type II superconductors. We classify the smectic liquid crystals into subcritical, critical and supercritical cases according to the Ginzburg-Landau parameter κ, the wave number q and the boundary value of the director at the surface. We show that in the subcritical case the liquid crystal does not undergo phase transition; and in the supercritical case both phase transition and hysteresis occur. The prediction of de Gennes is true in the critical case where μ _π (u ₀, q) = κ ² and K ^c = + ∞.     

Localization of Excitons on Planar Defects in Semiconductor Crystals

JETP Letters - Motivated by recent experimental and computational investigations of bilayer, hydrogenated and fluorinated graphene, we apply the formalisms of U(1) quantum electrodynamics and SU(2)...     

Strain Avalanches in Microsized Single Crystals:A Theoretical Study of the Relation between the Avalanche Size and Duration

Single crystal micropillars deform via a sequence of discrete strain avalanches,observed as displacement jumps or stress drops.Here we develop a simple crystal plasticity model to provide a quantitative expression of the relation between avalanche duration and avalanche size.It is found that the avalanche durations in scale with the averaged avalanche sizes only hold for those larger magnitudes.We show that the theoretical predictions are capable of capturing the essential aspects of scaling behaviors from micro-compression tests.     

Shear Elastic Properties of HTSC Ceramics in the Region of Superconducting Transition

Technical Physics - The shear elastic properties of YBa2Cu3O7 –x high-temperature superconducting (HTSC) ceramics are studied near the superconducting transition at a temperature of 91.3 K...     

面缺陷对三维胶体晶体光学性质的影响

利用化学自组装方法和旋涂技术,成功地将二氧化硅(SiO2)微球体植入聚苯乙烯微球组成的蛋白石中,获得了嵌有面缺陷的三维胶体晶体.经SiO2渗透后,煅烧除去聚苯乙烯微球,获得了反相结构的光子晶体.胶体球粒直径增大时,无论晶体中有无缺陷态的存在,蛋白石及其反相结构透射谱中峰的位置发生红移,反之则产生蓝移.在胶体球粒直径一定时,对于降低折射率的缺陷,其透射谱峰中缺陷态的位置发生红移;对于增加折射率的缺陷,其透射谱峰中缺陷态的位置发生蓝移.透射谱还与缺陷层的厚度等因素有关.     

Optical Investigation of Metallic Colloids in Ion-Irradiated Lithium Fluoride (Lif) Crystals

The measured room-temperature absorption spectra of LiF crystals implanted with 1.5 MeV He^? ions at different ion doses are presented. The application of a theoretical model allowed us to give an estimation of the band intensities associated with various kinds of electronic defects and to study their dependence on the ion dose. The model also considers the contribution due to nanometric lithium colloids, whose formation starts in the dose range at which the production of colour centres saturates.     

Multifrequency ESR Characterization of Paramagnetic Point Defects in Semiconducting Cubic BN Crystals

Low-frequency (X-band) electron spin resonance (ESR) investigations on commercially available large-grained cubic boron nitride (cBN) superabrasive powders of various coloration, combined with high-frequency (W-band) ESR measurements on oriented submillimeter-size single crystallites selected from the same powder samples, resulted in a clear identification of several types of paramagnetic point defects. The resulting spin Hamiltonian parameters describing the ESR spectra observed in the 3–293 K temperature range and the photosensitivity of the paramagnetic defects observed in amber-colored cBN samples are reported. It is shown that the nature of the paramagnetic centers depends on the color of the investigated samples and that, in many cases, uncontrolled impurities seem to be involved in their structure.     

The Role of Oxygen Containing Impurities in Defects Formation in Cesium Halide Crystals

The dependence of defect formation efficiency in CsI single crystals both on the type of oxygen containing impurities and the value of the absorbed irradiation dose was studied. Correlative results were obtained under investigation by methods of ionic thermocurrent (ITC), thermostimulated exoemission (TSEE), electrical conductivity and optical spectroscopy. The peculiarities of defect formation in γ-irradiated CsI-CO₃(SO₄, OH) and X-irradiated CsI-OH single crystals are discussed.     

Method of Coupled Waves in the Theory of Diffraction of Light by Elastic Waves in Crystals

Diffraction of light by elastic waves in crystals is described by the method of coupled waves in a form different from that used by other researchers. The difference is determined by the treatment of two pairs of orthogonal coordinate systems whose principal axes are oriented along the directions of phase and energy transfer of two optical waves interacting on a sound wave. Due to this, the equations of coupled waves assume the most compact form, which was previously unknown for crystals. These equations are easily solved by the conventional methods in terms of quasi-plane waves and also admit of a wider class of solutions for bounded interaction regions. Two different diffraction regimes are compared in the present work, namely, the transmission and reflection diffraction. It is indicated that the suggested approach allows one to refine the parameters that define the efficiency of diffraction of light by elastic waves in crystals.     

Strain Hardening and Fracture of Austenitic Steel Single Crystals with High Concentration of Interstitial Atoms

Stages in the flow curves, mechanisms of deformation (slip or twinning), evolution of the dislocation structure and fracture are studied in austenitic stainless steel single crystals alloyed with nitrogen (C _N = 0–0.7 wt. %) and Hadfield steel in relation to the orientation of the crystal axis of tension, test temperature, and atomic concentrations of nitrogen and carbon. The dislocation-structure pattern (cellular or planar) and deformation mechanisms (slip or twinning) are shown to depend on the matrix stacking-fault energy _sf, friction forces due to solid-solution hardening by interstitial atoms, and crystal orientation. An interrelation between the stages in the flow curves and the type of dislocation structure is found. The contribution of mechanical twinning to the plastic flow of steel crystals is shown to increase with increase in nitrogen and carbon concentrations. The mechanical twinning develops in the early stages of deformation and determines the strain-hardening coefficient and fracture of crystals in high-strength states for interstitial atomic concentration C 0.5–0.7 wt. %. High deforming stresses due to solid-solution strain hardening by interstitial atoms of nitrogen and carbon in combination with low _sf are found to result in twinning in the <001> orientations. The values of _sf in Hadfield steel single crystals and in austenitic stainless steel single crystals are found experimentally depending on the concentration of nitrogen atoms and test temperature.     

含有多缺陷的一维光子晶体的完全透射及应用

计算了具有多缺陷且相对中间缺陷具有镜像对称结构的一维光子晶体的透射谱。在光子晶体的禁带中得到了多个完全透射峰且对称性地分布于禁带中心频率两侧。缺陷相距较近时，禁带中心不存在透射峰。所有透射峰都敏感地依赖于中间缺陷的折射率。     

On the Appearance of Scaling in the Time Dependence of the Rate of Shear Processes in a Metallic Glass

JETP Letters - A possible explanation of the square scaling observed in the time dependence of the velocity of shear motions in a metallic glass has been proposed. Numerous experiments...     

Investigation of Oxygen Vacancy and Interstitial Oxygen Defects in ZnO Films by Photoluminescence and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

ZnO films prepared at different temperatures and annealed at 900^o C in oxygen are studied by photoluminescence （PL） and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS）. It is observed that in the PL of the as-grown films the green luminescence （GL） and the yellow luminescence （YL） are related, and after annealing the GL is restrained and the YL is enhanced. The 0 ls XPS results also show the coexistence of oxygen vacancy （Vo） and interstitial oxygen （Oi） before annealing and the quenching of the Vo after annealing. By combining the two results it is deduced that the GL and YL are related to the Vo and Oi defects, respectively.     

Complete Set of Deuteron Analyzing Powers for dp Elastic Scattering at Intermediate Energies and Three Nucleon Forces

With the aim of clarifying roles of the 3NFs in nuclei experimental programs with the polarized deuteron beam at intermediate energies are in progress at RIKEN RI Beam Factory. As the first step, we have measured a complete set of deuteron analyzing powers in deuteron–proton elastic scattering at 250 and 294 MeV/nucleon. The obtained data are compared with the Faddeev calculations based on the modern nucleon–nucleon forces together with the Tucson–Melbourne’99, and UrbanaIX three nucleon forces.     

Calculations of the Fragility of High-Entropy Bulk Metallic Glasses Using the Data on Shear Elasticity Relaxation

JETP Letters - A method for calculating the fragility of high-entropy bulk metallic glasses using the data on shear elasticity relaxation in the supercooled liquid range is suggested and verified.