Thermodynamics of diffused phase transitions in dirty ferroelectrics

A thermodynamic approach of ferroelectric transition in which the polarization P goes to zero asymptotically when the temperature T increases is presented. The second derivatives of the free energy: $\text{dP}\text{dT}$, the susceptibility, and the specific heat exhibit maxima, but at different temperatures.     

Dynamical conductivity at the dirty superconductor-metal quantum phase transition

We study the transport properties of ultrathin disordered nanowires in the neighborhood of the superconductor-metal quantum phase transition. To this end we combine numerical calculations with analytical strong-disorder renormalization group results. The quantum critical conductivity at zero temperature diverges logarithmically as a function of frequency. In the metallic phase, it obeys activated scaling associated with an infinite-randomness quantum critical point. We extend the scaling theory to higher dimensions and discuss implications for experiments.     

Crystal-glass phase transitions in the adatom layers

Phase transitions in the two-dimensional crystalline films adsorbed onto an imperfect substrate (with impurities and defects) are analyzed. It is shown that the phase transition from the commensurate long-range-order (LRO) crystal to the glass state occurs with increase of impurity concentration. The orientational correlation function is shown to tend algebraically to zero at large distances in the glass state. The influence of defects on the phase transition from the LRO-commensurate crystal to the disordered state at the definite temperature T_m is considered.     

Fluorescence investigations of pure and mixed evaporated dye layers

Fluorescence spectroscopy is used to investigate energy transfer processes in evaporated layers consisting of several different dyes. In this study films ofN,N-dimethylperylene-3,49,10-bis-dicarboximide (methylperylene pigment, MPP), coevaporated with copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) at varying ratios, and double layers of MPP and CuPc with different thicknesses are investigated. It is shown that energy transfer from MPP to CuPc occurs in both mixed and double layers. The energy transfer leads to a strong quenching of the MPP fluorescence and sensitized CuPc emission in the NIR region. The concentration dependence of the fluorescence quenching in mixed layers can be described by a Stern-Volmer plot. A simple model based on exciton diffusion between MPP molecules toward active quenching centers is used to determine the diffusion length.     

Schardin问题的数值研究

激波绕过三角楔(Schardin问题)时会产生激波马赫反射与绕射、 三角楔尾涡与涡串等复杂物理现象. 本文利用三阶精度加权基本无振荡(WENO)格式、 结构化矩形网格的自适应加密方法与沉浸边界法对Schardin问题进行了数值模拟. 数值结果清晰地显示了激波与三角楔相互作用, 在楔面发生马赫反射以及在楔角绕射诱导主涡的过程, 并与Schardin等的实验结果及相关数值结果完全符合. 另外, 数值结果还详细反映了先前实验与数值结果没有详细讨论的主涡滑移层上的涡串生成机理, 以及激波与涡串相互作用和产生声波的     

Schardin问题的数值研究

激波绕过三角楔(Schardin问题)时会产生激波马赫反射与绕射、 三角楔尾涡与涡串等复杂物理现象. 本文利用三阶精度加权基本无振荡(WENO)格式、 结构化矩形网格的自适应加密方法与沉浸边界法对Schardin问题进行了数值模拟. 数值结果清晰地显示了激波与三角楔相互作用, 在楔面发生马赫反射以及在楔角绕射诱导主涡的过程, 并与Schardin等的实验结果及相关数值结果完全符合. 另外, 数值结果还详细反映了先前实验与数值结果没有详细讨论的主涡滑移层上的涡串生成机理, 以及激波与涡串相互作用和产生声波的过程.     

SNMS investigations of platinum-doped nanogranular tin dioxide layers

Thin platinum-doped nanogranular SnO₂ layers are examined because of its high gas sensitivity and fast gas response to be applied in gas sensor microarrays. The nanogranular metal oxide layers were prepared from a colloidal dispersion using spin coating on silicon substrates. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) investigations showed quite homogeneous layers of 20 nm particles, containing a few holes of some micron width, probably due to bubbles introduced into the layer during wet deposition. Depth resolved analysis with secondary neutral mass spectrometry (SNMS) was employed to characterize the elemental content and depth distribution of the 20 nm particle layers. A platinum content of approx. 1 at.%, homogeneously spread throughout the particles was found, as well as carbon and chlorine residues of a few atomic percent enriched at the surface of the particles.     

Fluctuation-driven quantum phase transitions in clean itinerant ferromagnets

The quantum phase transition in clean itinerant ferromagnets is analyzed. It is shown that soft particle-hole modes invalidate Hertz's mean-field theory for d< or =3. A renormalized mean-field theory predicts a fluctuation-induced first order transition for 1相似文献   

Numerical and experimental investigations of the size ordering of nanocrystals

The nucleation and growth of particles on the 1–100 nm length scale is a phenomenon of increasing interest in the areas of electronics and optoelectronics. Dealing with the preparation of nanoparticle distribution on a substrate by self-organization, we wish to determine whether conditions exist where the distributions approach an array structure which can be compared to so-called quantum dot organized structures. This means that it is fundamental to obtain particles of the same shape with a low dispersion in size and an isotropic distribution on the substrate. This work is devoted to the numerical investigation of growth phenomena on a plane substrate in the case where diffusion and coalescence are mainly taken into account. Experiments on a model system, i.e. Sn/SiO_x, are compared to simulations.     

Z箍缩等离子体不稳定性的数值研究

利用二维辐射磁流体程序模拟了钨丝阵Z箍缩等离子体腊肠不稳定性的演化：分析了存在不稳定性与没有不稳定性条件下等离子体内爆的差异；研究了不同初始密度扰动对x射线输出 功率和能量的影响.数值结果表明，在一定初始密度扰动范围内，这种不稳定性对x射线输 出的总能量影响不显著，但对x射线功率随时间变化的曲线有明显的影响.此外，还探讨了Z 箍缩等离子体数值模拟中低密度区的数值处理对数值结果的影响. 关键词： Z箍缩 腊肠不稳定性 数值模拟     

X-ray structural investigations of the phase transition in benzyl crystals

The Bragg (fundamental) and diffuse reflections from the M-points of the Brillouin zone boundary of the paraphase of the benzyl crystals, whose integrated intensity is related to the order parameter and its fluctuations, respectively, have been investigated. The original information on the temperature behavior of the order parameter and the diffuse scattering is obtained and the values of the corresponding critical exponents are determined. The temperature behavior of the correlation radius and its anisotropy are analyzed. The conclusion is drawn that the phase transition in these crystals is close to the tricritical point. The mechanism of the phase transition in the benzyl crystals alternative to the “trigger” mechanism is suggested.     

Supersymmetric sigma models and the heterotic string

We define the (1 + 1)-dimensional supersymmetry algebra of type (p, q) to be that generated by p right-handed Majorana-Weyl supercharges and q left-handed ones. We construct the non-linear sigma models with supersymmetry of type (1,0) and (2,0) and discuss their geometry and their relevance to compactifications of the heterotic superstring. The sigma-model anomalies can be cancelled by a mechanism closely related to that used by Green and Schwarz to cancel gravitational and Yang-Mills anomalies for the superstring.     

Microstructural investigations of sorption layers in mass-sensitive sensors for the detection of nitrogen-containing compounds

The influence of the nature of sorption phases on the microweighing parameters of volatile organic compounds sorbed from gases and vapors is investigated using microstructural methods. The mechanism of interaction between nitrogen-containing compounds and universal polymeric and solid-phase specific sorbents is found. The roughness parameters of piezoelectric-resonator electrodes are estimated before and after the deposition of thin sorbent films and during the sorption and desorption of nitrogen-containing compound vapors. Recommendations on how to employ piezoelectric resonators with films for identifying different compounds of gas and air mixtures are presented.     

In situ investigations of magneto-optical properties of thin Fe layers

A thin polycrystalline Fe film on a single-crystal Si substrate with natural SiO₂ oxide is obtained by thermal evaporation in ultrahigh vacuum. The magneto-optical properties of the resultant structure are investigated in situ by the methods of spectral ellipsometry. The values of the coercive force for the Fe film are obtained, and the magnetization reversal loop and the energy dependence of the equatorial Kerr effect are constructed. The effectiveness of magnetoellipsometry for in situ analysis of the geometrical and magnetooptical properties of thin ferromagnetic layers is demonstrated.     

On inflation in the heterotic superstring model

The possibility is considered of achieving inflation in the field-theory limit of the E₈ X E₈ superstring model, which is an N = 1 supergravity theory possessing a “no-scale” SU(n, 1)/SU(n) × U(1) structure. It is shown that neither type I inflation (due to higher-derivative terms O(R²)), nor inflation due to a SUSY-breaking gaugino-condensation potential, is possible, essentially because of the absence of free dimensionless parameters. Kaluza-Klein type inflation is ruled out because the internal space is Ricci flat. The occurence of type II inflation (due to some gauge singlet “inflation” field φ) depends upon the form of the superpotential F and of the Kähler potential G, but this also seems not to be possible, unless the >SU(n, 1) symmetry can be broken in a particular way. Hence, some new type of compactification scheme may be called for, or a different type of inflation.     

EBIC investigations of GaN layers prepared by epitaxial lateral overgrowth

GaN films prepared by lateral overgrowth are investigated by scanning electron microscopy in the electron beam induced current (EBIC) mode. A comparison of experimental and simulated dependences of induced current on beam energy has allowed us to determine not only the diffusion length, but also the donor concentration in different areas of a film. It has been found that the donor distribution is inhomogeneous and this inhomogeneity increases under fast neutron irradiation. This is indicative of the significant influence of structural defects on the rate of radiation defect accumulation. An anomalously slow signal decay outside the Schottky barrier has been found, which can be determined by charged defects formed at the merger boundary.