Correlation of the activation volume with the crystallite size in λ-Fe2O3 and Co-modified λ-Fe2O3 fine particles

The activation volume and the crystallite size λ-Fe₂O₃ and Co-modified λ-Fe₂O₃ particles have been determined. For fixed particle volume the variation tendencies of the activation volume and crystallite size are the same. It seems to be that the crystallite size influences the activation volume in these materials.     

Nuclear statistical equilibrium at core-collapse supernova

A new improved nuclear partition function is employed to calculate the nuclear statistical equilibrium (NSE) in core-collapse supernova environment. The results show that the change of nucleus abundance is slight even though the temperature is higher than 10$^{11}$\,K when shock propagates, which indicates that the effect of the nuclear partition function is not so important as shown in the previous calculations, but it can also be considered in detailed simulation if it is sensitive to weak interaction rates in core-collapse supernova.     

双折射调谐器设计的等色图原理

提出双折射调谐器设计的等色图方法，给出原理。分析表明当晶片光轴处在以折射光线为轴线、顶角为４５°的圆锥面上时，双折射调谐器具有最快的波长调谐速率；当光轴位于过折射光线并与入射面成４５°或１３５°的平面内时，调谐器抑制非所需波长的能力最强。由此给出光轴相对晶片表面的两个优化取向，对石英晶片它们分别为１８．７１２°和５９．９２２°。文中还给出了三块晶片组合的调谐器的设计例子，对其调谐特性进行了简要的讨论。     

Structural phase transition of vanadium at 69 GPa

A phase transition was observed at 63-69 GPa and room temperature in vanadium with synchrotron x-ray diffraction. The transition is characterized as a rhombohedral lattice distortion of the body-centered-cubic vanadium without a discontinuity in the pressure-volume data, thus representing a novel type of transition that has never been observed in elements. Instead of driven by the conventional s-d electronic transition mechanism, the phase transition could be associated with the softening of C44 trigonal elasticity tensor that originates from the combination of Fermi surface nesting, band Jahn-Teller distortion, and electronic topological transition.     

Nonexistence of H Theorem for Some Lattice Boltzmann Models

In this paper, we provide a set of sufficient conditions under which a lattice Boltzmann model does not admit an H theorem. By verifying the conditions, we prove that a number of existing lattice Boltzmann models does not admit an H theorem. These models include D2Q6, D2Q9 and D3Q15 athermal models, and D2Q16 and D3Q40 thermal (energy-conserving) models. The proof does not require the equilibria to be polynomials.     

Membrane tube pearling induced by a coupling of osmotic pressure and nanoparticle adhesion

ABSTRACT

In this work, a coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation method that belongs to the class of dissipative particle dynamics scheme with implicit solvent was used to indicate that adsorption of nanoparticles (NPs) inside a lipid membrane tube and pressure difference across the membrane, e.g. osmotic pressure, cooperatively induce membrane tube pearling. We demonstrate that NP adsorption and aggregation initiate the shape transformation of the lipid tube, and pressure difference provides a driving force for pearling transition. Depending on the dynamic coupling of tube shape transition and NP aggregation in the interior of the tube, different shape transitions via four kinds of pearling pathways are recognised, including pearls on a string (i.e. vesicles are interconnected via either a chain or double-chain of NPs) and tube-to-vesicle transition that is dominated kinetically either by NP-membrane attraction or by pressure difference. Considering the fact that biological membranes are semipermeable and many proteins interact with the membranes, these findings not only provide a mechanism of membrane tube pearling but also demonstrate the importance of osmotic pressure and protein–membrane interaction for many cell activities related to shape transitions of biomembrane.