The improvement of InAs/GaAs quantum dot properties capped by Graphene

InAs self‐assembled quantum dots (QDs) were grown by molecular beam epitaxy on (001) GaAs substrate. Uncapped and capped QDs with GaAs and graphene layers were studied using atomic force microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. Graphene multi‐layer was grown by chemical vapor deposition and transferred on InAs/GaAs QDs. It is well known that the presence of a cap layer modifies the size, shape, and density of the QDs. According to the atomic force microscopy study, in contrast to the GaAs capped sample, which induce a dramatic decrease of the density and height of dots, graphene cap layer sample presents a slight influence on the surface morphology and the density of the islands compared with the uncapped one. The difference shown in the Raman spectra of the samples is due to change of strain and alloy disorder effects on the QDs. Residuals strain and the relaxation coefficients have been investigated. All results confirm the best crystalline quality of the graphene cap layer dots sample relative to the GaAs capped one. So graphene can be used to replace GaAs in capping InAs/GaAs dots. To our knowledge, such study has not been carried out until now. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A finite volume method for scalar conservation laws with stochastic time–space dependent flux functions

We propose a new finite volume method for scalar conservation laws with stochastic time–space dependent flux functions. The stochastic effects appear in the flux function and can be interpreted as a random manner to localize the discontinuity in the time–space dependent flux function. The location of the interface between the fluxes can be obtained by solving a system of stochastic differential equations for the velocity fluctuation and displacement variable. In this paper we develop a modified Rusanov method for the reconstruction of numerical fluxes in the finite volume discretization. To solve the system of stochastic differential equations for the interface we apply a second-order Runge–Kutta scheme. Numerical results are presented for stochastic problems in traffic flow and two-phase flow applications. It is found that the proposed finite volume method offers a robust and accurate approach for solving scalar conservation laws with stochastic time–space dependent flux functions.     

Experimental studies of flow boiling heat transfer by using nanofluids

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - Flow boiling heat transfer widely utilized in numerous industrial applications such as boiler tubes, evaporators and cooling of reactors in a nuclear...     

Characterization and evaluation of Nafion HP JP as proton exchange membrane: transport properties,nanostructure, morphology,and cell performance

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - In this study, a novel membrane (Nafion HP JP) was studied and investigated intensively for use as a proton exchange membrane for fuel cell. A standard...     

Thermal analysis of interpenetrating polymer networks through molecular dynamics simulations: a comparison with experiments

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - In this work, we verified the synthesis of a novel sequential interpenetrating polymer network, composed of poly(2-hexyl-ethylacrylate) and...     

Induced secondary metabolites from the endophytic fungus Aspergillus versicolor through bacterial co-culture and OSMAC approaches

Two new cryptic 3,4-dihydronaphthalen-(2H)-1-one (1-tetralone) derivatives, aspvanicin A (1) and its epimer aspvanicin B (2), as well as several known cryptic metabolites (3–8), were obtained from the ethyl acetate extract of the co-culture of the endophytic fungus Aspergillus versicolor KU258497 with the bacterium Bacillus subtilis 168 trpC2 on solid rice medium. When A. versicolor was cultured axenically in liquid Wickerham medium supplemented with 3.5% DMSO, an additional three known secondary metabolites (9–11) were isolated that were lacking when the fungus was fermented on rice medium. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated using one- and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy as well as HRESIMS. The relative and absolute configurations of 1 and 2 were determined by the combination of NMR and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) analysis aided by DFT conformational analysis and TDDFT-ECD calculations. The ECD calculations revealed that although the sign of the blue-shifted overlapping n-π¹ ECD transition follows the helicity rule of cyclic aryl ketones, the calculation of low-energy conformers and ECD spectra was necessary to determine the stereochemistry. All metabolites were assessed for their antibacterial and cytotoxic activities; one of the new diastereomers, compound 2, showed moderate cytotoxic activity against the mouse lymphoma cell line L5178Y.     

[Cd<Subscript>5</Subscript>(OH)(H<Subscript>2</Subscript>O)<Subscript>3</Subscript>][CH<Subscript>3</Subscript>CO<Subscript>2</Subscript>]<Subscript>9</Subscript>, a cadmium hydroxy-acetate compound with a layered network

[Cd₅(OH)(H₂O)₃][CH₃CO₂]₉ crystallizes in the triclinic system, with the space group P , a = 10.897(3) Å, b = 11.035(5) Å, c = 16.061(12) Å, = 96.83(7), = 95.31(8), = 118.22(6) and z = 2. Its structure has been determined using 9497 unique single crystal data. The final refinements let the agreement factors R₁ and wR₂(F²) converge to reach the respective values of 0.0548 and 0.0986. R₁ = 0.0338 for the 7264 unique data with I > 2(I). [Cd₅(OH)(H₂O)₃][CH₃CO₂]₉ is a cadmium hydroxide acetate compound with a bi-dimensional structure in which hydrogen bonds insure cohesion between layers stacked along the [1 10] direction. The inorganic network is built up of layers constituted of CdO₆ octahedra and CdO₇ pentagonal bi-pyramids sharing edge or corner.