The effects of source/drain and gate overlap on the performance of carbon nanotube field effect transistors

At nanometer regime, fabricating the structures with non-overlapped channel and abrupt doping profile is very complicated and sometimes impossible. So, the resultant device experiences some non-ideal effects which have to be predicted and well addressed by simulation before fabrication. In this paper the effects of overlap between gate and source/drain regions on the performance of carbon nanotube field effect transistors have been investigated. The overlapped structure has been simulated with various doping profiles at drain/source and gate region junction tip. The device performance has been investigated in terms of ON current, Off current, ON/Off current ratio, subthreshold swing, delay, and power delay product (PDP). Simulations show that depending on the variations in the effective channel length, the overlap deteriorates some device characteristics and enhances the others. Where the effective channel length decreases (increases), the overlap deteriorates (enhances) the current ratio and subthreshold swing but enhances (deteriorates) the delay and PDP compared to non-overlapped structure. Furthermore, the overlapped structure with graded profile results in lower current ratio and higher subthreshold swing compared to overlapped structure with abrupt profile. At a fixed current ratio, the delay and PDP of overlapped structure with graded profile are more than overlapped structure with abrupt profile but at a fixed channel length, both profiles have approximately equal delay and PDP.     

Forward dynamics simulation of human body under tilting perturbations

Human body uses different strategies to maintain its stability and these strategies vary from fixed-foot strategies to strategies which foot is moved in order to increase the support base. Tilting movement of foot is one type of the perturbations usually is exposed to human body. In the presence of such perturbations human body must employ appropriate reactions to prevent threats like falling. But it is not clear that how human body maintains its stability by central nervous system (CNS). At present study it is tried that by presenting a musculoskeletal model of human lower extremity with four links, three degrees of freedom (DOF) and eight skeletal muscles, the level of muscle activations causes the maintenance of stability, be investigated. Using forward dynamics solution, leads to a more general problem, rather than inverse dynamics. Hence, forward dynamics solution by forward optimization has been used for solving this highly nonlinear problem. To this end, first the system’s equations of motion has been derived using lagrangian dynamics. Eight Hill-type muscles as actuators of the system were modeled. Because determination of muscle forces considering their number is an undetermined problem, optimization of an appropriate goal function should be practiced. For optimization problem, the characteristics of genetic algorithms as a method based on direct search, and the direct collocation method, has been profited. Also by considering requirements of problem, some constraints such as conservation of model stability are entered into optimization procedure. Finally to investigate validation of model, the results from optimization and experimental data are compared and good agreements are obtained.     

An analytical solution for buckling of moderately thick functionally graded sector and annular sector plates

In this article, an analytical solution for buckling of moderately thick functionally graded (FG) sectorial plates is presented. It is assumed that the material properties of the FG plate vary through the thickness of the plate as a power function. The stability equations are derived according to the Mindlin plate theory. By introducing four new functions, the stability equations are decoupled. The decoupled stability equations are solved analytically for both sector and annular sector plates with two simply supported radial edges. Satisfying the edges conditions along the circular edges of the plate, an eigenvalue problem for finding the critical buckling load is obtained. Solving the eigenvalue problem, the numerical results for the critical buckling load and mode shapes are obtained for both sector and annular sector plates. Finally, the effects of boundary conditions, volume fraction, inner to outer radius ratio (annularity) and plate thickness are studied. The results for critical buckling load of functionally graded sectorial plates are reported for the first time and can be used as benchmark.     

Equation of State for Neutron Star Matter with the Lowest Order Constrained Variational Method and Kaon Condensation

We investigate the equation of state of kaon condensed neutron star matter using the lowest order constrained variational (LOCV) method. In this paper, we employ the AV₁₈ and AV₁₄ potentials for nucleon-nucleon interaction and use the chiral model for kaon-nucleon interaction. According to our results, the kaon condensation occurs at some density values and softens the equation of state as other techniques have shown.     

SBR composites reinforced with <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-isopropyl-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′-phenyl-<Emphasis Type="Italic">P</Emphasis>-phenylenediamine-modified clay

SBR compounds including the N-isopropyl-N’-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine-modified clay(organoclay) were prepared.Effects of modified clay and antioxidant(IPPD) contents on mechanical and rheological properties of SBR composites were studied.FTIR results confirmed that the clay was chemically modified by IPPD and changed into an organoclay.X-ray diffraction(XRD) results confirmed the increase in interlayer distance of the clay due to the insertion of IPPD.Rheological and cure characteristics of SBR compounds were determined using RPA(Rubber Process Analyzer) and rheometer.Scorch time and cure time of SBR compounds decreased with introduction of the organoclay.Mechanical properties and heat aging resistance of the SBR composites were improved significantly by incorporation of the organoclay.     

Application of SCTA methods for kinetic analysis of solid state reactions and synthesis of materials

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