Coexisting holes and electrons in high-T C materials: implications from normal state transport

Normal state resistivity and Hall effect are shown to be successfully modeled by a two-band model of holes and electrons that is applied self-consistently to (i) dc transport data reported for eight bulk-crystal and six oriented-film specimens of YBa₂Cu₃O_7?δ, and (ii) far-infrared Hall angle data reported for YBa₂Cu₃O_7?δ and Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+δ. The electron band exhibits extremely strong scattering; the extrapolated dc residual resistivity of the electronic component is shown to be consistent with the previously observed excess thermal conductivity and excess electrodynamic conductivity at low temperature. Two-band hole–electron analysis of Hall angle data suggests that the electrons possess the greater effective mass.     

Specific resistivity of dislocations and vacancies for super-pure aluminium at 4.2 K determined in-situ and post-recovery deformation and correlated to flow stress

ABSTRACT

The evolution of dislocations during shape-change of metal forms results from microstructural shear mechanism that is essential to enhance ductility. However, at room temperatures for face-centred cubic metals, this evolution results in the generation of vacancies that tend to form nano-voids, the growth of which leads to ductile failure. The correlated occurrence of dislocations and vacancies may be differentiated using the change of resistivity with plastic strain at 4.2?K, because resistivity is very sensitive to single vacancies compared to the formation of stacking faulted defects and dislocations. In order to assess the microstructure, the specific resistivity of these defect species was measured at 4.2?K, whereby thermal recovery processes are non-existent. The resistivity per dislocation line-length per volume was determined to be 1.87?×?10^?25?Ωm³ for super-pure aluminium. The change in resistivity directly correlated to the shear flow stress squared. Vacancy-like defects formed during plastic flow were correlated to the recoverable resistivity after 298?K anneal and the derived volume fraction (C_V) from mechanical data. The magnitude could be expressed as 12.9?×?10^?9?Ωm per C_V in % or as 1.21?×?10^?25?Ωm³ in terms of line-length of vacancies per volume. The choice of representation depends on the presumed vacancy distribution. However, the recoverable flow stress upon 298?K anneal only appear to be proportional to √ C_V at low strains; that is, at high strains the generated vacancies had transformed to defects that give rise to a small decrease in resistivity but a more notable increase in the flow stress. The possible mechanisms for this transformation are discussed.     

Preparation and characterization of a novel antistatic poly(vinyl chloride)/quaternary ammonium based ion-conductive acrylate copolymer composites

Antistatic poly(vinyl chloride)/quaternary ammonium salt based ion-conductive acrylate copolymer (PVC/QASI) composites were successfully prepared in a Haake torque rheometer. The surface resistivity of the PVC/QASI composites could be reduced to 10⁷ Ω sq^?1 order of magnitude when the QASI content reached 20 phr (parts per hundreds of resin). The surface resistivity of the composites was slightly sensitive to the relative humidity (RH), showing a good antistatic ability under an RH of 12%. Mechanical properties tests, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were also used to investigate the tensile strength, elongation at break, thermal properties, and morphology of the PVC/QASI composites, respectively.     

Magnetic brillouin zone effect on the resistivity of semimetallic-like fermi surface in USb

To probe the effect of the protein environment on the retinal chromophore of rhodopsin, we performed molecular dynamics simulations using combined quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM). The starting geometry of the protein is based on the 2.6Å X-ray structure of bovine rhodopsin of Okada et al. [T. Okada, et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99 5982 (2002)]. The wild-type chromophore of rhodopsin according to our calculations shows a highly twisted conformation around the central region, from C10 to C13, due to non-bonded interaction with the protein pocket. The absolute sense of twist of the C11–C12 and C12–C13 bonds is negative (?19 ± 9°) and positive (170 ± 8°), respectively. The 13-demethyl retinal chromophore, in which the methyl group at the C13 position is removed, is less distorted in this region. The C11–C12 bond is less twisted (?15 ± 10°) and the C12–C13 bond is planar (179 ± 9°) . The flattened geometry of this artificial chromophore is supported by spectroscopic evidence.     

Thermoelectric and dielectric investigations of the thermochromism of various na-acetylacetonate phases and intermediates

Sodium acetylacetonate was prepared by the interaction of sodium metal with acetylacetone. A fresh sample and various samples preheated at various temperatures were carefully prepared. Measurements were made by x-ray diffraction, IR absorption spectroscopy and differential thermal analysis (DTA). The temperature dependence of the electrical and dielectric properties of selective batches of Na-acetylacetonate phase and intermediates was measured.     

以时温等效方法研究尼龙1010应力松弛行为及使用寿命预测

以尼龙材料的应力松弛行为作为研究对象, 考察初始应变为1.0%, 2.8%和5.1%的尼龙1010样品在温度区间293353 K的松弛曲线, 采用时间-温度等效叠加方法得到了松弛模量主曲线, 计算出叠加过程中的表观活化能、 松弛过程中的活化体积和应力辅助功. 结果表明, 整个松弛过程中的表观活化能和应力辅助功表现出相同的变化趋势, 体现出松弛过程中克服运动单元位垒的过程. 当293323 K区间的松弛曲线叠加时, 随着初始应变的增加, 表观活化能和应力辅助功均逐渐降低, 有助于聚合物内部的运动单元越过能垒发生松弛, 与松弛过程中的应力辅助热活化理论相一致; 当333353 K区间的松弛曲线叠加时, 不同初始应变样品的表观活化能均为260 kJ/mol, 应力辅助功均为60 MPa·nm³, 说明松弛过程中克服运动单元的能垒与应力作用无关. 根据松弛主曲线, 计算出了尼龙1010在1.0%, 2.8%和5.1% 3种形变下, 长时间范围内应力衰减与时间的关系, 为预测实际使用过程中的应力松弛行为提供了依据.     

Abdominal apparent diffusion coefficient measurements: effect of diffusion-weighted image quality and usefulness of anisotropic images

This study aimed to assess the effect of diffusion-weighted image (DWI) quality on abdominal apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements and the usefulness of anisotropic images. Twenty-six patients (10 men and 16 women; mean, 58.1 years) who underwent DW imaging and were diagnosed not to have any abdominal diseases were analyzed. Single-shot spin-echo echo-planar DW imaging was performed, and one isotropic and three orthogonal anisotropic images were created. ADCs were calculated for liver (four segments), spleen, pancreas (head, body, tail) and renal parenchyma. Image quality for each organ part was scored visually. We estimated the correlation between ADC and image quality and evaluated the feasibility of using anisotropic images. ADCs and image quality were affected by motion probing gradient directions in the liver and pancreas. A significant inverse correlation was found between ADC and image quality. The r values for isotropic images were −.46, −.48, −.70 and −.28 for the liver, spleen, pancreas and renal parenchyma, respectively. Anisotropic images had the best quality and lowest ADC in at least one organ part in 17 patients. DWIs with the best quality among isotropic and anisotropic images should be used in the liver and pancreas.     

La1-x／2Pr1-x／2SrxCuO4的电输运性质和超导电性

La1-x/2Pr1-x/2SrxCuOy(LPSCO)多晶样品采用传统的固相反应法制备.X射线衍射表明:LPSCO具有典型的空穴搀杂的T-214相的结构.磁化率测量显示:Sr搀杂在0.05≤x≤0.30范围内具有超导转变;Tc随x的增大呈抛物线形式变化,且在x=0.18时达到最大值28K.电阻的测量显示:随搀杂量的增大,系统呈现从绝缘到半导体,最后到金属的导电行为的变化;在欠掺杂区,正常态电阻温度关系符合ρ(T)=ρ0 αT-ClnT;而在过掺杂区,对数项消失.本文从替代所引起的晶体结构和载流子特性变化解释了Sr掺杂样品的电输运行为和超导特性.