Computational design of new organic (D–π–A) dyes based on benzothiadiazole for photovoltaic applications,especially dye-sensitized solar cells

Research on Chemical Intermediates - A theoretical study on four organic dyes based on bis(4-hexyloxy)triphenylamine as donor and electron acceptor cyanoacrylic acid with a...     

Thermal management of modern electric vehicle battery systems (MEVBS)

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - The operating temperature of Li-ion batteries used in modern electric vehicles should be maintained within an allowable range to avoid thermal runaway...     

On the efficacy of charging a battery using a chaotic energy harvester

Nonlinear Dynamics - Introduction of stiffness nonlinearities to broaden the frequency bandwidth of vibratory energy harvesters has the adverse influence of complicating the response behavior of...     

Geometrical method for determining the surface damage threshold for femtosecond laser pulses

A new geometrical method to determine the surface damage threshold for ultrashort pulses is presented. It consists in the formation of a surface damage profile by a movement of the sample across the laser beam focus. A single measurement of the maximum transversal dimension of this damage profile, which depends solely on the laser beam power, is used to calculate the local damage threshold intensity. It is also theoretically shown that the damage in the transverse dimension can be controlled under the diffraction-limited spot.     

Non existence de solutions globales de certaines équations d'ondes non linéairesNonexistence of global solutions to some nonlinear wave equations

We study the semilinear wave equation u_tt?Δu=p^?k|u|^m in $\text{R}\text{×}\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$, where p is a conformal factor approaching 0 at infinity. We prove that the solutions blow-up in finite time for small powers m, while having an arbitrarily long life-span for large m. Furthermore, we study the finite time blow-up of solutions for the class of quasilinear wave equations u_tt?Δu=p^?k|Lu|^m in $\text{R}\text{×}\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$. To cite this article: M. Aassila, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 334 (2002) 961–966.     

Nonexistence Results of Minimal Immersions

Let M be a Riemannian m-dimensional manifold with m ≥ 3, endowed with non zero parallel p-form. We prove that there is no minimal isometric immersions of M in a Riemannian manifold N with constant strictly negative sectional curvature. Next we show that, under the conform flatness of the manifold N and some assumptions on the Ricci curvature of N, there is no α-pluriharmonic isometric immersion.