120 research outputs found
Testing of a novel web browser interface for the Chinese market
This paper compares the perspicacity, appropriateness and preference of web browser icons from leading software providers with those of a culture-specific design. This online study was conducted in Taiwan and involved 103 participants, who were given three sets of web browser icons to review, namely Microsoft Internet Explorer, Macintosh Safari, and culturally specific icons created using the Culture-Centred Design methodology. The findings of the study show that all three sets have generally high recognition rates, but that some icon functions (e.g. Go/Visit and Favourite) in all three sets have poor recognition rates and are considered inappropriate
Magnetic order in the pseudogap phase of high- superconductors
One of the leading issues in high- superconductors is the origin of the
pseudogap phase in underdoped cuprates. Using polarized elastic neutron
diffraction, we identify a novel magnetic order in the YBaCuO
system. The observed magnetic order preserves translational symmetry as
proposed for orbital moments in the circulating current theory of the pseudogap
state. To date, it is the first direct evidence of an hidden order parameter
characterizing the pseudogap phase in high- cuprates.Comment: 3 figure
Two Ising-like magnetic excitations in a single-layer cuprate superconductor
There exists increasing evidence that the phase diagram of the
high-transition temperature (Tc) cuprate superconductors is controlled by a
quantum critical point. One distinct theoretical proposal is that, with
decreasing hole-carrier concentration, a transition occurs to an ordered state
with two circulating orbital currents per CuO2 square. Below the 'pseudogap'
temperature T* (T* > Tc), the theory predicts a discrete order parameter and
two weakly-dispersive magnetic excitations in structurally simple compounds
that should be measurable by neutron scattering. Indeed, novel magnetic order
and one such excitation were recently observed. Here, we demonstrate for
tetragonal HgBa2CuO4+d the existence of a second excitation with local
character, consistent with the theory. The excitations mix with conventional
antiferromagnetic fluctuations, which points toward a unifying picture of
magnetism in the cuprates that will likely require a multi-band description.Comment: Including supplementary informatio
Injectable biphasic calcium phosphate bioceramic: The HYDROS® concept
A new biphasic calcium phosphate ceramic material has been developed in our laboratory. It is composed of 60% of hydroxyapatite and 40% of β-tricalcium phosphate, based on three granulometries (submicron, round microporous 80-200 mum and macro microporous 0.5-1 mm particles) and hydrated with water leading the formation of a putty filler for bone repair. Biocompatibility and osteogenicity were tested by filling femoral epiphyses critical size bone defect and lumbar muscles in rabbit. After 3, 6 and 12 weeks of implantation, explants were treated for histology. Results revealed the biocompatibility of the material and intensive resorption of the submicron particle fraction followed by important bone ingrowth whereas osteoconduction was provided by the larger particles
Quantum Orders and Symmetric Spin Liquids
A concept -- quantum order -- is introduced to describe a new kind of orders
that generally appear in quantum states at zero temperature. Quantum orders
that characterize universality classes of quantum states (described by {\em
complex} ground state wave-functions) is much richer then classical orders that
characterize universality classes of finite temperature classical states
(described by {\em positive} probability distribution functions). The Landau's
theory for orders and phase transitions does not apply to quantum orders since
they cannot be described by broken symmetries and the associated order
parameters. We find projective representations of symmetry groups (which will
be called projective symmetry groups) can be used to characterize quantum
orders. With the help of quantum orders and the projective symmetry groups, we
construct hundreds of symmetric spin liquids, which have SU(2), U(1) or
gauge structures at low energies. Remarkably, some of the stable quantum phases
support gapless excitations even without any spontaneous symmetry breaking. We
propose that it is the quantum orders (instead of symmetries) that protect the
gapless excitations and make algebraic spin liquids and Fermi spin liquids
stable. Since high superconductors are likely to be described by a
gapless spin liquid, the quantum orders and their projective symmetry group
descriptions lay the foundation for spin liquid approach to high
superconductors.Comment: 58 pages, RevTeX4 home page: http://dao.mit.edu/~we
Antiferromagnetic ordering in a 90 K copper oxide superconductor
Using elastic neutron scattering, we evidence a commensurate
antiferromagnetic Cu(2) order (AF) in the superconducting (SC) high-
cuprate (y=0.013, =93 K). As
in the Co-free system, the spin excitation spectrum is dominated by a magnetic
resonance peak at 41 meV but with a reduced spectral weight. The substitution
of Co thus leads to a state where AF and SC cohabit showing that the CuO
plane is a highly antiferromagnetically polarizable medium even for a sample
where T remains optimum.Comment: 3 figure
Resonant Spin Excitation in an Overdoped High Temperature Superconductor
An inelastic neutron scattering study of overdoped Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+\delta}
$ (T_c = 83 K) has revealed a resonant spin excitation in the superconducting
state. The mode energy is E_res=38 meV, significantly lower than in optimally
doped Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+\delta} (T_c = 91 K, E_ res =43 meV). This
observation, which indicates a constant ratio E_res /k_B T_c \sim 5.4, helps
resolve a long-standing controversy about the origin of the resonant spin
excitation in high-temperature superconductors.Comment: final version: PRL 86, 1610 (2001
Theory of Spin Fluctuation-Induced Superconductivity Based on a d-p Model. II. -Superconducting State-
The superconducting state of a two-dimensional d-p model is studied from the
spin fluctuation point of view by using a strong coupling theory. The
fluctuation exchange (FLEX) approximatoin is employed to calculate the spin
fluctuations and the superconducting gap functions self-consistently in the
optimal- and over-doped regions of hole concentration. The gap function has a
symmetry of d_{x^2 - y^2} type and develops below the transition temperature
T_c more rapidly than in the BCS model. Its saturation value at the maximum is
about 10 T_c. When the spin fluctuation-induced superconductivity is well
stabilized at low temperatures in the optimal regime, the imaginary part of the
antiferromagnetic spin susceptibility shows a very sharp resonance peak
reminiscent of the 41 meV peak observed in the neutron scattering experiment on
YBCO. The one-particle spectral density around k=(pi,0) shows sharp
quasi-particle peaks followed by dip and hump structures bearing resemblance to
the features observed in the angle-resolved photoemission experiment. With
increasing doping concentration these features gradually disappear.Comment: 13 pages(LaTeX), 20 eps figure
Renormalized mean-field theory of the neutron scattering in cuprate superconductors
The magnetic excitation spectrum of the t-t'-J-model is studied in mean-field
theory and compared to inelastic neutron-scattering (INS) experiments on YBCO
and BSCCO superconductors. Within the slave-particle formulation the dynamical
spin response is calculated from a renormalized Fermi liquid with an effective
interaction ~J in the magnetic particle--hole channel. We obtain the so-called
41meV resonance at wave vector (pi,pi) as a collective spin-1 excitation in the
d-wave superconducting state. It appears sharp (undamped), if the underlying
Fermi surface is hole-like with a sufficient next-nearest-neighbor hopping
t'<0. The double-layer structure of YBCO or BSCCO is not important for the
resonance to form. The resonance energy \omega_{res} and spectral weight at
optimal doping come out comparable to experiment. The observed qualitative
behavior of \omega_{res} with hole filling is reproduced in the underdoped as
well as overdoped regime. A second, much broader peak becomes visible in the
magnetic excitation spectrum if the 2D wave-vector is integrated over. It is
caused by excitations across the maximum gap, and in contrast to the resonance
its energy is almost independent of doping. At energies above or below
\omega_{res} the commensurate resonance splits into incommensurate peaks,
located off (pi,pi). Below \omega_{res} the intensity pattern is of `parallel'
type and the dispersion relation of incommensurate peaks has a negative
curvature. This is in accordance with recent INS experiments on YBCO.Comment: 17pp including 14 figure
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