290 research outputs found
Influence of thermal history on the structure and properties of silicate glasses
We studied a set of float glass samples prepared with different fictive
temperature by previous annealing around the glass transition temperature. We
compared the results to previous measurements on a series of amorphous silica
samples, also prepared with different fictive temperature. We showed that the
modifications on the structure at a local scale are very small, the changes of
physical properties are moderate but the changes on density fluctuations at a
nanometer scale are rather large: 12 and 20% in float glass and silica, for
relative changes of fictive temperature equal to 13 and 25% respectively. Local
order and mechanical properties of silica vary in the opposite way compared to
float glass (anomalous behavior) but the density fluctuations in both glasses
increase with temperature and fictive temperature
Density hardening plasticity and mechanical aging of silica glass under pressure: A Raman spectroscopic study
In addition of a flow, plastic deformation of structural glasses (in
particular amorphous silica) is characterized by a permanent densification.
Raman spectroscopic estimators are shown to give a full account of the plastic
behavior of silica under pressure. While the permanent densification of silica
has been widely discussed in terms of amorphous-amorphous transition, from a
plasticity point of view, the evolution of the residual densification with the
maximum pressure of a pressure cycle can be discussed as a density hardening
phenomenon. In the framework of such a mechanical aging effect, we propose that
the glass structure could be labelled by the maximum pressure experienced by
the glass and that the saturation of densification could be associated with the
densest packing of tetrahedra only linked by their vertices
In situ measurements of density fluctuations and compressibility in silica glass as a function of temperature and thermal history
In this paper, small-angle X-ray scattering measurements are used to
determine the different compressibility contributions, as well as the
isothermal compressibility, in thermal equilibrium in silica glasses having
different thermal histories. Using two different methods of analysis, in the
supercooled liquid and in the glassy state, we obtain respectively the
temperature and fictive temperature dependences of the isotheraml
compressibility. The values obtained in the glass and supercooled liquid states
are very close to each other. They agree with previous determinations of the
literature. The compressibility in the glass state slightly decreases with
increasing fictive temperature. The relaxational part of the compressibility is
also calculated and compared to previous determinations. We discussed the small
differences between the different determinations
Prvo opažanje kudravog nesita Pelecanus crispus prstenovanog u Crnoj Gori u Bugarskoj
Nedavni rast gnijezdeće populacije kudravog nesita Pelecanus crispus na Skadarskom jezeru je omogućio prstenovanje većeg broja mladunaca tokom sezone gniježđenja, a time i više prijavljenih opažanja. Nalaz mlade jedinke u Bugarskoj, na udaljenosti od 540 km,
predstavlja novi uvid u disperziju ove vrste, koja je nakon gnijezdeće sezone lokalizirana duž jadranske i jonske obale. Nalaz također ukazuje i na povezanost dvije razdvojene metapopulacije kudravog pelikana (mediteranske i crnomorske) u ovom dijelu areala
Prvo opažanje kudravog nesita Pelecanus crispus prstenovanog u Crnoj Gori u Bugarskoj
Nedavni rast gnijezdeće populacije kudravog nesita Pelecanus crispus na Skadarskom jezeru je omogućio prstenovanje većeg broja mladunaca tokom sezone gniježđenja, a time i više prijavljenih opažanja. Nalaz mlade jedinke u Bugarskoj, na udaljenosti od 540 km,
predstavlja novi uvid u disperziju ove vrste, koja je nakon gnijezdeće sezone lokalizirana duž jadranske i jonske obale. Nalaz također ukazuje i na povezanost dvije razdvojene metapopulacije kudravog pelikana (mediteranske i crnomorske) u ovom dijelu areala
Vibrational states and disorder in continuously compressed model glasses
We present in this paper a numerical study of the vibrational eigenvectors of
a two-dimensional amorphous material, previously deeply studied from the point
of view of mechanical properties and vibrational eigen-frequencies [7-10].
Attention is paid here to the connection between the mechanical properties of
this material in term of elastic heterogeneities (EH), and how these inherent
heterogeneous structures affect the vibrational eigenvectors and their plane
waves decomposition. The systems are analysed for different hydrostatic
pressures, and using results from previous studies, a deeper understanding of
the boson peak scenario is obtained. The vibrational spectrum of a continuously
densified silica glass is also studied, from which it appears that the
pulsation associated with the boson peak follows the same pressure dependence
trend than that of transverse waves with pulsation associated with the EH
characteristic size.Comment: 9 pages, 12 figure
New Mechanism for Electronic Energy Relaxation in Nanocrystals
The low-frequency vibrational spectrum of an isolated nanometer-scale solid
differs dramatically from that of a bulk crystal, causing the decay of a
localized electronic state by phonon emission to be inhibited. We show,
however, that an electron can also interact with the rigid translational motion
of a nanocrystal. The form of the coupling is dictated by the equivalence
principle and is independent of the ordinary electron-phonon interaction. We
calculate the rate of nonradiative energy relaxation provided by this mechanism
and establish its experimental observability.Comment: 4 pages, Submitted to Physical Review
Conservation traps and long‐term species persistence in human‐dominated systems
Major conservation efforts in human‐dominated systems, such as farmland, have focused on the establishment of subsidies and compensation promoting low‐impact management practices to reverse the impacts of conservation threats in the short term (reactive approaches). In this study, we discuss how a different way of framing conservation policy (proactive approaches) could lead to fundamentally different long‐term conservation outcomes. We define proactive approaches as those not necessarily including measures directly addressing the threats affecting biodiversity, but promoting transitions from current scenarios in which species are threatened to new states in which the threat is no longer present. We illustrate reactive and proactive approaches using as a case study two contrasting conservation frameworks for a vulnerable farmland bird, the Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus ) in northeastern Spain. This example shows that reactive approaches can lead to “conservation traps,” which we defined as situations where the application of biologically focused actions in response to conservation problems results in an unsustainable need to perpetuate the implementation of those actions. Our aim is to offer a fresh perspective on biodiversity conservation in human‐dominated systems and to stimulate alternative, more holistic approaches in conservation promoting transitions to new states not requiring long‐term active and costly conservation action.This work is a contribution to the project BIONOVEL (CGL2011‐ 29539/BOS) and the project Steppeahead, funded by CSIC, Fundación General CSIC, and Banco Santander
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