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Gestural patterns: a new method of printed textile design using motion capture technology
The aim of this research is to develop a new method, Hybrid Printing System (HPS) to explore digital craft methods to create surface patterns for printed textile design. This novel method of creating âhandcraftedâ prints is a result of the integration of two technologies such as motion-capture (MOCAP) and digital textile printing (DTP). The research towards such an innovation required a current, historical, contextual and experimental study of use of motion capture in Art &Design. The research contextualises the hand and its relationship to digital crafting methods in printed textile design, the digital medium and the process of audience participation in printed textile design to create a new conceptual framework balanced in practice and theory. The practical research then develops three new methods of motion capture such as, motion tracing, motion sensing and motion tracking to generate gestural motifs and gestural patterns. This thesis and the accompanying set of experimental work demonstrates that HPS culminates in developing new aesthetics through a new mode of creation in a new medium, which will impact the user, the designer and the product as a part of the cyclical process. HPS is an advancement of printed textile design, centred in active participation of its audience at the generative stage of design. This results in a shifting role of a designer and subverts the current model of printed textile design practice. HPS is a democratic design process where the participants design for themselves, have their own voice, which induces a sense of community, togetherness and harmony in the creative process
Tetramer Orbital-Ordering induced Lattice-Chirality in Ferrimagnetic, Polar MnTi2O4
Using density-functional theory calculations and experimental investigations
on structural, magnetic and dielectric properties, we have elucidated a unique
tetragonal ground state for MnTi2O4, a Ti^{3+} (3d^1)-ion containing
spinel-oxide. With lowering of temperature around 164 K, cubic MnTi2O4
undergoes a structural transition into a polar P4_1 tetragonal structure and at
further lower temperatures, around 45 K, the system undergoes a paramagnetic to
ferrimagnetic transition. Magnetic superexchange interactions involving Mn and
Ti spins and minimization of strain energy associated with co-operative
Jahn-Teller distortions plays a critical role in stabilization of the unique
tetramer-orbital ordered ground state which further gives rise to lattice
chirality through subtle Ti-Ti bond-length modulations
SR and Neutron Diffraction Investigations on Reentrant Ferromagnetic Superconductor Eu(Fe{0.86}Ir{0.14})2As2
Results of muon spin relaxation (SR) and neutron powder diffraction
measurements on a reentrant superconductor Eu(FeIr)As
are presented. Eu(FeIr)As exhibits superconductivity
at ~K competing with long range ordered Eu
moments below K. A reentrant behavior (manifested by nonzero
resistivity in the temperature range 10--17.5 K) results from an exquisite
competition between the superconductivity and magnetic order. The zero field
SR data confirm the long range magnetic ordering below K. The transition temperature is found to increase with increasing
magnetic field in longitudinal field SR which along with the neutron
diffraction results, suggests the transition to be ferromagnetic. The neutron
diffraction data reveal a clear presence of magnetic Bragg peaks below which could be indexed with propagation vector k = (0, 0, 0), confirming a
long range magnetic ordering in agreement with SR data. Our analysis of
the magnetic structure reveals an ordered magnetic moment of (at 1.8 K) on the Eu atoms and they form a ferromagnetic structure with
moments aligned along the -axis. No change in the magnetic structure is
observed in the reentrant or superconducting phases and the magnetic structure
remains same for 1.8 K . No clear evidence of
structural transition or Fe moment ordering was found.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
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E_MOTIONAL PRINTS: exploring 'digital craft' for printed textile design through motion capture technology
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