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Role of hexagonal boron nitride in protecting ferromagnetic nanostructures from oxidation
Ferromagnetic contacts are widely used to inject spin polarized currents into
non-magnetic materials such as semiconductors or 2-dimensional materials like
graphene. In these systems, oxidation of the ferromagnetic materials poses an
intrinsic limitation on device performance. Here we investigate the role of
ex-situ transferred chemical vapour deposited hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) as
an oxidation barrier for nanostructured cobalt and permalloy electrodes. The
chemical state of the ferromagnets was investigated using X-ray photoemission
electron microscopy owing to its high sensitivity and lateral resolution. We
have compared the oxide thickness formed on ferromagnetic nanostructures
covered by hBN to uncovered reference structures. Our results show that hBN
reduces the oxidation rate of ferromagnetic nanostructures suggesting that it
could be used as an ultra-thin protection layer in future spintronic devices.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
Potential of a New Technique for Remote Sensing of Hydrocarbon Accumulations and Blind Uranium Deposits: Buried Lif Thermoluminescence Dosimeters
Buried thermoluminescence dosimeters may be useful in remote sensing of petroleum and natural gas accumulations and blind uranium deposits. They act as integrating detectors that smooth out the effects of environmental variations that affect other measuring systems and result in irregularities and poor repeatability in measurements made during gas and radiometric surveys
Utilização de energia solar e cercas eletrificadas no manejo das pastagens no Acre.
Este documento apresenta informaçÔes que visam orientar técnicos e produtores rurais do Acre para o uso eficiente da energia solar e das cercas eletrificadas no manejo de suas propriedades.bitstream/item/116523/1/7296.pd
Fairy-tale enchantments
More than two decades ago the folklorist Isabel Cardigos remarked that the hinge of fairy tales is the cyclical movement in and out of enchantment. I feel that this insight is important, and I propose to brieïŹy explain my understanding of it. First, I mention the importance of using allomotifs to bring out the folk metaphors in fairy tales. Then, I discuss a basic symbolic païŹern of enchantments at the core of fairy tales. Overall, I add to Vladimir Proppâs statement that the most complete fairy tale is a heroic quest the proposition that the irreducible core of fairy tales hinges on feminine maturation. Along the way, I discuss some metaphors suggestive of the lunar template at the core of fairy tales.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Fairy-Tale exchanges
Fairy tales are very oldâtheir themes are found in legends and myths from Antiquity, and even those early texts likely borrowed from oral traditions humming in the background. Given the respectable age of this genre and its formal complexity, one can assume that all fairy tales are genetically related. At least, as an eminent specialist pointed out, the entire store of fairy tales can be examined as a chain of variants on a basic theme. This amounts to saying that fairy tales partake of a shared conceptual universeâa notion that raises interesting questions, such as: what are fairy tales about? What sorts of intertextual conversations do they accommodate? And how can we apprehend fairy-tale exchanges?info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio
Folklore into theory: Freud and LĂ©vi-Strauss on incest and marriage
This article suggests that two major modern theories on incest and its prohibition, successively proposed by Freud and by LĂ©vi-Strauss, are essentially transformations on a folklore leitmotiv tottering with age. The discussion examines Freud's weaving of traditional themes into psychoanalytic theory, and then engages LĂ©vi-Strauss' meta-Freud-ian elaboration. This inquiry leads to asking whether penetration into the products of the mind by the mind necessarily involves reenacting fundamental patterns of thought. This question raises the issue of the status of theorization in academic realms, such as folklore and mythology, where discipline and object fuse into a single denomination
Hybridity
This chapter suggests that the core of fairy tales is enchantment, which is ruled by cyclic time. The discussion examines a transmedial string of variants of âThe Maiden in the Towerâ (ATU 310) and âSleeping Beautyâ (ATU 410)âstories about the fate of girls in tower enclosures, suspended between heaven and earthâand shows ambivalent fairies in the business of helping girls come of age. As cloistered maidens spin a spindle, they cycle along with the moon; as girls prick a finger, they mark with blood the thread of their lives. Cyclic time, which straddles opposites, breeds hybridity.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio
Metaphor in comparative studies, or, the folklore of anthropology: Frazer, Malinowski, Trobriand, and us
This article looks at the nineteenth-century preconception that âprimitivesâ ignore fatherhoodâhow it crept into ethnographic reports, made its way into anthropological theory, and sparked debates for the best part of a century. The discussion looks at the influential work of James Frazer and Sidney Hartlandâat how these authors relied on folk metaphors to reason about the ignorance of âprimitivesââand exposes Bronislaw Malinowskiâs place in that tradition. Beyond revisiting Trobriand ethnography, this article argues that knowledge in anthropology and folkloristics is inherently metaphorical. The article makes a case for heeding metaphors across cultures, including in scholarly models, as a tool for understanding the varieties of human thinking.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio
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