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Transition Metal-Ethylene Complexes as High-Capacity Hydrogen Storage Media
From first-principles calculations, we predict that a single ethylene
molecule can form a stable complex with two transition metals (TM) such as Ti.
The resulting TM-ethylene complex then absorbs up to ten hydrogen molecules,
reaching to gravimetric storage capacity of 14 wt%. Dimerization,
polymerizations and incorporation of the TM-ethylene complexes in nanoporous
carbon materials have been also discussed. Our results are quite remarkable and
open a new approach to high-capacity hydrogen storage materials discovery.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, additional content, Phys. Rev. Lett. in pres
On the melting of the nanocrystalline vortex matter in high-temperature superconductors
Multilevel Monte Carlo simulations of the vortex matter in the
highly-anisotropic high-temperature superconductor BiSrCaCuO
were performed. We introduced low concentration of columnar defects satisfying
. Both the electromagnetic and Josephson interactions among
pancake vortices were included. The nanocrystalline, nanoliquid and homogeneous
liquid phases were identified in agreement with experiments. We observed the
two-step melting process and also noted an enhancement of the structure factor
just prior to the melting transition. A proposed theoretical model is in
agreement with our findings.Comment: 4 figure
MgB2 tunnel junctions and 19 K low-noise dc superconducting quantum interference devices
Point contact junctions made from two pieces of MgB2 can be adjusted to
exhibit either superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) or
superconductor-normal metal-superconductor (SNS) current-voltage
characteristics. The SIS characteristics are in good agreement with the
standard tunneling model for s-wave superconductors, and yield an energy gap of
(2.02 +/- 0.08) meV. The SNS characteristics are in good agreement with the
predictions of the resistively-shunted junction model. DC Superconducting
QUantum Interference Devices made from two SNS junctions yield magnetic field
noise as low as 35 fT/Hz^{1/2} at 19 K.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Plasticity in current-driven vortex lattices
We present a theoretical analysis of recent experiments on current-driven
vortex dynamics in the Corbino disk geometry. This geometry introduces
controlled spatial gradients in the driving force and allows the study of the
onset of plasticity and tearing in clean vortex lattices. We describe plastic
slip in terms of the stress-driven unbinding of dislocation pairs, which in
turn contribute to the relaxation of the shear, yielding a nonlinear response.
The steady state density of free dislocations induced by the applied stress is
calculated as a function of the applied current and temperature. A criterion
for the onset of plasticity at a radial location in the disk yields a
temperature-dependent critical current that is in qualitative agreement with
experiments.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure
Spin-Glass-Like Behavior in Very Dilute PdFe at Very Low Temperatures
Measurements of the electrical resistivity of palladium, residual resistivity ratio ∼22 500, containing 1.7 ppm of Fe have been made from 5.5 K to 1.8 mK. 15 Hz ac susceptibility measurements from 1 K to 1.8 mK together with the resistivity data suggest that a transition into a spin-glass state occurs near 7 mK
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