The effect of size and composition on structural transitions in monometallic nanoparticles

Predicting the morphological stability of nanoparticles is an essential step towards the accurate modelling of their chemophysical properties. Here we investigate solid–solid transitions in monometallic clusters of 0.5–2.0 nm diameter at finite temperatures and we report the complex dependence of the rearrangement mechanism on the nanoparticle’s composition and size. The concerted Lipscomb’s Diamond-Square-Diamond mechanisms which connects the decahedral or the cuboctahedral to the icosahedral basins, take place only below a material dependent critical size above which surface diffusion prevails and leads to low-symmetry and defected shapes still belonging to the initial basin

A model of oxygen diffusion in absorbing tissue

AbstractA mathematical model is presented which describes the diffusion of oxygen in absorbing tissue, and numerical solutions of its partial differential equation are obtained by orthogonal collocation. The diffusion with absorption model accounts for the presence of a moving boundary which marks the furthest penetration of oxygen into the absorbing medium and also allows for an initial distribution of oxygen through the absorbing tissue. The model predictions may be used in the development of time variant radiation treatments of cancerous tumors, so that the dosage of radiation could be varied with the changing oxygen concentration. Simple expressions are also presented for evaluating the surface oxygen concentration, the rate of consumption of oxygen per unit volume of absorbing tissue, and the point of innermost oxygen penetration

Food sustainability by designing and modelling a membrane controlled atmosphere storage system

10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2012.08.027Journal of Food Engineering1143361-374JFOE

Evolution of polymeric hollow fibers as sustainable technologies: Past, present, and future

10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2012.01.001Progress in Polymer Science37101401-1424PRPS