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Development of a Kohn-Sham like potential in the Self-Consistent Atomic Deformation Model
This is a brief description of how to derive the local ``atomic'' potentials
from the Self-Consistent Atomic Deformation (SCAD) model density function.
Particular attention is paid to the spherically averaged case.Comment: 5 Pages, LaTeX, no figure
Atomistic modelling of diffusion
This thesis describes the dimer method, which is an algorithm that can be used to find
state transitions in an atomistic system, and the application of this method to two different
atomistic diffusion problems.
The dimer method is an algorithm that locates the saddle points of a potential field
of arbitrary dimensionality. These saddle points correspond to the points of transition
between metastable states of an atomistic system. A number of improvements to the
algorithm of the dimer method have been described and implemented in this work.
The first atomistic problem to be described is the diffusion of Au adatoms on a face-centred
cubic Au(100) surface. By applying the dimer method to this system, a number
of state transitions involving varying numbers of atoms are discovered, from the initial
configuration of a single adatom on the surface and from configurations of two adatoms
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Time-resolved gas-phase kinetic and quantum chemical studies of the reaction of silylene with oxygen
Time-resolved kinetic studies of the reaction of silylene, SiH2, generated by laser flash photolysis of phenylsilane, have been carried out to obtain rate constants for its bimolecular reaction with O-2. The reaction was studied in the gas phase over the pressure range 1-100 Torr in SF6 bath gas, at five temperatures in the range 297-600 K. The second order rate constants at 10 Torr were fitted to the Arrhenius equation: log(k/cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1)) = (-11.08 +/- 0.04) + (1.57 +/- 0.32 kJ mol(-1))/RT ln10 The decrease in rate constant values with increasing temperature, although systematic is very small. The rate constants showed slight increases in value with pressure at each temperature, but this was scarcely beyond experimental uncertainty. From estimates of Lennard-Jones collision rates, this reaction is occurring at ca. 1 in 20 collisions, almost independent of pressure and temperature. Ab initio calculations at the G3 level backed further by multi-configurational (MC) SCF calculations, augmented by second order perturbation theory (MRMP2), support a mechanism in which the initial adduct, H2SiOO, formed in the triplet state (T), undergoes intersystem crossing to the more stable singlet state (S) prior to further low energy isomerisation processes leading, via a sequence of steps, ultimately to dissociation products of which the lowest energy pair are H2O + SiO. The decomposition of the intermediate cyclo-siladioxirane, via O-O bond fission, plays an important role in the overall process. The bottleneck for the overall process appears to be the T -> S process in H2SiOO. This process has a small spin orbit coupling matrix element, consistent with an estimate of its rate constant of 1 x 10(9) s(-1) obtained with the aid of RRKM theory. This interpretation preserves the idea that, as in its reactions in general, SiH2 initially reacts at the encounter rate with O-2. The low values for the secondary reaction barriers on the potential energy surface account for the lack of an observed pressure dependence. Some comparisons are drawn with the reactions of CH2 + O-2 and SiCl2 + O-2
Diffusion dynamics of defects in Fe and Fe-P systems
The dimer method with the Ackland EAM potential has been used to determine the diffusion mechanisms of isolated defects in the bulk of α-Fe. Three defect systems were studied, an isolated vacancy, a P-vacancy complex and a P interstitial defect. Using an event table consisting of the transitions found using the dimer method, the kinetic Monte Carlo method has been used to simulate the diffusion of these defects. Periodic boundary conditions were used to simulate Fe crystals with finite concentrations of P atoms between 0.006 at. % and 0.038 at. %. At lower temperatures of around 350 K, substitutional P atoms in Fe act as centers of attraction for vacancy defects, such that the defect moves as a P-vacancy complex for most of the time. However, as the temperature is increased, the phosphorus atom and the vacancy spend greater amounts of time dissociated. We found that P interstitial defects can also diffuse through the lattice. Diffusion constants have been calculated for these systems at various temperatures and P concentrations. These showed that an Fe-P dumbbell is the most mobile of these defect systems and a P-vacancy complex the least mobile. For the isolated vacancy and P interstitial defect systems, the diffusion constant was found to satisfy the Arrhenius relation; the P-vacancy complex, however, showed a deviation from this relation
Lake and crannog : A 2500-year palaeoenvironmental record of continuity and change in NE Scotland âŻ
Acknowledgements Special acknowledgements go to Audrey Innes for her laboratory support, to Laura McHardie who originally extracted the core with Michael J. Stratigos. Thanks are owed to the Leys Estate and the then Estate Manager Thys Simpson for allowing access, help in taking the core and overall support for work in the former loch. Thanks to the Hunter Archaeological and Historical Trust who funded the fieldwork. The article was written as part of the Leverhulme Trust funded project âComparative Kingship: the early Medieval kingdoms of Northern Britain and Irelandâ (Grant RG13876-10). Authors would like to thank the use of RIAIDT-USC analytical facilities. OLC is funded by JIN project (PID2019-111683RJ-I00) Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion and Beca Leonardo a Investigadores y Creadores Culturales 2020 de la FundaciĂłn BBVA. open access via Elsevier agreementPeer reviewedPublisher PD
III-V 4D Transistors
We fabricated for the first time vertically and laterally integrated III-V 4D transistors. III-V gate-all-around (GAA) nanowire MOSFETs with arrays show high drive current of and high transconductance of . The vertical stacking of the III-V nanowires have provided an elegant solution to the drivability bottleneck of nanowire devices and is promising for future low-power logic and RF application.Chemistry and Chemical Biolog
Magnetic ordering of Mn sublattice, dense Kondo lattice behavior of Ce in (RPd3)8Mn (R = La, Ce)
We have synthesized two new interstitial compounds (RPd3)8Mn (R = La and Ce).
The Mn ions present in "dilute" concentration of just 3 molar percent form a
sublattice with an unusually large Mn-Mn near neighbor distance of ~ 85 nm.
While the existence of (RPd3)8M (where M is a p-block element) is already
documented in the literature, the present work reports for the first time the
formation of this phase with M being a 3d element. In (LaPd3)8Mn, the Mn
sub-lattice orders antiferromagnetically as inferred from the peaks in
low-field magnetization at 48 K and 23 K. The latter peak progressively shifts
towards lower temperatures in increasing magnetic field and disappears below
1.8 K in a field of ~ 8 kOe. On the other hand in (CePd3)8Mn the Mn sublattice
undergoes a ferromagnetic transition around 35 K. The Ce ions form a dense
Kondo-lattice and are in a paramagnetic state at least down to 1.5 K. A
strongly correlated electronic ground state arising from Kondo effect is
inferred from the large extrapolated value of C/T = 275 mJ/Ce-mol K^2 at T = 0
K. In contrast, the interstitial alloys RPd3Mnx (x = 0.03 and 0.06), also
synthesized for the first time, have a spin glass ground state due to the
random distribution of the Mn ions over the available "1b" sites in the parent
RPd3 crystal lattice.Comment: 18 figures and 20 pages of text documen
Deaf, Dumb, and Chatting Robots, Enabling Distributed Computation and Fault-Tolerance Among Stigmergic Robot
We investigate ways for the exchange of information (explicit communication)
among deaf and dumb mobile robots scattered in the plane. We introduce the use
of movement-signals (analogously to flight signals and bees waggle) as a mean
to transfer messages, enabling the use of distributed algorithms among the
robots. We propose one-to-one deterministic movement protocols that implement
explicit communication. We first present protocols for synchronous robots. We
begin with a very simple coding protocol for two robots. Based on on this
protocol, we provide one-to-one communication for any system of n \geq 2 robots
equipped with observable IDs that agree on a common direction (sense of
direction). We then propose two solutions enabling one-to-one communication
among anonymous robots. Since the robots are devoid of observable IDs, both
protocols build recognition mechanisms using the (weak) capabilities offered to
the robots. The first protocol assumes that the robots agree on a common
direction and a common handedness (chirality), while the second protocol
assumes chirality only. Next, we show how the movements of robots can provide
implicit acknowledgments in asynchronous systems. We use this result to design
asynchronous one-to-one communication with two robots only. Finally, we combine
this solution with the schemes developed in synchronous settings to fit the
general case of asynchronous one-to-one communication among any number of
robots. Our protocols enable the use of distributing algorithms based on
message exchanges among swarms of Stigmergic robots. Furthermore, they provides
robots equipped with means of communication to overcome faults of their
communication device
Optimally squeezed spin states
We consider optimally spin-squeezed states that maximize the sensitivity of
the Ramsey spectroscopy, and for which the signal to noise ratio scales as the
number of particles . Using the variational principle we prove that these
states are eigensolutions of the Hamiltonian
and that, for large , the states become equivalent to the quadrature
squeezed states of the harmonic oscillator. We present numerical results that
illustrate the validity of the equivalence
Discrimination, labour markets and the Labour Market Prospects of Older Workers: What Can a Legal Case Teach us?
As governments become increasingly concerned about the fiscal implications of the ageing population, labour market policies have sought to encourage mature workers to remain in the labour force. The âhuman capitalâ discourses motivating these policies rest on the assumption that older workers armed with motivation and vocational skills will be able to return to fulfilling work. This paper uses the post-redundancy recruitment experiences of former Ansett Airlines
flight attendants to develop a critique of these expectations. It suggests that policies to increase
older workersâ labour market participation will not succeed while persistent socially constructed age- and gender- typing shape labour demand. The conclusion argues for policies sensitive to the institutional structures that shape employer preferences, the competitive rationality of
discriminatory practices, and the irresolvable tension between workersâ human rights and employersâ property rights
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