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Proton modified Pt zeolite fuel cell electrocatalysts
NaY Zeolite is selected as a suitable material to host 1.5 wt% Platinum (Pt) loading on zeolite using ion exchange method (a) Pt(NH3)4(NO3)2 without excess NH4NO3 nitrate and (b) Pt(NH3)4(NO3)2 with excess NH4NO3 nitrate. The structure/reactivity relationship of Pt nanoparticle has been experimentally studied via Nafion@ bound electrodes to investigate the interaction nature of Pt with zeolite and electron transfer using the extended X-ray adsorption fine structure (EXAFS) and Pt particle was predicted at 0.7 – 1.5 (nm). Pt oxides can be electrochemically reduced via a hydrogen ‘spillover’ phenomenon. A highly dispersed small Pt particle distribution can be achieved with excessive H+ ions on zeolite acidic sites
Density Functional Theory Studies of Magnetically Confined Fermi Gas
A theory is developed for magnetically confined Fermi gas at low temperature
based on the density functional theory. The theory is illustrated by numerical
calculation of density distributions of Fermi atoms K with parameters
according to DeMarco and Jin's experiment[Science, 285(1999)1703]. Our results
are in good agreement with the experiment. To check the theory, we also
performed calculations using our theory at high temperature and compared very
well to the result of classical limit.Comment: 6 page
Entanglement distribution over the subsystems and its invariance
We study the entanglement dynamics of two qubits, each of which is embedded
into its local amplitude-damping reservoir, and the entanglement distribution
among all the bipartite subsystems including qubit-qubit, qubit-reservoir, and
reservoir-reservoir. It is found that the entanglement can be stably
distributed among all components, which is much different to the result
obtained under the Born-Markovian approximation by C. E. L\'{o}pez {\it et al.}
[Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{101}, 080503 (2008)], and particularly it also
satisfies an identity. Our unified treatment includes the previous results as
special cases. The result may give help to understand the physical nature of
entanglement under decoherence.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Non-Markovian Relaxation of a Three-Level System: Quantum Trajectory Approach
The non-Markovian dynamics of a three-level quantum system coupled to a
bosonic environment is a difficult problem due to the lack of an exact dynamic
equation such as a master equation. We present for the first time an exact
quantum trajectory approach to a dissipative three-level model. We have
established a convolutionless stochastic Schr\"{o}dinger equation called
time-local quantum state diffusion (QSD) equation without any approximations,
in particular, without Markov approximation. Our exact time-local QSD equation
opens a new avenue for exploring quantum dynamics for a higher dimensional
quantum system coupled to a non-Markovian environment.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Possible pairing symmetries in SrPtAs with a local lack of inversion center
We discuss possible pairing symmetries in the hexagonal pnictide
superconductor SrPtAs. The local lack of inversion symmetry of the two distinct
conducting layers in the unit cell results in a special spin-orbit coupling
with a staggered structure. We classify the pairing symmetry by the global
crystal point group D_3d, and suggest some candidates for the stable state
using a tight-binding model with an in-plane, density-density type pairing
interaction. We may have some unconventional states like s+f-wave and a mixture
of chiral d-wave and chiral p-wave. The spin orbit coupling is larger than the
interlayer hopping, and the mixing between spin-singlet and triplet states can
be seen in spite of the fact that the system has a global inversion center.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
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