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Room-temperature superparamagnetism due to giant magnetic anisotropy in Mo defected single-layer MoS
Room-temperature superparamagnetism due to a large magnetic anisotropy energy
(MAE) of a single atom magnet has always been a prerequisite for nanoscale
magnetic devices. Realization of two dimensional (2D) materials such as
single-layer (SL) MoS, has provided new platforms for exploring magnetic
effects, which is important for both fundamental research and for industrial
applications. Here, we use density functional theory (DFT) to show that the
antisite defect (Mo) in SL MoS is magnetic in nature with a
magnetic moment of of 2 and, remarkably, exhibits an
exceptionally large atomic scale
MAE of 500 meV. Our
calculations reveal that this giant anisotropy is the joint effect of strong
crystal field and significant spin-orbit coupling (SOC). In addition, the
magnetic moment can be tuned between 1 and 3 by varying
the Fermi energy , which can be achieved either by changing
the gate voltage or by chemical doping. We also show that MAE can be raised to
1 eV with n-type doping of the MoS:Mo sample. Our systematic
investigations deepen our understanding of spin-related phenomena in SL
MoS and could provide a route to nanoscale spintronic devices.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figure
Two-dimensional Fermionic Hong-Ou-Mandel Interference with Weyl Fermions
We propose a two-dimensional Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) type interference
experiment for Weyl fermions in graphene and 3D topological insulators. Since
Weyl fermions exhibit linear dispersion, similar to photons in vacuum, they can
be used to obtain the HOM interference intensity pattern as a function of the
delay time between two Weyl fermions. We show that while the Coulomb
interaction leads to a significant change in the angle dependence of the
tunneling of two identical Weyl fermions incident from opposite sides of a
potential barrier, it does not affect the HOM interference pattern, in contrast
to previous expectations. We apply our formalism to develop a Weyl fermion
beam-splitter (BS) for controlling the transmission and reflection
coefficients. We calculate the resulting time-resolved correlation function for
two identical Weyl fermions scattering off the BS.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
HEER: Hybrid Energy Efficient Reactive Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) consist of numerous sensors which send sensed
data to base station. Energy conservation is an important issue for sensor
nodes as they have limited power.Many routing protocols have been proposed
earlier for energy efficiency of both homogeneous and heterogeneous
environments. We can prolong our stability and network lifetime by reducing our
energy consumption. In this research paper, we propose a protocol designed for
the characteristics of a reactive homogeneous WSNs, HEER (Hybrid Energy
Efficient Reactive) protocol. In HEER, Cluster Head(CH) selection is based on
the ratio of residual energy of node and average energy of network. Moreover,
to conserve more energy, we introduce Hard Threshold (HT) and Soft Threshold
(ST). Finally, simulations show that our protocol has not only prolonged the
network lifetime but also significantly increased stability period.Comment: 2nd IEEE Saudi International Electronics, Communications and
Photonics Conference (SIECPC 13), 2013, Riyadh, Saudi Arabi
Analyzing Delay in Wireless Multi-hop Heterogeneous Body Area Networks
With increase in ageing population, health care market keeps growing. There
is a need for monitoring of health issues. Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN)
consists of wireless sensors attached on or inside human body for monitoring
vital health related problems e.g, Electro Cardiogram (ECG), Electro
Encephalogram (EEG), ElectronyStagmography (ENG) etc. Due to life threatening
situations, timely sending of data is essential. For data to reach health care
center, there must be a proper way of sending data through reliable connection
and with minimum delay. In this paper transmission delay of different paths,
through which data is sent from sensor to health care center over heterogeneous
multi-hop wireless channel is analyzed. Data of medical related diseases is
sent through three different paths. In all three paths, data from sensors first
reaches ZigBee, which is the common link in all three paths. Wireless Local
Area Network (WLAN), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX),
Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) are connected with ZigBee.
Each network (WLAN, WiMAX, UMTS) is setup according to environmental
conditions, suitability of device and availability of structure for that
device. Data from these networks is sent to IP-Cloud, which is further
connected to health care center. Delay of data reaching each device is
calculated and represented graphically. Main aim of this paper is to calculate
delay of each link in each path over multi-hop wireless channel.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1208.240
An improved model for GUI design of mHealth context-aware applications
One of the main challenges of mobile health is using the smaller screens of mobile devices efficiently to show information supporting the health decision-making process. This research proposes a model that can be used to design and evaluate GUIs of mHealth context-aware applications with the aim of ensuring a proper distribution of key information among the screens. The proposed model is then evaluated based on the Health-ITUEM usability parameters description. The results of this evaluation show the attributes related to usability that have been enhanced
Performance Analysis of Hierarchical Routing Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks
This work focusses on analyzing the optimization strategies of routing
protocols with respect to energy utilization of sensor nodes in Wireless Sensor
Network (WSNs). Different routing mechanisms have been proposed to address
energy optimization problem in sensor nodes. Clustering mechanism is one of the
popular WSNs routing mechanisms. In this paper, we first address energy
limitation constraints with respect to maximizing network life time using
linear programming formulation technique. To check the efficiency of different
clustering scheme against modeled constraints, we select four cluster based
routing protocols; Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH), Threshold
Sensitive Energy Efficient sensor Network (TEEN), Stable Election Protocol
(SEP), and Distributed Energy Efficient Clustering (DEEC). To validate our
mathematical framework, we perform analytical simulations in MATLAB by choosing
number of alive nodes, number of dead nodes, number of packets and number of
CHs, as performance metrics.Comment: NGWMN with 7th IEEE International Conference on Broadband and
Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications (BWCCA 2012), Victoria,
Canada, 201
SIMPLE: Stable Increased-throughput Multi-hop Protocol for Link Efficiency in Wireless Body Area Networks
In this work, we propose a reliable, power efficient and high throughput
routing protocol for Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). We use multi-hop
topology to achieve minimum energy consumption and longer network lifetime. We
propose a cost function to select parent node or forwarder. Proposed cost
function selects a parent node which has high residual energy and minimum
distance to sink. Residual energy parameter balances the energy consumption
among the sensor nodes while distance parameter ensures successful packet
delivery to sink. Simulation results show that our proposed protocol maximize
the network stability period and nodes stay alive for longer period. Longer
stability period contributes high packet delivery to sink which is major
interest for continuous patient monitoring.Comment: IEEE 8th International Conference on Broadband and Wireless
Computing, Communication and Applications (BWCCA'13), Compiegne, Franc
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