816 research outputs found
Magnetically operated nanorelay based on two single-walled carbon nanotubes filled with endofullerenes Fe@C20
Structural and energy characteristics of the smallest magnetic endofullerene
Fe@C20 have been calculated using the density functional theory approach. The
ground state of Fe@C20 is found to be a septet state, and the magnetic moment
of Fe@C20 is estimated to be 8 Bohr magnetons. Characteristics of an (8,8)
carbon nanotube with a single Fe@C20 inside are studied in the framework of the
semiempirical approach. The scheme of a magnetic nanorelay based on
cantilevered nanotubes filled with magnetic endofullerenes is elaborated. The
proposed nanorelay is turned on as a result of bending of nanotubes by a
magnetic force. Operational characteristics of such a nanorelay based on (8,8)
and (21,21) nanotubes fully filled with Fe@C20 are estimated and compared to
the ones of a nanorelay made of a (21,21) nanotube fully filled with
experimentally observed (Ho3N)@C80 with the magnetic moment of 21 Bohr
magnetons. Room temperature operation of (21,21) nanotube based nanorelays is
shown.Comment: 18 pages, 9 figure
Topological entropy and blocking cost for geodesics in riemannian manifolds
For a pair of points in a compact, riemannian manifold let
(resp. ) be the number of geodesic segments with length
joining these points (resp. the minimal number of point obstacles
needed to block them). We study relationships between the growth rates of
and as . We derive lower bounds on
in terms of the topological entropy and its fundamental group. This
strengthens the results of Burns-Gutkin \cite{BG06} and Lafont-Schmidt
\cite{LS}. For instance, by \cite{BG06,LS}, implies that is
unbounded; we show that grows exponentially, with the rate at least
.Comment: 13 page
Individual Educational Trajectory as Intention of Subject in Continuing Education System
The issue of improving the quality of education by developing individual educational trajectories is considered. The relevance of this topic is determined by the necessity to predict the development of personality in a changing vocational and educational space. The definitions of “individual educational trajectory” concept in the context of the continuing education system and educational environment of university are given. Attention is given to the need to conform the goals, objectives, content, forms and methods of continuing education to the need of conscious self-realization of personality in the projecting and implementation of his/her own trajectory in dynamic, asymmetric, open, undefined terms of socio-professional life. It is argued that the forms of sense generating and skills of designing and forecasting his/herself in professional future may be envisioned through accompanying, navigation activity corresponding to the needs and content of the stages of professional formation. The stages of professional development, event forms of continuing education and the basic psychological neoplasms arising in the process of professionalization are correlated. The conditions and predictors of construction of individual educational trajectories are analysed. It is concluded that vocational education should be human-like systems, which effectiveness criterion should be not actual economic feasibility, but the ability to form the personality and willingness to self-realization in a complex, dynamic world of the professions
Thermal Degradation of Adsorbed Bottle-Brush Macromolecules: Molecular Dynamics Simulation
The scission kinetics of bottle-brush molecules in solution and on an
adhesive substrate is modeled by means of Molecular Dynamics simulation with
Langevin thermostat. Our macromolecules comprise a long flexible polymer
backbone with segments, consisting of breakable bonds, along with two side
chains of length , tethered to each segment of the backbone. In agreement
with recent experiments and theoretical predictions, we find that bond cleavage
is significantly enhanced on a strongly attractive substrate even though the
chemical nature of the bonds remains thereby unchanged.
We find that the mean bond life time decreases upon adsorption by
more than an order of magnitude even for brush molecules with comparatively
short side chains $N=1 \div 4$. The distribution of scission probability along
the bonds of the backbone is found to be rather sensitive regarding the
interplay between length and grafting density of side chains. The life time
declines with growing contour length as ,
and with side chain length as . The probability
distribution of fragment lengths at different times agrees well with
experimental observations. The variation of the mean length of the
fragments with elapsed time confirms the notion of the thermal degradation
process as a first order reaction.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figure
Effect of Peierls transition in armchair carbon nanotube on dynamical behaviour of encapsulated fullerene
The changes of dynamical behaviour of a single fullerene molecule inside an
armchair carbon nanotube caused by the structural Peierls transition in the
nanotube are considered. The structures of the smallest C20 and Fe@C20
fullerenes are computed using the spin-polarized density functional theory.
Significant changes of the barriers for motion along the nanotube axis and
rotation of these fullerenes inside the (8,8) nanotube are found at the Peierls
transition. It is shown that the coefficients of translational and rotational
diffusions of these fullerenes inside the nanotube change by several orders of
magnitude. The possibility of inverse orientational melting, i.e. with a
decrease of temperature, for the systems under consideration is predicted.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures, 1 tabl
Galactic Rotation Parameters from Data on Open Star Clusters
Currently available data on the field of velocities Vr, Vl, Vb for open star
clusters are used to perform a kinematic analysis of various samples that
differ by heliocentric distance, age, and membership in individual structures
(the Orion, Carina--Sagittarius, and Perseus arms). Based on 375 clusters
located within 5 kpc of the Sun with ages up to 1 Gyr, we have determined the
Galactic rotation parameters
Wo =-26.0+-0.3 km/s/kpc,
W'o = 4.18+-0.17 km/s/kpc^2,
W''o=-0.45+-0.06 km/s/kpc^3, the system contraction parameter K = -2.4+-0.1
km/s/kpc, and the parameters of the kinematic center Ro =7.4+-0.3 kpc and lo =
0+-1 degrees. The Galactocentric distance Ro in the model used has been found
to depend significantly on the sample age. Thus, for example, it is 9.5+-0.7
kpc and 5.6+-0.3 kpc for the samples of young (50 Myr)
clusters, respectively. Our study of the kinematics of young open star clusters
in various spiral arms has shown that the kinematic parameters are similar to
the parameters obtained from the entire sample for the Carina-Sagittarius and
Perseus arms and differ significantly from them for the Orion arm. The
contraction effect is shown to be typical of star clusters with various ages.
It is most pronounced for clusters with a mean age of 100 Myr, with the
contraction velocity being Kr = -4.3+-1.0 km/s.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures, 2 table
Nanotube-Based NEMS: Control vs. Thermodynamic Fluctuations
Multi-scale simulations of nanotube-based nanoelectromechanical systems
(NEMS) controlled by a nonuniform electric field are performed by an example of
a gigahertz oscillator. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we obtain the
friction coefficients and characteristics of the thermal noise associated with
the relative motion of the nanotube walls. These results are used in a
phenomenological one-dimensional oscillator model. The analysis based both on
this model and the Fokker-Planck equation for the oscillation energy
distribution function shows how thermodynamic fluctuations restrict the
possibility of controlling NEMS operation for systems of small sizes. The
parameters of the force for which control of the oscillator operation is
possible are determined.Comment: 40 pages, 12 figure
Spin-polarized current amplification and spin injection in magnetic bipolar transistors
The magnetic bipolar transistor (MBT) is a bipolar junction transistor with
an equilibrium and nonequilibrium spin (magnetization) in the emitter, base, or
collector. The low-injection theory of spin-polarized transport through MBTs
and of a more general case of an array of magnetic {\it p-n} junctions is
developed and illustrated on several important cases. Two main physical
phenomena are discussed: electrical spin injection and spin control of current
amplification (magnetoamplification). It is shown that a source spin can be
injected from the emitter to the collector. If the base of an MBT has an
equilibrium magnetization, the spin can be injected from the base to the
collector by intrinsic spin injection. The resulting spin accumulation in the
collector is proportional to , where is the proton
charge, is the bias in the emitter-base junction, and is the
thermal energy. To control the electrical current through MBTs both the
equilibrium and the nonequilibrium spin can be employed. The equilibrium spin
controls the magnitude of the equilibrium electron and hole densities, thereby
controlling the currents. Increasing the equilibrium spin polarization of the
base (emitter) increases (decreases) the current amplification. If there is a
nonequilibrium spin in the emitter, and the base or the emitter has an
equilibrium spin, a spin-valve effect can lead to a giant magnetoamplification
effect, where the current amplifications for the parallel and antiparallel
orientations of the the equilibrium and nonequilibrium spins differ
significantly. The theory is elucidated using qualitative analyses and is
illustrated on an MBT example with generic materials parameters.Comment: 14 PRB-style pages, 10 figure
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