Experimental observation of nanoscale radiative heat flow due to surface plasmons in graphene and doped silicon

Owing to its two dimensional electronic structure, graphene exhibits many unique properties. One of them is a wave vector and temperature dependent plasmon in the infrared range. Theory predicts that due to these plasmons, graphene can be used as a universal material to enhance nanoscale radiative heat exchange for any dielectric substrate. Here we report on radiative heat transfer experiments between SiC and a SiO2 sphere which have non matching phonon polariton frequencies, and thus only weakly exchange heat in near field. We observed that the heat flux contribution of graphene epitaxially grown on SiC dominates at short distances. The influence of plasmons on radiative heat transfer is further supported with measurements for doped silicon. These results highlight graphenes strong potential in photonic nearfield and energy conversion devices.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure

Tuning near field radiative heat flux through surface excitations with a metal insulator transition

The control of heat flow is a formidable challenge due to lack of good thermal insulators. Promising new oppor-tunities for heat flow control were recently theoretically discovered for radiative heat flow in near field, where large heat flow contrasts may be achieved by tuning electronic excitations on surfaces. Here we show experi-mentally that the phase transition of VO2 entails a change of surface polariton states that significantly affects radiative heat transfer in near field. In all cases the Derjaguin approximation correctly predicted radiative heat transfer in near field, but it underestimated the farfield limit. Our results indicate that heat flow contrasts can be realized in near field that can be larger than those obtained in farfield.Comment: 3 figure

Identification of damage mechanism and validation of a fracture model based on mesoscale approach in spalling of titanium alloy

AbstractThe subject of this paper is identification of the physical mechanisms of spalling at low impact velocities for Ti–6Al–4V alloy and determination of the macroscopic stress of spalling via meso-macro approach. Spalling is a specific mode of fracture which depends on the loading history. The aspects of the initial microstructure and its evolution during plastic deformation are very important. In order to identify the spalling physical mechanisms in titanium alloy, numerous pictures by the optical microscopy of the spall surfaces created by plate impact technique have been taken. The scenario of failure observed is in complete agreement with known physical micro-mechanisms: namely nucleation, propagation and coalescence by adiabatic shearing of micro-voids. The most interesting point in spall fracture of Ti–6Al–4V alloy is the nucleation of micro-voids. A significant amount of small micro-voids in the region of the expected spall plane has been observed. It appears that microstructural effects are important due to dual α–β phase microstructure, called Widmanstätten structure. The orientation of microstructure has a direct influence on nucleation mechanism by means of distribution of nucleation sites and decohesion between the softer particles (α-phase lamellae) and the harder lattice (β-phase). According to these observations, a fracture model has been developed. This model is based on the numerous post-mortem microscopic observations of spall specimens. The goal is to determine the macroscopic stress of spalling in function of loading time and damage level via a meso-macro approach

Experimental Investigation into the Radar Anomalies on the Surface of Venus

Radar mapping of thc surface of Venus shows areas of high reflectivity (low emissivity) in the Venusian highlands at altitudes between 2.5-4.75 kilometers. The origin of the radar anomalies found in the Venusian highlands remains unclear. Most explanations of the potential causes for these radar anomalies come from theoretical work. Previous studies suggest increased surface roughness or materials with higher dielectric constants as well as surface atmospheric interactions. Several possible candidates of high-dielectric materials are tellurium) ferroelectric materials, and lead or bismuth sulfides. While previous studies have been influential in determining possible sources for the Venus anomalies, only a very few hypotheses have been verified via experimentation. This work intends to experimentally constrain the source of the radar anomalies on Venus. This study proposes to investigate four possible materials that could potentially cause the high reflectivities on the surface of Venus and tests their behavior under simulated Venusian conditions

Subjective Assessment of Sleep Quality Across the Menstrual Cycle in Women with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

Existing evidence demonstrates that sleep structure varies across the menstrual cycle in healthy women (1). These variations could be more severe in women suffering from premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) (2). In a previous study of healthy women, subjective sleep quality was shown to be constant across both phases of the menstrual cycle (3). The current study aims to test whether there exists a variation in subjective sleep quality of PMDD sufferers across the follicular and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle

Temperature measurements on ES steel sheets subjected to perforation by hemispherical projectiles

In this paper is reported a study on the behaviour of ES mild steel sheets subjected to perforation by hemispherical projectiles. Experiments have been conducted using a pneumatic cannon within the range of impact velocities 5m/s<=V0<=60m/s. The experimental setup allowed evaluating initial velocity, failure mode and post-mortem deflection of the plates. The tests have been recorded using high speed infrared camera. It made possible to obtain temperature contours of the specimen during impact. Thus, special attention is focussed on the thermal softening of the material which is responsible for instabilities and failure. Assuming adiabatic conditions of deformation, the increase of temperature may be related to the plastic deformation. The critical strain leading to target-failure is evaluated coupling temperature measurements with numerical simulations and with analytical predictions obtained by means of the Rusinek-Klepaczko constitutive relation [Rusinek, A., Klepaczko, J.R. Shear testing of sheet steel at wide range of strain rates and a constitutive relation with strain rate and temperature dependence of the flow stress. Int J Plasticity. 2001; 17, 87-115]. It has been estimated that the process of localization of plastic deformation which leads to target-failure involves local values close to for the boundary value problem approached. Subsequently, this failure strain level has been applied to simulate the perforation process and the numerical results obtained show satisfactory agreement with the experiments in terms of ballistic limit, temperature increase and failure mode of the target.The researchers of the University Carlos III of Madrid are indebted to the Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid (Project CCG08 UC3M/MAT 4464) and to the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación de España (Project DPI/2008 06408)Publicad

Identification sérologique rapide de Clostridium perfringens par une microtechnique d’immunodiffusion sur lame

Guillou J.-P., Chevrier L. Identification sérologique rapide de Clostridium perfringens par une microtechnique d’immunodiffusion sur lame. In: Bulletin de l'Académie Vétérinaire de France tome 125 n°5, 1972. pp. 239-249

Les clostridiaceae dans la pathologie du bétail Observations de laboratoire

Guillou J.-P., Chevrier L. Les clostridiaceae dans la pathologie du bétail. Observations de laboratoire. In: Bulletin de l'Académie Vétérinaire de France tome 128 n°6-7, 1975. pp. 311-317