298 research outputs found
Shear viscosity of strongly interacting fermionic quantum fluids
Eighty years ago Eyring proposed that the shear viscosity of a liquid,
, has a quantum limit where is the density of
the fluid. Using holographic duality and the AdS/CFT correspondence in string
theory Kovtun, Son, and Starinets (KSS) conjectured a universal bound
for the ratio between the shear
viscosity and the entropy density, . Using Dynamical Mean-Field Theory
(DMFT) we calculate the shear viscosity and entropy density for a fermionic
fluid described by a single band Hubbard model at half filling. Our calculated
shear viscosity as a function of temperature is compared with experimental data
for liquid He. At low temperature the shear viscosity is found to be well
above the quantum limit and is proportional to the characteristic Fermi liquid
dependence, where is the temperature. With increasing temperature
and interaction strength there is significant deviation from the Fermi
liquid form. Also, the shear viscosity violates the quantum limit near the
crossover from coherent quasi-particle based transport to incoherent transport
(the bad metal regime). Finally, the ratio of the shear viscosity to the
entropy density is found to be comparable to the KSS bound for parameters
appropriate to liquid He. However, this bound is found to be strongly
violated in the bad metal regime for parameters appropriate to lattice
electronic systems such as organic charge transfer salts.Comment: Revised manuscript with added references, 14 pages 5 figure
Tuning the Dirac Cone of Bilayer and Bulk Structure Graphene by Intercalating First Row Transition Metals using First Principles Calculations
Modern nanoscience has focused on two-dimensional (2D) layer structure
materials which have garnered tremendous attention due to their unique
physical, chemical and electronic properties since the discovery of graphene in
2004. Recent advancement in graphene nanotechnology opens a new avenue of
creating 2D bilayer graphene (BLG) intercalates. Using first-principles DFT
techniques, we have designed 20 new materials \textit{in-silico} by
intercalating first row transition metals (TMs) with BLG, i.e. 10 layered
structure and 10 bulk crystal structures of TM intercalated in BLG. We
investigated the equilibrium structure and electronic properties of layered and
bulk structure BLG intercalated with first row TMs (Sc-Zn). The present DFT
calculations show that the 2 sub-shells of C atoms in graphene and the
3 sub-shells of the TM atoms provide the electron density near the
Fermi level controlling the material properties of the BLG-intercalated
materials. This article highlights how the Dirac point moves in both the BLG
and bulk-BLG given a different TM intercalated materials. The implications of
controllable electronic structure and properties of intercalated BLG-TM for
future device applications are discussed. This work opens up new avenues for
the efficient production of two-dimensional and three-dimensional carbon-based
intercalated materials with promising future applications in nanomaterial
science.Comment: 60 pages, 9 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:1701.03936 by other author
Grid enabling legacy applications for scalability – Experiences of a production application on the UK NGS
Iron Intercalation in Covalent-Organic Frameworks: A Promising Approach for Semiconductors
Covalent-organic frameworks (COFs) are intriguing platforms for designing
functional molecular materials. Here, we present a computational study based on
van der Waals dispersion-corrected hybrid density functional theory (DFT-D) to
design boroxine-linked and triazine-linked COFs intercalated with Fe. Keeping
the original symmetry of the pristine COF (COF-Fe-0), we have
computationally designed seven new COFs by intercalating Fe atoms between two
organic layers. The equilibrium structures and electronic properties of both
the pristine and Fe-intercalated COF materials are investigated here. We
predict that the electronic properties of COFs can be fine tuned by adding Fe
atoms between two organic layers in their structures. Our calculations show
that these new intercalated-COFs are promising semiconductors. The effect of Fe
atoms on the electronic band structures and density of states (DOSs) has also
been investigated using the aforementioned DFT-D method. The contribution of
the -subshell electron density of the Fe atoms plays an important role in
improving the semiconductor properties of these new materials. These
intercalated-COFs provide a new strategy to create semi-conducting materials
within a rigid porous network in a highly controlled and predictable manner.Comment: 39 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1703.0261
Optimized Quality Factor of Fractional Order Analog Filters with Band-Pass and Band-Stop Characteristics
Fractional order (FO) filters have been investigated in this paper, with
band-pass (BP) and band-stop (BS) characteristics, which can not be achieved
with conventional integer order filters with orders lesser then two. The
quality factors for symmetric and asymmetric magnitude response have been
optimized using real coded Genetic Algorithm (GA) for a user specified center
frequency. Parametric influence of the FO filters on the magnitude response is
also illustrated with credible numerical simulations.Comment: 6 pages, 13 figures; 2012 Third International Conference on
Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT'12), July 2012,
Coimbator
Embedded Network Test-Bed for Validating Real-Time Control Algorithms to Ensure Optimal Time Domain Performance
The paper presents a Stateflow based network test-bed to validate real-time
optimal control algorithms. Genetic Algorithm (GA) based time domain
performance index minimization is attempted for tuning of PI controller to
handle a balanced lag and delay type First Order Plus Time Delay (FOPTD)
process over network. The tuning performance is validated on a real-time
communication network with artificially simulated stochastic delay, packet loss
and out-of order packets characterizing the network.Comment: 6 pages, 12 figure
Comparative Studies on Decentralized Multiloop PID Controller Design Using Evolutionary Algorithms
Decentralized PID controllers have been designed in this paper for
simultaneous tracking of individual process variables in multivariable systems
under step reference input. The controller design framework takes into account
the minimization of a weighted sum of Integral of Time multiplied Squared Error
(ITSE) and Integral of Squared Controller Output (ISCO) so as to balance the
overall tracking errors for the process variables and required variation in the
corresponding manipulated variables. Decentralized PID gains are tuned using
three popular Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) viz. Genetic Algorithm (GA),
Evolutionary Strategy (ES) and Cultural Algorithm (CA). Credible simulation
comparisons have been reported for four benchmark 2x2 multivariable processes.Comment: 6 pages, 9 figure
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