Factors Affecting the Processing of Epoxy Film Adhesives

The increasing awareness that adhesive performance is controlled not only by the condition of the adherend surface but also the condition or state of the adhesive and the process parameters used during fabrication is expected to result in improved reliability, as well as bond performance. The critical process variables which have been found to control adhesive bond formation and ultimate bond strength in 250F and 350F curing epoxy adhesives are described in terms of fabrication parameters and adhesive characteristics. These include the heat-up rate and cure temperature during processing and the adhesive moisture content and age condition (degree of advancement). The diagnostic methods used to delineate the effects of these process variables on adhesive performance are illustrated. These are dielectric, thermomechanical (TMA) and dynamic mechanical (DMA) analyses. Correlation of test results with measured mechanical tensile lap shear strengths of bonded joints is presented and the results briefly discussed in terms of the additives and hardeners used in the adhesive systems

Faraday Rotation, Band Splitting, and One-Way Propagation of Plasmon Waves on a Nanoparticle Chain

We calculate the dispersion relations of plasmonic waves propagating along a chain of semiconducting or metallic nanoparticles in the presence of both a static magnetic field ${\bf B}$ and a liquid crystalline host. The dispersion relations are obtained using the quasistatic approximation and a dipole-dipole approximation to treat the interaction between surface plasmons on different nanoparticles. For a plasmons propagating along a particle chain in a nematic liquid crystalline host with both ${\bf B}$ and the director parallel to the chain, we find a small, but finite, Faraday rotation angle. For ${\bf B}$ perpendicular to the chain, but director still parallel to the chain, the field couples the longitudinal and one of the two transverse plasmonic branches. This coupling is shown to split the two branches at the zero field crossing by an amount proportional to $|{\bf B}|$. In a cholesteric liquid crystal host and an applied magnetic field parallel to the chain, the dispersion relations for left- and right-moving waves are found to be different. For some frequencies, the plasmonic wave propagates only in one of the two directions.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1502.0496

Model of the Longitudinal Spin Seebeck Coefficient of InSb in a Magnetic Field

We develop a simple theory for the longitudinal spin Seebeck effect in n-doped InSb in an external magnetic field. We consider spin-$1/2$ electrons in the conduction band of InSb with a temperature gradient parallel to the applied magnetic field. In the absence of spin-orbit interactions, a Boltzmann equation approach leads to a spin current parallel to the field and proportional to the temperature gradient. The calculated longitudinal spin Seebeck coefficients oscillates as a function of magnetic field B; the peak positions are approximately periodic in 1/B. The oscillations arise when the Fermi energy crosses the bottom of a Landau band.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure

Theory of plasmonic waves on a chain of metallic nanoparticles in a liquid crystalline host

A chain of metallic particles, of sufficiently small diameter and spacing, allows linearly polarized plasmonic waves to propagate along the chain. In this paper, we describes how these waves are altered when the liquid crystal host is a nematic or a cholesteric liquid crystal (NLC or CLC) with or without an applied magnetic field. We find that, in general, the liquid crystal host, either NLC or CLC, alters the dispersion relations of the transverse ($T$) and longitudinal ($L$) waves significantly from the dispersion relations for an isotropic host. We show that by altering the director axis of the liquid crystal relative to the long axis of the metallic chain, that the $T$ branch can be split into two non-degenerate linearly polarized branches (NLC host) or two non-degenerate elliptically polarized branches (CLC host). When an external magnetic field is applied parallel to both the long axis of the metallic particles and the director of the CLC host, we find that the dispersion relations are odd in an exchange in sign for $\omega$ for the non-degenerate elliptically polarized $T$ branches. That is, the application of an external magnetic field leads to the realization of a one-way waveguide.Comment: 9 Pages, 3 Figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1210.150

Tight-Binding Model for Adatoms on Graphene: Analytical Density of States, Spectral Function, and Induced Magnetic Moment

In the limit of low adatom concentration, we obtain exact analytic expressions for the local and total density of states (LDOS, TDOS) for a tight-binding model of adatoms on graphene. The model is not limited to nearest-neighbor hopping but can include hopping between carbon atoms at any separation. We also find an analytical expression for the spectral function $A({\bf k}, E)$ of an electron of Bloch vector ${\bf k}$ and energy E on the graphene lattice, to first order in the adatom concentration. We treat the electron-electron interaction by including a Hubbard term on the adatom, which we solve within a mean-field approximation. For finite Hubbard $U$, we find the spin-polarized LDOS, TDOS, and spectral function self-consistently. For any choice of parameters of the tight-binding model within mean field theory, we find a critical value of $U$ above which a moment develops on the adatom. For most choices of parameters, we find a substantial charge transfer from the adatom to the graphene host.Comment: 11 Pages, 6 figures, 1 tabl

Graphene with adatoms: tuning the magnetic moment with an applied voltage

We show that, in graphene with a small concentration of adatoms, the total magnetic moment $\mu_T$ can be switched on and off by varying the Fermi energy $E_F$, either by applying a gate voltage or by suitable chemical doping. Our calculation is carried out using a simple tight-binding model described previously, combined with a mean-field treatment of the electron-electron interaction on the adatom. The values of $E_F$ at which the moment is turned on or off are controlled by the strength of the hopping between the graphene sheet and the adatom, the on-site energy of the adatom, and the strength of the electron-electron correlation energy U. Our result is in qualitatively consistent with recent experiments by Nair {\it et al.} [Nat.\ Commun.\ {\bf 4}, 2010 (2013)].Comment: 4 Pages, 1 Figur

Interactions measurement payload for Shuttle

The Interactions Measurement Payload for Shuttle (IMPS) consisted of engineering experiments to determine the effects of the space environment on projected Air Force space systems. Measurements by IMPS on a polar-orbit Shuttle flight will lead to detailed knowledge of the interaction of the low-altitude polar-auroral environment on materials, equipment and technologies to be used in future large, high-power space systems. The results from the IMPS measurements will provide direct input to MIL-STD design guidelines and test standards that properly account for space-environment effects