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Structural and optical studies of FeSb2 under high pressure
Nanostructured orthorhombic FeSb2 and an amorphous phase were formed by
mechanical alloying starting from a mixture of high purity elemental Fe and Sb
powders. The effects of high pressures on structural and optical properties
were studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy (RS). XRD
patterns showed the presence of the orthorhombic FeSb2 phase up to the maximum
pressure applied (28.2 GPa). The XRD patterns showed also an increase in the
amount of the amorphous phase with increasing pressure up to 23.3 GPa. At 14.3
GPa, together with the former phases, a new phase was observed and indexed to a
tetragonal FeSb2 phase, but its volume fraction is small at least up to 23.3
GPa. For the orthorhombic FeSb2 phase, the pressure dependence of the volume
fitted to a Birch-Murnaghan equation of state gave a bulk modulus = 74.2 +- 3.0
GPa and its pressure derivative = 7.5 +- 0.6. RS measurements were performed
from atmospheric pressure up to 45.2 GPa. For the orthorhombic FeSb2 phase, the
Raman active mode was observed up to the maximum pressure applied, while the
mode disappeared at 16.6 GPa. For pressures higher than 21 GPa, the Raman
active mode of a tetragonal FeSb2 phase was observed, confirming ab initio
calculations reported in the literature.Comment: 31 pages, 11 figures and 2 tables. Already submitted for publicatio
Structural study of CuSe alloys produced by mechanical alloying
The crystalline structures of superionic high temperature copper selenides
CuSe () produced by Mechanical Alloying were
investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique. The measured XRD patterns
showed the presence of the peaks corresponding to the crystalline superionic
high temperature -CuSe phase in the as-milled sample, and its
structural data were determined by means of a Rietveld refinement procedure.
After a heat treatment in argon at 200C for 90 h, this phase transforms
to the superionic high temperature -CuSe phase, whose
structural data where also determined through the Rietveld refinement. In this
phase, a very low occupation of the trigonal 32(f) sites (%) by Cu ions
is found. In order to explain the evolution of the phases in the samples, two
possible mechanisms are suggested: the high mobility of Cu ions in superionic
phases and the intense diffusive processes in the interfacial component of
samples produced by Mechanical Alloying.Comment: 2 figures, submitted to Acta Crystallographic
Aging of a nanostructured Zn50Se50 alloy produced by mechanical alloying
The aging of a nanocrystalline equiatomic ZnSe alloy produced by mechanical
alloying was investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential
scanning calorimetry (DSC) techniques. The measured XRD patterns showed that Se
atoms located at interfacial component migrated with aging giving raise to a
crystalline selenium (c-Se) phase. DSC spectra of heat-treated samples at
temperatures above 221oC followed by quenching showed that the c-Se particles
changed to the amorphous state. It was also observed that the as-milled and
aged samples are highly hydrophilic. The lattice parameters and the average
crystallite sizes were calculated as a function of time of aging and
temperature of heat treatment.Comment: Submitted to Solid State Communications, 4 figure
PANORAMA AMBIENTAL DAS ALTERAÇÕES GERADA PELA IMPLANTAÇÃO DE PEQUENAS CENTRAIS HIDRELÉTRICAS NO MUNICÍPIO DE COSTA RICA/MS
Com a implantação da PCH Costa Rica, o Parque Natural Municipal do Salto do Sucuriú foi criado como forma de compensação ambiental gerado pelo impacto. O artigo tem como objetivo a obtenção de dados primeiros a respeito do fluxo de sedimento suspenso a jusante e a montante da PCH Costa Rica, localizada no município de Costa Rica/MS, bem como seu uso e ocupação da terra
Experimental evolution of cowpea mild mottle virus reveals recombination-driven reduction in virulence accompanied by increases in diversity and viral fitness
A Biased Review of Sociophysics
Various aspects of recent sociophysics research are shortly reviewed:
Schelling model as an example for lack of interdisciplinary cooperation,
opinion dynamics, combat, and citation statistics as an example for strong
interdisciplinarity.Comment: 16 pages for J. Stat. Phys. including 2 figures and numerous
reference
Promising prospective effects of Withania somnifera on broiler performance and carcass characteristics: A comprehensive review
Poultry production contributes markedly to bridging the global food gap. Many nations have limited the use of antibiotics as growth promoters due to increasing bacterial antibiotic tolerance/resistance, as well as the presence of antibiotic residues in edible tissues of the birds. Consequently, the world is turning to use natural alternatives to improve birds' productivity and immunity. Withania somnifera, commonly known as ashwagandha or winter cherry, is abundant in many countries of the world and is considered a potent medicinal herb because of its distinct chemical, medicinal, biological, and physiological properties. This plant exhibits antioxidant, cardioprotective, immunomodulatory, anti-aging, neuroprotective, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, antistress, antitumor, hepatoprotective, and growth-promoting activities. In poultry, dietary inclusion of W. somnifera revealed promising results in improving feed intake, body weight gain, feed efficiency, and feed conversion ratio, as well as reducing mortality, increasing livability, increasing disease resistance, reducing stress impacts, and maintaining health of the birds. This review sheds light on the distribution, chemical structure, and biological effects of W. somnifera and its impacts on poultry productivity, livability, carcass characteristics, meat quality, blood parameters, immune response, and economic efficiency
Complete measurement of three-body photodisintegration of 3He for photon energies between 0.35 and 1.55 GeV
The three-body photodisintegration of 3He has been measured with the CLAS
detector at Jefferson Lab, using tagged photons of energies between 0.35 GeV
and 1.55 GeV. The large acceptance of the spectrometer allowed us for the first
time to cover a wide momentum and angular range for the two outgoing protons.
Three kinematic regions dominated by either two- or three-body contributions
have been distinguished and analyzed. The measured cross sections have been
compared with results of a theoretical model, which, in certain kinematic
ranges, have been found to be in reasonable agreement with the data.Comment: 22 pages, 25 eps figures, 2 tables, submitted to PRC. Modifications:
removed 2 figures, improvements on others, a few minor modifications to the
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eta-prime photoproduction on the proton for photon energies from 1.527 to 2.227 GeV
Differential cross sections for the reaction gamma p -> eta-prime p have been
measured with the CLAS spectrometer and a tagged photon beam with energies from
1.527 to 2.227 GeV. The results reported here possess much greater accuracy
than previous measurements. Analyses of these data indicate for the first time
the coupling of the etaprime N channel to both the S_11(1535) and P_11(1710)
resonances, known to couple strongly to the eta N channel in photoproduction on
the proton, and the importance of j=3/2 resonances in the process.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
Measurement of the Deuteron Structure Function F2 in the Resonance Region and Evaluation of Its Moments
Inclusive electron scattering off the deuteron has been measured to extract
the deuteron structure function F2 with the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer
(CLAS) at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The measurement
covers the entire resonance region from the quasi-elastic peak up to the
invariant mass of the final-state hadronic system W~2.7 GeV with four-momentum
transfers Q2 from 0.4 to 6 (GeV/c)^2. These data are complementary to previous
measurements of the proton structure function F2 and cover a similar
two-dimensional region of Q2 and Bjorken variable x. Determination of the
deuteron F2 over a large x interval including the quasi-elastic peak as a
function of Q2, together with the other world data, permit a direct evaluation
of the structure function moments for the first time. By fitting the Q2
evolution of these moments with an OPE-based twist expansion we have obtained a
separation of the leading twist and higher twist terms. The observed Q2
behaviour of the higher twist contribution suggests a partial cancellation of
different higher twists entering into the expansion with opposite signs. This
cancellation, found also in the proton moments, is a manifestation of the
"duality" phenomenon in the F2 structure function
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