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Noise-assisted Mound Coarsening in Epitaxial Growth
We propose deposition noise to be an important factor in unstable epitaxial
growth of thin films. Our analysis yields a geometrical relation H=(RWL)^2
between the typical mound height W, mound size L, and the film thickness H.
Simulations of realistic systems show that the parameter R is a characteristic
of the growth conditions, and generally lies in the range 0.2-0.7. The
constancy of R in late-stage coarsening yields a scaling relation between the
coarsening exponent 1/z and the mound height exponent \beta which, in the case
of saturated mound slope, gives \beta = 1/z = 1/4.Comment: 4 pages, RevTex Macros, 3 eps figure
Coordination motifs and large-scale structural organization in atomic clusters
The structure of nanoclusters is complex to describe due to their
noncrystallinity, even though bonding and packing constraints limit the local
atomic arrangements to only a few types. A computational scheme is presented to
extract coordination motifs from sample atomic configurations. The method is
based on a clustering analysis of multipole moments for atoms in the first
coodination shell. Its power to capture large-scale structural properties is
demonstrated by scanning through the ground state of the Lennard-Jones and
C clusters collected at the Cambridge Cluster Database.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figure
Revisiting Bohr's principle of complementarity using a quantum device
Bohr's principle of complementarity lies at the central place of quantum
mechanics, according to which the light is chosen to behave as a wave or
particles, depending on some exclusive detecting devices. Later, intermediate
cases are found, but the total information of the wave-like and particle-like
behaviors are limited by some inequalities. One of them is Englert-Greenberger
(EG) duality relation. This relation has been demonstrated by many experiments
with the classical detecting devices. Here by introducing a quantum detecting
device into the experiment, we find the limit of the duality relation is
exceeded due to the interference between the photon's wave and particle
properties. However, our further results show that this experiment still obey a
generalized EG duality relation. The introducing of the quantum device causes
the new phenomenon, provides an generalization of the complementarity
principle, and opens new insights into our understanding of quantum mechanics.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Density functional theory of inhomogeneous liquids. I. The liquid-vapor interface in Lennard-Jones fluids
A simple model is proposed for the direct correlation function (DCF) for
simple fluids consisting of a hard-core contribution, a simple parametrized
core correction, and a mean-field tail. The model requires as input only the
free energy of the homogeneous fluid, obtained, e.g., from thermodynamic
perturbation theory. Comparison to the DCF obtained from simulation of a
Lennard-Jones fluid shows this to be a surprisingly good approximation for a
wide range of densities. The model is used to construct a density functional
theory for inhomogeneous fluids which is applied to the problem of calculating
the surface tension of the liquid-vapor interface. The numerical values found
are in good agreement with simulation
Fatty-acid uptake in prostate cancer cells using dynamic microfluidic raman technology
It is known that intake of dietary fatty acid (FA) is strongly correlated with prostate cancer progression but is highly dependent on the type of FAs. High levels of palmitic acid (PA) or arachidonic acid (AA) can stimulate the progression of cancer. In this study, a unique experimental set-up consisting of a Raman microscope, coupled with a commercial shear-flow microfluidic system is used to monitor fatty acid uptake by prostate cancer (PC-3) cells in real-time at the single cell level. Uptake of deuterated PA, deuterated AA, and the omega-3 fatty acids docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) were monitored using this new system, while complementary flow cytometry experiments using Nile red staining, were also conducted for the validation of the cellular lipid uptake. Using this novel experimental system, we show that DHA and EPA have inhibitory effects on the uptake of PA and AA by PC-3 cells
Discussions on Stability of Diquarks
Since the birth of the quark model, the diquark which is composed of two
quarks has been considered as a substantial structure of color anti-triplet.
This is not only a mathematical simplification for dealing with baryons, but
also provides a physical picture where the diquark would behave as a whole
object. It is natural to ask whether such a structure is sufficiently stable
against external disturbance. The mass spectra of the ground states of the
scalar and axial-vector diquarks which are composed of two-light (L-L),
one-light-one-heavy (H-L) and two-heavy quarks (H-H) respectively have been
calculated in terms of the QCD sum rules. We suggest a criterion as the
quantitative standard for the stability of the diquark. It is the gap between
the masses of the diquark and where is the threshold of the
excited states and continuity, namely the larger the gap is, the more stable
the diquark would be. In this work, we calculate the masses of the type H-H to
complete the series of the spectra of the ground state diquarks. However, as
the criterion being taken, we find that all the gaps for the various diquaks
are within a small range, especially the gap for the diquark with two heavy
quarks which is believed to be a stable structure, is slightly smaller than
that for other two types of diquarks, therefore we conclude that because of the
large theoretical uncertainty, we cannot use the numerical results obtained
with the QCD sum rules to assess the stability of diquarks, but need to invoke
other theoretical framework.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figure
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