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Theoretical analysis of direct violation and differential decay width in in phase space around the resonances and
We perform a theoretical study on direct violation in in phase space around the intermediate states and
. The possible interference between the amplitudes corresponding to
the two resonances is taken into account, and the relative strong phase of the
two amplitudes is treated as a free parameter. Our analysis shows that by
properly chosen the strong phase, both the violation strength and
differential decay width accommodate to the experimental results.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figure
Bloch surface eigenstates within the radiation continuum
From detailed numerical calculations, we demonstrate that in simple photonic crystal structures, a discrete number of Bloch surface-localized eigenstates can exist inside the continuum of free-space modes. Coupling to the free space causes the surface modes to leak, but the forward and back-reflected leakage may interfere destructively to create a perfectly bound surface state with zero leakage. We perform analytical temporal coupled-mode theory analysis to show the generality of such phenomenon and its robustness from variations of system parameters. Periodicity, time-reversal invariance, two-fold rotational symmetry and a perfectly reflecting boundary are necessary for these unique states.United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Science (Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center Grant DE-SC0001299)National Science Foundation (U.S.). Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (Program) (Award DMR-0819762)Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (Contract W911NF-07-D0004
Enhancement of polar phases in PVDF by forming PVDF/SiC nanowire composite
Different contents of silicon carbide (SiC) nanowires were mixed with Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) to facilitate the polar phase crystallization. It was shown that the annealing temperature and SiC content affected on the phase and crystalline structures of PVDF/SiC samples. Furthermore, the addition of SiC nanowire enhanced the transformation of non-polar α phase to polar phases and increased the relative fraction of β phase in PVDF. Due to the nucleating agent mechanism of SiC nanowires, the ion-dipole interaction between the negatively charged surface of SiC nanowires and the positive CH2 groups in PVDF facilitated the formation of polar phases in PVDF
Bypassing multidrug resistance in human breast cancer cells with lipid/polymer particle assemblies
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