Manipulating Managed Execution Runtimes to Support Self-Healing Systems

Self-healing systems require that repair mechanisms are available to resolve problems that arise while the system executes. Managed execution environments such as the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and Java Virtual Machine (JVM) provide a number of application services (application isolation, security sandboxing, garbage collection and structured exception handling) which are geared primarily at making managed applications more robust. However, none of these services directly enables applications to perform repairs or consistency checks of their components. From a design and implementation standpoint, the preferred way to enable repair in a self-healing system is to use an externalized repair/adaptation architecture rather than hardwiring adaptation logic inside the system where it is harder to analyze, reuse and extend. We present a framework that allows a repair engine to dynamically attach and detach to/from a managed application while it executes essentially adding repair mechanisms as another application service provided in the execution environment

Resolving rotational stacking disorder and electronic level alignment in a 2d oligothiophene-based lead iodide perovskite

Two-dimensional (2D) hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) represent diverse quantum well heterostructures composed of alternating inorganic and organic layers. While 2D HOIPs are nominally periodic in three dimensions for X-ray scattering, the inorganic layers can orient quasi-randomly, leading to rotational stacking disorder (RSD). RSD manifests as poorly resolved, diffuse X-ray scattering along the stacking direction, limiting the structural description to an apparently disordered subcell. However, local ordering preferences can still exist between adjacent unit cells and can considerably impact the properties, particularly the electronic structure. Here, we elucidate RSD and determine the preferred local ordering in the 2D [AE2T]PbI4 HOIP (AE2T: 5,5′-bis(ethylammonium)-[2,2′-bithiophene]). We use first-principles calculations to determine energy differences between a set of systematically generated supercells with different order patterns. We show that interlayer ordering tendencies are weak, explaining the observed RSD in terms of differing in-plane rotation of PbI6 octahedra in neighboring inorganic planes. In contrast, the ordering preference within a given organic layer is strong, favoring a herringbone-type arrangement of adjacent AE2T cations. The calculated electronic level alignments of proximal organic and inorganic frontier orbitals in the valence band vary significantly with the local arrangement of AE2T cations; only the most stable AE2T configuration leads to an interfacial type-Ib band alignment consistent with observed optical properties. The present study underscores the importance of resolving local structure arrangements in 2D HOIPs for reliable structure-property prediction

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Electrical resistivity of one-dimensional quasiperiodic η8-Cu5Sn4

The electrical resistivity, ρ, of one-dimensional quasiperiodic η8-Cu5Sn4 has been studied, and compared with crystalline Cu6Sn5 of identical basic structure (B8) and closely related atomic structure. ρ was measured between 1.5 and 300 K on needle-shaped crystals with their axes along the base lattice c direction, corresponding to the quasiperiodic direction in η8-Cu5Sn4. ρ (4 K) was found to be nine times larger in η8-Cu5Sn4 compared to Cu6Sn5, and the residual ratio R [=ρ(4K)/ρ(300K)<1] was larger by a factor of 3. The similar structures and these large differences in transport properties indicate that the effect of quasiperiodic ordering has been observed in the resistivity of a one-dimensional metal