632 research outputs found
Pseudogap and weak multifractality in disordered Mott charge-density-wave insulator
The competition, coexistence and cooperation of various orders in
low-dimensional materials like spin, charge, topological orders and
charge-density-wave has been one of the most intriguing issues in condensed
matter physics. In particular, layered transition metal dichalcogenides provide
an ideal platform for studying such an interplay with a notable case of
1-TaS featuring Mott-insulating ground state, charge-density-wave,
spin frustration and emerging superconductivity together. We investigated local
electronic states of Se-substituted 1-TaS by scanning tunneling
microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/STS), where superconductivity emerges from the
unique Mott-CDW state. Spatially resolved STS measurements reveal that an
apparent V-shape pseudogap forms at the Fermi Level (E), with the origin
of the electronic states splitting and transformation from the Mott states, and
the CDW gaps are largely preserved. The formation of the pseudogap has little
correlation to the variation of local Se concentration, but appears to be a
global characteristics. Furthermore, the correlation length of local density of
states (LDOS) diverges at the Fermi energy and decays rapidly at high energies.
The spatial correlation shows a power-law decay close to the Fermi energy. Our
statistics analysis of the LDOS indicates that our system exhibits weak
multifractal behavior of the wave functions. These findings strongly support a
correlated metallic state induced by disorder in our system, which provides an
new insight into the novel mechanism of emerging superconductivity in the
two-dimensional correlated electronic systems
Analysis and experiment on bending performance of laser-welded web-core sandwich plates
The bending performance is the main performance index of the sandwich structure. This paper is used to analyse and test showing that: the range of the elastic limit and the maximum bearing capacity is 25~30. kN and 34.9~54.8. kN, respectively; the average of bending stiffness and shear stiffness measured by test is 810. kN. m and 1717. kN/m, respectively; In elastic stage (U2 = 6 mm), plate material in the weld junction of web (n = 5)and face plates appear local yield, which shows that the most unfavorable area of sandwich panels is the weld junction of web and face plates
Microscopic evidence for strong periodic lattice distortion in 2D charge-density wave systems
In the quasi-2D electron systems of the layered transition metal
dichalcogenides (TMD) there is still a controversy about the nature of the
transitions to charge-density wave (CDW) phases, i.e. whether they are
described by a Peierls-type mechanism or by a lattice-driven model. By
performing scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) experiments on the canonical
TMD-CDW systems, we have imaged the electronic modulation and the lattice
distortion separately in 2H-TaS, TaSe, and NbSe. Across the three
materials, we found dominant lattice contributions instead of the electronic
modulation expected from Peierls transitions, in contrast to the CDW states
that show the hallmark of contrast inversion between filled and empty states.
Our results imply that the periodic lattice distortion (PLD) plays a vital role
in the formation of CDW phases in the TMDs and illustrate the importance of
taking into account the more complicated lattice degree of freedom when
studying correlated electron systems
Four-Way Relaying in Wireless Cellular Systems
Two-way relaying in wireless systems has initiated a large research effort during the past few years. Nevertheless, it represents only a specific traffic pattern and it is of interest to investigate other traffic patterns where such a simultaneous processing of information flows can bring performance advantage. In this paper we consider a four-way relaying scenario, where each of the two Mobile Stations (MSs) has a two-way connection to the same Base Station (BS), while each connection is through a dedicated Relay Station (RS). The RSs are placed in such a way that one RS and the terminals associated with it do not interfere with the other RS, and vice versa. We introduce and analyze a two-phase transmission scheme to serve the four-way traffic pattern defined in this scenario. Each phase consists of combined broadcast and multiple access. We analyze the achievable rate region of the new scheme for Decode-and-Forward (DF) operational model for the RS. We compare the performance with a state-of-the-art reference scheme, based on two-way relaying with DF. The results indicate that the achievable rate regions are significantly enlarged for the new scheme. ? 2013 IEEE.EI04403-406
Effects of 4A Zeolite Additions on the Structure and Performance of LDPE Blend Microfiltration Membrane through Thermally Induced Phase Separation Method
Microfiltration membranes, 4A zeolite/LDPE, were prepared by blending low density polyethylene (LDPE) and4A zeolite through thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) process with diphenyl ether (DPE) as diluent. The effects of 4A zeolite loading on the pore structure and water permeation performance of the 4A zeolite/LDPE blend membranes were investigated. The incorporation of 4A zeolite particles greatly enhanced the connectivity of membrane pores, the pore size, and thus the water flux of 4A zeolite/LDPE blend membranes due to the gradually stronger DPE-zeolite affinity with the increase of the 4A zeolite loading. The water flux increased from 0 of LDPE control membrane to 87 L/m2h of 4A zeolite/LDPE blend membrane with 4A zeolite loading of 10 wt%. In addition, increasing the DPE content and cooling bath temperature is in favor of the water flux of 4A zeolite/LDPE blend membranes
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