bstractSwanepoel method is employed for spectroscopic determination of optical properties of Cu3N thin film using transmittance data. Investigated films have been deposited using reactive magnetron sputtering system. Deposition time was 9 to 21 min. Refractive index, absorption coefficient, and bandgap energy of the samples are determined. Thickness of the films is calculated by Swanepoel method, and […]
AbstractEuropium-doped gallium oxide (Ga2O3:Eu) thin films have successfully been grown using direct current magnetron sputtering by means of Eu concentration variation. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy spectra indicate gallium, oxygen, and europium elements as the growing films’ chemical compositions. Based on scanning electron microscopy images, the morphology of Ga2O3:Eu thin film is seemingly like a granulated nano-size […]
AbstractSamples of structural and covering market available building materials from Ramsar, a northern city of Iran, were analyzed for their radon exhalation rate using an active radon gas analyzer with an emanation container. The radon exhalation rate varied from below the minimum detection limit of 0.01 to 0.31 Bq·m−2·h−1 with an average of 0.08 Bq·m−2·h−1. […]
AbstractGold nanoparticles were prepared via liquid arc discharge technique using a seed-mediated approach in solution and characterized by dynamic light scattering, UV–vis spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, optical imaging, and atomic force microscopy. A surface plasmon resonance was observed around 520 nm based on optical absorption spectroscopy of as-prepared samples at 15 A arc current in HAuCl4 […]
AbstractIn the present paper, we have studied the effect of photo-illumination on electrical properties of nanocrystalline ZnSe thin films. The ZnSe thin films with different grain sizes (coherently diffracting domains) have been prepared. The semiconducting material with the composition Zn25Se75 has been prepared using melt-quenching technique. Thermal evaporation technique has been used to prepare nanocrystalline […]
AbstractIn the present work, the optical properties of a GaAs quantum wire with a parallelogram cross section are studied. In this regard, we have used the expressions for the optical properties obtained by the compact-density matrix formalism. Here, we have investigated the intersubband optical absorption coefficients and refractive index changes as a function of the […]
AbstractFast neutrons that are produced via compact neutron generators have been used for thermal and fast neutron radiographies. In order to investigate objects with different sizes and produce radiographs of variable qualities, the proposed facility has been considered with a wide range of values for the parameters characterizing the thermal and fast neutron radiographies. The […]
AbstractGround state geometry, energetics, and bonding of pure Lin ( n = 2 – 9 ) and impureLinSn ( n = 1 – 8 ) small clusters are investigated using the density functional theory. Introducing a single Sn impurity significantly changes the geometry of the host clusters for n > 5. Although the Sn atom is not trapped inside the cluster, it has the greatest coordination number among other atoms in […]
AbstractIn this paper, the integrated nuclear model is introduced, and a binding energy formula based on this model is presented. The binding energies of all nuclides in this model are compared with available experimental values and also with values from liquid drop model.
AbstractA 2.2-kJ Mather type plasma focus device charged at 18 kV was used to deposit titanium nitride on 304 type stainless steel substrates. The plasma focus device is fitted with solid titanium anode and operated with nitrogen as the filling gas. The process of deposition was done at room temperature, and samples were deposited at […]
AbstractIn this paper, we propose a heterostructure multichannel add/drop filter based on 2-D photonic crystal ring-resonator in which, add and drop operations are accomplished by coupling between two W1 waveguides. The wavelength spacing of 10.3 nm, as well as the average cross-talk of −37.5 dB, are the other features of the proposed filter. Furthermore, nanoscale […]
Abstract Effects of low power direct current nitrogen plasma on linear and nonlinear optical properties of red BS dye-doped poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) film are studied employing different optical techniques. From spectrometry data, it is shown that applying plasma in such a low range of power does not affect the linear absorption coefficient, linear refractive index, […]
AbstractEffects of ball diameter on the crystalline size, induced strain, and atomic diffusion in Cu-50%Fe immiscible alloy system have been investigated. Milling parameters affect atomic diffusion in binary or ternary systems separately. The aim of this research work is to prove the fact that ball diameter is an important parameter. It is shown that different […]
AbstractIn this paper, uniform argon glow discharge at atmospheric pressure in a diffuse mode driven by a 300-W radio-frequency (13.56 MHz) power supply based on dielectric barrier discharge was investigated. In this work, the effect of the parasitic capacitor on the electrical characteristics of the capacitively coupled atmospheric pressure plasma was investigated. It was revealed […]
AbstractDifferent forms of the well-known Grad-Shafranov (G-S) equations that define the equilibrium behavior of tokomak plasma have been already obtained. None of these equations contain explicitly the triangularity δ and the elongation ratio ks. The aim of this work is to obtain a new form of G-S equation which includes both the triangularity and the […]
AbstractThis paper reports the plasma discharge analysis of a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) source. Helium is used as a working gas. The analysis is performed at fixed working pressure and operating frequency. The investigations are carried out using sinusoidal supply for the generation of discharges where two current pulses have been observed with different polarities […]
AbstractA plasma cathode electron (PCE) gun has capabilities for generating high-current, broad, and focused beams for plasma-assisted microwave sources. A pseudospark-based hollow cathode PCE gun has been designed and developed for microwave generation which is operated in argon atmosphere. An analysis of the electron beam profile inside the drift space at different operating conditions has […]
AbstractThermoelectric power (S) of Rb3C60 fullerides in the metallic phase is theoretically estimated. We first develop a Hamiltonian model that incorporates the scattering rates within the relaxation time approximation to estimate the phonon-drag thermoelectric power (Sphdrag) incorporating the scattering of phonons with defects, electrons as carriers, grain boundaries, and phonon-phonon interactions. As a next step, […]
AbstractRadio-frequency (RF) Ar plasma treatment is carried out on natural muga silk fibers in a capacitively coupled plasma reactor. The physical and thermal properties of the muga fibers are investigated at an RF power of 20 W and in the treatment time range of 5 to 20 min. The virgin and plasma-treated muga fibers are […]
AbstractIn this work, a xenon-filled quartz coaxial dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) tube (ID 6 mm, OD 12 mm) at 400-mbar pressure has been studied at different operating conditions. High-frequency sinusoidal and unipolar pulse-like voltages are applied at the discharge electrodes for the generation of micro-discharge plasma. Visual images of the discharge and the electrical waveform […]
AbstractIn the present paper, we have calculated diffusion coefficient, viscosity coefficient, and surface tension of liquid metals near melting point (Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Al, Pb, and Bi). We have applied our newly constructed model potential to describe electron ion interaction with one component plasma reference system. We have also investigated the effect […]
AbstractThe dominant procedure for the transmission of electromagnetic waves on an over-dense plasma layer is the excitation of surface waves. The conditions for this wave excitation on the surface of over-dense plasma, hence, become important. Here, the dispersion relation for the surface wave excitation on an over-dense plasma medium which is exposed to a magnetic […]
AbstractDust lattice modes are studied in a hexagonal two-dimensional lattice in plasma crystal, including paramagnetic dust particles. The gradients of magnetic fields, electric fields, and dust charge and also the interaction of dipole-dipole take into account. These gradients modify the levitation condition and affect the frequencies of dust lattice waves. The coupling between in-plane and […]
AbstractThe conformally invariant linearized de Sitter gravitational wave equation has recently received a lot of attention. In this article, using the ambient space notations, we solve this field equation in five various cases. In each case, it has been shown that the solution can be written as the product of a generalized symmetric polarization tensor […]
AbstractThe nature of electron pairing mechanism and physical properties leading to superconducting state and normal state resistivity in alkali metal (Rb) intercalated fullerenes are explored. Keeping in mind that free electrons in lowest molecular orbital are coupled with inter-molecular phonons, the coupling with inter-molecular phonon leads to transition temperature (Tc) of about 4.17 K. The […]
AbstractEmission, absorption, and excitation spectra of 4f → 5d transitions of Ce3+ ions in yttrium aluminum borate (YAB) crystal are reviewed and successfully reproduced by theoretical investigations. The Ce3+ energy level diagram has been compiled after a careful analysis of the optical spectra. Theoretical calculations based on free ion and crystal field Hamiltonians are used to interpret […]
AbstractA new application of variational Monte Carlo method is presented to study the helium atom under the compression effect of a spherical box with radius (rc). The ground-state energies of the helium atom were calculated for different values of rc. Our calculations were extended to include Li+ and Be2+ ions. The calculations were based on […]
AbstractA systematic study of the dependence of the local magnetic moment, M, on the Fe-Pn layer separation has been carried out. Within the Ehrenfest classification of orders of phase transition, we propose a continuous (>2) phase transition for studying the dependence of M on the Fe-Pn layer separation. Our model is tested with available experimental […]
AbstractIn this paper, we consider the nonlinear boundary value problem for the electrohydrodynamic (EHD) flow of a fluid in an ion-drag configuration in a circular cylindrical conduit. This phenomenon is governed by a nonlinear second-order differential equation. The degree of nonlinearity is determined by a nondimensional parameter α. We present two semi-analytic algorithms to solve […]
AbstractInfluence of mismatch on quantum dot formation during heteroepitaxial growth of thin films with zinc blende structure on GaAs substrate is investigated. A kinetic Monte Carlo model is used for simulation of thin films with different values of lattice mismatch in the range of 4% to 14%. Simulation is performed at a substrate temperature of […]
AbstractZnO nanoparticles were prepared by coprecipitation method at 450C. X-ray diffraction result indicates that the sample is having a crystalline wurtzite phase. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) result reveals that the ZnO sample is spherical in shape with an average grain size of about 50nm. X-ray peak broadening analysis was used to evaluate the crystalline sizes […]
AbstractOblique propagating electromagnetic whistler mode instability has been studied having a k vector at angle to ambient magnetic field for bi-Maxwellian distribution function with parallel AC electric field in the magnetosphere of Uranus. The dispersion relation and growth rate have been calculated for plasma parameters suited to the magnetosphere of Uranus by using the method […]
AbstractExtinction spectra of chiral silver nanostructures are calculated by means of Discrete Dipole Approximation (DDA). Dependence of Plasmonic peaks to both structural parameters of nanostructures and direction of the incident light are obtained. This dependence is investigated on variation of chiral dimensions, chiral shape and direction of incident light. We have observed a resonance peak […]
AbstractA new analytic algorithm for Lane-Emden equations is proposed in this paper. The proposed algorithm is obtained by using a new iterative method. The new iterative method is a hybrid of variational iteration method and the Adomian decomposition method and further refined by introducing a new correction functional. This new correction functional is obtained from […]
AbstractIn this paper, we have presented a power law scaling Kaluza-Klein cosmological model dominated by two interacting perfect fluid components during expansion. Barotropic equations of state for pressure and density are considered to get determinate solutions of the field equations. We have shown that the components are not conserved separately because of mutual interaction between […]
AbstractIn this work, under a small perturbation of the background metric with the squeezing of other fields (scalar field in our case), the linear form of the energy-momentum tensor is calculated in terms of the perturbation factor. The linear form of the Klein-Gordon equation for a scalar field with both minimally and conformally coupled cases […]
AbstractA phase space distribution function of quantum mechanics, so-called the Wigner distribution function (WDF), for superposed states of the general time-dependent oscillator-like Hamiltonian system is investigated. Superposition of not only two different coherent states but also two different squeezed states are considered respectively. Analytical representation of WDF for the superposition states is derived rigorously on […]
AbstractSilver selenide (Ag2Se) thin films of thickness between 80 and 160 nm were prepared by thermal evaporation method. From XRD studies, the structure of the prepared film is confirmed to exhibit orthorhombic structure with polycrystalline nature. The average grain size of Ag2Se has been determined as 43 nm. EDAX spectra of these films were taken, and its […]
AbstractThe present study is aimed at investigating the validity of the generalized second law (GSL) of thermodynamics in f(R) gravity. Choosing f(R)=R+ξRμ+ζR−ν with ξ,μ,ζ, ν > 0 (following the study of Nojiri and Odintsov in 2003), we have computed the time derivatives of total entropy for various choices of scale factor pertaining to emergent, intermediate, and logamediate […]
AbstractRadiofrequency (RF) plasma polymerization is a convenient thin film deposition process as it facilitates the synthesis of polymer films with stable physico-chemical properties suitable for various applications in microelectronic, optical, and biomedical fields. The unique properties of these plasma polymerized films as compared to the conventional ones are strongly related to the proper adjustment of […]
AbstractAbstractExperiments on proton-deuteron radiative capture and the inverse reaction, the photo-disintegration of 3He, performed since 1963, up to the intermediate energies are reviewed. Differential cross sections in the center-of-mass system for the radiative capture (θγc.m.=90°) and the inverse reaction (θpc.m.=90°) as a function of photon energy are presented. The experimental data are compared with a […]
AbstractWe investigate the excitation behavior of a repulsive impurity-doped quantum dot induced by the simultaneous oscillations of the impurity coordinate and spatial stretch of the impurity domain. We have considered repulsive Gaussian impurity centers. The ratio of two oscillations (η) has been exploited to understand the nature of the excitation rate. Indeed, it has been […]
AbstractThe use of glancing angle deposition technique provides opportunities for the deposition of sculptured nanostructures of different shape. The optical properties of such nanostructures that are a function of the shape of these nanostructures may be investigated, using the discrete dipole approximation theory which is an appropriate method for solving the light scattering problem from […]
AbstractIn this paper, we first review some aspects of the f(R) gravity, and then the concept of the torsion of space-time due to metric-affine formalism in f(R) gravity is studied. Within this formalism, in which the matter action is supposed to be dependent on the connection, we achieve interesting cases including nonzero torsion tensor. Then […]
AbstractIn 2006, some authors determined that the triboluminescence (TL) of manganese-doped zinc sulfide (ZnS:Mn) increases with increasing impact velocity. In 2011, the authors discovered a method of synthesizing europium dibenzoylmethide triethylammonium (EuD4TEA) that produced TL 106% greater than ZnS:Mn. In fact, this material is bright enough to be seen in daylight. This paper investigates the […]
AbstractThe doping of Pb2SeTaO6 with Ge ferroelectrics was produced by a high-temperature solution method. We measure dielectric constant, dielectric loss and conductivity in the temperature range −30°C to 200°C and frequency range 1 to 100 KHz. The value of dielectric constant of the Pb2SeTaO6 (PST) crystal remained the same after thermal annealing whereas they decreased […]
