Heterointerface Effects on Lithium-Induced Phase Transitions in Intercalated MoS₂

Effect of turbostratic disorder on the staging phase diagram of lithium-intercalated graphitic carbon hosts.

The staging phase transitions which occur during the intercalation of lithium in graphitic carbons were probed by in situ x-ray-diffraction and electrochemical methods. Turbostratic disorder ~a random rotation or translation between adjacent graphene layers! in graphitic carbons ~heat treated above 2200°C! affects the formation of staged phases because lithium does not insert between randomly s...

Phase transitions in the adsorption of lithium atoms onto graphite

Effects of Phase Transitions on Mantle Convection

Mantle convection--the creeping flow of solid mantle rock driven by buoyancy forces predominantly arising from thermal expansion--is the accepted paradigm for explaining the internal geological activity of the Earth. Its theoretical understanding is largely based on the simple concept of RayleighB6nard convection. Here, one assumes a fluid layer of infinite lateral extent and constant material ...

Noise-induced transitions vs. noise-induced phase transitions

I will briefly review the field of noise-induced phase transitions, emphasizing the main differences with the phase-induced transitions and showing that they appear in different systems. I will show that a noise-induced transition can disappear after a suitable change of variables and I will also discuss the breaking of ergodicity and symmetry breaking that occur in noise-induced phase transiti...

NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF THE PHASE TRANSITIONS IN CLUSTERS

We have studied the phase transitions in atomic clusters by molecular dynamics simulation, assuming Lennard-Jones interatomic pair potential. Calculations are performed by DAP parallel computer. The results are analyzed by simulating their orientational distribution plots (dot-plot), and neutron diffraction patterns. It is shown that all the main features of the bulk phase transitions are e...