Nanotribology at high temperatures

Nanotribology at high temperatures

Recent molecular dynamics simulation results have increased conceptual understanding of the grazing and the ploughing friction at elevated temperatures, particularly near the substrate's melting point. In this commentary we address a major constraint concerning its experimental verification.

Life at high temperatures.

Water environments with temperatures up to and above boiling are commonly found in association with geothermal activity. At temperatures above 60 degrees C, only bacteria are found. Bacteria with temperature optima over the range 65 degrees to 105 degrees C have been obtained in pure culture and are the object of many research projects. The upper temperature limit for life in liquid water has n...

QuantumRatchets at High Temperatures

Using the continued-fraction method we solve the Caldeira-Leggett master equation in the phase-space (Wigner) representation to study Quantum ratchets. Broken spatial symmetry, irreversibility and periodic forcing allows for a net current in these systems. We calculate this current as a function of the force under adiabatic conditions. Starting from the classical limit we make the system quanta...

Latent Fingerprints at High Temperatures

Behavior of Calcium Sulfate at High Temperatures

Differential heating curves were used to study the behavior of calcium sulfate at high temperatures. After cooling, the material was examined by means of the petrographic microscope and by study of its X-ray pattern. It was found that the beta-to-alpha transition of calcium sulfate occurs at approximately 1,214° C, and the conclusion of i ts discoverer that the high temperature form is unstable...