a Laboratory for Development and Methods, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland b General Energy Research Department, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland c Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA d Electron Mic...

By incorporating kinetic-energy density in a balanced way in the exchange and correlational functionals and removing self-correlation effects, we have designed a density functional that is broadly applicable to organometallic, inorganometallic, and nonmetallic bonding, thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, and noncovalent interactions as well as satisfying the uniform electron gas limit. Th...

Pressure dependence of out-of-plane resistivity rc has been investigated in an optimally-doped high-Tc cuprate La22xSr xCuO4. By applying pressure, we found a drastic decrease in rc which reaches 50% at P58 GPa. This surprisingly large P dependence implies that the thermal contraction along the c axis is significantly reflected in the rc(T) curve, leading to a metal-like term; hence La22xSr xCu...

Penile tourniquet syndrome (PTS), a rare urologic emergency, may lead to undesirable results including necrosis and amputation of penis, if not diagnosed and treated appropriately. Sometimes these injuries may be accepted as a forensic case. Miscellaneous objects used for strangulation can be metallic or nonmetallic. Of all ages, the most vulnerable period is infancy. Telogen effluvium is the m...

In recent years, several investigations of the environment-sensitive mechanical behavior of certain crystalline, nonmetallic materials and glasses have been directed toward characterizing the wear behavior of these materials under conditions of sliding and drilling in active liquid environments. Buckley,' for example, examined the change in plastic deformation and friction coefficient of single...

In this paper, a feasibility study was conducted to test whether capacitive sensors could be used to detect water and produce a graph with the minimal amount of equipment and materials. A lab was setup to conduct experiments and retrieve raw data. The data is then processed using a back projection algorithm in an attempt to produce an image of the water from within a nonmetallic pipe. The image...

As a semiconductor material, titanium dioxide has the advantages of stable chemical properties, no pollution and low price, which is widely used in field organic pollutant degradation. The modification methods composite nonmetallic doping for are described. degradation efficiency modified pollutants proposed. disadvantages preparation application pointed out. Finally, development direction future

One of the big challenges of the 21st century is the utilization of nanotechnology for energy technology. Nanoscale structures may provide novel functionality, which has been demonstrated most convincingly by successful applications such as dye-sensitized solar cells introduced by M. Grätzel. Applications in energy technology are based on the transfer and conversion of energy. Following the exa...

Abstract The goal of this work is to examine the effect hot deformation on shrinkage porosity and nonmetallic inclusions in an AISI 1070 grade steel industrially produced wheel casting. Steel cleanliness important consideration as it influences mechanical properties final product. A high density have been shown be detrimental for properties, especially during rolling. Using a laboratory-scale r...

A. Evans*, M. Prestat, R. Tölke, M. V. F. Schlupp, L. J. Gauckler, Y. Safa, T. Hocker, J. Courbat, D. Briand, N. F. de Rooij, D. Courty 1 ETH Zurich, Nonmetallic Inorganic Materials, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland 2 ZHAW Winterthur, Institute of Computational Physics, Wildbachstrasse 21, CH-8400 Winterthur, Switzerland 3 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), I...