We have studied the reversible pressure induced structural transition (primitive cubic to polymeric monoclinic) of Na2CsCGoand the superconductivity in both phases. We have established that the polymeric phase of Na2CsC60 is superconducting with an ambient pressure transition temperature about 3 K lower than that for the primitive cubic phase. We believe that an analogous lowering of the transi...

With nanometer lateral and Angstrom vertical resolution, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has contributed unique data improving the understanding of lipid bilayers. Lipid bilayers are found in several different temperature-dependent states, termed phases; the main phases are solid and fluid phases. The transition temperature between solid and fluid phases is lipid composition specific. Under certa...

the effects of isothermal aging at temperatures between 550-850 ?c for durations of 1-100 h on microstructure, tensile properties, and impact fracture behavior of 316l austenitic stainless steel weld metal have been investigated. for this purpose, various techniques including metallographic observations, measurement of ferrite content using ferritscope, and fractographic investigations have bee...

The ultrasonic absorption, alpha lambda, as a function of temperature and frequency was determined in large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) in which specific phospholipid side chains were deuterated. Deuteration significantly altered the temperature and frequency dependence of alpha lambda. The frequency change was especially marked, with decreased frequency and broadening of the ultrasound relaxat...

fept nanoparticles with thermally stable room-temperature ferromagnetism are investigated. the monodisperse nanoparticles are prepared by chemical synthesis and a salt-matrix annealing technique. structural and magnetic characterizations confirm the phase transition from the disordered face-centered cubic structure. in this paper, 3 nm fept nanoparticles are first synthesized by superhydride re...

We present an analytical description of the phase transitions from a nucleon gas to nuclear matter and from nuclear matter to quark matter within the same model. The equation of state for quark and nuclear matter is encoded in the effective potential of a linear sigma model. We exploit an exact differential equation for its dependence upon the chemical potential µ associated to conserved baryon...

The behavior of matter near zero temperature continuous phase transitions, or "quantum critical points" is a central topic of study in condensed matter physics. In fermionic systems, fundamental questions remain unanswered: the nature of the quantum critical regime is unclear because of the apparent breakdown of the concept of the quasiparticle, a cornerstone of existing theories of strongly in...