We have synthesized the octacyanoniobate-based cyano-bridged 3D ferromagnet {[Fe(II)(H(2)O)(2)](2)[Nb(IV)(CN)(8)].4H(2)O}(n) and characterized structurally, spectroscopically (XANES/EXAFS, IR, UV-Vis, Resonance Raman, (57)Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy) and magnetically. crystallizes in the tetragonal system, space group I4/m, a = 11.989(5) A, c = 13.237(5) A, V = 1902.6(13) A(3). 3D coordination ar...

1. Introduction Although cementite (Fe 3 C) is a most important phase in steels, at the same time, there is very little known in regard to the fundamental properties of Fe 3 C. This lack of information is largely a result of this compound being metastable with respect to its decomposition products: C-saturated ferrite or austenite (depending on temperature) and graphite. It is very difficult to...

The human shoulder is a complicated musculoskeletal structure and is a perfect compromise between mobility and stability. The objective of this paper is to provide a thorough review of previous finite element (FE) studies in biomechanics of the human shoulder complex. Those FE studies to investigate shoulder biomechanics have been reviewed according to the physiological and clinical problems ad...

To understand which soil chemical properties are the best predictors of CH4 production in rice paddy soils, a model was developed with empirical data from nine types of rice soils collected around Japan and anaerobically incubated at 30 degrees C for 16 wk in laboratory conditions. After 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 wk of incubation, CO2, CH4, and Fe(II) were measured to understand soil organic matter de...

In this paper, aspects of the two-scale simulation of dual-phase steels are considered. First, we present two-scale simulations applying a one-way coupling to a full thermo-elastoplastic model in order to study the emerging temperature field. We find that, for our purposes, the consideration of thermomechanics at the microscale is not necessary. Second, we present highly parallel fully-coupled ...

X iv :1 10 1. 07 75 v1 [ ph ys ic s. so cph ] 4 J an 2 01 1 Percolate or die: Multi-percolation decides the struggle between competing innovations Carlos P. Roca, Moez Draief, and Dirk Helbing 1Chair of Sociology, in particular of Modeling and Simulation, ETH Zurich, Clausiusstrasse 50, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland 2Intelligent Systems and Networks Group, Imperial College London, South Kensington C...