We study the stability of orientationally disordered crystal phases in a suspension of colloidal hard dumbbells using Monte Carlo simulations. For dumbbell bond length L/σ < 0.4 with L the separation of the two spheres of the dumbbell and σ the diameter of the spheres, we determine the difference in Helmholtz free energy of a plastic crystal with a hexagonal-close-packed (hcp) and a face-center...

We study the stability of orientationally disordered crystal phases in a suspension of colloidal hard dumbbells using Monte Carlo simulations. For dumbbell bond length L/sigma<0.4 with L the separation of the two spheres of the dumbbell and sigma the diameter of the spheres, we determine the difference in Helmholtz free energy of a plastic crystal with a hexagonal-close-packed (hcp) and a face-...

Skyrmions are topologically protected nanoscale magnetic spin entities in helical magnets. They behave like particles and tend to form hexagonal close-packed lattices, like atoms, as their stable structure. Domain boundaries in skyrmion lattices are considered to be important as they affect the dynamic properties of magnetic skyrmions. However, little is known about the fine structure of such s...

Herein, a stepwise electrodeposition technique was used to synthesize the Pd based nanoparticles on indium-tin oxide (ITO) electrodes. First of all, Pd nanoparticles were electrodeposited on ITO via one step electrodeposition technique. Furthermore, Au was electrodeposited on Pd. Finally, Co was electrodeposited on Au and Pd electrodeposited ITO electrode via stepwise electrodeposition techniqu...

We consider mathematical models of foams and froths, as collections of surfaces which minimize area under volume constraints. Combinatorially, because of Plateau’s rules, a foam is dual to some triangulation of space. We examine the class of foams known as tetrahedrally close-packed (TCP) structures, which includes the one used by Weaire and Phelan in their counterexample to the Kelvin conjectu...

The scattering of visible light by hexagonal-shaped column containing densely packed inclusions is simulated by a combination of ray-tracing and Monte Carlo techniques. While the ray tracing program takes care of the individual reflection and refraction events at the outer boundary of the particle, the Monte Carlo routine simulates internal scattering processes. A dense-medium light-scattering ...

Epithelial cells cultured from the lung of the Northwest rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa granulosa) were subjected to brief (10-15 min) elevated temperature shocks of 33 degrees-36 degrees C during metaphase. Electron microscope studies on these cells reveal that the spindle microtubules (Mts) are differentially stable to heat treatment. The great majority of nonkinetochore Mts are destro...

The body-centered cubic (bcc) phase tends to preferentially nucleate during solidification of highly undercooled liquid droplets of binary alloy systems, including Fe–Co, Fe–Ni and Fe–Cr–Ni. We investigate a similar tendency during the partial devitrification of Co-rich amorphous precursors of composition (Co1 xFex)88Zr7B4Cu1 by identifying the structure and composition of the nanocrystalline g...