We have investigated dc superconducting quantum interference devices ~SQUIDs! with loop areas 8 and 64 mm made by direct electron beam writing in YBa2Cu3O72x films with thickness 25 and 50 nm. The SQUIDs have maximum peak-to-peak voltage modulation of about 20 mV, which corresponds to the transfer factor dV/dF0;50–60 mV/F0 at 30–40 K. By measuring the mutual inductance of the SQUID signal line ...

We use Brownian dynamics simulations to study the adsorption behavior of a nanosized particle on polymer brushes. The adsorption process, the dynamic behavior of the nanoparticle in brush, the penetration depth, and the di usion coe cient of the nanoparticle in di erent depths of the brush are all investigated for di erent grafting densities. We provide an area density Γ , which is the area ave...

An attempt is made to generate effective atomic number, exposure buildup factor (EBF) in the energy region 0.015-15.0 MeV up to a penetration depth of 40 mfp for some soils. The five parameters geometrical progression (G-P) fitting approximation has been used to calculate exposure build-up factor (EBF). The generated exposure buildup factors has been studied as function of incident photon energ...

We present an incremental algorithm to estimate the penetration depth between convex polytopes in 3D. The algorithm incrementally seeks a “locally optimal solution” by walking on the surface of the Minkowski sums. The surface of the Minkowski sums is computed implicitly by constructing a local Gauss map. In practice, the algorithm works well when there is high motion coherence in the environmen...

Land surface temperature (LST) plays a major role in the study of surface energy balances. Remote sensing techniques provide ways to monitor LST at large scales. However, due to atmospheric influences, significant missing data exist in LST products retrieved from satellite thermal infrared (TIR) remotely sensed data. Although passive microwaves (PMWs) are able to overcome these atmospheric infl...