in this experimental work the pressure induced phase transformation of silicon and germaniumhas been studied. it was shown that at a particular value of applied pressure, (pt), depending on the sampletemperature, the electrical resistance of the specimen falls off to a metallic state. the main goal of this studywas to find out how the phase transformation pressure, pt, for a p-type silicon vari...

this study presents a new approach to control the nonlinear dynamics of an adaptive absorber using shape memory alloy (sma) element. shape memory alloys are classified as smart materials that can remember their original shape after deformation. stress and temperature-induced phase transformations are two typical behaviors of shape memory alloys. changing the stiffness associated with phase tran...

We develop a free energy density to model a structural first-order phase transformation from a high-temperature cubic phase to a low-temperature tetragonal phase. The free energy density models the softening of the elastic modulus controlling the low-energy path from the cubic to the tetragonal lattice, the loss of stability of the tetragonal phase at high temperatures and the loss of stability...

The thickness-dependent electronic states and physical properties of two-dimensional materials suggest great potential applications in electronic and optoelectronic devices. However, the enhanced surface effect in ultra-thin materials might significantly influence the structural stability, as well as the device reliability. Here, we report a spontaneous phase transformation of gallium telluride...

molecular dynamic simulation is a powerful method that monitors all variations in the atomic level in explicit solvent. by this method we can calculate many chemical and biochemical properties of large scale biological systems. in this work all-atom molecular dynamics simulation of polyalanine (pa) was investigated in the presence of 0.224, 0.448, 0.673, 0.897 and 1.122 m of guanidinium chlorid...