An efficient algorithm that dynamically calculates all possible ray paths in outdoor (macroand micro-cells and land mobile satellite, LMS) and indoor environments is presented in this paper. The algorithm is based on the sweep line technique. Additionally a quadtree (bounding box [1]) division of the study environment is used to reduce search time. For indoor and microcellular environments wall...

ZnO nanorods array films were coated on a glass template through a two-step chemical process. First, a sol-gel spin coating method was used to produce a ZnO seed layer and after that, the ZnO nanorods arrays were grown on it through a low temperature aqueous method. Synthesized films were studied by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffractometer (XRD). X-ray diffraction results sho...

Side-chain liquid crystal elastomers (SC-LCEs) have been designed by using a new smectic crosslinker. Two types of monodomain films were prepared based on polysiloxane chains, with different relative concentration both crosslinker and mesogenic comonomers. The mesomorphic behavior the two SC-LCE systems was investigated differential scanning calorimetry polarized optical microscopy showing beha...

The next generation light sources such as diffractionlimited storage rings and high repetition rate free electron lasers (FELs) will generate x-ray beams with significantly increased peak and average brilliance. These future facilities will require x-ray optical components capable of handling large instantaneous and average power densities while tailoring the properties of the x-ray beams for a...

One-dimensional (1D) coordination polymer, [Zn(4,4´-bpy)(H2O)4](ADC).4H2O (1) (4,4´-bpy = 4,4´-bipyridine and H2ADC = acetylenedicarboxylic acid), and three-dimensional (3D) metal-organic framework (MOF), Zn(ADC)2.(HTEA)2(2) (HTEA = triethylamine) were prepared at room temperature. The compounds were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) analyses....

Order-disorder-order phase transitions in the clathrate-I Ba8Cu16P30 were induced and controlled by aliovalent substitutions of Zn into the framework. Unaltered Ba8Cu16P30 crystallizes in an ordered orthorhombic (Pbcn) clathrate-I superstructure that maintains complete segregation of metal and phosphorus atoms over 23 different crystallographic positions in the clathrate framework. The driving ...

The crystal structure of the title chiral Schiff base compound (E)-3,4-dimethoxy[(1-phenylethyl)iminomethyl]bezyne (1) was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. The title compound was further characterized by elemental analyses (CHN), FT-IR, 1H-NMR and UV-Vis spectroscopic techniques. It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21 with unit cell parameters: a = 19.0121 (2), b...