in this paper, plate-like nio nanoparticles were prepared by one-pot solid-state thermal decomposition of nickel (ii) schiff base complex as new precursor. first, the nickel (ii) schiff base precursor was prepared by solid-state grinding using nickel (ii) nitrate hexahydrate, ni(no3)2∙6h2o, and the schiff base ligand n,n′-bis-(salicylidene) benzene-1,4-diamine) for 30 min without using any solv...

The amount of petroleum hydrocarbon and heavy metals in the sediment of the Persian Gulf’s shore, at 8 selected stations were determined and showed the maximum of 143.6 and 58.6 mg/kg sediment, respectively, both maximum amounts were related to Emam Hassan zone which is located at 50 kilometers to west Boushehr port. Bioremediation of contaminated sediment were studied in slurry and solid-state...

We present a solid state accelerator concept utilizing particle acceleration along crystal channels by longitudinal electron plasma waves in a metal. Acceleration gradients of order 100 GV/cm are theoretically possible, but channeling radiation limits the maximum attainable energy to lo5 TeV for protons. Beam dechanneling due to multiple scattering is substantially reduced by the high accelerat...

Emission and absorption spectra of many organic dyes in liquid solutions depend on the local electric fields generated by the surrounding polar solvent molecules. This “solvation effect” is a result of intermolecular solutesolvent interaction forces (such as dipole-dipole or dipole-induced dipole) that tend to stretch molecular bonds and shift charge distribution on molecules, altering the ener...

Some years ago I developed an interest in Tesla coils. I was teaching a senior elective course at Kansas State University where we talked about power MOSFETs and topics related to high voltages and currents. I decided to use a Tesla coil as a class project. We would talk about design aspects, then design, build, and test a coil. The best description of the results of that plan was fiasco, or ma...

The dimer method is a minimum mode following algorithm for finding saddle points on a potential energy surface of atomic systems. Here, the dimer method is extended to include the cell degrees of freedom for periodic solid-state systems. Using this method, reaction pathways of solid-solid phase transitions can be determined without having to specify the final state structure or reaction mechani...