There are only a handful reports about the sensor systems having the ability of detecting the existence of the noble gases. Chemical reluctance of these gaseous species causes them to have no chemical interactions like hydrogen bonding with the chemically designed nano-sized sensors. Noble gasses usually have no atomic charges nor do change the total polarity of the molecular sensor systems. Th...

The confinement of noble gases on nanostructured surfaces, in contrast to bulk materials, at non-cryogenic temperatures represents a formidable challenge. In this work, individual Ar atoms are trapped at 300 K in nano-cages consisting of (alumino)silicate hexagonal prisms forming a two-dimensional array on a planar surface. The trapping of Ar atoms is detected in situ using synchrotron-based am...

A two dimensional model of water, so-called Mercedes-Benz model, was used to study effects of the size of hydrophobic solute on the insertion thermodynamics in electrolyte solutions. The model was examined by the constant pressure Monte Carlo computer simulation. The results were compared with the experimental data for noble gasses and methane in water and electrolyte solution. The influence of...

We evaluate background rejection capabilities and physics performance of a detector composed of two diverse elements: a sensitive target (filled with one or two species of liquefied noble gasses) and an active veto (made of Gd-doped ultra-pure water). A GEANT4 simulation shows that for a direct WIMP search, this device can reduce the neutron background to O(1) event per year per tonne of materi...

The understanding of the intermolecular pair potential is important for determining the physical andchemical properties of the matter. The new data for noble gasses was calculated with Soft-CoreDouble Yukawa Potential (SCDY). We studied the effect of the Soft- Core potential on the phasebehavior with Hartree-Fock-Dispersion (HFD) Potential. This model had a steep repulsionexponential term and d...

In the quest to understand the ultimate nature of WIMPs, we propose the use of a hybrid detection technique: cylinders filled with liquefied noble gasses, acting as targets, are immersed inside a tank of Gd-doped ultra-pure water that provides an active and efficient veto against neutrons. The evaluation of the background rejection capabilities and physics potential of this instrument have been...

We demonstrate that 3 keV ion beams, formed from the common noble gasses, He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe, can controllably "sculpt" nanometer scale pores in silicon nitride films. Single nanometer control of structural dimensions in nanopores can be achieved with all ion species despite a very wide range of sputtering yields and surface energy depositions. Heavy ions shrink pores more efficiently and m...

S tretching across the periodic table, in the gulf between the hyper-reactive alkali metals and stoic noble gasses, are the often overlooked transition elements. For Malcolm H. Chisholm, Distinguished Professor of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at Ohio State University (Columbus, OH), however, that vast expanse holds some of the most fascinating chemistry. In the tongue-twisting element of ...

The removal and eventual disposal of adsorbed and absorbed gasses from solid or semi-porous surfaces requires the detachment and diffusion of the gasses. To facilitate the process, the method described here uses the heretofore undescribed product Air Depleted Water (ADW), although the process can be applied to other liquids. By removing the dissolved air gasses, a maximum concentration gradient...

We give a new criterion for classical gas with repulsive pair potential to exhibit uniqueness of the infinite volume Gibbs measure and analyticity pressure. Our improvement on bound is by factor $$e^2$$ over cluster expansion approach e known limit convergence. The based contractive property recursive computation density point process. key ingredients in our proofs include an integral identity ...