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The charge distribution at the interface between two electrolytes is studied for the case of non-vanishing ion fluxes. The analysis is an extension of the established Verwey-Niessen theory to non-equilibrium situations. Applying matched…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2011-05-03 Steffen Hardt , Tobias Baier

In this paper we present a mathematical model for the electrochemical deposition aimed at the production of inverse opals. The real system consists of an arrangement of sub micrometer spheres, through which the species in an electrolytic…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2013-06-25 P. C. T. D'Ajello , L. Lauck , G. L. Nunes

We investigate the electron transport in smooth graphene pn junctions, generated by gradually varying electrostatic potentials. The numerically calculated coherent current flow patterns can be understood largely in terms of semi-classical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-13 Emmanuel Paredes-Rocha , Yonatan Betancur-Ocampo , Nikodem Szpak , Thomas Stegmann

We consider equilibrium statistical mechanics of a simplified model for the ideal conductor electrode in an interface contact with a classical semi-infinite electrolyte, modeled by the two-dimensional Coulomb gas of pointlike $\pm$ unit…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 L. Samaj , Z. Bajnok

Transport properties of narrow two-dimensional conducting wires in which the electron scattering is caused by side edges' roughness have been studied. The method for calculating dynamic characteristics of such conductors is proposed which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-01 N. M. Makarov , Yu. V. Tarasov

While semiconductor electronics is at heart of modern world, and now uses 5nm or smaller processes of single atoms, it seems there are missing models of actual electron currents in these scales - which could help with more conscious design…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-12-24 Jarek Duda

Recently demonstrated metal-semiconductor heterojunctions with few-atom thickness show their promise as 2D Schottky contacts for future integrated circuits and nanoelectronics. The theory for 3D Schottky contacts, however, fails on these…

Applied Physics · Physics 2017-04-26 Fangbo Xu , Alex Kutana , Yang Yang , Boris I. Yakobson

The Nernst-Planck-Darcy system models ionic electrodiffusion in porous media. We consider the system for two ionic species with opposite valences. We prove that the initial value problem for the Nernst-Planck-Darcy system in periodic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-07-30 Mihaela Ignatova , Jingyang Shu

In this paper the Boltzmann equation describing the carrier transport in a semiconductor is considered. A modified Chapman-Enskog method is used, in order to find approximate solutions in the weakly non-homogeneous case. These solutions…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. F. Liotta , A. Majorana

We formulate the continuum field equations and constitutive equations that govern deformation, stress, and electric current flow in a Li-ion half-cell. The model considers mass transport through the system, deformation and stress in the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2011-08-01 Allan F. Bower , Pradeep R. Guduru , Vijay A. Sethuraman

A mean-field theory which satisfying the electron on-site local constraint in the relevant regime of density for the high temperature superconductors is developed. Within this approach, the electron spectral function, the electron…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-30 Shiping Feng , Yun Song

Diffraction of light at lateral inhomogenities is a central process in the near-field studies of nanoscale phenomena, especially the propagation of surface waves. Theoretical description of this process is extremely challenging due to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 Egor Nikulin , Denis Bandurin , Dmitry Svintsov

We introduce a model for ionic electrodiffusion and osmotic water flow through cells and tissues. The model consists of a system of partial differential equations for ionic concentration and fluid flow with interface conditions at deforming…

Cell Behavior · Quantitative Biology 2017-08-23 Yoichiro Mori , Chun Liu , Robert S. Eisenberg

Carrying digital information in traditional copper wires is becoming a major issue in electronic circuits. Optical connections such as fiber optics offers unprecedented transfer capacity, but the mismatch between the optical wavelength and…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Jean-Baptiste Masson , Guilhem Gallot

We analyze the simplest problem of electrochemical relaxation in more than one dimension - the response of an uncharged, ideally polarizable metallic sphere (or cylinder) in a symmetric, binary electrolyte to a uniform electric field. In…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 Kevin T. Chu , Martin Z. Bazant

Electrons move along potential or thermal gradients. In the presence of a global gradient, applied e.g. to the two terminals of a conductor, this induces electric charge and heat currents. They can also flow between two equilibrated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-27 Rafael Sánchez

A novel 3-electrode cell type is introduced to run parametrical studies of H$_2$ evolution in an alkaline electrolyte on porous electrodes. Electrochemical methods combined with a high-speed optical measurement system are applied…

We present a formal derivation of a drift-diffusion model for stationary electron transport in graphene, in presence of sharp potential profiles, such as barriers and steps. Assuming the electric potential to have steep variations within a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-06-02 Luigi Barletti , Claudia Negulescu

We have developed and applied a mobility edge model that takes into account drift and diffusion currents to characterize the space charge limited current in organic semiconductors. The numerical solution of the drift-diffusion equation…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-30 Javier Dacuña , Alberto Salleo

We have developed new methods to calculate dispersion curves (analytically in the simpler cases) from which we are able to derive the spatial distribution of electron and current densities. We investigate the case where the magnetic field…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 E. Hofstetter , J. M. C. Taylor , A. MacKinnon