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We report on a study of (001) oriented fcc Fe-Ni alloy surfaces which combines first-principles calculations and low-temperature STM experiments. Density functional theory calculations show that Fe-Ni alloy surfaces are buckled with the Fe…
This paper reports the presence of extended-range ordering in the atomic pair-correlation function of amorphous silicon ($a$-Si) using ultra-large atomistic models obtained from Monte Carlo and molecular-dynamics simulations. The…
The competition between long-range and short-range interactions among holes moving in an antiferromagnet (AF), is studied within a model derived from the spin density wave picture of layered transition metal oxides. A novel numerical…
GeSn on Si has attracted much research interest due to its tunable direct bandgap for mid-infrared applications. Recently, short-range order (SRO) in GeSn alloys has been theoretically predicted, which profoundly impacts the band structure.…
Crystal structures play a vital role in determining materials properties. In Li-ion cathodes, the crystal structure defines the dimensionality and connectivity of interstitial sites, thus determining Li-ion diffusion kinetics. While a…
Tailoring the performance of next-generation high entropy materials requires a deep understanding of the competition between entropy-driven random solid solution and enthalpy-driven chemical ordering. Investigating such order and disorder…
We determined the chemical composition of a large sample of weak G band stars -- a rare class of G and K giants of intermediate mass with unusual abundances of C, N, and Li. We have observed 24 weak G band stars with the 2.7 m Harlan J.…
Chemical short-range order (SRO) refers to preference or avoidance between neighboring atomic species, which significantly impacts the properties of advanced alloys. However, quantifying and further controlling SRO remains a major…
In this paper, we construct two lower order mixed elements for the linear elasticity problem in the Hellinger-Reissner formulation, one for the 2D problem and one for the 3D problem, both on macro-element meshes. The discrete stress spaces…
When a rather cold electron bunch is transported during laser bubble acceleration in a strongly focusing plasma channel with typical forces of 100 GeV/m, it will form partially ordered long electron cylinders due to the relativistically…
Equiatomic NiCoCr solid solutions have been recently shown to display exceptional mechanical properties, that have been suggested to be linked to nanostructural short-range order (SRO) features that may arise from thermal treatments, such…
Rare-earth niobates and tantalates possess low thermal conductivities, which can be further reduced in high-entropy compositions. Here, a large number of 40 compositions are synthesized to investigate the origin of low thermal conductivity.…
For (CoCrFeMn)$_{100-x}$Al$_{x}$ high-entropy alloys, we investigate the phase evolution with increasing Al-content (0 $\le$ x $\le$ 20 at.%). From first-principles theory, the Al-doping drives the alloy structurally from FCC to BCC…
In contrast with the diffusion equation which smoothens the initial data to $C^\infty$ for $t>0$ (away from the corners/edges of the domain), the subdiffusion equation only exhibits limited spatial regularity. As a result, one generally…
Order versus disorder in the structure of materials plays a key role in the theoretical prediction of their properties. However, this structural description appears to be ineffective for new families of materials such as high entropy alloys…
A model of B20 helimagnet with strong (frustrating) defect bonds is considered. Single defect provides dipolar field-like distortion of the helical magnetic ordering. At finite defect bond concentrations, the spiral vector acquires…
Optical spectroscopy constitutes the historical path to accumulate basic knowledge on the atom and its structure. Former work based on fluorescence and resonance ionization spectroscopy enabled identifying optical spectral lines up to…
The rich novel materials class of iron based superconductors turned out to exhibit a very complex electronic structure, despite of the simplicity of their crystal structures. For various approaches to study the instability against magnetic…
Shear induced alignment of elongated particles is studied experimentally and numerically. We show that shear alignment of ensembles of macroscopic particles is comparable even on a quantitative level to simple molecular systems, despite the…
We report generation of cascaded rotational Raman scattering up to 58th orders in coherently excited CO_2 molecules. The high-order Raman scattering, which produces a quasiperiodic frequency comb with more than 600 sidebands, is obtained…