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The mobility of both Fe and Ni atoms in ferromagnetic Fe$_x$Ni$_{1-x}$ alloys ($0.4 \leq x \leq 0.6$) is investigated within the framework of ab initio electronic structure calculations, using the nudged elastic band (NEB) method to…
Study of the near-UV photodissociation dynamics for monolayer (ML) quantities of CH$_3$I on thin films of a series of fluorobenzenes and benzene (1--25ML) grown on a Cu(100) substrate finds that in addition to gas-phase-like neutral…
Thermal decomposition of metastable fcc-(Ti,Al)Nx limits the lifetime of coated components. While energetic decomposition aspects can be modelled reliably, the inherent variability of chemical environment-dependent diffusion activation…
In this work, Fe100-xNix nanoparticle systems in the invar region (x = 29, 32, and 37) were prepared by the method of chemical co-precipitation. X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) patterns confirmed the coexistence of both bcc and fcc phases for x =…
Based on a microscopic density functional theory we calculate the internal structure of the three-phase contact line between liquid, vapor, and a confining wall as well as the morphology of liquid wetting films on a substrate exhibiting a…
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The rich phase diagram of bulk Pr$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$MnO$_3$ resulting in a high tunability of physical properties gave rise to various studies related to fundamental research as well as prospective applications of the material. Importantly, as…
We have observed phase separation between the superfluid and the normal component in a strongly interacting Fermi gas with imbalanced spin populations. The in situ distribution of the density difference between two trapped spin components…
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