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Orbital Structure Of Fetio3 Ilmenite Investigated With Polarization-Dependent X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy And Band Structure Calculations, S W. Chen, M J. Huang, P A. Lin, H T. Jeng, J M. Lee, S C. Haw, S A. Chen, H J. Lin, K T. Lu, Dapeng Chen, S X. Dou, X L. Wang, J M. Chen Jun 2013

Orbital Structure Of Fetio3 Ilmenite Investigated With Polarization-Dependent X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy And Band Structure Calculations, S W. Chen, M J. Huang, P A. Lin, H T. Jeng, J M. Lee, S C. Haw, S A. Chen, H J. Lin, K T. Lu, Dapeng Chen, S X. Dou, X L. Wang, J M. Chen

Shi Xue Dou

We explored the orbital structure of FeTiO3 with polarization-dependent x-ray absorption spectra complemented with electronic structure calculations. The electronic structure, near the bottom of conduction band, is composed of O 2p and Ti 3d orbitals. Ti 3d/4p hybridization dominantly lies on the ab plane. The highly delocalized Ti 4p orbital might hybridize with O 2p orbital and even extend to the next-neighbor Fe atom whereby establishing a linear orbital combination of Ti-O-Fe. A clear picture of the orbital construction in FeTiO3 will help to elucidate the paths of pressure-induced charge transfer and other physical or magnetic characteristics.


Magnetic Properties Of Bi2femno6: A Multiferroic Material With Double-Perovskite Structure, Yi Du, Zhenxiang Cheng, S X. Dou, Xiaolin Wang, Hua Zhao, Hideo Kimura Jun 2013

Magnetic Properties Of Bi2femno6: A Multiferroic Material With Double-Perovskite Structure, Yi Du, Zhenxiang Cheng, S X. Dou, Xiaolin Wang, Hua Zhao, Hideo Kimura

Shi Xue Dou

Single phase Bi2FeMnO6 was synthesized on Si substrates by an electrospray method. Three peaks were observed in the temperature dependence of magnetization curve, which is attributed to the inhomogeneous distribution of Fe3+ and Mn3+. The observed magnetic peaks at 150 K, 260 K, and 440 K correspond to orderings of the ferrimagnetic Fe–O–Mn, and antiferromagnetic Mn–O–Mn and Fe–O–Fe, respectively. Heat capacity measurements were carried out to confirm these magnetic transitions. The Debye temperature of Bi2FeMnO6 is 339 K, calculated from Debye–Einstein fitting.


The Effects Of Annealing Temperature On The In-Field Jc And Surface Pinning In Silicone Oil Doped Mgb2 Bulks And Wires, M S. Hossain, A Motaman, O Cicek, H Agil, E Ertekin, A Gencer, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou Jun 2013

The Effects Of Annealing Temperature On The In-Field Jc And Surface Pinning In Silicone Oil Doped Mgb2 Bulks And Wires, M S. Hossain, A Motaman, O Cicek, H Agil, E Ertekin, A Gencer, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou

Shi Xue Dou

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Apparent Negative Mobility Of Vortex Matter Due To Inhomogeneous Pinning, X B Xu, H Fangohr, Shichao Ding, M Gu, T.B Tang, Z Han, Dongqi Shi, S X. Dou Jun 2013

Apparent Negative Mobility Of Vortex Matter Due To Inhomogeneous Pinning, X B Xu, H Fangohr, Shichao Ding, M Gu, T.B Tang, Z Han, Dongqi Shi, S X. Dou

Shi Xue Dou

We investigate the transport of vortices in superconductors with inhomogeneous pinning under a driving force. The inhomogeneity of pinning is simplified as strong-weak pinning regions. It is demonstrated that the interactions between the vortices captured by strong pinning potentials and the vortices in the weak pinning region cause absolute negative motion (ANM) of vortices: The vortices which are climbing toward the high barriers induced by the strong pinning with the help of driving force move toward the opposite direction of the force and back to their equilibrium positions in the weak pinning region as the force decreases or is withdrawn. …


Flux Distribution In Fe-Based Superconducting Materials By Magneto-Optical Imaging, Zhi Wei Lin, Jian Guo Zhu, You Guang Guo, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou, Tom H. Johansen, Xun Shi, K Y. Choi Jun 2013

Flux Distribution In Fe-Based Superconducting Materials By Magneto-Optical Imaging, Zhi Wei Lin, Jian Guo Zhu, You Guang Guo, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou, Tom H. Johansen, Xun Shi, K Y. Choi

Shi Xue Dou

"This paper presents the magnetic flux distributions in Fe-based superconducting materials including single crystal of Ba(Fe1.9Ni0.1)As2 and Ba(Fe1.8Co0.2)As2, as well as polycrystalline SmFeO0.75F0.2As by means of magneto-optical imaging (MOI) technique. The single crystals were grown out of FeAs flux while polycrystalline sample was grown by hot-press. A MOI film with in-plan magnetization was used to visualize flux distributions at the sample surface. A series of magneto-optical images was taken when the samples were zero-field cooled and field cooled. The flux behavior, including penetration into and expelling from the samples, as well as pinning properties were studied. When external fields increase, …


Anisotropic And Excellent Magnetocaloric Properties Of La 0.7ca0.3mno3 Single Crystal With Anomalous Magnetization, J.C Debnath, Rong Zeng, Jung Ho Kim, Dapeng Chen, S X. Dou Jun 2013

Anisotropic And Excellent Magnetocaloric Properties Of La 0.7ca0.3mno3 Single Crystal With Anomalous Magnetization, J.C Debnath, Rong Zeng, Jung Ho Kim, Dapeng Chen, S X. Dou

Shi Xue Dou

Magnetic properties and the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) have been investigated in La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 single crystal with applied field along both the ab-plane and the c-direction. Due to the magnetocrystalline anisotropy, the crystal exhibits anisotropy in the MCE. Upon application of a 5 T field, the magnetic entropy changes (SM), reaching values of 7.668 J/(kg K) and 6.412 J/(kg K) for both the ab-plane and the c-direction, respectively. A magnetic entropy change of 3.3 J/(kg K) was achieved for a magnetic field change of 1.5 T at the Curie temperature, TC = 245 K. Due to the absence of grains in the …


Lanthanum Doped Multiferroic Dyfeo3: Structural And Magnetic Properties, Yi Du, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou Jun 2013

Lanthanum Doped Multiferroic Dyfeo3: Structural And Magnetic Properties, Yi Du, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou

Shi Xue Dou

Lanthanum doped multiferroic DyFeO3 was synthesized by solid state reaction. X-ray diffraction and refinement show that the lattice parameters of Dy1−xLaxFeO3 increase linearly with the La content. Raman spectroscopy reveals that the short-range force constant in Dy1−xLaxFeO3 is decreased by La3+ ion substitution. The spin reorientation phase transition temperature (TSRPT) is observed to decrease along with the doping level. The antiferromagnetic ordering temperature TN of Fe3+ ions is depressed with increasing doping level. Both decreasing TSRPT and decreasing TN indicate that Fe–Dy and Fe–Fe interactions are weakened by La substitution. It is found that the electron configuration of Fe3+ is …


The Control Of Time-Dependent Buckling Patterns In Thin Confined Elastomer Film, Brad Winton, Mihail Ionescu, S X. Dou Jun 2013

The Control Of Time-Dependent Buckling Patterns In Thin Confined Elastomer Film, Brad Winton, Mihail Ionescu, S X. Dou

Shi Xue Dou

Low energy metal ion implantation has been used to combine an easy “bottom-up” way of creating and tuning different topographic structures on submicron to micrometer scales with the embedding of a metallic element-rich functionalized layer at the surface for a variety of scientific and technological applications. The self-organizing and complex patterns of functionalized topographic structures are highly dependent on the implanted metal ion species, variations in the geometric confinement of the buckled areas on the larger unmodified elastomer film, and the boundary conditions of the buckled regions. Systematic investigations of these dependencies have been carried out via optical and atomic …


In-Field Jc Improvement By Oxygen-Free Pyrene Gas Diffusion Into Highly Dense Mgb2 Superconductor, Minoru Maeda, Jung Ho Kim, Y Zhao, Yoon-Uk Heo, K Takase, Y Kubota, C Moriyoshi, F Yoshida, Y Kuroiwa, S X. Dou Jun 2013

In-Field Jc Improvement By Oxygen-Free Pyrene Gas Diffusion Into Highly Dense Mgb2 Superconductor, Minoru Maeda, Jung Ho Kim, Y Zhao, Yoon-Uk Heo, K Takase, Y Kubota, C Moriyoshi, F Yoshida, Y Kuroiwa, S X. Dou

Shi Xue Dou

Oxygen-free pyrene gas as a carbon (C) dopant was delinked and incorporated into highly dense MgB2 structure via a gas phase diffusion method. The technique offers the advantages that molecular C is homogeneously distributed into MgB2 and substituted at the boron sites without any severe deterioration of grain connectivity. The C substitution causes a significant shrinkage of the a-lattice parameter and an increase in the lattice strain, resulting in high disorder. The introduction of structural disorder as a result of C doping leads to a considerable enhancement of the in-field critical current density (Jc) and upper critical field.


Correlation Between Structural Parameters And The Magnetocaloric Effect In Epitaxial La0.8ca0.2mno3/Laalo3 Thin Film, J C. Debnath, J H. Kim, Y Heo, A M. Strydom, S X. Dou Jun 2013

Correlation Between Structural Parameters And The Magnetocaloric Effect In Epitaxial La0.8ca0.2mno3/Laalo3 Thin Film, J C. Debnath, J H. Kim, Y Heo, A M. Strydom, S X. Dou

Shi Xue Dou

An epitaxial La0.8Ca0.2MnO3/LaAlO 3 (LCMO/LAO) thin film was fabricated using the pulsed laser deposition technique to evaluate the correlation between the crystal structure and the magnetocaloric effect. In our study, the LCMO film was 200 nm in thickness and appeared to have a strong out-of plane texture. We found that each column in the LCMO thin film layer is a domain which has a different ordering direction. These microscopic feature results in anisotropic properties of magnetization, entropy, and relative cooling power. The film exhibited a paramagnetic-to-ferromagnetic second order phase transition at 249 K. The lack of any hysteresis loss also …


The Mechanical And The Electrical Properties Of Conducting Polypyrrole Fibers, Javad Foroughi, Shaban R. Ghorbani, Germanas Peleckis, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Gordon G. Wallace, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou Jun 2013

The Mechanical And The Electrical Properties Of Conducting Polypyrrole Fibers, Javad Foroughi, Shaban R. Ghorbani, Germanas Peleckis, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Gordon G. Wallace, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou

Shi Xue Dou

The mechanical and the electrical properties of polypyrrole (PPy) fibers and electrochemically deposited PPy films were studied. It was found that the PPy fibers showed a significantly higher strength than the PPy films due to better orientation of the molecular structure. The electrochemically prepared PPy films had a higher electrical conductivity than that of the fibers at high temperature. At low temperature, the PPy fibers showed the higher conductivity. The conductivity results were analyzed in the frame of the three-dimensional variable range hopping model. The results showed that at room temperature the average hopping distance for the fibers was about …


Comparison Of Small-Field Behaviour In Mgb2, Low And High Temperature Superconductors, Alexey V. Pan, S X. Dou Jun 2013

Comparison Of Small-Field Behaviour In Mgb2, Low And High Temperature Superconductors, Alexey V. Pan, S X. Dou

Shi Xue Dou

Different types of superconductors have been investigated at small magnetic fields (Ba) over wide temperature (T) ranges at different Ba orientations. It has been shown that the temperature dependence of the characteristic field (B*), separating the Ba-independent critical current density (Jc) plateau (single vortex pinning regime) and the region with Jc(Ba) (collective pinning), can be attributed either to the temperature dependence of the magnetic penetration depth for Nb-film and MgB2bulk superconductors, or to thermally activated processes for Bi-based superconductors and YBa2Cu3O7−δ superconducting films. In both cases the vortex pinning influence appears to have a secondary role, affecting the effective vortex …


Contextual Effects In Modeling For Small Domain Estimation, Mohammad-Reza Namazi-Rad, David G. Steel Dec 2012

Contextual Effects In Modeling For Small Domain Estimation, Mohammad-Reza Namazi-Rad, David G. Steel

Professor David Steel

Many different Small Area Estimation (SAE) methods have been proposed to overcome the challenge of findingreliable estimates for small domains. Often, the required data for various research purposes are available at differentlevels of aggregation. Based on the available data, individual-level or aggregated-level models are used in SAE.However, parameter estimates obtained from individual and aggregated level analysis may be different, in practice.This may happen due to some substantial contextual or area-level effects in the covariates which may be misspecifiedin individual-level analysis. If small area models are going to be interpretable in practice, possible contextualeffects should be included. Ignoring these effects leads …