Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Physical Sciences and Mathematics Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 1 - 7 of 7

Full-Text Articles in Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Large Entropy Change Accompanying Two Successive Magnetic Phase Transitions In Tbmn2si2 For Magnetic Refrigeration, Guoxing Li, Jianli Wang, Zhenxiang Cheng, Qing Yon Ren, Chunsheng Fang, S X. Dou Jan 2015

Large Entropy Change Accompanying Two Successive Magnetic Phase Transitions In Tbmn2si2 For Magnetic Refrigeration, Guoxing Li, Jianli Wang, Zhenxiang Cheng, Qing Yon Ren, Chunsheng Fang, S X. Dou

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

Structural and magnetic properties in TbMn2Si2 are studied by variable temperature X-ray diffraction, magnetization, electrical resistivity, and heat capacity measurements. TbMn2Si2 undergoes two successive magnetic transitions at around Tc1 = 50 K and Tc2 = 64 K. Tc1 remains almost constant with increasing magnetic field, but Tc2 shifts significantly to higher temperature. Thus, there are two partially overlapping peaks in the temperature dependence of magnetic entropy change, i.e., −ΔSM (T). The different responses of Tc1 and Tc2 to external magnetic field, and the overlapping of −ΔSM …


Probe Current Determination In Analytical Tem/Stem And Its Application To The Characterization Of Large Area Eds Detectors, David R. G Mitchell, Mitchell John Bromley Nancarrow Jan 2015

Probe Current Determination In Analytical Tem/Stem And Its Application To The Characterization Of Large Area Eds Detectors, David R. G Mitchell, Mitchell John Bromley Nancarrow

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

A simple procedure, which enables accurate measurement of transmission electron microscopy (TEM)/STEM probe currents using an energy loss spectrometer drift tube is described. The currents obtained are compared with those measured on the fluorescent screen to enable the losses due to secondary and backscattered electrons to be determined. The current values obtained from the drift tube allow the correction of fluorescent screen current densities to yield true current. They also enable CCD conversion efficiencies to be obtained, which in turn allows images to be calibrated in terms of electron fluence. Using probes of known current in conjunction with a NiO …


A Facile Approach For Fabrication Of Mechanically Strong Graphene/Polypyrrole Films With Large Areal Capacitance For Supercapacitor Applications, Yu Ge, Caiyun Wang, Kewei Shu, Chen Zhao, Xiaoteng Jia, Sanjeev Gambhir, Gordon G. Wallace Jan 2015

A Facile Approach For Fabrication Of Mechanically Strong Graphene/Polypyrrole Films With Large Areal Capacitance For Supercapacitor Applications, Yu Ge, Caiyun Wang, Kewei Shu, Chen Zhao, Xiaoteng Jia, Sanjeev Gambhir, Gordon G. Wallace

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

Substantial progress has been made in free-standing flexible graphene-based films for flexible supercapacitors. However, there are limited reports on the areal capacitance of these electrodes, which is an important parameter for practical applications, especially in miniaturized electronic devices. Herein we report the facile fabrication of robust flexible graphene/polypyrrole nanoparticle films. PPy NPs act as the "spacer" between graphene layers creating hierarchical structures. This free-standing film shows excellent mechanical properties with a fracture strength of 16.89 MPa and Young's modulus of 11.77 MPa. The resulting film electrode delivers a large areal specific capacitance of 216 mF cm−2, which is higher or …


High-Performance Flexible All-Solid-State Supercapacitor From Large Free-Standing Graphene-Pedot/Pss Films, Yuqing Liu, Bo Weng, Joselito M. Razal, Qun Xu, Chen Zhao, Yuyang Hou, Shayan Seyedin, Rouhollah Jalili, Gordon G. Wallace, Jun Chen Jan 2015

High-Performance Flexible All-Solid-State Supercapacitor From Large Free-Standing Graphene-Pedot/Pss Films, Yuqing Liu, Bo Weng, Joselito M. Razal, Qun Xu, Chen Zhao, Yuyang Hou, Shayan Seyedin, Rouhollah Jalili, Gordon G. Wallace, Jun Chen

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

Although great attention has been paid to wearable electronic devices in recent years, flexible lightweight batteries or supercapacitors with high performance are still not readily available due to the limitations of the flexible electrode inventory. In this work, highly flexible, bendable and conductive rGO-PEDOT/PSS films were prepared using a simple bar-coating method. The assembled device using rGO-PEDOT/PSS electrode could be bent and rolled up without any decrease in electrochemical performance. A relatively high areal capacitance of 448 mF cm-2 was achieved at a scan rate of 10 mV s-1 using the composite electrode with a high mass loading (8.49 mg …


A Stochastic And Flexible Activity Based Model For Large Population Application To Belgium, Johan Barthelemy, Philippe L. Toint Jan 2015

A Stochastic And Flexible Activity Based Model For Large Population Application To Belgium, Johan Barthelemy, Philippe L. Toint

SMART Infrastructure Facility - Papers

The VirtualBelgium project aims at developing an understanding of the evolution of the Belgian population using agent-based simulations and considering various aspects of this evolution such as demographics, residential choices, activity patterns, mobility, etc. This simulation is based on a validated synthetic population consisting of approximately 10,000,000 individuals and 4,350,000 households located in the 589 municipalities of Belgium. The work presented in this paper focuses only on the mobility behaviour of such large populations and this is simulated using an activity-based approach in which the travel demand is derived from the activities performed by the individuals. The proposed model is …


Synthesis Of Large And Few Atomic Layers Of Hexagonal Boron Nitride On Melted Copper, Majharu Haque Khan, Zhenguo Huang, Feng Xiao, Gilberto Casillas, Zhixin Chen, Paul Molino, Hua-Kun Liu Jan 2015

Synthesis Of Large And Few Atomic Layers Of Hexagonal Boron Nitride On Melted Copper, Majharu Haque Khan, Zhenguo Huang, Feng Xiao, Gilberto Casillas, Zhixin Chen, Paul Molino, Hua-Kun Liu

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

Hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets (h-BNNS) have been proposed as an ideal substrate for graphene-based electronic devices, but the synthesis of large and homogeneous h-BNNS is still challenging. In this contribution, we report a facile synthesis of few-layer h-BNNS on melted copper via an atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition process. Comparative studies confirm the advantage of using melted copper over solid copper as a catalyst substrate. The former leads to the formation of single crystalline h-BNNS that is several microns in size and mostly in mono- and bi-layer forms, in contrast to the polycrystalline and mixed multiple layers (1-10) yielded by …


Large-Scale Synthesis Of Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Fiber And Its Application As Cathode Material For Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Hongqiang Wang, Chaofeng Zhang, Zhixin Chen, Hua-Kun Liu, Zaiping Guo Jan 2015

Large-Scale Synthesis Of Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Fiber And Its Application As Cathode Material For Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Hongqiang Wang, Chaofeng Zhang, Zhixin Chen, Hua-Kun Liu, Zaiping Guo

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

A novel type of one-dimensional ordered mesoporous carbon fiber has been prepared via the electrospinning technique by using resol as the carbon source and triblock copolymer Pluronic F127 as the template. Sulfur is then encapsulated in this ordered mesoporous carbon fibers by a simple thermal treatment. The interwoven fibrous nanostructure has favorably mechanical stability and can provide an effective conductive network for sulfur and polysulfides during cycling. The ordered mesopores can also restrain the diffusion of long-chain polysulfides. The resulting ordered mesoporous carbon fiber sulfur (OMCF-S) composite with 63% S exhibits high reversible capacity, good capacity retention and enhanced rate …