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Hi-Fidelity Simulation Of The Self-Assembly And Dynamics Of Colloids And Polymeric Solutions With Long Range Interactions, Mahdy Malekzadeh Moghani Dec 2014

Hi-Fidelity Simulation Of The Self-Assembly And Dynamics Of Colloids And Polymeric Solutions With Long Range Interactions, Mahdy Malekzadeh Moghani

Doctoral Dissertations

Modeling the equilibrium properties and dynamic response of the colloidal and polymeric solutions provides valuable insight into numerous biological and industrial processes and facilitates development of novel technologies. To this end, the centerpiece of this research is to incorporate the long range electrostatic or hydrodynamic interactions via computationally efficient algorithms and to investigate the effect of these interactions on the self-assembly of colloidal particles and dynamic properties of polymeric solutions. Specifically, self-assembly of a new class of materials, namely bipolar Janus nano-particles, is investigated via molecular dynamic simulation in order to establish the relationship between individual particle characteristics, such as …


Wave Function For Harmonically Confined Electrons In Time-Dependent Electric And Magnetostatic Fields, Hong-Ming Zhu, Jin-Wang Chen, Xiao-Yin Pan, Viraht Sahni Jan 2014

Wave Function For Harmonically Confined Electrons In Time-Dependent Electric And Magnetostatic Fields, Hong-Ming Zhu, Jin-Wang Chen, Xiao-Yin Pan, Viraht Sahni

Publications and Research

We derive via the interaction “representation” the many-body wave function for harmonically confined electrons in the presence of a magnetostatic field and perturbed by a spatially homogeneous time-dependent electric field—the Generalized Kohn Theorem (GKT) wave function. In the absence of the harmonic confinement – the uniform electron gas – the GKT wave function reduces to the Kohn Theorem wave function. Without the magnetostatic field, the GKTwave function is the Harmonic Potential Theorem wave function. We further prove the validity of the connection between the GKT wave function derived and the system in an accelerated frame of reference. Finally, we provide …


A Numerical Assessment Of Cosmic-Ray Energy Diffusion Through Turbulent Media, M. Fatuzzo, F. Melia Jan 2014

A Numerical Assessment Of Cosmic-Ray Energy Diffusion Through Turbulent Media, M. Fatuzzo, F. Melia

Faculty Scholarship

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Effects Of Turbulence On Cosmic Ray Propagation In Protostars And Young Stars, M. Fatuzzo, F. C. Adams Jan 2014

Effects Of Turbulence On Cosmic Ray Propagation In Protostars And Young Stars, M. Fatuzzo, F. C. Adams

Faculty Scholarship

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Quantumness And Coherence In Photosynthesis, Brian Doolittle Jan 2014

Quantumness And Coherence In Photosynthesis, Brian Doolittle

Honors Theses

Long-lived oscillations lasting up to 1800 fs have been observed in the Fenna--Mathews--Olsen (FMO) Pigment-Protein complex. It is unclear if the oscillations are quantum or classical in origin. Quantized intra-pigment normal modes are responsible for these long-lived oscillations. In this thesis we simulate a bacteriachlorophyll dimer in the FMO Complex at physiological conditions. Our model describes two electronically coupled pigments coupled to the vibrational protein environment. Our goal is to find system parameters that allow long-lived quantum coherences to exist in photosynthetic complexes. We calculate the time evolution of our system's density matrix using the numerically exact quantum adiabatic path …


Crystal Structure And Superconductivity Of Yba2cu3o7-X, Brent Allen Howe Jan 2014

Crystal Structure And Superconductivity Of Yba2cu3o7-X, Brent Allen Howe

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The crystal structure and superconducting properties of samples of YBa2Cu3O7-x with oxygen contents 0.21 ≤ x ≥ 0.67 were investigated. The crystal structure and magnetic properties change with oxygen content. All samples were found to have orthorhombic crystal structure. The lattice parameters a and c were observed to monotonically increase while b nearly monotonically decreases with decreasing oxygen content. The unit cell volume increases with decreasing oxygen content as well. The critical temperature, Tc, and the superconducting volume fraction of the samples decreased with decreasing oxygen content.