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Thermal expansion of double walled carbon nanotubes
No full textThe special properties of carbon nanotubes (NTs) have inspired researchers in many technological applications. Examples of macroscopic products that contain or are made of CNTs are tennis rackets, baseball bats, bicycle frames, ligthweiht wind turbine blades and boat hulls. In order to get more knowledge about the behavior of these products and materials, either to develop new applications or improve the actual ones, it is important to investigate the physical properties of individual CNTs in diverse situations. In this work, using tools of molecular dynamics simulations, we present three results for the coefficient of thermal expansion of the Double Walled CNTs (DWCNTs) (5.5)@(10,10) with and without defects. The types of defects considered here are carbon atoms at interstitial sites and sp connections between the walls of the (5,5)@(10,10) DWCNT. Our methods are, first, validate by the calculation of the coefficient of thermal expansion of the Single Walled CNT (SWCNT) (10,10) and the camparison of the result with that from the literature. We show that the coefficient of thermal expansion of the (5,5)@(10,10) DWCNT. This result is discussed in terms of the coefficient of thermal expansion of the diamondAs propriedades especiais dos nanotubos de carbono (CNTs) inspiraram pesquisadores em diversas aplicações tecnológicas. Diversos produtos macroscópicos que são feitos ou contém nanotubos de carbono já existem como raquetes de tênis, tacos de beisebol, quadros de bicicletas, pás de turbinas eólicas e cascos de embarcações. A fim de de obter mais conhecimento sobre o comportamento desses produtos e materiais, seja para o desenvolvimento de novas aplicações ou melhorar as já existentes, é importante continuar investigação das propriedades físicas individuais dos nanotubos de carbono. Neste trabalho, utilizando ferramentas de simulação de dinâmica molecular, apresentamos os resultados para o coeficiente de expansão térmica de três nanotubos de carbono de duas camadas (DWCNTs Double Walled (CNTs) (5,5)@(10,10), sem e com defeitos. Os defeitos considerados nesse estudo são de dois tipos: átomos de carbono intersticial e ligações do tipo sp entre as camadas. Validamos nossos métodos calculando o coeficiente de expansão térmica do nanotubo de carbono de uma camada (SWCNT Single Walled CNT) (10,10) e comparando os resultados com os presentes na literatura. Nós mostramos que os defeitos reduzem, em módulo, o coeficiente de expansão térmica do (5,5)@(10,10) DWCNT. Discutimos esse resultado em comparação com o valor do coeficiente de expansão térmica do diamant
Conformações tridimensionais de filamentos elásticos : aplicações à molécula de DNA
Get PDFOrientador: Marcus Aloizio Martinez de AguiarTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Fisica Gleb WataghinResumo: Apresentamos o chamado Modelo de Kirchhoff, que permite o estudo do comportamento elástico de cordas e filamentos. Aplicações deste modelo vão da Engenharia a Biologia Estrutural. Neste trabalho aplicamos o modelo no estudo de conformações espaciais, ou estruturas tridimensionais, da molécula de DNA considerando-a como um filamento elástico não-homogêneo. Primeiramente, consideramos não-homogeneidades na distribuição de massa ao longo de anéis planares torcidos em meios viscosos. Nós mostramos que a dinâmica perto do equilíbrio é afetada pela distribuição de massa, mesmo em meios bem viscosos. Consideramos, também, não-homogeneidades nos módulos de Young e de cisalhamento variando ao longo da molécula. Mostramos que, neste caso, as equações de Kirchhoff estacionárias, ou de equilíbrio, não são mais integráveis fazendo com que o sistema apresente comportamento caótico espacial. Comparamos os resultados com aqueles obtidos com cordas homogêneas. Finalmente, apresentamos um método novo para a resolução do problema de condições de contorno, presente em muitas situações biológicas, onde as posições das extremidades da corda são escolhidas e mantidas fixas. Utilizamos os parâmetros da molécula do DNA em todas as aplicações, comentando a relevância deste estudo na compreensão do comportamento elástico desta moléculaAbstract: We study the so called Kirchhoff rod model. It permits the study of the behavior of elastic thin rods and has large applications ranging from Engineering to Structural Biology. We apply the model to study the tridimensional structures of the DNA molecule considering it as a non-homogeneous elastic filament. The first non-homogeneity considered is the distribution of the mass along a twisted closed rod, namely, the twisted planar ring. We show that, even when imersed in a viscous medium, the dynamics of the unstable planar ring depends on its mass distribution. The second non-homogeneity considered is in the Young's and shear modulus. We show that these non-homogeneities produce spatial complex equilibrium solutions of the static Kirchhoff equations and we compare them with the solutions of the homogeneous case. Finally, we develop a method to solve the boundary value problem, commom in many biological situations. This method alow us to find equilibrium solutions for given positions of both ends of the rodDoutoradoFísicaDoutor em Ciência
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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