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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017

Ternary Bismuthide SrPtBi2: Computation and Experiment in Synergism to Explore Solid-State Materials

Xin Gui, Xin Zhao, Zuzanna Sobczak +4

A combination of theoretical calculation and the experimental synthesis to explore the new ternary compound is demonstrated in the Sr-Pt-Bi system. Since Pt-Bi is considered as a n…

cond-mat.stat-mech2017★ 6 cited

A self-contained algorithm for determination of solid-liquid equilibria in an alloy system

Lin Yang, Yang Sun, Zhuo Ye +4

We describe a self-contained procedure to evaluate the free energy of liquid and solid phases of an alloy system. The free energy of a single-element solid phase is calculated with…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 39 cited

FeRh groundstate and martensitic transformation

Nikolai A. Zarkevich, Duane D. Johnson

Cubic B2 FeRh exhibits a metamagnetic transition [(111) antiferromagnet (AFM) to ferromagnet (FM)] around 353 K and remains structurally stable at higher temperatures. However, the…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 74 cited

Ta-Nb-Mo-W refractory high-entropy alloys: anomalous ordering behavior and its intriguing electronic origin

Prashant Singh, A. V. Smirnov, Duane D. Johnson

From electronic-structure-based thermodynamic linear-response, we establish chemical ordering behavior in complex solid solutions versus how Gibbs' space is traversed -- applying i…

hep-lat2017★ 9 cited

Complex Langevin Simulations of QCD at Finite Density -- Progress Report

D. K. Sinclair, J. B. Kogut

We simulate lattice QCD at finite quark-number chemical potential to study nuclear matter, using the complex Langevin equation (CLE). The CLE is used because the fermion determinan…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 62 cited

Elastic and electronic tuning of magnetoresistance in MoTe

Junjie Yang, Jonathan Colen, Jun Liu +3

Quasi-two dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) exhibit dramatic properties that may transform electronic and photonic devices. We report on how the anomalously large…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 85 cited

Design of high-strength refractory complex solid-solution alloys

Prashant Singh, Aayush Sharma, Andrei V. Smirnov +4

Nickel-based superalloys and near-equiatomic high-entropy alloys containing Molybdenum are known for higher temperature strength and corrosion resistance. Yet, complex solid-soluti…

cond-mat.supr-con2017★ 12 cited

Whether it is possible to stabilize the 1144-phase pnictides with tri-valence cations?

B. Q. Song, Manh Cuong Nguyen, C. Z. Wang +2

The 1144 iron arsenide (e.g. CaKFe4As4) has recently been discovered and inspired a tide of search for superconductors. Such far, the discovered compounds are confined to iron arse…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 70 cited

Overcoming the time limitation in Molecular Dynamics simulation of crystal nucleation: a persistent-embryo approach

Yang Sun, Huajing Song, Feng Zhang +5

The crystal nucleation from liquid in most cases is too rare to be accessed within the limited timescales of the conventional molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. Here, we developed…

cond-mat.supr-con2017★ 36 cited

Effective One-Dimensional Coupling in the Highly-Frustrated Square-Lattice Itinerant Magnet CaCoAs

A. Sapkota, B. G. Ueland, V. K. Anand +8

Inelastic neutron scattering measurements on the itinerant antiferromagnet (AFM) CaCoAs at a temperature of 8 K reveal two orthogonal planes of scattering pe…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 36 cited

Magnetocrystalline anisotropy in YCo5 and LaCo5: A choice of correlation parameters and the relativistic effects

Manh Cuong Nguyen, Yongxin Yao, Cai-Zhuang Wang +2

The dependence of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy (MAE) of MCo5 (M = Y, La) on the Coulomb correlations and strength of spin orbit (SO) interaction within the GGA + U sche…

cond-mat.str-el2017★ 12 cited

NMR studies of the incommensurate helical antiferromagnet EuCo2P2 : determination of the antiferromagnetic propagation vector

Nonoka Higa, Qing-Ping Ding, Mamoru Yogi +6

Recently Ding et al. [Phys. Rev. B 95, 184404 (2017)] reported that their nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) study on EuCoAs successfully characterized the antiferromagnetic…

physics.geo-ph2017★ 3 cited

Anthropogenic influences on groundwater in the vicinity of a long-lived radioactive waste repository

Matthew A. Thomas, Kristopher L. Kuhlman, Anderson L. Ward

The groundwater flow system in the Culebra Dolomite Member (Culebra) of the Permian Rustler Formation is a potential radionuclide release pathway from the Waste Isolation Pilot Pla…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 14 cited

Better band gaps for wide-gap semiconductors from a locally corrected exchange-correlation potential that nearly eliminates self-interaction errors

Prashant Singh, Manoj K. Harbola, Duane D. Johnson

This work constitutes a comprehensive and improved account of electronic-structure and mechanical properties of silicon-nitride (Si3N4) polymorphs via van Leeuwen and Baerends (LB)…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 28 cited

Phonon-Induced Topological Transition to a Type-II Weyl Semimetal

Lin-Lin Wang, Na Hyun Jo, Yun Wu +4

Given the importance of crystal symmetry for the emergence of topological quantum states, we have studied, as exemplified in NbNiTe2, the interplay of crystal symmetry, atomic disp…

econ.GN2017★ 80 cited

How well do experience curves predict technological progress? A method for making distributional forecasts

François Lafond, Aimee Gotway Bailey, Jan David Bakker +4

Experience curves are widely used to predict the cost benefits of increasing the deployment of a technology. But how good are such forecasts? Can one predict their accuracy a prior…

physics.flu-dyn2017

Transport of platelets induced by red blood cells based on mixture theory

Wei-Tao Wu, Nadine Aubry, James F. Antaki +1

Thrombosis is a common complication following the surgical implantation of blood contacting devices, and is strongly influenced by the phenomenon of near-wall enrichment of platele…

physics.flu-dyn2017★ 13 cited

Normal stress effects in the gravity driven flow of granular materials

Wei-Tao Wu, Nadine Aubry, James F. Antaki +1

In this paper, we study the fully developed gravity-driven flow of granular materials between two inclined planes. We assume that the granular materials can be represented by a mod…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 26 cited

Reliable thermodynamic estimators for screening multicaloric materials

Nikolai A. Zarkevich, Duane D. Johnson

Reversible, diffusionless, first-order solid-solid phase transitions accompanied by caloric effects are critical for applications in the solid-state cooling and heat-pumping device…