We investigate finite-size effects on the density-driven deconfinement phase transition in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) using a phase coexistence model of hadronic and quark–gluon plasma (QGP) phases in a finite size. The QGP is described via the MIT...
Azobenzene-containing molecules may associate with each other in systems such as self-assembled monolayers or micelles. The interaction between azobenzene units leads to a formation of exciton states in these molecular assemblies. Apart from local ex...
In this paper, we show that a simple anisotropic model of supercooled liquid properly reflects some density scaling properties observed for experimental data, contrary to many previous results obtained from isotropic models. We employ a well-known Ga...
The smoldering of pine needle fuel beds (PNBs) has been a common subject of research because of its importance in initiating the rekindling of forest floor fires. Experimental studies of the coupling effects of the bulk density and external heat supp...
Metropolitan planning and development of Australia’s cities for much of the past 75 years has been strongly influenced by what could be termed the “North American model” of low-density, car-dependent suburban development on greenfield master-planned...
We derive an infinite-series representation for the transition probability density function (PDF) of the time-inhomogeneous 3/2 model, expressing all coefficients in terms of Bell-polynomial and generalized Laguerre-polynomial formulas. From this ser...
Description of redox reactions is critically important for understanding and rational design of materials for electrochemical technologies, including metal-ion batteries, catalytic surfaces, or redox-flow cells. Most of these technologies utilize red...
Understanding how crystal structure influences electronic properties is crucial for discovering new functional materials. In this study, we utilized Kernel Principal Component Analysis (KPCA) to classify and analyze the Density of States (DOS) of tra...
Therapeutic elevation of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) is thought to minimize atherogenesis in subjects with dyslipidemia. However, this is not the case in clinical practice. The function of HDL is not determined by its concentration in the plasma b...
Using density functional theory, we study the influence of hydrostatic pressure on the crystal structure of lanthanide monoxides, focusing on the monoxides formed by the fifteen elements of the lanthanide series, from La to Lu. Calculations are perfo...
Transition metal silicides are promising materials for improved electronic devices, and this motivates achieving a better understanding of transition metal bonds to silicon. Here we model the ground and excited state bond dissociations of VSi, NbSi,...
The menopausal transition stage brings physiological changes associated with the development of metabolic syndrome (MetS), which can affect bone mineral density (BMD), and may be more evident in the postmenopausal stage. The aim of this study was ass...
This study investigates the utilisation of organometallic network frameworks composed of fourth-period transition metals and tetrahydroxyquinone (THQ) in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were employed in an...
Conjugated polymers are promising materials for various cutting-edge technologies, especially for organic conducting materials and in the energy field. In this work, we have synthesized a new conjugated polymer and investigated the effect of distance...
Osteoporosis in women is strongly influenced by menopause, a major physiological transition that reshapes bone metabolism. Although low bone mineral density (BMD) in premenopausal women and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women share the clinical outc...
The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is an attractive pathway for producing ammonia under ambient conditions. The development of efficient catalysts for nitrogen fixation in electrochemical NRRs has become increasingly important, but...
The squared Bessel process plays a central role in stochastic analysis, with broad applications in mathematical finance, physics, and probability theory. While explicit expressions for its transition probability density function (TPDF) under constant...
Nanothermites are widely applied as specific power sources for microscale initiators and pyrotechnics. Increasing the charge density enhances energy storage within a confined combustion chamber, but it also alters the reaction kinetics. To systemical...
Jobs–housing balance is a critical concern in urban planning and sustainable economic development. Urban rail transit, as a key determinant of employment and residential location decisions, plays a pivotal role in shaping jobs–housing dyn...
This study investigates changes in population density in 454 block groups within a one-mile buffer around rail transit stations (the study area) in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metropolitan area. The research uses three analysis approaches to explore...
Within density functional theory (DFT), where the density is the fundamental variable, quantum phase transitions (QPTs) can be formulated through a Hamiltonian
The critical temperature (
In this paper, a regression model between neutron star crust–core pressure and the symmetry energy characteristics was estimated using the Akaike information criterion and the adjusted coefficient of determination
The thermal restoration of chiral symmetry in QCD is known to proceed by an analytic crossover, which is widely expected to turn into a phase transition with a critical endpoint as the baryon density is increased. In the absence of a genuine solution...
Urban park green space (UPGS) accessibility within 15 min is widely used to characterize neighborhood-scale park provision, yet aggregated accessible park supply (APS) does not reveal its hierarchical composition or the additional supply gained as wa...
This study investigates the effects of considering the area and curvature terms with the volume term in the quarks and gluons density of states on the transition temperature at which the deconfinement phase transition occurs. The analysis begins with...
Interests in evaluating lifecycle energy use in urban transport have been growing as a research topic. Various studies have evaluated the relationship between the intracity transport energy use and population density and commonly identified its negat...
Oscillations in the probability density of quantum transitions of the eigenstates of a chaotic Hamiltonian within classically narrow energy ranges have been shown to depend on closed compound orbits. These are formed by a pair of orbit segments, one...
The areal density of hard disk drives increases every year. Increasing the areal density has limitations. Therefore, heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology has been the candidate for increasing the areal density. At ultrahigh areal densit...
The interest in self-healing, recyclable, and adaptable polymers is growing. This work addresses the reversibility of crosslink formation based on Diels-Alder reaction in copolymer networks containing furfuryl and maleimide groups, which represent th...
Crystallization temperature was tuned to control the crystal structure and relaxor behavior of Na0.5Bi5.5Ti4AlO18 films. This established a structure–property regulation pathway, enabling controlled transitions from ferroelectric, non-ergodic r...
Understanding the spatial distribution (SD) of unicellular organisms is crucial for comprehending population dynamics and adaptive strategies at the microbial scale. These behaviors include the formation of ordered structures through intercellular in...
The high-density-dependent phase change from solitary to gregarious individuals in locusts is a typical example of phenotypic plasticity. However, the underlying molecular mechanism is not clear. In this study, first, Oedaleus asiaticus were treated...
Periodic density functional calculations combined with the Hubbard model (DFT+U) have been performed for the archetype spin crossover complex Fe(phen) 2 (NCS)...
Currently, intercalation has become an effective way to modify the fundamental properties of two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials. Using density functional theory, we systematically investigated the structures and electronic and magneti...
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are recognized for their exceptional energy storage capabilities and electrochemical potential, stemming from their unique electronic structures and physicochemical properties. In this study, we focus on chromi...
Structure, phonon, and energy storage density in Sr2+-substituted lead-free ferroelectric Ba1−xSrxTiO3 (BSTx) for compositions x = 0.1, 0.3, and 0.7 were investigated using X-ray diffraction, Raman, and ferroelectric polarization measurements a...
The diet energy level plays a vital role in the energy balance of transition cows. We investigated the effects of high dietary energy density on body metabolism. Twenty multiparous Angus cows were randomly assigned to two treatment groups (10 cows/tr...
The transition zone between the Qinghai–Tibet and Loess Plateaus is an important ecological functional area and carbon (C) reservoir in China. Studying the main drivers of C density changes in forest ecosystems is crucial to enhance the C sink...
Crystalline transition-metal chalcogenides are the focus of solid state research. At the same time, very little is known about amorphous chalcogenides doped with transition metals. To close this gap, we have studied, using first principle simulations...
Periodic lattice distortion, known as the charge density wave, is generally attributed to electron–phonon coupling. This correlation is expected to induce a pseudogap at the Fermi level in order to gain the required energy for stable lattice di...
Density functional theory (DFT) is used extensively for the first-principles calculation of hyperfine coupling constants in both main-group and transition metal systems. As with many other properties, the performance of DFT for hyperfine coupling con...
This research investigated the relationship between volume energy density and the microstructure, density, and mechanical properties of the Ti-5Al-5Mo-3V-1Cr-1Fe alloy fabricated via the SLM process. The results indicate that an increase in volume en...
Impervious surface expansion is a defining manifestation of urbanization, but changes in total area alone cannot reveal how transitions in development density reshape landscape structure. Adopting an integrated area–density perspective, this st...
The effect of Co3O4 concentration on the phase composition, surface morphology, geometric density, estimated porosity, compressive strength, and resistive superconducting transition of YBa2Cu3O7−δ ceramics was comparatively investigated....
In the present work, we apply recently developed real-time descriptors to study the time evolution of plasmonic features of pentagonal Ag clusters. The method is based on the propagation of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation within a singly...
We review the current status of the research on effective nonlocal NJL-like chiral quark models with separable interactions, focusing on the application of this approach to the description of the properties of hadronic and quark matter under extreme...
Cell populations are often characterised by phenotypic heterogeneity in the form of two distinct subpopulations. We consider a model of tumour cells consisting of two subpopulations: non-cancer promoting (NCP) and cancer-promoting (CP). Under steady...
Graphene is attracting much attention in condensed matter physics and material science in the two-dimensional(2D) system due to its special structure, and mechanical and electronic properties. However, the lack of electronic bandgap and uncontrollabl...
Materials exhibiting charge density waves are attracting increasing attention owing to their complex physics and potential for applications. In this paper, we present a computational, first principles-based study of the Janus monolayer of 1T-TaSSe tr...
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