We present a novel laser-based ion acceleration scheme, where a petawatt circularly polarized laser pulse is shot on an ultra-thin (nano-scale) double-layer target. Our scheme allows the production of high-quality light ion beams with both energy and angular dispersion controllable by the target properties. We show that extraction of all electrons from the target by radiation pressure can lead ...

The restoration of strength and stiffness of damaged reinforced concrete beams with deficient reinforcements, through retrofitting, was experimentally and numerically studied. Retrofitting is carried out by wrapping glass fiber strips using cement-based composite binders. Six beams of size 1500mm (length) x100mm (width) x 150mm (depth) have been tested in four-point bending. Three beams are use...

Introduction As a new class of an ultra-high capacity anode material for Li-ion batteries, nano-Si/carbon composites have a considerable potential [1, 2]. In such composites, nano-Si can store lithium faster than bulk Si, and the carbon matrix serves nano-Si with an electrical path to compensate the poor electrical conductivity of Si. Though Si has an extremely high theoretical capacitance up t...

some issues; leakage, tunneling currents, boron diffusion are threatening sio2 to be used as a good gate dielectric for the future of the cmos (complementary metal- oxide- semiconductor) transistors. for finding an alternative and novel gate dielectric, the nio (nickel oxide) and pva (polyvinyl alcohol) nano powders were synthesized with the sol-gel method and their nano structural properties w...

objective(s): in this study we evaluate the impact of the different aspects of gold nano-particles (gnps) on the target absorptive dose enhancement factor (def) during external targeted radiotherapy with photon beams ranging from kilovolt to megavolt energies using monte carlo simulation. methods: we have simulated the interaction of photon beams with various energies of radiation using water s...

Antimicrobial active films based on poly (lactic acid) (PLA) were prepared with nano-silver (nano-Ag) and nano-zinc oxide (nano-ZnO) using a solvent volatilizing method. The films were characterized for mechanical, structural, thermal, physical and antimicrobial properties. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images characterized the fracture morphology of the films with different contents of na...

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Bending, buckling and vibration behaviors of nonlocal Timoshenko beams are investigated in this research using a variational approach. At first, the governing equations of the nonlocal Timoshenko beams are obtained, and then the weak form of these equations is outlined in this paper. The Ritz technique is selected to investigate the behavior of nonlocal beams with arbitrary boundary conditions ...