We develop and solve a continuum theory for the piezoelectric response of nanotubes under applied uniaxial and torsional stresses. We find that the piezoelectric response is controlled by the chiral angle, the aspect ratio, and two dimensionless parameters specifying the ratio of the strengths of the electrostatic and elastic energies. The model is solved in two limiting cases and the solutions...

One of the signs of the cerebellar ocular motor syndrome is the inability to maintain horizontal and vertical fixation. Typically, in the presence of cerebellar atrophy, the eyes show horizontal gaze-evoked and vertical downbeat nystagmus. We investigated whether or not the cerebellar ocular motor syndrome also includes a torsional drift and, specifically, if it is independent from the drift in...

Purpose: To compare the efficacy and phacoemulsification parameters of torsional mode versus the combined torsional and longitudinal ultrasound mode in hard cataract of Egyptian patients. Methods: This randomized comparative study evaluated eyes 1, 7, and 30 days after phacoemulsification with an Infiniti Vision System using the torsional mode versus the combined torsional (100%) and longitudin...

AIM To compare the intraoperative performance and postoperative outcome after microcoaxial torsional phacoemulsification using either a Kelman or balanced phaco tip. METHODS Cataracts were treated using 2.2 mm microcoaxial torsional phacoemulsification using either a 45-degree mini-flared Kelman(®) or a 45-degree Intrepid(®) Balanced phaco tip. Intraoperative measurements included total ultra...

Single-molecule study of phenylenevinylene oligomers revealed distinct spectral forms due to different conjugation lengths which are determined by torsional defects. Large spectral jumps between different spectral forms were ascribed to torsional flips of a single phenylene ring. These spectral changes reflect the dynamic nature of electron delocalization in oligophenylenevinylenes and enable e...

This paper deals with the Saint-Venant’s torsion of thin-walled isotropic nonhomogeneous open elliptical cross section whose shear modulus depends on one curvilinear coordinates which define cross-sectional area beam. The approximate solution problem is obtained by variational method. usual simplification assumptions are used to solve uniform bars cross-sections. An example illustrates applicat...

The article shows the effect of torsional rigidity of beam elements onto spatial work of bridges, floorings and other plate-ribbed systems It is shown that, in determining the torsional rigidity using existing methods it is necessary to have spatial spiral cracks, but torsional rigidity when normal cracks is not researched. A method is described for determining the torsional rigidity of reinfor...

Torsional nystagmus was noted in a patient with hypothalamic hamartoma. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an exophytic hypothalamic mass extending into the pre-pontine cistern and abutting ventral mesencephalon. The quickphase of the torsional nystagmus was directed towards the left side, ipsilateral to the side of compression by the hamartoma. Ipsi-lesionally directed pure torsional nystagmu...