Thermoplastics under voltages are used in diverse applications ranging from insulating cables to organic capacitors. Electromechanical instabilities have been proposed as a mechanism that causes electrical breakdown of thermoplastics. However, existing experiments cannot provide direct observations of the instability process, and existing theories for the instabilities generally assume thermopl...

We investigate the nonstationary equations of the semiconductor device theory consisting of a Poisson equation for the electric potential ¡p ai,d of two highly nonlinear continuity equations for carrier densities « and p. We use simplicial elements with linear polynomials and four-node two-dimensional and eight-node three-dimensional isoparametric elements. There are constructed finite element ...

Force-free magnetic fields, i.e. fields that are either parallel or antiparallel to the electric current, occur in the solar chromosphere and also have been used in certain magnetic confinement schemes in controlled thermonuclear fusion research. In this paper, we derive a general expression for force-free fields that decay resistively and are spatially periodic. The general expression that is ...

Non–universality in the soft breaking terms is a common feature in most superstring inspired SUSY models. This property is required to obtain sizeable CP violation effects from SUSY and, on the other hand, can be used to avoid the Electric Dipole Moment constraints. We take advantage of these qualities and explore a class of SUSY models based on type I string theory where scalar masses, gaugino...

Deformability is an effective property that can be used in the separation of colloidal particles and cells. In this study, a microfluidic device is proposed and tested numerically for the sorting of deformable particles of various degrees. The separation process is numerically investigated by a direct numerical simulation of the fluid–particle–electric field interactions with an arbitrary Lagra...

[1] We show that the two‐point cross‐correlation of self‐ potential field recordings is equal to the electric resistivity between the two points. This holds under the condition that spatially and temporally uncorrelated noise sources exist throughout the volume. These sources should have a known amplitude spectrum and their correlated strengths should be proportional to the dissipative medium p...

A theory of integer quantum Hall effect(QHE) in realistic systems based on von Neu-mann lattice is presented. We show that the momentum representation is quite useful and that the quantum Hall regime(QHR), which is defined by the propagator in the momentum representation, is realized. In QHR, the Hall conductance is given by a topological invariant of the momentum space and is quantized exactly...

The perfect lens property of a dispersive and lossy lefthanded metamaterial disk is exploited to superimpose a source of electromagnetic radiation onto its mirror image, formed as a result of reflection from a perfect electric conductor or a perfect magnetic conductor. The superposition of a vertical wire-dipole antenna with its perfect electric conductor image results in an increase of the rad...

A new energy paradigm, consisting of greater reliance on renewable energy sources and increased concern for energy efficiency in the total energy lifecycle, has accelerated research into energy-related technologies. Due to their ubiquity, magnetic materials play an important role in improving the efficiency and performance of devices in electric power generation, conditioning, conversion, trans...