The tectorial membrane (TM) has a significantly larger stiffness in the radial direction than other directions, a prominent mechanical anisotropy that is believed to be critical for the proper functioning of the cochlea. To determine the molecular basis of this anisotropy, we measured material properties of TMs from mice with a targeted deletion of Col11a2, which encodes for collagen XI. In lig...

Magnetic nanodiscs are fabricated by depositing cobalt onto 10–30 nm diameter silicon nanopillars, which were prepatterned using gold colloids as etch masks. The magnetic anisotropy energy of individual nanodiscs is studied by measuring the angular dependence of switching field using the micro-SQUID technique. The Stoner–Wohlfarth model, describing the magnetization reversal by unifom rotation,...

Composites were fabricated by infiltration of molten Al–13Si–9Mg into porous SiC derived from wood. The composite microstructure retains the heterogeneous orthorhombic symmetry of the initial wood material. As compared to the uninfiltrated SiC preform, the composite shows much improved transverse compressive strength and stiffness, resulting in reduced anisotropy. 2006 Acta Materialia Inc. Publ...

− This paper describes the design and use of an open Fabry-Perot resonator to evaluate the degree of anisotropy of dielectric material samples at millimeterwaves. The proposed implementation not only allows identifying the orientation of the dielectric principal axes but also determining the complex permittivity values along these axes.

The anisotropic thermal conductivity of passivated black phosphorus (BP), a reactive two-dimensional material with strong in-plane anisotropy, is ascertained. The room-temperature thermal conductivity for three crystalline axes of exfoliated BP is measured by time-domain thermo-reflectance. The thermal conductivity along the zigzag direction is ≈2.5 times higher than that of the armchair direct...

Unique nanorods and nanobelts of Prussian blue (PB) analogue SmFe(CN)6.4H2O have been successfully synthesized by using reverse micelles as colloidal soft templates; magnetic studies show that the shape of the low-dimensional nanoscale material is a dominating factor for its coercivity due to the effect of shape anisotropy.

Rhenium disulfide (ReS2) is a semiconducting two-dimensional material with marked in-plane structural anisotropy. This lattice anisotropy the stem of many quasi-1D properties observed in this material. In work, we focus on strain engineering optical and vibrational through mechanical deformations lattice. particular, exciton energy can be shifted by applying uniaxial strain, gauge factor six ti...

This paper deals with the determination of the effect of varying material properties on the value of the stress intensity factors, KI and KII, for anisotropic plates containing cracks and subjected to a temperature change. Problems involving cracks and body forces, as well as thermal loads are analysed. The quadratic isoperimetric element formulation is utilized, and SIFs may be directly obtain...