Division of application No. 09/411,919, filed on Oct. 4, 1999, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 09/385,615, filed on Aug. 30, 1999, now Pat. No. 6,132,210, which is a continuation of application No. 09/082,030, filed on May 20, 1998, now Pat. No. 5,961,324. Provisional application No. 60/120,612, filed on Feb. 18, 1999, provisional application No. 60/109,299, filed on Nov. 19,...

(63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 10/645,821, filed on Aug. 20, 2003, and a continuation-in-part of application No. 101175,540, filed on Jun. 18, 2002, and a continuation-in-part of application No.1 01001, 895, filed on Nov. 19, 2001, and a continuation-inpart of application No. 10/001,894, filed on Nov. 19, 2001, now Pat. No. 7,149,957, and a continuationin-part of application No. 1...

Concerns about global climate change have substantially increased the likelihood that future policy will seek to minimize carbon dioxide emissions. As such, even today, electric utilities are making resource planning and investment decisions that consider the possible implications of these future carbon regulations. In this article, we examine the manner in which utilities assess the financial ...

In the present study, the magnetic field effects of the elastic response of the polymeric piezoelectric cylinder reinforced with the carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are studied. The cylinder is subjected to an internal pressure, a constant electric potential difference at the inner and outer surfaces, and the thermal and magnetic fields. The Mori-Tanaka model is used for obtaining the equivalent materi...

The presented model based on the quantum confinement and high electric filed effect illustrates velocity approach to the modeling of a P-type silicon nanowire transistor. It has been clarified that the intrinsic velocity of nanowire and other hetero-structure field-effect transistors (FETs) is governed by the transit time of holes (electrons). The length of the channel for ballistic channel is ...

(63) Continuation of application No. 09/812,044, filed on Mar. 19, 2001, now Pat. No. 6,914,893, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 091704,150, filed on Nov. 1,2000, now Pat. No. 6,891,838, and a continuation-in-part of application No. 09/439,059, filed on Nov. 12, 1999, now Pat. No. 6,437,692, and a continuation-in-part of application No. 09/412,895, filed on Oct. 5, 1999, now ...

Adsorption of CO2 on the surface of Single-wall zigzag (5,0) and armchair (4,4) carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were studied through using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Optimizations of geometric were performed at the B3PW91 level of 6-311++G** method standard basis set using GAUSSIAN 03 package of program [1]. Structural models were optimized and adsorption energies, band gap, charge...

Adsorption of CO2 on the surface of Single-wall zigzag (5,0) and armchair (4,4) carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were studied through using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Optimizations of geometric were performed at the B3PW91 level of 6-311++G** method standard basis set using GAUSSIAN 03 package of program [1]. Structural models were optimized and adsorption energies, band gap, charge...