Thermodynamic and electronic properties are obtained for a lattice-gas model fluid with self-consistent, partial, occupation of its sites; the self consistency consists in obtaining ionic configurations from grand-canonical Monte Carlo simulations based on fits to the exact, electronic, tight-binding energies of isothermal ensembles of those same ionic configurations. The energy of an ion is fo...

We have carried out small angle x-ray scattering experiments of expanded fluid Hg in the metal-nonmetal (M-NM) transition region around 9.0 g cm(-3). Increase of small angle scattering intensity following the Ornstein-Zernike equation is clearly observed in the M-NM transition region as well as near the liquid-vapor critical point at 5.8 g cm(-3). The short-range correlation length, R, becomes ...

The current s t a t e of the a r t of f i r e and smoke detect ion technology i s reviewed from the standpoint of s u i t a b i l i t y f o r use i n underground metal and nonmetal mines. Detection modes, f i r e signatures, and environmental considerat ions a r e included. Preliminary r e s u l t s of longterm, in-mine t e s t s a r e presented.

Constructing Ag-based photocatalysts by the incorporation of Ag(+) ions into metal/nonmetal oxides for removing organic pollutants is a recently developed strategy, but overcoming their own photocorrosion is still a tremendous challenge. In this work, an advanced Ag-based photocatalyst Ag2Ta4O11 is obtained by this strategy, which exhibits improved photocatalytic activity compared with Ta2O5 an...

During the past decades, aqueous rechargeable batteries have been receiving much attention on account of merits cost efficiency, high safety, and environmental benignity. Compared to metal-ions (such as Li+, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Zn2+, Al3+ etc.) charge carriers in ion batteries, nonmetal not only form covalent–ionic bonds framework, but also act reversible redox centers. Moreover, advantages low cost...