简介:Weinvestigatetheareadistributionofclusters(loops)inthehoneycombO(n)loopmodelbymeansofthewormalgorithmwithn=0.5,1,1.5,and2.Atthecriticalpoint,thenumberofclusters,whoseenclosedareaisgreaterthanA,isproportionaltoA-1withaproportionalityconstantC.WeconfirmnumericallythatCisuniversal,anditsvalueagreeswellwiththepredictionsbasedontheCoulombgasmethod.
简介:TheroleoftemperatureontheoxidationdynamicsofCu2OonZnO(0001)wasinvestigatedduringtheoxidationofCu(111)/ZnO(0001)byusingoxygenplasmaastheoxidant.AtransitionfromsinglecrystallineCu2O(111)orientationtomicro-zonephaseseparationwithmultipleorientationswasrevealedwhentheoxidationtemperatureincreasedabove300°C.TheexperimentalresultsclearlyshowtheeffectoftheoxidationtemperaturewiththeassistanceofoxygenplasmaonchangingthemorphologyofCu(111)filmandenhancingthelateralnucleationandmigrationabilitiesofcuprousoxides.Averticaltop-downoxidationmodeandalateralmigrationmodelwereproposedtoexplainthedifferentnucleationandgrowthdynamicsofthetemperature-dependentoxidationprocessintheoxidationofCu(111)/ZnO(0001).
简介:Usingfirst-principlescalculations,wesystematicallystudythedissociationsofO2moleculesondifferentultrathinPb(111)films.AccordingtoourpreviousworkrevealingthemolecularadsorptionprecursorstatesforO2,wefurtherexplorewhytherearetwonearlydegenerateadsorptionstatesonPb(111)ultrathinfilms,butnoprecursoradsorptionstatesexistingatallonMg(0001)andAl(111)surfaces.Thereasonisconcludedtobethedifferentsurfaceelectronicstructures.FortheO2dissociation,weconsiderboththereactionchannelsfromgas-likeandmolecularlyadsorbedO2molecules.WefindthattheenergybarrierforO2dissociationfromthemolecularadsorptionprecursorstatesisalwayssmallerthanthatfromO2gas.ThemostenergeticallyfavorabledissociationprocessisfoundtobethesameondifferentPb(111)films,andtheenergybarriersarefoundtobeinfluencedbythequantumsizeeffectsofPb(111)films.
简介:TheEINio-southernoscillation(ENSO)isaninterannualphenomenoninvolvedintropicalPacificoceanatmosphereinteractions.Inthispaper,wedevelopanasymptoticmethodofsolvingthenonlinearequationusingtheENSOmodel.BasedonaclassoftheoscillatoroftheENSOmodel,aapproximatesolutionofthecorrespondingproblemisstudiedemployingtheperturbationmethod.