INVESTIGATION OF RAYLEIGH WAVE INTERACTION WITH SURFACE DEFECTS

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To build a sensitive magnetometer such as SERF, in addition to optical pumping it is necessary to utilize optical probing. Optical probing is a high-sensitivity method to detect the states of atomic spins based on strong spin-dependent interaction of light with polarize[r]

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8.7 WAVES IN OPEN CHANNELS 8.7.1 General Aspects
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decreased in spinach leaves exposed to toxic levels of copper (73). Copper toxicity symptoms of
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8.9 SUMMARY
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As in RPC, the concentration of organic solvent in the mobile phase can be used to control retention (for 1 ≤ k < 10). Solvent strength for CD-based CSPs increases in similar fashion as for achiral RPC:
water < methanol < ethanol < propanol ∼ acetonitrile < tetrahydrofuran Th[r]

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4. Conclusions
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The wear of mechanical components has been estimated to cost the U.S.
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Abstract
A hydrothermal method to grow vertical-aligned ZnO nanorod arrays on ZnO films obtained by atomic layer deposition (ALD) is presented. The growth of ZnO nanorods is studied as function of the crystallographic
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Once the static analysis was completed more detailed transient analyses were performed in ANSYS to investigate the dynamic behavior of the actuator.
8.2 Transient analysis
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and lengths of 800 nm, while the backbones have 400 – 500 nm
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INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale
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These are also called rotating jet nozzles, as applied to the British ACV model AP.1-88 shown in Fig. 6.3. A diagrammatic sketch of this apparatus is shown in Fig. 6.9. Using the pressurized air from centrifugal fans and ejected from a rotating nozzle, the ACV can obtain the jetted thrust. Fi[r]