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Abdelhalim AOE, Sharoyko VV, Ageev SV, Farafonov VS, Nerukh DA, Postnov VN, Petrov AV, Semenov KN. Graphene Oxide of Extra High Oxidation: A Wafer for Loading Guest Molecules. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:10015-10024. [PMID: 34618465 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We present a new modification of graphene oxide with very high content (85 wt %) of oxygen-containing functional groups (hydroxy, epoxy, lactol, carboxyl, and carbonyl groups) that forms stable aqueous dispersion in up to 9 g·L-1 concentration solutions. A novel faster method of the synthesis is described that produces up to 1 kg of the material and allows controlling the particle size in solution. The synthesized compound was characterized by various physicochemical methods and molecular dynamics modeling, revealing a unique structure in the form of a multilayered wafer of several sheets thick, where each sheet is highly corrugated. The ragged structure of the sheets forms pockets with hindered mobility of water that leads to the possibility of trapping guest molecules.
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- Abdelsattar O E Abdelhalim
- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, 26 Universitetskii prospekt, Saint Petersburg, 198504, Russia
- Environmental Research Department, National Center for Social and Criminological Research (NCSCR), Giza 11561, Egypt
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- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, 26 Universitetskii prospekt, Saint Petersburg, 198504, Russia
- Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, 6-8 L'va Tolstogo ulitsa, Saint Petersburg, 197022, Russia
- A. M. Granov Russian Research Centre for Radiology and Surgical Technologies, 70 Leningradskaya ulitsa, Saint Petersburg, 197758, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, 26 Universitetskii prospekt, Saint Petersburg, 198504, Russia
- Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, 6-8 L'va Tolstogo ulitsa, Saint Petersburg, 197022, Russia
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- V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4 Svobody ploshchad', Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine
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- Department of Mathematics, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, The United Kingdom
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- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, 26 Universitetskii prospekt, Saint Petersburg, 198504, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, 26 Universitetskii prospekt, Saint Petersburg, 198504, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, 26 Universitetskii prospekt, Saint Petersburg, 198504, Russia
- Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, 6-8 L'va Tolstogo ulitsa, Saint Petersburg, 197022, Russia
- A. M. Granov Russian Research Centre for Radiology and Surgical Technologies, 70 Leningradskaya ulitsa, Saint Petersburg, 197758, Russia
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Mamis K, Farazmand M. Mitigation of rare events in multistable systems driven by correlated noise. Phys Rev E 2021; 104:034201. [PMID: 34654100 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.104.034201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We consider rare transitions induced by colored noise excitation in multistable systems. We show that undesirable transitions can be mitigated by a simple time-delay feedback control if the control parameters are judiciously chosen. We devise a parsimonious method for selecting the optimal control parameters, without requiring any Monte Carlo simulations of the system. This method relies on a new nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation whose stationary response distribution is approximated by a rapidly convergent iterative algorithm. In addition, our framework allows us to accurately predict, and subsequently suppress, the modal drift and tail inflation in the controlled stationary distribution. We demonstrate the efficacy of our method on two examples, including an optical laser model perturbed by multiplicative colored noise.
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- Konstantinos Mamis
- Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, 2311 Stinson Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8205, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, 2311 Stinson Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8205, USA
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Ilan Y. Generating randomness: making the most out of disordering a false order into a real one. J Transl Med 2019; 17:49. [PMID: 30777074 PMCID: PMC6379992 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-019-1798-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Randomness is far from a disturbing disorder in nature. Rather, it underlies many processes and functions. Randomness can be used to improve the efficacy of development and of systems under certain conditions. Moreover, valid unpredictable random-number generators are needed for secure communication, rendering predictable pseudorandom strings unsuitable. This paper reviews methods of generating randomness in various fields. The potential use of these methods is also discussed. It is suggested that by disordering a "false order," an effective disorder can be generated to improve the function of systems.
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- Yaron Ilan
- Department of Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein-Kerem, POB 1200, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Chattopadhyay AK, Aifantis EC. Double diffusivity model under stochastic forcing. Phys Rev E 2017; 95:052134. [PMID: 28618577 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.95.052134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The "double diffusivity" model was proposed in the late 1970s, and reworked in the early 1980s, as a continuum counterpart to existing discrete models of diffusion corresponding to high diffusivity paths, such as grain boundaries and dislocation lines. It was later rejuvenated in the 1990s to interpret experimental results on diffusion in polycrystalline and nanocrystalline specimens where grain boundaries and triple grain boundary junctions act as high diffusivity paths. Technically, the model pans out as a system of coupled Fick-type diffusion equations to represent "regular" and "high" diffusivity paths with "source terms" accounting for the mass exchange between the two paths. The model remit was extended by analogy to describe flow in porous media with double porosity, as well as to model heat conduction in media with two nonequilibrium local temperature baths, e.g., ion and electron baths. Uncoupling of the two partial differential equations leads to a higher-ordered diffusion equation, solutions of which could be obtained in terms of classical diffusion equation solutions. Similar equations could also be derived within an "internal length" gradient (ILG) mechanics formulation applied to diffusion problems, i.e., by introducing nonlocal effects, together with inertia and viscosity, in a mechanics based formulation of diffusion theory. While being remarkably successful in studies related to various aspects of transport in inhomogeneous media with deterministic microstructures and nanostructures, its implications in the presence of stochasticity have not yet been considered. This issue becomes particularly important in the case of diffusion in nanopolycrystals whose deterministic ILG-based theoretical calculations predict a relaxation time that is only about one-tenth of the actual experimentally verified time scale. This article provides the "missing link" in this estimation by adding a vital element in the ILG structure, that of stochasticity, that takes into account all boundary layer fluctuations. Our stochastic-ILG diffusion calculation confirms rapprochement between theory and experiment, thereby benchmarking a new generation of gradient-based continuum models that conform closer to real-life fluctuating environments.
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- Amit K Chattopadhyay
- Mathematics and Aston Institute of Materials Research (AMRI), Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Mechanics and Materials, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931, USA; ITMO University, St. Petersburg 197101, Russia; and BUCEA, Beijing 100044, China
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