Edinburgh Napier University

About: Edinburgh Napier University is a education organization based out in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Health care. The organization has 2665 authors who have published 6859 publications receiving 175272 citations.

Capacitance anomaly near the metal—non-metal transition in Cr—hydrogenated amorphous Si—V thin-film devices

Abstract: We present experimental results that show a metal—non-metal (MNM) transition occurring in hydrogenated amorphous Si (a-Si: H) analogue memory devices as a function of temperature. The dc resistance of the devices undergoes a continuous change in the range 65–100 K from semiconductor-like behaviour to metallic behaviour, as the temperature increases. The ac conductivity, measured over the frequency range 1–3·1 × 107 Hz, shows an anomalous change as the temperature is varied over the MNM transition. Ac characteristics were modelled using multicomponent RC and RL equivalent circuits below and above the MNM transition region respectively. It is found that the capacitance increases markedly when the temperature approaches the MNM transition from the semiconductor side. Near the transition temperature this capacitance disappears, and the equivalent circuit now requires an inductive component together with a resistance which has a positive temperature coefficient of resistance equivalent to that of the ...

Third Way/ve: The politics of postfeminism

Abstract: This article argues that the ‘Third Way’ philosophy that has been adopted by centre-left parties throughout Europe and the United States provides the conceptual framework to analyse contemporary postfeminism and its contentious micro-politics that emerges out of personal and daily gender-based struggles. The notion of a postfeminist micro-politics complicates the critical perception of postfeminism as a depoliticized and anti-feminist backlash and offers a dynamic model of political action that takes into account the multiple agency positions of individuals today. Postfeminism and the politics it endorses differ from emergent political movements such as third wave feminism in that they are not founded on second wave feminist theory and activism. Instead, postfeminist politics adopts a Third Way perspective to reconcile a number of conflicting concerns, from feminist calls for female equality and theoretical debates on anti-essentialism to the consumerist demands of capitalist society. These controversial new junctures are examined by paying particular attention to postfeminism’s female sexual agent who becomes the ‘entrepreneur’ of her own image, buying into standardized femininities while also seeking to resignify their meanings. In particular, the article discusses the paradoxical possibilities of ‘active consumption’ and ‘fashion feminism’ whereby women endeavour to achieve empowerment by exerting their consumer agency and using their bodies as political tools within the parameters of a capitalist economy.