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The Cyprus Institute
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About: The Cyprus Institute is a other organization based out in Nicosia, Cyprus. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Aerosol & Environmental science. The organization has 418 authors who have published 1252 publications receiving 32586 citations.
Topics: Aerosol, Environmental science, Lattice QCD, Geology, Nucleon
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TL;DR: The increasing need for engineered alloy nanoparticles (NPs) in diverse fields has spurred efforts to explore efficient/green synthesis methods as mentioned in this paper, in this respect, spark ablation provides a scalable...
Abstract: The increasing need for engineered alloy nanoparticles (NPs) in diverse fields has spurred efforts to explore efficient/green synthesis methods. In this respect, spark ablation provides a scalable ...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of the stereochemistry of polybutadiene (PB) chains is studied through long-time atomistic molecular dynamics simulations at T = 413 K, well above Tg.
Abstract: The
conformations and the dynamics of poly(butadiene) (PB) chains,
of various molecular weights, in PB/silica nanocomposites are studied
through long-time atomistic molecular dynamics simulations at T = 413 K, well above Tg. The
effect of the stereochemistry of PB chains is addressed by simulation
of cis-1,4-PB/silica and trans-1,4-PB/silica
nanocomposites. The model systems contain 30 wt % (≈12 vol
%) silica nanoparticles (NPs) of diameter ≈4 nm. The nanocomposites
are characterized through analyzing (i) interfacial packing and the
dimensions of the PB chains; (ii) statistics of the train, bridge,
loop, and tail conformations of adsorbed chains and the coupling between
segmental orientational dynamics and chain conformations; and (iii)
the orientational and translational dynamics of the polymer chains
and the desorption kinetics of chains and segments. The dimensions
of PB chains, excluding a small fraction of chains that wrap around
the NP, are not affected. The segmental and terminal dynamics of PB
chains are slower in the nanocomposites than in the respective bulk
melts. Moreover, the dynamics of PB chains in the nanocomposites is
very heterogeneous, and a coupling between the dynamics and the conformation
of PB chains is observed: the adsorbed segments (trains) and the chains
that have a higher number of contacts to the NPs are more decelerated.
Additionally, at long times, bridge segments exhibit a very slow orientational
decorrelation. The self-diffusion coefficients, D, of PB chains in the nanocomposites are also reduced compared to
the respective bulk systems. A clear crossover from the unentangled
(Rouse-like) to the entangled (reptation-like) regime is observed
based on the calculation of the segmental mean-square displacement
and D as a function of the chain length. The effective
tube diameter of entangled PB chains in the nanocomposites is estimated
to be slightly smaller than in the pure melts. The deceleration of
dynamics in the nanocomposites, in both Rouse and reptation-like regimes,
is discussed in terms of a higher effective monomeric friction coefficient.
Finally, the correlation times for the desorption of segments and
chains are much larger than the segmental and end-to-end-vector correlation
times, respectively.
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TL;DR: The quantum dynamics of the title reactions are studied using the ring polymer molecular dynamics (RPMD) method from 20 to 1200 K using recently proposed full dimensional potential energy surfaces which include long-range dipole-dipole interactions, in rather good agreement with the current experimental data.
Abstract: The quantum dynamics of the title reactions are studied using the ring polymer molecular dynamics (RPMD) method from 20 to 1200 K using recently proposed full dimensional potential energy surfaces which include long-range dipole–dipole interactions. A V-shaped dependence of the reaction rate constants is found with a minimum at 200–300 K, in rather good agreement with the current experimental data. For temperatures above 300 K the reaction proceeds following a direct H-abstraction mechanism. However, below 100 K the reaction proceeds via organic-molecule···OH collision complexes, with very long lifetimes, longer than 10–7 s, associated with quantum roaming arising from the inclusion of quantum effects by the use of RPMD. The long lifetimes of these complexes are comparable to the time scale of the tunnelling to form reaction products. These complexes are formed at zero pressure because of quantum effects and not only at high pressure as suggested by transition state theory (TST) calculations for OH + meth...
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20 Oct 2014TL;DR: In this article, epidemiological studies have related increased levels of atmospheric particulate matter to premature huma- ing and premature death due to air pollution, which is one of the most important factors contributing to pollution.
Abstract: Fine particulate matter is one of the most important factors contributing to air pollution. Epidemiological studies have related increased levels of atmospheric particulate matter to premature huma...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented the longest time series of Atmospheric New Particle Formation (NPF) records in the eastern Mediterranean region by analyzing 10 years of aerosol number size distribution data obtained with a mobility particle sizer.
Abstract: . Atmospheric new particle formation (NPF) is a common phenomenon all over
the world. In this study we present the longest time series of NPF records in
the eastern Mediterranean region by analyzing 10 years of aerosol number size
distribution data obtained with a mobility particle sizer. The measurements
were performed at the Finokalia environmental research station on Crete,
Greece, during the period June 2008–June 2018. We found that NPF took place
on 27 % of the available days, undefined days were 23 % and non-event
days 50 %. NPF is more frequent in April and May probably due to the
terrestrial biogenic activity and is less frequent in August. Throughout the
period under study, nucleation was observed also during the night. Nucleation
mode particles had the highest concentration in winter and early spring,
mainly because of the minimum sinks, and their average contribution to the
total particle number concentration was 8 %. Nucleation mode particle
concentrations were low outside periods of active NPF and growth, so there
are hardly any other local sources of sub-25 nm particles. Additional
atmospheric ion size distribution data simultaneously collected for more than
2 years were also analyzed. Classification of NPF events based on ion
spectrometer measurements differed from the corresponding classification
based on a mobility spectrometer, possibly indicating a different
representation of local and regional NPF events between these two measurement
data sets. We used the MALTE-Box model
for simulating a case study of NPF in the eastern Mediterranean region.
Monoterpenes contributing to NPF can explain a large fraction of the observed
NPF events according to our model simulations. However the adjusted
parameterization resulting from our sensitivity tests was significantly
different from the initial one that had been determined for the boreal
environment.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Philippe Ciais | 149 | 965 | 114503 |
Jonathan Williams | 102 | 613 | 41486 |
Jos Lelieveld | 100 | 570 | 37657 |
Andrew N. Nicolaides | 90 | 572 | 30861 |
Efstathios Stiliaris | 88 | 340 | 25487 |
Leonard A. Barrie | 74 | 177 | 17356 |
Nikos Mihalopoulos | 69 | 280 | 15261 |
Karl Jansen | 57 | 498 | 11874 |
Jean Sciare | 56 | 129 | 9374 |
Euripides G. Stephanou | 54 | 128 | 14235 |
Lefkos T. Middleton | 54 | 184 | 15683 |
Elena Xoplaki | 53 | 129 | 12097 |
Theodoros Christoudias | 50 | 197 | 7765 |
Dimitris Drikakis | 49 | 286 | 7136 |
George K. Christophides | 48 | 127 | 11099 |