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Anisotropy
About: Anisotropy is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 55875 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1076026 citations.
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TL;DR: The discrete dipole approximation (DDA) was extended to incorporate the effects of radiative reaction and to allow for possible anisotropy of the dielectric tensor of the material as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The discrete dipole approximation (DDA), a flexible method for computing scattering of radiation by particles of arbitrary shape, is extended to incorporate the effects of radiative reaction and to allow for possible anisotropy of the dielectric tensor of the material. Formulas are given for the evaluation of extinction, absorption, scattering, and polarization cross sections. A simple numerical algorithm based on the method of conjugate gradients is found to provide an efficient and robust method for obtaining accurate solutions to the scattering problem. The method works well for absorptive, as well as dielectric, grain materials. Two validity criteria for the DDA are presented. The DDA is then used to compute extinction cross sections for spherical graphite grains and to calculate extinction cross sections for nonspherical graphite grains with three different geometries. It is concluded that the interstellar 2175 A extinction feature could be produced by small graphite grains which should have aspect ratios not far from unity. 35 references.
1,457 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a combination of experimental and simulation techniques were used to investigate the plastic behavior of wrought magnesium alloy and found that an increased activity of non-basal dislocations provides a self-consistent explanation for the observed changes in the anisotropy with increasing temperature.
1,427 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a plane stress yield function that well describes the anisotropic behavior of sheet metals, in particular, aluminum alloy sheets, was proposed, which was introduced in the formulation using two linear transformations on the Cauchy stress tensor.
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TL;DR: In this article, the unidirectional anisotropy of a ferromagnetic bilayer coupled to an antiferromagnetic film was studied. But the authors focused on the unideal anismotropy produced by the exchange bias field produced by a metal and an oxide bilayer.
1,365 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a mean field model of ferromagnetic semiconductors mediated by delocalized or weakly localized holes in zinc-blende and wurzite diluted magnetic semiconductor was presented.
Abstract: A mean-field model of ferromagnetism mediated by delocalized or weakly localized holes in zinc-blende and wurzite diluted magnetic semiconductors is presented. The model takes into account strong spin-orbit and $k\ensuremath{\cdot}p$ couplings in the valence band as well as the influence of strain upon the hole density of states. Possible effects of disorder and carrier-carrier interactions, particularly near the metal-to-insulator transition, are discussed. A quantitative comparison between experimental and theoretical results for (Ga,Mn)As demonstrates that the theory describes the values of the Curie temperatures observed in the studied systems as well as explaining the directions of the easy axes and the magnitudes of the corresponding anisotropy fields as a function of biaxial strain. Furthermore, the model reproduces the unusual sign, magnitude, and temperature dependence of the magnetic circular dichroism in the spectral region of the fundamental absorption edge. Chemical trends and various suggestions concerning design of ferromagnetic semiconductor systems are described.
1,347 citations