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- Bernal, Ximena E., et al.
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Empowering Latina scientists
- 2019
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Ingår i: Science. - : American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). - 0036-8075 .- 1095-9203. ; 363:6429, s. 825-826
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Kehoe, Laura, et al.
(författare)
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Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable
- 2019
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Ingår i: Science. - : American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). - 0036-8075 .- 1095-9203. ; 364:6438, s. 341-
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Motta, M., et al.
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Controllable morphology of flux avalanches in microstructured superconductors
- 2014
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Ingår i: Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. - 2469-9950 .- 2469-9969. ; 89:13
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The morphology of abrupt bursts of magnetic flux into superconducting films with engineered periodic pinning centers (antidots) has been investigated. Guided flux avalanches of thermomagnetic origin develop a treelike structure, with the main trunk perpendicular to the borders of the sample, while secondary branches follow well-defined directions determined by the geometrical details of the underlying periodic pinning landscape. Strikingly, we demonstrate that in a superconductor with relatively weak random pinning the morphology of such flux avalanches can be fully controlled by proper combinations of lattice symmetry and antidot geometry. Moreover, the resulting flux patterns can be reproduced, to the finest details, by simulations based on a phenomenological thermomagnetic model. In turn, this model can be used to predict such complex structures and to estimate physical variables of more difficult experimental access, such as the local values of temperature and electric field.
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- Motta, V., et al.
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The "Cosmic Seagull": A Highly Magnified Disk-like Galaxy at z ≃ 2.8 behind the Bullet Cluster
- 2018
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Ingår i: Astrophysical Journal Letters. - : American Astronomical Society. - 2041-8213 .- 2041-8205. ; 863:2
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array measurements of the "Cosmic Seagull," a strongly magnified galaxy at z = 2.7779 behind the Bullet Cluster. We report CO(3-2) and continuum 344 μm (rest-frame) data at one of the highest differential magnifications ever recorded at submillimeter wavelengths (μ up to ∼50), facilitating a characterization of the kinematics of a rotational curve in great detail (at ∼620 pc resolution in the source plane). We find no evidence for a decreasing rotation curve, from which we derive a dynamical mass of (6.3 ± 0.7) × 1010Mowithin r = 2.6 ± 0.1 kpc. The discovery of a third, unpredicted, image provides key information for a future improvement of the lensing modeling of the Bullet Cluster and allows a measure of the stellar mass, , unaffected by strong differential magnification. The baryonic mass is expected to be dominated by the molecular gas content (fgas≤ 80 ± 20%) based on an mass estimated from the difference between dynamical and stellar masses. The star formation rate (SFR) is estimated via the spectral energy distribution (SFR = 190 ± 10 Moyr-1), implying a molecular gas depletion time of 0.25 ± 0.08 Gyr.
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- Brisbois, J., et al.
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Classical analogy for the deflection of flux avalanches by a metallic layer
- 2014
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Ingår i: New Journal of Physics. - : IOP Publishing. - 1367-2630. ; 16, s. Art. no. 103003-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sudden avalanches of magnetic flux bursting into a superconducting sample undergo deflections of their trajectories when encountering a conductive layer deposited on top of the superconductor. Remarkably, in some cases the flux is totally excluded from the area covered by the conductive layer. We present a simple classical model that accounts for this behaviour and considers a magnetic monopole approaching a semi-infinite conductive plane. This model suggests that magnetic braking is an important mechanism responsible for avalanche deflection.
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- Brisbois, J., et al.
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Flux penetration in a superconducting film partially capped with a conducting layer
- 2017
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Ingår i: Physical Review B. - 2469-9969 .- 2469-9950. ; 95:9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The influence of a conducting layer on the magnetic flux penetration in a superconducting Nb film is studied by magneto-optical imaging. The metallic layer partially covering the superconductor provides an additional velocity-dependent damping mechanism for the flux motion that helps to protect the superconducting state when thermomagnetic instabilities develop. If the flux advances with a velocity slower than omega = 2/mu(0)sigma t, where sigma is the cap layer conductivity and t is its thickness, the flux penetration remains unaffected, whereas for incoming flux moving faster than w, the metallic layer becomes an active screening shield. When the metallic layer is replaced by a perfect conductor, it is expected that the flux braking effect will occur for all flux velocities. We investigate this effect by studying Nb samples with a thickness step. Some of the observed features, namely the deflection of the flux trajectories at the border of the thick center, as well as the favored flux penetration at the indentation, are reproduced by time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau simulations.
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- Fusco, Zelio, et al.
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Hybrid plasmonic-semiconducting fractal metamaterials for superior sensing of volatile compounds
- 2019
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Ingår i: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. - : SPIE. - 0277-786X .- 1996-756X. ; 11202
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is a subwavelength optical phenomenon that has found widespread use in bio-and chemical-sensing applications thanks to the possibility to efficiently transduce refractive index changes into wavelength shifts. However, is it very hard to transpose the successes demonstrated in liquid and physiological environment toward the detection of gasous molecules. In fact, the latter typically adsorb in an unspecific manner and induce very minute refractive index changes tipicaly below the sensor sensitivity. Here, we show first insights on the aerosol large-scale self-Assembly of metasurfaces made of monocrystalline Au nanoislands with uniform disorder over large scale. Notably, these architectures show tuneable disorder levels and demonstrate high-quality LSPR, enabling the fabrication of highly performing optical gas sensors detecting down to 10-5 variations in refractive index. Next, we use our aerosol synthesis method to integrate tailored fractals of dielectric TiO2 nanoparticles onto resonant plasmonic metasurfaces. We show how this integration strongly enhances the interaction between the plasmonic field and volatile organic molecules and provides a means for their selective detection. Interesting, the improved performance is the result of a synergetic behavior between the dielectric fractals and the plasmonic metasurface: in fact, upon this integration, the enhancement of plasmonic field is drastically extended, all the way up to a maximum thickness of 1.8 μm. Optimal dielectric-plasmonic structures allow measurements of changes in the refractive index of the gas mixture down to <8x10-6at room temperature and selective identification of three exemplary volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These findings provide a basis for the development of a novel family of hybrid dielectric-plasmonic materials with application extending from light harvesting and photo-catalysts to contactless sensors for non-invasive medical diagnostics.
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- Motta, M., et al.
(författare)
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Enhanced pinning in superconducting thin films with graded pinning landscapes
- 2013
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Ingår i: Applied Physics Letters. - : AIP Publishing. - 0003-6951 .- 1077-3118. ; 102:21
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A graded distribution of antidots in superconducting a-Mo79Ge21 thin films has been investigated by magnetization and magneto-optical imaging measurements. The pinning landscape has maximum density at the sample border, decreasing linearly towards the center. Its overall performance is noticeably superior than that for a sample with uniformly distributed antidots: For high temperatures and low fields, the critical current is enhanced, whereas the region of thermomagnetic instabilities in the field-temperature diagram is significantly suppressed. These findings confirm the relevance of graded landscapes on the enhancement of pinning efficiency, as recently predicted by Misko and Nori.
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