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The advanced characteristics of synchrotron light has led in recent years to the development of a series of new experimental techniques to investigate chemical and physical properties on a microscopic scale. Although originally developed for materials scie ...
In this paper, we review half a century of research on the design of systems displaying (physical) self-assembly of macroscopic components. We report on the experience gained in the design of 22 such systems, exhibiting components ranging from passive mech ...
Modelling of hot tearing must encompass several aspects: solidification, percolation of grains, stress/strain development, liquid feeding. The present contribution reviews recent progress made in this domain, both at the macro- and microscopic levels. At t ...
We present an entirely microscopic calculation of the Casimir force f(d) between two metallic plates in the limit of large separation d. The models of metals consist of mobile quantum charges in thermal equilibrium with the photon field at positive tempera ...
Large-eddy simulation (LES) of turbulence in plant canopies has traditionally been validated using bulk statistical quantities such as mean velocity and variance profiles. However, turbulent exchanges between a plant canopy and the atmosphere are dominated ...
In this paper, we review half a century of research on the design of systems displaying (physical) self-assembly of macroscopic components. We report on the experience gained in the design of 21 such systems, exhibiting components ranging from passive mech ...
Many of the complex physical processes relevant for compositional multi-phase flow in porous media are well understood at the pore-scale level. In order to study CO2 storage in sub-surface formations, however, it is not feasible to perform simulations at t ...
Aluminium (Al 99.99 % purity) and aluminium alloy Al-5.7Ni and Al-5Mg (wt.%) open-cell foams made by replication processing are creep-tested in the temperature range T/Tm=0.5-0.8, varying the relative density between 0.10 and 0.25. Steady state creep rates ...
Spin-wave modes in Ni80Fe20 thin-film antidot lattices are investigated using micromagnetic simulations and a semianalytical theoretical approach. The simulations reveal a rich eigenmode spectrum consisting of edge and center modes. We find both spatially ...
We describe the fabrication and application of a bioanalytical chip, made of SU-8 photoresist, comprising integrated, high aspect-ratio microfluidic channels, suitable to manipulate and investigate vesicles, cell fragments and biological cells. A central m ...
