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Nava Setter, Nicola Marzari, Dragan Damjanovic, Anand Chandrasekaran

The properties of ferroelectric materials, such as lead zirconate titanate (PZT), are heavily influenced by the interaction of defects with domain walls. These defects are either intrinsic or are induced by the addition of dopants. We study here PbTiO3 (th ...

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Numerical modeling of the human cardiovascular system (CVS) represents an active branch of research which allows the medical specialists to advance in understanding of underlined processes of blood circulation and the heart work at any scale, moreover, it ...

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A Subpopulation of Smooth Muscle Cells, Derived from Melanocyte-Competent Precursors, Prevents Patent Ductus Arteriosus

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Public Library of Science2013

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Public Library of Science2013

Near-Infrared 808 nm Light Boosts Complex IV-Dependent Respiration and Rescues a Parkinson-Related pink1 Model

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Mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) defects are observed in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and in PD fly- and mouse-models; however it remains to be tested if acute improvement of ETC function alleviates PD-relevant defects. We tested the hypot ...

2013

Defect energy levels of the As-As dimer at InGaAs/oxide interfaces: A first principles study

Alfredo Pasquarello, Giacomo Francesco Leonardo Miceli

Charge transition levels of the As-As dimer defect at the InGaAs/Al2O3 interface are determined through density-functional calculations. At variance with the GaAs/Al2O3 interface where this defect gives rise to states within the band gap, its defect levels ...

Elsevier2013

Amorphous/crystalline silicon interface defects induced by hydrogen plasma treatments

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Excellent amorphous/crystalline silicon interface passivation is of extreme importance for high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells. This can be obtained by inserting hydrogen-plasma treatments during deposition of the amorphous silicon passivati ...

American Institute of Physics2013

Thermo-electric analysis of the interconnection of the LHC main superconducting bus bars

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Spurred by the question of the maximum allowable energy for the operation of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), we have progressed in the understanding of the thermo-electric behavior of the 13 kA superconducting bus bars interconnecting its main magnets. A ...

2013

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