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DOE OSTI2012

Persistence of soil organic matter in eroding versus depositional landform positions

The terrestrial biosphere is dominated by sloping landscapes [Staub and Rosenzweig, 1986] where biogeochemical cycling of essential elements is controlled by interaction of geomorphic, pedogenic, and ecological processes that shape them. Recent studies have highlighted the important role of soil erosion in dynamics of soil organic matter (SOM) [Berhe et al., 2007, 2008; Boix-Fayos et al., 2009; Harden et al.,1999; Smith et al., 2001; Stallard, 1998a; Van Oost et al., 2007]. However, most process level studies of SOM cycling are dominantly located on nonsloping sites that experience minimal soil erosion and deposition and thus they fail to capture the influence of topography on SOM dynamics.

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory↗
DOE OSTI2012

The interaction of 193-nm excimer laser irradiation with single-crystal zinc oxide: Positive ion emission

We examine UV laser-induced ion emission from a wide bandgap semiconductor, single-crystal ZnO, at fluences well below both the damage threshold and plasma formation. At fluences below 200 mJ/cm{sup 2}, we observe only Zn{sup +}, and the Zn{sup +} intensity decreases monotonically during exposure. At higher fluences, after an initial decrease, the emission is sustained; in addition O{sup +} and O{sub 2}{sup +} are observed. We explain: how Zn ions of several eV in energy can be produced on the surface of a semiconductor, how sustained emission can be maintained, and the origin of an anomalous emission of slow Zn{sup +} ions -- the latter is shown to arise from photoionization of atomic Zn, also emitted by this radiation.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2021

Propagation of positive discharges in an air bubble having an embedded water droplet

Low temperature plasmas generated inside gas bubbles immersed in water is an effective method of rapidly transferring plasma generated reactive species to the water for applications in biomedicine, agriculture and environment. Reactive species are generally produced in the gas phase plasma and then solvate into the liquid. The large surface-to-volume ratio (SVR) of the bubble accelerates this process. In generating bubbles in water, aerosols and droplets are also contained within the bubble. These droplets also have a large SVR and so can be rapidly plasma activated. However, the presence of the droplets can also impact the propagation of the plasma in the bubble. In this paper, results are discussed from computational and experimental investigations of the formation and evolution of discharges in an air bubble immersed in water with an embedded water droplet. The computations were performed with a two-dimensional plasma hydrodynamics model. Experiments were performed with a quasi-2D bubble apparatus. In bubbles having a droplet, a plasma filament typically bridges from the powered electrode to the droplet, and then from the droplet to the bubble surface. A surface-hugging streamer also occurs on the inner bubble surface and on the surface of the droplet. Both surface streamers result in part from surface charge accumulation and can dominate the formation of reactive species that transport into the droplet. Increasing droplet conductivity suppresses propagation of the surface discharge and leads to a lower density of aqueous reactive species. Increasing conductivity of the surrounding water does not change the overall structure of the discharge but does slightly elevate the discharge intensity. Finally, the size and shape of the embedded droplet can significantly affect the formation and propagation of the streamer.

2D fluid modelling↗
DOE OSTI2011

Positive Vibrational Entropy of Chemical Ordering in FeV

Inelastic neutron scattering and nuclear resonant inelastic x-ray scattering were used to measure phonon spectra of FeV as a B2 ordered compound and as a bcc solid solution. The two data sets were combined to give an accurate phonon density of states, and the phonon partial densities of states for V and Fe atoms. Contrary to the behavior of ordering alloys studied to date, the phonons in the B2 ordered phase are softer than in the solid solution. Ordering increases the vibrational entropy by +0.22 {+-} 0.03 k{sub B}/atom, which stabilizes the ordered phase to higher temperatures. First-principles calculations show that the number of electronic states at the Fermi level increases upon ordering, enhancing the screening between ions, and reducing the interatomic force constants. The effect of screening is larger at the V atomic sites than at the Fe atomic sites.

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS↗
DOE OSTI2016

Fiducial marker application method for position alignment of in situ multimodal X-ray experiments and reconstructions

An evolving suite of X-ray characterization methods are presently available to the materials community, providing a great opportunity to gain new insight into material behavior and provide critical validation data for materials models. Two critical and related issues are sample repositioning during an in situ experiment and registration of multiple data sets after the experiment. To address these issues, a method is described which utilizes a focused ion-beam scanning electron microscope equipped with a micromanipulator to apply gold fiducial markers to samples for X-ray measurements. The method is demonstrated with a synchrotron X-ray experiment involving in situ loading of a titanium alloy tensile specimen.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗