We perform a variational Monte Carlo study of the nematic state in iron-pnictide superconductors within a realistic five-orbital model. Our numerical results show that the nematic state, formed by introducing an aniso...We perform a variational Monte Carlo study of the nematic state in iron-pnictide superconductors within a realistic five-orbital model. Our numerical results show that the nematic state, formed by introducing an anisotropic hopping order into the projected wave function, is not stable unless the off-site Coulomb interaction V exceeds a critical value. This demonstrates that V plays a key role in forming the nematic state in iron-pnictide superconductors. In the nematic state,the orbital order and the anisotropic spin correlations are consistent with the experimental observations. We argue that the experimentally observed anisotropic magnetic couplings and structural transition are associated with the nematic state and can be understood in a unified framework.展开更多
A schlieren texture with six dark brushes emanating from a point and a closed inversion wall have been observed under polarizing optical microscope in nematic state of a thermotropic aromatic copolyester, which have n...A schlieren texture with six dark brushes emanating from a point and a closed inversion wall have been observed under polarizing optical microscope in nematic state of a thermotropic aromatic copolyester, which have not been reported so far in the field of liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs).展开更多
Ultra high molar mass polyethylene(UHPE)powder as polymerized in a slurry process has been studied,in its nascent state,after recrystallization on rapid cooling from the melt and after hot compression molding to a fil...Ultra high molar mass polyethylene(UHPE)powder as polymerized in a slurry process has been studied,in its nascent state,after recrystallization on rapid cooling from the melt and after hot compression molding to a film,by DSC,effect of annealing the recrystallized specimen at 120 similar to 130 degreesC,morphology by polarizing optical microscopy and small angle X-ray scattering.Based on the experimental results obtained the macromolecular condensed state of the nascent UHPE powder is a rare case of a multi-chain condensed state of non-interpenetrating chains,involving interlaced extended chain crystalline layers and relaxed parallel chain amorphous layers.On melting,a nematic rubbery state of nanometer size domain resulted.The nematic-isotropic transition temperature was judged from literature data to be at least 220 degreesC,possibly higher than 300 ℃,the exact temperature is however not sue because of chain degradation at such high temperatures.The recrystallization process from the melt is a crystallization from a nematic rubbery state.The drop of remelting peak temperature by 10 K of the specimen recrystallized from its melt as compared to the nascent state has its origin in the decrease both of the crystalline chain stem length and of the degree of crystallinity.The remelting peak temperature could be returned close to that of the nascent state by annealing at 120~130 ℃.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11274310,11474287,11174072,and 91221103)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(Grant No.20104208110001)
文摘We perform a variational Monte Carlo study of the nematic state in iron-pnictide superconductors within a realistic five-orbital model. Our numerical results show that the nematic state, formed by introducing an anisotropic hopping order into the projected wave function, is not stable unless the off-site Coulomb interaction V exceeds a critical value. This demonstrates that V plays a key role in forming the nematic state in iron-pnictide superconductors. In the nematic state,the orbital order and the anisotropic spin correlations are consistent with the experimental observations. We argue that the experimentally observed anisotropic magnetic couplings and structural transition are associated with the nematic state and can be understood in a unified framework.
文摘A schlieren texture with six dark brushes emanating from a point and a closed inversion wall have been observed under polarizing optical microscope in nematic state of a thermotropic aromatic copolyester, which have not been reported so far in the field of liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs).
基金This work was supported by the National Key Projects for Fundamental Research-“Macromoleular Condensed State”,Ministry of Science and Technology,China
文摘Ultra high molar mass polyethylene(UHPE)powder as polymerized in a slurry process has been studied,in its nascent state,after recrystallization on rapid cooling from the melt and after hot compression molding to a film,by DSC,effect of annealing the recrystallized specimen at 120 similar to 130 degreesC,morphology by polarizing optical microscopy and small angle X-ray scattering.Based on the experimental results obtained the macromolecular condensed state of the nascent UHPE powder is a rare case of a multi-chain condensed state of non-interpenetrating chains,involving interlaced extended chain crystalline layers and relaxed parallel chain amorphous layers.On melting,a nematic rubbery state of nanometer size domain resulted.The nematic-isotropic transition temperature was judged from literature data to be at least 220 degreesC,possibly higher than 300 ℃,the exact temperature is however not sue because of chain degradation at such high temperatures.The recrystallization process from the melt is a crystallization from a nematic rubbery state.The drop of remelting peak temperature by 10 K of the specimen recrystallized from its melt as compared to the nascent state has its origin in the decrease both of the crystalline chain stem length and of the degree of crystallinity.The remelting peak temperature could be returned close to that of the nascent state by annealing at 120~130 ℃.
