Despite its appearance in physics around the 1850th, the second law of thermodynamics is still attracting more efforts to be clarified. More specifically, fifteen years later (1865) after its definition and introducti...Despite its appearance in physics around the 1850th, the second law of thermodynamics is still attracting more efforts to be clarified. More specifically, fifteen years later (1865) after its definition and introduction, entropy has been the subject of various interpretations. Hence, in physical sciences and notably in different education levels, its concept seems to be relatively tough to unambiguous decipher. In this work, we re-introduce the notion of entropy from classical, quantum and information theories viewpoints. The controversial over entropy and a measure of disorder misconception, stated by many scientists, is addressed as well to come up with less confusing physical interpretation of entropy. Hence, over time, an increase of entropy, a quantitative quantity, is most often associated to a rising of disorder, a non-quantitative quantity and no value-returning mathematical equation, rather than a continuously increasing of hidden data. In other words, linking disorder to hidden data is typically raising more confusion than clarification. Here, we shed more light on both concepts to find out an acceptable interpretation of entropy.展开更多
Rutile germanium oxide(rutile GeO_(2)),a semiconductor,can act as a half-metallic compound and is a promising material for spintronic and optoelectronic applications.Calculations were performed using the Korringa–Koh...Rutile germanium oxide(rutile GeO_(2)),a semiconductor,can act as a half-metallic compound and is a promising material for spintronic and optoelectronic applications.Calculations were performed using the Korringa–Kohn–Rostoker(KKR)approach and the coherent potential approximation(CPA),which were further combined with two approximations,the local density approximation(LDA)and the self-interaction corrected LDA approximation(LDA-SIC),to study the electronic structure of bulk rutile GeO_(2) doped and co-doped with three transition-metal impurities:Fe,Co,and Ni.The doping value was set to 10%,while the co-doping level was set to 5%for each impurity.The main findings of this work are:(1)a direct ultrawide bandgap of4.80 eV is observed and the rutile GeO_(2) exhibits an N-type semiconducting property.(2)Doped and co-doped GeO_(2) acquire a magnetic behavior and exhibit half-metallicity.(3)The mechanism responsible for these properties is also studied.(4)The critical temperature can reach 334 K when GeO_(2) is doped with Fe,while it rises to 398 K when it is co-doped with Fe and Co.(5)The spin polarization can be improved by co-doping.It can be inferred that rutile GeO_(2) doped or codoped with(Co,Fe)transition metals can be considered to be potential candidates for spintronic and optoelectronic applications.展开更多
文摘Despite its appearance in physics around the 1850th, the second law of thermodynamics is still attracting more efforts to be clarified. More specifically, fifteen years later (1865) after its definition and introduction, entropy has been the subject of various interpretations. Hence, in physical sciences and notably in different education levels, its concept seems to be relatively tough to unambiguous decipher. In this work, we re-introduce the notion of entropy from classical, quantum and information theories viewpoints. The controversial over entropy and a measure of disorder misconception, stated by many scientists, is addressed as well to come up with less confusing physical interpretation of entropy. Hence, over time, an increase of entropy, a quantitative quantity, is most often associated to a rising of disorder, a non-quantitative quantity and no value-returning mathematical equation, rather than a continuously increasing of hidden data. In other words, linking disorder to hidden data is typically raising more confusion than clarification. Here, we shed more light on both concepts to find out an acceptable interpretation of entropy.
文摘Rutile germanium oxide(rutile GeO_(2)),a semiconductor,can act as a half-metallic compound and is a promising material for spintronic and optoelectronic applications.Calculations were performed using the Korringa–Kohn–Rostoker(KKR)approach and the coherent potential approximation(CPA),which were further combined with two approximations,the local density approximation(LDA)and the self-interaction corrected LDA approximation(LDA-SIC),to study the electronic structure of bulk rutile GeO_(2) doped and co-doped with three transition-metal impurities:Fe,Co,and Ni.The doping value was set to 10%,while the co-doping level was set to 5%for each impurity.The main findings of this work are:(1)a direct ultrawide bandgap of4.80 eV is observed and the rutile GeO_(2) exhibits an N-type semiconducting property.(2)Doped and co-doped GeO_(2) acquire a magnetic behavior and exhibit half-metallicity.(3)The mechanism responsible for these properties is also studied.(4)The critical temperature can reach 334 K when GeO_(2) is doped with Fe,while it rises to 398 K when it is co-doped with Fe and Co.(5)The spin polarization can be improved by co-doping.It can be inferred that rutile GeO_(2) doped or codoped with(Co,Fe)transition metals can be considered to be potential candidates for spintronic and optoelectronic applications.
