Engineering Papers⌕ Search

SEARCH · Engineering Papers

Results for “structures”

Search indexed NASA NTRS and DOE OSTI research on propulsion, heat transfer, battery materials and energy systems. Follow report and document links to the original sources.

Quote a phrase for an exact phrase match. Source license links do not imply unrestricted reuse.

At least 1,603 records · Page 89
All sourcesNASA NTRSDOE OSTI
DOE OSTI2020

Enhanced electron amplifier structure and method of fabricating the enhanced electron amplifier structure

An enhanced electron amplifier structure includes a microporous substrate having a front surface and a rear surface, the microporous substrate including at least one channel extending substantially through the substrate between the front surface and the rear surface, an ion diffusion layer formed on a surface of the channel, the ion diffusion layer comprising a metal oxide, a resistive coating layer formed on the first ion diffusion layer, an emissive coating layer formed on the resistive coating layer, and an optional ion feedback layer formed on the front surface of the structure. The emissive coating produces a secondary electron emission responsive to an interaction with a particle received by the channel. The ion diffusion layer, the resistive coating layer, the emissive coating layer, and the ion feedback layer are independently deposited via chemical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition.

Mane, Anil U.↗
DOE OSTI2021

Click-chemistry compatible structures, click-chemistry functionalized structures, and materials and methods for making the same

According to several embodiments, a composition of matter includes: a three-dimensional structure comprising photo polymerized molecules. At least some of the photo polymerized molecules further comprise one or more protected click-chemistry compatible functional groups; and at least portions of one or more surfaces of the three-dimensional structure are functionalized with one or more of the protected click-chemistry compatible functional groups.

Campbell, Patrick↗
DOE OSTI2021

Click-chemistry compatible structures, click-chemistry functionalized structures, and materials and methods for making the same

According to several embodiments, a composition of matter includes: a three-dimensional structure comprising photo polymerized molecules. At least some of the photo polymerized molecules further comprise one or more protected click-chemistry compatible functional groups; and at least portions of one or more surfaces of the three-dimensional structure are functionalized with one or more of the protected click-chemistry compatible functional groups. An additive manufacturing resin suitable for fabricating a click-chemistry compatible composition of matter includes: a photo polymerizable compound; and a click-chemistry compatible compound. A method of forming an additive manufacturing resin suitable for fabricating a click-chemistry compatible composition of matter includes: reacting a compound comprising a terminal alkyne group or a terminal azide group with a protecting reagent to form a protected reactive diluent precursor, reacting the precursor with a compound to form a protected reactive diluent; and mixing the protected reactive diluent with a photo polymerizable compound.

Campbell, Patrick↗
DOE OSTI2023

Nanotube structures, methods of making nanotube structures, and methods of accessing intracellular space

In accordance with the purpose(s) of the present disclosure, as embodied and broadly described herein, embodiments of the present disclosure, in one aspect, relate to methods of making a structure including nanotubes, a structure including nanotubes, methods of delivering a fluid to a cell, methods of removing a fluid to a cell, methods of accessing intracellular space, and the like.

VanDersarl, Jules J.↗
DOE OSTI2016

Structural, electronic structure, and band alignment properties at epitaxial NiO/Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} heterojunction evaluated from synchrotron based X-ray techniques

The valence band offset value of 2.3 ± 0.2 eV at epitaxial NiO/Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} heterojunction is determined from photoelectron spectroscopy experiments. Pulsed laser deposited thin film of NiO on Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} substrate is epitaxially grown along [111] direction with two domain structures, which are in-plane rotated by 60° with respect to each other. Observation of Pendellosung oscillations around Bragg peak confirms high interfacial and crystalline quality of NiO layer deposited on Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} substrate. Surface related feature in Ni 2p{sub 3/2} core level spectra along with oxygen K-edge soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy results indicates that the initial growth of NiO on Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} substrate is in the form of islands, which merge to form NiO layer for the larger coverage. The value of conduction band offset is also evaluated from the measured values of band gaps of NiO and Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} layers. A type-I band alignment at NiO and Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} heterojunction is also obtained. The determined values of band offsets can be useful in heterojunction based light emitting devices.

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSIC↗
DOE OSTI2017

Geographic variations in lowermost mantle structure from the ray parameters and decay constants of core-diffracted waves: CMBR Structure From P diff and S diff

We propose an array-based approach for constraining seismic velocity structure in the lowermost mantle by measuring the frequency dependence of the ray parameter p and decay constant γ for core-diffracted waves (P diff and SH diff ). The approach uses an iterative multichannel cross-correlation algorithm that solves for relative arrival times and amplitudes of core-diffracted waveforms from multiple peaks in normalized correlograms from pairs of coazimuthal stations. The approach is applied to 60 m b ≥ 5.8 earthquakes for P diff and 36 for SH diff during 2001–2002, with nearly 50,000 unique profile station pairs with epicentral-distance differences of Δd ≥ 10° and azimuth differences of Δφ ≤ 10°, sampling a significant portion of the lowermost mantle. Cap-averaging the resulting ray parameter estimates produces geographic variations that are largely consistent with the distribution of lowermost mantle large low-velocity provinces and seismically fast slab-accumulation regions seen in seismic tomography models, whose locations also greatly influence the geographic distribution of heat flow out of the core. Geographic variations in station-pair diffracted-wave decay constants differ from those of the ray parameters, suggesting that variations in the decay of core-diffracted waves are more linked to lowermost mantle seismic velocity gradients than absolute values of seismic velocity. The ray parameters and decay constants of core-diffracted waves are strongly frequency-dependent, and these frequency variations also vary significantly with geographic location. Combining lateral and vertical seismic-velocity variations with mineral-physics data on elasticity and conductivity of lowermost mantle species can provide constraints on D" composition and CMB heat flux.

58 GEOSCIENCES↗
DOE OSTI2018

Local Structure Around Nb Site of a Potential Thermoelectric Material La{sub 1/3}NbO{sub 3} from Temperature-Dependent Extended x-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy

The effort to find thermoelectric materials suitable for different applications is an intense research topic of a large material science community. In this context, A-site-deficient La{sub 1/3}NbO{sub 3}, which shows an irreversible pressure-induced amorphization at above 15 GPa, has attracted recent attention. Here, we present a temperature-dependent Nb K-edge extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) study of La{sub 1/3}NbO{sub 3} in the range 77-500 K probing the Nb-O bond correlations. These results are compared with the Nb-O bond correlations in two related oxides NbO{sub 2} and Nb{sub 2}O{sub 5}. In comparison with NbO{sub 2} and Nb{sub 2}O{sub 5}, the Nb-O bond mean square relative displacements in La{sub 1/3}NbO{sub 3} show much weaker temperature dependence revealing its enhanced spring constant. The “A” site deficiency in La{sub 1/3}NbO{sub 3} may allow the oxygen atoms to preserve their local geometry and thus are less responsive to the external stimuli like temperature, which may be important in determining the thermal and electrical conductivity properties of this system.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2021

Interfacial X-Ray Scattering from Small Surfaces: Adapting Mineral-Fluid Structure Methods for Microcrystalline Materials

Crystal truncation rod (CTR) X-ray diffraction is an invaluable tool for measuring mineral surface and adsorbate structures, and has been applied to several environmentally and geochemically important systems. Traditionally, the method has been restricted to single crystals with lateral dimensions >3 mm. Minerals that meet this size criterion represent a minute fraction of those that are relevant to interfacial geochemistry questions, however. Crystal screening, data collection, and CTR measurement methods have been developed for crystals of <0.3 mm in lateral size using the manganese oxide mineral chalcophanite (ZnMn 3 O 7 •3H 2 O) as a case study. Furthermore, this work demonstrates the feasibility of applying the CTR technique to previously inaccessible surfaces, opening up a large suite of candidate substrates for future study.

58 GEOSCIENCES↗
DOE OSTI2020

Hydrodynamics of countercurrent flows in a structured packed column: effects of initial wetting and dynamic contact angle

The structured packed column has gained considerable attention as a prospective technology to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions from thermal power plants. The computational flow investigation of such systems is a multiscale problem, and local hydrodynamics plays a key role in overall column efficiency. Accordingly, multiphase flow studies in the representative elementary unit (REU) of a packed column can offer insights into the local flow behavior such as flow pattern, interfacial area, etc. The interfacial area plays a key role in the overall interphase mass transfer and thereby in separation efficiency. The predicted effective area matches well with corresponding ones in experiments for Mellapak 250.Y packings. The contact angle (i.e., solid substrate behavior) is one of the critical factors that dictates wettings, and thereby the interfacial area. The dynamic contact angle (DCA) was considered in order to explore the effects of contact angle hysteresis on the interfacial area. DCA has more pronounced impact on the interfacial area for a solvent possessing a higher value of surface tension and equilibrium contact angle. The interfacial area shows temporal undulation and does not achieve a pseudo steady state due to the capillary force. In contrary, the interfacial area gets a net value for a solvent having low surface tension value. Further, specification of the static contact angle at the solid substrate shows the least value of the interfacial area. We also extensively studied the effect of the initial sheet condition (dry vs wet) on the interfacial area. The initially wetted sheets show slightly higher value of the interfacial area as compared to the initially dry sheets at a fixed flow rate for a solvent having high surface tension value. Wetting hysteresis decreases with increasing liquid loads. On the other hand, wetting hysteresis does not occur for a solvent having value of low surface tension and equilibrium contact angle.

structured packings, dynamic contact angle, interf↗
DOE OSTI2016

An added-mass partition algorithm for fluid–structure interactions of compressible fluids and nonlinear solids

We describe an added-mass partitioned (AMP) algorithm for solving fluid–structure interaction (FSI) problems involving inviscid compressible fluids interacting with nonlinear solids that undergo large rotations and displacements. The computational approach is a mixed Eulerian–Lagrangian scheme that makes use of deforming composite grids (DCG) to treat large changes in the geometry in an accurate, flexible, and robust manner. The current work extends the AMP algorithm developed in Banks et al. [1] for linearly elasticity to the case of nonlinear solids. To ensure stability for the case of light solids, the new AMP algorithm embeds an approximate solution of a nonlinear fluid–solid Riemann (FSR) problem into the interface treatment. The solution to the FSR problem is derived and shown to be of a similar form to that derived for linear solids: the state on the interface being fundamentally an impedance-weighted average of the fluid and solid states. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the AMP algorithm is stable even for light solids when added-mass effects are large. The accuracy and stability of the AMP scheme is verified by comparison to an exact solution using the method of analytical solutions and to a semi-analytical solution that is obtained for a rotating solid disk immersed in a fluid. The scheme is applied to the simulation of a planar shock impacting a light elliptical-shaped solid, and comparisons are made between solutions of the FSI problem for a neo-Hookean solid, a linearly elastic solid, and a rigid solid. The ability of the approach to handle large deformations is demonstrated for a problem of a high-speed flow past a light, thin, and flexible solid beam.

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSIC↗
DOE OSTI2015

Structural and magnetic properties of nickel antimony ferrospinels

Spinel-type compounds of Fe–Ni–Sb–O system were synthesized as polycrystalline powders. The crystal and magnetic properties were investigated using X-ray and neutron powder diffraction, Mössbauer and X-ray absorption spectroscopy and magnetization measurements. The samples crystallize in the cubic system, space group Fd – 3 m. The distribution of cations between octahedral and tetrahedral sites was refined from the diffraction data sets using constraints imposed by the magnetic, Mössbauer and EDS results and the ionic radii. The cation distribution and the temperature dependence of the lattice parameter (a) and the oxygen positional parameter (u) were obtained. A chemical formula close to Fe0.8Ni1.8Sb0.4O4 was determined, with Sb5+ cations occupying octahedral sites, and Fe3+ and Ni2+ occupying both tetrahedral and octahedral sites. Fe3+ mainly (85/15 ratio) occupy tetrahedral sites, and conversely Ni2+ mainly reside on octahedral ones. The magnetic unit cell is the same as the crystallographic one, having identical symmetry relations. The results indicate that the compounds have a collinear ferrimagnetic structure with antiferromagnetic coupling between the tetrahedral (A) and octahedral (B) sites. Uniquely, the temperature dependence of the net magnetization of this rare earth free ferrimagnet exhibits a compensation point.

Crystal structure↗
DOE OSTI2021

How structural differences influence cross-model consistency: An electric sector case study

Multiple models are often employed to describe a range of possible outcomes for one or more scenarios, yielding insights into causal relationships and their uncertainties. Electric sector capacity expansion scenarios are a common topic of such efforts due to the economic influence of the electric sector, but model results typically span a broad solution space despite efforts to harmonize input assumptions, making decision implications difficult to discern. This study investigates the relationship between input harmonization and cross-model scenario consistency under disparate electric sector scenarios. We compare cross-model consistency between two state-of-the-art electric sector capacity expansion models (GCAM-USA and ReEDS) for six electric sector scenarios comprising alternate assumptions about fossil fuel resource availability, technology innovation, and long-term economy-wide transitions under four harmonization configurations varying model representations of electricity demand, fuel prices, renewable resources, and capacity retirements. These comparisons reveal that cross-model consistency can vary across scenarios under a given harmonization configuration, suggesting that harmonization efforts must often be scenario-specific if comparable cross-model consistency is desired. Model structural differences can hinder consistency, and the impact of these differences can depend on the scenario. Ultimately, thorough harmonization can reveal insights into cross-model consistency, which can be used to tighten uncertainty bounds and improve the decision-making implications of multi-model activities.

Cohen, Stuart↗
DOE OSTI2023

Structural Investigation of Technetium Dibutylphosphate Species Using X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy

The speciation of Tc after the extraction of Tc(IV) from H 2 O and 1 M HNO 3 by dibutylphosphoric acid (HDBP) in dodecane has been studied by X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy. Results show the formation of dimeric species with Tc 2 O 2 and Tc 2 O units, and the formulas [Tc 2 O 2 (DBP·HDBP) 4 ] (1) and [Tc 2 O(NO 3 ) 2 (DBP) 2 (DBP·HDBP) 2 ] (2) were, respectively, proposed for the species extracted from H 2 O and 1 M HNO 3 . The interatomic Tc–Tc distances found in the Tc 2 O 2 and Tc 2 O units [2.55(3) and 3.57(4) Å, respectively] are similar to the ones found in Tc(IV) dinuclear species. It is likely that the speciation of Tc(IV) in dodecane is due to the extraction of a species with a Tc 2 O unit for (2) and to the redissolution of a Tc(IV)-DBP solid for (1). The XAFS results for (1) and (2) were compared to that obtained for the extraction of Tc(IV) with TBP/HDBP/dodecane from 0.5 M HNO 3 , (3) which highlight the formation of Tc mononuclear nitrate species {i.e. [Tc(NO 3 ) 3 (DBP)] or [Tc(NO 3 ) 2 (DBP·HDBP)]}. These results confirm the importance of the preparation and speciation of the Tc(IV) aqueous solutions prior to extraction and how much this influences and drives the final Tc speciation in organic extraction. Here, these studies outline the complexity of Tc separation chemistry and provide insights into the behavior of Tc during the reprocessing of used nuclear fuel.

37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CH↗