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Item Open Access Zero bias anomalies in point-contact characteristics of αt-(BEDT-TTF)2I3(1994) Ernst, Gabriele; Nowack, Andreas; Weger, Meir; Schweitzer, DieterThe zero-bias anomaly in point-contact characteristics of the organic superconductor α-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 is investigated as a function of temperature and magnetic field. It is found that the zero-bias anomaly is insensitive to magnetic fields up to 5 T. In contrast, a structure at 5 meV, conventionally designated as the superconducting gap - but which is 4 times larger than the expected BCS gap - is strongly affected by magnetic fields above 1 T.Item Open Access Lattice dynamics of 3-dimensional tilings modelling icosahedral quasicrystals(1993) Los, Joop; Janssen, Ted; Gähler, FranzA study of the lattice dynamics of three-dimensional tilings modelling icosahedral quasicrystals is presented. The phonon density of states is calculated, and the character of the eigenstates is determined. Three different types of commensurate approximants are considered, namely symmetrized, perfect and randomized approximants. It appears that the density of states is smoothed by randomization. The participation ratio, which measures the rate of localization of an eigenmode, is given as a function of frequency. Only the states at the very upper end of the frequency spectrum appear to be localized, whereas all other states are extended. The density of states at low frequencies is analyzed in more detail, by applying a Brillouin zone integration over the lowest branches. It is found that these lowest branches scale for successive approximants.Item Open Access Adhesion of vesicles and membranes(1991) Lipowsky, Reinhard; Seifert, UdoIn the presence of an attractive surface, a vesicle can undergo shape transformations between two different free states, between a free and a bound state, and between two different bound states. Adhesion can also lead to topological changes such as vesicle rupture and vesicle fusion. The interaction between the vesicle membrane and the surface is renormalized by thermally excited shape fluctuations. This renormalization leads to unbinding phenomena both for fluid and for polymerized (or solid-like) membranes.Item Open Access Microwave conductivity in polycrystalline (BEDT-TTF)2I3 material(1991) Müller, Gerhard; Helberg, Hans W.; Schweitzer, Dieter; Keller, Heimo J.Polycrystalline material of the α-phase of (BEDT-TTF)2I3 was compressed to small samples (4-mm x 1mm, thickness 0.3 mm typically) at a pressure of 10 kbar. Annealing at 70°C yields the superconducting αt-phase. Microwaves (10,2 GHz) enable the measurements of the conductivity for stepwise annealing after every annealing step in always the same sample. For annealing times 10 min all conductivity versus temperature curves are intersecting in an isosbestlc point at 190 K. This behaviour can be described by a conductivity relation for a two component system, from which was determined the volume fraction of the new grown αt-phase in dependence of the annealing time. Starting annealing (annealing times < 10 min) shows another unexpected phase transformation. After 2 min annealing the conductivity at 200 K increases by more than one order of magnitude, but then decreases of further annealing (5-10 min) down to the value for the unannealed sample.Item Open Access Fluid flow and heat transfer in an axially rotating pipe subjected to external convection(1992) Weigand, Bernhard; Beer, HansThe effects of external insulation and tube rotation on the heat transfer to a fluid flowing inside a tube are examined by analysis. The turbulent flow is assumed to be hydrodynamically fully developed. Heat transfer was found to be strongly suppressed by tube rotation. It is shown that the significance of external insulation on the Nusselt number increases with growing rotation rate of the pipe.Item Open Access TRSS: a new version of program TRS for a different geometry(1992) Schmitz, Joachim; Trebin, Hans-Rainer; Rössler, UlrichQuantum resonances in the bands of semiconductors under uniaxial stress provide very detailed information on the band parameters. However, the analysis of experimental data is difficult. Computer programs based on an adequate theoretical model make this task easier. Program TRSS calculates energy eigenvalues, wave functions and oscillator strengths for direct inter- and intraband dipole transitions. The magnetic field is applied parallel to the [001] crystal axis while the uniaxial stress is directed perpendicular [100] to it.Item Open Access Liquid-crystalline blue phase III and structures of broken icosahedral symmetry(1993) Longa, Lech; Fink, Werner; Trebin, Hans-RainerThe structure of the liquid-crystalline blue phase III (BPIII) is still unknown and remains one of the mysteries of liquid-crystal physics. We take all icosahedral space-group symmetries of the reciprocal space for BPIII and study their thermodynamic stability within the frame of an extended de Gennes–Ginzburg–Landau free-energy expansion. The stability of the icosahedral structures is compared with that of the cholesteric phase and of the cubic blue phases. Strikingly, even though the extended model contains three extra parameters, we could not detect a region of parameter space where icosahedral structures are absolutely stable just below the isotropic phase.Item Open Access Matching rules for quasicrystals : the composition-decomposition method(1993) Gähler, FranzA general method is presented which proves that an appropriately chosen set of matching rules for a quasiperiodic tiling enforces quasiperiodicity. This method, which is based on self-similarity, is formulated in general terms to make it applicable to many different situations. The method is then illustrated with two examples, one of which is a new set of matching rules for a dodecagonal tiling.Item Open Access Item Open Access Theory of liquid crystalline phases in biaxial systems(1992) Longa, Lech; Trebin, Hans-RainerGeneral properties of SO(3) - symmetric free- energy expansion for biaxial systems are studied. In particular, all invariants in powers of a traceless and symmetric quadrupole tensor order parameter and a vector order parameter are identified and their relation to possible local structures are found. A new class of polar, chiral biaxial phases are predicted.