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In this study magnetite nanoparticles (Fe3 O4) were synthesized and embedded in activated carbon (AC) derived from waste tire rubber to produce magnetic activated carbon. The atrazine (C8 H14 ClN5) adsorption was performed over (AC/Fe3 O4) nanocomposite in an aqueous solution and adsorp-tion isotherms and kinetics were determined. The effects of some parameters such as (pH, contact time, adsorbent dosage and initial pesticide concentration) were investigated. Characterization of nanocomposite was carried out by high-resolution scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, vibrating sample magnetometer, Brunauer–Emmett– Teller, Fourier-transform... 

Growing the need for long-life and high-available programs, dynamic reconfiguration is going to be an important research issue. Dynamic reconfiguration enables the software systems to change at runtime to decrease their down-time in case of any updating, upgrading or in any changes. Any invalid reconfiguration at runtime may lead programs into invalid states. In this paper, we investigate on validity of dynamic reconfiguration for component-based programs and propose validity conditions for it. We show that the problem of validity assurance in general is undecidable and there is no general-purpose algorithm to verify dynamic reconfiguration validity. To have a computable algorithm for... 

Tunability of the Fermi level of graphene is exploited to implement a plasmonic nano-color-sorter for scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) applications capable of handling large tip sample couplings. Nano-color-sorting has been used in SNOM through creating multiple spatially separated hot spots for different incident wavelengths. We show that in the presence of high-refractive-index samples an unwanted redshift in the spectral response of the dual-color probe occurs. This limitation can be compensated for using graphene and adjusting its chemical potential to obtain a blueshift in probe spectral response. The Method of Moments analysis technique is employed to engineer the probe... 

Near field scanning optical microscopy exploiting differential interference contrast enhancement is demonstrated. Beam splitting in the near field region is implemented using a dual color probe based on plasmonic color sorter idea. This provides the ability to illuminate two neighboring points on the sample simultaneously. It is shown that by modulating the two wavelengths employed in exciting such a probe, phase difference information can be retrieved through measuring the near field photoinduced force at the difference of the two modulation frequencies. This difference in frequency is engineered to correspond to the first resonant frequency of the cantilever, resulting in improved SNR, and... 

Design and modeling of a class of scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) probe for improving performance are reported. The basic idea is to generate more than one hot spot with well-known spatial distribution. This not only enables one to calibrate out many sorts of errors in conventional SNOM but also results in the increase in the speed of imaging. We utilize plasmonic nanocolor sorter structures to design aperture probes that create two spatially distinct hot spots. The method of moment analysis technique is employed to tune the probe for operation at standard Ar-ion laser wavelengths (457.9 and 514.5 nm). © 2018 Optical Society of America  

In this paper we achieve non-reciprocity in a silicon optical ring resonator, by introducing two small time-modulated perturbations into the ring. Isolators are designed using this time-perturbed ring, side-coupled to waveguides. The underlying operation of the time-modulated ring and isolator is analyzed using Temporal Coupled Mode Theory (TCMT). The TCMT is used to find the angular distance, phase difference and thickness of the two time-modulated points on the ring resonator and also to find and justify the optimum values for the modulation frequency and amplitude, which yields maximum isolation in the isolator arrangements. Insight into the major players that determine isolation are also... 

Demand Response (DR) is an impressive tool in smart power grids that can provide several technical and economic advantages for power system operator. DR aggregation can be performed by DR aggregator who is a commercial mediator on behalf of end use consumers to facilitate their access to the market while satisfying their preferences. Since the customer's preferences could affect the available DR directly, this paper aims to assess the impacts of DR aggregator's offering packages on DR potential. To this end, a day-ahead network-constrained market clearing model is presented so that both the generation units as well as DR aggregators could send their offers including their price-quantity... 

Simulation of x-ray generation from bombardment of various solid targets by quasimonoenergetic electrons is considered. The electron bunches are accelerated in a plasma produced by interaction of 500 mJ, 30 femtosecond laser pulses with a helium gas jet. These relativistic electrons propagate in the ion channel generated in the wake of the laser pulse. A beam of MeV electrons can interact with targets to generate x-ray radiation with keV energy. The MCNP-4C code based on Monte Carlo simulation is employed to compare the production of bremsstrahlung and characteristic x rays between 10 and 100 keV by using two quasi-Maxwellian and quasimonoenergetic energy distributions of electrons. For a... 

A novel method for computation of guided mode reflectivity from optical waveguide end-facet is presented. The method is based on the characteristic Green's function (CGF) technique formulation combined with the complex images (CIs) method for dielectric planar waveguides. By separability assumption of the structure, a uniform and closed-form expression of spatial Green's function is obtained. Derived expression consists of discrete and continuous spectrum contributions which denote guided and radiation modes effects, respectively. Having a full-wave solution, efficient optimization procedure is then used to calculate the exact reflection coefficients of guided modes at the end-facets. To... 

A uniform and closed-form spatial Green's function for finite dielectric structures is derived by using a combination of the characteristic Green's function (CGF) and rational function fitting method (RFFM). Employing the concept of quasi leaky waves, CGF-RFFM represents both of the discrete and continuous spectrum contributions efficiently by using the modified VECTFIT algorithm. The method is examined for 2-D truncated dielectric slab while it can be implemented for 3-D structure straightforwardly. An error of less than 0.2% is achieved compared with the direct numerical integration of the spectral integral. The derived Green's function is exact for separable structures while it is... 

A closed-form spatial Green's function for finite dielectric structures is derived by using a combination of the characteristic Green's function (CGF) and rational function fitting method (RFFM). CGF-RFFM represents both of the discrete and continuous spectrum contributions efficiently by using the modified VECTFIT algorithm. To obtain more accurate results, reflection coefficient correction due to the surface waves (SWs) incident on the the end-facet is considered. The main advantage of this method lies in its speed as well as accuracy. Excellent agreements with the rigorous method of moments (MoM) are shown in several examples  

Novel hydrogels based on zwitterionic monomer [3-(methacrylamido)propyl] dimethyl (3-sulfopropyl) ammonium hydroxide (MPDSAH) and a strong acid monomer (2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, AMPS) were synthesized through solution polymerization under normal conditions to achieve nearly quantitative gel yield. The structure of the gels was confirmed using infrared spectroscopy. Thermal properties were simultaneously studied by differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis (DSC/TGA). The effects of the polymerization variables on the swelling capacity of the products were investigated. It was found that, in a certain range of the monomers mol ratio, increase of AMPS... 

Pulsating heat pipes (PHPs) are heat transfer devices which are widely utilized in electronic devices and energy systems. Improvement in thermal performance of PHPs will lead to higher heat transfer capacity and enhancement in the efficiency of systems which PHPs are applied. In this study, an experimental investigation was performed on the thermal performance of a pulsating heat pipe by applying graphene oxide nanofluid as working fluid. Four concentrations of graphene oxide (0.25, 0.5, 1, and 1.5 g/lit) in water as base fluid were used in the PHP. Results indicate that adding graphene oxide sheets increased thermal conductivity and viscidity of the base fluid. Moreover, utilizing graphene...