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sabato 2 gennaio 2021
# gst: the strong impact on nanosheets by the weak van der Waals force
lunedì 4 gennaio 2021
# gst: apropos of waves perturbed by weak turbulences
mercoledì 9 settembre 2020
# gst: to reach detectability of a weak signal, they add background noise
sabato 13 maggio 2023
# gst: the robustness of a edge spiking.
lunedì 6 maggio 2024
# gst: random walk model for dual cascades in wave turbulence.
martedì 26 gennaio 2016
# s-gst-chem: weak long-range van der Waals interactions in self-assembly
<< The researchers found that weak long-range van der Waals (attractive or repulsive forces between molecules or atomic groups that do not arise from interactions due to a covalent bond or electrostatic force) yielded the largest contribution to the molecule-surface interaction >>
A self-assembling molecular nanoswitch
A possible future molecular memory device. January 18, 2016
http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-self-assembling-molecular-nanoswitch
<< We find that on both substrates, the adsorbate-substrate interaction is dominated by attractive van der Waals forces >>
Moritz Müller, Katharina Diller, et al. Interfacial charge rearrangement and intermolecular interactions: Density-functional theory study of free-base porphine adsorbed on Ag(111) and Cu(111). The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016; 144 (2): 024701 DOI: 10.1063/1.4938259 (open access)
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jcp/144/2/10.1063/1.4938259
lunedì 27 dicembre 2021
# gst: reshaping Kuramoto model, when a collective dynamics becomes chaotic, with a surprisingly weak coupling.
giovedì 28 marzo 2019
# gst geo: a model of a cascading, zig-zag fashion earthquake on weak crustal faults
<< The model confirmed that the Kaikoura earthquake involved a complex cascade of fault ruptures, which propagated in a zig-zag fashion. Propagation velocities along the individual fault systems were not unusually slow, but the complex geometry of the fault network and delays at the transitions between fault segments led to a tortuous rupture path. >>
A surprising, cascading earthquake. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Mar 20, 2019.
https://m.phys.org/news/2019-03-cascading-earthquake.html
<< the complex fault system operates at low apparent friction thanks to the combined effects of overpressurized fluids, low dynamic friction and stress concentrations induced by deep fault creep. >>
Thomas Ulrich, Alice-Agnes Gabriel, et al. Dynamic viability of the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake cascade on weak crustal faults. Nature Comm. volume 10, Article number: 1213 (2019) Mar 14
martedì 17 aprile 2018
# brain: a new learning theory; the role of weak synapses
AA << demonstrate a new type of abundant cooperative nonlinear dynamics where learning is attributed solely to the nodes, instead of the network links which their number is significantly larger >>
<< The network dynamics is now counterintuitively governed by the weak links, which previously were assumed to be insignificant >>
Shira Sardi, Roni Vardi, et al. Adaptive nodes enrich nonlinear cooperative learning beyond traditional adaptation by links. Scientific Reports. 2018; 8 (5100). doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-23471-7. March 23, 2018.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-23471-7
The brain learns completely differently than we’ve assumed, new learning theory says. New post-Hebb brain-learning model may lead to new brain treatments and breakthroughs in faster deep learning. Mar 28, 2018.
lunedì 2 marzo 2020
# gst: continuous, (not intermittent, perpetual) tremors and slips ...
sabato 7 novembre 2020
# gst: apropos of nano vortices: the stabilization of skyrmions by weak higher-order exchange interactions
giovedì 21 dicembre 2017
# gst: a case of stabilization by weak noise
<< An elusive state of matter - quantum spin liquid - may actually be enhanced rather than suppressed by disorder as seen in a compound that contains praseodymium, zirconium, and oxygen (Pr2Zr2O7) >>
<< Disorder is generally thought to be detrimental to creating materials with unusual magnetism or other quantum phenomena. However, a team found that weak disorder surprisingly stabilizes a rare quantum state called a quantum spin liquid >>
Stirring up a quantum spin-liquid with disorder. Dec 13, 2017.
https://m.phys.org/news/2017-12-quantum-spin-liquid-disorder.html
J.-J. Wen, S. M. Koohpayeh, et al. Disordered Route to the Coulomb Quantum Spin Liquid: Random Transverse Fields on Spin Ice in Pr2Zr2O7. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2017; 118 (107206). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.107206. Mar 8, 2017.
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.107206
sabato 22 aprile 2023
# gst: when droplets are capable of self-propulsion as if they were surfing on a self-generated wave.
giovedì 8 luglio 2021
# gst: apropos of 'disordered interactions', localization and dissociation of bound states and mapping to chaotic billiards concerning two particles on a chain
venerdì 6 dicembre 2024
# gst: anomalous oscillation modes of (superfluid) pendant droplets; horizontal translation on a flat surface, bouncing off at the corner and vertical oscillations at the edge.
martedì 24 settembre 2019
# gst: apropos of weak bonds, hydrophobic cohesion to stabilize the double helix of DNA
<< The main stabilizer of the DNA double helix is not the base-pair hydrogen bonds but coin-pile stacking of base pairs, whose hydrophobic cohesion, requiring abundant water, indirectly makes the DNA interior dry so that hydrogen bonds can exert full recognition power. (..) (AA) speculate that hydrophobic catalysis is a general phenomenon in DNA enzymes. >>
<< The forces that stabilize the DNA double helix are a prerequisite for the secure storage of genetic information but their modest strength is also necessary for the efficient processes of replication, transcription, recombination, and repair systems-wherein thermal fluctuations, or "breathing," play an important role >>
Bobo Feng, Robert P. Sosa, et al. Hydrophobic catalysis and a potential biological role of DNA unstacking induced by environment effects. PNAS. 116 (35) 17169-17174; Aug 27, 2019. doi: 10.1073/ pnas.1909122116. https://www.pnas.org/content/116/35/17169
DNA is held together by hydrophobic forces. Chalmers University of Technology. Sep 23, 2019. https://m.phys.org/news/2019-09-dna-held-hydrophobic.html