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Nematics in Hybrid Cylindrical Cells

Rodolfo T. de Souza, Cesare Chiccoli, Paolo Pasini, Luiz R. Evangelista e Claudio Zannoni

MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS – Volume: 576; Issue: 1; Pages: 42-52; DOI: 10.1080/10584587.2013.789678

Nematic samples filling a flat cell or the annular region between two concentric cylinders with hybrid anchoring conditions at the boundaries are investigated by setting up and minimizing their […]

Non-destructive thermal wave method applied to study thermal properties of fast setting time endodontic cement

Angela M. Picolloto, Vinicius V. G. Mariucci, Wesley Szpak, Antonio Medina Neto, Mauro L. Baesso, Nelson G. Castelli Astrath, Francine B. G. Astrath, Alailson D. Santos, João C. Silos Moraes e Antonio C. Bento

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS – Volume: 114; Issue: 19; Article Number: UNSP 194701; DOI: 10.1063/1.4829921

The thermal wave method is applied for thermal […]

On the equivalence between specific adsorption and kinetic equation descriptions of the admittance response in electrolytic cells

Luiz R. Evangelista, Ervin K. Lenzi, Giovane Barbero, James R. Macdonald

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS – Volume: 138;  Issue: 11     Article Number: 114702   DOI: 10.1063/1.4794689

The response of an electrolytic cell, in the shape of a slab, is analyzed in the framework of the Poisson-Nernst-Planck model in the limit of full dissociation. Two different types of boundary […]

On the microscopic mechanism for the stabilization of structural and ferroic states in displacive multiferroics

Valdirlei F. Freitas, Taiana G. M. Bonadio, Gustavo S. Dias, Otávio A. Protzek, Antonio Medina Neto, Luiz F. Cótica, Ivair A. Santos, Ducinei Garcia e José A. Eiras

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS – Volume: 113; Issue: 11; Article Number: 114105; DOI: 10.1063/1.4795766

In this paper, the microscopic mechanism for structural, ferroelectric, and magnetic stabilities in displacive perovskite […]

Overlap of the intrinsic and extrinsic magnetoelectric effects in BiFeO3-PbTiO3 compounds: Potentialities for magnetic-sensing applications

Diogo Z. Montanher, Valdirlei F. Freitas, José R. Dias Pereira, Luiz F. Cótica, Ducinei Garcia, José A. Eiras e Ivair A. Santos

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS  Volume: 113   Issue: 3     Article Number: 034102   DOI: 10.1063/1.4775796, Published: JAN 2013

The potentialities of BiFeO3-PbTiO3 multiferroic compounds for magnetic-field sensing applications is investigated by characterizing the dynamical magnetoelectric response of […]

Parametric Analysis of a Heavy Metal Sorption Isotherm Based on Fractional Calculus

Enrico M. Gomes, Rosana R. L. Araújo, Marcelo K. Lenzi, Fernanda R. G. B. Silva e Ervin K. Lenzi

MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING – Article Number: 642101; DOI: 10.1155/2013/642101

Heavy metals are widely recognized as being hazardous to human health and environmentally aggressive. The literature reports different approaches for lead removal, for example, water hyacinths. Heavy metal […]

Photoacoustic methods for in vitro study of kinetics progesterone release from the biodegradation of polyhydroxybutyrate/polycaprolactone used as intravaginal devices

Nilson E. Souza Filho, Vinícius V. G. Mariucci, Gustavo S. Dias, Wesley Szpak, Patrícia H. P. Miguez, Ed H. Madureira, Antonio Medina Neto, Mauro L. Baesso e Antonio C. Bento

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS – Volume: 103; Issue: 14; Article Number: 144104; DOI: 10.1063/1.4823986

Intravaginal devices composed of polyhydroxybutyrate/polycaprolactone blends incorporating progesterone were used over eight days in […]

Photosensitizer and light diffusion through dentin in photodynamic therapy

Ana C. Nogueira, Ariane X. Graciano, Juliana Y. Nagata, Mitsue Fujimaki, Raquel S. Terada, Antonio C. Bento, Nelson G. C. Astrath, Mauro L. Baesso

JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS – Volume: 18; Issue: 5; Article Number: 55004; DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.5.055004

Photodynamic therapy has been considered a potential antimicrobial modality against oral infections, including dental caries. A model to estimate […]

Pulsed-Laser Time-Resolved Thermal Mirror Technique in Low-Absorbance Homogeneous Linear Elastic Materials

Gustavo V. B. Lukasievicz, Nelson G. C. Astrath, Luis C. Malacarne, Leandro S. Herculano, Vitor S. Zanuto, Mauro L. Baesso e Stephen E. Bialkowski

APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY – Volume: 67; Issue: 10; Pages: 1111-1116; DOI: 10.1366/13-07068

A theoretical model for a time-resolved photothermal mirror technique using pulsed-laser excitation was developed for low absorption samples. Analytical solutions to the […]

Resonant excited state absorption and relaxation mechanisms in Tb3+-doped calcium aluminosilicate glasses: an investigation by thermal mirror spectroscopy

Giselly S. Bianchi, Vitor S. Zanuto, Francine B. G. Astrath, Luis C. Malacarne, Idelmar A. A. Terra, Tomaz Catunda, Luiz A. O. Nunes, Carlos Jacinto, Luis H. C. Andrade, Sandro M. Lima, Mauro L. Baesso e Nelson G. Castelli Astrath

OPTICS LETTERS – Volume: 32; Issue: 22; Pages: 4667-4670; DOI: 10.1364/OL.38.004667

Resonant excited state absorption (ESA) and relaxation processes […]