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São propostos modelos de 4 e de 12 vértices na rede quadrada para explicar a transição de fases antiferroelétrica observada no ácido quadrático (H IND. 2C IND. 4O IND. 4). A energia livre do modelo básico de 4 vértices se anula identicamente. A solução do modelo iônico de 12 vértices na aproximação de Bethe apresenta uma transição de segunda ordem. A existência desta transição de fases é assegurada por meio de um argumento de Peierls . A transição de fases do modelo de 12 vértices também é estudada pela técnica do grupo de renormalização fenomenológico. Conclui-se que a temperatura critica exata deve ser sistematicamente inferior àquela prevista pela aproximação de Bethe. Há evidências de que nü = 1. A mesma técnica foi empregada no estudo de um modelo de 16 vértices equivalente ao modelo de Ising, reproduzindo- se com boa precisão os cálculos exatos. Resultados experimentais mais recentes para O ácido quadrático indicam urna transição de primeira ordem. Mostra- se então que um modelo compressível de 12 vértices apresenta urna transição descontinua na aproximação de Bethe. / We consider 4 and 12 vertex models on the square lattice for the antiferroelectric phase transition in crystals of squaric acid (H IND. 2C IND. 4O IND. 4). The free energy of the basic 4 vertex model vanishes identically. In the framework of the Bethe approximation, the ionic 12 vertex model gives a second order phase transition. We use a Peierls argument to show that a phase transition does indeed occur in this model. Also, the phase transition in the 12 vertex model is studied by means of phenomenological renormalization group calculations. The exact critical temperature seems to be always lower than the prediction of the Bethe approximation. We present evidences that nü = 1 for this model. The same calculations were done for a 16 vertex model which is equivalent to the Ising model, the exact results being reproduced with good precision. Recent experimental data seem to support that the transition in squaric acid is indeed of first order. A compressible 12 vertex model is then shown to give a discontinuous transition.

Hong, Wei = 膠體玻璃化相變的實驗及理論研究 / 洪偉. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-91). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Hong, Wei = Jiao ti bo li hua xiang bian de shi yan ji li lun yan jiu / Hong Wei. / Abstract --- p.i / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Experimental background --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- What is a colloidal system? --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Single particle diffusion --- p.5 / Chapter 1.1.3 --- Inter-particle interaction --- p.9 / Chapter 1.1.4 --- Colloidal phase transition --- p.14 / Chapter 1.2 --- Glass transition --- p.16 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Vibrational modes --- p.18 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Dynamics --- p.21 / Chapter 2 --- Experimental setup and methods --- p.29 / Chapter 2.1 --- Sample and setup --- p.29 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Sample preparation --- p.29 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Setup --- p.32 / Chapter 2.2 --- Resolution enhancement --- p.36 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Alignment --- p.36 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Lens resolution --- p.37 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Lens combination --- p.38 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- LED light source and filter --- p.39 / Chapter 2.3 --- Image preprocessing --- p.42 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Background subtraction --- p.42 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Noise filter --- p.43 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Particle recognition and tracking --- p.45 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Dedrift --- p.47 / Chapter 3 --- Measurement --- p.50 / Chapter 3.1 --- Dynamical characteristics --- p.50 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Mean squared displacement --- p.50 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Diffusion coefficient versus area fraction --- p.56 / Chapter 3.2 --- Structural characteristics --- p.58 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Pair correlation function --- p.58 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Cluster statistics --- p.62 / Chapter 4 --- Dynamical heterogeneity and structural properties --- p.67 / Chapter 4.1 --- Dynamical heterogeneity --- p.67 / Chapter 4.2 --- Structural properties --- p.71 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- The general picture --- p.71 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Identification of the slow particles --- p.72 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Growing clusters of slow particles --- p.80 / Chapter 5 --- Discussion --- p.81 / Chapter 5.1 --- Percolation model --- p.81 / Chapter 6 --- Summary and conclusion --- p.87 / Bibliography --- p.89

Espalhamentos Raman e Brillouin foram usados no estudo de vários sistemas que apresentam questões em aberto no comportamento de suas propriedades físicas com a temperatura. Estudamos materiais de interesse geofísico, como o rutilo Ti02 e o espinélio MgAl204. Os resultados de espalhamento Raman no rutilo Ti02, a temperaturas de 1000 K, mostraram que as frequências dos fônons ópticos diminuem pouco com a temperatura. A ausência de um modo soft a estas altas temperaturas, confirma a estabilidade da stishovite, material de estrutura análoga ao rutilo TiO2, e que existe no manto terrestre. As constantes elásticas do espinélio MgAl204 foram medidas em função da temperatura, por meio de espalhamento Brillouin até 2100 K: estas foram as temperaturas mais altas já obtidas em experimentos de espalhamento Brillouin. A partir das constantes elásticas, calculamos parâmetros de importância geofísica, pois este material é estruturalmente análogo ao espinélio y-Mg2Si04, considerado o maior constituinte do manto inferior terrestre. O estudo de espalhamento Raman no material sintético c-BN, a temperaturas de 1600 K, mostrou que este material retém suas propriedades mecânicas a estas altas temperaturas, sendo indicado para aplicações onde estas condições são requeridas. Realizamos espalhamento Raman nos compostos GaI3, GaBr3,AlBr3 e AlCI3, com a finalidade de determinar suas estruturas perto de seus pontos de fusão. A estrutura dos líquidos foi determinada como sendo composta por moléculas diméricas, presentes também nos sólidos, com a excessão do composto AICI3. Neste composto, a mudança de estado sólido-líquido ocorre com uma brusca mudança estrutural, onde o sólido iônico transforma-se em um líquido de moléculas diméricas. As propriedades elásticas da água sob pressões negativas foram investigadas por meio de espalhamento Brillouin em microinclusões, naturais e sintéticas, de água e vapor de água em cristais de quartzo. Através do aquecimento, estas inclusões homogenizam a uma temperatura Th: no resfriamento a partir de Th, o sistema atinge um estado metaestável, interrompido pela nucleação da fase gasosa. Nossos experimentos geraram tensões da ordem de 100 MPa. O enxofre líquido foi estudado por espalhamento Brillouin, a temperaturas em torno da transição À. A interpretação dos espectros polarizados foi feita de acordo com o formalismo de Mori-Zwanzig, e não mostraram evidência da transição À. Os espectros despolarizados, por outro lado, mostraram uma pronunciada anomalia em torno da temperatura da transição . / Raman and Brillouin scattering were used in the study of several systems which present open questions in their physical properties. under the effect of the temperature. Materials of geophysical interest were studied as rutile Ti02 and the spinel MgAh04. Results of Raman scattering from Rutile (Ti02) up to 1000 K show that the frequencies of the optical phonons decrease slowly with temperature, and do not show anomalies reported in previous work at lower. temperatures The absence of a soft mode at these high temperatures confirms the stability of stishovitte, a structural analog of Rutile (Ti02), wich exists in the Earth\'s mantle. The elastic constants of Spinel MgAh04 were measured using Brillouin scattering up to 2100 K: this is the highest temperature ever reported for a Brillouin scattering experiment. Parameters of geophysical importance were calculated, in an analog to y-Mg2Si04, believed to be the major constituent of the Earth\'s lower mantle. Raman scattering measurements on cubic boron nitride up to 1600 K, indicate that at high temperature this material retains its mechanical strength, and it is therefore suitable in applications where very high temperatures are involved. The vibrational properties of molten GaI3, GaBr3, AlBr3 and AlCI3. were determined by Raman scattering. The structure of these compounds in the molten state is a dimer represented by M2X6 consisting of two tetrahedra sharing a halide edge. In AlC13, the melting process leads to a drastic change in the structure. Using Brillouin scattering we have investigated the elastic properties of water under negative pressures. The samples were H20 liquid-vapor inclusions in -quartz which could be heated to their homogenization temperature; on cooling, negative pressures as high as 100 MPa were reached before a vapor bubble nucleated. The velocity of sound results obtained indicate that nucleation occurs long before reaching the mechanical instability region, where the bulk modulus is zero. Liquid Sulphur was studied by Brillouin scattering as a function of temperature trough the lambda transition. Mori-Zwanzig formalism was applied to fit the polarized spectra and they showed no evidence of a lambda transition. On the other hand the depolarized spectra exhibited marked changes near the lambda transition temperature.

As a study organism, annual killifish (Austrofundulus limnaeus) provide a well suited study system for examining the effects of environmental temperature fluctuations at the cellular level. A. limnaeus persist in the harsh high desert climate of the Maracaibo Basin, Venezuela where they live in small, ephemeral freshwater pools. Temperatures in these waters can vary as much as 20 degrees C daily and reach maximums of over 40 degrees C due to the semi-arid climate. Previous cDNA microarray studies on killifish revealed the mRNA pattern for High Mobility Group Protein 1 (HMGB1) to be strongly affected by temperature perturbations. Specifically, peaks in hmgb1 transcript abundance were negatively correlated with temperature during temperature cycling, and experienced over a 10 fold difference in expression in response to the temperature cycle. Using the same temperature cycling experimental setup, this study's aim was three-fold: (1) to characterize the total amount of HMGB1 protein in adult male killifish livers, (2) to describe the subcellular localization of the HMGB1 protein in adult male killifish livers and (3) to sequence the 5' upstream region of the hmgb1 gene to identify possible stress responsive elements. We detected no significant difference in total HMGB1 protein levels as a consequence of temperature cycling. The data for subcellular localization of HGMB1 protein do not support a strong change in subcellular localization of the protein in response to temperature cycling; most of the HMGB1 protein is found in the cytoplasmic compartment in liver tissue. Although overall patterns of subcellular localization did not change significantly, we found a significant difference between nuclear HMGB1 protein levels in temperature cycled fish versus control (constant temperature) fish. This could suggest a muting of the natural translocation of HMGB1 into the nucleus observed in control fish at around 9:00 at night. Finally, the upstream region of the hgmb1 gene does reveal a number of putative stress responsive transcription factor binding sites.