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Recent advances in computational technology and algorithms have made it feasible to accurately model the electronic structures of solids by means of density functional theory. The development of hybrid functionals have improved the accuracy of band gap calculations and made it possible to make qualitative predictions regarding the charge transition energy levels of defects in semiconductors. The Sb-V defect (also known as the E-center) in germanium is a well-known defect, which have been the subject of many experimental and some theoretical studies. It has been found to have interesting annealing properties and the aim of this study is to investigate the electronic properties of the Sb-V defect theoretically. The vacancy defect in germanium (VGe), the antimony substitutional (SbGe) defect in germanium and the defect complex (Sb-V) arising from the combination of these two defects is explored in great detail and how they interact in proximity to one another is presented here. In addition, this work can be seen as a test for the effectiveness of the technique to model defects in semiconductors correctly. The E-center defect was investigated using the HSE06 hybrid functional as implemented in the VASP code. A positive binding energy of 1.5 eV, 1.02 eV and 0.88 eV was found for the first, second and third nearest neighbor configurations respectively, between the Sb and the vacancy was predicted. No metastability was detected and the nearest-neighbor configuration had the lowest energy for all charge states. Four transition levels in the band gap were predicted, with energy level relative to the valence band maximum, lying at 0.52 eV (-2/-1), 0.40 eV (-1/0), 0.44 eV (0/+1) and 0.02 eV (+1/+2). The two mid-gap levels (-1/0) and (0/+1) had negative-U ordering with U= -0.04 eV. iv These findings were consistent with the current experimental model of the Sb-V complex in germanium whereby no metastability has been observed experimentally. The energy level of the (-2/-1) corresponded well with the experimental DLTS level in n-type material at 0.37 eV, though the correspondence for the other levels was not as good. Experimentally, no negative-U behavior was observed, but the predicted negative-U behavior was rather small and no deliberate experiments have been performed to investigate the presence of negative-U behavior in the Sb-V complex. / Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2016. / National Research Foundation (NRF) / Physics / MSc / Unrestricted

Comme de nombreux autres oxydes de métaux de transition lamellaires, les cobaltates dopés au sodium, NaxCoO2, présentent un riche diagramme de phase. Les nombreuses instabilités (magnétiques, de charge) qui les caractérisent seraient notamment le fruit des corrélations électroniques. Dans cette thèse, nous nous intéressons au cas fortement dopé x=2/3 (proche de la limite de l'isolant de bande). Expérimentalement, ce composé est sujet à une disproportion de charge locale sur les atomes de cobalt, ce qui en fait un terrain d'étude privilégié pour le calcul des fonctions de corrélation de charge. Le traitement théorique de ce système est difficile a bien des égards. D'abord, la corrélation électronique demande de recourir à des approximations avancées. Ensuite, le système est sensible aux détails microscopiques, tels que transcrits dans la structure électronique réelle. Dans cette thèse, nous abordons ces deux aspects, à travers un approche sur modèle et une approche ab initio.Nous examinons d'abord l'effet des corrélations au niveau d'un modèle sur réseau triangulaire, pertinent pour les cobaltates. La compétition entre les interactions de Coulomb locale et non-locale sur un modèle de Hubbard étendu donne lieu à des fluctuations de charge, que nous traitons grâce à la théorie du champ moyen dynamique étendue. Nous dressons le diagramme de phase de notre modèle en fonction des interactions locales et non-locales. Celui-ci présente une transition du second ordre entre un état métallique homogène et une phase ordonnée de charge. Nous calculons les observables à une et deux particules dans la phase homogène, et nous déterminons l'effet des corrélations sur ces deux types d'observables. Nous interprétons ces résultats comme des conséquences du fort dopage. Nous identifions une région du diagramme de phase où la partie statique de l'interaction de Coulomb écrantée devient négative. Enfin, nous montrons comment incorporer un terme de Fock non-local à ces calculs, et nous détaillons son effet sur le diagramme de phase et sur les observables physiques.En complément de notre approche sur modèle, nous étudions les détails microscopiques du matériau réel grâce à la théorie de la fonctionnelle de la densité. Nous analysons le rôle de l'hybridation avec l’oxygène et des processus de saut électronique sur la structure de bandes pour les plans de cobalt-oxygène. Nous clarifions l'effet de certains paramètres physiques, tels que le dopage au sodium, l'arrangement cristallin ou le magnétisme, sur la structure électronique. Puis nous calculons la susceptibilité de charge selon les premiers principes, selon des approximations suggérées par notre étude de modèle sur réseau.La comparaison entre les calculs sur modèle et ab initio montre que ces approches se complètent l'une l'autre. D'une part, le modèle permet de dégager les approximations pertinentes pour le calcul des fonctions de corrélation de charge. D'autre part, les calculs ab initio et la compréhension des processus microscopiques sont le préalable à la construction d'un modèle réaliste et prédictif. / As many other layered transition-metal oxides, sodium-doped cobaltates, NaxCoO2, present a rich phase diagram. They display numerous instabilities (magnetic, charge-order), originating most likely from electronic correlations. In this thesis, we focus on the case x=2/3, in the strong-doping limit (close to the band-insulating limit). An experimentally-observed charge disproportionation on the cobalt atoms makes this particular composition an interesting playground to study charge-correlation functions. The theoretical treatment of this system is difficult in several aspects. In order to capture electronic correlations, one needs to resort to advanced non-perturbative approaches. Also, the system is sensitive to its microscopic details, as encoded in the real electronic structure. This is why, in this thesis, we adopt model as well as ab initio approaches to address both these issues.We first study the effect of correlations at the model level, on a triangular lattice, specifically designed for the cobaltates. The interplay between local and non-local Coulomb interactions gives rise to charge fluctuations, which we capture using the Extended Dynamical Mean-Field Theory. We establish the phase diagram of our model as a function of local and non-local interactions. It displays a second-order phase transition between a homogeneous metallic phase, and a charge-ordered phase. We compute one and two-particle observables in the homogeneous phase, and we analyse how they are influenced by correlations. We show that our findings can be understood as a consequence of the strong doping. We find a region of the phase diagram where the static screened Coulomb interaction becomes negative. Finally, we show how to incorporate a non-local Fock term in the calculation of the self-energy, and how it influences the phase diagram and the physical observables.Next, in order to complement the model approach, we study the microscopic details of the real sodium-cobaltates by using Density-Functional Theory. We analyse the effect of oxygen hybridisation and electronic hopping processes on the band structure of cobalt-oxygen planes. We study the effects of sodium doping, crystal structure and magnetism, on the band structure of this material. Then, we compute the charge susceptibility from first principles in the independent-particle approximation and in the random-phase approximation. We use the insight gained from the model calculation to discuss these results.The comparison between the model and the ab initio calculations shows that these approaches are complementary. The model enables us to define the best approximations for the calculation of charge correlation functions. The ab initio calculations, and the detailed understanding of microscopic electronic processes are the prerequisite for a model that is both realistic and predictive.

Behandling med medicin innebär att inta rätt medicinsk mängd vid rätt tidpunkt. Mer en 50 % av patienterna missar minst en gång per vecka att inta sina mediciner enligt vårdrekommendationen. Victrix AB ville skapa en pillerdosa apparat som är anpassad för patienter med olika sjukdomar och svårigheter. Syftet är att underlätta användningen för patienter och gör det enklare att inta sina mediciner vid rätta tidpunkter med hjälp av en klocka som är kopplat till dosan. För att pillerdosan skulle nå största kundgruppen så måste den anpassas till olika patientbehov. Detta lede till att företaget ville skapa två olika modeller av dosan som kan kopplas till samma klockenhet. Den första modellen ska vara icke låsbar och ska levererastill ca. 90 % av patienterna. Den andra modellen ska vara låsbar och ska säljas till ca. 10 % av patienterna. Klockenheten skulle standardiseras för att anpassas till både modellerna. Arbetet är en vidare utveckling av ett tidigare examensarbete som har utförts av en grupp KTH-studenter i samarbete med Victrix AB år 2017. / Treatment with medicine involves taking the right amount of medicine at the right time. More than 50% of patients miss at least once a week to take their medication according to the healthcare recommendation. Victrix AB wanted to create a pill box device for patients with various illnesses and difficulties, the purpose is to simplify the use for the patients and make it easier to take their medicines at the right times with the help of a clock connected to the dose. In order to the pillbox to reach the largest customer group, it must be adapted to different patient needs. This led the company to create two different models of the box that can be connected to the same clock device. The first model should be unlockable and should be delivered to approx. 90% of patients. The second model should be lockable and should be sold for approx. 10% of patients. The clock device would be standardized to fit both models. The work is a further development of a former thesis work done by a group of KTH students’ in collaboration with Victrix AB in 2017.

Nitride fuels have always been considered a good candidate for GENIV reactors, as well as space reactors, due to their high fissile density, highthermal conductivity and high melting point. In these concepts, not beingcompatible with water is not a significant problem. However, in recent years,nitride fuels started to raise an interest for application in thermal reactors,as accident tolerant or high performance fuels. However, oxide fuels havebenefited from decades of intensive research, and thousands of reactor-years.As such, a large effort has to be made on qualifying the fuel and developingtools to help assess their performances.In this thesis, the modeling side of this task is chosen. The effort istwo-fold: determining fundamental properties using atomistic models andputting together all the properties to predict the performances under irradi-ation using a fuel performance code. The first part is done combining manyframeworks. The density functional theory is the basis to compute the elec-tronic structure of the materials, to which a Hubbard correction is added tohandle the strong correlation effects. Negative side effects of the Hubbardcorrection are tackled using the so-called occupation matrix control method.This combined framework is first tested, and then used to find electronic andmechanic properties of the bulk material as well as the thermomechanicalbehavior of foreign atoms. Then, another method, the self-consistent meanfield (SCMF) one, is used to reach the dynamics properties of these foreignatoms. In the SCMF theory, the data that were obtained performing the abinitio simulations are treated to provide diffusion and kinetic flux couplingproperties.In the second step of the work, the fuel performance code TRANSURA-NUS is used to model complete fuel pins. An athermal fission gas releasemodel based on the open porosity is developed and tested on oxide fuels.A model for nitride fuels is introduced, and some correlations are bench-marked. Major issues remaining are pointed out and recommendations asto how to solve them are made. / <p>QC 20170227</p>

<p>As requested by the company Husqvarna AB, we have developed a prototype of an electrical start device to a chainsaw. </p><p>This was done through the development of new details in Catia, which has been integrated with existing details. Electrical components have been purchased by HAB electronics.</p><p> </p><p>In parallel with the modeling calculations was done, which was the basis for determine dimensions and the choice of an electric motor and gears. </p><p>Prototype 1 improved gradually and led to prototype number 2, which became the final result. </p><p>Prototype 2 made the chainsaw start, which was the goal of the project.</p>

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