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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Donghui Zhao, Himanshu Jain, Luis C. Malacarne e Paulo R. B. Pedreira

PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS – Volume: 250; Issue: 5; Special Issue: SI; Pages: 983-987; DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201248518

We present a photothermoelastic model for studying the photothermal effect in chalcogenide glasses. The temperature rise and thermoelastic expansion for a model material As2S3 glass are calculated. Our result indicates […]

V. Steffen, Lucio Cardozo Filho, Roberta R. Ribeiro De Almeida, Luiz R. Evangelista e Giovani Barbero

MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS   Volume: 576   Issue: 1  Pages: 118-126   DOI: 10.1080/15421406.2013.789713

The fundamental equations of a Poisson-Boltzmann model to investigate the effects of a de-localized surface interaction energy on the ionic adsorption in a finite-length electrolytic cell are solved. Two distinct, physically plausible, […]

Luiz G. Andrade Alves, Haroldo V. Ribeiro e Renio S. Mendes

PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS – Volume: 392; Issue: 11; Pages: 2672-2679; DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2013.02.002

The increasing number of crimes in areas with large concentrations of people have made cities one of the main sources of violence. Understanding characteristics of how crime rate expands and its […]