Department of Physics & Materials Science: Recent submissions
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Thermal properties and pressure-dependent elastic constants of cadmium stannate as a substrate for MEMS: An ab initio study
(North-Holland, 2023-02-15)Silicon carbide (SiC) has become a suitable replacement to silicon as a substrate for manufacture of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) that operate in harsh environmental conditions, owing to its better mechanical ... -
A Generalization of Poiseuille’s Law for the Flow of a Self-Similar (Fractal) Fluid through a Tube Having a Fractal Rough Surface
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2023-01)In this paper, a generalization of Poiseuille’s law for a self-similar fluid flow through a tube having a rough surface is proposed. The originality of this work is to consider, simultaneously, the self-similarity structure ... -
Thermal properties and pressure-dependent elastic constants of cadmium stannate as a substrate for MEMS: An ab initio study
(Elsevier, 2023)Silicon carbide (SiC) has become a suitable replacement to silicon as a substrate for manufacture of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) that operate in harsh environmental conditions, owing to its better mechanical ... -
Acoustical properties of compressed earth blocks: Effect of compaction pressure, water hyacinth ash and lime
(Elsevier, 2023)This study assessed the potential use of a mixture of lime and water hyacinth ash (WHA) as binders in fabrication of cylindrical compressed earth blocks (CEBs) with good acoustic absorption properties for building and ... -
A comparison of the Laplace and the alternative multipole expansion series for the Coulomb potential
(Research Gate, 2023)Multipole expansion is a powerful technique used in many-body physics to solve dynamical problems involving correlated interactions between constituent particles. The Laplace multipole expansion series of the Coulomb ... -
Anti-Jaynes-Cummings interaction of a two-level atom with squeezed light: A comparison with the Jaynes-Cummings interaction
(Maseno University, 2022)We considered the anti-Jaynes-Cummings (AJC) interaction of a two-level atom in an initial ground state interacting with a field mode in an initial squeezed coherent state at arbitrary values of squeeze parameter r and ... -
On atomic state purity operator, degree of state purity and concurrence in the JC and anti-JC models
(Maseno University, 2020)The state of an atom in a bipartite qubit, Jaynes-Cummings (JC) or anti-Jaynes-Cummings (aJC) interaction is described by a reduced density operator. The purity of the state has been measured by taking the trace of the ... -
Patient Characteristics from an Emergency Care Center in Rural Western Kenya
(Elsevier, 2019)Emergency care is a neglected area of focus in many low- and middle-income countries. There is a paucity of research on types and frequencies of acute illnesses and injuries in low-resource settings. -
Acoustics of fractal porous material and fractional calculus
(MDPI, 2021)In this paper, we present a fractal (self-similar) model of acoustic propagation in a porous material with a rigid structure. The fractal medium is modeled as a continuous medium of non-integer spatial dimension. The basic ... -
Transient Propagation of Longitudinal and Transverse Waves in Cancellous Bone: Application of Biot Theory and Fractional Calculus
(MDPI, 2022)In this paper, the influence of the transverse wave on sound propagation in a porous medium with a flexible structure is considered. The study is carried out in the time domain using the modified Biot theory obtained by ... -
Flow of a Self-Similar Non-Newtonian Fluid Using Fractal Dimensions
(MDPI, 2022)In this paper, the study of the fully developed flow of a self-similar (fractal) power-law fluid is presented. The rheological way of behaving of the fluid is modeled utilizing the Ostwald–de Waele relationship (covering ... -
On atomic state purity operator, degree of state purity and concurrence in the JC and anti-JC models
(arxiv.org, 2022)The state of an atom in a bipartite qubit, Jaynes-Cummings (JC) or anti-Jaynes-Cummings (aJC) interaction is described by a reduced density operator. The purity of the state has been measured by taking the trace of the ... -
Structural and Optical Probe into Rare Earth Doped ZnO for Spectral Conversion in Solar Cells
(Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2022)This chapter examines the relationship between structure and optoelectronic properties of rare earth doped Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films fabricated by RF magnetron sputtering for photovoltaic applications. A doped ZnO layer ... -
Anomalous photovoltaic behavior under illumination of γ-In2Se3 nanostructures used as hole transport layer in organic solar cell
(Pergamon, 2022)Indium selenide is currently receiving tremendous attention in device application and studies related to two dimensional nanostructured technologies. Non-layered γ-In2Se3, which is a stable phase at room temperature, was ... -
Accurate Ab-initio calculation of elastic constants of anisotropic binary alloys: A case of Fe–Al
(Solid State Communications, 2022)The final formed phases of alloys are functions of the chemical compositions of the mixture. The overall mechanical moduli of the alloy are also functions of the phases present. Most of the previous computed elastic constants ... -
Temperature-Dependent Elastic Constants of Substrates for Manufacture of Mems Devices
(Kabarak university, 2022)We present a comparative computational study of temperature-dependent elastic constants of silicon (Si), silicon carbide (SiC) and diamond as substrates that are commonly used in the manufacture of Micro-Electromechanical ... -
Rabi oscillations, entanglement and teleportation in the anti-Jaynes-Cummings model
(Cornell University, 2021)This paper provides a scheme for generating maximally entangled qubit states in the anti-JaynesCummings interaction mechanism, so called entangled anti-polariton qubit states. We demonstrate that in an initial vacuum-field, ... -
heoretical Realization of a Two Qubit Quantum Controlled-NOT Logic Gate and a Single Qubit Quantum Hadamard Logic Gate in the Anti-Jaynes-Cummings Mode
(ResearchGate, 2021)The interactive and cumulative effect of temperature and rainfall on land cover change is a priority at global, regional and local scale. This study examined changes in six land cover categories (forestland, grasslands, ... -
Energy Source and Technology Options for Kenya: Towards Direct Conversion of Solar Energy to Mechanical Work
(2017)Sunlight though not heat, has inherent potential for direct conversion to mechanical work, just as heat does. The Physics pitching the possibility of direct conversion of nearly the entire sunlight received by a system ... -
Ab initio study of elastic properties of orthorhombic cadmium stannate as a substrate for the manufacture of MEMS devices
(Science Direct, 2021)The elastic properties of the orthorhombic cadmium stannate (Cd2SnO4) were investigated using density functional theory, applying both energy-strain relationship (which is found in the literature) and stress-strain ...
