Effective Hamiltonian approach to kinetic Ising models: Application to an infinitely long-range Husimi-Temperley model.

The probability distribution (PD) of spin configurations in kinetic Ising models has been cast in the form of the canonical Boltzmann PD with a time-dependent effective Hamiltonian (EH). It has been argued that in systems with extensive energy EH depends linearly on the number of spins N leading to the exponential dependence of PD on the system size. In macroscopic systems the argument of the exponential function may reach values of the order of the Avogadro number which is impossible to deal with computationally, thus making unusable the linear master equation (ME) governing the PD evolution.

Summer thermal comfort in Czech cities: measured effects of blue and green features in city centres.

This study consists of nine case studies addressing thermal comfort in the public areas of city centres, with particular emphasis on the measurable effects of blue and green infrastructure on thermal exposure. Daytime on-site measurements were taken in summer in the paved areas of squares, in the proximity of water fountains, and in the shade of trees in order to evaluate levels of heat stress based on the universal thermal climate index (UTCI). The differences in UTCI values between the research points confirm substantial cooling associated with high vegetation (trees induced differences up to 10.

Universality and scaling in two-step epitaxial growth in one dimension.

Irreversible one-dimensional (1D) epitaxial growth at small coverages via the recently suggested two-step growth protocol [Tokar and Dreyssé, Surf. Sci. 637-638, 116 (2015)] has been studied with the use of the kinetic Monte Carlo and the rate-equation techniques.

Coupled plasmons induce broadband circular dichroism in patternable films of silver nanoparticles with chiral ligands.

This contribution reports the chiro-optic response of as-cast and photopatterned films of silver nanoparticles capped with photothermally-cleavable chiral ligands. We demonstrate broadband circular dichroism in these nanoparticle films, which is not present in dispersions of the nanoparticles capped with the chiral ligands. Long wavelength circular dichroism is derived from coupling of the plasmonic bands of neighbouring silver nanoparticles.

Nucleation of size calibrated three-dimensional nanodots in atomistic model of strained epitaxy: a Monte Carlo study.

We introduce a simple model of strained epitaxy to study the growth of coherent several-monolayers-high nanoislands at low coverage. The size mismatch between the substrate (which is assumed to be rigid and passive) and the growing overlayer is modelled by the hard-sphere interaction between the adatoms. In the case of positive misfit the sphere diameter is larger than the substrate lattice parameter.