Tuning the dielectric response in a nanocomposite material through nanoparticle morphology
Bibliographic record
Abstract
solid-state dielectrics with tunable field-response properties. The quantum properties of these metallic nanoparticles depend strongly on their size and shape, a characteristic that can be exploited in changing the response properties of a material, whereas the small nanoparticle size can help limit the issues of conduction and current leakage. Here, we model the polarization of molecular-scale silver inclusions in a magnesium oxide matrix, using the Modern Theory of Polarization and Car-Parrinello Molecular Dynamics (CPMD). Details of the implementation are laid out, including handling of current jumps due to the distortion of the matrix during the simulation. Several trends in the dielectric response are considered in this work, including the effects of nanoparticle size, shape and orientation relative to the applied field. Dielectric permittivity enhancements of 30-100% are observed with inclusion sizes varying from 8 to 32 atoms, considering both rod-like and disk-like inclusions, with alignment either parallel or perpendicular to the external field.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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