Article
Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
Jiao Zhang, Weiwei Tang, Yanhui Wang, Dezhen Wang
Summary: Static and dynamic self-organized patterns were observed in dielectric barrier discharge through numerical simulation. The static pattern consists of regularly distributed standing discharge channels/filaments, and its morphology depends significantly on discharge parameters such as electrode size and voltage. The interaction between the filaments is proved to be electrostatic repulsion. The introduction of an external flow field breaks the stability of the pattern, resulting in the formation of a quasi-static pattern with a displaced filament or a dynamic pattern with directional moving filaments. The motion of the filaments is believed to be caused by the thrust from the flow, which can also be explained at the microscopic level by the transfer of momentum from neutral background atoms to species through collision. Moreover, the filaments may exhibit particle-like behaviors such as collision, vanishment, and generation under the influence of the flow.
PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Harry F. L. Williams, Kam-biu Liu
Summary: This study successfully distinguished between marine and terrestrial sediment sources using XRF analysis and cluster analysis. The precision of clustering analysis provided a more accurate evaluation of sediment contributions from different sources. The technique shows promise for application in other coastal environments.
JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
J. Narayan, A. Bhaumik, S. Gupta, P. Joshi, P. Riley, R. J. Narayan
Summary: Formation of self-organized nanodiamond ring structures is reported due to dynamical heterogeneity in super undercooled carbon, created by nanosecond laser melting of amorphous carbon layers. Diamond tetrahedra self-organize to lead to the formation of string and ring structures, on which nanodiamonds nucleate and grow. Denser ring structures are formed in Q-carbon due to higher undercooling and enhanced diamond nucleation, showing larger average size and higher growth velocities compared to homogeneous nucleation.
MATERIALS RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Geology
Randolph A. McBride, Thomas S. N. Oliver, Amy J. Dougherty, Toru Tamura, Rafael C. Carvalho, Andrew D. Short, Colin D. Woodroffe
Summary: This study examines the transition from transgression to regression in Holocene barrier systems in southeastern Australia through chronostratigraphic description of three barrier systems. The results indicate that the Holocene turnaround transition occurred between 8400 and 7000 years ago and was preserved at the landward margin of these three strandplains, with morphostratigraphic differences primarily influenced by sea level, sediment supply, and antecedent topography.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jie Xue, Qinglin Che, Min Jiang, Zuohua Liu, Ye Liu, Wei Zhang, Xing Fan
Summary: The formation of porous structures during metal electrodeposition not only provides new ideas for preparing advanced metal materials, but also determines the product defects in industrial electrodeposition processes. This study discovered the periodic self-organization behavior of porous copper at the initial stage of industrial large-current electrodeposition. The findings suggest the important contribution from intrinsic self-organization dynamics of intermediate to the formation of porous metal materials with high activity or surface area in industrial scale.
MATERIALS TODAY CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Eli D. Lazarus
Summary: This study investigates the effects of overland flow and sediment transport forced across a barrier in the opposite direction during hurricanes. The findings show that sediment shifting seaward across the barrier is significant and has important implications for post-storm barrier recovery and evolution.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Marine
Giulia Casagrande, Annelore Bezzi, Saverio Fracaros, Davide Martinucci, Simone Pillon, Paolo Salvador, Stefano Sponza, Giorgio Fontolan
Summary: The use of UAVs in environmental applications, particularly in monitoring coastal areas with rapid morphological changes and high rates of sediment transport, has been proven to be cost-effective and easy to use. This paper presents three case studies showcasing the advantages of using UAVs for high resolution and accurate survey and monitoring, which include assessing coastal landforms and associated processes. The results demonstrate that the combination of quality drone-sensed data and precise topographic control enables quantitative estimates useful in assessing the impacts of natural processes involving both human and natural assets.
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
Tomohiko Asai, Daichi Kobayashi, Taichi Seki, Yasuaki Tamura, Tatsuhiro Watanabe, Naoto Sahara, Tsutomu Takahashi, Jordan Morelli, Hiroshi Gota, Thomas Roche, Richard Magee, Michl Binderbauer, Toshiki Tajima, Michiaki Inomoto, Toshiki Takahashi
Summary: Self-organized field-reversed configuration (FRC)-like formation was observed after the super-sonic/Alfvenic collisional merging of two FRCs in the FAT-CM device at Nihon University, indicating the robustness of the extremely high-beta, simple magnetic configuration.
Review
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Otmane Khalfaoui, Laurent Dezileau, Nadia Mhammdi, Fida Medina, Meryem Mojtahid, Otmane Raji, Hajar El Talibi, Samira Mellas, Jean-Philipe Degeai, Khalid El Khalidi, Maria Snoussi, Zourarah Bendahhou, Khadija Aboumaria
Summary: The paper reviews recent studies on sedimentary archives of coastal inundation events in Morocco. The authors identified 20 sites with traces of coastal inundation deposits along the Atlantic coast, while the Mediterranean side remains understudied. A major issue is the lack of chronological data for most of these deposits, which hinders the determination of the return period of these events. Understanding the past occurrences can help in preventing similar natural hazards.
Review
Developmental Biology
Jessica Stock, Andrea Pauli
Summary: This review discusses the guiding role of self-organizing principles in both single and collective cell migration, as well as the significance in biological and medical research in the field of cell migration.
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Fadhila Chehami, Cyril Decroze, Thomas Pasquet, Emmanuel Perrin, Thomas Fromenteze
Summary: The field of correlated disordered media has emerged in the last few decades, providing new perspectives for theoretical modeling and material fabrication. The efficient design of structures with controlled spatial correlation is a central challenge in this field. Existing techniques rely on nonconvex functions and stochastic methods for exploring vast design spaces. In this work, a generative technique based on Alan Turing's morphogenesis theory is proposed for designing correlated disordered materials. Inspired by living organisms, this technique uses simple local interactions to guide the self-organization of generated medium.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Sheinna May D. Claro, Noelynna T. Ramos, Allan Gil S. Fernando, Daisuke Ishimura, Adam D. Switzer
Summary: This study documents the potential tsunami deposits preserved in a mangrove environment in western Mindanao Island and provides geological evidence of the 1976 Moro Gulf tsunami, the worst tsunami disaster in the Philippines. The sedimentological characteristics of potential tsunami deposits in three coastal sites were analyzed and compared to describe the preservation of washover deposits in different coastal systems. The study highlights essential information and lessons for future researchers of washover deposits in the Philippines and serves as fundamental information in understanding the processes and mechanisms of extreme wave events in this region.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Masaki Tanaka, Morgan Auffray, Hajime Nakanotani, Chihaya Adachi
Summary: The authors demonstrate the active control of dipole direction in organic glassy films by utilizing physical vapour deposition, which could improve the performance of organic optoelectronic and energy-harvesting devices.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Xiaoli Dong, A. Brad Murray, James B. Heffernan
Summary: In this study, the authors explore the formation of regular patterns in ecosystems and geomorphology, proposing competition as a complementary mechanism contributing to spatial self-organization. By studying the patterned landscape of Big Cypress National Preserve in South Florida, they demonstrate that competition among pattern elements, rather than scale-dependent feedback, leads to spatial regularity such as evenly spaced limestone depressions.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Lars O. Hansen, Verner B. Ernstsen, Lars B. Clemmensen, Zyad Al-Hamdani, Aart Kroon
Summary: This study presents a method to quantify washover fan volumes and estimate sediment exchanges using high resolution digital terrain models and geomorphometric analysis. The results show that this approach provides estimates of washover deposit volumes with an accuracy between 1% and 28% compared to control volumes.
EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS
(2021)
Editorial Material
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Eli D. Lazarus, Evan B. Goldstein
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE
(2019)
Correction
Environmental Sciences
Gerd Masselink, Eli D. Lazarus
Article
Environmental Sciences
Eli D. Lazarus, Evan B. Goldstein, Luke A. Taylor, Hannah E. Williams
Summary: Research shows that the characteristics of sediment deposits from geohazard events in built environments exhibit systematic similarities and differences compared to those in unbuilt environments. The built fabric in the environment exerts a fundamental control on the form of large deposits. Considering the influence of built fabric on the morphodynamics of flow-driven geohazards is a feasible step towards improving forecasts of hazard impacts and reducing disaster risks.
Article
Geology
Ajay B. Limaye, Eli D. Lazarus, Yuan Li, Jon Schwenk
Summary: The article discusses the importance of river sinuosity in understanding the Earth's history, proposing a quantitative framework based on criteria to differentiate between random sinuosity and ordered development. It suggests that rivers with a certain level of sinuosity are likely formed through sustained, ordered growth.
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Evan B. Goldstein, Daniel Buscombe, Eli D. Lazarus, Somya D. Mohanty, Shah Nafis Rafique, Katherine A. Anarde, Andrew D. Ashton, Tomas Beuzen, Katherine A. Castagno, Nicholas Cohn, Matthew P. Conlin, Ashley Ellenson, Megan Gillen, Paige A. Hovenga, Jin-Si R. Over, Rose Palermo, Katherine M. Ratliff, Ian R. B. Reeves, Lily H. Sanborn, Jessamin A. Straub, Luke A. Taylor, Elizabeth J. Wallace, Jonathan Warrick, Phillipe Wernette, Hannah E. Williams
Summary: The study investigates the labeling process of coastal aerial imagery captured after hurricanes on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Results show that multiple labelers are beneficial for understanding the uncertainty in labeling data for machine learning research.
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Eli D. Lazarus
Summary: Nordstrom's 1994 paper, published in Progress in Physical Geography almost 30 years ago, still offers a surprisingly relevant overview of interdisciplinary coastal science challenges. It serves as a playbook of testable hypotheses for both emerging and future empirical coastal research.
PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY-EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Geography
Eli D. Lazarus
Summary: Efforts to reduce disaster risk have been largely ineffective, with trends such as growing economic costs of disasters, social inequity, environmental degradation, and resistance to policy interventions indicating the presence of a system trap. This system trap, which the author terms the disaster trap, involves self-reinforcing feedbacks leading to an undesirable state with negative consequences that compound over time. Understanding and addressing these traps as dynamic systems is crucial for effectively reducing disaster risk.
TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHERS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sofia Aldabet, Evan B. Goldstein, Eli D. Lazarus
Summary: This study examines the functioning thresholds of road networks on barrier islands along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the USA, providing important insights into the future dynamics of human-altered barriers. The research finds that no single metric sufficiently ranks the susceptibility of barrier road networks to failure.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Eli D. Lazarus, Hannah E. Williams, Evan B. Goldstein
Summary: The passage discusses the significance of overwash and washover deposits in sediment budgets for coastal barrier systems, and proposes a method for inferring volume from planform measurements using scaling relationships. It also highlights the importance of gaining three-dimensional insight into washover deposits from two-dimensional information.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Editorial Material
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Eli D. Lazarus
Summary: This study investigates the effects of overland flow and sediment transport forced across a barrier in the opposite direction during hurricanes. The findings show that sediment shifting seaward across the barrier is significant and has important implications for post-storm barrier recovery and evolution.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Eli D. Lazarus, Sofia Aldabet, Charlotte E. L. Thompson, Christopher T. Hill, Robert J. Nicholls, Jon R. French, Sally Brown, Emma L. Tompkins, Ivan D. Haigh, Ian H. Townend, Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell
Summary: In order to better address coastal hazards, the UK needs to transform its scattered coastal data resources into a systematic, integrated portal for quality-assured, publicly accessible open data. Such a portal would facilitate novel combinations of spatial data layers to yield beneficial insights into UK coastal systems.
ANTHROPOCENE COASTS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Eli D. Lazarus, Leonidas A. Ziros
Summary: Despite being overlooked, yachts and marinas show similar relationships between exposure, hazard, and vulnerability as terrestrial coastal-risk systems. Understanding the dynamics of coastal risk involving yachts and marinas is crucial for nautical tourism and Blue Economy growth, particularly in Europe, but standardized, comprehensive data on yacht movements and marina infrastructure are needed for such insights.
ANTHROPOCENE COASTS
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Eli D. Lazarus, Kirstin L. Davenport, Ana Matias
EARTH SURFACE DYNAMICS
(2020)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Scott Armstrong, Eli D. Lazarus
NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
(2019)
Article
Geography, Physical
Eli D. Lazarus, Mitchell D. Harley, Chris E. Blenkinsopp, Ian L. Turner
EARTH SURFACE DYNAMICS
(2019)
