Direct observation of λ-DNA molecule reversal movement within microfluidic channels under electric field with single molecule imaging technique

The electrodynamic characteristics of single DNA molecules moving within micro-/nano-fluidic channels are important in the design of biomedical chips and bimolecular sensors. In this study, the dynamic properties of λ-DNA molecules transferring along the microchannels driven by the external electrickinetic force were systemically investigated with the single molecule fluorescence imaging technique. The experimental results indicated that the velocity of DNA molecules was strictly dependent on the value of the applied electric field and the diameter of the channel. The larger the external electric field, the larger the velocity, and the more significant deformation of DNA molecules. More meaningfully, it was found that the moving directions of DNA molecules had two completely different directions:(i) along the direction of the external electric field, when the electric field intensity was smaller than a certain threshold value;(ii) opposite to the direction of the external electric field, when the electric field intensity was greater than the threshold electric field intensity.The reversal movement of DNA molecules was mainly determined by the competition between the electrophoresis force and the influence of electro-osmosis flow. These new findings will theoretically guide the practical application of fluidic channel sensors and lab-on-chips for precisely manipulating single DNA molecules.     

外场对分子纳米结电流-电压特性的影响

针对由金属电极/分子/金属电极组成的分子纳米结,应用扩展主方程的方法,考虑分子纳米结中影响其传输过程的外场、分子内的弛豫过程等因素研究了在外场作用下分子纳米结内的稳定电流和瞬间电流.由于分子内较强的电子-振动耦合,分子纳米结中的电流-电压曲线呈现台阶式非弹性特征.在不同的高斯型脉冲的激发作用下,分子纳米结中电流需要达到稳定的时间也不相同,脉冲宽度在1ps时瞬间电流现象明显,这时分子处于非平衡分布,分子两端的电流存在较大差异.随着脉冲宽度和外场偏压的增加,分子两端的电流趋于平衡.     

介质阻挡放电中不同厚度气隙内微放电通道的光谱特性研究

采用发射光谱法,研究了具有三层介质的介质阻挡放电中不同厚度气隙内微放电通道的等离子体参量的变化规律。与在传统的具有双层介质的介质阻挡放电系统中所产生的微放电通道不同,三层介质系统内微放电通道在光谱特性方面展现了完全不同的性质以及变化规律。实验发现,微放电通道在不同的放电气隙中具有不同的发光强度。利用氮分子第二正带系(C3Π_u→B3Π_g)的发射谱线以及对氮分子离子391.4 nm谱线强度与氮分子394.1 nm谱线强度之比的考察,实验进一步测量了氮分子(C3Π_u)的振动温度以及电子平均能量分别随氩气含量以及在不同电压下的变化规律。结果表明,当外加电压一定时,厚气隙内形成的微放电丝在分子振动温度以及电子平均能量上均低于薄气隙微放电丝。并且它们都随着氩气含量的增加而降低。随着电压的逐步升高,厚气隙内的微放电丝在以上两种参量上均基本保持不变,而薄气隙内微放电丝则出现较为明显的升高。这表明具有三层介质的介质阻挡放电中薄气隙较厚气隙对电压更为敏感且在相同电压浮动内电场变化范围更大。     

基于对称广义Fibonacci光子晶体结构的电光可调谐滤波器

本文构建了含有电光材料LiNbO3的一维对称广义Fibonacci光子晶体结构,提出并设计了一种基于该结构的可调谐滤波器,并利用传输矩阵法对设计的滤波器的可调谐滤波特性进行了理论研究.数据模拟结果表明:保持对称广义Fibonacci光子晶体的几何结构不变,通过改变电极所在处施加在电光介质(LiNbO3)层上的外加电场,...     

基于对称广义Fibonacci光子晶体结构的电光可调谐滤波器

本文构建了含有电光材料LiNbO₃的一维对称广义Fibonacci光子晶体结构,提出并设计了一种基于该结构的可调谐滤波器,并利用传输矩阵法对设计的滤波器的可调谐滤波特性进行了理论研究.数据模拟结果表明:保持对称广义Fibonacci光子晶体的几何结构不变,通过改变电极所在处施加在电光介质(LiNbO₃)层上的外加电场,即可实现滤波器的滤波通道波长的调节,滤波通道波长的改变与外加电压呈线性关系,随着外加电压的增加,滤波通道波长向短波长方向移动.此外,电压一定时,通道波长随光的入射角的增加向短波长方向移动;光的入射角一定时,外加正电压下,通道波长随电压增加发生蓝移,而外加负电压下,通道波长随反向电压的增加发生红移.最后,讨论了双电场作用下的多通道波长滤波器的结构极其特性.以上结果对于新型光子晶体器件的设计具有重要的参考价值.     

基于织构表面的摩擦静电发电机制备及其输出性能研究

摩擦电纳米发电机(TENG)是基于摩擦生电和静电感应复合原理将机械能转换为电能的一种新型能源获取方式. 本文采用模板法制备了几种不同参数的聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)微圆柱结构, 并组装成TENG, 实验研究了接触区表面积、外加载荷对TENGs输出性能的影响. 结果表明, 圆形微柱阵列的存在有效提高了TENG的作用面积及电输出性能, 相同载荷下, 电输出随微柱间距离减小而增加, 在间距为15 μm、载荷为5 N时, 输出的平均开路电压和短路电流分别为88 V 和15 μA, 是同等条件下、微柱间距为50 μm电输出的1.5倍以上; 电输出随载荷增加呈准线性增加, ANSYS软件模拟载荷作用下PDMS微圆柱织构的变形行为, 结果表明, 压力作用下, 微圆柱主要发生压缩变形, 基底的变形导致微柱与上电极之间产生侧向摩擦, 从而产生更多电荷, 提升了电输出性能.     

脉冲调制射频功率测量中的标定及FFT分析方法研究

利用电压/电流探头和数字示波器实现了脉冲调制射频功率测量。电压/电流探头输出的电压、电流信号由数字示波器采集存储,电压、电流的幅值及相位差由FFT分析得到。在不同频率下,对电压、电流幅值及相位差进行标定,获得计算射频功率的标定参数。分析表明电压、电流相位差是影响标定系数的主要因素,FFT方法处理非稳态调幅电压、电流时存在问题,只有在零无功功率处才能获得可信的吸收功率。     

Submicron External Electro-optic Measuring System Based on an Electro-optic Solid Immersion Lens

In this paper, all electro-optic solid immersion lens (EOSIL) is introduced, which is made of GaAs. A reflecting external electro-optic measuring system based on the EOSIL is built. With a hemispherical GaAs EOSIL used as the external probe, 0.7 µm spot size is obtained when the wavelength of the probing beam from a laser diode is 1.3 µm and a microscope objective with 0.3 numerical aperture is used. The principle of the measuring system is analyzed by Jones matrix. By using the system, the electrical signals propagating on a microstrip transmission line are successfully measured. The voltage sensitivity about 5 mV/ is measured when 10 kHz sinusoidal electric signal is applied on the microstrip line.     

Switching effects in composite films based on the conjugated polymer polyfluorene and ZnO nanoparticles

The S- and N-shaped current—voltage characteristics have been studied for composite films of the conjugated polymer polyfluorene and ZnO nanoparticles deposited onto Al and In₂O₃/SnO₂ electrodes with and without an intermediate sublayer of the conducting polymer PEDT/PSS. The differences in the current— voltage characteristics of the systems (the N- and S-types, respectively) are interpreted using the electro-thermal switching model, which takes into account the structural and electric properties of PEDT/PSS. The switching provides both alignment of polymer molecules and tunneling of charge carriers, which leads to an increase in conductivity. The current flow in this structure causes an increase in temperature of conducting channels; when the temperature reaches certain levels, the conductivity of the channels decreases because the alignment of polymer molecules is upset, which creates an N-shaped form of the current—voltage characteristics.     

用于精密测量玻尔兹曼常数的量子电压噪声源芯片研制

量子噪声温度计系统可通过比较导体中电子运动的热噪声和量子电压参考噪声精密测量玻尔兹曼常数,其中量子电压噪声源所合成的量子电压参考噪声由一组超导约瑟夫森结阵产生.本文详细介绍了基于Nb/Nb_xSi_(1-x)/Nb约瑟夫森结的量子电压噪声源芯片的设计、制备及测试;采用脉冲驱动模式,合成了具有量子精度的100 kHz交流量子电压信号.结果表明:本文所研制的噪声温度计核心芯片已具备了合成交流电压的功能,可为后续玻尔兹曼常数精密定值、重新定义及复现热力学温度研究提供核心器件.     

分段表面放电沉积效率研究

利用一种结构紧凑的分段表面放电辐射源模块，详细研究了在不同电压、电容、气压实验条件下回路等效电阻、等效电感及放电能量沉积效率的变化规律，利用四分幅相机拍摄获得了不同实验条件下的放电等离子体通道图像，分析讨论了放电等离子体运动对放电能量沉积效率的影响，提出了提高能量放电沉积效率的有效途径。     

Difference in the electric behavior of micro- and nano Schottky diodes

The real Schottky diode (SD) consists of set in parallel connected both electrically cooperating micro- and nano contact ever micro- and nano contacts separately differ from each other only in potential barrier height. They are in an environment of the next micro sites of the general contact surfaces of SD and because of their interaction there is an additional electric field. Under action of an additional electric field character of interrelation of barrier height and the ideality factor of micro-and nano contacts gets specific features. Between the experimental results and energy diagram of the real metal–semiconductor contact has been good agreement.     

Simulation of transition from Townsend mode to glow discharge mode in a helium dielectric barrier discharge at atmospheric pressure

The dielectric barrier discharge characteristics in helium at atmospheric pressure are simulated based on a one-dimensional fluid model. Under some discharge conditions, the results show that one discharge pulse per half voltage cycle usually appears when the amplitude of external voltage is low, while a glow-like discharge occurs at high voltage. For the one discharge pulse per half voltage cycle, the maximum of electron density appears near the anode at the beginning of the discharge, which corresponds to a Townsend discharge mode. The maxima of the electron density and the intensity of electric field appear in the vicinity of the cathode when the discharge current increases to some extent, which indicates the formation of a cathode-fall region. Therefore, the discharge has a transition from the Townsend mode to the glow discharge mode during one discharge pulse, which is consistent with previous experimental results.     

A reaction-diffusion-problem in the biophysics of photoreceptors

Photoreceptor cells convert light signals into electric signals by transiently opening ionic channels in their cell membrane after photons have been absorbed by rhodopsin molecules in the cell membrane. The spatial information transfer from the positions of the photo-excited rhodopsins to the ionic channels is very likely to be realized by a transmitter molecule released in consequence of photo-excitation, then diffusing to the ionic channels and eventually causing their opening. This kinetic scheme is formulated in terms of a non-linear reaction-diffusion problem on the cell membrane. We propose an, approximation method for calculating the electric signal current response caused by the absorption of one single photon, the so-called quantum bump which can experimentally be observed in many photoreceptors. We also propose a way for interpreting the experimentally observed fluctuations in the quantum bumps in terms of the underlying reaction-diffusion model.Dedicated to Professor Harry Thomas on the occasion of his 60th birthdayThis work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 160)     

从聚酰亚胺单分子链电荷陷阱特性的改变探讨体材料的沿面放电现象

沿面放电是破坏绝缘系统性能的原因之一.聚酰亚胺常用于高频电力设备的气-固绝缘中,为此利用密度泛函理论,从原子分子层面探讨了在外电场下聚酰亚胺及其受极性基团OH~–影响后的单分子链结构、能级与态密度、静电势、激发态等微观参数对陷阱形成以及沿面放电的影响.结果表明,外电场下,聚酰亚胺分子结构卷曲,偶极矩增加,易于积聚电荷形成空间电荷中心,尤属引入极性基团OH~–后变化较明显;聚酰亚胺分子中,苯环区域形成空穴陷阱,酰亚胺环区域形成电子陷阱,且电子陷阱能级的数量较多,其中空间电荷陷阱深度随外电场的增加逐渐变深;聚酰亚胺分子在引入极性基团OH~–后激发能降低,使得分子内部的电子变得容易被激发;电子与空穴的空间分离度随电场增加而降低,利于空穴与电子的复合而发出光子.     

Measurement and simulation of partial discharge in oil-paper insulation under the combined AC–DC voltage

Depending on unique operation characteristics for voltage applied on valve side winding of the converter transformers, it is extraordinarily significant to study the partial discharge (PD) behavior with oil-paper insulation under combined AC–DC voltage. Therefore, this paper investigated PD inception characteristics by pulse current methods with needle-plate electrode system under combined AC–DC voltage. Furthermore, 3D electric field distributions versus combined AC–DC voltage in different ratios were calculated by Finite Element Analysis (FEA). An experimental conclusion was drew that AC partial discharge inception voltage (PDIV) in pure oil would decrease linearly with the DC component increasing but the inception voltage with oil-paper insulation appeared to be independent of DC voltage and dependent of AC voltage. And 3D electric field distribution deduced from simulation provided a supplementary proof on the experimental results. Moreover, high speed photography was used to capture emitted light produced by discharge, estimate streamer velocity (1.8 km/s) and record streamer initiation and propagation process in oil gap. Previous studies have shown that the prebreakdown phenomena involving the generation and propagation of vapor channels through the oil could be divided into a three-stage process.     

ZnS…Cu电致发光电压传感器及其温度漂移补偿

利用ZnS…Cu电致发光粉末与环氧树脂胶混合,设计制作了一种梯形电极结构的电压传感单元,实现了电致发光电压传感器输出信号的温度漂移补偿。电致发光电压传感信号通过2根塑料光纤传输到2个硅光电探测器,并选择其开路电压作为传感器的输出信号。在同一外加电压条件下,梯形电极区域内的电场分布是不均匀的,因而不同场点的发光亮度不同。通过测量梯形电极区域内2个不同发光点的发光强度随外加电压的变化,并对两路输出电压传感信号进行数据拟合与计算,可获知被测电压的有效值,并可实现对输出信号温度漂移的补偿。在-40~60℃范围内,采用上述温度漂移补偿方法测量了有效值在0.7~1.5 k V范围内的工频电压,传感器输出信号的非线性误差低于1.6%,验证了该温度漂移补偿方法的有效性。     

Current-voltage characteristic of electrospray processes in microfluidics

We use a glass-based microfluidic device to study the electric current behavior of an electrospray process in the presence of a coflowing liquid. The current shows strong voltage dependence and weak flow rate dependence, in stark contrast to classical electrospray. By considering that the current is dominated by convection near the apex of the conical meniscus and driven by tangential electric stresses, we quantitatively capture the voltage and flow rate dependence of the current. Our results elucidate the influence of external field strength and open the way to achieve robust electric control of the current and of the drop size in microfluidics.     

Buckling analysis and smart control of SLGS using elastically coupled PVDF nanoplate based on the nonlocal Mindlin plate theory

This study presents an analytical approach for buckling analysis and smart control of a single layer graphene sheet (SLGS) using a coupled polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanoplate. The SLGS and PVDF nanoplate are considered to be coupled by an enclosing elastic medium which is simulated by the Pasternak foundation. The PVDF nanoplate is subjected to an applied voltage in the thickness direction which operates in control of critical load of the SLGS. In order to satisfy the Maxwell equation, electric potential distribution is assumed as a combination of a half-cosine and linear variation. The exact analysis is performed for the case when all four ends are simply supported and free electrical boundary condition. Adopting the nonlocal Mindlin plate theory, the governing equations are derived based on the energy method and Hamilton's principle. A detailed parametric study is conducted to elucidate the influences of the small scale coefficient, stiffness of the internal elastic medium, graphene length, mode number and external electric voltage on the buckling smart control of the SLGS. The results depict that the imposed external voltage is an effective controlling parameter for buckling of the SLGS. This study might be useful for the design and smart control of nano-devices.