Measurement of nonlinear refraction using a reversal 4f coherent imaging system with phase objects

A reversal 4f coherent imaging system with phase objects is presented to measure nonlinear refraction of the materials. The modified system can increase the sensitivity compared with the conventional nonlinear-imaging technique with phase objects. The sensitivity enhancement of the modified system is about two times greater than the conventional technique within 0 ≤ Δφ_NL ≤ 1. CS₂ is used to demonstrate the measurement using the reversal 4f coherent imaging system with phase objects.     

Attraction between electrophilic caps: A counterintuitive case of noncovalent interactions

Intermolecular attractive interaction between electrophilic sites is a counterintuitive phenomenon, as the electrostatic interaction therein is repulsive and destabilizing. Here, we confirm this phenomenon in four representative complexes, using state-of-the-art quantum mechanical methods. By employing the block-localized wavefunction (BLW) method, which can turn off intermolecular charge transfer interactions, we profoundly demonstrated the significance of charge transfer interactions in these seemingly counterintuitive complexes. Indeed, after being “turned off” the intermolecular charge transfer interaction in, for example, the FNSi···BrF complex, the originally attractive intermolecular interaction turns to be repulsive. The energy decomposition approach based on the BLW method (BLW-ED) can partition the overall stability gained on the formation of intermolecular noncovalent interaction into several physically meaningful components. According to the BLW-ED analysis, the electrostatic repulsion in these counterintuitive cases is overwhelmed by the stabilizing polarization, dispersion interaction, and most importantly, the charge transfer interaction, resulting in the eventual counterintuitive overall attraction. The present study suggests that, predicting bonding sites of noncovalent interactions using only the “hole” concept may be not universally sufficient, because other significant stabilizing factors will contribute to the stability and sometimes, play even bigger roles than the electrostatic interaction and consequently govern the complex structures. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

球形碳材料的研究进展

综述了近年来国内外球形碳材料的合成方法, 如化学气相沉积、溶剂热法和模板法等;详细介绍了各种方法的特点, 并说明了表征碳球形貌和结构的实验手段;评述了碳球材料在应用方面的最新研究进展。     

On the Nature of Blueshifting Hydrogen Bonds

The block‐localized wave function (BLW) method can derive the energetic, geometrical, and spectral changes with the deactivation of electron delocalization, and thus provide a unique way to elucidate the origin of improper, blueshifting hydrogen bonds versus proper, redshifting hydrogen bonds. A detailed analysis of the interactions of F₃CH with NH₃ and OH₂ shows that blueshifting is a long‐range phenomenon. Since among the various energy components contributing to hydrogen bonds, only the electrostatic interaction has long‐range characteristics, we conclude that the contraction and blueshifting of a hydrogen bond is largely caused by electrostatic interactions. On the other hand, lengthening and redshifting is primarily due to the short‐range n(Y)→σ*(X?H) hyperconjugation. The competition between these two opposing factors determines the final frequency change direction, for example, redshifting in F₃CH ??? NH₃ and blueshifting in F₃CH ??? OH₂. This mechanism works well in the series F_nCl_3?nCH ??? Y (n=0–3, Y=NH₃, OH₂, SH₂) and other systems. One exception is the complex of water and benzene. We observe the lengthening and redshifting of the O?H bond of water even with the electron transfer between benzene and water completely quenched. A distance‐dependent analysis for this system reveals that the long‐range electrostatic interaction is again responsible for the initial lengthening and redshifting.     

试验训练使能体系结构(TENA)的进展与应用情况

未来的作战与训练概念高度依赖于以网络为中心的作战能力,美国国防部认为迫切需要在试验与训练领域建立一种能克服当前“烟囱式”设计、实现靶场资源之间互操作、重用和可组合的新技术。美军借鉴了多种体系结构的研究和应用成果,构建了试验训练使能体系结构(TENA)。本文对TENA的进展、在美军靶场中的最新应用情况及未来发展方向进行阐述,并描述了针对我国靶场资源现状所带来的启示。该体系结构将为未来开发精细强大的试验和训练系统提供必要的支撑。     

A geometric inequality on hypersurface in hyperbolic space

In this paper, we use the inverse curvature flow to prove a sharp geometric inequality on star-shaped and two-convex hypersurface in hyperbolic space.     

Total synthesis of (+)-epilupinine via an intramolecular nitrile oxide-alkene cycloaddition

Total synthesis of (+)-epilupinine was accomplished in nine steps and in 48% overall yield, in which INOC was used as the key step for the construction of the quinolizidine skeleton. We found that it was an extremely difficult task to prepare the key intermediates (R)-N-(3-nitropropyl)-2-vinylpiperidine or (R)-(2-vinylpiperid-1-yl)propanal by routine methods. Thus, by using Fukuyama's oxime synthesis, a general method was developed for highly efficient conversion of 3-(N,N-dialkylamino)propanols into 3-(N,N-dialkylamino)propanal oximes without using the corresponding aldehydes.     

Magnetic and Gravitational Convection of Air in a Porous Cubic Enclosure with a Coil Inclined Around the Y Axis

The natural convection heat transfer of air in a porous media can be controlled by gradient magnetic field. Thermomagnetic convection of air in a porous cubic enclosure with an electric coil inclined around the $Y$ axis was numerically investigated. The Biot–Savart law was used to calculate the magnetic field. The governing equations in primitive variables were discretized by the finite-volume method and solved by the SIMPLE algorithm. The flow and temperature fields for the air natural convection were presented and the mean Nusselt number on the hot wall was calculated and compared. The results show that both the magnetic force and coil inclination have significant effect on the flow field and heat transfer in a porous cubic enclosure, the natural convection heat transfer of air can be enhanced or controlled by applying gradient magnetic field.     

The Gauss–Bonnet–Chern mass for graphic manifolds

In this paper, we prove a positive mass theorem and Penrose-type inequality of the Gauss–Bonnet–Chern mass $m_2$ for the graphic manifold with flat normal bundle.