Colored LiF: an optical material for all seasons

Colored LiF salt has been always considered a singular optical material among alkali halides and other dielectric crystals for its peculiar characteristics, which in due time have been applied with success in thermoluminescence and laser technology. Lately, while the two previous topics have been revived, new relevant results have been obtained in the optoelectronic field by using both bulk crystals and newly characterized thin films. In practice, miniaturized photoluminescent patterns can be produced rather easily by using low-energy electron beams and soft X-rays. So, LiF salt is becoming a new interesting photonic material with promising developments in basic reasearch and applications as well.     

Synthesis and characterization of poly[4-(4-hydroxyphenoxy) benzoic acid]

Poly[4-(4-hydroxyphenoxy) benzoic acid] was prepared by the bulk polycondensation of 4-(4-acetoxyphenoxy) benzoic acid. Polycondensation was conducted at 350°C for 3 h under a reduced pressure of 0.1 mmHg and gave a polymer with X?n of 255. The polymer was characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and wide-angle X-ray measurement. The crystal/nematic and nematic/isotropic phase transition temperatures of polymer, which depend on the molecular weight, were observed at about 300°C and 410°C, respectively. The polymers with low molecular weights showed nematic textures above 300°C. This nematic/isotropic phase transition temperature is lower than that of poly (4-hydroxybenzoic acid). This thermal behavior of polymer comes from ether units, which increase the flexibility (the rotation or torsion of skeletal bonds) of the polymer chain. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

BaF2中Vk心的ESR谱分析

电子自旋共振（ＥＳＲ）实验间接表明，γ射线辐照能在室温下在ＢａＦ２微晶中产生Ｆｒｅｎｋｅｌ激子这样的元激发，此元激发受热在１５０℃以下消失。γ射线辐照使ＢａＦ２微晶中Ｆ－离子上的２Ｐ电子跃迁到外层轨道，并与２Ｐ轨道的空穴形成紧束缚的电子－空穴对——Ｆｒｅｎｋｅｌ激子。激子中的电子受热脱离Ｆ原子，这种晶格上的Ｆ０是ＥＳＲ可探测的顺磁色心点缺陷——Ｖｋ心。受γ射线辐照的ＢａＦ２微晶中含有Ｆｒｅｎｋｅｌ激子，受热时Ｆｒｅｎｋｅｌ激子湮灭。Ｖｋ心增多的现象，表现为随温度增高Ｖｋ心的ＥＳＲ信号增强的反常现象。     

The calculation of the density field from axisymmetric schlieren interferograms by the image processing techniques

The schlieren interferograms used to be analyzed in a qualitative way. In this paper, by means of the powerful computational ability and the large memory of computer; the image processing method is investigated for the digitalization of an axisymmetric schlieren interferogram and the determination of the density field. This method includes the 2-D low-pass filtering, the thinning of interferometric fringes, the extraction of physical information and the numerical integration of the density field. The image processing results show that the accuracy of the quantitative analysis of the schlieren interferogram can be improved and a lot of time can be saved in dealing with optical experimental results. Therefore, the algorithm used here is useful and efficient.     

The maximum saving partition problem

The input to the MAXIMUM SAVING PARTITION PROBLEM consists of a set V={1,…,n}, weights w_i, a function f, and a family S of feasible subsets of V. The output is a partition (S₁,…,S_l) such that S_i∈S, and is maximized. We present a general -approximation algorithm, and improved algorithms for special cases of the function f.     

基于多项式模型法的低端数码相机的颜色特性化

近年来随着数字技术,以及彩色数字图像输入输出设备的不断发展和广泛使用,颜色在不同的设备之间精确的传递或再现成为该领域的重要课题。本论文以彩色数码相机特性化为研究内容,采用多项式转换方法,研究了多项式回归模型不同系数矩阵、不同训练样本对数码相机特性化精度的影响,得出了系数矩阵为11×3多项式模型时误差较小(2.874ΔE*ab)的结论,达到了实用水平。     

Lithium ion induced stabilization of the liquid crystalline DNA

A comparative study of the effects of alkali metal ions Li(+), Na(+), K(+), Rb(+), and Cs(+) on the liquid crystalline organization of high-molecular-weight calf thymus DNA using polarized light microscopy was performed. Major differences in the behavior of Li(+) as compared to the other ions were found. Critical DNA concentration expected to exhibit anisotropic behavior was found to be the same for all the monovalent ions, except for Li(+). DNA initially showed cholesteric textures, which later changed to higher ordered columnar phase for all ions, with the cholesteric-columnar transition facilitated upon increasing the size of the counterion. For Li(+) ion, a nematic schlieren-like texture was formed initially, which after a few days changed to a highly stable (for more than 2 months) biphasic cholesteric-columnar arrangement. The observed differences between Li(+) and other alkali metal ions could be rationalized on the basis of the higher number of hydration water molecules of Li(+) and its complexation behavior. Highly stable DNA mesophases may find applications in the field of nanoelectronics, in designing biosensing units, and in DNA chips.     

Ultraviolet photolysis of urine for suppression of color quenching prior to liquid scintillation counting of tritium

In order to reduce the color quenching in the measurement of tritium in urine by liquid scintillation counting , UV irradiation was applied to decompose the organic substances in the sample. Urine was decolorized under UV irradiation in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. As a result, color quenching was considerably suppressed and higher counting efficiency of tritium was obtained. This UV treatment made it possible to increase the urine content in the sample from 2 to 40% (v/v) without significant decrease of counting efficiency. Either higher sensitivity or shorter analysis time was achieved in the tritium measurement by the augmentation of urine content. When the measurement time was 30 min, the detection limit of tritium defined as 3s was 0.03 Bq/ml. At the expense of some sensitivity (set at a detection limit of 0.3 Bq/ml), the measurement time was shortened to 0.5 min. These results will make a great improvement to routine tritium monitoring as well as to emergency monitoring in mass tritium exposure.      

Upconversion and color tunability in Tm/Ho/Yb doped low phonon energy bismuth tellurite glasses

Low phonon energy Tm³⁺/Ho³⁺/Yb³⁺ triply doped bismuth tellurite glasses exhibiting multicolor upconversion fluorescences have been fabricated and characterized. The multicolor fluorescence composed of three primary colors green, red and blue upconversion emissions from Ho³⁺ and Tm³⁺ has been investigated. By adjusting the excitation power, the fluorescence colors can be tuned from multicolor to white color, and the dependence of color tunability on pump power has been presented in the CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram. With the increase in pumping power, the color coordinates move along the down-left direction and hit the equal energy point. The upconversion and color tunability via changing the pump power of infrared excitation in Tm³⁺/Ho³⁺/Yb³⁺ triply doped bismuth tellurite glasses will lead to new breakthrough in the field of three-dimensional solid-state displays and white-light emitting devices.     

Combinatorics of n-color cyclic compositions

Integer compositions and related enumeration problems have been of interest to combinatorialists and number theorists for a long time. The cyclic and colored analogues of this concept, although interesting, have not been extensively studied. In this paper we explore the combinatorics of $n$-color cyclic compositions, presenting generating functions, bijections, asymptotic formulas related to the number of such compositions, the number of parts, and the number of restricted parts.